Greetings,

My brother lives in Minneapolis. When the Polar Vortex hit, it took me back to my youth in Montana.

Cold so bitter, just closing the car door shattered glass. Only Chinook winds, (warm winds) kept Montana from being Alaska

<Chinook Winds; 46 sec.>

So when it became our turn in Utah to be homebound with a massive mid week snowstorm, I took advantage of the day:

Feb. 6 – Bob Marley’s Birthday. Once I got the notice on my phone to stay home. I turned off the alarm, cranked up the furnace and decided what better way to celebrate a Snow Day than starting with The Wailers Catch a Fire and play through to Uprising.

Turned out to be a fine way to endure Cabin Fever.

bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 2, 2019: Annotated Playlist: 101 sec.

Set 1:

• Gladiators – Can’t Stop Righteousness; Showdown vol. 3 (Hitbound) ’83 US Brooklyn vinyl
• Blackbeard – Cut After Cut; Strictly Dub Wize (Ballistic) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour
• UB40 – I Think It’s Going to Rain Today; Signing Off (DEP) ’80
• Dhaima – Ina Jah Children; Love of the Common People (Trojan) ’77 female; Joe Gibbs prod’n

<Dhaima; 24 sec.>

• Alpha Blondy – God Is One; Masada (World Enterprise) ’92
• 2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; CD Single (ON U Sound) ’96 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
• The Morwells – They Hold Us Down; 12″ (Greensleeves) ’79 UK

Set 2:

• Sugar Minott & Captain Sinbad – Hard Time Pressure; Herbman Hustling (Heartbeat) ’78
• Ika Black – Human Life; Special Love (Keyman) ’90 UK dawta
• Johnny Osbourne – If Jah Didn’t Love You; 12″ (Rockers Forever) ’85 Brooklyn

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 29 + Years

• Bim Sherman – Golden Locks; Across the Red Sea (ON U Sound) ’82
• Delroy Wilson – Get Ready; Best of (Heartbeat/Studio One) ’67 Temptations cover
• Althea & Donna – If You Don’t Love Jah; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78
• Gayladds – I.N.I.R.I.; Understanding (Tamoki Wambesi) ’79

Set 4:

• Dennis Brown – Whip Them Jah; United Dreadlocks (Joe Gibbs) ’77
• Dub Organiser – Herbal Dub; Fashion in Fine Style (Fashion) UK instrumental
• Zema – Their Own Sight; Look at the Heart (Melchizedek) ’99 SoCal dawta
• Hubert Lee – Table’s Gonna Turn; 12″ (Wild Flower) Pembroke Pines, FL; Blues Busters update
• Black Disciples – The Ghost (Marcus Garvey) Garvey’s Ghost (Mango) ’76 dub to Burning Spear Marcus Garvey

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

• Sister Carol – Dedicated to Bob Marley; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn
• Purple Man – King On His Way; Laserbeam (Enterprize) ’83 Brooklyn
• Lion Youth – Couchie Vibes; Love Comes & Goes (Virgo Stomach) ’81 UK clear
• Exuma – Superstar Who Do You Think You Are; Universal (Cat Island) ’82 Bahama
• Alpha & Omega – Dub Flute; Watch & Pray (A & O) ’92 UK trance dub

 

Set 6: Wailers Family Tree

• Bob Marley & the Wailers – Bend Down Low; Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers (Studio One) ’64 JA vinyl

<Bend Down Low ’64; 98 sec.>

• Bunny Wailer – Give Thanks and Praises; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 50 Bob tribute for his 50th birthday
• Peter Tosh – The Toughest; Live at My Father’s House (Beat Club) ’78 Roslyn, NY
• Bob Marley & the Wailers – No Woman, No Cry; Live 1973-1975 (Starbucks) Live at the Lyceum; 7/17/75

<Live! – Best of 100 best Live by Rolling Stone mag; 61 sec.>

Set 7: Rockers do Reggae

• Bad Brains – Long Time; God of Love (Maverick) ’95 
• Bob Dylan – God Gave Names to All the Animals; Slow Train Coming (Columbia) ’79
• David Lindley – Pay the Man; El Rayo-X (Asylum) ’81
• Grace Jones – Pull Up to the Bumper; 12″/80s (Family) ’81 w/ Sly & Robbie

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• Morcheeba – Small Town; Who Do You Trust? (Indochina) ’96 w/ female vox
• Dub Syndicate – Higher Than High; Fear of a Green Planet (Shanachie) ’98
• Anima Sound System – ’68; King Size Dub Chapter Eight (Echo Beach) 2002 Germ.
• Vicegrip & Dub Front Outernational – Run Come Children + Dub and Run; 10″ (Dub Front) 2000 Germ.
• Thievery Corporation feat. Baba Maal – I Will Follow You; Abductions & Reconstructions (ESL) ’99