{"product_id":"equal-rights","title":"Equal Rights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEqual Rights\u003c\/em\u003e is a remastered double 180 gram vinyl edition on Music on Vinyl with rare and unreleased dub mixes. \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Tosh\u003c\/strong\u003e served as a counterpoint to the worldwide success of his former partner \u003cstrong\u003eBob Marley\u003c\/strong\u003e. Their relationship is often compared to that of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with Tosh playing the role of the cynical Lennon to Marley's love-song-oriented McCartney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe analogy worked loosely at best, as both musicians simply followed different muses after the 1974 break-up of the original Wailers. Tosh's recorded output had as much cross-over appeal as Marley's more commercial work, culminating in a duet with Mick Jagger on the song \"\u003cem\u003eWalk and Don't Look Back\u003c\/em\u003e.\" But Tosh always had the more militant stance which resulted in many beatings and arrests leading up to his murder in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTosh's 1977 album, '\u003cem\u003eEqual Rights\u003c\/em\u003e', is a peak in his career. It begins with a new version of \"\u003cem\u003eGet Up, Stand Up\u003c\/em\u003e,\" one of Marley's signature songs (co-written by Tosh). Tosh's version is more sinewy than Marley's, with biting guitar lines snaking throughout. Likewise, \"\u003cem\u003eStepping Razor\u003c\/em\u003e\" struts with a dangerous swagger, \"\u003cem\u003eAfrican\u003c\/em\u003e\" plays like a mirror to Marley's pan-Africanism, and \"\u003cem\u003eApartheid\u003c\/em\u003e\" shows that Tosh is not afraid to indict any enemy, no matter how large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut the most chilling song is the title track, where Tosh sings, \"Everyone is crying out for peace \/ None is crying out for justice,\" a self-assured call-to-arms as pertinent today as it was eighteen years ago. '\u003cem\u003eEqual Rights\u003c\/em\u003e' represents Tosh to a tee - no-nonsense, gritty, political reggae with some of the most fully realized and best produced tracks this side of Tuff Gong.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Music On Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Black","offer_id":50483956318539,"sku":"345236","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2LP - Orange","offer_id":56258898985291,"sku":"R1895-9925","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/600x600bb_1_97dad6e3-dde4-43ed-bf41-4ceadaca7e65.jpg?v=1771344714","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/equal-rights","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}