The Congos - Heart Of The Congos FLAC download

Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1	Fisherman Bass – Geoffrey ChungDrums – Paul*Written-By – Lee Perry	6:05
1-2	Congoman Bass – Winston 'Brubeck' Wright*Written-By – Lee Perry	6:39
1-3	Open Up The Gate	4:29
1-4	Children Crying Backing Vocals – Candy McKenzie	4:13
1-5	La La Bam-Bam Backing Vocals – Barry Llewellyn, Earl Morgan, Gregory Isaacs	3:55
1-6	Can't Come In	5:52
1-7	Sodom And Gomorrow	6:11
1-8	The Wrong Thing	5:35
1-9	Ark Of The Covenant	6:19
1-10	Solid Foundation	5:58
1-11	At The Feast	3:39
1-12	Nicodemus	7:34
2-1	Congoman (12" Mix)	6:16
2-2	Congoman Chant	6:18
2-3	Bring The Mackaback	4:05
2-4	Noah Sugar Pan	3:28
2-5	Solid Foundation (Disco Cork Mix)	5:56

Companies, etc.

• Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – B9698
• Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – B9699

Credits

• Backing Vocals – The Meditations, Watty 'King' Burnett*
• Bass – Boris Gardiner
• Coordinator [Project Co-ordination] – Bob Harding, Steve Barrow
• Design, Art Direction – Mat Cook
• Drums – Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar*, Mikey 'Boo' Richards*
• Illustration – Andy Veitch, Mat Cook
• Lead Guitar – Ernest Ranglin
• Mastered By – Kevin Metcalfe
• Organ – Winston 'Brubeck' Wright*
• Percussion [Percussions] – Lee Perry, Noel 'Skully' Simms*, Uziah 'Sticky' Thompson*
• Photography By – Phil Hale
• Piano – Keith Stewart
• Producer – Lee 'Scratch' Perry*, The Congos
• Remastered By [Digital Restoration] – Andy Walter*
• Rhythm Guitar – Robert 'Billy' Johnson*
• 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 in cardboard slipcase of The Congos - Heart Of The Congos. Contains 36 page booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 83564 00092 0
• Matrix / Runout (CD1 - Mirrored): B9698 BAFCD 009 DISC 1 :·: 1 : 2 NIMBUS
• Matrix / Runout (CD2 - Mirrored): B9699 BAFCD 009 DISC 2 :· 1 : 0 NIMBUS
• Mastering SID Code (CD1 - Mirrored): IFPI L123
• Mastering SID Code (CD2 - Mirrored): IFPI L123
• Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 2314
• Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 2303

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	The Congos	Heart Of The Congos ‎(LP, Album)	Black Art	none	Jamaica	1977
BEAT 2	The Congos	Heart Of The Congos ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Go-Feet Records	BEAT 2	UK	1980
VPRL1287	The Congos	Heart Of The Congos ‎(LP, Album, RE)	VP Records	VPRL1287	US	1993
VPRL4212	The Congos	Heart Of The Congos ‎(3xLP, Album, RE, RM)	17 North Parade, VP Records	VPRL4212	US	2017
VP4143	The Congos	Heart Of The Congos ‎(LP, Album, Red + LP, Comp + Dlx)	17 North Parade	VP4143	US	2008