Smile Jamaica – Digital Dubplate: Bob Marley Cover Tunes!

Greetings,

Enjoy this Spring Time mashdown of Smile Jamaica’s favorite Bob Marley cover tunes. Pulled from deep in the Ark-Ives and stitched up in the Secret Dubratory.

Bless, Bobbylon

0-30 min.

  • Cedella Marley Booker – Put It On (Lord I Thank You); Awake Zion (Ryodisk) ’84 (Burnin’)
  • Dennis Brown – Slave Driver; Promised Land (Blood and Fire) ’79 (Catch a Fire)
  • Dillinger – Check Sister Jane; Top Ranking Dillinger (Rhino UK) ’77 (Waiting in Vain – Exodus)
  • Hepcat – Hooligans; Out of Nowhere (Moon) ’93 SoCal ska (Studio One 7″)
  • Judy Mowatt – Screwface; Love Is Overdue (Shanachie) ’87 (Tuff Gong 7″)
  • Rita Marley – I Know a Place (Shanachie) ’91 (Lee “Scratch” Perry ’77 unreleased)
  • UB40 – Keep on Moving; Labour of Love (Virgin) ’83 (Lee “Scratch” Perry 12″)
  • Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – African Herbsman; Joy and Blues (Virgin) ’93 (Upsetter 7″)
  • Eric Clapton – I Shot the Sheriff; 461 Ocean Boulevard (RSO) ’74 (Burnin’) 

30-60 min.

  • Marcia Griffiths – Hurtin’ Inside; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ’79 (Chances Are)
  • The Wailers Band – Belly Full; Reggae Sunsplash ’81: Tribute to Bob Marley (Elektra) (Natty Dread)
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph w/ Cedella & Sharon Marley; Mighty Quinn Soundtrack (A & M) ’89 (Chances Are)
  • Garland Jeffreys – No Woman No Cry; One-Eyed Jack (A & M) ’78 (Natty Dread)
  • Junior Delgado – Caution; Treasure Found (Incredible) ’77 (Best of the Wailers – Beverley’s) 

60-90 min.

  • Africa Unite – Crazybaldheadsdub; King Size Dub Chapter Nine (Echo Beach) 2003 (Rastaman Vibration)
  • Bunny Wailer – Lively Up Yourself; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 (Natty Dread)
  • Jah Woosh – No Woman No Cry; Chalice Blaze (Original) ’78 (Natty Dread)
  • Vincent Napp – Get Up Stand Up; Ruff Cutt in Roots (Tabou1) (Rastaman Vibration)
  • Pam Hall – Fussing & Fighting; Natty Divas (Tuff Gong) (Soul Revolution)
  • Carlene Davis – So Much Trouble in the World; Songs of Bob Marley (VP) ’93 (Survival)
  • Sonya Spence – It Hurts to Be Alone; In the Dark (Skynote) ’78 (Wailing Wailers)
  • Big Youth – Get Up Stand Up; Reggae Phenomenon (Trojan) ’76 (Burnin’) 

90 min. – 2 hr.

  • Carole & Florent Atem – One Love Medley; Everybody Loves Bob Marley (Neos) 2006 (Exodus)
  • Chalawa –  Exodus Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 (Exodus)
  • Delixx – Coming in From the Cold; Uprising in Dub (Micron) ’84 (Uprising)
  • Third World – Dreamland; 96 Degrees in the Shade (Mango) ’76 (Upsetter 7″)
  • Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus – Rastaman Chant (Rmx); Bill Laswell Dub Massive Chapter Two (Trojan) 2005 (Burnin’)
  • Roots Gwan feat. His Imperial Majesty – War; Exalt H.I.M. (Conscious Riddims) includes Selassie’s speech to the UN (Rastaman Vibration)
  • Pecker – Concrete Jungle; 21st Century Dub (ROIR) ’86 Jah-ponese dubber w/ The Wailers Band (Catch a Fire) 

2 – 2 and 1/2 hrs.

  • Winston Jarrett – Selassie Is the Chapel; By the Rivers of Babylon (Shanachie) ’95 (Wail ‘N Soul ‘M 7″)
  • Gregory Isaacs – Slave Driver; Sly & Robbie Present (RAS) ’80 (Catch a Fire)
  • Johnny Clarke – Crazy Baldhead; Authorized Version (Virgin Front Line) ’76 (Rastaman Vibration)
  • Johnny Nash – Stir It Up; I Can See Clearly Now (Columbia) ’72 (Catch a Fire)
  • Erykah Badu – No More Trouble; Chant Down Babylon (Tuff Gong) ’99 (Catch a Fire)
  • Ronnie Davis – Kaya; Sings HIts of Studio One and More (Rhino UK) ’78 (Kaya)
  • Carly Simon – Is This Love?; Back to the Island (Rounder) 2001 (Kaya) 

2 and 1/2 – 3 hrs.

  • Groove Corporation –  Concrete Jungle; Remixes From the Elephant House (Guidance) 2001 (Catch a Fire)
  • Taj Mahal – Slave Driver; Mo’ Roots (Columbia) (Catch a Fire)
  • The Maroons – Talking Blues; Trojan Tribute to Bob Marley Box Set (Trojan) ’75 (Natty Dread)
  • Derrick Morgan – I Shot the Deputy; Tribute to Bob Marley (Disky) ’75 (Burnin’)
  • Jackie Edwards & the Aggrovators – So Jah Say; Tribute to Bob Marley vol. 1 (Esoldun) ’80 (Natty Dread)
  • Inner Circle – Curfew; Tribute to Bob Marley (Trojan) ’74 (Burnin’)
  • Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros – Redemption Song; Streetcore (Hellcat) 2003 (Uprising)

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