Rocky One and Zojak World Wide are pleased to announce the special digital release of a reggae classic, More Culture, this time with a new name, More Innocent Blood. Originally released by the late Joe Gibbs on vinyl in 1978/79 and later on CD in 1991 as a collection of eight songs, in its latest incarnation, More Innocent Blood now boasts 14 classic songs from the classic roots reggae harmony trio, Culture. This particular collection will only be available digitally and for the first time features the immortal Joseph Hill on extended 12” releases joined by Clint Eastwood, U Brown and Prince Far I on select tracks. One-of-a-kind dub instrumentals add to the uniqueness of More Innocent Blood.
Rocky Gibbs, Joe Gibbs son, says he felt compelled to do something special following the passing of Joseph Hill in August 2006 and Joe Gibbs in February 2008. Starting with the eight original tracks on More Culture (Innocent Blood, Iniquity Worker, Iron Sharpeneth Iron, Weeping And Wailing, Callie Weed Song, More Vacancy, Play Skillfully and White Belly Rats) Rocky Gibbs added extended 12” mixes of “Show Me My Enemy” featuring Prince Far I and “Send Some Rain - One Fe De Money” featuring Clint Eastwood as well as “Burning & Illusion - Same Knife” again featuring Prince Far I. Never before released on CD, “Burning & Illusion” was originally banned when first released in 1978. Dub versions of Innocent Blood (“Innocent Dub), Weeping and Wailing (“Weeping and Dubbing”) and “Burning & Illusion” (“Burning & Illusion In Dub”) make this album one of the most artistically encompassing Culture albums ever.
Culture burst on the scene in 1977 with the seminal Two Sevens Clash. Steeped in Rastafarian belief and the notion that the number “7” is a powerful sign of the divine, the title track to the album suggested the coming of a judgment day on the 7th day of the seventh month in 1977. While the day passed without judgment, Two Sevens Clash was a bold political and cultural statement nonetheless, contributed to reggae’s international appeal particularly in the London punk scene and was recognized as one of the 50 Coolest Albums of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine (coming in at #25). Rooted as it is in the album More Culture and now joined by crucial selections from the same time period, More Innocent Blood contains a direct link to the edgy, political tact Joseph Hill, Albert Walker and Kenneth Dayes started in the mid-1970s. Rocky Gibbs and Zojak World Wide are proud to make it available world wide via Itunes and other leading e-tailers.
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