Greetings,

Every fall, we hunker down and spend two Saturdays raising money. Smile Jamaica only exists becuase of the commercial free nature of community radio KRCL

So I didnt’ put up the last two weeks’ steams since we beg ‘n’ plead after every song.

So enjoy Fall with fresh roots!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 10, 2016 Annotated Playlist – tracklist, photos, captions and Reggae History Lessons

Set 1:

• The Jay Tees – Prayer to Jah; Pirate’s Choice (Studio One) ’81 JA vinyl: female group
• Black Slates Meet Soul Syndicate – Bum Dub; Moodie in Dub vol. 1 (Moodie) ’78: Dub Album of the Hour
• The Rastafarians – Jah Greatest Blessing; Orthodox (Makasound) ’81 Rasta Cruz, Collie-fornya
• Bunny Wailer – Warrior; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’90: Johnny Osbourne cover from roots best of
• Dennis Alcapone – Revelation; Guns Don’t Argue (Trojan) ’70 comp.
• 2 Bad Card  – Weed Specialist; CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
• Starkey Banton – Loose Talk; 10” (Coptic Lion) dj to Barry Brown’s Big Big Pollution

 

Set 2:

• Bob Marley & the Wailers – Waiting in Vain (unreleased mix); Exodus (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ‘77

• Sister Nancy – Bam Bam; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’82 – ska, soul, rock steady, funk & dub in Jamaica
• Tennors – Ride Your Donkey; Broken Flowers Soundtrack (Decca) ’68 Jim Jarmusch movie
• Capital Letters – House Breaker; Rootikal Rebild + Rootikal Dubwise; 12” (British Reggae Archive) 2014

Set 3:

• Jah Bull – Free Jah Children; Rockers International (Greensleeves) ’80 A. Pablo prod’n over Delroy Williams
• Cassandra – Thank You For the Many Things You’ve Done; Babylon Soundtrack (EMI) ’80 UK lovers rock
• Sugar Minott – The People Got to Know; Ghetto-ology + Dub (Easy Star) ‘79
• Keith Hudson – Image Dub; Brand (Pressure Sounds) ’77 Dub Album of the Hour

 

Set 4: Rockers do Reggae

• Keith Richards – Words of Wonder; Main Offender (Virgin) ’92
• Tom Tom Club – Bambootown; Close to the Bone (Sire) ’83 Talking Heads side group
• Prince Flo & Jah Edward – Dancing Mood; (Epiphany) ’81 Turtles members cover Delroy Wilson ‘81

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital Set

• Black Stalin – Vampire Year; In Ah Earlier Time (Makossa International) ’80 NY – Soca Halloween tune: Vinyl is Vital Set
• Snowman – Black Heroes; Rockers Showcase Volume III (Rockers) ’87 Phil.
• Jean Binta Breeze – Dubwise + Confusion (Warner); Tracks (LKJ) ’90 UK female dub poet, LKJ prod’n
• Jah Walton – The Seed You Sow; Magnificent Seven (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK red vinyl

Set 6:

• Peter Tosh – You Can’t Fool Me Again; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) ’69 Jamaican singles box set – nursery rhyme
• Jimmy Cliff – You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down;  Club Paradise Soundtrack (CBS) ‘86
• Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad – Reparation (Flag) 2000

• Love Joys – All I Can Say; Lovers Rock Showcase (Bullwackies) ’80 female duo
• Ronnie Davis – Raining Dub; Jamming in Dub (Kingston Sound) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7: Jah-loween

• Dubskin – Heavy Load; No End in Time (Dubskin) 2009 Boulder, Collie-rado; vampires: Halloween Set
• Lee “Scratch” Perry & the White Belly Rats – de Devil Dead (Live); Panic in Babylon (DAMP) 2004
• The Reddies – Voodoo Woman; Cultivation (Reddies) 2009 Jah-stin, Texas

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• African Head Charge – Hold Some More; Songs of Praise (ON U Sounds) ’90
• Dubsac – Dub Anthem; Dubsac (Annica) 2007
• The Archives – Melodical Funk; The Archives (ESL) 2012 DC: ½ Thievery Corporation
• Audio Active – Robot War; Apollo Choco (ON U Sound) ’97 Jah-pon
• Ari Up – Baby Mother + Version; Dread More Than Dead (Collision) 2005 female singer of the Slits and New Age Steppers