<Seasons Greetings from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 9 sec.>

<Smile Jamaica’s annual Christmas Reggae dilemma; 16 sec.>

I bet you think that Santa Claus is from the North Pole. You would be wrong in that assumption. He is from modern day Turkey:

<Saint Nick is from Turkey (Asia Minor) = Baba Noel; 18 sec.>

Highlights from the last Smile Jamaica of 2015; 41 sec.

• Nuff Christmas Stylee
• Wailers Family Tree
• Mutant Dubbers

Annotated Playlist: Jah-cember 19, 2015 Smile Jamaica

Set 1:

• Freddie McGregor – Irie Christmas; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) JA
• Hollie Cook – Shadow Dub; Hollie Cook in Dub (Mr. Bongo) 2012 Dub Album of the Hour
• UB40 – Dream a Lie; More UB40 Music (Graduate) ’83 UK; 12” mix
• Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad – Solid Foundation; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92
• Jacob Miller & Ray I – Deck the Halls; Natty Christmas (RAS) ’78: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement: Deck the Halls w/ boughs of collie!

<Bing Crosby won out over Jacob Miller at the Nelson Family Xmas; 16 sec.>

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

• The Wailers feat. Bob Marley – Sound the Trumpet; Reggae Christmas From Studio One (Studio One/Heartbeat)
• Bunny Wailer – Here In Jamaica; Crucial! (Shanachie)  ’85: Roots best of
• Peter Tosh – Where You Gonna Run; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) Aug. 23, 1983, Greek Theatre, LA

Set 3:

• Carl Bert – Higher and Higher; 30 Wicked Hearts (Bushranger) ’75 Jackie Wilson cover
• Lorna Asher – No Turning Back (Twinkle) ‘99
• Sly Dunbar – A Who Say; Hit Bound! Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat) ‘78
• Charley Fresh – Jam Down Christmas; Christmas Vibes (Studio One)
• Black Uhuru – Youth of Eglington + Youth; Universal Masters Collection (Universal) JA neighborhood of Toronto
• Augustus Pablo – Chant to King Selassie I; East of the River Nile; ’78 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

• Alpha & Omega – This Is a Prayer; The Half That’s Never Been Told (A & O) 2014 UK trance dub w/ female vox
• Aswad – Smokey Blues; Distant Thunder (Mango) ’88 UK
• Cocoa Tea – Christmas Is Coming; Badd Santa (Peanut Butter Wolf)
• Jah Woosh – Collie Sound; Best of (Rhino) ’76 herbtune
• Derrick Morgan – Night at the Hop; Original Reggae Recordings From 1968-1970 (Trybute) UFO dance tune

Set 5: Christmas Vinyl

• Joe Gibbs Family – We Three Kings; Reggae Christmas (Joe Gibbs) 1982 FL
• Nora Dean – Merry Christmas; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA
• Michigan & Smiley – Little Drummer Boy; Reggae Christmas (RAS) ‘84
• Hortense Ellis & Trinity – Santa is Black + My Santa; African Christmas (Top Ranking) ‘79

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26 Years

• Don Carlos & Gold – Black History; Raving Tonight (RAS) ’83
• Prince Lincoln & the Royal Rasses – Natural Wild; Natural Wild (United Artists) ’80 UK: Joe Jackson prod’n
• Marcia Griffiths – Tell Me Now; Naturally (Shanachie) ‘78
• Jacob Miller & Ray I – All I Want for Ismas + On the Twelth Day of Ismas (RAS) ’78 “All I want for Ismas is my collie herb; 6 sec.”

• Jah Thomas Meets Scientist – Runadub; Jah Thomas Meets Scientist in Dub Conference (Munich) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

• Jennifer Lara, The Silvertones & the Brentford Allstars – Christmas Combination; Christmas Greetings From Studio One (Studio One)
• Special A.K.A. – Gangsters; 2 Tone Collection: A Checkered Past (2 Tone) dubble disk best of
• Pato Banton – Legalize it (Acapella); Live at the Maritime – San Francisco (2 B 1); herbtune
• Junior Dan – Mr. Big Shot + Version; Junior Dan (Hi Try) early 70’s

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• International Dub System – Aam Bollock; I.D.S. (Red Arrow) ’95 Germ.
• Zion Train – Free the Bass; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance dub
• Roots Manuva – Mind 2 Motion; Awfully Deep (Big Dada) 2005 UK chanter
• Distance – Tuning; My Demons (Planet Mu) 2007 UK
• Audio Active – Happy Shopper; Happy Happer (ON U Sound) ’95 Japan

<Happy Shopper – the customer is always right; 29 sec.>

• Natacha Atlas – Eye of the Duck; Best of (Mantra) 2005: French/Algerian singer

<Merry Christmas or which ever Sky God you worship>