Toots in Memphis (Spkg)

Toots Hibbert | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: September 9, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hip-O Select
• ASIN: B000003QJA
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,476 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #24 in Music > World Music > Reggae > Rocksteady
  • #46 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Jamaica
  • #59 in Music > Alternative Rock > Ska > Ska General

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Hibbert is widely revered as a reggae pioneer, but he's also a Caribbean cousin of Otis Redding and Al Green, which he proves on this collection of '60s and '70s soul covers. Sly and Robbie anchor the rhythm section of a crack band that also includes guitarist Teenie Hodges and Andrew Love of the Memphis Horns. Together with Hibbert, they reinvent Redding's "I've Got Dreams to Remember," Green's "Love and Happiness," and eight other classics (among them "Hard to Handle," "It's a Shame," and "Freedom Train.") The result isn't pure reggae or unadulterated soul, but a hybrid as appealing as both at their best.--Keith Moerer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly inspired rock steady soul, August 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Toots in Memphis (Spkg) (Audio CD)

Sly and Robbie supply the rock steady rhythm and folks like Teenie Hodges, Eddie Hinton and the Memphis Horns add the local color to this wonderful collection. Toots Hibbert sings like a showstopper from the US chitlin circuit on wonderful reinventions of southern soul classics. His Hard To Handle leaves the Black Crowes gasping in its wake. Love and Happiness is stunning. Everything clicks. A truly inspired project!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Toots gives new life to soul classics, August 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Toots in Memphis (Spkg) (Audio CD)

Toots Hibbert (no, Amazon reviewer, his last name isn't Maytal) takes these old soul standards and reworks them into something fresh and exciting. Toots shows why he is one of the greatest soul singers, ever. "Love the Rain" (really "I can't stand the rain"--the Annie Peebles hit)alone is worth the price of this cd, but there's so much more--check it out.

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Voice Mon, June 4, 2011

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Doug (sheffield, ma United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toots in Memphis (Spkg) (Audio CD)

I first heard Toots on the ground-breaking ragge movie "Harder they Come" in the early 1970's. As far as I was concerned his voice on "Pressure Drop" stood above Jimmy Cliff's and Bob Marley's on the soundtrack. I still feel, after seeing him again live two nights ago that his is truly one of the great voices on the planet.
I think this album was released to let us compare him to Otis Redding's Memphis sound. A wonderful collection. Side by side, Toots' range goes far beyond what Otis was capable of.
At 66 Toots still puts it all out there at his concerts and his voice is still incomparable. See him live. And buy this album and "Twenty Greatest Hits " album as well.