Took last Saturday off on a cratedigging assignment. In order to keep fresh roots on my Mixcloud stream, I cooked up 3 hours of Mutant Dubwize in my Secret Dubratory.
I call these off-air Ark-I(ves: Digital Dubplates since they are online only.
Bass in yer Facd!
bless, robt
Bass the Final Frontier on the Starship Dubwise
Digital Dubplate – Mutant Dub Mashdown (June 2016) Playlist:
0-30 hr.
Alpha & Omega – King and Queen; King and Queen (A & O) ’89 UK trance dub w/ female vox: 3 Hours of Mutant Dub
Thievery Corporation – Sound the Alarm; It Takes a Thief (ESL) 2010 Best Of: DC dubbers
The Gorillaz – Ghost Train; G-Sides (EMI) 2002
Future Pigeon – Yuppy Conqueror; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collect) 2006 So Cal
Samia Farah – Le Monde; Many Moods of Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Tunisian-French singer
Cratediggers weekend! Enjoy last Week’s show. Nuff vinyl in all styles and fashion. Wailers Family Tree. Mutant Dub. Best of Smile Jamaica – Year 1 (1989-90.
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist – May 21, 2016; 68 sec.
Set 1:
Sidney Jackson – Hit Me With Music; Hit Me With Music (Trojan) ’74 UK vinyl
Dub Specialist – Sitting With Stupid; Juck’s Incorporated (Studio One) ’76 JA vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Kingman + Jonah feat. Claudious Linton – So Wrapped Up; Sign Time (Sun King) 2008
Zema – Praise B4 Battle; Look at the Heart (Melchizedek) ’99 So Cal female singer
10 Ft. Ganja Plant feat. Sylford Walker – Hard Times; Shake Up the Place (ROIR) 2011 Upstate NY
Revolutionaries – PLA; Hitbound Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat) ’76 dub. People’s Liberation Army (Communist China)
<Tributes to 70’s revolutionary movements – The Revolutionaries (Sly & Robbie); 22 sec.>
Tapper Zukie – Chalice to Chalice; MPLA (Virgin Front Line) ’78 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
<Jamaican saying: I came to drink milk, not count cow; 14 sec.>
Aquizm & Mad Professor – Kunta Kinte; 10” (Ariwa) 2008 UK instrumental over Creole’s “Beware”
<Alex Haley’s Roots = Kunta Kinte; 20 sec.>
Kunta Kinte = Alex Haley’s Roots
Set 2: Wailers Family Tree
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jah Live; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ’76: single livicated to HIM
<HIM overthrown by Ethiopian Communists – Jah Live; 55 sec.>
So I’m embarking on a home remodel so I can make some sensi out ofmy Vinyl Room.
Gonna make a Library at the Ark-Ives located in a secret location in SLC.
So that means I have to pack up about 5000 Lps and 12″ style. Bought the deep plastic Tupperware bins for the job.
So as I harvest black wax from sagging pressboard shelves into these stackable bins, I stripped out the crème de la crème for airing on this Ark-Ive Edition.
Enjoy the black wax attack. Ultra rare and heavy roots:
Time to upgrade from the old pressboard shelves into something better
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 14, 2016 – playlist, Reggae History Lessons, Photos, Captions
❤ 3 hours of Vinyl; 30 sec.>
Sets devoted to:
Roots Dawtas
Seven Leaf
Mutant Dub
Set 1: All Vinyl LP’s
Johnny Clarke – Jah Jah See Them Come; Authorized Version (Virgin Front Line) ’76 UK, Culture cover
Fe Me Time All-Stars; Dub I (Pressure Sounds) ’72 Dub Album of the Hour; Jimmy Radway prod’n
Mikey Dread – Everybody Needs a Proper Education; Dread at the Controls (Trojan) ’79 UK
Dennis Brown – Together Brothers; Joseph’s Coat of Many Colours (Laser) ’80 UK
Jimmy Cliff – Goodbye Yesterday; Pop Gold (Island) ’77 Austrian best of
<Jimmy Cliff – Rock Hall of Fame selection; 37 sec.>
The Itals – Herbs Pirate; Brutal Out Deh (Nighthawk) ’81 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Lion Zion – Gas Guzzler; Reggae From America (House of Natty) ’76 Oakland; Lee Perry mix
Jimmy Cliff – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer
Set 2
Krieger-Densmore Reggae Bonanza – Kinky Reggae; 12” (Rhino) ’83 LA
Cornel Campbell – Yes I Will; Yes I Will (Micron) ’79 Canada
Phillip Fraser – The Joy It Brings; Big Showdown (Black Solidarity) ’85 JA
Jah Ruby – Black Invader; Dread Affair (Afrik) ’77 JA
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
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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
Mother’s love: No charge but more precious than gold
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist May 7, 2016:
Heading into Spring on Smile Jamaica with 2 interivews: Easy Star All Stars and Dub Side of the Moon:
My old spar Grizzlite was in town lamenting the lack of Roots Reggae in Florida. Strictly dancehall in Palm Beach County. He was homesick for some home cooked Roots
Grizzlite my Reggae apprentice checking in
So enjoy the Jah-pril 30, 2016 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive
bless, robt
❤ hour high-lights>
Set 1:
The Viceroys – Chucky; Hit Me With Music (Trojan) ’74 UK best of vinyl
The Revolutionaries – Dub Over Dub (Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour
Silvertones – When Knotty Came; Clocktower Classics vol. 1 (Clocktower/Abraham)
<Reggae History Lesson: Clocktower label; 12 sec.>
Jimmy Cliff – Sitting in Limbo; Muscle Shoals Soundtrack (Republic) recorded in Alabama studio
<Muscle Shoals, Alabama; 21 sec.>
Peter Broggs – Rastman Chant Niabingha; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) ’85 Best of nyah drums
<Niyabinghi = Death to Black & White Oppressors; 18 sec.>
Sister Carol – Herbal Is Natural; Live (Catapult) 2001 live 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
<Sister Carol’s pharmacopia; 12 sec.>
Augustus Pablo – Eastman Sound; 12” (Rockers International) melodica instrumental
Set 2:
Easy Star All-Stars feat. Dr. Israel – Brain Damage; Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003 Pink Floyd dubwise
<Dub Side of the Moon; 20 sec.>
Black Uhuru – Puff She Puff; Red (Mango) ’81 herbtune
Aisha – Gunman; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94 Mad Professor prod’n
Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse; 12” (Island) ‘82
Set 3: Wailers Family Tree
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Johnny Was (Unreleased Album Mix); Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’76: Wailers Family Tree Set
Bunny Wailer – Rock ‘n’ Groove; Retrospective (Shanachie) best of
Big Youth – Get Up Stand Up; Jah Love (Music Club) Bob Marley cover set
Peter Tosh – In My Song; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87
Set 4:
Easy Star All-Stars feat. Sluggy Ranks – Speak to Me + Breathe in the Air; Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003: interview
Laurel Aitken – Rise & Fall; Rise & Fall (Doctor Bird/Unicorn) ’69 ska
Smile Jamaica’s Vinyl 420 Ark-Ive: 1 crate, 2 book bags, 1 7″ bag, 1 7″ crate. 500+ songs. 35 played in 3 hours
<5 boxes of load in and load for the Smile Jamaica 420 Vinyl Marijuana World Tour!; 18 sec.>
Greetings,
Can I just say right off……..
<4 down, 46 to go!>
My two favorite shows on Smile Jamaica are Halloween and 4:20. I really get to put my sound art skills to good use. All the herb clips harvested (pun intended) from my Ark-Ives.
So why not just kick out the black vinyl jams. I have pulled out all my vinyl herb selections:
LP (Long players)
12″ Disco Mix
10″ Disco Mix
7″ Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM
In between Spliff Tales we hear from: Chevy Chase, Cheech and Chong, George Carlin.
420 Film Festival from Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.
And lots of 60’s anti-marijuana PSAs. Which led to “this is your brain on drugs” and Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No!
<Travolta schools Jackson on the herbal delights of Amsterdam; 23 sec.>
I have at lest 4 60 CD suitcases for my “aluminum” (or whatever cds are made of). So while we were in fund drive, I stitched up 4 hours 20 min and 00 second in what I call my Secret Dubratory mixes for Digital Dubplate shows when I am not broadcasting Smile Jamaica live.
<Digital Dubplate 420 CD Showcase: 4 hrs. 20 min. 00 sec.>
Election Year: Who adds to Jah-laska, Washington, Jah-regon and Collie-rado? Plus Washington DC legal weed:
Nelstradamus is predicting in 2016
Collie-fornya
Jah-vada
Maine
Vermont
Jah-suchusetts
<9 down, 41 to go!>
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Jah-pril 16, 2016 Playlist; 97 sec.
Set 1:
Jah Woosh – Marijuana World Tour; Marijuana World Tour (Original) ’79 JA: 22nd Annual 420 Cannabliss – All Vinyl
Sly & the Revolutionaries – Rizla; Black Ash Dub (Trojan) ’80 Dub Album of the Hour
The Pioneers – Feeling High; Best of the Pioneers (Trojan) ’79 UK
Tapper Zukie – Sensielia (sic); Earth Running (Stars) ’79 JA
Crucial Bee – Cutting Up Sensi; Just a Sting (All-Star) US Virgin Islands
Little John – Smoke Ganga (sic) Hard; Showdown vol. 6 (Channel One)
Ranking Joe – Natty the Collie Smoker; Weakheart Fadeaway (Greensleeves) ‘78
Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus – Sip Your Cup; Rally Round (Shanachie) ’85 best of cup = chalice = smoking untensil
<Sip a Cup = the chalice; 16 sec.>
Set 2:
Doret Myers – One Draw; Reggae Hits of the 80’s (Joe Gibbs) ‘83
The Itals –Herbs Pirate; Calling Rastafari (Nighthawk) ’82 St. Louis
To continue our commemoration of 420, 4:20, 4/20 here is my collection of Cannabis stories told throughout the short history of the Smile Jamaica blog.
That time of year. Tax payment to Uncle Obama out of the way now is the time to celebrate with 420 Cannabliss in the style and fashion you have come to expect for more than 2 decades on Smile Jamaica.
The past two weeks have been devoted to fund drives at KRCL. (Many thanks if you made a pledge and got a T shirt)
I didn’t put up any live streams during Radiothon, so instead I hunkered down in my Secret Dubratory and harvested (pun intended) 4 hours. 20 minutes. 00 seconds of Spliff Tales.
Complete with herbal soundbytes, stoner movie clips and other fun stunn.
Best of Roots, Modern Roots and Mutant Dub inna Seven Leaf Stylee. So enjoy. Celebrate early, often yet discreetly and responsibly.
And until Pres. Sanders legalizes Cannabis with his first Executive Order of 2017, as I say…..
4 down, 46 to go!
Pres. Sanders will legalize it
bless, robt
Smile Jamaiaca Ark-Ives Digital Dubplate: 4 hours and 20 min. for 420 Playlist
0-30 min.
Black Slate – Legalise Collie Herb; Amigo (Ensign) ’80 UK
Jacob Miller & Ray-I – All I Want For Ismas; Natty Christmas (RAS) ’78 Xmas herb
10 Foot Ganja Plant – Walkey Walk Tall; Hillside Airstrip (ROIR) 2001 Upstate NY
Sister Carol – Herbal Is Natural; Direct Hit! (Catapult) 2001: Live run down of herbal medicinal bennies
Thievery Corporation – .38.45; Sounds From the Thievery Hi-Fi (ESL) ’96 mutant dub DC
Sly & the Revolutionaries feat. Jah Thomas – Rizla; Black Ash Dub (Trojan) ’80 dub: Rizla rolling papers
The Equators – Feelin’ High; Hot (Stiff) ’81 UK ska
30-60 min.
Zion Tribe – Herbissimo; Barre Chords (Zion Tribe) ’97 SLC
Capital Letters – Vinyard; Vinyard (Greensleeves) ’82 UK youth group
Ijahman Levi – Moulding & Version; Are We a Warrior (Jahmani) ‘78
Daweh Congo – Herb Tree; Human Rights & Justice (Roots & Culture) 2000
60-90 min.
Rita Marley – One Draw; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy) 12” mix
Bob Marley & the Wailers – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Trojan) ’73 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n
Elvis Costello – Watching the Detectives; My Aim Is True (Demon) ‘77
The Modern Lovers – Egyptian Reggae; Rock & Roll With the Modern Lovers (Beserkley) ’77 instrumental version of Johnny Clarke’s None Shall Escape the Judgment
Joe Jackson – Fools in Love; Look Sharp! (A & M) ’79
90 min – 2 hr.
Scorpions – Is There Anybody There?; Lovdrive (Mercury) ‘79
Frank Zappa – Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up; Joe’s Garage I (Rykodisc) ‘79
The Ruts – Jah War; The Crack (Virgin) ’79 UK punkdub
The Pretenders – Private Life; Pretenders (Sire) ‘80
The Clash – Justice Tonight/Kick It Over; Black Market Clash (Epic) ’80 EP – Willi Williams Armagideon Time (2 hr.)
Private Life: Played Grace Jones vs. Sly & Robbie version last week
2 hr – 2 and 1/2 Hours:
The Clash – Justice Tonight/Kick It Over; Black Market Clash (Epic) ’80 EP – Willi Williams Armagideon Time
John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him; Double Fantasy (Geffen) ‘80
Peter Green – Give Me Back My Freedom; Watcha Gonna Do? (Sanctuary) ’81; of Fleetwood Mac
Joan Armatrading – I Can’t Lie to Myself; Walk Under Ladders (A & M) ’81 Sly & Robbie
Roots Dawta by way of Sly & Robbie
2 and 1/3 – 3 hr.
Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love; Tom Tom Club (Sire) ’80; Talkin Heads drum ‘n’ bass duo
Bobby & the Midnites – Book of Rules; Bobby & the Midnites (Arista) ’81 Bob Weir of Grateful Dead
Garland Jeffreys – Christine; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 NYC multi-racial artist
Belle Stars – Miss World; 7” (Stiff) ’81 UK New Wave female group
David Lindley & El Rayo-X; Quarter of a Man; El Rayo-X (Asylum) ‘81
The Members – the Model; Uprhythm, Downbeat (Arista) ’82: Kraftwerk cover
Men at Work – Down Under; Business as Usual (Columbia) ‘82
Ruts DC & Mad Professor – Weak Heart Dub; Rhythm Collision (ROIR) ’82 punkdub
Reggae from Oz
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.