Led by the dynamic Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert the Maytals were at the vanguard of the reggae explosion of late 1969/early 1970 with their anthemic ‘Monkey Man’ among Trojan Records’ earliest UK chart successes. Soon after their breakthrough single breached the UK pop charts in 1970 the iconic reggae record company issued a popular LP of the same title featuring a dozen of the trio’s most popular recordings of the past 6 months. The Maytals remained one of Jamaica’s leading acts over the years that immediately followed with their popularity resulting in a recording deal with Island Records in 1973. There swiftly followed extensive tours of the UK and mainland Europe prompting Trojan to gather a dozen or so of their earlier works for a belated follow-up to their Monkey Man LP namely “From The Roots”. Both albums feature on this essential boss reggae collection which also includes three rare alternate versions of album tracks notably ‘Monkey Man’ and ‘She’s My Scorcher’ both of which make their CD debut.

MONKEY MAN
1. PEEPING TOM
2. REVIVAL REGGAE
3. GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
4. GOLD AND SILVER
5. THE PREACHER
6. BLA BLA BLA
7. AFRICAN DOCTOR (AKA DOCTOR LESTER)
8. MONKEY MAN
9. SUN MOON AND STAR
10. PRESSURE DROP
11. SHES MY SCORCHER
12. I SHALL BE FREE
FROM THE ROOTS
13. PEE PEE CLUCK CLUCK
14. LOVING SPIRIT
15. KOO KOO
16. THY KINGDOM COME
17. ONE EYE ENOS
18. A TIME TO LOVE
19. NINE OCLOCK
20. KNOW ME GOOD
21. GOT TO FEEL (IT)
22. FEEL SO GOOD
BONUS TRACKS
23. MONKEY MAN (ALT. VERSION)
24. SHE’S MY SCORCHER (ALT. VERSION)
25. AFRICAN DOCTOR (ALT. VERSION)