1963

SIX AND SEVEN BOOKS * THE MAYTALS * ISLAND 075 * UK

The Maytals had made their debut with Coxsone the previous year with Victory, a pretty affirmative title to kick of with. That same affirmation was characteristic of many of Toots Hibbert's and the Maytals recordings, and was even reflected in the choice of name they had previously performed and recorded under: The Vikings. Although the revisionists have been at it again, and now we are to understand that those folk known as the Vikings (the Danes), were not marauding invaders, but peaceful settlers, seen in the context of its time the choice of the Vikings for the name of the group would have carried all the connotations of those horned helmeted conquering invaders.

See also: Old Flame [Frederick Hibbert]

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