<“Deck the Halls w/ boughs of Collie!”>

Greetings,

Been on the road Cratedigging, so haven’t had anything uploaded lately. Tis the season so I’ve got some Holiday vinyl and all the usual delights:  1 min. 05

bless, robt

Annotated Playlist: Smile Jamaica – Jah-cember 5, 2015:

Set 1:

• Barrington Levy – Don’t Give Up; Poor Man Style (Trojan) ’82 UK vinyl
• Joe Gibbs & the Professionals – All-Mighty Dub vol. 3 (Joe Gibbs) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour
• Black Roots – Come and Sing; On the Ground (Sugar Shack) 2012 UK Roots Reunion
• Althea & Donna – If You Don’t Love Jah; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Frontline) ’78 deejay duo
• Everton Blender – Bob Marley/World Corruption; Live at the White River Reggae Bash (Heartbeat) 2000 Tribute to Bob
• Owen Gray – Rizla; 30 Wicked Hearts (Bushranger) ’77; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; rolling papers

<Rizla papers – French rolling paper company founded, 1532; 14 sec.>

• Earl Sixteen & U Brown – Years of Slavery/Tired of Slavery; 10” (Merge) ‘79

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

• Bob Marley & the Wailers – Talkin’ Blues; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live at KSAN radio: Oct. 20, 1973: Wailers Family Tree set

<Oct. 21st 1973 – Live Radio performance: KSAN, San Francisco; 1 min. 21 sec.>

• Bunny Wailer – Crucial; Crucial! (Shanachie) ’94 Roots Best of
• Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – Say People; Hey World! (EMI America) ‘86
• Peter Tosh – Not Gonna Give It Up; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California: 8/23/83

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26 Years

• Aswad – Rebel; Rebel Souls (Mango) ’84 UK dancehall update
• Steel Pulse – Not King James Version; Babylon the Bandit (Elektra) ’85 UK
• Sister Carol – Jah Disciple; Jah Disciple (RAS) ’89
• Lee “Scratch” Perry & George Faith – I’ve Got the Groove; From the Secret Laboratory (Mango) ’90 Adrian Sherwood co-production; update of George Faith
• Keith Hudson – Image; Brand (Pressure Sounds) ’77 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

• Mighty Diamonds – Pass the Kutchie; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy) ’82 herbtune
• Aisha – Crisis; True Roots (Ariwa) ‘94

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital Christmas 

• Mutabaruka – Postpone Christmas; High Times All Stars Explosion (Alligator) ’85

<Bah, humbug! 8 sec.>

• Tennessee & the Silvertones – Little Drummer Boy; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA
• Jennifer Lara – Hands of the Lord; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) JA
• Eek a Mouse – The Night Before Christmas; Reggae Christmas (RAS)  ’84 Wash’n DC

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

• The Members – Rat Up a Drainpipe; At Night at the Chelsea Nightclub (Virgin) ‘79UK New Wavers: Rockers do Reggae Set
• The Ruts – Jah War; The Crack (Virgin) ’79 UK punk rockers
• The Heptones – Hypocrite; Meaning of Life (Trojan); Riddim Shower (1): ’72 original vox
• The Hitters (aka Brinsley Schwarz) – Hypocrite; Hen’s Teeth (Edsel); Riddim Shower (2) ’73 UK pub rockers cover + version

Set 7:

• Gato Negro – Armageddon; Black Cat Dub (ROIR) ’91 Nigerian artist; Dub Album of the Hour
• Hollie Cook – Desdemona; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2013 ghost story
• Thievery Corporation – Assault on Babylon; Sounds From the Thievery Hi Fi (ESL) ’96 Wash’n DC
• Simon Bogle & Ghetto Priest – Dry Bone; 10” (Green Tea) 2002 UK

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• Burning Babylon – Wires to Riot; Beat, Beat, Bat (I-Tones); 2008 Massachusetts
• Jah Works – Turn to Jah; Turn to Jah (ROIR) ‘96
• Terra Firma – Mineral; Sounds From the Ground (Waveform) 2000 US
• Zion Train – A Better Day; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance dub w/ female vox
• Rockers Hi-Fi; Look For a Spark; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK