• Peter Tosh & The Wailers – Downpresser
    • Peter Tosh & The Wailers – Version
    • 1. Downpresser
    • 2. Version

    Originally recorded by the Wailers as a Ska song for Studio One called "Sinner Man", Peter Tosh redid the song for producer Lee Perry in 1971. The Wailers at the time of the recording were just Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, Bob was not around, and the Righteous Upsetters were the members of the Hippy Boys, Carlton Barrett, Family Man, Ranny Bop Williams, Alva Lewis and Glen Adams.

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