The Congos The Heart Of The Congo (2 LP Vinyl)




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The words ”Lee", "Perry" and “genius” crop up together frequently; yet these days evidence of the producer’s excellence seems to be limited to erratic stage performances and wilful eccentricity. Heart of the Congos, however, is the most vivid example of what he’s capable of.

The Congos came to Perry as a duo of Cedric Myton, a falsetto, and Roy Johnson, tenor. Perry immediately underpinned their harmonies by adding baritone Watty Burnett. This gave Myton’s soaring tones free rein on Ark of the Covenant and Solid Foundation, and added greater depth to the deep roots of Open Up the Gate and Sodom and Gomorrow. But most importantly, it connected to traditional Jamaican three-part harmonising, giving the singing a very familiar rocksteady-ish feel.

Perry’s mission at the Black Ark was to ruralise reggae, removed from Kingston’s urban edginess; and with these deeply spiritual Rastafarian singers he had the perfect focus for his musical creations. On Fisherman, Children Crying and La La Bam-Bam, he takes things so deep into the island’s interior you need a machete to hack through. Thick, blurring layers of drum and bass soften into each other, while the guitar cascades down like creepers, giving the plaintive singing the support it needs to keep moving.

In every instance the lyrics are never less than righteous, jumbling up biblical parables (Fisherman), beseeching Jah (Children Crying) or chanting down Babylon (Congo Man). The end result is the ultimate roots reggae statement.

1 LP Vinyl Green with Yellow Haze Color 12 INCH Vinyl Size 33 1/3 RPM Speed 750 Limited Edition

















TRACKLIST
01 Fisherman

02 Congoman 

03 Open Up The Gate

04 Children Crying

05 La La Bam-Bam

06 Can't Come In

07 Sodom & Gomorrow

08 The Wrong Thing

09 Ark Of Covenant

10 Solid Foundation

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