<Livicated to Ronald Reagan; 10 sec.>

Greetings,

The Rastas called him:

• Ronald
• Wilson
• Reagan – 666

I pay tribute to his legacy in funding the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives through the 80’s student loan program. 30 years ago it was more Pell Grants than 9% Loans.

So I would take the check, put in a savings account and once in the summer and usually once during the Holidays, I would travel to the Bay Area and descend upon the plentiful record stores from Reno to San Jose.

So it is hard not be nostalgic after I have been moving into my 400+ square foot Ark-Ive: 31 sec.

From the Garage:

To the Ark-Ive:

Spent 2k on CD towers to empty out the cardboard boxes and onto shelving. Every Saturday before Smile Jamaica since New Year’s I have prepared for this move.

Now that I am inside the house, I have to make sensi of the entropy. A journey of a thousand miles begins with unloading a single box.

A luta continua – The struggle continues

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: June 24, 2017: Annotated Playlist: 40 sec.

Set 1:

• Jimmy Riley – Summertime; 12” (DEB) ’76 Porgy & Bess cover
• Hi Tech Roots Dynamics – M.S.G.; New York Dub (Channel One UK) ’96 UK Vinyl Dub Album of the Hour
• Aswad – African Children (Part 2); Not Satisfied (Columbia/Legacy) ’82 UK ballad
• Dennis Brown – Should I; Money in My Pocket (Shanachie) ‘79
• Gracy & the Herbman Band – Time is the Master; See Me Yah (Funfundvierzig) ’91 Germ. female
• Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja 12” Mix; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

Set 2:

• Thievery Corporation feat. Notch – True Sons of Zion; Temple of I & I (ESL) 2017 DC dubbers
• Bunny Wailer – Dance Ha Ti Gwan; Dance Massive (Shanachie) ‘92

<grumpy roots guy does dancehall; 25 sec.>

• The Equators – Feelin’ High; Hot (Stiff) ’81 UK ska herbtune
• Christine Adelsi – Life; 10” (King Earthquake) 2012 UK militant steppers

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

• Black Uhuru – Journey; Red (Mango) ’81
• Jean Binta Breeze – A Simple Thing + A Song to Heal; Tracks (LKJ) ’91 UK dub poet female
• Benjamin Zephaniah – Rasta; Rasta (Workers Playtime) ’83: UK dub poet male
• Peter Tosh – Legalize It; Legalize It (Columbia) ‘76
• Peter Tosh – Legalize It Version; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’76 box set

<Jawara Tosh beaten into coma in jail; 64 sec.>

Set 4:

• I Roy and Lee Perry  – Space Flight; Chapter Two of Words (Trojan) UFOria

<Roswell inna Rub a Dub Stylee; 57 sec.>

• Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jammin’; 12” (Tuff Gong) ’77 alternate extended mix
• Lee Perry – Noah Sugar Pan; Upsetter Shop v.2 (Heartbeat) Dub ’77 Album of the Hour

<Captain Lee “Scratch” Perry driving the Space Shuttle? WTF?; 18 sec.>

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

• Sister Carol – Murdee & Stylee; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn
• Prince Far I – Deck of Life; Jamaican Heroes (Trojan) ’80 UK deejay
• Barrington Levy & Jah Thomas? – Collie Weed; Hunter Man (Burning Sounds) ’83 UK herbtune
• Gregory Isaacs – Musical Revenge; Reggae It’s Fresh (Tad’s) ’88 NY
• Junior Brown – Warriors; Hits From the House of Shaka (Jah Shaka) ’85 UK

Set 6:

• 10cc – Dreadlock Holiday; Snatch Soundtrack (Maverick) ’76 rockers do reggae
• Trevor Hartley – Smoke and Chill; Hartley (Jove) ’94 herb tune
• Fabiane Miranda – Prophecy; 12 the Hard Way (Tribesman) ’77 female
• Paul Blake & the Bloodifre Posse – Get Flat; Reggae Dance Party (RAS) ’87 dance number

<Jamaican dance = Get Flat; 40 sec.>

Set 7:

• Jah Pecker & the Wailers – Jammin’; 21^st Century Dub (ROIR) ’87 Jah-ponese cover of Bob Marley

<From Jah-pon: Jah Pecker & the Wailers>

• Sister Beverley – Rasta Woman; 12” (RAMA) ’76 UK

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• Ikonika – Sahara Michael; contact, love, want, have (Hyperdub) 2010 UK Sara Abdel Hamid
• Herbaliser – Worldwide Connected; Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ninja Tune) 2002 UK
• Massive Attack – Safe From Harm; Blue Lines (Virgin) ’91 UK feat. Shara Nelson
• Audio Active – Psycho Buds (Game Mix/Asian Dub Foundation); CD Single (Birdman) ’99 Jah-pon