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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist: June 18, 2016: Father & Dreadlocks!

June 24, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

A+ record from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. Happy Father’s Day!

Greetings,

<Happy Father’s Day; 37 sec.>

Happy Father’s Day to my Pops, Bob and all Father’s including the Heavenly Father – HIM.

In March I helped my folks become Snowbirds on a grueling drive from Salt Lake City to Phoenix. I drove because my Pops has some back issues from a lifetime of selling insurance on the road and golfing.

The whole way he was trying to shake the bee stings out of his fingers. Sure enough. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

So I joked on air while my Pops heals he has to drink Busch Lite with his left hand for a while.

So I start off this Ark-Ive of Smile Jamaica with a killer jam by Charlie Ace Father and Dreadlocks. The story of a Parson’s son who leaves for college in a Three Piece Suit and returns home a Rastaman in humble dungarees and sandals. When his Mom nearly drops down dead, Charlie sings out, “the power of Jah is moving on!”

Father and Dread Locks – Charlie Ace (lyrics transcribed by Robert Nelson)

Hail Daddy-man!
Wha’ppen when him come for the Holidays
Yes-I! Whap’n rate up a draw of herb fi I place y’know!
Son – who dat? No Parson’s son turn Rastaman!
Yes-I! Man sight the fullness y’know?

Parson send him one son fi (to) college for the study of religious knowledge
Some day the boy decides to come home for Holiday
But when he enter him home something strange happen
He wasn’t wearing slicker suit
He wasn’t wearing big heel boots
He was wearing dungarees and sandals
And when he moved his tam from his head
Parson frightened til him was drop down dead
When him natty dreadlocks drop to the ground

So, his Dad looked at him and said:
My son, my son what comes over you? What happened?
You pass your GCE and sit upon University. What happened?
I work morning, noon and night to get you there. What happened?
He said, Daddy you don’t understand like I do
But Jah has called upon I
I have sight of the Promised Land

Daddy, I know the way you feel but one day you will understand

My son, what is the plan for the future?

He said: Daddy, I plan to use my education to defend human rights, equality and justice throughout the Universe

This time the Mother is in the kitchen cooking the best dressed chicken
So she run when she realize her one son was home to greet her one son
When she sight Natty Dreadlocks she nearly drop down dead
She said: My son, my son. What are we going to tell the people of the neighborhood?

He said: Mom, tell them that the power of Jah is moving on-ya!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist – June 18, 2016; 36. sec.

Set 1:

Heptones – Cool Rasta; Trojan Story (Trojan) ’77 3LP UK box set vinyl
Natural Roots – Concrete Tower Dub; Natural Roots (Only Roots) ’84 Fr. vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Charlie Ace & Scorcher – Father and Dread Locks; Studio One DJ’s 2 (Soul Jazz) Happy Father’s Day

<Story of a parson’s son who returns a Rasta; 25 sec.>

Sound Dimension – Version; 7” (Studio One) Dub to above. Throw Mi Corn riddim
Aisha – Gunman; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94 Mad Professor prod’n
Toots & the Maytals – Take Me Home Country Roads; Trojan Story (Trojan) ’74 John Denver cover
Alpha & Omega feat. Gregory Isaacs – Bush Ganja; Legend of A & O (Dopic) 2006 best of UK trance dub; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Horace Andy – Satisfy Me; 10” (Channel One) ’83 UK

The late, great Charlie Ace: Father & Dreadlocks

Set 2:

Bunny Wailer – Rise & Shine; Retrospective (Shanachie) ‘81
Jean Binta Breeze – Dubwise + Confusion; LKJ Presents (LKJ) ’96 female dub poet
Lloyd Brevett & the Skatalites – African Roots; African Roots (Moon Ska) ’76 reunion – instrumental with flute
Black Uhuru – Sorry For the Man; 10” (Jammy$) ‘77

maxresdefault (3) — Dub poet Jean Binta Breeze

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

Linval Thompson – I Love Marijuana; I Love Marijuana (Trojan) ’78 herbtune
I Roy – Catty Rock; Heart of a Lion (Virgin Front Line) ’78 update of U Roy’s What Is Catty
Bad Manners – Lip Up Fatty; Dance Craze (Soundtrack) (2 Tone) ’80 live – best of British 2 Tone ska
Bim Sherman – It Must Be a Dream; Meets Horace Andy & U Black in a Rub a Dub Style (Original) ‘78

Set 4:

Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse; Reggae Pulse 3 – Love Songs (RAS) ‘82
Selecter – Deep Water; Celebrate the Bullet (Chrysalis/2 Tone) ’82: UK 2 Tone ska w/ Pauline Black on the vox
Scientist – Jab; Heavyweight Champion (Greensleeves) ’80; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Rita Marley & the I Three – Bellyful; Reggae Sunspalsh ’81 – Tribute to Bob Marley (Elektra) ’81 live
Tristan Palma – Joker Smoker; Joker Smoker (Greensleeves) ’82 herbtune
Crucial Bee – Mark of the Beast; Just a Sting (All-Star) US Virgin Islands singer
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Bafflin’ Smoke Signal; Voodoodism (Anachron) ’78 about the Pope’s election

<Electing the Pope and the Bafflin’ Smoke Signal; 57 sec.>

download (1) — Popestock: Bafflin’ Smoke Signal

Set 6:

Peter Tosh – No Nuclear War (Single Mix); No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87
15 16 17 – Girls Imagination; Magic Touch (DEB) ’78 two sisters and a cousin over Smokey Robinson
Tapper Zukie – Chalice to Chalice; MPLA (Virgin Front Line) ’78 herbtune
Don Carlos – Dice Cup; 12” (Hitbound) ‘82
Dan-I & King Kietu – Pope Dub; Rastafari Judgment Fire (Imperial Roots) 2009 Italian dub album of the hourt

Set 7:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Want More (Unreleased Alternate Mix); Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’76 bonus
John Holt & Tommy McCook – Stealing, Stealing; Greater Jamaica – Moonwalk Reggae (Treasure Isle) ‘69

<Studio One and Treasure Isle – Jamaican Rock Steady stalwarts; 10 sec.>

Sister Rasheda – Jah Is Love; 10” (Jah Warrior) 2006

dreid — Duke Reid boss man of Rock Steady label Treasure Isle

Set 8: Mutant Dub

2 Bad Card – Rome; Weed Specialist CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 UK
Onejiru feat. Turtle Bay Country Club & Mike Brooks – Foolish People; King Size Dub Chapter 10 (Echo Beach) 2003
Willi Williams & Joseph Cotton – See Mi Yah; See Mi Yah (Rhythm & Sound) 2005 Germany
Orange Blossom – Maldito; Everything Must Change (Bonsai) 2004 Fr. with female Arabic vox
Transglobal Underground – Good Luck Mr. Gorsky; Psychic Karaoke (Nation) ’96 UFO-ria tune

Smile Jamaica’s Holy Trinity – Mutant Dub, Female Vox, Arabic Language

Words of Wisdom

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 7, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist) I Love My Mummy!

May 13, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Ch9QCwCUkAA8vmn — Much love to my Mother, Jeannette

<Livicated to Jeanntte: Happy Mother’s Day Mom!>

Greetings,

Happy Mother’s Day edition of Smile Jamaica. I always start off with a beautiful cover of Tammy Wynette country stylee from Sonya Spence

Tammy Wynette

“No Charge”

My little girl came into the kitchen this evenin’,
While I was fixin’ supper,
And she handed me a piece of paper she’d been writin’ on,
And after wipin’ my hands on my apron,
I read it – and this is what it said:For mowin’ the yard – five dollars,
And for makin’ my own bed this week – one dollar,
And for goin’ to the store – fifty cents,
An’ playin’ with little sister, while you went to the store – twenty-five cents,
Takin’ out the trash – one dollar,
Gettin’ a good report card – five dollars,
And for rakin’ the yard – two dollars,
Total owed – fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents.Well, I looked at her standin’ there expectantly,
And a thousand mem’ries flashed through my mind,
So I picked up the pen, turnin’ the paper over,
This is what I wrote:For the nine months I carried you,
Growin’ inside me – NO CHARGE,
For the nights I’ve sat up with you,
Doctored you, prayed for you – NO CHARGE,
For the toys, food and clothes.
And for wiping your nose, there’s NO CHARGE,
When you add it all up.
The full cost of my love is NO CHARGE.Well, when she finished readin’,
She had great big old tears in her eyes,
And she looked up at me and said,
“Mama, I sure do love you.”
Then she took the pen,
And in great big letters,
She wrote: “PAID IN FULL.”When you add it all up,
The cost of real love is – NO CHARGE

***

Brings a tear to my eye. Spent a week with my folks moving into a new place in Phoenix. Took a day to cratedig and explore Tempe. On my way out, mom gives me a benjamin. “Have a happy cratedig.” Well that’s not exactly her words but more or less. Love that woman.

bless, robt

images (3) — Mother’s love: No charge but more precious than gold

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist May 7, 2016:

Set 1:

Barrington Spence – Jah Jah Train; Speak Softly (Trojan) ’76 UK vinyl
A Nice Dub – Agrovators; Kaya Dub (Justice) ’77 UK vinyl Dub Album of the Hour; Bunny Lee/King Tubby
Sonya Spence – No Charge; In the Dark (Skynote) ’78; Happy Mother’s Day – Tammy Wynette cover

<No Charge for being Mom; 13 sec.>

Aswad – Wrapped Up; To the Top (Simba) ’86 UK

<1 of the first 10 CDs added to the Ark-Ive, 1987: Tower Records; 19 sec.>

Inner Circle – Curfew (3 O’clock Road Block); Jah Love (Music Club) ’74 Bob Marley cover
Barry Brown – Sensimilla; Far East (Hitbound) ’81: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Dennis Brown- Blood, Sweat & Tears; Love Has Found Its Way (A & M) ‘82

<Dennis Brown or Yellowman heir to Bob Marley? 25 sec.>

Kumina Mento Rasta – Wareika Hills Sound; 10” (Honest Jon’s) 2010 nyahbinghi instrumental celebrates Jamaican folk arts

3cb69c8a2c5b4ab7661068a99795f929.600x598x1 — Livicate never deadicated: To all the Moms; especially my Mom, Jeannette and Sister Stacey

Set 2: Kentucky Skank (Kentucky Derby

Dillinger – Caymanas Park; 14K Gold Golden Hits (Scandal Bag) JA vinyl

<Caymanas Park Race Track in Jamaica; 11 sec.>

<Chinese jockeys on the mounts in Jamaica; 17 sec.>

Abyssinians – In a Kalda; Reunion (AO!) ’98; Kalda – Jamaican race track
The Pioneers – Long Shot Kick the Bucket; From the Beginning (Jet Star) ‘69
Mr. Bojangles – Selassie I Cup; 7” (Joe Gibbs Record Globe) ’77; horserace between: Babylon, Pope Pious and Dreadlocks

The Selassie I Cup; 14 sec.

Babylon 2-1 odds
Soul Youth 3-1
Rome Even money
Pope Pius 3-5, the big favorite; came up lam
Dreadlocks 8-1
Baldhead 15-1

The Winner: Dreadlock; 8 lengths!
Place: Baldhead
Show: Soul Youth
Pope Pius came up lame; 17 sec.

download (16) — Congratulations Nyquist. 2016 Kentucky Derby winner

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

U Roy – Control Tower; Rasta Ambassador (Virgin Front Line) ’78
Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Heartbeat) ‘80

<Black Uhuru got me into Reggae more than Bob, Peter, Jimmy or UB40; 28 sec.>

Judy Mowatt – Rock Me; Love Is Overdue (Shanachie) ‘87
I Roy – Sister Nelly; Heart of a Lion (Virgin Front Line) ’78 nursery rhyme
Jah Shaka Meets Aswad – Addis Ababa; In Addis Ababa Studio (Jah Shaka) ’84 Dub Album of the Hour

hqdefault (2) — This album + Anthem made me a stone cold Reggae fanatic

Set 4: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – Reggaemyelitis; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) Best of Box Set; Request

<Reggaemyelitis – from the tips of your dreads to the bottom of your toes; 9 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Love Fire; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’78 Best of
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Smile Jamaica (A & B-sides); Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ‘76

$_35 — Hear the song that gives the show its name!

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Marcia Griffiths – Mark My Words; At Studio One (Studio One) JA vinyl
Dandy Livingstone – Jamaica Is Fun; Hit With Me Music (Trojan) ’72 UK
Monty Montgomery – Stay Cool; Seeds (Fusion) Atlanta
Yabby You – Deliver Me From My Enemies; Babylon Soundtrack (Takoma) ’80 UK
Spliffy Dan – Jah Bless; Rockers Showcase Volume III (Rockers International) ’87 Philadelphia

maxresdefault (2) — Marcia Griffiths – The Aretha Franklin of Reggae

Set 6: Roots Dawtas Rockers do Reggae

Patti Smith – Redondo Beach; Horses (Arista) ’76
Joan Armatrading – I Can’t Lie to Myself; Sly & Robbie – Ultimate Collection (Hip-O) ‘81
Belle Stars – Miss World; 80’s Romance (Union Square) UK female New Wave

<Belle Stars – emerged out of 2 Tone ska in the UK; 11 sec.>

Tom Tom Club – Bamboo Town; Close to the Bone (Island) ’83 riddim section of Talking Heads
Scientist – 11 Guava Road Dub; King of Dub (Kingdom) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour

download (18) — Belle Stars UK Roots Dawtas dabble in some Reggae

Set 7:

Horace Andy – Better Collie; Prime of Horace Andy (Music Club) ’75 herbtune
Pat Rhoden – Boogie on Reggae Woman; Just My Imagination (Trojan) ’75 Stevie Wonder cover
June Lodge – Someone Loves You Honey; Reggae Pulse 3 – Love Songs (RAS) ’80 Charley Pride country

<Forced to hear too much Country music growing up in Montana; 14 sec.>

Lucky Dube – Guns & Roses; Taxman (Shanachie) ’97

<Bad vibes: Murder at Park City show. Lucky killed shortly thereafter; 24 sec.>

City Weekly story on the Park City murder:

http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/the-gangs-of-zion/Content?oid=2128947

Everton Blender – Live Up; Live at the White River Reggae Bash (Heartbeat) ‘99

Pablo Gad – Crying Gad; 10” (Reggae on Top) 2002 UK militant steppers

<Militant Steppers definition; 10 sec.>

luckyduberip — Lucky Dube – killed in carjacking in Johannesburg South Africa

Set 8:

Botom Botom – Le Toit du Monde; This Is Not a Stereotype (Hammerbass) 2006 Fr. w/ female vox
2 Bad Card Specialist – Weed Specialist (Audio Active rmx); CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 UK/Jah-pon herbtune
New Age Steppers – Animal Space; New Age Steppers (Statik) Adrian Sherwood prod’n; Slits on the vox
Dub Gabriel feat. The Spaceape – Is This Revolution? (Jack Dangers Colonia Dub rmx); Raggabass Resistance (Destroy All Concepts) 2013 feat. Dub poet
Burial – UK; Untrue (Hyperdub) 2007 UK dubstep

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist) Mar. 19, 2016 – Feel the Bern!

March 25, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<Bernie v. Hillary; Trump v. Romney; 21 sec.>

Greetings,

14,000 people to see Bernie Sanders in SLC
During Spring Break
During Ute NCAA Basketball
Trump drew 1200

80% trouncing. Nearly ever colleague talked about how their caucus ran out of ballots or they queued in line for 90 minutes to 2 hours.

Congratulations Bernie Sanders. You want more votes? Call for legalizing the Seven Leaf!

(PS – I’m voting or Jill Stein. From one Green to another!)

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist – March 19, 2016; 69 sec.

Set 1:

Aswad – Hey Jah Children; Babylon Soundtrack (Takoma) ’80 UK
Bunny Wailer – Dub D’sco vol. 2 (Solomonic/RAS) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour
Barrington Levy – Please Jah Jah; Prison Oval Rock (RAS) ’84 on Sugar Minott’s Oh Mr. DC
Mystic Roots Band feat. Marko & Katherine Ramirez – Running; Campfire vol. 1 (Stay Positive) 2013 Chico, CA
Inner Circle – We Come to Rock You; Best of (Mango) ‘80
Bob Marley & the Wailers – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Trojan) ’73 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Leroy Smart – See Them Go; 10” (Fatman) ’85 UK

Early addition to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 2:

Rico & the Special A.K.A. – Jungle Music; A Checkered Past (2 Tone/Chrysalis) ’82: ska trombonist with 2 Tone Ska

<UK 2 Tone Ska; 35 sec.>

Laurel Aitken – Witchdoctor From Amsterdam; Rise & Fall (Unicorn) ‘90
Tchiya Amet – Natural Woman; Rise Again Truth (Redemption Way) ’99 Chicago female
Robert Emanuel – You Can’t Push I Over; 10” (Main Line)

Set 3: Best of 26+ Years of Smile Jamaica

New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Observe Life; Action Battlefield (ON U Sound) ’82 Michael Rose cover
Desi Roots – Go There Right; Strictly For Rockers (Mango) ’85 comp.
Steel Pulse – Leggo Beast; True Democracy (Elektra) ’82 UK roots
Ken Boothe & the Iranian Students – Peace Time; Jack Ruby Hi Fi (Auralux) ’79

<Producer Jack Ruby – discovered Burning Spear; 8 sec.>

Sound Dimension & Ernest Wilson – Why Oh Why Version ; Version Dread – 19 Dub Hits From Studio One (Studio One/Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour

<Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One labe; 28 sec.l>

hqdefault (4) — Reggae producer Jack Ruby

Set 4:

Peter Tosh – Fight Apartheid; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87

<Tosh Murdered just as I discovered Reggae, Fall ’87>

<Reggae History Lesson: Apartheid and South Africa; 17 sec.>

Ranking Roger & Blue Riddim Band – America and Russia/Selective Service System + Nancy Goes to Russia (ORA International) ’83 St. Louis – Nancy Reagan tune

<Nancy loves fashion but Ron loves money; 24 sec.>

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Cimarons – Mull of Kintyre; Reggaebility (MPL) ’82 Paul McCartney cover

<Cimarons love McCartney; 19 sec.>

Niney – My Spliff; Nuclear Jammin’ (Voiceprint) Chicago ’86 herbtune
Jah Thomas – Love and Happiness; Stop Yu Loafin’ (Greensleeves) ’78 UK over Leroy Smart’s cover of Waiting in Vain
Louise Bennett – Funny Names; Yes M’Dear Live! (Island) ‘83
Jimmy Shondell – Snake in the Grass; Hit Me With Music (Trojan) ’73 UK

download (33) — Busted in Jah-pon: Paul McCartney and the Seven Leaf

Set 6:

Aisha – Someday; There is More to Life (Ariwa) 2005
Capital Letters – Do We Really Need a Government?; Bread and Water (Greensleeves) ’80 7” EP
Barry Brown – Pass Up the Chalice; Rich Man Poor Man (Moll-Selekta) herbtune
Errol Dunkley & Errol Bellot – Live Right + Everything Is Possible; 10” (Reality Shock) 2011
Tassili Players – Interstellar Overdub; Outer Space (Universal Egg) ’96 Mutant Dub Album of the Hour

<Tassili Algeria – Ancient Aliens; 28 sec.>

download (34) — Ancient Aliens in Tassili Algeria caves

Set 7:

John Brown’s Body – Plantation; Kings and Queens (Esy Star) Upstate NY
Backbeat Soundsystem – Burnin’ Up; Together Not Apart (Easy Star) 2014 Cornwall, England
Rebelution – Fade Away; Count Me In (Easy Star) 2014 Santa Barbara

<Easy Star Records>

Set 8: Mutant Dub UFO-ria

<UFOria>

Dubadelic – Thuds Like Scuds; Bass Invaders (WordSound) ’98: UFOria set – Mutant Dub
African Head Charge & Professor – Stretch; Brother of Reality (ON U Sound) ’98 UK
Nina Hagen – UFO; Nunsexmonkrock (Columbia) ’80 Germ.
Boxcutter – SPACEBASS; Arecibo Message (Planet Mu) 2009 UK dubstep
Dubvisionist and TVS – Moonsteppa; King Size Dub Special (Echo Beach) Germ. 2014
Fedayi Pacha – Gilgamesh I / 4b-1-23; Global Pillage (Hammerbass) 2012 Fr.

download (36) — Epic of Gilgamesh – way earlier than Noah

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: September 12, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist) – Go Green Bay!

September 15, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

images (4) — Green Bud Bowl Packers all the way to the Stooper Bowl

Greetings,

Finally. NFL starts. No more deflategate. No more Roger Goddell (rhymes with HELL)

Just my Green Bud Bowl Packers put a beat down on the Cutler-riffic Chicago Bears; 12 sec.

3 Truisms from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 12 sec.

Reggae ‘n ‘ Duwize
San Francisco Giants baseball
Green Bay Packers football

<Green Bud Bowl Packers; 2 sec.>

bless, robt

<High-lights of the Sept. 12, 2015 Ark-Ive; 48 sec.>

Playlist:

Set 1:

Azeem & Session – Jah Children; Live and Direct (M.Al’s) Oakland vinyl
Black Slate – Romans Dub; Ogima (TCD) ’81 UK: Dub Album of the Hour
Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari; So Long; By the Rivers of Babylon (Shanachie) nyahbinghi drum
Phyllis Dillon – Woman of the Ghetto; 100% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) Marlena Shaw cover
Abyssinians – Jah Marley; Last Days (Tabou1) ’99 Bob tribute
Gregory Isaacs – Mr. Cop; Sensational Extra Classic (Trojan) ’78; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Cool down your temper Mr. Cop! 9 sec.>

Barry Brown – Jah Lead Us; 10” (Attack Gold)

Set 2:

The Wailers – 400 Years (JA + US/UK); Catch a Firee (Tuff Gong) ‘73

<Catch a Fire: JA vs. Island overdubs; 33 sec.>

<400 Years: JA mix vs. Island mix; 50 sec.>

Ethiopians – Satan Boy; From Matador’s Arena vol. 2 (Jamaican Gold) ’70 Halloween soon come!
Christine Miller & Hi Tek Players – Trod Away Home; 10” (Roots Hi-Tek) 2006 UK; militant steppers

images — JA tough ghetto mix vs. Chris Blackwell’s Island overdubs

Set 3: Best of 27 Years Reggae Radio

The Selecter – My Collie (Not a Dog); Too Much Pressure (2 Tone) ’80 herbtune; 13 sec.

Toots Hibbert – Freedom Train; Toots in Memphis (Mango) ’88 soul covers
Aswad – Tradition; Distant Thunder (Mango) ’88 UK
Ruts DC & the Mad Professor – Love and Fire; Rhythm Collision Dub (ROIR) ’82 UK punkdub
Jah Lloyd – Sharp Razor; Herb Dub (Teams); Dub Album of the Hour

sddefault — 2 Tone Ska Herbtune with female vox

Set 4:

Peter Tosh – I’m the Toughest; Live at the Jamaica World Music Festival (Peter Tosh Foundation); 11/27/82: Montego Bay, JA
Bunny Wailer – Never Grow Old; Gumption (Shanachie) ’90: Toots cover
The Tennors – Ride Your Donkey; Broken Flowers (Focus) Rock Steady tune from Jim Jarmusch Soundtrack

<Jarmusch and Tarantino Soundtracks: Top Rank! 17 sec.>

Boney ‘L’ & Vibronics – Babylon Children; 10” (Jah Tubbys) 2006 UK militant steppers w/ female vox

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital Set

Lloyd Robinson – Cuss Cuss; Studio One Showcase volume 2 (Studio One) Vinyl is Vital Set: Riddim Shower (1): JA original

<Cuss Cuss; 16 sec.>

Dub Syndicate feat. Bim Sherman – Cuss Cuss; Strike the Balance (ON U Sound) ’89 UK: Riddim Shower (2): mutant dub cover

<Style Scot RIP; 28 sec.>

U Roy – Dynamic Fashion Way; Studio Kinda Cloudy (Trojan); ’69 Keith Hudson prod’n over Ken Boothe
Dr. Alimantado – This Little Bird; (Tell Me You Are Having a) Wonderful Time (Keyman) ’88 UK

<Even the birds ‘n’ bees’zes give Jah di Praises! 8 sec.>

Marcia Griffiths – Truly; At Studio One (Studio One) JA

maxresdefault — Dub Syndicate head man killed 2014

Set 6: Roots Dawta Set

Samia Farah – Cool (Original); Samia Farah (Sony) ’99 Tunisian-French

<Samia Farah: French language dubstress; 20 sec.>

Angie Stone – Wish I Didn’t Miss You; Fatboy Slim: Late Night Tales (Thrive) 2007
Aisha – I Can’t Change; There Is More to Life… (Ariwa) 2005 UK
Ayo – Who; Ticket to the World (Motown) 2013 Nigerian-German singer
Reggae on Top All Stars – Cutting Dub; Chalice Dub Part One (Reggae on Top) ’95 Dub Album of the Hour

images (2) — Samia Farah: French-Tunisian dubstress

Set 7:

Yellowman – Disco Reggae; King Yellowman (Columbia) ’84 Bill Laswell prod’n
Sophia George – Final Decision; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ‘86
Robbie Valentine – Don’t You Be Blind; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2008 UK militant steppers

download (2) — Bill Laswell dancehall classic

Set 8: Mutant Dub

2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 UK mutant dub set; herbtune

<Space Dust! 4 down, 46 to go! 9 sec.>

Dr. Israel & the Brooklyn Jungle Sound System – Equal Rights; Black Rose Liberation (Baraka Foundation) 2001 NYC
Snoop Lion feat. Angela Hunte – So Long; Reincarnated (Mad Decent) 2013
Audio Active – Robot War (Adrian Sherwood Dub Mix); Apollo Choco Remixed (ON U Sound) ’98 Japan
Abassi All Stars feat. Kenny Knots – Wicked Intention; Showcase (Universal Egg) 2006 UK
Alpha & Omega – In the Beginning; Overstanding (A & O) ’82 UK trance dub
Clive Hunt & the Dub Dancers feat. Lizzard – Satta I; & the Dub Dancers (Makasound) 2008

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-gust 22, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Theremin Stylee!

August 25, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Here’s what the Jah-gust 22, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives features: 34 sec.

bless, robt

Set 1:

Jah-Malla – Reggae For It Now; Alive and Well (Clappers) ’80 NY vinyl
Doctor Dread – I For An Eye; Theremin in Dub (Tsosume): to Bob Dylan’s I and I; 2013 Hungary, Dub Album of the Hour

<The Theremin – adds a spooky sound to dubby Reggae; 28 sec.>

Peter Tosh – Don’t Look Back; Live at the Jamaica World Music Festival (Peter Tosh) sunrise 11/27/82, Montego Bay, JA
Aisha – Sweet Love; Raise Your Voice (Twinkle) ‘95
Barry Brown – We Nuh Run; Richman Poor Man (Moll-Selekta) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
GT Moore – Ganja Flower; 12” (Jah Works) 2002 bonus mutant herbs

thereminpic_custom-9d554abc953090a42ef8fd9b9b7a900bc18b6dc5-s6-c30 — Leon Theremin – add a spooky touch to your dubwise

Set 2:

Bunny Wailer – See and Blind; Gumption (Shanachie) ’90; Johnny Osbourne cover
Judy Mowatt – Sisters’ Chant; Black Woman (Shanachie) ‘76
Aswad – 54 46; BBC Sessions (BBC) Toots cover live for radio broadcast

<Live at the BBC; 26 sec.>

Dennis Brown – Give a Helping Hand; 10” (Observer Gold)

Set 3:

The Jayes & Ranking Trevor – Queen Majesty; Hitbound! The Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat) Request
Keith Hudson – Musicology; Rasta Communication (Greensleeves) ‘78
Ayo – Real Love; Billie-Eve (Polydor) 2011 German-Nigerian female
Pato Banton – Satan; Mad Professor Recaptures Pato Banton (Ariwa) ‘89

Set 4:

Sunshot Band – Dial M for Murder; Dial M for Murder in Dub Style (Pressure Sounds); ’80 Dub Album of the Hour

<Reggae History Lesson: Chris Blackwell remixes Midnight Ravers; 46 sec.>

The Wailers – Midnight Ravers (JA vs. UK/US mix); Catch a Fire (Tuff Gong) ‘73

<Midnight Ravers: original JA mix vs. Chris Blackwell’s remix; 44 sec.>

Desi Roots – Warning; 12” (DEB) ’75; Dennis Brown prod’n

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Marcia Griffiths – Gypsy Man; Sweet Bitter Love (Trojan) ’74 UK Curtis Mayfield cover; Vinyl Set
I Roy – Dr. Phibbs; Hell and Sorrow (Trojan) ’73 UK
Horace Andy & the Rhythm Queen – Love Is a Treasure (Rough Trade) ’85 UK; Freddy McKay cover
Edi Fitzroy – Work on Mr. Farmer; Youthman Penitentiary (Alligator) ’82 Chicago, IL
Chalawa feat. Johnny Osbourne – Rich Inna Jah Jah Love; Capture Land (Green Weenie) ’78 Ontario, Can.

MI0001397723 — Marcia Griffiths covers Curtis Mayfield

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27 Years Reggae Radio

Mighty Diamonds – Tracks of My Tears; Ice on Fire (Virgin Front Line) ’77 Smokey Robinson cover

<Reggae loves Smokey Robinson; 20 sec.>

The Beat (aka the English Beat) – Jeanette; Special Beat Service (Go Feet!) ’82 UK 2 Tone ska
Sister Carol – Down in the Ghetto; Black Cinderella (Jah Life/Heartbeat) ‘84
The Jolly Brothers – Babylon a Fight Rasta; Conscious Man (Seven Leaf) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n. My favorite album of all time

<Out of thousands, Jolly Brothers Meet Lee “Scratch” Perry is #1; 20 sec.>

download (4) — My ultimate #1 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives, Black Ark ’77-’78

Set 7:

Earl Morgan & the Heptones – Boo-Yarka Dub; DC Dub Connection (Auralux) ’82 Dub Album of the Hour
Abyssinians – $19.95 plus Tax; Reunion (AO!) ‘98

<Why the CD died: $19.95 plus Tax; 44 sec.>

Anthony B – Spliff Tail; Universal Struggle (VP) ’97 herbtun
Errol Dunkley & Errol Bellot – Live Upright + Everything Possible; 10” (Reality Shock) 2011 UK
Sugar Minott & Soul Syndicate – Ghetto-ology; Ghetto-ology (Easy Star) ‘79

download (6) — $19.95 Plus Tax: The Mark of the Beat. Greedy record companies led to this…

Set 8: Mutant Dub

New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Fade Away; New Age Steppers (Statik) ’81; Jr. Byles cover w/ female vox

<Junior Byles meets Mutant Dub; 13 sec.>

Back to Base – Play With Fire; Heading For the Door (MPR) 2000 UK
Kenny Knots & Junior Kigwa – Wicked Man + High Grade; Abassi Allstars: Showcase (Universal Egg) 2006 herbtune
Alpha & Omega – Solomon and Sheba; Overstanding (A & O); ’92 UK trance dub
Dubphonic – Babylon Insight; Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions: The Second Chapter (Guidance) 2000 Chicago, IL

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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: July 18, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): 27 Years of Reggae Radio II – The 80’s

July 21, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

10958175_770339053015340_1697177288_n — Ronnie Raygun is to blame

Greetings,

<Thanks for the positive feedback spinning Reggae Radio for 27 years! bless, robt; 17 sec.>

I have been fortunate enough to do Reggae Radio for 27 years now. July 1988-Aug. 1989 Graveyard stylee on 3 o’clock Roadblock (3 to 6am) Then by pure good luck of timing I moved over to Saturday Afternoons with Smile Jamaica (4 to 7 pm.) Oct. 1989-

<Much love to Juan Verde – John Greene. Who hired me to work for free on KRCL way back in 1988; 44 sec.>

6761357 — John Greene, or as I call him Juan Verde, headman of KUER radio. Used to manage KRCL. The Lion of Community Radio in Utah

I got accepted into grad school at UCLA but didn’t get a fellowship so I stayed put in Utah. Worked my way into the U of U’s academic library about the same time as I did Smile Jamaica.

Planted my flag and never left both institutions. Last week I decided to celebrate that legacy with a stroll down musical memory lane. Tried to recreate my first show. Being a Librarian I put all my faves into some semblance of chronological order. Pretty much from 1970-1979 for 3 hours.

Had lots of great listener feedback. Thanking me for 27 years of service and killer music selection. When you have something in the neighborhood of 10,000 pieces of Reggae. 30 songs out of that Ark-Ive are are hard as diamond.

But I didn’t get into Reggae until 1986. So my contemporary absorption of Reggae would have been the 80’s era.

This week’s Podcast Ark-Ive celebrates that era.

Bob Marley died 1981
Yellowman became King of Reggae: slackness began to ascend while Roots started to wobble when Edward CIA-ga, the right wing Ronald Reagan fan took over Jamaica. The Socialists fell away and the Rastas lost their power base.
Cocaine took over for Ganja
Like all genres in the 80’s synthesized music began to replace traditional drum and bass.
Dancehall eclipsed Roots Reggae

15837421 — Edward Seaga. Called by the Rastas CIA-ga. Right wing Neoliberal PM of Jamaica. Eradicated the weed while cocaine and dancehall took over culturally

***

I was alienated by modern dancehall. My contemporary fix was more into Mutant Dub. I paint a rather bleak picture!

But there was some great Roots Reggae even if the riddims started to blend traditional Reggae with digital drum and bass. This show fixates on the best of the 80’s Reggae that I collected alongside Reggae Revives and 70’s rarities.

I learned from the deejay on Smile Jamaica when I was a civilian listener, John “Rutabaga” Reese. He had the best Roots Reggae instincts of anyone around. I used to listen like the student I was, notebook in hand, jotting down names and titles of killer shots. One after another. Then I would take my list to the Bay Area and spend my student loan money building my Roots Collection; 22 sec.

bless, robt

Don-Carlos-Prophecy — Former Smile Jamaica host Rutabaga Reese turned me on to this. Best of the 80’s today

Here’s what’s on tap for the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: July 18, 2015 – Best of 27 Years Version 2: Favorite 80’s: 1980-1988; 1 min. 52 sec.

Set 1:

Black Uhuru – Party Next Door; Anthem (Island) ‘84

<During 3 O’Clock Roadblock I led off each show with a Black Uhuru jam; 29 sec.>

Jah Shaka Meets Aswad – Addis Ababa; In Addis Ababa (Jah Shaka) ’84 Dub Album of the Week
Peter Tosh – Reggaemyelitis; Wanted Dread & Alive (EMI America) ’81

The Beat (aka The English Beat) – Tears of a Clown; I Just Can’t Stop It (Go Feet) ’80; 2 Tone Ska; Smokey Robinson cover

<The Beat called English Beat in US to avoid confusion over SoCal new wave/power pop group; 27 sec.>

John Holt – Police in Helicopter; Police in Helicopter (Greensleeves) ’82; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<John Holt – You burn down our weed fields, we’ll burn down your sugar cane and cassava fields; 31 sec.>

Black Slate – Reggae Music; Amigo (bbr) ’80 UK
Michael Prophet – Help Them Please; Gunman (Greensleeves) ‘80

<Reggaemyelitis – There is no cure!; 25 sec.>

Set 2:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Coming in From the Cold; Uprising (Tuff Gong) ‘80
Ranking Roger & Blue Riddim – America and Russia/Selective Service System (Nancy Goes to Moscow); 12” (ORA) La Habra, CA
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Street 66; Bass Culture (Mango) ’80 UK dub poet
The Selecter – Three Minute Hero; Too Much Pressure (2 Tone) ’80 UK; 2 Tone ska

Set 3:

Dennis Brown – If I Had the World; Foul Play (A & M) ‘81
Aswad – Back to Africa; Showcase (Mango) ’81 UK
Rastafarians – Hold on Jah Jah Children; Orthodox (Makasound) ’81 Santa Cruz, CA

Set 4:

Steel Pulse – Ravers; True Democracy (Elektra) ’82 UK
Peter Broggs – Rastafari Liveth!; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ‘82
Fab 5 – Ooh! Ahh!; Countryman (Mango) ’82 sountrack
Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse; Night Nurse (Mango) ‘82

<Jah’s Heavenly Choir: The Crown Prince of Reggae and his bredrin The Cool Ruler; 11 sec.>

Set 5:

Twinkle Brothers – Since I Throw the Comb Away; Live at Reggae Sunsplash (Genes) Aug. 7, 1982 Montego Bay, JA

<Since I Throw the Comb Away – lost my job, my family and my girl; 27 sec.>

Mutabaruka – Everytime A Ear de Soun; Check It! (Alligator) ’83 dub poet
Prince Far I – Survival; Umkhonto we Sizwe – Spear of the Nation (Tamoki Wambesi) ’83

<Prince Far I: You know a rude bwoy by the way he wears his cap; 34 sec.>

hqdefault — Gravel voiced deejay. Murdered in mysterious circumstances 1983. “Don’t drink Schweppes, drink Heineken”

Set 6:

Bad Brains – Rally Round Jah Throne; Rock For Light (Caroline) ’83 DC Rasta punks do reggae

<Bad Brains produced by The Cars – Ric Ocasek; 19 sec.>

Aisha – Prophecy; High Priestess (Ariwa) ’88; Faybiane Miranda cover
Bunny Wailer – Ceasefire; Roots, Radics, Rockers, Reggae (Shanachie) ’83 herbtune

<United States vs. Iran – Ceasefire 2015. Light the chalice! 26 sec.>

Don Carlos – Jah Jah Hear My Plea; Prophecy (Blue Moon) ‘84

map — Urmia, Iran. My grandfather Jibrael from the Assyrian village of Borashan near the Lake

Set 7:

Ini Kamoze – General; Mini LP (Taxi) ‘84
Sister Carol – Jah Is Mine; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 Michael Jackson/Carpenters mashup

<Sister Carol singjay: singing mixed with deejay, toasting; 16 sec.>

Roots Radics – Everywhere Natty Go; Freelance (Kingdom) ‘85

Yellowman – Strong Mi Strong; King Yellowman (Columbia) ’84 Bill Laswell

120764250354 — One of the first 10 Lps added to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives, 1986. All killer, no filler!

Set 8:

UB40 – All I Want to Do; Rat in Mi Kitchen (A & M) ’86 UK

<Traded a cassette dub of this album for U of U football tickets when a linebacker from Collie-fornya heard this booming out of my dorm room 1986; 28 sec.>

Sophia George – Girlie, Girlie; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ‘86
Toots Hibbert – Love and Happiness; In Memphis (Mango) ’88 Al Green cover
Alpha Blondy & the Wailers – Jerusalem; Jerusalem (Shanachie) ’86; Cote d’Ivoire artist

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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 30, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Ancient Aliens over Skygods

June 2, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

hqdefault (7) — Is not Reggae: Rastafari Gospel music?

<Tune in to your Dub Frequency>

Greetings,

Is Reggae music gospel music? Yes and no. What attracted me to Reggae back in the mid 80s was certainly the Rastafari themed music from stalwarts (pronounced stal-a-watt in Jamaica) like Marley, Tosh and Spear.

Of course there is plenty of non-religious Reggae: love songs, pop and soul covers.

I doubt Reggae would have had such cultural saturation in the West on the backs of novelty hits like “Fattie Boom Boom” and “Israelites” or AM covers with a shuffle beat. Something about Reggae’s heavenly message attracted interested Westerners looking for something exotic and non-mainstream.

In the 70s lots of people in the West opted out of Christianity, (especially Catholicism and Judaism), and went for something new. Some went to cults. Others went for Reggae: Movement of Jah People while also protesting against the “system.” Or the corrupt and greedy “shit-stem” as Peter Tosh called it. Socialism with a small “s”.

downloadjj — Tired of doing the Judeo-Christian bit? Choose: Jim Jones or Haile Selassie

You don’t have to be a Rasta to sing or enjoy Reggae. But the conventional wisdom is that Reggae is identified as a counter cultural exploration of worship of His Imperial Majesty as a Black Jesus. West Africans ripped from the continent, put down in Jamaica in bondage and expected to worship their master’s white god.

Rebelling against that physical and mental slavery, while still preserving Christian traditions, led to Rastafari in Jamaica: Look to a black king crowned in East Africa. The return of Jesus who will lead blacks out of “Babylon” (The West, Jamaica, UK, America, etc.) to “Zion” (Africa or better still Ethiopia.)

I’m not a Rasta. My roots are in Northern Europe and Iran. I consider myself a Rastafari empathizer. Someone who understands and appreciates the religion as a devoted observer. Not a devotee.

downloadhs — The Smile Jamaica formula: 50% Rasta music; 20% Mutant Dub; 20% Seven Leaf; 9% UFOs; 1% Lovers Rock

I grew up a twice a year Methodist: Christmas Eve and Easter. The only time the Nelson family really went to weekly Sunday service was the two years my Dad was on the City Council in Fort Benton Montana.

Not that I haven’t been trying to be a “missionary” for the secular consumption of Reggae music. I celebrate Jah for the inspiration in thousands of Reggae tunes that fill my soul with joy. But I am careful not to endorse HIM out of respect for true believers. I don’t want to be a part of what Jacob Miller complained about: Too much commercialization of Rastafari!

downloadss — Yours truly, Bobbylon, is a Rasta empthazier. I ‘n’ I look to the heavens for Ancient Aliens. Not Skygods

The reason I bring this up: I had an interview with Jamaican Reggae singer Etana. So I do what I normally do before a phone interview: go on Wikipedia and read up on the artist’s entry.

Etana wikipedia entry

Her album I Rise starts off with a gospel cover of a brilliant Bob Marley cover tune: Selassie is the Chapel. Itself an update of an old American gospel tune. Covered by Elvis.

Etana’s entry mentioned her recording genres thusly: Reggae, Gospel.

downloadetana — Reggae Singer Etana. Gave me the Hairy Eyeball for calling her a Reggae AND Gospel singer. Mea culpa!

While introducing her to the radio listeners, I casually mentioned Etana was a Reggae and Gospel artist coming to town. She interrupted me and corrected me. She was most certainly NOT a Gospel singer. Her music was not geared to religiosity.

No worries. I did political interviews for 9 years. You don’t have to agree with me to have a conversation.

But when you lead off your album with a Rasta cover of a full on gospel song you can see where I might have been mistaken!; 21 sec.

By the way, I am not religious either. What earthlings worshipped as Skygods were Ancient Aliens colonizing Earth to mine gold to take back to their homeworld, Nibiru, beyond our galaxy.

Set your I watch alarm to 2900AD. That’s when the Anunnaki return to Earth.

hqdefault (8) — Skygods came from here. The 12th Planet. Do not scoff!

In fact Etana the Reggae Singer, meet Etana the Sumerian King

Etana was an ancient Sumerian king of the city of Kish. According to the Sumerian King List, he reigned after the deluge. The list also calls Etana “the shepherd, who ascended to heaven and consolidated all the foreign countries”, and states that he ruled 1560 years.

Ascended to Heaven in a Chariot of the Gods (Erich Von Daniken)

Chariots_Of_The_Gods — Read this book. It makes sensi to me!

Here is what I have for you during the next 3 hours of Roots Reggae, Dubwize and Gospel; 18 sec.

Annotated Playlist (photos, captions, Reggae History Lessons, soundbytes)

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 30, 3015:

Set 1:

Wayne Jarrett – Saturday Night Jamboree; 12” (Dub Irator) ‘80
Bullwackies All Stars – Recording Connection; Black World (Wackies) ’79 Dub Album of the Week
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – 666; Hey World! (EMI America) ‘86

<Twitter: SmileJ_KRCL. Tweet number 666; 27 sec.>

Aisha – Ask Jah Jah; Raise Your Voice (Twinkle) ‘95
Fun Boy Three – Farmyard Connection; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83 2 Tone Ska; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Peter & Bob trying to make a living. Planting herbs; 28 sec.>

Gregory Isaacs – Soon Forward; Sly & Robbie (Present) ‘79

Smile Jamaica’s Tweet 666

@TheConner88 Been on the road. I am saving tweet 666 for something appropriate. Tune in around 4:10 bless or curse, robt

— Bobbylon (@SmileJ_KRCL) May 30, 2015

Set 2:

Peter Tosh – Don’t Wanna Get Busted; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds) ‘ 77 live at KZEL Portland, Oregon; herbtune; 28 sec.

<Acoustic live Tosh; 21 sec.>

Judy Mowatt – Many Are Called; Black Woman (Shanachie) ‘76
Big Joe; Don’t Huff & Puff; At the Control (Jackpot) ’78
Dennis Brown – Give a Helping Hand; 10” (Niney)

downloadpt — Eerie foreshadowing of Peter’s murder to 2001

Set 3:

Etana – How Long; I Rise (VP) 2014; female artist; 27 sec.

Barry Brown – My Woman; 10” (Hitbound) ‘80
***Etana Interview***

<Interview with Etana. Do not call her a gospel Reggae artist!; 3 min; 12 sec.>

Etana – Selassie is the Chapel; I Rise (VP) 2014; Marley cover; Orioles gospel original
Mike Brooks – Who Have Eyes to See; Earth Is the Fulness (Moll-Selekta) Extended mix
Steel Pulse – Sound System; Countryman (Mango) ’82 Request

downloadeta — Chastised me for calling her a Reggae Gospel artist. No religion inna her mixdown. I stand corrected!

Set 4: Best of Smile Jamaica’s 25 Years

<Reggae Radio: June 1988-May 2015: nearly 27 years; 19 sec.>

Sister Carol – Jah Is Mine; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84; Michael Jackson/Paul McCartney update

<Jah is Mine = The Girl Is Mine; 11 sec.>

Prince Far I – The Lord’s Prayer; Psalms For I (Carib Gems) ’78 Bible verses

<Prince Fari and his Old Testament voice: Fire ‘n’ Brimstoned! 18 sec.>

Jah Lion – Hayfever; Colombia Colly (Mango) Black Ark mix on Susan Cadogan’s “Fever”; Little Willie John/Peggy Lee update

<Fever: Little Willie John to Peggy Lee to Susan Cadogan; 20 sec.>

Jacob Miller – Keep on Knocking + Dub; Who Say Jah No Dead (Greensleeves) ’74 Augustus Pablo singles

images (36) — The late Prince Far I: scorched voice of the Old Testament Prophets

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Don Carlos & Gold – Travelling So Long; Show-Down vol. 3 (Hitbound)
I Roy – African Descendent; Hell & Sorrow (Trojan) ’73 UK
Lillian Allen – Riddim an’ Hardtimes; Revolutionary Tea Party (Redwood) ’87 Emeryville, Colly-fornya; Canadian dub poet
Cimarrons – With a Little Luck; Reggaebility (Pickwick) ’82 UK; Paul McCartney tune

<Reggae History Lesson: Cimarons – Jamaican freedom fighters; 31 sec.>

monument-to-nanny — Cimarrons – “Wild pigs”:. Escaped slaves who became the Jamaican Maroons. Freedom Fighters trying to liberate Jamaica from British colonial occupation

Set 6:

Rupie Edwards & Sidy – Herbert Spliffington; Rupie’s Scorchers (Reggae Retro); herb instrumental

<High Steppers post ’68-’72 in Reggae; 34 sec.>

Gracy & Mystic Dan – Nah Miss Yu Love; Low Budget (Funfundvierzig) ’93 Germany
Inner Circle – We a Rockers; Best of (Island)
Robert Emanuel – You Can’t Push I Over; 10” (Mainline) ‘77

10809544_639357792861996_244281387_n — High Steppers: After Rock Steady. Before One Drop

Set 7:

Lee “Scratch” Perry – Grim Reaper; On the Wire (Trojan) 2000
Sarah B Band – Decision; Realign My Mind (Sarah B) SLC band
Scotty – Musical Chariot; Unbelievable Sounds (Trojan) ’70

Srachy — Lee “Scratch” Perry blowin’ smoke

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Bob Marley & the Wailers/Bill Laswell – Rebel Music (3 o’clock Roadblock; Dreams of Freedom (Axiom) ’97 Ambient Translations of Bob Marley in Dub
Dubblestandart – Marijuana Dreams; Marijuana Dreams (Echo Beach) 2010 Austria
Alpha & Omega – Behold; Daniel in the Lions Den (A & O) ’90 UK trance dub with female vox
Aldubb Meets Ras Perez – Prophecy; Aldubb Meets Ras Perez (One Drop) 2010 Germany
African Head Charge – Throw It Away; Great Vintage vol. 2 (ON U Sound) ’89 UK

images (37) — Before Smile Jamaica 1989, there was 3 O’Clock Roadblock. July 1988-August 1989

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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Playlist) May 16, 2015: Riddim Showers Bring May Flowers!

May 19, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

images (34) — 2015: Dry winter in Utah. Nice to have a wet spring. 2 weeks of Smile Jamaica during rain storms. Very rare in the desert!

<Reggae Music: The King’s Music, Jamaican Blues; 10 sec.>

Greetings,

Been a wet Spring in Utah. Nice to juggle wax ‘n’ dubwize and look outside the Radio Studio in a pouring rain storm.

Here is what I have in store for you this week: 56 sec.

Wailers Family Tree: Live at Leeds, Tosh acoustic on JBC, Judy Mowatt Black Woman. Bunny: Jesus was a Dreadlock
Seven Leaf Relief: Mike Brooks, Michael Palmer, Toyan, Aldubb, Marga mutant dub space dust
Roots Dawtas: Jennifer, Akabu, Judy, Rhoda, Bam Bam, Zion Train
Disco Mix 10″: Dennis Brown, Jah Glen, Fred Locks
Best of 25 Years: Scotty, Spear, lovers rock and Judy M..all played year one (1989-1990 on Smile Jamaica)
Vinyl is V-Ital midway: LA, NYC, DC, JA
Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45s: 7 Leaf, nyah, roots harmonies
Mutant Dub: Scratch Halloween, trance spoken word, extended herb jam, NYC neo-dub, weird LA crossover punkdub

Annotated Playlist: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: May 16, 2015

Set 1:

Akabu – I Shall Sing; Akabu (Viva) ’89 UK vinyl. Female group on Van Morrison cover
Prince Far I & the Arabs – A Message; Cry Tuff Dub Chapter 1 (ROIR) ’78; Dub Album of the Week
Aswad – Drum and Bass Line – Not Satisfied (Columbia) ’82 UK

<Theme Music for Smile Jamaica; 12 sec.>

<Aswad = “black”; Arabic, Amharic (Ethiopia); 9 sec.>

Dennis Brown – Emmanuel God Is With Us; 10” (Glimmer) ‘78
Mike Brooks – Good Herb; Earth Is the Fullness (Moll-Selekta) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; 13 sec.

George Faith – Opportunity; To Be a Lover (Mango) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n

<Black Ark Sound: Lee “Scratch” Perry & the Upsetters: 1974-1979>

downloadasw — UK masters of the drum & bassline

Set 2:

Peter Tosh – Handsome Johnny; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); live on the JBC, Kingston, JA acoustic
Jah Glen – Save Our Nation; 10” (South East Music) ’79; Glen Brown prod’n over Lambsbread riddim
Jennifer Gad – Babylon Must Fall; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92
Bunny Wailer – Bald Head Jesus; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88

<Bunny Wailer: Jesus was a Dreadlock; 60 sec.>

Wikipedia entry for Nazirites (aka Rastas who live by the Nazarene Creed)

Abstain from wine, wine vinegar, grapes, raisins, intoxicating liquors,^[vinegar distilled from such substances, and eating or drinking any substance that contains any trace of grapes.
Refrain from cutting the hair on one’s head; but to allow the locks of the head’s hair to grow. Neither crease one’s flesh.
Not to become ritually impure by contact with corpses or graves, even those of family members.

Set 3: Best of 25 Years of Smile Jamaica; 14 sec.

Scotty – Draw Your Brakes; Unbelievable Sounds (Trojan) ’71

<Scotty: Forward ‘n’ Payaka! Mon-ackle ‘n’ dem go Sacka!; 53 sec.>

Burning Spear – Fire Down Below; Presenting (Studio One) ‘72
Errol Dunkley – Baby I Love You; Darling Ooh (Attack) ‘72
Judy Mowatt – Zion Chant; Black Woman (Shanachie) ‘76

Set 4:

The Wailers – Lively Up Yourself; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition); Live at Leeds UK; 11/23/73

downloadleeds — Lively up yourself and don’t be no drag. Reggae is another bag

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital Set

Bam Bam – Slave; Power of a Woman (Bam Bam International) ’87; female artist out of Los Angeles: Vinyl is V-Ital Set
Horace Andy – Mr. Bassie; Don’t Stop (Island in the Sun) ’85 Corona, NY
Toyan – Herb Transplant; Every Posse Want Me (Live & Learn) ’83 DC
Amjam – Give the People; Live Off the Board (Celluloid) ’87 US; Am(erican)Jam(aican)

downloadbam — SoCal Reggae. Features Hunt Sales of David Bowie/Tin Machine fame

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45s

<Rarest Reggae not on Digital; 35 sec.>

Michael Palmer – Don’t Smoke the Seed; 7” (Hitbound) ’83 JA herbtune

<NORML sez: 10 billion in legal weed sales this year; 4 down, 46 to go! 33 sec.>

Earth & Stone – Run Home; 7” (Channel One) ’77 JA

<Chinese Jamaican Producers: HooKim Brothers; 25 sec.>

Ansel & the Meditations – Tricked; 7” (Scandal) ’76 JA
Giginri – Zion ‘Iah; 7” (Harry J) ’73; nyah update

NORML – National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: $10 billion sold

mjarches — $10 billion in 2015. Legal weed. 4 down, 46 to go!

Set 7:

Rhoda Dakar – Let’s Do Rocksteady; Cleaning in Another Woman’s Kitchen (Moon Ska) 2007 acoustic update of 2 Tone Ska

<Rhoda Dakar bio; 9 sec.>

Fred Locks – Vision of Redemption; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003
Aldubb Meets Ras Perez – Tommy; Aldubb Meets Ras Perez (One Drop) 2010 Germany herbtune
Fun Boy Three – Going Home; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83 2 Tone group

<2 Tone commentary against Racists in Britain; 23 sec.>

Dillinger – Crabs in My Pants; Cocaine (Charly) ‘83

<James Brown = Ants in his Pants; Dillinger = Crabs in his pants; 16 sec.>

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Dubblestandart feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry & GuGabriel – Chase the Devil (Sin City Mix); Marijuana Dreams (Echo Beach) 2010 Austria, Max Romeo cover
Zion Train – Love the Earth; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance dub
Marga – The Chronic; 10” (Reality Shock) 2007 herbtune
Dubadelic – High; Below the Radar (ROIR) 2001: Best of WordSound Label
Jai-Alai Savant – Low Frequent See; Flight of the Bass Delegate (Gold Standard) 2007 Los Angeles punk dub

downloaddubble — Mutant Dub pedigree: Black Ark Jamaican, 70’s UK punkdub, Austrian mutant dub

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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 21, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Nowruz Mubarak Edition

March 25, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

First show of Spring. Here is what is in store for the 3 hours: of Smile Jamaica: March 21, 2015. 85 sec.

Annotated Playlist: March 21, 2015: Smile Jamaica

Set 1:

Azeem & Session – Pass It On; Live and Direct (M. Al’s) Berkeley, Collie-fornya vinyl
Israel Vibration – Dub Worries; Same Song Dub (RAS) ’78 Dub Album of the Week
Judy Mowatt – King of Kings; By the Rivers of Babylon (Shanachie); Rasta compilation

<Judy Mowatt – Wailers Family Tree; 25 sec.>

The Archives feat. Lenny Kurlou – Why Can’t We Live Together (ESL) 2012; Timmy Thomas soul cover; ½ of Thievery Corporation

<Timmy Thomas soul original; 18 sec.>

Courtney Melody – Bad Boy; 24 Karat Gold (Shanachie) DJ Yonnie megamix
Horace Andy – Poor Johnny; See and Blind (Heartbeat Europe) ’98; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Poor Johnny chose cocaine over sensi 22 sec.>

Barry Isaac – Mission Against Herbs (Original Vocal Mix 2); 10” (Reggae on Top) bonus herbs, 2008 militant steppers

<4 down, 46 to go!>

Set 2: Best of 25 Years

George Faith – To Be a Lover (Have Mercy); To Be a Lover (Island) ’77; Lee “Scratch” Perry mix, William Bell soul cover; Riddim Shower (1): vox
The Upsetters – Love Version; Rhythm Shower (Trojan) ’70; Riddim Shower (2): Version – to Shenley Duffus vox

<Reggae History Lesson: Riddim Shower; 17 sec.>

Althea & Donna – The West; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78
Ranking Dillinger – See and Blind; None Stop Disco Style (Clocktower)

download (66) — Reggae loves classic soul

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

The Wailers – Get Up Stand Up; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong); Live at Leeds 11/23/73
Bunny Wailer – Dash Wey the Vial; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88
Peter Tosh – Fire Fire (Babylon Burning); Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds) acoustic live at KZEL: Eugene Oregon

<Six Degrees of Smile Jamaica: Peter Tosh acoustic KZEL Eugene Oregon; 70 sec.>

images (1) — Oregon to Minneapolis to Smile Jamaica to Sacramento to Los Angeles to UK

Set 4:

Sister Nancy – Transport Connection; 600% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)

<Reggae History Lesson: Singjay; 13 sec.>

Murray Man – Hands Up; 10” (Meditative Sounds) 2008 Sweden militant steppers

<Reggae History Lesson: Militant Steppers; 9 sec.>

The Specials – Rat Race; Stereo-Typical: A’s, B’s & Rarities (EMI) 2 Tone ska box set
Prince Far I – Commandment of Drugs; Message From the King (Virgin Front Line) ‘78

<He who traffics in dope, will hang by a rope….Prince Far I; 12 sec.>

download (67) — Gravel voiced deejay – Prince Far I. Murdered/assassinated/unsolved murder 1983

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

<bonus tune in Vinyl sets! 10 sec.>

U Brown – Chalice to Chalice; Third World Disco vol. 1 (Third World) ’77 UK herbtune

<Reggae History Lesson: Disco for Rockers Reggae 15 sec.>

Lovindeer – Grow the Ganja; De Blinkin’ Bus (TSOJ) ’82 JA
Ini Kamoze – Settle With Me; Statement (Mango) ’84 US
Ken Boothe – I Know It; Reggae For Lovers (Generation) ’79 Missisauga, Ontario
Sis Nya – Babylon Trap; Jah Music (Jah Shaka) ’87 UK

images (17) — My life spins at 33 1/3 RPM

Set 6:

The Selecter – Carry Go Bring Come; Too Much Pressure (Chrysalis) ’80; Justin Hines 2 Tone ska cover
Big Youth – Dread Organ; Dreadlocks Dread (Virgin Front Line) ‘78 harmonica dub
New Wave & the Rebel Arms – My Girl; Cobra Style (Heartbeat); Family Barrett prod’n
Dennis Brown – Open the Gates; 10” (Observer Gold)

<Reggae History Lesson: How Niney the Observer got his name; 9 sec.>

downloadniney — Niney the Observer: Record production safer than working on the docks

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45 RPM

The Meditations – Standing on the Corner; 7” (blank) ’78
Owen Gray – Turning Point; 7” (TR Groovemaster) ’77; Tyrone Davis soul cover
Hortense Ellis – Secretly; 7” (Studio One)
Keble Drummond – Dangerous; 7” (Mod)
Max Romeo – I Chase the Devil; Babylon Central (ESL ;76; Riddim Shower (1): vox
Peabody & Sherman – I Chase the Iron Man; 7” (blank); Max Romeo meets Black Sabbath

<You’ve got Black Sabbath in my Max Roemo!; 28 sec.>

ozzyweed — Ozzy vs. Max Romeo – I Chase the Iron Man

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Zion Train Sound System; Fuck the Nazis (Trancemasters Remix); ’95
Ranking Joe – World in Trouble; Twilight Circus Remixed : Dubwise (M) Dutch dubber 2004
Dreadzone – Shining Path; Second Light (Virgin) ‘95
Botom Botom – Show Me the Vibes; This is Not a Stereotype (Hammerbass) French w/ female vox
808 feat. UB40 – One in Ten; CD single (Tommy Boy) ‘92

Smile Jamaica Playlist: Jah-nuary 24, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Hazy Shade of Winter!

January 29, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

<Inversion Galore. Surviving Utah’s Winter Smog>

Settling into Jah-nuary. Middle of winter. The two month period of hibernation between the Green Bud Bowl Packers last game and opening Season for my beloved San Francisco, Giants baseball.

Weeping and Wailing and gnashing of teeth 😦

download (20) — Green Bud Bowl Packers legendary collapse. Dread only had to do one thing and one thing only: catch the effing ball. Game over. Super Bowl 49. Fiyah bun!

<Green Bud Bowl Packers epic collapse against Seapukes: No Superbowl for I ‘n’ I; 17 sec.>

***

Grinding it out at work trying to avoid the flu and the colds brought about by Utah’s chunky air. Flu shot was a dud. Everyone in my family except me got it. Praise Jah! One of my best friends had to go to the emergency room with fluid in her lungs. Utah from November to March great for skiiers. Not so much for those with ashthma.

So playing rope a dope in cutting through the Post Holiday blah’s with the Kool Roots of Reggae ‘n’ Dubwize.

High-lights of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 24, 2015; 64 sec.

Wailers Family Tree: Bob & Peter Live in Leeds UK; Tosh live acoustic radio performance; Bunny chants down Botha and Apartheid South Africa, Marcia Griffiths – Steppin’ ’79
Dub Album of the Week: Aba-Shanti Ites. Mutant dub instrumentals
Soundtracks: Reggae on celluloid
Best of Smile Jamaica 25 Years: Marcia G, Prince Lincoln UFOria, Dillinger PSA on STD’s
Vinyl is V-Ital: Roots Dawtas: lovers rock, deejay Seven Leaf, dub poet
Mutant Dub: UFO skywatching soundtrack

<Songs to watch the sky for UFO’s. They are out there. Do not scoff!; 8 sec.>

bless, robt

tumblr_mw69i8WliR1r0hsk1o1_250 — Galaxy poll on the Terrestrial Drug War

Smile Jamaica Playlist: Jah-nuary 24, 2015:

Set 1:

Kojak – Glory to Jah; Chant Down Babylon (Gorgon) JA vinyl
Aba-Shanti-I &the Shanti-Ites – Tower of Bable (sic); Verse III (Falasha) ’99; Dub Album of the Week: mutant dub style
Black Slate – Mozart in Trenchtown; World Citizen (Unit 8) 2014 UK roots reunion

<Black Slate: UK Roots Reunion; 29 sec.>

Akabu – Fate of the World; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK female roots group
African Brothers – Gimme Gimme African Love; 10” (Main Line) ’77, Tony Tuff Sugar Minott group
Iba – Babylon Don’t Like; Many Lives (Mt. Nebo) 2006; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<4 down, 46 to go!; 7 sec.>

Big Youth – Honesty; Screaming Target (Trojan) ’72; on Slaving riddim

download (21) — UK Roots Reunion. One of Smile Jamaica’s Best of 2014

Set 2:

The Wailers – Stop That Train; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong); Live at Leeds UK; 11/23/73
Cedric ‘Im Brooks – Jah Light It Right; Light of Saba (Honest Jon’s) ’76 horn jazz + nyahbinghi instrumental
Dennis Brown – Give a Helping Hand; 10” (Observer Gold)
Rhoda Dakar – 007; Cleaning in Another Woman’s Kitchen (Moon Ska) 2007; singer in Special AKA, Bodysnatchers ska covers Desmond Dekker

rhoda-dakar-01 — 2 Tone Ska-stress: Bodysnatchers, Special AKA, sang a song about date rape that is brilliant and harrowing “The Boiler”

Set 3: Reggae tunes on Soundtracks

Lee “Scratch” Perry – Dreadlocks in Moonlight; Countryman Soundtrack (Mango) ‘82
Western Roots – Rockers Galore; Babylon Central Soundtrack (ESL) 2010 mutant dub

<Babylon Central: Thievery Corporation movie; 28 sec.>

Search Boys – Searchin’; Up in Smoke Soundtrack (Warner Bros.) ’78; herbal update of r & b by The Coasters; 23 sec.

download (22) — Thievery Corporation movie: mutant dub, exotic Middle Eastern women, cratedigging, peak oil conspiracy theories. Smile Jamaica approved

Set 4: Best of 25 Years: Smile Jamaica

Marcia Griffiths – Give and You Get; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ’79
Michael Dyke – Saturday Night Special; Rebel Music (Trojan) ’79 Various Artists
Prince Lincoln – Spaceship; Natural Wild (NMC) ’80; Joe Jackson: “aliens gonna whip and put you in your rightful place”; 26 sec.

Dillinger – Mickey Mouse Crab Louse; Cocaine (Charly) ’83; rude

<Dillinger warns about STD’s: Public Service Announcement; 28 sec.>

download (23) — You can’t get to Heaven with a carnal mind. Instead you get the Mickey Mouse Crab Louse

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital: Roots Dawtas

Aisha – Daughters of Zion; Daughters of Zion (Twinkle) ’93 UK

<Roots Dawtas love the Black Wax; 16 sec.>

Jah Woosh & Sis Bee – Herb Reasoning; Rebellion (FORM) Ireland; Herb tune over Reggae George

<Smile Jamaica Jah-o-graphica: DUBlin, Irieland; 16 sec.>

Lillian Allen – Nellie Belly Swelly; Revolutionary Tea Party (Redwood) Emeryville, Colly-fornia; female Canadian dub poet
Imo & the Soul Syndicate – Donut Shop; Past History (Yahway), ’86 Mill Valley, Collie-fornya

download (24) — Canadian dub poet. Early addition to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 6:

Peter Tosh – Jah Guide; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); acoustic live at WXFM, Jah-cago, Ill.
Leonard Santic All Stars – Santic Rock; Down Santic Way (Pressure Sounds); dub
Abassi All Stars feat. Minoo – December; 10” EP (Deep Roots) 2008; female singer on mutant dub riddim

download (25) — Have guitar, will travel

Set 7:

Bunny Wailer – Botha the Mosquito; Liberation (Shanachie) ’88; against apartheid leader

<Botha leader of Apartheid South Africa; 20 sec.>

Ken Boothe & Prince Jammy – You’re No Good; Trojan 12” Box Set (Trojan)
Merva Grier – Feeling Like a Million; 12” (Iroko)

download (26) — From the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

<Free Azania: South Africa: Reggae History Lesson; 49 sec.>

Set 8: Mutant Dub

<Look to the skies! They are out there!; 8 sec. >

Red I – Last Chant + Return of the Mayan; Jahdgement Day (Red I) 2012 Philippines; Mutant Dub set

<Barely survived til Dec. 21, 2012: End of Mayan calendar; 40 sec.>

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Zion Train – Follow Like Wolves; Healing of the Nation EP (China) ’95 UK trance dub
Alien Dread – Dub-Liner; Cosmic Dub Clash (Channel One UK) 2012 instrumental
Ranking Joe – World in Trouble; (Vibronics ‘Ska Boom’ rmx); Twilight Circus Dub SoundSystem: Remixed : Dubwise (M); 2004 Dutch dubber
U Brown – No Wicked Can’t Reign; 3 the Roots Way (Jah Warrior) 2000

download (27) — Thanksgiving 2012 I was in ICU at Hospital. Fought hard to live til Dec. 21, 2012. End of Mayan Calendar. Or as Red I calls it: Jahdgement Day

Smile Jamaica is hosted by Robert Nelson on 90.9 FM KRCL in Salt Lake City, Utah (Saturdays, 4-7 p.m. MT). Ark-ives available weekly here at the Smile Jamaica blog.

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