Greetings,

I ‘n’ I just have time to share 3 Wailers Family Tree stories:

Why Jamaicans called Peter Tosh – Peter Touch (1); 1 min. 46

Aesop’s fable about the craven choke puppy (2); 26 sec.

Haile Selassie’s speech to the United Nations, in Amharic, chanting down war (3); 32 sec.

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-vember 9, 2019 annotated playlist: 36 sec.

bless, Bobbylon

Set 1:

• Cimarons – Reggae Time; In Time (Trojan) ’75 UK vinyl

<Cimarons in Jamaica; 29 sec.>

• Studio One Band – A Gal Dem a Lie; Jucks Dub vol. 2 (Studio One) ’77 JA vinyl dub album of the hour
• Eclipse – Let Jah Be the One; Corrupted Society (Bristol Reggae Archive) ’81 UK
• Aisha – Downpressor; High Priestess (Ariwa) ’88
• Barry Brown – Give Thanks; Reggae Heights (Mafia & Fluxy) 2001
• Charley Ace – Country Boy; Impact! (Soul Jazz) ’73 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
• Jacob Miller – Tired Fe Lick Weed in a Bush; Hi Grade Ganja Anthems (Greensleeves) ’75 herb tune
• Don Carlos – Here I Come; 12″ (Live & Learn) ’82 DC

Set 2:

• Lloyd Parks & Hugh Brown – Into the Night; Music Works vol. 2: Lovers Dancehall (Red Arrow) ’81 Benny Mardones pop cover
• Lucky Dube – War and Crime; Prisoner (Shanachie) ’90
• Thievery Corporation feat. Elen Melgarejo – Lose to Find; Temple of I & I (ESL)
• Gladiators – Pocket Money; 12″ (Virgin Front Line) ’81 UK

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 30 Years

• Burning Spear – Door Peep Shall Not Enter; Presenting (Studio One) ’73
• Gregory Isaacs – How Long (Extended); Love Is Overdue (Heartbeat) ’74
• I Roy – Everybody Ballin’; Musical Shark Attack (Virgin Front Line) ’76
• Senya – Children of the Ghetto; Cobra Style (Heartbeat) ’76 roots dawta

Set 4:

• Smashmouth – Virgin Girl; Half Baked soundtrack (MCA) ’97 Eek a Mouse/herbal cover
• Martha Velez – Bend Down Low; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ’76 Bob Marley cover
• Ruts DC – Weakheart (Rob Smith rmx); King Size Dub (Echo Beach) punk dub rmx
• Carl McDonald – Jah Is Coming; 12″ (Makdon) ’87 US
• Jah Shaka – Coronation Dub: Commandments of Dub Chapter 9 (Jah Shaka) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

• Pluto – I Shot the Sheriff; Ramgoat (Wild Flower) ’74 JA Bob Marley cover
• The Specials – Why?; 12″ EP (2 Tone) ’81 UK 2 Tone UK ska picture sleeve
• Mikey Dread – Barber Saloon; Dread at the Controls (Trojan) ’79 UK
• Chalawa – Jah Collie Herb; Capture Land (Green Weenie) ’78 Can. herb tune
• Casselberry & DuPree – War; City Down (Icebergg) ’86 Jahwaukee; Bob Marley cover/Haile Selassie UN speech

Set 6: Wailers Family Tree

• Bob Marley & the Wailers feat. Peter Tosh – Hoot Nanny Hoot (Studio One) ’65 ska take: Wailers Family Tree Set
• Peter Tosh – Wanted Dread & Alive; Wanted (bootleg) 9/29/81 The Ritz: NYC
• Bunny Wailer – Craven Choke Puppy; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 50 Bob Marley songs for 50 years
• Haile Selassie I, Bob Marley & Buffalo Bill; War/Selassie Is the Chapel; 12″ (Human Race) Selassie speech to UN
• King Jammy Meets Dry & Heavy***End of Set 6

Set 7: Mutant Dub Roots Dawtas

• Morcheeba feat. Skye Edwards – Small Town; Who Can You Trust? (Indochina) ’96: Mutant Dub Roots Dawta set
• Bush Chemists feat. Talawa – Dub of Nations; Light Up Your Chalice (Dubhead) ’99
• Alpha & Omega feat. Sonia Pensar & Ital Lion – Sapno Mei; Jonah Dan: Spirit of the Ancients (Inner Sanctuary) 2004
• Afro Mystic – The Odyssey; Morphology (OM) 2003
• Massive Attack feat. Shara Nelson – Daydreaming; Blue Lines (Virgin) ’91
• Natacha Atlas – Amulet; Halim (Nation) ’97 Belgian/Arabic/Sephardic chanteuse