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Format: LP
Label: VP Records
Year: 2017
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
TRACKS:
HEART OF THE CONGOS:
A1 Fisherman
A2 Congoman
A3 Open Up The Gate
A4 Children Crying
B1 La La Bam-Bam
B2 Can't Come In
B3 Sodom & Gomorrow
B4 The Wrong Thing
C1 Ark Of The Covenant
C2 Solid Foundation
HEART OF THE CONGOS OUTTAKES:
C3 Don't Blame It On I
C4 At The Feast
D1 Neckodeemus
DUBS AND DISCOMIXES:
D2 Solid Foundation (Disco Cork Mix)
D3 Foundation Dub
E1 Congoman (12" Mix)
E2 Congoman Chant
F1 Bring The Mackaback
F2 Fisherman Dub
F3 Noah Sugar Pan
Originally released in 1977.
PERSONNEL:
Vocals: Cedric Myton, Roy Johnson, Watty Burnett
Backing Vocals – The Meditations
Bass – Boris Gardiner
Drums – Michael Richards, Sly Dunbar
Lead Guitar – Ernest Ranglin
Organ – Winston Wright
Percussion – Scully
Piano – Keith Sterling
Remastered By – Kevin Metcalfe
Rhythm Guitar – Robert "Billy" Johnson
Written-By – C. Myton, R. Johnson
Producer – Lee Perry
Recorded at Black Ark Studio
The greatest roots reggae LP ever recorded--the beauty, depth, and intensity of the performances matched by daring and otherworldly production and arrangements.
The "Heart of the Congos" LP went through no less than six markedly different mixes and edits--some transcendent, some blasphemous--before ever seeing a proper, definitive worldwide release, nearly 20 years after its completion.
This Triple-LP edition expands on that release, another 20 years on. It features the definitive edits and mixes of each of the album's original ten tracks. Also included are three out-takes from those sessions, "Don't Blame It On I", "At The Feast", and "Nicodeemus", each of which is a highly prized roots classic in its own right.
The third LP contains extended discomixes of album cuts "Solid Foundation" and "Congoman" originally released on Jamaican 12" singles, along with two alternate dub takes of "Row Fisherman" and one of "Ark of the Covenant" originally from the B-sides of Jamaican 7" singles.
Label: VP Records
Year: 2017
Media Condition: New
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New
TRACKS:
HEART OF THE CONGOS:
A1 Fisherman
A2 Congoman
A3 Open Up The Gate
A4 Children Crying
B1 La La Bam-Bam
B2 Can't Come In
B3 Sodom & Gomorrow
B4 The Wrong Thing
C1 Ark Of The Covenant
C2 Solid Foundation
HEART OF THE CONGOS OUTTAKES:
C3 Don't Blame It On I
C4 At The Feast
D1 Neckodeemus
DUBS AND DISCOMIXES:
D2 Solid Foundation (Disco Cork Mix)
D3 Foundation Dub
E1 Congoman (12" Mix)
E2 Congoman Chant
F1 Bring The Mackaback
F2 Fisherman Dub
F3 Noah Sugar Pan
Originally released in 1977.
PERSONNEL:
Vocals: Cedric Myton, Roy Johnson, Watty Burnett
Backing Vocals – The Meditations
Bass – Boris Gardiner
Drums – Michael Richards, Sly Dunbar
Lead Guitar – Ernest Ranglin
Organ – Winston Wright
Percussion – Scully
Piano – Keith Sterling
Remastered By – Kevin Metcalfe
Rhythm Guitar – Robert "Billy" Johnson
Written-By – C. Myton, R. Johnson
Producer – Lee Perry
Recorded at Black Ark Studio
The greatest roots reggae LP ever recorded--the beauty, depth, and intensity of the performances matched by daring and otherworldly production and arrangements.
The "Heart of the Congos" LP went through no less than six markedly different mixes and edits--some transcendent, some blasphemous--before ever seeing a proper, definitive worldwide release, nearly 20 years after its completion.
This Triple-LP edition expands on that release, another 20 years on. It features the definitive edits and mixes of each of the album's original ten tracks. Also included are three out-takes from those sessions, "Don't Blame It On I", "At The Feast", and "Nicodeemus", each of which is a highly prized roots classic in its own right.
The third LP contains extended discomixes of album cuts "Solid Foundation" and "Congoman" originally released on Jamaican 12" singles, along with two alternate dub takes of "Row Fisherman" and one of "Ark of the Covenant" originally from the B-sides of Jamaican 7" singles.