but the tempo of any rhythmic material had to be set at 99 beats per minute

improvisation as composition (and vice versa)

Side One swings with a vengeance with its tight arrangements built around acoustic bass

Navy recruit Fred Potts cut his unconditionally serene ballad remotely stationed on a Spanish naval base

eliciting the hidden stories people carry around with them

THE CONGOS - Heart Of The Congos LP New Wave but the tempo of anyHeart 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.