Greetings,

I love this time of year. Winter and bad air inversions — done. Taxes and Spring Radiothon – done and done. Days are longer, mornings aren’t as dark.

The only downside for I ‘n’ I is the six week Claritin-D fog I have to endure until things dry out.

Rise and shine, wake ‘n’ bake, run the roots!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-pril 29, 2017 Tracklist:

Set 1:

• Emperors – Come Reason With I; Fret Not (Positive) NY vinyl
• Sly Dunbar & Black Uhuru– Sun is Shining; Simple Sly Man (Virign) ’78 UK – Dub Album of the Hour (vinyl)
• Wingless Angels – Rivers of Babylon; Volume I (Mindless) ’96 – Keith Richards, Justin Hinds & Nyahbinghi drummers; Melodians cover
• Pato Banton – Gwarn;  Never Give In (Primitive Man) ‘88
• Afro Omega – It’s On the People; CD Single (demo) SLC dubbers w/ female vox
• Mike Brooks – Rum Drinker/ Rum Drinker (Teams) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
• Junior Dan – Sligoville Tobacco; 10” (Hi Try) ‘70s UK instrumental herb tune

<Sligoville, JA – Rasta sanctuary; 25 sec.>

Set 2:

• Peter Tosh – No Mercy; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ‘72
• Black Slate – Freedom Time (Black Star Liner); Amigo (Ensign) ’80 UK

<Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Liner; 30 sec.>

• Eric “Rebel Lion” Bubbles – Love and Unity; Roots of Black People (Progressive International)
• Angela Prince – Joker Lover; 10” (Channel One) ‘83

Set 3:

• Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jammin’; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77 riddim shower (1): vox

<Bob’s Exodus from Jamaica; 15 sec.>

• I Roy – Commandment VII (Jammin’); Ten Commandments (Virgin) ’80 UK yellow vinyl: picture sleeve; riddim shower (2): dj
• Chalawa – Jammin’ Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 riddim shower (3): dub
• Bunny Wailer – Raggamuffin; Dance Massive (Shanachie) ’92 over Keep on Moving riddim

<Bunny Wailer – Roots does Dancehall; 25 sec.>

• Israel Vibration – Why Worry Dub; Israel Dub (Greensleeves) ’78 dub album of the hour

Set 4:

• Lightman – Spring Time; Spring Time (Semi Sounds) 2004 Finland melodica dub
• Yabby You & Jah Walton – Zambia Dub; Dub It to the Top (Blood and Fire) ’79  
• Don Carlos – Springheel Skanking; Reggae Dance Party (RAS) ’86 comp.
• Molara – Crown of Creation; 10” (Dub Tunnel) 2012 UK female vox

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

• Mikey Dread – Roots and Culture (Theme From Rockers Roadshow); Pave the Way (Parts 1 & 2) (DEP) ’85 UK duble disk 
• Coco Tea – Gather My Sheep; Sweet Sweet Coco Tea (Blue Mountain) ’85 NY
• Kojak & Mother Liza – Chant Down Babylon; Chant Down Babylon (Gorgon)
• Bobby Culture, Louie Rankin, Brimstone & Fire – Big Big Bust; Tidal Wave (Unicorn) ‘83
• Senya & Familyman Barrett – Children of the Ghetto + Juvenile Delinquency; Juvenile Delinquent (Clappers)  femal vox ’81 Brooklyn

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

• Aswad – Just a Little Herb; Rebel Souls (Mango) ’84 herbtune 
• Dennis Brown – Rasta Children; Words of Wisdom (Shanachie) ‘79
• Burning Spear – This Experience; People of the World (Blue Moon) ‘86
• Alpha & Omega – Suffer the Little Children + Dub Unto Me; Daniel in the Lion’s Den (A & O) ’90 UK trance dub w/ female vox

Set 7:

• Leroy Smart – Ballistic Affair: Joey & Norman Jay – Good Times 2 (Nuphonic) 2001 UK deejay best of soul and reggae
• Junior Delgado – Hypo; Tichen (Rhino UK) ‘90
• Sis Aiesha (sic) – King Selassie I; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2001 UK

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• Gorillaz – Andromeda; Humanz (Virgin) 2017 – Mutant Dub Set
• Creation Rebel/New Age Stppers – Chemical Specialist; Threat to Creation (Cherry Red/ON U Sound) ’81 dub to Jah Woosh Woodpecker Sound
• African Head Charge – Touch I; Live in Japan (Beat) 2005 Tokyo
• International Farmers – Bassy Man Dub; Dub Sac: Featuring the Storytellers (Anicca) 2007 US
• Thievery Corporation feat. Notch – Strike the Root; Temple of I & I (ESL) 2017 DC
• Najma – Ghoom Charakahna (Talvin Singh Future Sounds of India Mix); Mystic Groove (Quango) 2001 UK Paki female singer

Words of Wisdom: