Heart of the Congos
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| Studio album by The Congos | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1976–1977, Black Ark, Kingston, Jamaica | |||
| Genre | Roots reggae | |||
| Label | Black Ark | |||
| Producer | Lee Perry | |||
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Heart of the Congos is a roots reggae album by The Congos, produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry at his Black Ark studio with a studio band including Boris Gardiner on bass and Ernest Ranglin on guitar. The album was released in 1977. It is noted as being one of Perry's masterpiece productions of the Black Ark era.
The first issue of the LP in Jamaica was a very limited release said to consist of only several hundred copies. This first release has never been officially re-issued on either LP or CD (although an 'unofficial' CD release, sourced from the original LP, was released in 2004 by CORN-FED Productions, based in Amsterdam). All editions subsequent to the first Jamaica release feature a 2nd, substantially different, mix by Lee Perry.
The album was listed in the 1999 book The Rough Guide: Reggae: 100 Essential CDs.
Pitchfork Media ranked the record at #46 on its "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s".
All tracks written by Cedric Myton and Roydel Johnson, except tracks 1 and 2 written by Cedric Myton, Roydel Johnson and Lee Perry.
Produced by The Congos and Lee "Scratch" Perry. Recorded at the Black Ark 1976–77, Cardiff Crescent, Washington Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica.
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