I Kong – The Way It Is

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Label:	Top Ranking – TC-082
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	Jamaica
Released:	1979
Genre:	Reggae
Style:	Roots Reggae

Tracklist

A1	Life's Road	3:15
A2	Ghetto Cry	4:48
A3	Wolves In Sheep's Clothing	6:20
A4	Babylon Walls	5:31
B1	Set Black People Free	4:34
B2	Sinner Man	4:42
B3	I Wish (We'll All Be Ready)	4:21
B4	The Way It Is	7:51

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Federal Records (3)
Marketed By – Talent Corporation
Published By – King Kong Music (4)
Published By – Talent Music (2)
Printed By – Capital Press Ltd.
Recorded At – Harry J's Recording Studio
Recorded At – The Black Ark
Overdubbed At – Dynamic Sounds Studios
Mastered At – KK Mastering Labs, Inc.

Credits

Arranged By [Harmony Arrangements] – Geoffrey Chung, I. Kong*, O. Wood*
Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – I. Kong*
Art Direction [Art Conception] – I. Kong*, T. Cowan*
Backing Vocals – Anicia Banks, Beres Hammond, Candy McKenzie, Judy Mowatt, Orville Wood, Prilly Hamilton, Winston Wright
Bass – Aston 'Familyman' Barrett*, Geoffrey Chung, Val Douglas
Clavinet – Mikey 'Ibo' Cooper*, Robert Lyn*, Winston Wright
Congas – Irvin 'Carrot' Jarrett*
Cover, Artwork, Design – Orville 'Bagga' Case*
Drums – Phil Callendar*, Mikey 'Boo' Richards*
Engineer – Geoffrey Chung, Jerome Francisque*, Lee Perry, P. Zadie*, Sylvan Morris
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Geoffrey Chung
Guitar [Pick Guitar] – Geoffrey Chung
Horns – Headley 'Deadly' Bennett*, Arnold Breckenridge*, Dean 'Youth Sax' Frazer*, Egbert Evans, Herman Marquis, Jerome Francisque*, Richard 'Dirty Harry' Hall*, Thomas Fulchner, Tommy McCook, Vin 'Trommie' Gordon*
Lead Guitar – Geoffrey Chung, Mikey Chung, Stephen 'Cat' Coore*
Organ – Earl 'Wia' Lindo*, Geoffrey Chung, Robert Lyn*
Percussion – Noel 'Scully' Simms*, Orville Wood, Isiah 'Sticky' Thompson*
Percussion [Funde Drums] – Cedric 'Im' Brooks*, Bros. Charley*, Leroy Mattis, Orville Wood, Golding*
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Frank Jones (22)
Piano – Earl 'Wia' Lindo*, Mikey 'Ibo' Cooper*, Pablove Black*, Robert Lyn*, Winston Wright
Rhythm Guitar – Bunny 'Rugs' Clarke*, Phil Callendar*, Geoffrey Chung
Written-By – Errol Kong

Notes

Text on sleeve:
Recorded at - Harry J Studio & Lee Perry's Black Ark Studio
Overdubbing - Dynamic Sounds Recording Studio
Distributed by: Federal Records
Marketed by - Talent Corporation
Lithographed in Jamaica by Capital Press Ltd.

Text on labels:
(P) 1979
(C) 1979
King Kong Music
Talent Music

Tracktitles taken from sleeve. Different titles on labels:
A2: Babylon Walls (Ghetto Cry on sleeve)

This is the original release from 1979.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Etched in runout A): TC-082-A KKmastering
Matrix / Runout (Etched in runout B): TC-082-B KKmastering

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Way It Is (LP, Album, Stereo)	Top Ranking	none	Jamaica	1979
New Submission	The Way It Is (LP, Album)	Top Ranking	TC-082	Jamaica	1979
New Submission	Ghetto Cry (CD, Album)	Lagoon	LG2 - 1043	France	1992
New Submission	The Way It Is (CDr, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release)	Corn-Fed Productions	CF 072	Netherlands	2004
Recently Edited	The Way It Is (CD, Album, Reissue)	VP Records	VPCD2332	US	2006