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Here’s what the Jah-gust 22, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives features: 34 sec.

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Set 1:

• Jah-Malla – Reggae For It Now; Alive and Well (Clappers) ’80 NY vinyl
• Doctor Dread – I For An Eye; Theremin in Dub (Tsosume): to Bob Dylan’s I and I; 2013 Hungary, Dub Album of the Hour

<The Theremin – adds a spooky sound to dubby Reggae; 28 sec.>

• Peter Tosh – Don’t Look Back; Live at the Jamaica World Music Festival (Peter Tosh) sunrise 11/27/82, Montego Bay, JA
• Aisha – Sweet Love; Raise Your Voice (Twinkle) ‘95
• Barry Brown – We Nuh Run; Richman Poor Man (Moll-Selekta) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
• GT Moore – Ganja Flower; 12” (Jah Works) 2002 bonus mutant herbs

Set 2:

• Bunny Wailer – See and Blind; Gumption (Shanachie) ’90; Johnny Osbourne cover
• Judy Mowatt – Sisters’ Chant; Black Woman (Shanachie) ‘76
• Aswad – 54 46; BBC Sessions (BBC) Toots cover live for radio broadcast

<Live at the BBC; 26 sec.>

• Dennis Brown – Give a Helping Hand; 10” (Observer Gold)

Set 3:

• The Jayes & Ranking Trevor – Queen Majesty; Hitbound! The Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat) Request
• Keith Hudson – Musicology; Rasta Communication (Greensleeves) ‘78
• Ayo – Real Love; Billie-Eve (Polydor) 2011 German-Nigerian female
• Pato Banton – Satan; Mad Professor Recaptures Pato Banton (Ariwa) ‘89

Set 4:

• Sunshot Band – Dial M for Murder; Dial M for Murder in Dub Style  (Pressure Sounds); ’80 Dub Album of the Hour

<Reggae History Lesson: Chris Blackwell remixes Midnight Ravers; 46 sec.>

• The Wailers – Midnight Ravers (JA vs. UK/US mix); Catch a Fire (Tuff Gong) ‘73

<Midnight Ravers: original JA mix vs. Chris Blackwell’s remix; 44 sec.>

• Desi Roots – Warning; 12” (DEB) ’75; Dennis Brown prod’n

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

• Marcia Griffiths – Gypsy Man; Sweet Bitter Love (Trojan) ’74 UK Curtis Mayfield cover; Vinyl Set
• I Roy – Dr. Phibbs; Hell and Sorrow (Trojan) ’73 UK
• Horace Andy & the Rhythm Queen – Love Is a Treasure (Rough Trade) ’85 UK; Freddy McKay cover
• Edi Fitzroy – Work on Mr. Farmer; Youthman Penitentiary (Alligator) ’82 Chicago, IL
• Chalawa feat. Johnny Osbourne – Rich Inna Jah Jah Love; Capture Land (Green Weenie) ’78 Ontario, Can.

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27 Years Reggae Radio

• Mighty Diamonds – Tracks of My Tears; Ice on Fire (Virgin Front Line) ’77 Smokey Robinson cover

<Reggae loves Smokey Robinson; 20 sec.>

• The Beat (aka the English Beat) – Jeanette; Special Beat Service (Go Feet!) ’82 UK 2 Tone ska
• Sister Carol – Down in the Ghetto; Black Cinderella (Jah Life/Heartbeat) ‘84
• The Jolly Brothers – Babylon a Fight Rasta; Conscious Man (Seven Leaf) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n. My favorite album of all time

<Out of thousands, Jolly Brothers Meet Lee “Scratch” Perry is #1; 20 sec.>

Set 7:

•  Earl Morgan & the Heptones – Boo-Yarka Dub; DC Dub Connection (Auralux) ’82 Dub Album of the Hour
• 
  Abyssinians – $19.95 plus Tax; Reunion (AO!) ‘98

<Why the CD died: $19.95 plus Tax; 44 sec.>

• Anthony B – Spliff Tail; Universal Struggle (VP) ’97 herbtun
• Errol Dunkley & Errol Bellot – Live Upright + Everything Possible; 10” (Reality Shock) 2011 UK
• Sugar Minott & Soul Syndicate – Ghetto-ology; Ghetto-ology (Easy Star) ‘79

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Fade Away; New Age Steppers (Statik) ’81; Jr. Byles cover w/ female vox

<Junior Byles meets Mutant Dub; 13 sec.>

• Back to Base – Play With Fire; Heading For the Door (MPR) 2000 UK
• Kenny Knots & Junior Kigwa – Wicked Man + High Grade; Abassi Allstars: Showcase (Universal Egg) 2006 herbtune
• Alpha & Omega – Solomon and Sheba; Overstanding (A & O); ’92 UK trance dub
• Dubphonic – Babylon Insight; Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions: The Second Chapter (Guidance) 2000 Chicago, IL

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