<Imperial Death March: Star Wars a gwaan!; 14 sec.>
Greetings,
The first Saturday after Daylight Savings Time puts the last half of Smile Jamaica in the dark.
That’s prime UFO watching time so all winter expect nuff tunes about Aliens and Space Travel.
I’m starting to build a 3 hour Digital Dubplate – Mixcloud only with music and soundbytes. Soon come.
Til then…
Look to the skies! Do not scoff!
bless, robt
<Here’s what I feature on the Jah-vember 7, 2015 Ark-Ive Edition of Smile Jamaica; 105 sec.>:
Set 1:
- Toots & the Maytals – Get Up Stand Up; Live at Reggae Sunsplash (Reggae Sunsplash) ’83 US vinyl
- Dub Specialist – Starring Dub; 17 Dub Shots From Studio One (Heartbeat/Studio One) Dub Album of the Hour
- Everton Blender – Bob Marley; Piece of the Blender (Heartbeat) ’96 tribute
- Aisha – Now or Never; True Roots (Ariwa) ‘94
- King Kong – Legalize It; Rumble Jumble Life (Massive B) 2005 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
- Al Campbell – Turn Me Loose; 10” (Hitbound) ‘80
Set 2:
- Bob Marley & the Wailers – I Know a Place; CD Single (Ascension) Lee “Scratch” Perry rare prod’n
- Hollie Cook – Milk & Honey; Hollie Cook (Mr. Bongo) 2011 UK
<Dawta of a Sex Pistol; 8 sec.>
- Burning Babylon – Sproing-a-Dub; Beat, Beat, Beat (I Tones) 2008 Mass. dubber
- Izyah Davis & Coptic Sound – No More War; 10” (Livication Corner) 2008 Fr.
<50 special forces in Syria? No more war; 13 sec.>
Set 3: Rockers do Reggae
- Garland Jeffreys – Lovers Walk; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 NYC black artist
<Garland Jeffreys – underrated rocker great at Reggae; 18 sec.>
- Bad Brains – Make a Joyful Noise; Into the Future (Megaforce) 2012 punk dub reunion
<Punk Dub reunion outta DC; 9 sec.>
- Ayo – Down on My Knees; Ayo (Polydor) 2006 Nigerian-German female soul/reggae
<Great female hybrid Reggae; 9 sec.>
- Cymande – Zion I; Renegades of Funk (Newhouse) ’72 UK Caribbean expat soul/funk/reggae group
<Cymande – Dove of Peace in Creole;14 sec.>
- Scientist – Jab; Heavyweight Dub Champion (Greensleeves) ’80; Dub Album of the Hour
<Underrated NYC artist: The Black Springsteen; 10 sec.>
Set 4: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica
- Peter Tosh – African; Captured Live (EMI America) Aug. 22, 1983 Greek Theater LA
- Marcia Griffiths – Where Is the Love; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79
- Tenor Saw – Lots of Sign; Fever (Blue Mountain) ’86 youth man toaster killed
- Don Carlos & Gold – Jah Jah Hear My Plea; Raving Tonight (RAS) ‘83
Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital
- Papa Finnigan & Junior Ranking – Heathen Back Weh Pon the Wall (Heartbeat) ’83 Marley cover
- Roots Uprising – No Doney (Get High); Beautiful Music (Top Ranking) ’81 Miami; herbtune doney = money
<No doney, no honey translation no green? then you no get to partake of the “green”; 14 sec.>
- Aura Lewis Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry – At Midnite; Full Experience (Blue Moon) Fr. EP; Black Ark/Upsetters
- Crucial Bee – No Bother With the Fuss and Fight; Just a Sting (All-Starr) US Virgin Islands; Tribal War riddim
- Dennis Brown – It’s Too Late; Spellbound (Joe Gibbs) ’80 Miami: Carole King cover
Set 6:
- Bunny Wailer – Boderation; Crucial! Roots Classic (Shanachie) ’83 rare roots singles
- Likkle Mai – Your Pocket; Roots Candy (Beat) 2006 female Jah-ponese singer w/ Dry & Heavy
- Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group
- Mad Professor & the Robotiks feat. Michael Walters – Jungle Vibrations; 10” (Ariwa) 2002 UK
Set 7: UFO-ria
<Smile Jamaica loves UFO watching; 11 sec.>
- Audio Active – Audio Active’s Adventures in Time & Space; Happy Happer (ON U Sound): ’95 Jah-ponese mutant dubbers
- Derrick Morgan – Moon Walk; Original Reggae Recordings from 1968-1970 (Trybute); rock steady
- Lee “Scratch” Perry – African Hitchhiker; From the Secret Laboratory (Mango); ’90 Adrian Sherwood prod’n “I am an alien from outer space”
- Prince Lincoln & the Royal Rasses – Spaceship; Natural Wild (NMC) ’80 Joe Jackson prod’n
<Space Travel is an affront to Jah; 11 sec.>
<Alien Attacks for not singing praises unto Jah! 36 sec.>
Set 8: Mutant Dub
- Bush Chemists – Star Dub; 10” (Jah Tubby’s) 2006 UK: Darth Vader’s Imperial March cover
- Alpha & Omega – One Culture; Everyday Life (A & O) ’93 UK trance dub w/ female vox
- Aldubb Meets Ras Perez – Poppy Dub; Aldubb Meets Ras Perez (One Drop) 2012 Germany; herbtune
- The Archives feat. Desi Hyson; The Archives (ESL) 2012 DC; Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation
- Dubvisionist feat. Tackhead – Black Cinderella Dub (Dubvisionist rmx) 2013; update of Errol Dunkley tune
- Natacha Atlas – I Put a Spell On You; Best of (Mantra) 2005; Algerian/Belgian singer in Arabic/English; Screaming Jay Hawkins cover
Words of Wisdom:
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