Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Sept. 15, 2018 Annotated Playlist; 105 sec.

Set 1:

• Yellowman – Hotter Reggae; Jack Sprat (GG’s Hit) ’82 JA vinyl
• Impact All-Stars – Java; Java Java Dub (Impact!) ’74 UK vinyl dub album of the hour
• Sisters Jam – People of This World; Rockers International (Greensleeves) ’80 Augustus Pablo prod’n
• Yami Bolo – Trample the Dragon (RAS) ’96
• Black Slate – Black Slate Rock (12″ version); Amigo (Ensign) ’80 UK
• Foreign Exchange – Big Head Spliff; Occam’s Razor (1st Step) ’99 UK – 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
• Silver Fox – Jamaica Nice; 10″ (Jah Life) Brooklyn: early 80’s dj

Set 2:

• The Heptones – Cool Rasta; Mojo Magazine/Trojan Records Present Reggae Nuggets (Trojan) mag on 50th anniversary of UK record label

<Mojo Magazine’s tribute to Trojan Records; 41 sec.>

• Capital Letters – Run Man Run; Bread and Water 7″ (Greensleeves) ’80 UK youth
• The Equators – Africa; Hot (Stiff) ’81 UK ska
• Mykal Rose & Ragga Sonic – Release Me; 10″ (Maximum Sound) Fr. mid 2000’s

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years

• Aswad – Candles; Not Satisfied (CBS) ’80 UK – Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years
• Israel Vibration – Cool and Calm; Strength of My Life (RAS) ’88 request

<From polio to Rasta – Israel Vibration; 26 sec.>

• Ijahman Levi – Mr. CB; Inside Out (Jahmani) ’87 anti-Chris Blackwell tune
• Sandra Cross & Robotiks – Catch the Boat; Roots Daughters (Ariwa) ’88 UK
• 4th Street Orchestra – Ah Who Say? Go Deh!; Ah Who Say? Go Deh! (EMI) ’76 Dennis Bovell Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

• Bunny Wailer – Bend Down Low; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 – 50 Bob covers for Bob’s 50th
• Joe Axumite – Troubled Man; 10″ EP (Wackies) ’79 The Bronx
• Likkle Mai – Count on Me; Roots Candy (Beat) 2006 Jah-ponese singer from dub group Dry & Heavy

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

• The Wailing Wailers – Rude Boy; Wailing Wailers (Studio One) ’65 

<Rude Boys; 48 sec.>

<Who were the Wailing Wailers in 1965?; 31 sec.>

• Jah Lloyd – Jah Lion; Black Lion (Virgin Front Line) ’78 UK
• JJ Denton – Honey; Alcatraz (Mr. Tipsy) ’85 JA
• Lone Ranger – Legalize the National Herb; Hi-Yo Silver, Away! (Greensleeves) ’82 UK
• Three Dimension feat. Cokkie and Soldier Dan – Undertaker; Roadblock (Nubian) ’87 UK

Set 6: 

• Peter Tosh – Don’t Look Back; Kentucky Fried Rockers (bootleg) ’78 live for the Rolling Stones; Motwown cover

<Tosh opens for the Rolling Stones; 58 sec.>

• Delroy Wilson – What Is Man; 12 the Hard Way (Tribesman) ’77
• Chris Jay – Can’t Take No More; 10″ EP (Dubwise) ’89 UK
• Senya – Children of the Ghetto; Cobra Style (Heartbeat) ’81 female
• Augustus Pablo –  Chant to King Selassie I; East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

• The Wailers – Get Up Stand Up; Live 1973-1975 (Starbucks) Live at the Paris Theatre, London for the BBC: May 24, 1973

<The Wailers live on the BBC, 5/24/1973>

• Brigadier Jerry – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Road (RAS) ’90

Set 8: Mutant Dub Set

• Pale Rider – Hustling (Cassava Outernational) 2008 Nashville
• Mungo’s Hi Fi feat. Soom T – Bad Bad Boy; Forward Ever (Mungo’s Hi-Fi)
• Dub Dynasty feat. Smiley Song – Warrior Song; Unrelenting Force (Alpha Steppers) 2014 UK
• Launch Dat Meets Digidub – Bad Boys (Instrumental rmx); King Size Dub vol. 1 (Echo Beach) ’95
• Cosmic Revenge – Drift; Bay Area Dubstep voll. 3 (Full Melt) 2011
• Jalal – Shade of the Light; 10″ (ON U Sound) ’93 UK Last Poet; picture sleeve