Congos — Heart Of The Congos
LP
£37.00
Congos — Heart Of The Congos. LP on VP RECORDS. Released 15 December 2008. Genre: Reggae & Dub.
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The artist
About Congos
The Congos are a Jamaican reggae vocal group from Jamaica which formed as the duo "Ashanti" Roy Johnson (tenor) (b. Roydel Johnson, 1947, Hanover, Jamaica) and Cedric Myton (falsetto) (b. 1947, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica), later becoming a trio with the addition of Watty Burnett (baritone) (b. early 1950s, Port Antonio, Jamaica), and have been active on and off from the mid-1970s until the present day. They are best known for their Heart of the Congos album, recorded with Lee "Scratch" Perry.
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The release
About Heart Of The Congos
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. In 1980 it was reissued by The Beat on their Go-Feet Records imprint.
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Additional information
| Format | LP |
|---|---|
| Label | VP RECORDS |
| Release date | 15 December 2008 |
| Genre | Reggae & Dub |
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