Greetings,

<Livicated, nah dead-icatedj; 11 sec.>

 

Very nice that Bob Marley’s Birthday fell on a Saturday. So 3 hours of Bob Tribute songs for Smile Jamaica

When Bob died of cancer, May 11, 1981 – dozens of Reggae artists rushed to the studio to record tributes:

<Smile Jamaica Bob Marley Tribute songs; 11 sec.>

Last year I played all my Bob Marley 12” but that was too much Bob for the Digital Millennium Copy-wrong Act. So this year I had to “ration” my Bob to 4 tracks:

<DMCA. No more than 4 songs by an artist; 26 sec.>

High-lights of Jah-bruary 6: Bob Marley Birthday Tribute; 49 sec.

Annotated Playlist: Jah-bruary 6, 2016: Bob Marley Tribute Show

Set 1:

• Bankie Banx – Remember Bob; Soothe Your Soul (Redemption) ’82 Montserrat vinyl
• Chalawa – Natural Mystic Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Marley’s Exodus in dub: Dub Album of the Hour
• Robert Marley – Judge Not; Scandal Sountrack (Island) ’62 – Bob’s first song!
• Sister Carol – Dedicated to Bob Marley; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ‘84
• Mikey Dread – In Memory (Jacob, Marcus, Marley); S.W.A.L.K – Sealed With a Little Kiss (Heartbeat) ’82 US vinyl – Jacob Miller, Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley

<Mikey Dread’s Tributes; 13 sec.>

• Abyssinians – Jah Marley; Last Days (Tabou1) ‘99
• Psalm of Bob Marley – Culture; Good Things (RAS) ‘89

Set 2:

• Cedella Marley Booker – Mother Don’t Cry; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84 Bob’s mom

<Bob’s last words – Mother Don’t Cry, I’ll be alright; 13 sec.>

<Bob’s last day; 34 sec.>

• Everton Blender – Bob Marley; Piece of the Blender (Heartbeat/Star Trail) ‘96
• Brigadier Jerry – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Road (RAS) ‘90
• Winston Groovy – Night Shift; 12” (Sound City) ’85: Commodores tribute to soul artists + Bob

Set 3:

• The Wailers – Rastaman Chant; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live at KSAN Radio, San Fran – Oct. ‘73
• Ky-mani Marley – Dear Dad; CD Single (Gee Street) ‘99

<Ky-mani child 10 of 11 of Bob’s kids; 35 sec.>

• Papa Finnigan & Junior Ranking – Tribute to Bob Marley; Two the Hard Way (Heartbeat) ’82 US
• Delixx – Comin’ In From the Cold; Uprising in Dub (Micron) ’80 Germ. Dub of Uprising album. Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

• Judy Mowatt – Joseph; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76 Bob = Joseph, Biblical prophet; 29 sec.

• Alpha Blondy – Mystic Night Move; Masada (World Enterprise) ’92 Ivory Coast “why do black heroes die so soon”
• Lui Lepki – Tribute to Bob Marley; Late Night Movie (Joe Gibbs) ‘81

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

• Bunny Wailer – Stay With the Reggae; Marketplace (Solomonic) ’85 JA
• Toots & the Maytals – His Songs Live On; Live at Reggae Sunsplash (Reggae Sunsplash) ’82 Montego Bay, JA
• Horace Andy – Bob Lives On; Exclusively (Solid Groove) ’81 UK: Riddim Shower (1): vox
• Ringo – Great Superstar; 12” (Top Ranking) Riddim Shower (2): deejay
• Sue Chaloner – Missin’ Mr. Marley; 12” (CNR) ‘84

Set 6:

• Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster Jammin’; Hotter Than July (Tamla) ’81: Riddim Shower (1) original
• Roots Uprising – Master Blaster Jammin’; Beautiful Music (Top Ranking) ’81 FL vinyl: Riddim Shower (2): cover
• Roots Uprising – Jamming Dub; 12” (Top Ranking) ’81 Riddim Shower (3) reggae dub
• Bob Marley & the Wailers – Roots, Rock Dub; Bob Marley in Dub vol. 1 (Tuff Gong); Dub Album of  the Hour

<Bob dub’s; 17 sec.>

 

Set 7:

• Culture – Double Tribute to the O.M.; Lion Rock (Heartbeat)  ’82; O.M = Order of Merit
• Randeesh – Bob Marley is a River of Love; Courage (Mountain Lion) 2004 British Columbia
• Prince Far I – Tribute to Bob Marley; Voice of Thunder (Trojan) ’81 UK vinyl
• Winston Reedy & Tim Hain – Reggae Man; 12” (Priority) ’87 UK

Set 8:

• Alpha & Omega – Freedom Fighters; Sound System Dub (ROIR) ’95 trance dub tribute
• Bob Marley & the Wailers – Burnin’ & Lootin’; Dream
• Isaac Haile Selassie – Dear Bob (Tribute to Bob Marley); CD Single (Resin Music) ’99
• Jah Thomas – Tribute to Bob Marley; 12” (Midnight Rock) ‘81

<Last Tribute from Bob’s songbirds; 19 sec.>

• I Three – He’s a Legend; Beginning (EMI America) ’86 US vinyl

<How Smile Jamaica celebrated the Broncos; 21 sec.>