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)