Equal Rights (album)

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Equal Rights
Studio album by Peter Tosh
Released	1977
Recorded	Dynamic Sounds Studio Kingston, Jamaica
Genre	Reggae
Length	38:53
Label	Columbia Records EMI
Producer	Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh chronology
Legalize It (1976) Equal Rights (1977) Bush Doctor (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

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Equal Rights is the second studio album by Peter Tosh.^[4] It was released in 1977 (see 1977 in music) on Columbia Records.

Content[]

The song "Get Up, Stand Up", which was co-written by Bob Marley, was originally a single by Tosh's previous band, The Wailers, from their 1973 album Burnin'. "Downpressor Man" is a cover of "Sinner Man". "I Am that I Am" refers to a religious concept commonly referred to by that phrase.

Track listing[]

All songs by Peter Tosh except as shown.

Side 1

1. "Get Up, Stand Up" – 3:29 (Tosh, Bob Marley)
2. "Downpressor Man" – 6:25
3. "I Am that I Am" – 4:28
4. "Stepping Razor" (Joe Higgs; credited to Tosh) – 5:47

Side 2

5. "Equal Rights" – 5:58
6. "African" – 3:41
7. "Jah Guide" – 4:29
8. "Apartheid" – 5:31

Bonus tracks on "The Definitive Remasters" 2002 EMI CD release

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"
9. "400 Years"
10. "Hammer (Extended Version)"
11. "Jah Man Inna Jamdung"
12. "Vampire"
13. "Babylon Queendom"
14. "You Can't Blame The Youth"
15. "(Know) Dem A Wicked"
16. "Pound Get A Blow"
17. "Stop That Train"
18. "Get Up Stand Up (Long Version)"
19. "Equal Rights (Extended Long Version)"
20. "I Am That I Am (Long Version)"
21. "Apartheid (Long Version)
22. "Stepping Razor (Alternative Long Version)"
23. "Get Up Stand Up (Alternate Version)"
24. "Pick Myself Up (Live)"
25. "African (Live)"

Tracks 1-8 originally issued April 1977, as Equal Rights. Tracks 9-17 previously unreleased original session outtakes. Tracks 18-23 previously unreleased original session alternatives and long versions. Tracks 24-25 Recorded 1982 US tour

Personnel[]

• Peter Tosh - vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Sly Dunbar - drums
• Earl Lindo - keyboards
• Donald Kinsey - guitar and background vocals
• Robbie Shakespeare - bass
• Mikey Chung - lead guitar
• Robert Lyn - organ
• Keith Sterling - keyboards
• Harold Butler - clavinet
• Abdul Wali - guitar
• Karl Pitterson - guitar
• Uziah Thompson - percussion
• Skully - percussion
• "Dirty" Harry Hall - tenor saxophone
• Bobby Ellis - trumpet

Remix Engineers - Alex Sadkin, Jack Nuber, Karl Pitterson

References[]