Legalize It is an album by Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...

. It was his debut album as a solo artist. The album was recorded at Treasure Isle and Randy's, Kingston

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...

, Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

 in 1975 and released in 1976.

When the album was first released, it featured a marijuana

Cannabis (drug)

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-scented sticker

Sticker

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Peter Tosh; except where indicated

1. "Legalize It" - 4:35
2. "Burial" -3:54
3. "What'cha Gonna Do?" - 2:25
4. "No Sympathy" - 4:35
5. "Why Must I Cry" (Tosh, Bob Marley
   Bob Marley
   Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
   
   ) - 3:08
6. "Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised)" - 4:37
7. "Ketchy Shuby" - 4:53
8. "Till Your Well Runs Dry" (Tosh, Bunny Livingston) - 6:09
9. "Brand New Second Hand" - 4:03

Peter Tosh, Legalize It: Legacy Edition (Columbia/Legacy 88697 76490-2, 2011)

Sony Legacy Edition -Released 21st June 2011 Peter Tosh

Legacy Edition Produced by Jerry Rappaport,
Associate Producer Sam Dion

Disc 1: Original LP and demos

1. Legalize It
2. Burial
3. What’cha 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
10. Legalize It (Demo)
11. No Sympathy (Demo)
12. Why Must I Cry (Demo)
13. Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised) (Demo)
14. Ketchy Shuby (Demo)
15. Till Your Well Runs Dry (Demo)
16. Brand New Second Hand (Demo)

Disc 2: Tosh’s original mix, alternates and dubs

1. Legalize It
2. Burial
3. What’cha 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
10. Legalize It (Alternate Version)
11. Burial (Dub Plate)
12. What’cha Gonna Do (Shajahshoka Dub Plate)
13. Igziabeher) Let Jah Be Praised (Shajahshoka Dub Plate)
14. Second Hand (Shajahshoka Dub Plate)
15. Burial (Dub Plate)
16. Legalize It (Dub Plate)

Disc 1, Tracks 1-9 released as original LP - Columbia PC 34253 (U.S.), 1976

Disc 1, Tracks 10-16 and Disc 2, Tracks 1-10 previously unreleased

Disc 2, Tracks 11-12 and 14-16 released on limited edition dub plates, 1976

Disc 2, Track 13 from The Ultimate Peter Tosh Experience (Shanachie 6802, 2009)

Personnel

• Peter Tosh
  Peter Tosh
  Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...
  
   – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Al Anderson – guitar
• Aston "Family Man" Barrett
  Aston Barrett
  Aston Barrett , often called "Family Man" or "Fams" for short, is a Jamaican bass player and Rastafarian.-Biography:...
  
   – bass
• Carlie Barrett
  Carlton Barrett
  Carlton "Carly" Barrett was an influential reggae drummer and percussion player. His musical development in the early years were with his brother Aston "Family Man" Barrett as a member of Lee "Scratch" Perry's "house band" The Upsetters. The brothers joined Bob Marley and The Wailers around 1970...
  
   – drums
• Tyrone "Organ D" Downie
  Tyrone Downie
  Tyrone Downie is a Jamaican keyboardist/pianist who is most known for his involvement as a member of Bob Marley and The Wailers. He studied at Kingston College and joined the wailers in the mid-1970s, making his recording début with the band on Rastaman Vibration, having previously been a member of...
  
   – keyboards
• Donald Kinsey
  Donald Kinsey
  Donald Kinsey is an American guitarist and singer, best known as a member of The Wailers Band, the reggae backing group for Bob Marley & The Wailers....
  
   – guitar
• Robbie "Ras" Lee – harmonica
• Rita Marley
  Rita Marley
  Alpharita Constantia Anderson , better known as Rita Marley, and sometimes called "Nana Rita", is the widow of reggae legend/musician Bob Marley, and a member of the trio the I Threes, Bob Marley's backup singers.-Biography:...
  
   – background vocals
• Judy Mowatt
  Judy Mowatt
  Judy Mowatt was born in the year 1948 in Gordon Town, St. Andrew Jamaica. She is an internationally acclaimed reggae artist who rose to fame as 1/3 of the trio the I THREE who were the Back-Ground vocalists for Bob Marley.-Biography:...
  
   - background vocals
• Robert Shakespeare – bass
• Bunny Wailer
  Bunny Wailer
  Bunny Wailer, , also known as Bunny Livingston and affectionately as Jah B, is a singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh...
  
  – background vocals