<When every Saturday is Black History Month>

Greetings,

Have time for one quick update. My Pops’ 76th birthday was last Saturday. They are Snowbirds from North Central Montana living in the land of the Sun. Sun City West AZ that is.

Where next to the doggy hotel is a Medical Marijuana Dispensary. I helped my Dad go through the process of getting his medical card.

And for his birthday, as a good son interested in the health of aging parents, I sent him $50 to stock up on the Seven Leaf Relief.

Got Mom convinced to go 3/1 CBD to THC up to half and half. Stay tuned!

Free joint on his birthday? How come the Utah Liquor store doesn’t give me a mini bottle of bourbon on MY birthday

bless, Bobbylon

<Happy birthday Pops! 25 sec.>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 17, 2018 – Annotated Playlist; 56 sec.

Set 1:

• Prince Far I – Read a Chapter; Jamaican Heroes (Trojan) ’82 UK vinyl

<Why I Read a Chapter a Day – UFOs in the Bible; 20 sec.>

• Roots Radics – Conspiracy on Neptune; Scientist and Jammy Strike Back (Greensleeves) ’82 UK vinyl dub album of the hour
• Cedella Marley Booker – He’s a Rastaman; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84 tribute to her son Bob
• Big Youth – Johnny Reggae; Reggae Classics (DCC) ’77
• Groundation – Praising; Crucial Reggae From Outside of Jamaica vol. 2 (Skank) 2005 Sonoma, CA
• UB40 – Mi Spliff; Credit to the Nation (bootleg) ’86 European Tour – 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
• Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Healing in the Balmyard; 12″ (Greensleeves) ’81 UK

Set 2:

• Dennis Brown – Slave Driver; Promised Land (DEB) ’79 Bob Marley cover
• The Selecter – Deep Water; Celebrate the Bullet (Chrysalis) ’81 UK 2 Tone ska
• Michael Rose – Short Temper; Happiness (Heartbeat) ’95 Best of
• Barrington Levy – Tell Them Already; 12″ (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years

• Jimmy Cliff – No Woman No Cry; Follow My Mind ’75 Bob Marley cover
• Sophia George – Honestly I Do; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ’86
• Cultural Roots – His Majesty Reign; Running Back to Me (Mango) ’88
• Bad Brains – Rally Round Jah Throne; Rock For Light (Caroline) ’83 DC punk dubbers
• Chalawa – Natural Mystic Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox

• The Lions – This Generation; 7″ (Lions Bread) 2010 LA 

<This generation; 9 sec. >

• Debra Keese – Travelling; 7″ (Orchid) ’79 UK – Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
• Horace Andy – My Soul; 7″ (Clintones)
• Alton Ellis – Confusion; 7″ (Venture) ’77
• Cedric ‘Im Brooks – Theme From Shaft (Studio One) Isaac Hayes cover

<Talking about John Shaft! 13 sec.>

Set 5: Vinyl Tributes to Bob Marley

• Toots & the Maytals – (Marley’s Gone) HIs Songs Live On; Live at Reggae Sunsplash (Genes) Aug. 4, 1982, Montego, Bay JA
• Culture – Psalms of Bob Marley; Good Things (RAS) ’89 DC
• Ranking Joe – Tribute to Bob Marley; Rebel DJ (Jam Rock) ’82 Miami
• Sister Carol – Dedicated to Bob Marley; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn

<Livicated not Dedicate; 19 sec.>

• Session feat. Azeem – Tribute to Marley; Tribute to Bob Marley (M. Al’s) ’81 Oakland

Set 6: Wailers Family Tree

• Bob Marley & the Wailers – The Heathen; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) Live at the Rainbow Theatre, London June 1977

<From Smile Jamaica to Exodus; 54 sec.>

• Peter Tosh – Brand New Second Hand (Version 2); Peter Tosh & Friends (Upsetter) ’70ish
• Bunny Wailer – Trench Town; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 dubble disk of Bob covers
• Anthony B – Memories of Bob; Universal Struggle (VP) ’97 Bob Marley Tribute
• Burning Spear – The Ghost; Garvey’s Ghost (Mango) ’76 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

• Hollie Cook – Lunar Addiction; Vessel of Love (Mr. Bongo) 2018 UK dubstress
• Joel Zoss – Bob Marley International; Back to the Island: Reggae From Martha’s Vinyard (Rounder) 2001
• Lee “Scratch” Perry – One Drop; 12″ (Lion of Judah) ’81 JA Bob Marley cover, picture sleeve

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• Morcheeba – Small Town; Who Can You Trust? (Indochina) ’96 trip hope w/ female vox: Mutant Dub set
• Dr. Israel & Dreadtone International – Sensimilla; Patterns of War (ROIR) 2005 Brooklyn herbtune
• Alpha & Omega – Lion’s Den; King & Queen (A & O) ’89 UK trance dub
• Dry & Heavy – Reverse Again; From Creation (Beat) 2002 Jah-pon
• Gorillaz -19/2000 – G-Sides (Virgin) 2001 UK cartoon

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