The Congos - Heart Of The Congos

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Heart Of The Congos
1-1	Fisherman Bass – Geoffrey ChungDrums – Paul*	6:03
1-2	Congoman Bass – Winston 'Brubeck' Wright*	6:38
1-3	Open Up The Gate	4:28
1-4	Children Crying Backing Vocals – Candy McKenzie	4:12
1-5	La La Bam-Bam Backing Vocals – Barry Llewellyn, Earl Morgan, Gregory Isaacs	3:54
1-6	Can't Come In	5:51
1-7	Sodom And Gomorrow	6:10
1-8	The Wrong Thing	5:34
1-9	Ark Of The Covenant	6:18
1-10	Solid Foundation	5:5
1-11	At The Feast	3:38
1-12	Nicodemus	7:36
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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.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Congos
• Copyright (c) – Blood & Fire Limited
• Made By – Deluxe
• Recorded At – The Black Ark
• Mastered At – The Town House
• Remastered At – Abbey Road Studios
• Designed At – Intro

Credits

• Backing Vocals – The Meditations, Watty 'King' Burnett*
• Bass – Boris Gardiner
• Coordinator [Project Co-ordination], Liner Notes – Bob Harding, Steve Barrow
• Design, Art Direction – Mat Cook
• Drums – Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar*, Mikey 'Boo' Richards*
• Illustration [Illustrations] – 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, Lee Perry (tracks: 1, 2), Roydel Johnson

Notes

From the liner notes:
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

CD2:
"Congoman" / "Congoman Chant" are taken from the master tape for Island Black Swan 12" issue, first released in 1977 and not available since then
"Bring The Mackaback" is a dub version to "Fisherman" previously available as a Jamaican 7" B-side released on the Upsetter label
"Noah Sugar Pan" is Scratch's B-side dub mix to the Black Art label 7" of "Ark of the Covenant" first issued in 1977
"Solid Foundation" is from the master tape of the Jamaican Upsetter 12" mix

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

℗ 1977 The Congos
© 1996 Blood and Fire Limited
Made in England

Packaged in slim double jewel case housed in a slipcase
This repress was made by Deluxe at some point between August 2003 and July 2006.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 83564 00092 0
• Barcode: 783564000920
• Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI L136
• Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI L135
• Mould SID Code (CD1, CD2, mirror band): IFPI 04AK
• Mould SID Code (CD1, CD2, mould): IFPI 0498
• Matrix / Runout (CD1): BAFCD009/1 01 6
• Matrix / Runout (CD2): deluxe BAFCD009/2 02
• Matrix / Runout (CD1, CD2, mould): MADE IN THE UK

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, 197)	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