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Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1978) {2CD 40th Anniversary VP Music VP4213 rel 2017}

Posted By: ruskaval
Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1978) {2CD 40th Anniversary VP Music VP4213 rel 2017}

Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1978) {2CD 40th Anniversary VP Music VP4213 rel 2017}
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© 1978, 2017 VP Music / 17 North Parade | VP4213
Reggae / Roots Reggae / Jamaican Reggae / Political Reggae

Just a few words about this 2017 40th Anniversary release of the classic "Two Sevens Clash" album.

This is one of the greatest albums ever released by a Jamaican vocal trio and one of the best albums ever released in the Jamaican reggae genre. Culture, with leader Joseph Hill, is one of the best vocal trios from Jamaica. Just listen to the harmonies and you'll understand.

This 2017 set includes the original album and the extra tracks found on the Shenachie release, but also has a few more extra tracks that flesh out the music even more. While the original album can stand on its own as a classic, it's nice to have even more good music that incorporates rhythms from the original album. Produced by Joe Gibbs and engineered by Errol Thompson, musicians include Sly Dunbar, Lloyd Parks, Franklin Waul, Bingy Bunny, Robbie Shakespeare, Sticky, Herman Marquis, Vin Gordon, Tommy McCook, and Bobby Ellis. These guys had "it" and laid down some very fine rhythms for Culture to sing over.

The sound is very good–clean and open–similar to the 2007 issue. The booklet has an essay by filmmaker Don Letts, a track list, and photos of the group. The wallet style cardboard packaging has slots for each disc and the booklet, plus a list of musicians, and Joe Gibbs' original liner notes.

It's still amazing to think that in July of '77, with Garvey's prophecy of doom, parts of Jamaica came to a standstill. And this album lays it all out with beautiful harmonies and fine instrumental backing.

One of the masterpieces of the roots era, no album better defines its time and place than Two Sevens Clash, which encompasses both the religious fervor of its day and the rich sounds of contemporary Jamaica. Avowed Rastafarians, Culture had formed in 1976, and cut two singles before beginning work on their debut album with producers the Mighty Two (aka Joe Gibbs and Errol Thompson). Their second single, "Two Sevens Clash," would title the album and provide its focal point. The song swept across the island like a wildfire, its power fed by the apocalyptic fever that held the island in its clutches throughout late 1976 and into 1977. (Rastafarians believed the apocalypse would begin when the two sevens clashed, with July 7, 1977, when the four sevens clashed, the most fearsome date of concern.) However, the song itself was fearless, celebrating the impending apocalypse, while simultaneously reminding listeners of a series of prophesies by Marcus Garvey and twinning them to the island's current state. For those of true faith, the end of the world did not spell doom, but release from the misery of life into the eternal and heavenly arms of Jah. Thus, Clash is filled with a sense of joy mixed with deep spirituality, and a belief that historical injustice was soon to be righted. The music, provided by the Revolutionaries, perfectly complements the lyrics' ultimate optimism, and is quite distinct from most dread albums of the period.

Although definitely rootsy, Culture had a lighter sound than most of their contemporaries. Not for them the radical anger of Black Uhuru, the fire of Burning Spear (although Hill's singsong delivery was obviously influenced by Winston Rodney), nor even the hymnal devotion of the Abyssinians. In fact, Clash is one of the most eclectic albums of the day, a wondrous blend of styles and sounds. Often the vocal trio works in a totally different style from the band, as on "Calling Rasta Far I," where the close harmonies, dread-based but African-tinged, entwine around a straight reggae backing. Several of the songs are rocksteady-esque with a rootsy rhythm, most notably the infectious "See Them Come"; others are performed in a rockers style, with "I'm Alone in the Wilderness" an exquisite blend of guitar and vocal harmonies. One of the best tracks, "Get Ready to Ride the Lion to Zion," is a superb hybrid of roots, rocksteady, and burbling electro wizardry; its roaring lion (created who knows how) is a brilliant piece of musical theater. "Natty Dread Take Over" twines together roots rhythms, close harmonies, and big-band swing, while even funk and hints of calypso put in appearances elsewhere on the album. Inevitably, the roots genre was defined by its minor-key melodies, filled with a sense of melancholy, and emphasized by most groups' lyrics. But for a brief moment, roots possibilities were endless. Sadly, no other group followed Culture's lead, and even the trio itself did not take advantage of it, especially after parting ways with Gibbs. When Culture re-emerged in the mid-'80s, they swiftly moved into a reggae lite/world music mode a world apart from where they started. Thus, Clash remains forever in a class all its own.
Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1978) {2CD 40th Anniversary VP Music VP4213 rel 2017}


tracklist:
CD1

01 - Calling Rasta For I
02 - I'm Alone In The Wilderness
03 - Pirate Days
04 - Two Sevens Clash
05 - I'm Not Ashamed
06 - Get Ready To Ride The Lion To Zion
07 - Black Starliner Must Come
08 - Jah Pretty Face
09 - See Them A Come
10 - Natty Dread Taking Over

Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1978) {2CD 40th Anniversary VP Music VP4213 rel 2017}


CD2
01 - Culture & Mr Bojangles - Two Sevens Clash , Prophecy Revealed
02 - The Mighty Two - Fufillment
03 - Culture & I Roy - I'm Not Ashamed , Under Tight Wraps
04 - The Mighty Two - I'm Not Ashamed Version
05 - Culture & Prince Weedy - See Them A Come , Mask Mi Mask
06 - Culture - Informer
07 - The Mighty Two - Informer Version
08 - Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - State Of Emergency
09 - Shorty The President - NATTY PASS HIS GCE
10 - Culture & I Roy - Natty Dread Taking Over , Invasion
11 - Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - Natty Gone Clear

Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1978) {2CD 40th Anniversary VP Music VP4213 rel 2017}


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Culture - Two Sevens Clash (1978) {2CD 40th Anniversary VP Music VP4213 rel 2017}


thanks to addis…

see more reggae…

NEXT -> more reggae on the way…


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