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A1	Fisherman Bass – Geoffrey ChungDrums – Paul*Written-By – Cedric Myton, Lee Perry, Roydel Johnson	6:03
A2	Congoman Bass – Winston 'Brubeck' Wright*Written-By – Cedric Myton, Lee Perry, Roydel Johnson	6:38
A3	Open Up The Gate	4:28
A4	Children Crying Backing Vocals – Candy McKenzie	4:12
B1	La La Bam-Bam Backing Vocals – Barry Llewellyn, Earl Morgan, Gregory Isaacs	3:54
B2	Can't Come In	5:51
B3	Sodom And Gomorrow	6:10
B4	The Wrong Thing	5:34
C1	Ark Of The Covenant	6:18
C2	Solid Foundation	5:56
C3	At The Feast	3:38
C4	Nicodemus	7:36
D1	Congoman (12" Mix)	6:15
D2	Congoman Chant	6:17
D3	Bring The Mackaback	4:03
D4	Noah Sugar Plan	3:27
D5	Solid Foundation (Disco Cork Mix)	5:57

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Blood & Fire Limited
• Recorded At – The Black Ark
• Mastered At – The Town House
• Remastered At – Abbey Road Studios
• Designed At – Intro
• Pressed By – Record Industry – 08 44655 20

Credits

• Backing Vocals – The Meditations, Watty 'King' Burnett*
• Bass – Boris Gardiner
• Design, Art Direction – Mat Cook
• Drums – Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar*, Mikey 'Boo' Richards*
• Illustration – Andy Veitch, Mat Cook
• Lead Guitar – Ernest Ranglin
• Mastered By – Kevin Metcalfe
• Organ – Winston 'Brubeck' Wright*
• Percussion – Lee Perry, Noel 'Scully' Simms*, Uziah 'Sticky' Thompson*
• Photography By – Phil Hale
• Piano – Keith Stewart
• Producer – Lee 'Scratch' Perry*, The Congos
• Remastered By [Audio Restoration] – Andy Walter*
• Rhythm Guitar – Robert 'Billy' Johnson*
• Sleeve Notes, Coordinator [Project Co-ordination] – Bob Harding, Steve Barrow
• Vocals – Cedric Myton, Ashanti Roy*
• Written-By – Cedric Myton, Roydel Johnson

Notes

Limited release on 180G vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

Originally released in 1977 on Black Ark recordings on a single disc. This re-issue originally released on Blood & Fire in 1996.
This re-issue includes the bonus tracks from the CD.

This album has been remastered using the original Black Ark quarter inch master tapes with the exception of 'At The Feast' which was transferred from vinyl and processed using Cedar™ hardware and software to remove any unwanted crackle and clicks.

℗ 1977 The Congos
© 1996 Blood and Fire Limited

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 43346 02471
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout - Etched): SVLP 247 08 44655 20 1A1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout - Etched): SVLP 247 08 44655 20 1B1
• Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout - Etched): SVLP 247 08 44655 20 1C1
• Matrix / Runout (Side D Runout - Etched): SVLP 247 08 44655 20 1D1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	The Congos	Heart Of The Congos ‎(LP, Album)	Black Art	none	Jamaica	1977
BEAT 2	The Congos	Heart Of The Congos ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Go-Feet Records	BEAT 2	UK	1980
VPRL1287	The Congos	Heart Of The Congos ‎(LP, Album, RE)	VP Records	VPRL1287	US	1993
VPRL4212	The Congos	Heart Of The Congos ‎(3xLP, Album, RE, RM)	17 North Parade, VP Records	VPRL4212	US	2017
VP4143	The Congos	Heart Of The Congos ‎(LP, Album, Red + LP, Comp + Dlx)	17 North Parade	VP4143	US	2008