Artist: Culture

Title: Two Sevens Clash: The 30th Anniversary Edition

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Reggae

UPC: 016351456519

Release Date: 2024

Record Label: Shanachie

Album Tracks

1. Side A
2. I'm Alone in the Wilderness
3. Pirate Days
4. Two Sevens Clash
5. Calling Rastafari
6. I'm Not Ashamed Get Ready to Ride the Lion to Zion
7. Side B
8. Black Starliner Must Come
9. Jah Pretty Face
10. See Them a Come
11. Natty Dread Taking Over
12. See Dem a Come (12" Mix)

One day Joseph Hill had a vision, while riding a bus, of 1977 as a year of judgement- when two sevens clash- when past injustices would be avenged, a vision rooted in prophecies made by Marcus Garvey. 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 were closed, an air of foreboding and expectation permeated the city. The song opens with a wailing, harmonized chorus: "What a liv an bamba yay... when the two sevens clash!" creating expectation for Hill's frenzied testifying. Culture was singing a new kind of hymn with soaring melodies, prophetic lyrics relating great historical events to present suffering, com