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1976 - Legalize It
1. Legalize It
2. Burial
3. Whatcha Gonna Do
4. No Sympathy
5. Why Must I Cry
6. Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised)
7. Ketchy Shuby
8. Till Your Well Runs Dry
9. Brand New Second Hand
1977 - Equal Rights
1. Get Up, Stand Up
2. Downpressor Man
3. I Am That I Am
4. Stepping Razor
5. Equal Rights
6. African
7. Jah Guide
8. Apartheid
1978 - Bush Doctor
1. (You’ve gotta walk) Don’t look back
2. Pick Myself Up
3. I'm The Toughest
4. Soon Come
5. “Moses” The Prophet
6. Bush Doctor
7. Stand Firm
8. Dem Ha Fe Get A Beatin’
9. Creation
1979 - Mystic Man
1. Mama Africa
2. Glasshouse
3. Not Gonna Give It Up
4. Stop That Train
5. Johnny B. Goode
6. Where You Gonna Run
7. Peace Treaty
8. Feel No Way
9. Maga Dog
1981 - Wanted Dread & Alive
1. Coming In Hot
2. Nothing But Love
3. Reggae-Mylitis
4. The Poor Man Feel It
5. Cold Blood
6. Wanted Dread & Alive
7. Rastafari Is
8. That's What They Will Do
9. Fools Die
1983 - Mama Africa
1. No Nuclear War
2. Nah Goa Jail
3. Fight Aparthied
4. Vampire
5. In My Song
6. Lessons In My Life
7. Testify
8. Come Together
1987 - No Nuclear War
1. Mystic Man
2. Recruiting Soldiers
3. Can't You See
4. Jah Say No
5. Fight On
6. Buk-In-Hamm Palace
7. The Day The Dollar Die
8. Crystal Ball
9. Rumors Of War
10. Buk-In-Hamm Palace 12"
11. Mystic Man (Long Version)
12. Fight On (Instrumental)
13. Recruiting Soldiers (Version)
14. Dubbing Buk-In-Hamm
1996 - The Toughest (Heartbeat)
1. Can't Blame The Youth
2. Arise Blackman
3. Lion
4. Maga Dog
5. Go Tell It To The Mountain
6. Here Comes The Judge
7. Four Hundred Years
8. Soon Come
9. Here Comes The Sun
10. Little Green Apples
11. Them A FI Get A Beatin'
12. You Can't Fool Me Again
13. Leave Me Business
14. Love
15. A Little Love Version 4
16. We Can Make It Uptight
17. Evil Version
18. My Sympathy
2004 - Can't Blame The Youth '69 - '72 (JAD)
1. Coming In Hot
2. Don't Look Back
3. Pick Myself Up
4. Crystal Ball
5. Mystic Man
6. Reggaemylitis
7. Bush Doctor
8. Maga Dog
9. Johnny B. Goode
10. Equal Rights/ Downpresserman
11. In My Song
1978 - Bob Marley & Peter Tosh
1. Judge Not
2. Stir It Up (Original)
3. & The Wailers - Nice Time
4. Back Out
5. & Peter Tosh - No Sympathy (Version)
6. Who The Cap Fit
7. Do It Twice
8. Legalize It
9. Caution
10. One Cup Of Coffee
11. Hypocrites - Songs Of Freedom - Cd1
12. Wake Up And Live
13. Don't Rock My Boat
14. Mellow Mood (Original)
15. Smile Jamaica
16. Thank You Lord (Original)
17. Bus Dem Shut (Pyaka)
18. One Dub
19. One Love
20. Bend Down Low
21. Kinky Reggae
22. Cheer Up
23. & Peter Tosh Arise Blackman
24. & Peter Tosh Soul Rebel
25. & Peter Tosh This Train
26. & Peter Tosh Trenchtown Rock
27. & Peter Tosh & Jimmy Cliff Pressure
28. & Peter Tosh (Live 4.10.75) One Love
29. & Peter Tosh Corner Stone
30. & Peter Tosh (Live) Stop That Train
31. & Peter Tosh Downpressor Man
32. & Peter Tosh Jah Is Mighty
33. & Peter Tosh Mr. Brown
34. & Peter Tosh Soul Shakedown Party
35. & Peter Tosh & The Wailers Stop That Train
36. Why Should I (Previously Unreleased)
37. & The Wailers Catch A Fire (Original Jamaican Version) Kinky Reggae
38. Lee Scratch Perry Vs Try Me
40. No Water
41. Keep On Moving (London Version)
42. I'm Still Waiting
43. Simmer Down
44. Legalize It (Live 4-10-75)
45. Kaya
46. Lively Up Yourself
47. Pick Myself Up
48. Reggae Fever
49. &The Wailers (Original) All Day All Night
50. & The Upsetters African Herbsman (Original Vocal)
51. & The Wailers (Original) - High Tide Or Low Tide
52. Jah Live (Original)
For each of the Rastamen who made up reggae's holy trinity -- Bob Marley, Bunny Livingston Wailer, and Peter Tosh -- music was The Message. All three sang for "equal rights and justice," as defined by the Jamaican-bred blend of Marcus Garvey's worldview and Old Testament fire and brimstone known as Rastafari. But Tosh, a.k.a. reggae's Stepping Razor, came the hardest and, less fortunately, proved to be the most didactic. Once the world heard "The Tosh," Jamaica transformed from a vacation paradise for the wealthy into a mecca for the disenfranchised. His urgent baritone bore a threat of danger, sharpening Bunny's and Bob's sufferahs' dreams and Rastafarian plaints into lessons for heathens and militant demands aimed at "downpressors."
Born in the rural western part of Jamaica, this lifelong foe of the "shitstem" made his way at age fif-teen to the Trench Town tenement yard in Kingston where he met musical youths Bob Marley and Bunny Livingston and formed the Wailers. After the Wailers broke up, each asserted himself as an individual crossover reggae force. Tosh won his own worldwide following with Legalize It, his first Stateside major-label release, and its followup, Equal Rights. Tosh and his crack band, featuring Santa Davis on bass, concoct a euphoric, bottom-heavy stew, with reggae's one-drop riddim leavened by an occasional guitar lead. Legalize It zeros in on Tosh's paramount cause -- free the herb! -- while Equal Rights levels his scathing attack against a range of societal offenses in "Equal Rights," "Downpressor Man," "Stepping Razor," "African," and the remade "Get Up Stand Up." All tracks exude the trademark Jamaican musical buzz, yet the take-no-prisoners messages and aggressive stance could easily suit today's politicized rap.
The Toughest collects the best tracks from Tosh's out-of-print albums for the Rolling Stones label and EMI; tellingly, it sticks to the earlier albums for soulful grooves such as "Don't Look Back" (a hit duet with Mick Jagger from Bush Doctor). Even though Tosh's voice sounds strained around the edges on No Nuclear War, his deliriously schizoid wordplay and unflagging indignation power the title cut, and there are signs of life throughout. Sadly, this inconclusive but encouraging album stands as his last testament; Tosh was murdered in 1987. Far more worthy of Tosh's biting humor and righteous rage are his posthumous box sets and compilations, including Scrolls of the Prophet, Honorary Citizen, Live at the One Love Peace Concert, Arise!, and Live and Dangerous.
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