I Kong - The Way It Is

Tracklist

A1	Life's Road	3:15
A2	Ghetto Cry	4:48
A3	Wolves In Sheep's Clothing	6:20
A4	Babylon Walls	5:31
B1	Set Black People Free	4:34
B2	Sinner Man	4:42
B3	I Wish (We'll All Be Ready)	4:21
B4	The Way It Is	7:51

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Harry J's Recording Studio
• Recorded At – The Black Ark
• Overdubbed At – Dynamic Sounds Studios
• Published By – King Kong Music
• Published By – Talent Music
• Marketed By – Talent Corporation
• Printed By – Capital Press Ltd.
• Distributed By – Federal Record Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Credits

• Arranged By [Harmony Arrangements] – Geoffrey Chung, I. Kong*, O. Wood*
• Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – I. Kong*
• Art Direction – I. Kong*, T. Cowan*
• Backing Vocals – Anicia Banks, Beres Hammond, Candy McKenzie, Judy Mowatt, Orville Wood, Prilly Hamilton, Winston Wright
• Bass – Aston 'Familyman' Barrett*, Geoffrey Chung, Val Douglas
• Clavinet – Mikey 'Ibo' Cooper*, Robert Lyn*, Winston Wright
• Congas – Irvin 'Carrot' Jarrett*
• Cover, Artwork, Design – Orville 'Bagga' Case*
• Drums – Phil Callendar*, Mikey 'Boo' Richards*
• Engineer – Geoffrey Chung, Jerome Francisque*, Lee Perry, P. Zadie*, Sylvan Morris
• Guitar [Pick Guitar] – Geoffrey Chung
• Horns – Headley 'Deadly' Bennett*, Arnold Breckenridge*, Dean 'Youth Sax' Frazer*, Egbert Evans, Herman Marquis, Jerome Francisque*, Richard 'Dirty Harry' Hall*, Thomas Fulchner, Tommy McCook, Vin 'Trommie' Gordon*
• Lead Guitar – Geoffrey Chung, Mikey Chung, Stephen 'Cat' Coore*
• Mixed By – Geoffrey Chung
• Organ – Earl 'Wia' Lindo*, Geoffrey Chung, Robert Lyn*
• Percussion – Noel 'Scully' Simms*, Orville Wood, Isiah 'Sticky' Thompson*
• Percussion [Funde Drums] – Cedric 'Im' Brooks*, Leroy Mattis, Orville Wood, Golding*
• Photography – Frank Jones
• Piano – Earl 'Wia' Lindo*, Mikey 'Ibo' Cooper*, Pablove Black*, Robert Lyn*, Winston Wright
• Rhythm Guitar – Bunny 'Rugs' Clarke*, Phil Callendar*, Geoffrey Chung
• Written-By – Errol Kong

Notes

Text on sleeve:
Recorded at - Harry J Studio & Lee Perry's Black Ark Studio
Overdubbing - Dynamic Sounds Recording Studio
Distributed by: Federal Records
Marketed by - Talent Corporation
Lithographed in Jamaica by Capital Press Ltd.

Text on labels:
(P) 1979
(C) 1979
King Kong Music
Talent Music

Tracktitles taken from sleeve. Different titles on labels:
A1: Lifes Road
A2: Babylon Walls
A3: Wolves In Sheep Clothing

This is the original release from 1979.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LG2 - 1043	I Kong	Ghetto Cry ‎(CD, Album)	Lagoon	LG2 - 1043	France	1992
BB64	I Kong	The Way It Is ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Iroko Records	BB64	France	2015
VPCD2332	I Kong	The Way It Is ‎(CD, Album, RE)	VP Records	VPCD2332	US	2006

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