Heart of the Congos

Congos

Congos / Heart of the Congos
Genre: music4me > World > Reggae
Format: CD Album
Released: Fri 23 Oct 1992
Catalogue Number: VP1287.2

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Description:
HEART OF THE CONGOS is also available in an expanded, 2-CD version on Blood & Fire (009). The Congos: Cedric Myton, "Congo Ashanti" Roy Johnson (vocals). Additional personnel: Ernest Ranglin, Robert "Billy" Johnson (guitar); Keith Sterling (piano); Winston "Brubeck" Wright (organ, bass); Boris Gardiner (bass); Lowell "Sly" Dunbar, Mikey "Boo" Richards (drums); Noel "Skully" Simms, Brother Joe (percussion). Recorded at The Black Ark, Kingston, Jamaica in 1976 and 1977. HEART OF THE CONGOS is a landmark reggae album whose initial obscurity was due to a dispute between producer Lee Perry and his label, Island Records. Perry's idea to create a roots vocal album took shape when Cedric Myton and Roy Johnson auditioned at his Black Ark Studio. The resulting album had Myton and Johnson wrapping their falsetto and tenor around one another in the sweetly rendered "Children Crying" and "La La Bam-Bam." Perry's production lent HEART OF THE CONGOS a hazy, dub-like sheen that swathed the Rastafarian imagery of songs such as "Sodom & Gomorrow" and "Ark Of Covenant" in muted shadings. Backed by a number of legendary session musicians including Sly Dunbar and Ernest Ranglin, HEART OF THE CONGOS could have been a smash, had Perry not held back the record from Island Records who handled his international distribution. Instead, it became a lost classic cherished by countless reggae aficionados.

Details:

  • Discs: 1
  • Release Year: 2002
  • Weight (g): 85

Track Listing:

1.  Fisherman [5:28]
2.  Congoman [5:35]
3.  Open Up the Gate [4:21]
4.  Children Crying [3:54]
5.  Bam Bam [3:57]
6.  Can't Come In [5:46]
7.  Sodom and Gomorrow [4:20]
8.  Wrong Thing [3:00]
9.  Ark of the Covenant [3:46]
10.  Solid Foundation [4:29]

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