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Re: Where to go with the Congos?

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:38 pm
by I-Lion Tafari
aabey wrote:I-Defenda wrote :"Face The Music" is a very crucial album.

Indeed!
...forgot to mention this wonderful, harmonic album....one of my old time faves...

Re: Where to go with the Congos?

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:10 pm
by j j
Dosen't anyone rate 2006 "Swinging Bridge" on mediacom?
tracks like the title & Black Market Babies,concrete zone etc are fantastic, some of their best tracks since Heart of.....imho

j j

Re: Where to go with the Congos?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:16 am
by tron
i enjoyed inna de yard ,more of a cedrick set though i think

Re: Where to go with the Congos?

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:49 am
by selecta bing
The Congos wil be in Australia for Australian World Music Expo in Melbourne this November and will be touring with the MISTA SAVONA band.( Aust.)
Keep a lookout for some new recordings to follow this tour.

http://www.awme.com.au/

http://www.awme.com.au/program-2011.html

Re: Where to go with the Congos?

Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:39 am
by PloKoon13
Cheers for all the recommendations and advice.

For now I've gone for Congo Ashanti but I'll look into the others soon no doubt.

Thanks again - it was a good album.

Re: Where to go with the Congos?

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 4:49 pm
by meeuwis
Also check out their latest album with "pura vida" some great songs on it, the title is "Nah give up" only available on vinyl or download. I normally do not like the new stuff but this has the same vibe as in the early eighties.

And I also agree check out "Congo Ashanti" and "Face the music" well worth picking up

Re: Where to go with the Congos?

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:27 pm
by dan i
Give Them The Rights had some excellent tunes, such as Kingdom Rise and It Can't Work.

Re: Where to go with the Congos?

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:30 am
by Congo Bunny
Congno Ashanti is their greatest achivement, its a faultless reggae album

face the music is great with some beautiful songs, but the sound quality is a little poor, at least on my copy.

Also if you should try to get a copy of the original mix of heart of the congos before perry was encouraged to make the far inferior mix that blood and fire re-released. The original mix was far superior and prooves that perry could have been taken so much more seriously as a producer if he hadn't been encouraged to make quirky sounds.

Blood and fire really missed a trick when they re-released the 2nd mix, they should have released the 1st mix as the main album and used the 2nd mix as bonus material.