Greetings,

<Stoner Alzheimer’s or Allegra-D fog? 19 sec.>

Gaah. Started off last week’s show with a fumble. It’s spring forward ever, backwards never. I advised listeners to wheel their clocks back!

So if you listened to me you would have been running behind two hours on Sunday.

Welcome Spring!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 12, 2016: Annotated Playlist; 46 sec.

Set 1:

• Jolly Brothers – Conscious Man; Lovers & Rockers (EMI) ’80 UK vinyl; comp.
• Bunny Wailer – Roots Raddics Dub; Dub D’sco vol. 1 (RAS) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour

<Bunny stands predominate; 30 sec.>

• Kiddus I – Love Child; Rocking Rebel Vol. 2 (MVD)  ’78 song about Jesus not Jah; 15 sec.

<Love Child: Reggae Gospel – Christmas in March; 9 sec.>

• Zema – Praise You; Look at the Heart (Melchizedek) ’99 So Cal female singer
• Israel Vibration – Mighty Negus; Free to Move (RAS) ‘96
• Bob Marley & the Wailers – Sun Is Shining; African Herbsman (Trojan) ‘73
• Mike Brooks – Good Herb; Earth is the Fullness (Moll-Selekta) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
• Bush Chemists – Waters Edge; 10” (Jah Tubbys) 2006 UK militant steppers instrumental

Set 2:

• Peter Tosh – Nah Goa Jail; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ’87 herbtune

<Peter Tosh – From 4 year hiatus to murdered; 36 sec.>

<4 down, 46 to go! – Nah Goa Jail fi ganja no more! 11 sec.>

• Prince Far I – Reggae Music Moving; Livity (Virgin Front Line) ‘81
• Sister Carol – Man to Man; Lyrically Potent (Heartbeat) ’96 Marley’s Who the Cap Fit

<Man to man is so unjust – Bob Marley; 9 sec.>

• Dennis Brown & Soul Syndicate – If You’re Feeling Blue; 10” (Observer Gold) Niney prod’n

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 26 Years

• Ijahman Levi – Master Ideas; Are We a Warrior (Jahmani) ’79
• Linton Kwesi Johnson – Street 66; Bass Culture (Mango) ’80 UK dub poet
• Michael Prophet – Turn Me Loose; Serious Reasoning (Mango) ‘80
• Rita Marley – I’m Still Waiting; Who Feels It Knows It (Shanachie) ’80 Bob cover
• Roots Radics & King Tubby – Country Gal Dub; Dangerous Dub (Greensleeves): ’81 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

• Toure’ Kunda – E’mma Africa; (Celluloid) ’80 Senegalese brothers do reggae
• Super Chick – Me a Champion; 10” (Hitbound) ’83 female singjay

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

• Cimarons – Love Me Do; Reggaebility (MPL) ’82 UK: Beatles cover

<Reggae History Lesson: Cimarons = escaped slaves>

• Jah Woosh & Sis Bee – Look After Me; Rebellion (Federation of Reggae Music) Irish vinyl
• Dillinger – Jamaican Collie; All On the Same Rhythm (RAS/Studio One) ’75 DC herbtune
• Augustus Pablo – A Class Dub; Rockers Showcase III (Rockers) ’87 melodica Philly vinyl
• Mighty Diamonds – No Crying, No Bawling; Indestructible (Alligator) ’83 Chicago blues label

Set 6:

• Coventry Automatics – It’s Up to You; Dawning of a New Era (Trojan) ’78 pre-Specials ska/punk

<Pre 2 Tone ska/punk; 13 sec.>

• Marcia Griffiths – Woman of the Ghetto; Gathering of the Spirits (Shanachie) ’98 Marlena Shaw soul cover

<Marlena Shaw soul favorite; 18 sec.>

• Frankie Paul – It Hafi Bun; Weed a Bun vol. 1 (Charm/Jet Star) 2005 herbtune
• Dave Robinson – Crocodile Tears; 30 Wicked Hearts (Bushays) ‘80
• Jackie Mittoo & the Soul Brothers – Voodoo Moon; Last Train to Skaville (Studio One/Soul Jazz)
• 10 Ft. Ganja Plant – Bonnie & Clyde; 10 Deadly Shots vol. 1 (ROIR) 2010 Dub Album of the Hour

 

Set 7:

• Seke Molenga & Kalo Kawangolo Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry – Mengieb; From the Heart of the Congo (RUNNetherlands) ’78 Zaire duo at Black Ark; 37 sec.

• Me & You – Rock This Rub a Dub; Fashion in Fine Style vol. 1 (Reggae Archive) UK lovers rock
• Black Slate – Boom Boom (Rasta Festival) – Amigo (Ensign) ’80 Jamaicans rock steady cover
• Johnny Clarke – Creation Rebel; 10” (Cou$ins) Burning Spear cover

Set 8:

• Aldubb – Let There Be Dub; 10” EP (One Drop) 2010 Germ.: Mutant Dub set
• New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Got to Get Away; Action Battlefield (ON U Sound) ’82 Bim Sherman cover feat. Female vox
• Audio Active – Wanna-Na + Dub; We Are Tokyo Space Cowboys (ON U Sound) ’94 Jah-ponese herbtune