Harder Than The Rest : Culture

This album is a classic Culture selection right out of their roots swell from about 1977-1980.  The original LP release was in 1978 on High Note and Virgin "Frontline".  Other notable Culture album releases from this time period include International Herb(1978) and Two Sevens Clash (1977).  Harder than the Rest has 10 tracks total.  All the tracks are solid and you can easily listen to this one straight through, without skipping over any tracks.  my favorite track is #2 (Holy Mount Zion) - a great example of downbeat roots.  Other nice picks are #4 (Iron Sharpening Iron) and #8 (Work on Natty).  My copy of this disc is a Virgin Frontline reissue from 2000.  The Mixing Engineer is Errol Brown and the album was cut at the Treasure Isle studios in Kingston.  Some of the backing musicians are Sly and Robbie as well as Ansel Collins and many other homegrown Jamaican talents.