<Cratedigging in Denver; 79 sec.>

Greetings,

To “rinse out” is a deejay term commonly used to showcase a fresh stash of vinyl on your sound system or deejay gig.

I ‘n’ I use it on this edition of Smile Jamaica as a way to juggle the Reggae vinyl I recently purchased while on vacation in Denver.

Bobbylon’s Guide to Cratedigging

1. Plan your record (and book and dispensary) shopping before you leave the house. I tend to go neighborhood by neighborhood to minimize transit time. Yelp, Yellowpages online, Google.
2. Upload my discographies to Google Drive or Dropbox so I know what I have and don’t buy duplicates
3. Print out my wishlist of items I’m looking for
4. Load up on coffee and green smoke for the excursion. Cratedigging on the Seven Leaf is one of life’s great pleasures
5. Comb through the racks: I start with Rock and Blues. Spend time on Soul and Jazz. Mutant Dub gets the second most time “digging”: Techno, electronic, lounge. Then Reggae CDs (many of them I already have.)
6. Spend the bulk of time in the Reggae Vinyl section.
7. Mention I’m a Radio Deejay and try and score 10% off
8. Take my trusty Burning Spear record bag to keep everything together
9. Never leave vinyl in the car during warm months.
10. Always put your stash in the trunk to deter break ins
11. At the end of the day sift and sort my haul

And that is how you Cratedig!

*****

So I bought about $200 work of Reggae vinyl and let it simmer for the week. So I could hear it fresh from the needle to the monitor speakers on Smile Jamaica. 

First time audio experience for I ‘n’ I as well as the masses. Tune in and hear the fruits of my labor!

bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Jah-gust 31, 2019: All Vinyl

Set 1:

• Black Uhuru – What Is Life; Anthem (Island) ’83 JA vinyl (no overdub mix): 3 Hour Vinyl Show
• Blackbeard – Electrocharge; I Wah Dub (More Cut) ’80 Dub Album of the Hour
• The In Crowd – Born in Ethiopia; His Majesty Is Coming (Creole) ’78 Fr.
• Judy Mowatt – Mr. Big Man; Mellow Mood (Ashandan) ’75 JA
• Johnny Organ – Bewitched; Come Back Darling (Techniques) ’70 JA
• Sugar Minott – Ease Up Mr. Customs Man; Time Longer Than Rope (Greensleeves) ’85 UK
• Idren Natural & Seventh Sense – Sip a Cup; 12″ (Jah Works) 2007 UK 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

Set 2:

• Paul Davidson – Midnight Rider; Reggae Chartbusters 76 (Cactus) ’76 UK
• Yellowman – Honour Your Mother; Jack Sprat (Hit) ’82 JA
• Barbara Paige – Babylon Must Fall; Hear Me Now (Epiphany) ’82 Santa Cruz, CA
• The Upsetters feat. The Heptones – Zion Blood; Super Ape (Mango) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark prod’n
• Mark Jah Jah  Bryan – Revelation Song (Rohit International) ’83 Barbados Reggae

Set 3:

• Dennis Brown – Slave Driver; Joseph’s Coat of Many Colours (Laser) ’79 UK
• Bomb Shelter – Stampede; Human Rights (Total Sounds) ’89 US
• Doreen Shaffer – This Love; Pirates Choice (Studio One) ’80 JA
• Jonathan Arthur – Burnin; 12″ (Emerald Isle) ’89 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Bullwackies All Stars – Recording Connection; Black World (Wackies) ’79 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

• Dillinger – Tallowah; Tribal War (New Cross) ’86 UK
• Kojak & Liza – Two Bad Duppy; Showcase L.P. (Kojak) ’80 JA
• Michael Palmer – Mr. Officer; Ghetto Living (Bebo’s Music) ’85 Wheaton, MD
• Carlton Livingston & U Brown – Mr. Deejay; 12″ (A1) ’81

Set 5:

• Kofi – Reggae Starship; Black…With Sugar (Ariwa) ’89 UK female
• Owen Gray – Turning Point (Version); Dreams of Owen Gray (Trojan) ’79 dub to Tyrone Davis soul cover
• U Roy – Babylon Burning; Natty Rebel (Virgin Front Line) ‘ UK dj to Turning Point
• Sylford Walker – Books of the Old Testament; 12″ (Art & Craft) ’79 UK

Set 6: Wailers Family Tree

• Bob Marley & the Wailers – Let Him Go; Marley, Tosh, Livingston & Associates (Studio One) ’66 JA – Wailers Family Tree; Bunny/Peter on vox

<Let Him Go; 90 sec.>

• Peter Tosh – No Sympathy (1972 mix); This Is Reggae Music vol. 3 (Mango) ’76 US diff. mix than on Legalize It
• Bunny Wailer – Crazy Baldhead; Tribute (Solomonic) ’80 Bob Marley covers
• Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rainbow Country; 12″ (Daddy Kool) ’77 UK picture sleeve
• Creation Rebel & New Age Stppers – Chemical Specialist – Threat to Creation (Cherry Red) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

• Wild Bunch – Mr. President Man; Wild Bunch (Ariwa) ’84 UK w/ female vox
• The Pioneers – Smokin’; Freedom Feeling (Trojan) ’73 UK
• Matumbi – Man in Me; Best of (Trojan) ’76 UK Bob Dylan cover

Set 8: Mutant Dub

• Alien Dread feat. Martin Campbell & Hi Tech Roots Dynamics – Valley of Decision; Overcharge 10″ (ACL 2000) 2010 UK picture sleeve: Mutant Dub Set
• The Clash – Armagideon Time/Justice Tonight & Kick It Over; Black Market Clash 10″ (Nu Disk) 2010 UK picture sleeve; Willi Williams cover
• Mungo’s Hi Fi feat Soom T – Boom Shiva (Scotch Bonnet) 2012 herbtune w/ female vox
• Dub Syndicate – Green Stick; Echomania (ON U Sound) ’93 UK
• Dubfront Outernational w/ Vice Grip – Run Come Children + Dub and Run; 10″ (Dubfront) 2000 Germ.