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Culture - Culture On The Front Line: The Virgin Front Line Albums (2015) {2CD Set Caroline-Virgin 5358458 rec 1978-1979}

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Culture - Culture On The Front Line: The Virgin Front Line Albums (2015) {2CD Set Caroline-Virgin 5358458 rec 1978-1979}

Culture - Culture On The Front Line: The Virgin Front Line Albums (2015) {2CD Set Caroline-Virgin 5358458 rec 1978-1979}
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© 1978-79, 2015 Island / Caroline / Virgin Records | 5358458
Reggae / Roots Reggae

Shortly after being formed by Joseph Hill Kenneth Paley and Albert Walker in the mid-seventies, Culture joined the roster of Kingston-based producer, Joe Gibbs for whom they recorded a stream of Roots classics, including the 1977 breakthrough hit, 'Two Sevens Clash'. The following year, the group signed with Sonia Pottinger, who between 1978 and 1979 provided Richard Branson's recently launched Virgin Front Line imprint with four of sublime long players: 'Harder Than The Rest', 'Cumbolo', 'International Herb' and 'Black Rose'. Widely acclaimed upon their release, the first three of these albums soon became regarded as Roots classics. Now, after over 35 years, this long-lost masterpiece finally sees its long-overdue release on this essential 2CD collection, which also features the legendary trio's three other Front Line LPs, so highlighting Culture's complete recorded works for Virgin's esteemed label.
Culture - Culture On The Front Line: The Virgin Front Line Albums (2015) {2CD Set Caroline-Virgin 5358458 rec 1978-1979}

Culture's roots reggae style sat neatly alongside other similar Jamaican outfits in the '70s without ever setting the world alight. However, they had a secret weapon - singer, lyricist and catalyst Joseph Hill. In Hill they had the Al Green of reggae, his velveteen tonsils brought warmth and resonance to the classic crossover album Two Sevens Clash, ensuring a legacy that has been revered by both black and white audiences for the past few decades. And then they switched fortunes by changing producer in favour of Sonia Pullinger, one of few female reggae producers who sweetened their sound but retained the edge required to reach a wider audience.

At first glance, On The Front Line appears to be straightforward enough - the three Culture albums issued via the Virgin empire in the seventies, scooped up and spread across a couple of discs. Job done? Almost. The real sweetener is the inclusion of the unreleased hard-to-find High Note label set Black Rose. Although scheduled for release on Front Line Records, this precursor to their major-label dalliance has eluded reissue programs, until now. The mysterious FL 1049 (its proposed catalogue number) is typical Culture - music with a message with Rastaman at its heart. (Wipe Your) Weeping Eyes and Still Rest On My Heart are as terrific as it gets, jam-packed with lilting rhythms and vocal harmonies that could stops wars.

The other three albums you may or may not be familiar with, the best of which is the third Virgin best-seller International Herb which spawned a huge dancehall hit of the same name. Pullinger's unfussy production made full use of Hill's powerful voice and the brassy but laid-back arrangements didn't impede listening pleasure in the slightest. Previous album Cumbolo and the Virgin debut Harder Than The Rest are a little rougher and tougher with big anthems Natty Never Get Weary and Stop The Fussing and Fighting being highlights.

Very little of Culture's catalogue is anything less than inspirational roots although taken in one go, On The Front Line can run on a bit - I'd recommend picking out each of the four albums individually. WithCultre, The Mighty Diamonds, The Abyssinians and the like, Virgin's Front Line was a serious contender for the reggae and dub crown, lacking only Trojan's breadth and Island's hard-hitting and lucrative roster. Buy this (and Two Sevens Clash).
Culture - Culture On The Front Line: The Virgin Front Line Albums (2015) {2CD Set Caroline-Virgin 5358458 rec 1978-1979}


Tracklist

CD1:

Harder Than The Rest LP

1. Behold
2. Holy Mount Zion
3. Stop The Fussing & Fighting
4. Iron Sharpening Iron
5. Vacancy
6. Tell Me Where You Get It
7. Free Again
8. Work On Natty
9. Love Shine Bright
10. Play Skilfully
Cumbolo LP:
11. They Never Love In This Time
12. Innocent Blood
13. Cumbolo
14. Poor Jah People
15. Natty Never Get Weary
16. Natty Dread Naw Run
17. Down In Jamaica
18. This Train

Culture - Culture On The Front Line: The Virgin Front Line Albums (2015) {2CD Set Caroline-Virgin 5358458 rec 1978-1979}


CD2:

1. Pay Day
2. Mind Who You Beg For Help
International Herb LP:
3. The International Herb
4. Jah Rastafari
5. If A Guh Dread
6. Rally Around Jahoviah's Throne
7. The Land We Belong
8. Ethiopians Waan Guh Home
9. Chiney Man
10. I Tried
11. The Shepherd
12. Too Long In Slavery
Black Rose LP:
13. Black Rose
14. Burning
15. Jah Alone A Christian
16. (Wipe Your) Weeping Eyes
17. No Sin
18. Children Of Israel
19. Still Rest On My Heart
20. Can't Study The Rastaman

Culture - Culture On The Front Line: The Virgin Front Line Albums (2015) {2CD Set Caroline-Virgin 5358458 rec 1978-1979}


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