CULTURE *Two Sevens Clash* VG+/NM- ORIGINAL Jamaican Joe Gibbs LP

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 ORIGINAL JOE GIBBS JAMAICAN PRESSING

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 1977

**CULTURE**

**TWO SEVENS CLASH**

The group formed in 1976 as the vocal trio of Joseph Hill (formerly a percussionist in Studio One house band the Soul Defenders), his cousin Albert "Ralph" Walker, and Roy "Kenneth" Dayes, initially using the name The African Disciples. They soon changed name to Culture, and auditioned successfully for the "Mighty Two" – producer Joe Gibbs and engineer Errol Thompson. While at Gibbs' studio, they recorded a series of powerful singles, starting with "See Dem a Come" and including the hugely successful "Two Sevens Clash" (which predicted the apocalypse on 7 July 1977), many of which ended up on their debut album Two Sevens Clash. The song was sufficiently powerful that many in Kingston stayed indoors on 7 July, fearing that the prophecy would come true. A second Gibbs-produced album, Baldhead Bridge, followed in 1978, by which time the group had moved on to record for producer Sonia Pottinger. The group entered into a long-running dispute with Gibbs over royalties to the first album.

Two Sevens Clash meanwhile had become a big seller in the United Kingdom, popular with punk rock fans as well as reggae fans and boosted by the support of John Peel on his BBC Radio 1 show, and reached number 60 on the UK Albums Chart in April 1978. This prompted Virgin Records to sign the group to its Front Line label, releasing Harder than the Rest (1978) and International Herb (1979). Culture also released records on other labels in Jamaica, including a dub version of Harder than the Rest (Culture in Dub(1978, High Note)) and an album of different mixes of the same album (Africa Stand Alone (1978, April)). An album recorded for Pottinger in 1979 with a working title of Black Rose remained unreleased until tracks emerged in 1993 on Trod On.

Two Sevens Clash is the debut album by roots reggae band Culture, recorded with producer Joe Gibbs at his own Joe Gibbs Recording Studio in Kingston in 1976, and released on Gibbs' eponymous label in 1977 (see 1977 in music). The album's title is a reference to the date of July 7, 1977.

Singer Joseph Hill said "Two Sevens Clash," Culture's most influential record, was based on a prediction by Marcus Garvey, who said there would be chaos on July 7, 1977, when the "sevens" met. With its apocalyptic message, the song created a stir in his Caribbean homeland and many Jamaican businesses and schools shuttered their doors for the day.

 "One day Joseph Hill had a vision, while riding a bus, of 1977 as a year of judgment -- when two sevens clash -- when past injustices would be avenged. Lyrics and melodies came into his head as he rode and thus was born the song "Two Sevens Clash" which became a massive hit in reggae circles both in Jamaica and abroad. The prophecies noted by the lyrics so profoundly captured the imagination of the people that on July 7, 1977 - the day when sevens fully clashed (seventh day, seventh month, seventy-seventh year) a hush descended on Kingston; many people did not go outdoors, shops closed, an air of foreboding and expectation filled the city."

The album was reissued in 1988 with different cover art.

Track listing 

1. "Calling Rasta Far I" – 2:30
2. "I'm Alone in the Wilderness" – 3:25
3. "Pirate Days" – 2:52
4. "Two Sevens Clash" – 3:30
5. "I'm Not Ashamed" – 3:59
6. "Get Ready to Ride the Lion to Zion" – 3:27
7. "Black Starliner Must Come" – 2:42
8. "Jah Pretty Face" – 3:39
9. "See Them a Come" – 3:24
10. "Natty Dread Taking Over" – 3:46

Personnel 

• Joseph Hill – lead vocals
• Albert Walker – harmony vocals
• Kenneth Dayes – harmony vocals
• Lloyd Parks – bass
• Sly Dunbar – drums
• Lennox Gordon – guitar
• Robbie Shakespeare – guitar
• Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont – guitar
• Franklyn Waul – keyboards
• Errol "Tarzan" Nelson – keyboards
• Harold Butler – keyboards
• Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion
• Herman Marquis – alto saxophone
• Vin Gordon – trombone
• Tommy McCook – tenor saxophone
• Bobby Ellis – trumpet

***JOE GIBBS Records***

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Tracks Include : please see above

CONDITION

Jacket: VG+ (Light ring wear, No Splits, 3 songs 'marked' on rear -see pic)

Vinyl: VG+/NM- (plays well)

Original JAMAICAN Pressing of 

***CULTURE***

****TWO SEVENS CLASH****

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