...which is here- Fisherman, lead track from Heart Of The Congos by The Congos. Utterly sublime vocal reggae from the golden tonsils of Cedric Myton and Roy 'Ashanti' Johnson. This is from a 1996 Blood And Fire re-issue which included a second disc including a 12" mix of Congoman which I may get round to at some point. Looking at the tracklist it's difficult to know where to begin with so many standouts- The Wrong Thing, Ark Of The Covenant, La La Bam Bam, Congoman. If you haven't got this album, go get it and fill a hole in your life/record collection.
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Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Row, Fisherman, Row
...which is here- Fisherman, lead track from Heart Of The Congos by The Congos. Utterly sublime vocal reggae from the golden tonsils of Cedric Myton and Roy 'Ashanti' Johnson. This is from a 1996 Blood And Fire re-issue which included a second disc including a 12" mix of Congoman which I may get round to at some point. Looking at the tracklist it's difficult to know where to begin with so many standouts- The Wrong Thing, Ark Of The Covenant, La La Bam Bam, Congoman. If you haven't got this album, go get it and fill a hole in your life/record collection.
If A Fish Would Keep His Mouth Shut He'd Never Get Caught
Heart Of The Congos by The Congos, from the year two sevens clashed, is one of the great vocal reggae albums, with predictably great Lee Perry production. I can't believe I've never posted anything from it. This is Fisherman Style, where The Congos are aided by U Roy, who chats all over Fisherman, showing some sympathy with the fish. This was done for a re-versioning project for Blood And Fire in 2006 where a variety of past and present reggae artists had a go at doing something new to the source track. Frankly, I'm not sure why anyone thinks they could improve on the original but this is pretty good. But this will probably send me in only one direction...
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