Congos, The - Heart Of The Congos

Label:
Catalog#:
BAFCD 009
Format:
2 x CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue, Jewel-Case, Cardboard Sleeve
Country:
UK
Released:
1996
Genre:
Reggae
Style:
Dub, Roots Reggae

Tracklist

1.01   Fisherman 6:05
    Bass - Geoffrey Chung
  Drums - Paul*
  Written-By - Lee Perry
1.02   Congoman 6:39
    Bass - Winston 'Brubeck' Wright*
  Written-By - Lee Perry
1.03   Open Up The Gate 4:29
1.04   Children Crying 4:13
    Backing Vocals - Candy McKenzie
1.05   La La Bam-Bam 3:55
    Backing Vocals - Barry Llewellyn , Earl Morgan , Gregory Isaacs
1.06   Can't Come In 5:52
1.07   Sodom And Gomorrow 6:11
1.08   The Wrong Thing 5:35
1.09   Ark Of The Covenant 6:19
1.10   Solid Foundation 5:58
1.11   At The Feast 3:39
1.12   Nicodemus 7:34
2.01   Congoman (12" Mix) 6:16
2.02   Congoman Chant 6:18
2.03   Bring The Mackaback 4:05
2.04   Noah Sugar Pan 3:28
2.05   Solid Foundation (Disco Cork Mix) 5:56

Credits

Artwork By [Design And Art Direction] - Mat Cook
Artwork By [Illustrations] - Andy Veitch , Mat Cook
Backing Vocals - Meditations, The , Watty 'King' Burnett*
Bass - Boris Gardiner
Drums - Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar* , Mikey 'Boo' Richards*
Guitar [Lead Guitar] - Ernest Ranglin
Guitar [Rhythm] - Robert 'Billy' Johnson*
Mastered By - Kevin Metcalfe
Organ - Winston 'Brubeck' Wright*
Other [Digital Restoration] - Andy Walter
Other [Project Co-ordination] - Bob Harding , Steve Barrow
Percussion [Percussions] - Lee Perry , Noel 'Skully' Simms* , Uziah 'Sticky' Thompson*
Photography - Phil Hale
Piano - Keith Stewart
Producer - Congos, The , Lee 'Scratch' Perry*
Written-By - Cedric Myton , Roydel Johnson

Notes

From the sleevenotes: "This reissue attempts to be the definitive version of this classic; longer than any of the previous five issues, it also includes scarce mixes of several tracks on the bonus CD, all digitally remastered to provide the optimum sound quality."

Recorded in The Black Ark 1976/77
Cardiff Crescent, Washington Gardens
Kingston, Jamaica

Mastered at the Town House, London.
Digital Restoration at Room 63, Abbey Road Studios, London
Design and Art Direction at Intro, London
Project Co-ordination for Blood and Fire Limited

Special Thanks: Cedric and Yvonne Myton, Roydel Johnson, Barry Frankson, Andrea Lewis, Clive Chin and Mandy Campbell, Bob Perry, Lisa Barbaris & Max King, David Katz, Jeremy Collingwood and Trevor Wyatt.

Zairean Mask from: Idonia Van Der Bijl, 25a Museum Street, London WC1

Jewel-case version of 196377. Still has cardboard sleeve and 36 page booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 83564 00092 0
Other (IFPI Codes (CD1)): IFPI L153 | IFPI 2314
Other (IFPI Codes (CD2)): IFPI L153 | IFPI 2303
Matrix Number (CD1): B9698
Barcode (CD2): B9699
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