The Congos - Heart Of The Congos - LP

State-of the-art re-mastered for 2022 release is the Lee Perry produced Black Ark classic album! - The Congos started out as the duo of Cedric Myton and Roy Johnson and their debut longplayer was "Heart Of The Congos" originally released in 1977.

A few facts and quotes:

Rolling Stone - 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (From the Beatles to Nas and beyond): #82 "Heart of the Congos"

"The best roots reggae album ever..." (Lloyd Bradley)

"Heart Of The Congos is, together with Bob Marley and the Wailers' Natty Dread, Burning Spear's Marcus Garvey and The Mighty Diamonds' Right Time, a defining statement of Jamaican vocal group artistry in the seventies. By virtue of its thematic coherence, superb musicianship, beautiful vocals, it is exemplary roots music of the highest order. It is also the most perfectly realised album to come from Lee Perry's Black Ark." (Steve Barrow)

Tracklisting / side split
Side One
A1 Fisherman
A2 Congoman
A3 Open Up The Gate
A4 Children Crying
A5 La La Bam-Bam
Side Two
B1 Can't Come In
B2 Sodom & Gomorrow
B3 The Wrong Thing
B4 Ark Of Covenant
B5 Solid Foundation

• 2022 single disc re-master of the Lee Perry produced Black Ark classic
• “The best roots reggae album ever…” Lloyd Bradley

C r e d i t s
Bass: Boris Gardiner, Winston Wright (track A2)
Drums: Michael Richards, Sly Dunbar
Lead Guitar: Ernest Ranglin
Rhythm Guitar: Robert 'Billy' Johnson
Piano: Keith Sterling
Organ: Winston Wright
Percussion: Brother Joe, Skully Sims
Backing Vocals: The Meditations, Watty Bennett, Candy McKenzie

Recorded at The Black Ark
Mixed by Lee "Scratch" Perry
All tracks written by: Cedric Myton, Roydel Johnson
Produced by The Congos and Lee Perry