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JOHN KONGOS

with CALEB QUAYE, DAVE GLOVER, ROGER POPE, RAY COOPER, LOL COXHILL, GUS DUDGEON, MIKE MORAN, RALPH McTELL, etc.

Before scoring a handful of minor hits in the U.K. in the late '60s and early '70s, John Kongos had been the leader behind Johnny Kongos & the G-Men, a prolific beat group from Johannesburg, South Africa that frequently appeared on that country's charts during the first half of the '60s. In 1966, Kongos and a number of his associates relocated to London and cut a 1967 single as Floribunda Rose for Piccadilly. Floribunda Rose eventually morphed into Scrugg, a psychedelic pop band that released a trio of singles for Pye prior to their 1969 breakup. "I Wish I Was Five," a 1968 B-side, gained the most attention. Upon Scrugg's split, Kongos went solo and released a handful of records, including the albums Confusions About a Goldfish, John Kongos, and Tokoloshe Man. The 1971 single "He's Gonna Step on You Again" registered on the charts in the U.K. and the U.S.

"KONGOS"

1971     LP     ELEKTRA RECORDS       EKS-74089   STEREO

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL  PRESSING

STILL IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

Barcode: none

LABEL: ELEKTRA -  BUTTERFLY LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: EKS-75019  

Catalog on labels: EKS-75019-A / EKS-75019-B 

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 1 EKS-75019 A-RE  SX ??

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 2 EKS-75019-B-RE ??  SX 

On labels: Produced by Gus Dudgeon of tuesday Productions

? 1972 by Elektra Records

rim text reads "Elektra Records, 15 Columbus Circle, New York City 10023"

On Back Sleeve: Recorded at Trident, Air London and Mortlake Studios, London

© 1972 by Elektra Records 15 Columbus Circle New York City 10023

Printed in U.S.A. (bottom left corner)

tracklisting

Side A: TOKOLOSHE MAN - JUBILEE CLOUD - GOLD - LIFT ME FROM THE GROUND - COME ON DOWN JESUS

Side B: I WOULD HAVE HAD A GOOD TIME - TRY TO TOUCH JUST ONE

TOMORROW I'LL GO - HE'S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN

grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

This classic 1972 album on Elektra by John Kongos has Queen/Cars director Roy Thomas Baker remixing superb production by Gus Dudgeon, the man who created many an Elton John hit. Elton sidemen Ray Cooper, Caleb Quaye, Dave Glover, Roger Pope, Sue (Glover) and Sunny (Leslie) -- pretty much the crew from John's 1971 epic Madman Across the Water -- are all excellent here. But this album has more to offer than the solo records by Kiki Dee and Bernie Taupin, which also proliferated around the same time. Though he never made it to Joel Whitburn's Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits in the U.S.A., there were three minor splashes on this disc: "Tokoloshe Man," "Jubilee Cloud," and "He's Gonna Step on You Again." The totally original sound -- producer Dudgeon on "asses jawbone," bicycle bell, maracas, and Mike Noble playing the "clapper board" -- build a texture one didn't hear on Elton John records. Highly experimental, the brilliant piano and guitar by Quaye invigorate "Jubilee Cloud," which can only be described as psychedelic gospel. Not only a gospel feel, the mysterious Sue and Sonny personify a church choir next to Mike Moran's ARP Synthesizer. There are lots of Jesus references throughout the disc, and on the heavily Beatles-influenced "Come on Down Jesus" with brass and Ray Cooper's tambourine, one gets the message that Kongos is a Jesus freak. This record sounds like a party -- a bunch of hippies on some Indian reservation at sunset. The album cover giving hints to what is transpiring on the grooves. Some of the themes Bernie Taupin flavored the Elton John "Country Comfort" song with are here, but the singer embraces them in a different way. Kongos sounds like a sincere Billy Joel on "Gold," and a cross between Elton and Joel on "I Would Have Had a Good Time." But as good as those tracks are, it is the energy of "Tokoloshe Man," the ecstasy of "Jubilee Cloud," and the insanity of "He's Gonna Step on You Again" that make this album timeless. Producer Gus Dudgeon plays "chair squeak," "rusty tin," and "earth drums" on "Step on You," John Kongos adding castanets, creating a Phil Spector stereo nightmare, which is simply gorgeous. Magical music that one does not get to experience often...(AllMusic)