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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 2, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Longshot Kick de Bucket!

May 5, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

AmericanPharoah1ArkansasDerby2015CP298 — Nuff respect to Kentucky Derby Winner American Pharoah. Sip your “mint julep” pon the left hand side!

Greetings,

<Reggae: The King’s music. Jamaican Blues>

Letting the smoke clear after Cannabis Service Month on Smile Jamaica

deb — Letting the smoke clear after celebrating Cannabis Service Month (April) Dennis Emmanuel Brown

Nonetheless, here are the high-lights of this week’s Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: May 2, 2015

<Musical high-lights over 3 hours; 75 sec.>

Set of horse racing songs for Kentucky Derby
Dub Album of the Week: Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile. Melodica and the Far East sound
First Saturday of the month: Rockers do Reggae – Black artists: rock, blues, jazz, funk & soul Reggae
Wailers Family Tree: Tosh acoustic, Wailers Live at Leeds, Bunny Liberation ’88, Lee “Scratch” Perry bassa-delica
Best of 25 Years: Baltimore, UK and a JA by way of DC
7″ Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM
Roots Dawtas: UK to JA
Vinyl is V-Ital midway
Mutant Dubbers last half hour

Garland-Jeffreys-Germany-1981-213x300 — **NYC Rocker goes to Jamaica: Black Artists do Reggae on Smile Jamaica**

bless, robt

Annotated Playlist: May 2, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: set lists, photos, captions, Reggae History Lessons

Set 1:

Dennis Brown – The Creator; Joseph’s Coat of Many Colours (Laser) ’80 UK

<Genesis 49: Verse 22-26 – Dennis Emmanuel Brown; 23 sec.>

Augustus Pablo – Chant to King Selassie I; East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’78 Dub Album of the Week
Bunny Wailer – Serious Thing; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88
Aisha – Let’s All Unite; There is More to Life… (Twinkle) 2005 UK
Aswad – Bubblin’; 12” (Simba) ’85 UK

<Aswad – one of the first dozen added to the Smile J Ark-Ives, 1986; 21 sec.>

Jah Woosh – Collie Sound; Best of (Rhino) ’76 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Peter Tosh – Pick Myself Up; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); acoustic in KZEL, Eugene, Oregon

<Tosh rare acoustic live radio performance; 22 sec.>

download (93) — The Stepping Razor would have listened to Smile Jamaica. Jah’s Heavenly Choir gets Mixcloud?

Set 2: Kentucky Derby Tribute

<“Mint julep!” Drink or spliff?; 18 sec.>

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

<Caymanas Park Racetrack in Jamaica. 12 sec.>

<Reggae History Lesson: Chinese Jamaican jockeys; 16 sec.>

Abyssinians – In a Kalda; Reunion (AO!) ’98

<Dance to the Reggae Beat to the riddim of the horses’ feet!; 11 sec.>

<Reggae History Lesson: Abyssinia before it was Ethiopia; 4 sec.>

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; 12 sec.

Babylon 2-1 odds
Soul Youth 3-1
Rome Even money
Pope Pious 3-5, the big favorite; came up lame; 11 sec.

5. Dreadlock 8-1

6. Baldhead 15-1

The Winner: Dreadlock; 8 lengths!
Place: Baldhead
Show: Soul Youth

download (94) — Yes I! Dreadlock defeat Babylon. Pope Pious to the glue factory! Give Thanx! Selah!

Set 3: Monthly Rockers do Reggae: Black Music Artists; 8 sec.

Cymande – Zion I; Renegades of Funk (Newhouse) ‘72 UK black group “Dove of Peace; nyahbinghi style.

<Caribbean Expats in UK – Dove of Peace; 16 sec.>

Taj Mahal – Desperate Lover; Mo’ Roots (Columbia) ’74 Bob Andy cover
Ben Harper – You Can’t Blame the Youths; Reggae Sampler (Virgin) ’98 unreleased Peter Tosh cover
Garland Jeffreys – Bound to Get Ahead Someday; Garland Jeffreys (Collector’s Classics) ’73 NYC singer in JA

<NYC to JA. Byron Lee Dynmic All Stars; 31 sec.>

download (95) — Cymande: Guyana, Jamaica and Saint Vincent Exodus to UK: Doves of Peace

Set 3:

The Wailers – Stir It Up; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) Live at Leeds 11/23/73

<England too cold for Bunny Wailer; Nov. ’73; 23 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers w/ Wong Chu – Keep On Moving; 12” (Upsetter) ‘77

<What is twisted can not be straightened! What is not there cannot be counted! 5 sec.>

Althea & Donna – Oh Dread; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ‘78
Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad feat. Macka B – Devil Dance; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92

10 minutes of Lee “Scratch” Perry Black Ark psychedlia bass wobble. “What is twisted cannot be straightened!”

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital

Horace Andy – The Devil; Don’t Stop! (Island in the Sun) ‘85 Corona, NY
Charlie Chaplin – Electric Skank; Chaplin Chant (Tamoki Wambesi) UK
Triston Palmer – Nice Time; Nice Time (Jam Rock) ’82 Miami
Myrna Hague – Melody Life; Melody Life (Studio One) JA; Marcia Griffiths cover

Myrna-Hague-Melody-Life — A+ cover of Marcia Griffiths classic!

Set 5: Best of 25 Years of Smile Jamaica

The Tamlins – Baltimore; Taxi Fare (Heartbeat) ’80; Nina Simone cover; 13 sec.

Capital Letters – Run Run Run; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group
Peter Broggs – Just Because I’m a Rastaman; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ’82 DC
Akabu – Feeling Good; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’89 UK female group

download (96) — 1978 comeback cover of Randy Newman. Baltimore in the news.

Baltimore by Randy Newman

Beat-up little seagull
On a marble stair
Tryin’ to find the ocean
Lookin’ everywhere

Hard times in the city
In a hard town by the sea
Ain’t nowhere to run to
There ain’t nothin’ here for free

Hooker on the corner
Waitin’ for a train
Drunk lyin’ on the sidewalk
Sleepin’ in the rain

And they hide their faces
And they hide their eyes
’cause the city’s dyin’
And they don’t know why

Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live
Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live, just to live

Get my sister sandy
And my little brother ray
Buy a big old wagon
Gonna haul us all away

Livin’ in the country
Where the mountain’s high
Never comin’ back here
’til the day I die

Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live
Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live, just to live

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM; 6 sec.

Rob Smarley (aka Albert Griffiths) – Holiday Ride; 7” (Portland) ’78 JA; 7” Jamaican Jukebox set

<Albert Griffiths as Rob Smarley? 14 sec.>

Anthony Johnson – Oh Jah; 7” (Corner Stone) JA
Lady Ann – Informer; 7” (Taxi) ’83 JA
Carlton Livingston – Chalice in Hand; 7” (Taxi) herbtune

Some sort of inside joke by The Gladiators lead singer? Albert Griffiths

Set 8: Mutant Dub*

*Programming Note: power surge from all the Mutant Dub bass knocked the station off air. Most of Jah Woosh and 2 Bad Card zapped by KRCL’s weak sauce transmitter. 2 minutes of dead air chopped from the stream. Mea culpa — the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. 21 sec.

Ari Up – Kill Em With Love (Collision) 2005 former lead singer of The Slits punk group; mutant dub set

<Reggae History Lesson: punk dubstress Ari Up: The Slits, New Age Steppers, solo 14 sec.>

The Archives feat. Ras Puma – Who’s Correct?; The Archives (ESL) 2012; Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation
Red I – Jahdgement Day; Jahdgement Day (Red I) Phillipines dub
Jah Woosh – Woodpecker Sound; Wild Paarty Sounds vol. 1 (ON U Sound) ‘81
2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; CD single (ON U Sound) ‘95
Jah Rej – Yes I; 12” (Jah Works)
African Head Charge – Fruit Market; Drastic Season (ON U Sound) ‘83

person-ariup1 — Ari Up of The Slits and New Age Steppers. Johnny Rotten was her father in law

Parting Shot Words of Wisdom: Do yourself a favor educate your mind!

Full-Rasta-Lion — The Lion of Judah shall break every chain and give I the Victory again and again…Robert “Nesta” Marley

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive (Stream + Tracklist): Apr. 25, 2015: Green Smoke!

April 28, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

No+Seeds+No+Stems+Just+Hits — All killer, no filler > Seeds ‘n’ Stems

Greetings,

Just could not resist the temptation to “rinse-out” maximum herbtunes to end Cannabis Service Month

4 hours and 20 minutes online. Plus 3 hours during Apr. 18. Give me MOAR!

Wanted to focus thematically on the various theme sets I tend to play.

Seven Leaves pon the Wailers Family Tree
Roots Dawtas – dissing Bill Clinton
7″ Jamaican Jukebox Canna-bliss
Vinyl is V-Ital Marijuana Wax
Best of Smile Jamaica Year 1 (1989-90) Herb jams: Don’t pee in my garden, or mushroom will grow!
Mutant Dub 420 Space Dust – UFOria

images (31) — “Out here on the perimeter there str no stars. We is Stoned Immaculate”….Jim Morrison 8 sec.

Holdovers! Never Leftovers!

<High-lights of the April 25 Ark-Ive; 75 sec.>

So before I pivot in a new direction, sip your cup one more time

<Cannabis History Lesson: Sip a Cup; 13 sec.>

bless, robt

download (89) — Sip a Cup. Not sippy cups.

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives April. 25, 2015

Annotated Playlist: Soundbytes, captions, photos, Reggae/Cannabis History Lessons

Set 1:

Bunny Wailer – This Train; Blackheart Man (Mango) ’76 US vinyl; Woody Guthrie cover

<Woody Guthrie Stylee; 20 sec.>

Reggae on Top All Stars – Cutting Dub; Chalice Dub Part One (Reggae on Top) ’95 UK mutant dub; Dub Album of the Week

<Psalm 18: Verse 8; 25 sec.>

Monty Montgomery – Seeds; Seeds (Red Oak) Atlanta vinyl
Aisha – Don’t Tell Me No Lies; Raise Your Voice (Twinkle) ‘95
10 Ft. Ganja Plant – Wailin’; bushrock (ROIR) 2009 Upstate NY; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Idren Natural & Seventh Sense – Sip-a-Cup; 12” (Jah Works) 2007 UK; mutant dub “Sip a cup” = smoke the chalice

download (90) — Gatefold LP. Summer 1987. Early addition to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 2: Seven Leaves pon the Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – Legalize It; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); KZEL Eugene, Oregon acoustic

<Peter talks about being beaten by cops; 13 sec.>

<Peter at KZEL. Eugene, Oregon; 35 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Cease Fire; Roots Radics Rockers Reggae (Shanachie) ’83: Ceasefire and light the chalice!
Ronnie Davis – Kaya; Jah Live (Music Club) Bob cover
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Easy Skankin’; Rehearsals bootleg ’78 bootleg

51433_01_360 — Peter nearly died on behalf of legalizing the Seven Leaf

Set 3: Roots Dawtas Set

Ganja Woman – Light Up Your Spliff; Pro Cannabis 4 (EFA) out of Germany; Roots Dawta Herb Set

<Slick Willy – 1996; 19 sec.>

<Slick Willy weed hypocrite; 9 sec.>

Ganja Woman:

Come on Mr. President, smoke the chronic. This time inhale! It beats gin & tonic!

Sister Carol – Wicked Collie; Jah Disciple (RAS) ’89 DC
Wendy Shaw – Sensimilla Crisis; Sing Out (Issachar) LA

download (91) — 2016: Same thing for breakfast

Set 4: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM

Frankie Paul – Bag a Collie; 7” (Prince Jazzbo Music); 7” update of Sugar Minott Oh Mr. D.C.
Ranking Devon – Pass the Chalice in a Circle; 7” (All Nation)
Short Man – Light Your Spliff; 7” (High Music)
Sister Nancy – Telephone Challice; 7” (Volcano)

Like R. Crumb’s well worn 78’s – pour some milk pon dem rice crispies!

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital Herb-wax

Doret Myers – One Draw; Reggae Hits of the 80’s (Joe Gibbs); ’83 Opa-Locka, Florida
Max Romeo – Quarter Pound of Ishence; Open the Iron Gate (Liberty) ’78 Nashville
Ranking Joe – Natty the Collie Smoker; Weakheart Fadeaway (Greensleeves) ‘78 UK

<How The Clash were almost The Weakhearts; 27 sec.>

Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus; Rally Round (Shanachie) ’85 Ho-Ho Kus, New Jersey; Best of

The-Clash1 — Reggae Lyrics: Culture’s 2 7’s Clash won out over Weakheart Fadeaway

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica (Year 1: 1989-90)

Johnny Osbourne – Mushroom; Fally Ranking (Greensleeves) ’80

<Don’t pee in my garden or mushroom will grow! 8 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Puff She Puff; Red (Mango) ‘81

<Black Uhuru – the #1 favorite of Pre-Smile Jamaica Reggae; 1986; 12 sec.>

Barry Brown – Sensimilla; Far East (Hitbound) ‘82
Charlie Chaplin – Chalice Burn; Take Two! (RAS) ’89 DC; recorded live in the studio like at a dancehall

images (30) — “Don’t pee in my garden, or mushroom will grow!”…Johnny Osbourne

Set 7: Herb Free Set

<Let the smoke clear!…>

<…Cuz the Studio is cloudy!>

Zema – Hit and Run; Overcome (Melchizedek) 2006; female artist out of LA
Black Slate – Thin Line Between Love and Hate; Amigo: Best of (Ensign) ’81; Persuaders soul cover

<Black Slate and Chrissie Hynde; 14 sec.>

The Pioneers – Slip Away; From the Beginning (Jet Star) ’70; Clarence Carter? Soul cover
Ethiopians – Train to Glory; Original Hits and More (Trojan) ‘68

download (92) — From the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 8: Mutant Dub 420 Space Dust

<Turn up your Subwoofer!; 8 sec.>

Soom T – They Call It Pot; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2010 female weedstepper out of Glasgow, Scotland
Aldubb Meets Ras Perez – Poppy; Aldubb Meets Ras Perez (One Drop) 2010 Germany
Mankind Liberation Front – Dope Dream; Grass Soundtrack (Mercury) 2000
Armagideon – Grow More Dub; Through the Haze (Dubhead) ‘98 UK
Dr. Israel & Brooklyn Jungle Sound System – Sensi Man; Black Rose Liberation (Baraka) 2001 Brooklyn
Thievery Corporation – Lebanese Blonde (French Version); CD Single (ESL) ’98 DC; herb flavor
The Archives feat. Ras Puma; Sensibility (The Archives) DC 2012

tumblr_mdtue1ONMB1r08wblo1_1280 — Bongrips on the Moon while listening to Smile Jamaica. I am so high right now! Is this Heaven?

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Apr. 18, 2015: 420 Canna-bliss Weekend in Kaya-tude! Makes Sensi to me!

April 20, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

<4 down, 46 to go!>

<Smile Jamaica’s 21st Annual Marijuana World Tour; 32 sec.>

Make way for Free Speech on Smile Jamaica’s 420 Marijuana World Tour

<Free Speech until they ban that too; 18 sec.>

High-lights of the 21st Annual Smile Jamaica Cannabis Service Show: Apr. 18, 2015

<Canna-bliss Service 21; 32 sec.>

April 18, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Annotated Playlist: soundbytes, photos, captions, Cannabis History Lessons

<Makes sensi to me!>

*Vinyl: 16 of 34 boomshots

Set 1:

Jah Woosh – Marijuana World Tour; Marijuana World Tour (Original) ’79 UK*
Sly & the Revolutionaries – LSD; Black Ash Dub (Trojan) ’80 Dub Album of the Week

<Cannabis History Lesson: LSD – brand of herbstock in Jamaica>

Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006; roll a lickle spliff w/ di papyrus

<The Mummy – smokin in his sarcophagi; 17 sec.>

<Free the Marijuana – We need foreign currency; 10 sec.>

Lovindeer – Free the Marijuana; De Blinkin’ Bus (TSOJ) ’82 JA*

Peter Tosh – Don’t Want to Get Busted; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); acoustic at KZEL Eugene, Jah-regon; 12 sec.

Bobby Culture, Louie Rankin, Brimstone & Fire – Big Big Bust – Tidal Wave (Unicorn) Woodstock, NY*
Jah Lloyd- Dispencer; Black Moses (Virgin Front Line) ’79 UK*

<Don’t want an injection, it will leave an infection; 15 sec.>

hqdefault (4) — The Marijuana World Tour. Taking you to the four corners of the Earth buying and smoking the herb and the by-products thereof

Set 2:

Joe Higgs – One Man Kutchie; Unity Is Power (1 Stop) ’79 UK*
Peter Culture – Coconut Chalwah; Behold 10” (Top Beat) 2000 UK*

<Cannabis History Lesson: Chalwah = Chalice; 12 sec.>

Freddie McGregor – Natural Collie; 12” (Soul Jazz) ‘82*
Zion Tribe – Herbissimo; Barre Chords (Ziontribe) ’97 SLC

download (83) — Coconut Chalwah (Chalice)

Set 3: Jamaican Jukebox of 45 RPM, 7″ Weed Singles

Black Uhuru vs. Black Sabbath – Guess Who’s Coming for Sweet Leaf; 7” (blank)*

<Michael Rose vs. Ozzy Osbourne; 13 sec.>

Queen Ifrica – Burn Some Herbs; 7” (Fire Links) 2005 JA*
Junior White – Free Up the Collie Weed for Independence; 7” *(Thoroughbred) ‘JA*
Prince Jazzbo – Brain Food; 7” (Ujama) ’86 JA dj to Horace Ferguson “Sensi Addct”*

<Cannabis History Lesson: Brain Food; 10 sec.>

funny-celebrity-pictures-ozzy-osbourne — Heard on Smile Jamaica. Guess Who’s Coming for Sweet Leaf. 4 d own, 46 to go!

<Rub a Dub Sabbath>

Set 4: Smoking Spliff with Queen Eliza-biff

<Light your Chalice inna Buckingham Palace; 40 sec.>

Heavy Manners – Taking the Queen to Tea; Heavier Than Now (Novo) ’96 Jah-cago, Ill.; smoking spliff w/ Queen Elizabeff
Peter Tosh – Buk in Hamm Palace; Mystic Man (EMI America) ‘79
Dillinger – Buckingham Palace; CB 200 (Mango) ‘76
U Roy – Chalice in the Palace; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy)

<Chalice in the Palace!>

download (85) — “I am not amused, Mr. Smile Jamaica!”

Set 5:

Bob Marley – Marley-juana Minimix (Smile Jamaica rmx); All of Bob’s herbtunes mashed up; 10 sec.

Eek a Mouse – Sensee Party; Skidip (Greensleeves) ’82 UK vinyl*
Jimmy Riley – Sweet Sensimilla; Put the People First (Shanachie) ’82 Ho-Ho Kus, New Jah-sey vinyl*
Loi – One Draw; 12” (Abraham) female vox on Rita Marley cover*

download (86) — Eek a Mouse either going to or coming form a Sensee Party

Set 6:

The Toyes – Smoke Two Joints; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96 US
Easy Star All Stars feat. Sluggy Ranks – Speak to Me (Breathe in the Air); Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003 US; Pink Floyd bongrips
The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96; Boris Pickett Jah-loween cover
Jacob Miller – Healing of the Nation; Reggae Greats (Mango) ’84 US; Revelation 22:2. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nation*

<Healing of the Nation – Revelation 22:2; 11 sec.>

<no tobacco in the Holy Land; 20 sec.>

Carlton Livingston – 100 Weight of Collie Weed; 100 Weight of Collie Weed (Greensleeves) ‘84*

download (87) — People get busted one of 3 ways; 1 – family and loved ones turn you in; 2 – careless while driving; 3 – bad luck

Set 7: Mutant Dub Set

<Acoustic levitation inna Irie Meditation!>

Bush Chemists – Light Up Your Spliff; Light Up Your Spliff (Bush Chemists)
Thievery Corporation – Lebanese Blonde; It Takes a Thief (ESL); herb flavor

<Cannabis History Lesson: Lebanese blonde; 6 sec.>

Snoop Lion feat. Mavado & Popcaan – Reincarnation (Berhane Sound System) 2013 dubstep

<Snoop’s Holy Trinity: Weed, Jah, dubstep; 9 sec.>

King General & Bush Chemists – They Say (Sinsemilla Can’t Smoke); Money Run Tings (Conscious Sounds)
Kenny Knotts – Good Sensi; Gi Me de Music (Conscious Sounds)
Soom T – Saved By a Ganja Leaf; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2010; female weedstepper from Jah-scow, Scotland

download (88) — When the World legalizes the Seven Leaf, the Aliens will make contact

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 7, 2015: (Stream + Tracklist); Spring Forward Ever Backwards Never!

March 13, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

download (65) — Every time Giorgio says “Extra Terrestrials” take a drink or a hit off yer spliff!

<Lose an hour; 11 sec.>

Greetings,

Daylight Savings means winter is over!

<HIghlights of the Show>

Annotated Playlist: Reggae History Lessons, soundbytes, photos, captions: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 7, 2015

Set 1:

Winston Francis – Let’s Go to Zion; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003 mutant dub
Jah Lloyd – Sharp Razor; Herb Dub (Teams) Dub Album of the Week
Black Slate – Calling Jah; World Citizen (Unit 8) 2014; UK group reunion
Rhoda Dakar – Too Experienced; Cleaning in a Another Woman’s Kitchen (Moon); 2007 UK ska vet covers Bob Andy
Horace Andy – Fly Like an Eagle; See and Blind (Heartbeat Europe); ’98 Neth.; Steve Miller cover
Ben Harper – Burn One Down; Reggae Sampler (Virgin) ’99; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Bunny Wailer – Didn’t You Know; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88

Set 2:

The Wailers – Kinky Reggae; Burnin’ (Disc 2) (Tuff Gong); Live at Leeds Polytechnic; 11/23/73 UK

<Reggae History Lesson: From the Wailers to Bob Marley & the Wailers; 33 sec.>

Dennis Brown & Ranking Buckers – Tenement Yard; 10” (Observer Gold) ‘77
Akabu feat. DJ Pepsi; No Crack; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK female group

uk-map_323x409 — The Wailers – 11/23/73. Live at Leeds Polytechnic. North of London

Set 3: Rockers doing Reggae

Garland Jeffreys – Midnight Cane; Garland Jeffreys (Atlantic) Rockers do Reggae Set; ’73 NYC black rock artist with Byron Lee in Jamaica

<Garland Jeffreys – NYC black rocker in Jamaica; 76 sec.>

The Slits – I Heard It Thru the Grapevine; Eastbound & Down Soundtrack (HB0); UK female punk dub cover of Marvin Gaye; 11 sec.

Peter and the Test Tube Babies – Trapper Ain’t Got a Bird; Punk Rock Singles Collection (Anagram) UK punkers

<You’ve got punk rock in my dub reggae!; 5 sec.>

Led Zeppelin – Dy’er Mak’er; Houses of the Holy (Atlantic) ’73; Did you make her in Jamaica. Say it fast!; 78 sec.

220px-D'yer_Mak'er45 — “Did you make her in Jamaica?”

Set 4:

Izyah Davis & Coptic Sound – No More War; 10” (Livication Corner) 2008 Fr. Mutant Dub

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital – Seven Leaf Set; 22 sec.

Steel Pulse – Drug Squad; Caught You (Island) ’80 UK
Heptones – Sensemenia Collie; One Step Ahead (Sonic)
’85 JA
Lion Youth – Bring de Couchie; Love Comes & Goes (Virgo Stomach) ’81 UK clear vinyl
Lovindeer – Free the Marijuana; De Blinkin’ Bus (TSOJ) ’82 JA

<Legalize it for “foreign currency”; 8 sec.>

hqdefault (3) — “You’re wasting my time looking for dope!”

Set 6: Best of 25 Years

Tenor Saw – Who’s Gonna Help Me Praise; Fever (Blue Mountain) ’89; Best of 25 Years
Big Youth – Screaming Target; Screaming Target (Trojan) ’73; over Dawn Penn’s “No, No, No” riddim
Madness – One Step Beyond; One Step Beyond; 2 Tone UK ska
Rita Marley – One Draw; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy) ’81 herbtune; 12 sec.

download (63) — Rita teaches star pupils: Smokey, Herbie and Milla as in Sensi-milla!

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM

<lo fi, no computers for I ‘n’ I!>

King Stitt – Herbman Shuffle; 7” (Trojan) ’69 pic sleeve; 7” Jamaican Jukebox set
Hortense Ellis – Red Shirt; 7” (Sun Set)
Ronnie Davis – Tradition Song; 7” (Clocktower) ’75 NYC
Dub Syndicate – Etherealites; 7” (blank); mutant dub

Set 8: Mutant Dub

<UFOria; 16 sec.>

Zion Train – Rebuilding Rome; Love Revolutionaries (Universal Egg); ’99 UK; Mutant Dub Set
Ras Command – Education; Serious Smokers (Waveform) 2000
Dreadzone feat. Ini Kamoze – One Way; Second Light (Virgin) ’95 UK
Soom T – Weed is Sweeter; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2010; female weedstepper from Jahs-gow, Scotland
Bob Marley – Exodus Dub (Kindred Spirit Mix); Marley Soundtrack (Tuff Gong) 2012

1048234_362696147233779_6342830878715873088_o — Weedstepper

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Bob-ruary 28, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist: Listen to Bob everyday, keeps the Devil away. I say!

March 6, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

download (60) — Three generations in Jah’s Heavenly Choir

Greetings,

<Listen to Bob everyday, keep the Devil away. I say!>

Last day of Bob-ruary. Her are the high-lights of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Bob-ruary 28, 2015; 62 sec.

Nuff Bob Marley Tribute Stylee (Feb. 6, 1945): CD and Vinyl
Best of 25 Years – From year 1 (1989-90); my faves at the time through today
Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45 RPM vinyl – Charles Manson makes his debut on Smile Jamaica!
10″ and 12″ Disco Mix Combination Style or Dubwize
Wailers Family Tree
Mutant Dub Roots Dawta Set

bless, robt

Annotated Playlist (soundbites, Reggae History lessons, photos and captions)

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Bob-ruary 28, 2015

Set 1:

Session feat. Azeem – Tribute to Bob Marley; Tribute to Bob Marley (M. Al’s) ’81 Oakland vinyl
Reggae on Top All Stars – Cutting Dub; Chalice Dub Part 1 (Reggae on Top) ’95; Dub Album of the Week

<4 down, 46 to go!: Psalm 18: Verse 8, 16 sec.>

Cedella Marley Booker – Mother Don’t Cry; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84; Bob’s Mom pays tribute

<Bob’s last words to his Mom; 23 sec.>

Gregory Isaacs – Slave Driver; Sly & Robbie Present (RAS) ’80 Marley cover
Afrikan Simba + Echo & Prince Livijah – Free Up the Herb + Here Comes the Herbsman; 10″ EP (Reality Shock) 2007 UK; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcment

Cedella-Marley-Booker-Awake-Zion — “Mother don’t cry. I’ll be alright. I’m going to a better place”

Set 2: Best of 25 Years of Smile Jamaica

Naturalites – Picture on the Wall; Rub-a-Dubble vol. 1 (CSA) ’85 UK

<How Smile Jamaica made this song International: 1; 64 sec.>

<Smile Jamaica and the Oral Tradition; 29 sec.>

Althea & Donna – Sorry; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78 female dj duo
Dennis Brown – So Jah Say; Words of Wisdom (Shanachie) ’79
African Head Charge – Gospel Train; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’90 Mutant Dub/African music hybrid

download (58) — Not to be confused with the cheap beer. Storytelling: Listen to the bytes above to hear how Smile Jamaica made Picture on the Wall a big Reissue Hit in the SoCal Island community

Set 3: Tribute to Bob Marley

Sister Carol – Dedicated to Bob Marley; Black Cinderella (Heartbeat/Jah Life) ’84

<Rastas would prefer livicate to dead-icate; 16 sec.>

Lone Ranger – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Other Side of Dub (Heartbeat/Studio One) ’81 bonus track

<No Reggae without Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One Label; 22 sec.>

Culture – Psalm of Bob Marley + Dub of Bob Marley; Good Things (RAS) ’89

download (59) — Coxsone Dodd – founder of Reggae Music with his Studio One record label; 1932-2004. Thank you!

Set 4: Jamaican Jukebox – 7″ 45 RPM

Jah Blue – Charles Manson; 7″ (Roots International) ’79 JA, not a tribute!

<Charles Manson – Helter Skelter “black people beware”; 56 sec.>

Al Campbell – Rasta Time; 7″ (Marvellous) ’74 Fr.
Nahrobi Isic) Sisters – 7″ (Gayfeet) ’75 JA; soul, funk, nyah Roots Dawtas
Big Joe & Bim Shieman (Sherman) – Natty Cale; 7″ (Scorpio) ’78 JA; herbtune

<Smile Jamaica’s favorite singer: Bim Shieman/Bim Sherman; 16 sec.>

charles-manson — Summer AFTER the Summer of Love: Tate-LoBianca Murders, Helter Skelter, Race War. “Black People beware!”

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital! – Tributes to Bob Marley

Horace Andy – Bob Lives On; Exclusively (Solid Groove) ’82 UK: riddim shower (vox)
Ringo – Great Superstar; 12″ (Top Ranking) ’82 FL: riddim shower (dj)
Ranking Joe – Tribute to Bob Marley; Rebel DJ (Jam Rock) ’82 FL
Shakaman – If It Wasn’t For the Rasta Man (Tribute to the Reggae King); 2030 A.D. (Majicaa) ’87 Los Jah-ngeles, Colly-fornya

Set 6: Wailers Family Tree

The Wailers – No More Trouble; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong); Live at Leeds UK; 11/23/73

<Bunny Wailer – England too Cold>

Ky-Mani Marley; Dear Dad; CD Single (Gee Street); Bob’s son 2000
Bunny Wailer – Ready You Ready; Liberation (Shanachie)
Peter Tosh – Fire Fire (Babylon Burning); Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds) acoustic in the Studio at KZEL; Eugene, Oregon

<How Smile Jamaica helped rediscover Tosh artifact; 1 min, 50 sec.>

150px-KZEL-FM — Six Degrees of Smile Jamaica. Lost Tosh acoustic artifact – From Minnesota, to Smile Jamaica to Sacramento to Los Angeles to UK CD

Set 7:

Everton Blender – Bob Marley; Piece of the Blender (Heartbeat) ’96
Trinity – Vampire; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz)

<Reggae History Lesson: Dancehall, Jamaica: 1980-1985; 10 sec.>

Set 8: Mutant Dub Roots Dawtas

Afro Omega – Show Me the Dub; CD Single (Afro Omega) SLC dubbers
Zion Train – Why Should We Have to Fight; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK
Red I feat. Camoi – Lost in Space; Jahdgement Day (Red I) ; 2012 Phillipines dub
Grace Jones – Well, Well, Well + Verison – Hurricane (Wall of Sound) 2011; soul does mutant dub
Alpha & Omega – The Roots; Watch & Pray (A & O) ’88 UK trance dubbers

<Leonard Nimoy – RIP; We return to Space when we die; 17 sec.>

download (61) — Space Pioneer Leonard Nimoy. Live long and Prosper. Vulcan livication inna Irie meditation

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Bob-ruary 21, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Roots Quality for Sure-ty!

February 27, 2015 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

images (16) — Tribute to the man called Bob Marley. The musical hero. If you see him, give him my regards…Prince Far I

Greetings,

Good news out of Jamaica!

<Collie Weed decriminalized on the Island; 17 sec.>

Here’s what on tap for Bob-ruary 21, 2015: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives’ 81 sec.

Marley Tributes
Wailers Family Tree
Roots Dawtas
Disco Mix 12″
Vinyl is Vital (all livicated to Bob)
Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45 RPM
Mutant Dub

bless, robt

Annotated Playlist; soudbytes, photos, captions, Reggae History lessons

Set 1:

Bloodfire Posse – Every Posse Get Flat; Are You Ready (Columbia) ’86 UK vinyl

<Reggae History Lesson: Get Flat – a type of Jamaican dance; 82 sec.>

Martin Campbell vs. Alien Dread – Rebel Salute; Inna Cosmic Dub Clash (Channel One UK) 2007; Dub Album of the Week; Mutant Dub style
Cedella Marley Booker – Redemption Song; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84 Bob’s mom in tribute
Easy Star All Stars feat. Gary “Nesta” Pine & Dollarman – Money; Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003 Pink Floyd cover

<4 down, 46 to go!; 25 sec.>

Triston Palma – Collie Man; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Kim Harriott – Woman of the Ghetto; 12” (Crystal) ’79 soul cover of Marlena Shaw; 18 sec.

download (55) — Bunny Wailer lights a candle to celebrate Jamaica decriminalizing cannabis. No cannabliss!

Set 2: Wailer Family Tree

The Wailers – Midnight Ravers; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) 11/23/73 Live at Leeds Polytechnic UK
Peter Tosh – I Am That I Am; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds) Acoustic: WXFM Jah-cago, Ill. Live in the studio
Bunny Wailer – Want to Come Home; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88
Abyssinians – Jah Marley; Last Days (Tabou1) ’97 Marley tribute

Bob Marley Smoking Marijuana — Jah-bruary, herb-ruary, Bob-ruary. Excuse me while I light my spliff

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica Year 1 – 1988/89

The Selecter – Too Much Pressure; Too Much Pressure (2 Tone) ’80; UK ska feat. Pauline Black on vox
Ruts DC and the Mad Professor – Whatever We Do; Rhythm Collision Dub (ROIR) ‘82

<Punk Dub; 39 sec.>

Israel Vibration – Cool and Calm; Strength of My Life (RAS) ‘88

<Reggae History Lesson: Polio Rastas; 15 sec.>

Dennis Brown & Gregory Isaacs – Jealousy; No Contest (VP) ‘87

<Prince Neville’s Reggae Runnings; San Francisco, Colly-fornya; 77 sec.>

download (54) — Smile Jamaica’s favorite Dancehall album

Set 4:

Toots Hibbert & Sly & Robbie – Come and Get It; Art of McCartney (Arctic Poppy) 2014 tribute

Carol Kalphat & Clint Eastwood – African Land + Ethiopia; 12” (Hit Run) ‘79

<Reggae History Lesson: Lebanese/Syrians in Jamaica; 26 sec.>

41dc4J-pN8L._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_ — Lebanese-Jamaican President of Jamaica. Rastas called him CIA-ga

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital – Bob Marley Tributes

<Reggae History Lesson: Bob Marley Tributes in 1981, Bob’s passing; 17 sec.>

Prince Far I – Tribute to Bob Marley; Voice of Thunder (Trojan) ’81 UK; Vinyl Tribute to Bob Marley

<Prince Far I – The Voice of Thunder; 14 sec.>

Sue Chaloner – Missing Mr. Marley; 12” (CNR) ‘84
Tinga Stewart – Musical King; Key to Your Heart (Calabash) ’83 Miami FL
Jah Thomas – Tribute to the Reggae King; Tribute to Reggae King (Gorgon) ’81 JA

download (53) — Old Testament Fire and Brimstone

Set 6:

Alpha Blondy – Mystic Night Move; Masada (World Pacific) ‘’92; Tribute to Marley
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Hypocrites; Fy-ah, Fy-ah (JAD) request
Zema – Swap; Black Sheep (Melchizedek) Los Jah-ngeles, Colly-fornya female roots singer
Winston Reedy & Tim Hain – Reggae Man; 12” (Priority) ’87 UK; Marley Tribute

123px-Winston_Reedy_Reggae_Man_single_back_cover — Celebrating Bob-ruary

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM

Charley Ace – Country Boy; 7” (Giant) herb tune

<Reggae History Lesson – Labrish – Jamaican patois for “shooting the shit”; 14 sec.>

Chiba – Evil Men; 7” (Chiba) ‘95
Martin Williams – Never Give Up; 7” (Mandingo)
Creoles – I Don’t Know; 7” (Village)
Benjamin Zephaniah – Riot in Progress; Dub Ranting 7” (Radical Wallpaper) ’82; UK dub poet, pic sleeve

download (52) — Rare herbtune from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Alpha & Omega – Jah Almighty; Everyday Life (A & O) ’93 UK trance dubbers
Dreadzone feat. Earl 16 – Zion Youth; Second Light (Virgin) ‘95
Zion Train – Healing of the Nation; CD Single (China) ’95 feat. Female vox; herbtune
Ras Command – Interlude No. 1 (Puffin Mix); Serious Smokers (Waveform); 2000 herbtune, best of
Brother Culture – Foundation Rockers; Twilight Circus Dub SoundSystem – Remixed : Dubwise (M) 2004 Holland
African Head Charge – The Race; Great Vintage vol. 1 (ON U Sound) ’89; Adrian Sherwood

00 - Alpha & Omega - 1988-Everyday Life — UK trance dub. Smile Jamaica’s favorite Mutant Dub group

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 31, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Vinyl Extravaganza!

February 5, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

download (28) — Hence the phrase “cratedigging”

Greetings,

Looking back on 28 plus years of seeking and collecting Reggae and Dub has led to 25 plus years of playing that harvest every Saturday afternoon on Smile Jamaica!

Especially now that Vinyl has made a roaring comeback from its decline* during the late 80’s and 90’s. I never gave up on it for one minute. And now that the Digital Music era is in ascendance, Vinyl as “artifact” has never been more important. And that is why I ‘n’ I don’t play Digital. Drop the needle pon de Record!

*Vinyl is the only music source growing in sales. CD’s are in a coma. Even Digital is flat because of the Great Recession.

<Paying Tribute to Vinyl: 25+ years worth on Smile Jamaica. Class of ’89; 12 sec.>

images (4) — Operator! What’s the number for 9-1-1? I need more vinyl for my sock hop!

<Celebrating 25 Years with 3 hours of All Vinyl!; 44 sec.>

HIgh-Lights to listen for:

Seven Leaf – 4 down, 46 to go!

<4 down, 46 to go!>

Bob-ruary Tribute: Jah-bruary or Urb-ruary is Bob Marley month on Smile Jamaica
Roots Dawtas: singer, harmony, deejay dub poetess
Disco Mix: Dubstep, Mutant Dub, 10″, 12″, picture sleeves, red Vinyl, herbtune
7″ Jamaican Jukebox
Mutant Dub: Tosh rmx herbtune, Hindi-dubbers, African crossover,

images (5) — Enjoy a Vinyl-icious 3 hours of Roots ‘n’ Dubwize!

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 31, 2015 – Annotated Playlist (photos, captions, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons)

bless, robt

Set 1: 4:20 Cannabis Service Set

<Seven Leaf Vinyl relief; 20 sec.>

The Gladiators – Mine For All Time; The Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ’80 UK: 3 Hours of Vinyl

<Reggae Ragtime tune: clarinets and ukelele; 14 sec.>

Massada – Blessed Warrior; Dub Budz vol. 1 (Phoenix Upliftment) 2006 Various Artists; Dub Album of the Week: Mutant Dub
Chalawa – Jah Collie Weed; Capture Land (Green Weenie) ’79 Jah-tario, Canada; 4:20 Cannabis Service Set

<Reggae History Lesson: Toronto: home of expatriate Jamaican Reggae scene; 18 sec.>

Brown, Eagle & Spear – Draw the Challace; Brown, Eagle & Spear (New Name) ’88 JA
Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth roots group
Aldubb feat. Al Capone JJ – Free Sensimilla Now; 10” (One Drop) 2009 Jah-many
Johnny Clarke – Legalise It; Authorized Rockers (Virgin Front Line) ’76 Tosh cover

download (29) — From Jah-tario, Canada. Green Weenie label. A+ record from the Smile Jamaica Ark=-Ives

Set 2:

Flick Wilson – Slave Master; School Days (Jah Life) ’80 NYC
Leroy Smart – Love & Happiness; 10” EP (PK) UK; Al Green Cover
Inner Circle – Curfew; Rock the Boat (Trojan) ’74 UK Marley cover “Burnin’ & Lootin”
Judy Mowatt – Rasta Woman Chant; Mellow Mood (Ashandan) ’75 JA

download (30) — Early black wax gem from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 3:

<Jah-bruary is Bob-ruary on Smile Jamaica starting next week!; 23 sec.>

Bankie Banx – Remember Bob; Soothe Your Soul (Redemption) ’82 Marley tribute; Anguilla artist

<Livicate, never deadicate; 10 sec.>

Norma King – Get Behind Me Satan; Dancehall Style (Zion Love) ‘89 Jah-tario, Canada
Toyan – Herb Transplant; Every Posse Want Me (Live & Learn) ’83 Washington DC; herb tune

<4 down, 46 to go!; 8sec.>

download (31) — b. Feb. 6, 1945; February? No! Bob-ruary!

Set 4:

The Meditations – Tricked; Message From the Meditations (United Artists) ’78 Los Jah-ngeles, Collie-fornya
Gregory Isaacs – Just When I Needed a Friend; All I Have Is Love, Love, Love (Tad’s) ’86 UK
Jah Woosh – Lovers Conversation; Gun Fight at OK Karrol (sic) (Pioneer International) Jah-tario, Canada over Melodians “Sweet Sensation”
N*gger Kojak & Liza – Two Bad Duppy; Showcase LP (N*gger Kojak) ’80 JA extended Jah-loween

<Reggae History Lesson: Showcase LP’s; 18 sec.>

download (32) — One of the first dozen Vinyl additions to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. Randy’s Records. SLC. November ’86. Classic!

Set 5: Roots Dawtas

Bam Bam – Stop the War + Stop the War Dub; Power of a Woman (Bam Bam International) ’87 Los Jah-ngeles, Collie-fornya; Roots Dawtas set
Sister Candy – Keep Bubbling; Showcase (Raiders) ’84 UK speed rapper
Breeze – Get Back; Woman Talk (Heartbeat) ’86 female dub poet set
Juvenile Delinquent feat. Sena – Children of the Ghetto; Juvenile Delinquent (Clappers) ’81 Brooklyn; Familyman prod’n

download (33) — Powerful set devoted to female Caribbean dub poets

Set 6:

Wailing Souls – Ishen Tree; Baby Come Rock (Joe Gibbs) ’83 Miami FL
Squire Jon – 10” (Hi-Try) cockney toasting over Sligoville Collie riddim

download (34) — Crucial reissue label out of UK. Smile Jamaica approved

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45s

Rod Taylor – Jah Is Calling; 7” (Thompson Sound) 7” Jamaican Jukebox set
Silvertones – Come Forward; 7” (Studio One) soul update
The Groovers – Pi-a-Ring; 7” (Black Art); Lee “Scratch” Perry w/ Augustus Pablo
The Observers – Natty Dread Christmas ver. 2; 7” (Observer)
Glen Washington – Jah Love Holding Firm; 7” (Irie Ites)

download (35) — Dubwize of this 45 too good to wait til Jah-cember to spin!

Set 8: Mutant Dub

<Acoustic Levitation inna Irie Meditation!; 6 sec.>

Peter Tosh – Legalize It (Secret Circuit’s Echodelic Shockwave Mix + Dub); 10” (Picture sleeve, herb tune); mutant dub set
African Head Charge – Release the Doctor; Off the Beaten Track (ON U Sound) ’85 Adrian Sherwood prod’n
Dubble feat. Molara – Crown of Creation; 10” (Dub Tunnel) female vox
X-O-Dus – English Black Boys; 12” (Factory) ’79 Dennis Bovell prod’n
Motion Sensor – Dubtrain; 12” (SPF) red vinyl; Indian dubbers

download (36) — Mutant dub remix issued on behalf of Record Store Day

Smile Jamaica’s Vinyl Extravaganza: Last Day of Jah-nuary!

January 31, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Unknown — (Rated ‘R’ – for Roots!) Minimum wage shelver in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Smile Jamaica live every Saturday 4-7 PM Mtn. Time:

90.9FM in Utah
Stream: Tune In Radio
Ark-Ive. Here on Smile Jamaica blog; without commercial interruptions
Twitter: SmileJ_KRCL for live alert and stream upload/blog posts

506930-vinyl-record-and-fire — Hotta fire inna Cold Winter. Smile Jamaica 25 Years!

Greetings,

Last Day and Last Saturday of Jah-nuary. Let us celebrate with the Black Wax Attack

Another all Vinyl is V-Ital Experience out of the nearly 30 year Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive. Selah! Give Thanks!

Here are the High-Lights of the Black Wax Attack!

Starting out with a Cannabis Service Set. 4 down, 46 to go!

<Seven Leaf Relief>

Roots Dawtas
Disco Mix: 10″ and 12″ extended jams
Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45 RPM ultra rarities from the Ark-Ives
Mutant Dub

<UFO Skywatching Soundtrack>

Jah-nuary gives way to Jah-bruary: Bob Marley Month on Smile Jamaica!

bless, robt

il_340x270.10534261 — Jah-bruary is Bob Marley Month on Smile Jamaica

Smile Jamaica live every Saturday 4-7 PM Mtn. Time:
- 90.9FM in Utah
- Stream: Tune In Radio
- Ark-Ive. Here on Smile Jamaica blog; without commercial interruptions
- Twitter: SmileJ_KRCL for live alert and stream upload/blog posts

Smile Jamaica Reggae Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 10, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Inversion Galore!

January 14, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

625x465_766403_6414445_1414965628 — No two herbflakes are alike

Greetings,

Winter in Utah. Great for the skiiers. Not so great in the Valley. Bad air was killing all my friends: asthma, bronchitis, flu shot was a dud. I got a massive head cold sitting on the tarmac in Jah-buquerque trying to get home. Decongestant nah work. Maybe a cordless drill in my ear canal will free up some earway.

<Winter in the Salt Lake Valley: Chunky Style air; 12 sec.>

3704303 — Happy New Year 2015 in the Salt Lake Valley: Inversion galore!

Tis the season of the Hazy Shade of Winter. If your breathing is wrecked or the flu has you down for the count, just spin last week’s Smile Jamaica. Best way to complement your sick leave

bless, robt

PKrtqT0 — Peter Tosh Rx for all those suffering Utah chunky-air respiratory shitstem. Gotta get elevated. Rise above the haze. Selah!

Annotated Playlist: Jah-nuary 10, 2015 (photos, captions, clips, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons)

Here are the High-lights of the Stream; 56 sec.

Best of Smile Jamaica 25 Years: The Reagan Year (1988) radio debut; 15 sec.

Wailers Family Tree: The Wailers Duo (Bob + Peter) Live at Leeds; 11/23/73. Tosh harangue that nearly got him killed after the One Love Peace Concert; 4/22/78 Kingston, JA. Introducing Bunny Wailer’s album Liberation ’88. Judy Mowatt classic Black Woman
Dub Album of the Week: Bullwackie’s All Stars – Free For All (Wackies). Heavy urban dub JA via NY.
Seven Leaf: Junior Dan, Mike Brooks, Aldubb

<4 down, 46 to go!>

Vinyl is V-Ital midway
Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ vinyl rarities
Disco Mix: Extended mix vox and dubwize vinyl
Roots Dawtas: Aisha lovers rock, The Selecter 2 Tone ska, Judy Mowatt, Mutant Dubstress Molara, Iskeeda, Alpha & Omega trance dub
Mutant Dub: UFOria skywatching soundtrack; last half hour

Set 1:

Horace Andy – Tune in to the Airwaves; Don’t Stop (Island in the Sun) ’85 NY vinyl
Bullwackies All Stars – Free For All; Free for All (Wackies) Dub Album of the Week
Prince Far I & the Arabs – Foggy Road; Message From the King (Virgin Front Line) ‘78
The Selecter – Selling Out Your Future; Celebrate the Bullet (Chrysalis) ’81 UK 2 Tone ska feat. Pauline Black
Junior Dan – Sligoville Tobacco; 10” (Hi-Try) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement (melodica instrumental)

<Reggae History Lesson: Sligoville Jamaica Rastas; 46 sec.>

Mike Brooks – Rhum (sic) Drinker – Classical Anthology (Teams) ’75; best of; herbtune

<You know me as a Rum Drinker, yah I’m a Sensi Smoker; 12 sec.>

Squire-Jon-Are-We-Really-Free-Russ-Disciples-Free-Dub-Jr-Dan-Sligoville-Tobacco-Kalli-Dub — Sligoville Tobacco. 4 down, 46 to go!

Set 2:

The Wailers – Burnin’ & Lootin’; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong); Live at Leeds UK; 11/23/73; 28 sec.

<Live at Leeds: Bunny stays home: England cold; 28 sec.>

Aisha – It’s Not Right; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94 UK
Eric “Rebel Lion” Bubbles – Roots of Black People (Progressive International) ‘79

images — Smile Jamaica’s favorite Lovers Rock Roots Dawta

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica: 25 Years

Austin Campbell – the Hotter the Battle; Babylon a Fall Down (Trojan); Best of 25 Years Set (1988-1990)
The Morwells – Educate Your Mind; Bingy Bunny: Kingston 12 Toughie (RAS) ‘75
Judy Mowatt – Put It On; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76; Wailers cover
Singers & Players – Thing Called Love (Don’t Fight); Revenge of the Underdog (ON U Sound) ’82 mutant dub

Set 4: Peter Tosh: harangue + Legalize It/Get Up Stand Up; 46 sec.

Peter Tosh – Speech + Legalize It/Get Up Stand Up; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds) 4/22/78: One Love Peace Concert; Kingston JA

download (1) — Chanting down the shitstem

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital

Dean Fraser – Sensimilia; Christmas Sting (Thunder Bolt) Vinyl is Vital Set; over Hallelujah Choir riddim JA
Basement 5 – Paranoiaclaustrophobia Dub; Basement in Dub (Island) ’80 UK Mutant Dub; future members part of Big Audio Dynamite

<Jurassic era Mutant Dub. Big Audio Dynamite; 39 sec.>

Bim Sherman – Haunting Ground; Haunting Ground (Revolver) ’86 UK best of
Mystic Youth feat/ I-Skeeda & the Irie-Ites – Save the Roaches; Best Wishes (Sunship) female singer; junior high Bay Area reggae group; 52 sec.

download (2) — Before Political Correctness: Junior High Reggae Band saves the roaches. 4 down, 46 to go!

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox of 7″ 45s; 33 sec.

General Echo – Love Bump; 7” (Jah Man) ’80 JA; 7”
Augustus Pablo & Lloyd Young – Our Man Flint; 7” (Black Art)
Lanford Graham – Where You Come From; 7” (Jungle Rock)
Delroy Gordon – Dizzy Spell; 7” (Portland)

download (3) — Second rate Neo Liberal Hit Man to James Bond

Set 7:

Bunny Wailer – Rise and Shine; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88
Dubble feat. Molara – Crown of Creation; 10” (Dub Tunnel) 2012 mutant dub w/ female vox

5c54e99cace4e17cb2d96b9afcf2e088 — Wailers Family Tree. 1988. Fresh the year I started Reggae Radio

Set 8: Mutant Dub

<UFO Watching Soundtrack; 13 sec.>

Alpha & Omega feat. Nishka – Jerusalem; Dub Plate Selections vol. 2 (A & O) ’97 trance dub w/ female vox; Mutant Dub Set

<Reggae History Lesson: Dubplate; 17 sec.>

Aldubb feat. Ras Perez – Tommy; Let There Be Dub (One Drop) 2010 herb tune; Jah-many

<4 down, 46 to go!; Jah-many, 15 sec.>

Aswad vs. Rhythm Riders – Under Palm Trees; Aswad vs the Rhythm Riders (Liaison)
Badawi – Pressurizor; Bedouin Sound Clash (ROIR) ’96 Middle Eastern/Jewish mystic dub

<Badawi = Bedouin; 18 sec.>

Ben Wa – Dubasaurus Rex; Devil Dub (Black Hole) ’98; Oakland, Colly-fornya
Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras – Sunshine; Meet the Congos (Icon Eye) 2012

images (2) — Smile Jamaica’s second favorite Green. Go Green Bay!

<Go Green Bay!>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive (Stream + Tracklist); Jah-cember 27, 2014: Year-End Vinyl Blowout!

December 31, 2014 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

snowmanedit — Hope every one had a Merry Christmas or whatever Sky Deity you give thanks & praise to

Greetings,

Jump straight to the Jah-cember 27, 2014: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive

<Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives sends seasons greetings to the Sky Deity of your choosing; 8 sec.>

im_god_Anu — Praise Anu! Smile Jamaica’s favorite sky god. Sumerians

***

Snuck away for a combo birthday/Christmas/cratedig with my family. Jah-buqureque, New Jah-xico. Flu shot ahead of time. Feeling good when everyone else in the vicinity had the crud.

Fly back, Friday AM the day after Christmas. Decided why not end the year, last Ark-Ive of 2014, with an All Vinyl Black Wax Attack. Yes I! Selah!

imagesvinyl — 3 things that make Cabin Fever bearable: a roaring fire, burning a spliff, Irish coffee and the sound of vinyl pon your turntable

<Nyquil cocktail for 3 hours on air>

2 hour fog delay. Everyone cooped up on a non-moving tin can. Six in the Morning. Right there on the tarmac. Babies crying, everyone sniffling, coughing and wheezing.

Get back to the Ark-Ives, immediately start inoculating myself: Zicam for the Zinc; Nyquil just in case. Ate two oranges for the Vitamin C. Whatever…..

<One extra present after Christmas. Can’t hear the cue speaker on where to drop de needle pon de record with a massive head cold; 35 sec.>

earhorn — All Vinyl Show. Had to crank the cue speaker to hear where to drop de needle pon di wax

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Jah-cember 27, 2014: Year-End Vinyl Blowout!

Smile Jamaica’s Lessons in Deejaying: Why They Call it the “One Drop”

x-mix — Similar to the Radio Board at KRCL. VU Meters on the top. Bump the red, don’t peg the red. Otherwise cipped signal feedback on the listener end. Speaker volume (cue, monitors, headphones) to the right. Higher the slider, the louder the gain (volume) over the air, if Track Button is lit, aka “hot”

Radio Studio setup 8 Tracks: 3 CDs, 2 Turntables, 1 Microphone, 1 Computer. Any sound on a “hot” track goes over the airwaves.
1 CD for my Dub Album of the Week
If a deejay wants to sample a portion of a song without that song going onto the airwaves, he puts the Track into “cue” mode
The cue speaker is on a different, internal sound channel within the mixing board. Separate from the Tracks that go over the airwaves. The deejay hears those “live” Tracks over the studio’s monitor speakers.
Had to turn the cue volume up to 11 to hear where to drop the needle on the vinyl, back-cue (reverse direction) on the Turntable till dead silence. This is where the next song starts on beat 1 – hot on the air. The One Drop!

deejaying — Eyes and Ears in synch when you drop di needle pon de record! Searching for the One-Drop

Here’s the nitty gritty on Smile Jamaica’s Year-End Vinyl Blowout! (Jah-cember 27, 2014; 1 min. 55 sec.)

Rarities/Vinyl Only classics out of the Ark-Ives
Roots Dawtas
Seven Leaf, 4 down, 46 to go.

<Smile Jah-pocrypha: Skilers want to be in their cars, heading home in time to hear the Smile Jamaica 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement>

Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45 RPM
Disco Mix 12″ boomshots
Mutant Dub

o-BRECKINRIDGE-SMOKE-SHACK-2-facebook — Smoke Shack. 4 down, 46 to go!

Annotated Playlist (captions, photos, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons): Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Jah-cember 27, 2014

3 HOURS OF VINYL

Set 1:

Misty in Roots – Praises; Musi O Tunya (People Collective) ’85 UK
Ja Man All Stars – Dub Zone; In the Dub Zone (Blood and Fire); Dub Album of the Week
Dennis Brown – Concrete Castle King; Visions (Blue Moon) ’76 UK
Augustus Pablo – The Big Rip Off; Ital Dub (Trojan) ’74 UK dub to Inner Circle Forward Jah Jah Children
Ini Kamoze – Dreadlocks; 12” (Mogo Naba) ’82 JA
Melodians – Irie Feeling – Irie Feeling (RAS) ’83 DC; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Most Underrated Roots LP Nomination: Melodians – Irie Feeling; 29 sec.>

Prince Far I – Jamaica; Jamaican Heroes (Trojan) ’80 UK, boxing theme

download — 1983 Rock Steady reunion. Sleeper classic from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Black Wax wing

Set 2: Roots Dawtas

Judy Mowatt – Mr. Dee Jay; Mr. Dee Jay (Ashandan) ’81 JA
Maxine Miller – How Many Times; Showcase (Wackies); ‘80 NY early Bob Marley doo wop lovers rock
Sophia George – Tenement Yard; Tenement Yard (Winner) ’86 JA
Marcia Griffiths – Feel Like Jumping; At Studio One (Studio One) JA

<Reggae History Lesson: Judy and Marcia, 2/3 of the I Threes; 17 sec.>

Set 3:

Jackie Mittoo – Eleanor Rigby; Jackie Mittoo (United Artists) ’78 Los Jah-ngeles, Collie-fornya; Beatles Hammond B 3 cover
Heptones – Soul Sister; Legends From Studio One (Trench Town) ’72 Allen Toussaint New Oreans soul cover
The Gaylads – Little Candle; Vision of Reggae (Tamoki Wambesi); Roy Cousins prod’n best of
Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse; 12” (Island) ’82 Roots Radics on the riddims

jackie mittoo - Macka Fat 2 — Keyboard wizard minor key vibe on The Beatles classic.

Set 4: Seven Leaf Herbal Vinyl Set

<Seven Leaf Set Livicated to Rockers International from WNMC, Traverse City, MI; Reggae Radio in town skiing; 45 sec.>

<Revelations 22:2 – The Healing of the Nations; 30 sec.>

Jacob Miller – Healing of the Nations; Reggae Greats (Mango) ’84 US: Seven Leaf Set: Revelations 22:2 “the leaves were used for medicine for the healing of the nations”

<Cannabis History Lesson: Jacob Miller; 24 sec.>

Barrington Levy – Sensimelea; Poor Man Style (Trojan) ’82 UK
Pioneers – Feeling High; Greatest Hits (Trojan) ’76 UK
I Roy – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Joe Gibbs) ‘ over Johnny Clarke – African Roots ’81 JA
Carlton Livingston – 100 Weight of Collie Weed; 100 Weight of Collie Weed (Greensleeves) ’84 UK

<Don’t go 55 inna 35 with 100 Weight of Collie Weed in your vehicle; 12 sec.>

Set 5:

Krieger-Densmore Reggae Bonanza – Kinky Reggae; 12” (Rhino) ’83 Marley cover by ½ The Doors

<Smile Jamaica’s brush with Ray Manzarek, The Doors; 58 sec.>

Yellowman – Strong Mi Strong; 12” (Columbia) ’84 Bill Laswell mix
Zema – Ride on; Zema (Melchizedek) ’86 Culver City, Collie-fornya; female singer

<Rare 7″ 45: Keith does Jimmy & Chuck; 12 sec.>

Keith Richards – The Harder They Come; 7” (Rolling Stones) ’78 Jimmy Cliff cover; 19 sec.

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45

<Jamaican Jukebox: The Rarest Vinyl; 5 sec.>

<Black Sabbath on Smile Jamaica? Yes I!; 20 sec.>

Black Sabbath vs. Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming For Sweet Leaf; 7” (Peabody and Sherman); Seven Leaf mashup; 7” Set: Jamaican Jukebox

<Copy-wrong? 20 sec.>

Frankie Paul – Ites, Gold and Green; 7” (Jusic) 2001 JA
Leo Graham – Not Giving Up; 7” (Locks) ’75 JA
Errol Dunkley – Train to Zion; 7” (Topco) ’75 JA

3885711 — Guess Who’s Coming for Sweet Leaf

Set 7:

I Roy – The Heathen (Commandment IV); Ten Commandments (Virgin Front Line); ‘ 80 yellow vinyl/picture sleeve cover of Marley’s Exodus album
Barbara Paige – Babylon Must Fall; Hear Me Now (Epiphany) ’82 San Francisco, Collie-fornya
Big Youth – When Revolution Come – Chi Chi Run (Prince Buster) ’72 JA
Bunny Wailer – Conqueror; 12” (Solomonic) ’81 JA

250194_03_360 — Yellow, vinyl, picture sleeve. Deejay covers Marley’s Exodus

Set 8: Mutant Dub

African Head Charge – Heading to Glory; In Pursuit of Shashamane land (ON U Sound) ’93 UK Mutant Dub

<Reggae History Lesson: Shashamane Land; 12 sec.>

Capital Letters – House Breaker (Rootical Rebuild); 12” EP (Reggae Archive Records) 2014 UK of 80s roots reggae rmx
King Kong – Free de Herb; 12” (Ink Alink) 2008 herbtune
Singers & Players feat. Bim Sherman – Run Them Away; Vacuum Pumping (ON U Sound) ’88 UK
Dubkasm Meets the Disciples – Gideon Armour; 12” (Sufferah’s Choice) 2006 UK
New Age Steppers – Foundation Steppers; 5 Dog Race (ON U Sound) ’83 UK

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