<Black History Month = Bob Marley Month on Smile Jamaica; 21 sec.>

Greetings,

Indeed for I ‘n’ I and over 30 years, February (or Jah-bruary) is not only Black History Month but Bob Marley Month….Feb. 6, 1945

Therefore, during the last Saturday of February, I clipped out a couple of Bob Marley Stories.

Bob’s not a fan of space travel: 37 sec.

 

In the mid 90’s, I had a student from Saudi Arabia who worked for me who said that nearly every government building in his home town was tagged with Bob Marley in Arabic. The Wahhabis were none too happy.

<Bob Marley would be Bwb MarLee in Arabic; 39 sec.>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 23, 2019 Annotated Playlist: 56 sec.

bless, Bobbylon

Set 1:

• Roots Uprising – Beautiful Music; Beautiful Music (Top Ranking) b’81
• Black Uhuru & Sly & Robbie – Ion Storm; Dub Factor (Mango) ’83 US vinyl dub album of the hour
• Barry Brown – Party Night; Reggae Heights (Mafia & Fluxy) 2001
• Ayo – Who; Ticket to the World (Motown) 2013 Nigerian-German dawta
• Junior Murvin – Lucifer; Police & Thieves (Mango) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n
• The Nazarenes – Song of Mary Jane; Songs of Life (Heartbeat) 2004 Ethiopian/Swedish herbal ballad
• Charlie Chaplin – Chalice Contest; Old and New Testament (RAS) ’92 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
• Dennis Brown & Big Youth – Running Up and Down; 12″ (Joe Gibbs Record Globe) ’81(?)

Set 2:

• Alton Ellis – Lord Deliver Us; I’m Still in Love With You (Heartbeat/Studio One) ’70
• Junior Delgado – Part Time Lover; Treasure Found (Incredible Music) ’79
• DJ /Rupture feat. Sister Nancy – A Little More Oil; Special Gunpowder (Tigerbeat) 2004
• Dennis Bovell – Za-ion; 12″ (Rama) ’76 UK

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 29+ Years

• Judy Mowatt – Mother Africa; Working Wonders (Shanachie) ’87 Best of Smile Jamaica 29+ Years
• Horace Andy – Elementary; Reggae Dance Party (RAS) ’85
• Freddie McGregor – Joggin’; Strictly Rockers (Mango) ’80
• Earth & Stone – Three Wise Men + Dub; Kool Roots (Pressure Sounds) ’79

Set 4:

• Dillinger – Ragnampiza; Bionic Dread (Mango) ’76
• Lady Ann – What You Put Me Through; Bad Gyal inna Dance
• Natural Roots – For My Sensi (Extended); CD Single (Solid Rock) 2011 SLC islander herbtune
• UB40 – Don’t Break My Heart; Baggaridim (Virgin) ’85
• UB40 – Theme From Labour of Love; 12″ EP (Virgin) ’85 UK dub

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

• Everton Blender – Bob Marley; Piece of the Blender (Heartbeat) ’96 US vinyl tribute to Bob Marley
• Annette Brissett – Freedom Fighters; Get Up and Dance! (Zodiac) ’91 NY
• The Moody Boys – Free; Journey Into Dubland (XL) ’90 UK EP mutant dub
• Fab 5 – What the Police High Command Can Do; Jamaican Woman (Stage) ’87 JA
• Jacob Miller – Take a Lift; Mixed Up Moods (Top Ranking) ’79 Miami cream soda colored vinyl; herb tune
• Roots Radics – How Long Version; Understanding (Tamoki Wambesi) ’79 Dub Album of the Hour

 

Set 6: Wailers Family Tree

• Bob Marley & the Wailers – Cry to Me; Best of Bob Marley & the Wailers (Studio One) ’66 JA vinyl

<Cry to Me>

• Peter Tosh – Don’t Look Back; Live at My Father’s House (Beat Club) ’78 Summer – Roslyn, NY
• Bunny Wailer – Trouble in the World (So Much Trouble in the World); Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 50 songs for Bob Marley’s 50th
• Bunny Wailer – Rockers; 12″ (Shanachie) ’78 US

Set 7: Bob Marley Birthday Tributes

• Anthony B – Marley Memories; Universal Struggle (VP) 2001
• Brigadier Jerry – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Road (RAS) ’90
• Isaac Haile Selassie – Dear Bob; CD Single (Resin Music) ’99
• Joel Zoss – Bob Marley International; Back to the Island (Rounder)
• Delixx – Coming in From the Cold; Uprising in Dub (Micron) ’84 German trumpet covers of Bob Marley. Dub Album of the hour

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• Bob Marley feat. Bill Laswell – No Woman, No Cry; Dreams of Freedom (Axiom) ’97 ambient translations
• Thievery Corporation feat. Sleepy Wonder – Sound the Alarm
• Morcheeba – Moog Island; Who Can You Trust? (Indochina) ’96 w/ female vox
• Dub Syndicate – What Happened?; 10″ (ON U Sound) ’93 UK picture
• 2 Bad Card – Mentally Ska’d; CD Single (ON U Sound) ’96 UK