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Peter Tosh - Arise Black Man Audio CD

A fair review of the Peter Tosh "Arise Black Man" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Peter Tosh reviews here, or go back to the Peter Tosh tabs.

Peter Tosh Band: Peter Tosh
Title: Arise Black Man
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Release Date: 2001-10-23
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Brand New Second Hand 2: Maga Dog 3: Skanky Dog - Winston Scotland, Peter Tosh 4: Boney Dog - Now Generation 5: Maingy Dog - Bunny Flip 6: Fat Dog - Joe Gibson, The Love Generation 7: Crimson Pirate 8: Rightful Ruler - Peter Tosh, U-Roy 9: Moon Dust 10: 400 Years - The Wailers, Peter Tosh 11: Ambitious Beggar 12: Memphis - The Wailers, Peter Tosh 13: Rudie's Medley 14: Return of Alcapone 15: Them a Fe Get a Beaten 16: Reuben - Larry McDonald, Winston Wright 17: Stop the Train - Peter Tosh, The Wailers 18: Sun Valley 19: Nobody's Business 20: Selassie Serenade 21: Downpresser - The Wailers, Peter Tosh 22: Pepper Sead 23: Arise Black Man 24: Romper Room 25: Brand New Second Hand - The Wailers, Peter Tosh

Tosh's Ska-Nifesto!!! Stunning, absolutely Stunning!!!
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What a treasure trove this CD is, not only to real Peter Tosh fans, of which I am one, but really to anyone who has an interest in Ska-Makin' Reggae. This is about the "toughest" CD you can find out there, it showcases Peter Tosh's keyboard virtuosity, you say, "what?" you didn't know he was keen on the organs? Neither did I, but if you listen to the opening to some of Peter Tosh's later songs, like "Glass House" from "Mama Africa", after listening to this album, it is not a great surprise that he created such music, especially that opening to "Glass House. Dare I say, these songs are culled from some recording sessions with producer "Bunny" Lee in 1969. Fellow Wailers Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley add harmony to a few of the tracks. Some of the numbers have a jam-like quality, some seemingly like outtakes of the same song repeated, as an example;. tracks 2-6 are the "Magda Dog" melody; 5 outtakes of the same song may seem excessive and probably is, but most of it is good, So why not the whole shabang then? On "Rudies Medley" the original Desmond Dekker recording "007-Shanty Town" is used some with Tosh adding organ, that then breaks into Tosh's own "The toughest", in fact, this is but one glimpse of a few instances where Tosh's own songs, some before there release time, are played. Another example would be Tosh's standard "Dem ha a fe a beaten" known from the "Bush Doctor" release, but here is a very excellent version with an instrumentalized version following.

A minor sidenote too, might be to add on that using the oriiginal recording of Dekker on the medley, certainly smacks some of the coming "Dub" music revolution though this is only in 1969.

If I am not mistaken and this album was recorded in 1969 & that time is the same time in which Toots and the Maytals released the quintessential reggae song "Pressure Point", while Tosh does not play this on the album, tracks like 11. "Ambitious Beggar" seem to call "Pressure Point's" rhythm to mind and this along with other tracks may have a slight "Mento" (Jamaican Calypso) beat. That seems to apply especially to the "Selassie Serenade" and "Pepper Seed" tracks.

Track 12 is "Memphis" a fine instrumental but it may surprise one that it is not Johnny River's (or Chuck Berry's or Elvis' "Memphis", whomever wrote the wellknown version originally) version but authored by Marley. Likewise, track 18. is "Sun Valley" by Tosh, but surely sounds like some pop song I've heard before and in addition to that, Tosh's organ does not sound that far off the mark from the '60s hit, "Telstar. "

I'm sure Bob Marley sings on this album though not often, surely, the opening song has his backup vocals, some of this album is purely instrumental. Trojan did a very fine job in putting this together. My one reservation might be titling the whole album from what is probably the best known song for the recording sessions, "Arise Black Man" because the whole of the sessions is so diverse, it might be misleading just to title it by that one song.

Oh lastly, though some songs are repeated, say "Brand New Second Hand" has two versions; we have a generous 25 tracks to listen to, I am sure the CD is in excess of 75 minutes; an allaround good deal for the listener.


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