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Greetings,

Chillin’ like a villain with my family. Hope you are able to do the same this Holiday. I am grateful for anyone who listens to Smile Jamaica and these streams.

While I enjoy a few weeks away, and some cratedigging to refresh for 2017, enjoy this Christmas heavy duty edition of the Smile Jamaica Ark-ives.

Merry Christmas to the Prince of Peace. Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and any other year end skygod festivities of your choosing!

<Santa was an alien. Sleigh = spaceship>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 17, 2016

Set 1:

• Freddie McGregor – Irie Christmas; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) ’80 JA vinyl
• Prince Lincoln & the Royal Rasses – Interstellar Over Dub; Vortex Dub (Orange Street) ’80 Dub Album of the Hour
• Kiddus I – Love Child; Natty ‘n’ Nice (Rhino) love child = Christ child
• Mike Brooks – Cool Runnings; Classical Anthology (M-10) ‘83
• Hollie Cook – Used to Be; Hollie Cook (Mr. Bongo) 2011 UK dubstress
• Inner Circle – We ‘a’ Rockers; Rockers Soundtrack (Mango) ‘79
• Barry Brown – Sensimilla; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
• Derrick Harriott – Jesus Was Born Today; 12” (Crystal) ‘82

Set 2:

• Cocoa Tea – Christmas Is Coming; Badd Santa (Stones Throw) Peanut Butter Wolf prod’n
• Aisha – Glorify His Name; There Is More to Life (Twinkle) 2005
• Pecker & the Wailers – Militant Sniff; 21^st Century Dub (ROIR) ’87 Jah-pon
• Michael “Scooby Doo” Powell – Christmas Time; 12” (Hot Stuff) ‘83

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

• Bob Marley & the Wailers – White Christmas; Christmas Greetings From Studio One  (Studio One/Heartbeat) ’65 Bing Crosby cover
• Judy Mowatt – Only a Woman; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82
• Peter Tosh – Arise Blackman; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy)  ’71 Jamaican Singles box set
• Bunny Wailer – Redemption Song; Retrospective (Shanachie) ‘81
• Israel Vibration – Israel Dub (Greensleeves) ’78 Same Song dub; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

• Barrington Levy – Flash Your Dread; 7” (Mic) ’81 Xmas tune
• Special A.K.A. – Racist Friend; Checkered Past (2 Tone) UK ska from ‘83
• The Pioneers – Feeling High; From the Beginning (Jet Star) ’73 herb tune
• Dennis Alcapone – Fat Man; Guns Don’t Argue (Trojan) dj to Derrick Morgan

<Why Robin Hood stole from the rich>

• Tyrone Evans – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; 12” (Clocktower) ‘78

Set 5: Christmas Vinyl is Vital

• Michigan & Smiley – Little Drummer Boy; Reggae Christmas (RAS) ’84 DC
• Carlene Davis & Trinity – Santa Claus + Christmas in the Ghetto; Christmas Sting (Thunder Bolt) ’81 JA
• Joe Gibbs Reggae Family – We Three Kings; Reggae Christmas (Joe Gibbs) ’84 Miami FL
• Dillinger & the Brentford Harmonics – Hi Fashion Christmas; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA

Set 6:

• Keith Richards – Run Rudoph Run; 7” (Rolling Stone) ’78 cover of Chuck Berry
• Dubblestandart feat. GRIZO – The Rhythm; Are You Experienced? (Groove Attack) 2006 Jah-stria w/ female vox
• Jacob Miller & Ray I – Deck the Halls; Natty Christmas (RAS) ’78 herbtune
• Glen Adams – Joyful Tidings; 12” (Clocktower) ’78 dub to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Set 7: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27+ Years

• Bingy Bunny & the Morwells – Educate Your Mind; Kingston 12 Toughie (RAS) ’75
• Don Carlos – Cool Johnny Cool; Deeply Concerned (RAS) ‘87
• Doreen Schaeffer – Wish You a Merry Christmas; Christmas Vibes (Studio One)
• Capital Letters – Natty Walk 12” mix; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group
• Sly & Robbier– Herb; Bill Laswell: Dub Massive Chapter One (Trojan) Dub Album of the Hour

 

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• Ancient Astronauts – Crescent Moon; We Are to Answer (ESL) 2009 Germ.
• Human – Home; Earthjuice (Waveform) ’95
• Jahtari Riddim Force – One Armed Swordsman; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 3 (Jahtari)  2012 Germ.
• Systemwide feat. Dr. Israel – Crisis Time; Pure and Applied (BSI)  2002 US
• Bomb the Bass feat. Leslie Weiner – If You Reach the Border; clear (4th & Broadway) ’95 UK
• Natacha Atlas – Bastet; Remix Collection (Mantra) ’99 Belgian/Algerian/Jewish chanteuse