Greetings,

About a month ago I was at breakfast with my best friend Nardo-jan.  After six cups of coffee I was ready to head back to Mission Control for more work in my new Ark-ive. Saturday routine before Smile Jamaica.

Turned over the car battery on my Soob. Whrr, whrr, whrr. Click, click, click. Finally started but I figured my battery was a goner.

My buddy took me to his mechanic and they jumped the queue to get my battery installed.

I asked the girl working the counter if I could have my car back by 3pm. That is my drop dead time for Sugarhouse to KRCL by the SLC airport. I told her I was on the radio and needed to make sure I had time.

She asked me what station I was on. KRCL I said. I do Smile Jamaica. “Oh, that’s you? We listen in the shop and will have it on latter today.”

There was a youth also waiting to pay for his car. He chimed in. “My Uncle makes me listen to that show.” Not a big fan I take it? “Nah. I like country and classic rock.” He gave me the baleful look of someone who was not impressed.

So, I guess not everyone thinks Smile Jamaica is “all killer, no filler.” Torture!

So I livicated a song to this youth “forced” to listen to Smile Jamaica: Toots Hibbert’s Beautiful Woman. Country & Western.

bless, Bobbylon

<Toots country; 95 sec.>

 

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist for Jah-gust 26, 2017;90 sec.

Set 1:

• Sinead O’Connor – Glory of Jah; Theology (2 CD) (That’s Why There’s Chocolate & Vanilla) – live acoustic at the Sugar Club, DUBlin, Ir(ie)land; Nov. 2006

<Sinead O’Connor – beautiful Reggae ballad; 31 sec.>

• Prince Jammy – Conspiracy on Neptune;  Prince Jammy Destroys the Invaders (Greensleeves) ’82 UK Vinyl Dub Album of the Hour
• Eclipse – Eclipse; Corrupted Society (British Reggae Archive) ’78 UK

<Eclipse rewind; 38 sec.>

• Trevor Hartley – Love You More; Hartical (Jove) ’94 UK Lovers rock
• Thievery Corporation feat. Mr. Lif – Ghetto Matrix; Temple of I & I (ESL) 2017 dub-hop
• Rita Marley – One Draw; 12” (Shanachie) ’81 picture sleeve: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<One Draw – Smile Jamaica rmx; 3 min. 52 sec.>

Set 2:

• Peter Tosh – Mystic Man; Live Cuts (Columbia/Legacy) 1982 Calgary, Jah-berta Canada
• Aswad – Chasin’ for the Breeze; Rebel Souls (Mango) ’84 UK
• Gideon Jah Rubbaal – Love Rasta; Free Us Now(ACL) ‘77
• Abassi All-Stars feat. Minoo – December; No Answer 10″ EP (Universal Egg) 2008 UK mutant dubstress

Set 3:

• Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – Say People; Hey World! (EMI America) ‘86
• Desmond Dekker – Reggae Recipe; Israelites (Trojan) best of
• Carlton Livingston – Please Mr. DJ; Retrospect (Grapevine) ’84 Best
• Love Joys – One Draw; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackie’s) ’83 female duo covers Rita Marley
• King Tubby – Many Moods of the King of Dub;  I Am the King vol. 3 (Sprint) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

• Bunny Wailer – Roots Radics; In I Father’s House (Solomonic) ’80 JA vinyl
• Barry Brown – Party Night; Reggae Heights (Mafia & Fluxy) 2001 modern update
• Sugar Minott – Ghetto-ology; Ghetto-ology (Easy Star) ‘79 to Sam Cooke’s What a Wonderful World

<a PhD. in Ghetto-ology; 12 sec.>

• Naffi I – Stand Up; 10” (Roots Injection) 2007 UK female dubstress

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital 

• Black Uhuru – Party Next Door; 12” EP (4^th & Broadway) ’83 picture sleeve; E.T. Thorngren rmx
• Sister Candy – Nation Connection; Laserbeam (Enterprise) ’83 Brooklyn
• Dillinger – Sammy Jeggae; Blackboard Jungle (Culture Press) ’84 UK dj to Johnny Clarke’s cover of Bob Marley’s Crazy Baldhead
• Louie Rankin, Brimstone & Fire & Bobby Culture – Big Big Bust; Tidal Wave (Unicorn) ’83 Santa Monica, CA – herbtune
• Phillip Parkinson – Control Them; Age of Reggae (Twinkle) ‘84 UK

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27+ Years

• Toots & the Maytals – Beautiful Woman; Knock Out! (Mango) ’81 
• Johnny Clarke – Cold I Up; Don’t Trouble Trouble (Attack) ‘75
• Cocoa Tea – Rocking Dolly; Rocking Dolly (RAS) ’82 dances in JA
• Akabu – Fate of the World; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK dubstresses
• Bill Laswell rmx Sly & the Revolutionaries – Cocaine; Dub Massive Chapter One (Trojan) 2005 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – The Heathen; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) ’77 original + Ziggy’s new rmx

<Bob’s Exodus – personal and universal; 84 sec.>

<Heathen backweh pon the wall = heaving pate’ on the wall; 37 sec.>

<The Heathen – ’77 original vs. Exodus 40 Ziggy’s rmx; 42 sec.>

Aisha – Raise Your Voice; 12” (Twinkle) ’95 UK

Set 8: UFOria; 8 sec.

• Nicky Thomas – Doing the Moonwalk; Doing the Moonwalk (Trojan) ’72 – UFOria set
• Lone Ranger – UFO; Barnabas in Collins Wood (Wave) ’79 JA vinyl
• The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds (Heavyweight Dub mix); CD Single (Island) ’91 UK
• Tena Stelin – UFO; Lion Symbol (Jah Warrior)  ’99 UK
• Little Boots – Satellite; Nocturnes (On Repeat) 2013 UK electronica w/ female vox

<From  my Twitter feed: Is Nancy Pelosi an Alien? 1 min.>

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