The Congos - Heart Of The Congos FLAC

The Congos Dub Roots Reggae 1996 Jamaica

Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1	Fisherman Bass – Geoffrey ChungDrums – Paul*Written-By – Lee Perry	6:03
1-2	Congoman Bass – Winston 'Brubeck' Wright*Written-By – Lee Perry	6:38
1-3	Open Up The Gate	4:28
1-4	Children Crying Backing Vocals – Candy McKenzie	4:42
1-5	La La Bam-Bam Backing Vocals – Barry Llewellyn, Earl Morgan, Gregory Isaacs	3:51
1-6	Can't Come In	5:51
1-7	Sodom And Gomorrow	6:10
1-8	The Wrong Thing	5:31
1-9	Ark Of The Covenant	6:18
1-10	Solid Foundation	5:56
1-11	At The Feast	3:38
1-12	Nicodemus	7:36
2-1	Congoman (12" Mix)	6:15
2-2	Congoman Chant	6:17
2-3	Bring The Mackaback	4:03
2-4	Noah Sugar Pan	3:27
2-5	Solid Foundation (Disco Cork Mix)	5:57

Companies, etc.

Mastered At – The Town House
Recorded At – The Black Ark
Designed At – Intro
Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Congos
Copyright (c) – Blood & Fire Limited
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – B9698
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – B9699

Credits

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

Notes

Recorded in The Black Ark 1976/77.

Mastered at The Town House, London.
Digital Restoration at Room 63, Abbey Road Studios, London.

Design and Art Direction at Intro.

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.

℗1977 The Congos ©1996 Blood and Fire Limited.

Digital remaster of the 1977 album with "lost" tracks on the second CD:
Tracks 2-1 and 2-2 taken from the Congo Man / Congo Man Chant 12".
Track 2-3 is a dub version to Fisherman previously available as a Jamaican 7" on the Upsetter label.
Track 2-4 is Scratch's B-side dub mix to the Black Art 7" of Ark Of The Covernant first issued in 1977.
Track 2-5 is from the master tape of the Jamaican Upsetter 12" mix.

Released as a Digipak with 36 page booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 83564 00092 0
Matrix / Runout (CD 1, variant 1): B9698 BAFCD 009 DISC 1. : 0 MASTERED BY NIMBUS
Matrix / Runout (CD 1, variant 2): B9698 BAFCD 009 DISC 1 · ⁞ : ⁞ MASTERED BY NIMBUS
Matrix / Runout (CD 2, variant 1): B9699 BAFCD 009 DISC 2. : 0 MASTERED BY NIMBUS
Matrix / Runout (CD 2, variant 2): B9699 BAFCD 009 DISC 2 · ⁞ : ⁞ MASTERED BY NIMBUS
Mastering SID Code (CD1, variant 1 & 2): IPFI L123
Mastering SID Code (CD2, variant 1 & 2): IPFI L122
Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 1): ifpi 2309
Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 2): ifpi 2305
Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 1): ifpi 2309
Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 2): ifpi 2305

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

VAZGINO

This isn't really a review about the music on this album, because of course the music is untouchable - Heart Of the Congos is generally considered to be one of the greatest reggae records of all times. Instead, I wanted to highlight some of the details about this 2xCD edition. Blood and Fire have a well-earned reputation for excellent reissues - great selection, mastering and artwork - and here they have given this classic album the respect it deserves. This edition is lavishly presented in a slimline clear double jewel case with a 20+ page full colour booklet on thick stock. The art and design from Intro gives an organic feel to the package with images of the original LP and irie collages of found objects. The booklet also has an essay and some short technical notes about the remastering process. CD1 largely follows the tracklisting of the original LP, with a couple of extra tracks. CD2 is a collection of versions including two spacious mixes of Congoman. The audio has been transparently remastered - it never feels fatiguing like overdone remastering sometimes feels. Altogether, Blood & Fire do it again with a superb edition of a sublime album. Essential!