• The Congos : Heart Of The Congos (2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)
  • The Congos : Heart Of The Congos (2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)
  • The Congos : Heart Of The Congos (2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)
  • The Congos : Heart Of The Congos (2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)
  • The Congos : Heart Of The Congos (2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)
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USED: The Congos - Heart Of The Congos (2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)

USED: The Congos - Heart Of The Congos (2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)

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Media Condition:  Very Good (VG)
Sleeve Condition: Good Plus (G+)
Label: Blood & Fire
Catalogue Number: BAFCD 009
Country:    UK  
Released:  1996
Genre:       Reggae
Style:         Dub, Roots Reggae

Comments:
Cover fairly worn & a bit scruffy, contents reasonably well kept. A few light scratches on disc one, faultless playback. Disc 2 VG+.
 

Notes:

Recorded in The Black Ark 1976/77.

Mastered at The Town House, London.
Digital Restoration at Room 63, Abbey Road Studios, London.

Design and Art Direction at Intro.

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.

℗1977 The Congos ©1996 Blood and Fire Limited.

Digital remaster of the 1977 album with "lost" tracks on the second CD:
Tracks 2-1 and 2-2 taken from the Congo Man / Congo Man Chant 12".
Track 2-3 is a dub version to Fisherman previously available as a Jamaican 7" on the Upsetter label.
Track 2-4 is Scratch's B-side dub mix to the Black Art 7" of Ark Of The Covernant first issued in 1977.
Track 2-5 is from the master tape of the Jamaican Upsetter 12" mix.

Released as a digibook with 36 page booklet and a card sleeve for the CDs.

 

1-1. Fisherman 6:03
1-2. Congoman 6:38
1-3. Open Up The Gate 4:28
1-4. Children Crying 4:12
1-5. La La Bam-Bam 3:51
1-6. Can't Come In 5:51
1-7. Sodom And Gomorrow 6:10
1-8. The Wrong Thing 5:31
1-9. Ark Of The Covenant 6:18
1-10. Solid Foundation 5:56
1-11. At The Feast 3:38
1-12. Nicodemus 7:36
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

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 7 83564 00092 0
Matrix / Runout B9698 BAFCD 009 DISC 1. : 0 MASTERED BY NIMBUS
Mastering SID Code IFPI L123
Mould SID Code ifpi 2309
Matrix / Runout B9698 BAFCD 009 DISC 1 · 1:1 MASTERED BY NIMBUS
Mastering SID Code IFPI L123
Mould SID Code ifpi 2305
Matrix / Runout B9699 BAFCD 009 DISC 2. : 0 MASTERED BY NIMBUS
Mastering SID Code IFPI L122
Mould SID Code ifpi 2309
Matrix / Runout B9699 BAFCD 009 DISC 2 · 1:1 MASTERED BY NIMBUS
Mastering SID Code IFPI L122
Mould SID Code ifpi 2305

 

Mastered At The Town House
Recorded At The Black Ark
Designed At Intro (11)
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Congos
Copyright (c) Blood & Fire Limited
Glass Mastered At Nimbus
Glass Mastered At Nimbus

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