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Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: Snowbound Excursion – Jah-nuary 27, 2017!

January 27, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

I knew it was gonna be trouble. Last Saturday we got 6 inches in the Salt Lake Valley. My garage is in the alley way. Dangerous for getting high centered and sliding into power poles.

So I waited for a lull in the storm and moved my car to the front street. My street was unploughed and there was snow accumulated over the curb.

Loaded up my stacks of wax and suitcase of disks. And headed for KRCL.….

Goosed my All Wheel Drive Subaru to plow through virgin snow. Best intentions….. 4 wheels on top of snowpack just skidded me to the curb and I was wedged in a snow drift and dead in the water.

Two hour wait for AAA. First show I had been a no show for in 27+ years.

So after I got towed out and back into my garage, I hunkered down in my Secret Dubratory and pulled together 3 hours of Digital Dubplate sound.

Snowmageddon Stylee!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate – Jah-nuary 27, 2017 Playlist

0-30 min.:

Black Uhuru – World is Africa; Sinsemilla (Mango) ‘80
Keith Hudson – I Shall Be Released; Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood (Atra) ’74 Bob Dylan cover
Bim Sherman – Gold & Silver; Crucial Cuts vol. 1 (Century) ‘86
Sister Nancy – Transport Connection; 600% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ‘82
Yabby You – Judgment Time; One Love, One Heart (Shanachie) ‘84
Ijahman Levi – Jah Heavy Load; Haile I Hymn (Jahmani) ‘78
Mikey Dread – Saturday Night Style; African Anthem (Big Cat) ’79 dubs

30-60 min.:

Phyllis Dillon – Woman of the Ghetto; Midnight Confessions (Westside) ’72 Marlena Shaw cover
Jacob Miller – Healing of the Nation; Jacob Miller Meets Fatman Riddim Section (Crocodisc) ’78 herbtune
kode9 + the spaceape – Portal; Memories of the Future (Hyperdub) 2002 UK: mutant dub w/ dub poetry
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Turn Your Lights Down Low; Redemption (bootleg) ’77 studio demo
Carol Kalphat & Clint Eastwood – African Land/Africa We Want to Go; Reggae Archive vol. 1 (ON U Sound) ’78 Prince Far I prod’n
The Orb – Towers of Dub; U.F.Orb (Island) ’92 UK mutant dub

r-13274-1281309190-jpeg — Look to the skies!

60-90 min.

Christ Hinze feat. Peter Tosh – Puss and Dog; Kings of Reggae (Pop-Eye) Dutch flautist w/ Sly & Robbie
Dennis Bovell & Janet Kay – Silly Dub; Dub Dem Silly (Arawak International) ‘93
Ras Command – Kali Dub; In Dub (Red Arrow) ’95 Germ. Mutant dub
Barrington Levy – Jah a The Creator + Stinkin’ Dub; Time Capsule (RAS) ‘83
Ranking Ann – Black Rock Possee; A Slice of English Toast (Ariwa) ’82 singjay

558_002 — Dutch Flute inna rub a dub stylee

90 min. – 2 hr.:

Burning Spear – Farover; Farover (Heartbeat) ‘83
Pablo Gad – What Makes a Natty Dread Cry (Discomix); Bloodsuckers (Melodie) ‘78
Peter Metro & Lady Ann – Bossanova; Dedicated to You (Grapevine) ’84
Sky High & the Mau Mau – Na Lend Out Me Chalice; Origination (Sky High) herbtune
Yellowman – Cocky Did Hurt Me; Mister Yellowman (Shanachie) ’82 rude
Sam Carty – I Don’t Mind; Black Arkives (Justice League) ‘75
Lijadu Sisters – Reincarnation; Sunshine (Afrodisia/Knitting Factory) ’78 Nigerian sisters

2 hr. – 2 & 1/2 hr.:

The Wailers – Concrete Jungle Dub; Dub Marley (Tabou1) ’76 rare dubs
The Pioneers – Pusher Man; Give & Take: Best of (Trojan) ‘78
Gorillaz vs. Space Monkeyz – Starshine; Laika Come Home (Astralwerks) 2002 Mutant Dub UFOria
Sonya Spence – Give Thanks; In the Dark (Skynote)
Dub Syndicate feat. Little David– Yes It’s Bless; Acres of Space (Lion & Roots) 2001 UK Mutant Dub
Black Slate – Thin Line Between Love and Hate; Amigo (Ensign) ’80: Persuaders soul cover
Martha Velez – Get Up Stand Up; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ’76: Bob/Peter cover
The Meditations – Woman Piabba; Anthology (Nighthawk) ’76 herbtune

a3fb367affb2a25c983705e61f7314cf — Bob Marley produced Martha Velez w/ Lee Perry & the Wailers

2 and 1/2 – 3 hr.

Linton Kwesi Johnson – Inglan Is a Bitch; Bass Culture (Mango) ’80 UK dub poet
Love Joys – One Draw; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackies) ’82 Rita Marley herbtune
Lone Ranger – Jamaican Weed; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy) ’80 herbtune
The Rolling Stones – Cherry Oh Baby; Black and Blue (Rolling Stones) ’76 Eric Donaldson cover
Trinity – Put it On; Burning (Rhino UK)
J. Geils Band – Give It To Me; Bloodshot (Atlantic) ‘73

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 15, 2016: Is it Rolling, (Nobel) Bob?

October 21, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<Is It Rolling, Bob?>

Greetings,

All my heroes are named Bob: Marley, Crumb and Dylan. Congrats to Nobel Prize for Literature, Bob Dylan. The first popular music artist to be chosen. Well deserving.

So I start off Smile Jamaica with a 3 song Reggae Tribute to his Bobness!

<Winner, winner Nobel Prize chicken dinner! 33 sec.>

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 15, 2016: Annotated Playlist – photos, captions, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons; 51 sec.

Bob Dylan Tribute
Wailers Family Tree
Vinyl is Vital
Jah-loween Stylee
Disco Mix 10″/12″
Roots Dawtas
UFO-ria inna Mutant Dub Stylee

Intro: 33 sec.

Set 1: From one Bob to another: Dylan Tribute – Nobel Winner

<Amazing achievement. Nobel deserving; 52 sec.>

Jimmy London – Ride On; Welcome to My World (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK vinyl
Sould Syndicate – Black Pride – Dub; King Tubby & Friends – Sound System Dub Vol. (Original) JA vinyl, 1975-78: Dub Album of the Hour
Bob Dylan – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door; Live at Budokan (Columbia): ’78 Reggae Tribute to Nobel Laureate, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan – Man Gave Names to All the Animals; Slow Train Coming (Columbia) ’79 Gospel Grammy winner
Bob Dylan – Jokerman; Infidels (Columbia) ’83 Sly & Robbie on the riddims
Peter Broggs – Internaitonal Farmer; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ‘82
African Pearl – Zion Bound; 10” (Ariwa) 2005 UK: female roots

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Touch & Hugh Roy – Rightful Ruler; Honorary Citizen: Jamaican Singles (Columbia) ’69 box set

<Peter Touch – hands on communicator; 18 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Dance Hall Music; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’87 roots comp
Rita Marley – Who Can Be Against Us; Harambe (Shanachie) ‘82

<Harambe – Kenyan revolutionary slogan: Pull together!>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jamming (Long Version); Exodus (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’77 bonus track

<Dessert before dinner: dub before the vox – Jamming; 18 sec.>

Set 3:

<Request: The one album that led to Smile Jamaica – Black Uhuru Anthem; 35 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Black Uhuru Anthem; Anthem (Island) ’84 Night of the Living Dead, Request; 19 sec.

Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers – Painstaker; Threat to Creation (Cherry Red/ON U Sound) ’81 dub to New Age Steppers cover of Michael Rose “Observe Life
African Princess – Jah Children Cry; 12” (Jah Shaka) ’80 UK
Scientist – Heavyweight Dub Champion (Greensleeves) ’80: Dub Album of the Hour

download-2 — This album made me a Reggae Fanatic – Hard to live in dread in the dawn of the living dead!

Set 4: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27 Years

Yellowman – Morning Ride; One in a Million (Shanachie) ’84

<The Morning Ride – a different commute!; 25 sec.>

Aisha – Evil Spirits; High Priestess (Ariwa) ‘88
Barry Brown – Run Wicked Man; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
Keith Hudson – My Eyes Are Red (Unlreased Version); Brand (Pressure Sounds) ‘77

download-8 — The morning ride is the longest ride

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Icarus – Land of Tarot; State of Mind (Russian Roulette) ’82 UK
Earl Sixteen – Freedom; Heart of the Ark vol. 2 (Seven Leaf) Black Ark/Lee Perry prod’n
Clint Eastwood – Sweet, Sweet Jamaica; Sex Education (Greensleeves) ’80 UK
Tony Tuff – Born in the Ghetto; Presenting Mr. Tuff (Black Roots) ’81 JA
Aura Lewis Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry – At Midnite; Full Experience (Blue Moon) Fr. EP – Black Ark prod’n

Set 6:

Tino – Bats in My Belfrey Dub; Hallowe’en Dub (Tino’s) Jah-loween beats artist
Yesca – Searchin’; Up in Smoke Soundtrack (Warner Bros) ’78 herbal update of the Coasters 50 r & b
Ther Herbaliser – The Hard Stuff; Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ninja Tune) 2002 UK mutant dub herb tune
Version feat. Sista Widey – Put On; 10” (Webcam Hi Fi) 2007 Fr. mutant dub
Black Roots Players – Redder Than Red; Ghetto-ology Dub (Easy Star) ’79 Dub Album of the Hour

r-574383-1133289286-jpeg — Makes your flesh creep: next 2 Saturdays nuff Jah-loween on Smile Jamaica. 3 hours Digital Dubplate mix on Mixcloud Oct. 31

Set 7: Jah-loween Stylee

Black Survivors – Catch a Vampire; Nations of the World (Sword Lion) ’95 UK
Garland Jeffreys feat. Big Youth – Graveyard Rock; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 – NY bi-racial rocker

<Don’t get stoned on my tombstone! 25 sec.>

Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad feat. Macka B – Devil Dance; Solid Foundation (Flag) 1992
Bomb the Bass feat. Sinead O’Connor & Benjamin Zephaniah; Empire; clear (Quango) ’95 UK mutant dubbers; Empire=Vampire

0001755820 — Don’t get stoned on mi tombstone!

Set 8: UFO-ria: 38 sec.

Audio Active – Space Children; Tokyo Space Cowboys (ON U Sound) ’94 Jah-pon
Rockers Hi Fi – Dick From Outaspace; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Disrupt – Asteroid Dub Force; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 3 (Jahtari) Germ.
Public Service Broadcasting– Gagarin; Beyond Saturn (Mojo)

<Yuri Gagarin, original Russian cosmonaut>

Troubleman – Intergalactic You, Intergalactic Me; Far Out Spaced Odyssey (Far Out) 2010 Brazilian dubfunk instrumental

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate (Stream + Tracklist): Roots Reggae Roulette!

September 9, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Getting ready to embark on a major remodel project in my house in the Sugarhood (lower Sugarhouse) area of Salt Lake City.

I’m tired of living like a music hoarder. So I am biting the bullet: wiping out two small bedroom and replacing them with one big room with shelves from floor to ceiling.

A Librarian (me) with his own personal Library. But in order to do that, I have to move 35 years of music collecting into my garage.

I took last Saturday off to do that and pulled about 50 representative favorites aside for what I call Digital Dubplate shows: 3 hour editions of Smile Jamaica cooked up in my home studio.

The memories of collecting this music over the decades, as I pack CDs into boxes and records into crates, really makes me nostalgic. Because so many record stores have gone out of business, my whole way of life is crashing down.

Forward ever, backwards never!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: Fall 2016

0-30 min

Don Carlos – Just a Passing Glance + Dj version; Just a Passing Glance (RAS) ‘84
The Congos – Children Crying; Heart of the Congos (Blood and Fire) ‘77
Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion; Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) ‘72
Althea & Donna – Make a Truce; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ‘78
Cocoa Tea – Rocking Dolly; Rocking Dolly (RAS)
Earl Zero & Soul Syndicate – Home Sweet Home; Visions of Love (Epiphany) ‘79
Lacksley Castell – Righteous Stand; Morning Glory (Negus Roots) ‘82
Junior Delgado – Armed Robbery; Brothers (DEB) ‘77
Judy Mowatt – Rock Me; Love Is Overdue (Shanachie) ‘86
Prince Far I – Johnny Get Worse; Silver & Gold (Blood and Fire) dj to mid 70’s Slickers Johnny Too Bad

30-60 min

The Upsetters – Nebuchadnezzar; Chapter 2 of “Words” (Trojan) ’72 Perry produced melodica instrumental
Carlene Davis – The Harder They Come; 15 Classics of Carlene Davis (Sonic) ’80 Jimmy Cliff cover
Prince Buster – Satta Massagana; Sister Big Stuff (Sunspot) ’72 Abyssinians cover
Jimmy Cliff – No Woman, No Cry; Follow My Mind (MCA) ’75 Bob Marley cover
Akabu – Africans United; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK female roots group
Jah Lloyd – This Ya Corner; Final Judgement (sic) (Teems) ’74
Johnny Clarke – Rebel Soldering; Don’t Trouble Trouble (Attack) ‘75
Lee Perry & the Upsetters – Justice to the People + Verse 2; Give Me Power (Trojan) ’73

60-90 min

The Slits – Heard It Through the Grapevine; Eastbound & Down Soundtrack (Fat Possum)
Tapper Zukie – Message to Pork Eaters (Jahman a Come); Man Ah Warrior (Trojan) ’75 deejay
Max Romeo – Smile out of Style; War ina Babylon (Mango) ‘76
Culture – This Train; Cumbolo (Shanachie) ’79 Woodie Guthrie cover
The Marvels – Rock Steady; 100% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) Aretha Franklin cover
Mutabaruka – Whey Mi Belong?; Check It! (Alligator) ’83 dub poetry
Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin’); Hotter Than July (Tamla) ’81 Bob Marley tribute (90 min.)

90min -2 hr.

General Public – Tenderness; All the Rage (I.R.S.) ’84 UK ska-pop
Love Joys – Wherever Jah Send Me; Reggae Vibes (Wackies) ’81 sistas
Black Uhuru – Youth of Eglington; Red; (Mango) ‘81
Native – Rockstone; Rockstone (Pressure Sounds) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry mix
Bunny Wailer – Put It On; Rule Dance Hall (Shanachie) ‘87
Marcia Griffiths – Give and You Get; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79
Peter Tosh – Oh Bumbo Klaat; Wanted Dread & Alive (EMI America) ’81

download-59 — The first of tens of thousands of Reggae LPs, CDs, 7″, cassettes, 10″, 12″, 8 tracks

2 – 2 and 1/2 hrs.

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Three Little Birds; Legend (Deluxe Edition) ’85 Julian Mendelsohn rmx
Martha Velez – Get Up Stand, Up; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ’76 Bob Marley/Peter Tosh cover
Sheriff Lindo & the Hammer – Dub House of Horror; Ten Dubs That Shook the World (Creative Vibes) ’88 Oz dubber
Barrington Levy – Jah a The Creator; Time Capsule (RAS) ‘83
Bingy Bunny – Bit By Bit; Kingston 12 Toughie (RAS) ’75 of the Morwells
Aisha – Guide and Protect; Roots Daughters (Ariwa) ‘88
Cultural Roots – Danger Light; Revolutionary Sounds (Revolutionary Sounds)
Burning Spear – Bad to Worst; The Fittest of the Fittest (Heartbeat) ’83 (2 and ½ hours)

r-879154-1183665149-jpeg — Killer rare dub from Oz

2 and 1/2 – 3 hrs.

Mikey Dread – Saturday Night Style; African Anthem (RAS) ‘79
Likkle Mai – Count on Me; Roots Candy (Beat) 2005 Jah-pon dawta
Doctor Alimantado – Born For a Purpose/Reason For Living; Born For a Purpose (Greensleeves) ‘77
Lion Youth – Rat a Cut Bottle; Don’t Call Us Immigrants (Pressure Sounds) ’78 UK
Jimmy Riley – Poor Immigrant; 20 Classic Hits (Sonic) ‘81
Yellowman – Soldier Take Over; Crucial Reggae (Mango) ’82 comp
Sonya Spence – Peace & Unity; In the Dark (Skynote) ‘78

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-gust 27, 2016 – Reggae University Back in Session!

September 2, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

dreadlockssite — Anu and Marduk were dreadlocks!

Greetings,

School is back in session. Summer a gwaan. Time for New Roots and opportunities. Soon the weather gets cooler and the days grow shorter. All the folks travelling and doing outdoor activities that don’t always include radio. So listenership tends to go down in the summer and starts to bump in the fall.

Look forward to that in the months to come on Smile Jamaica while we put Summer in our rear view. That’s why if you’re travelling, on-demand Smile Jamaica is always there for your activity soundtrack

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-gust 27, 2016

Set 1:

Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus – Build Up Your House; Revelation (Trojan) ’82 UK vinyl: nyahbinghi style
The Upsetters – Noah Sugar Pan; Upsetter Shop vol. 1 (Heartbeat) Black Ark Dub Album of the Hour
Michael Palmer – Have Faith in Jah; Wicked a Go Feel It (Trojan) ‘84
Judith – Such Is Life; Universal Roots – U.K. Reggae All Stars (Universal Roots) 2008 UK
Leroy Wallace – Far Beyond; Studio One Roots (Studio One/Soul Jazz) melodica
Fun Boy Three – Farmyard Connection; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83 Specials 2 Tone ska spin off

<Peter & Bob – 2 farmers trying to earn a living>

Ras Daniel Ray – Princess; 10” (Education) 2006 UK

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – Pound Get a Blow; Honorary Citizen (Columbia): ’68
Bunny Wailer – Liberation; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’88 best of
Rita Marley & the Wailers – Deh Pon Dem; Ska Bonanza (Heartbeat/Studio One)
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Smile Jamaica + Version; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’76: single + version for Smile Jamaica Peace Concert

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

Linval Thompson – I Love Marijuana; I Love Marijuana (Trojan) ’79
Cedric Myton & the Congos – Wherever He Leads Me; Face the Music (VP) ‘81
Althea & Donna – Jah Rastafari; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78 female singjay duo
Wailing Souls – They Don’t Know Jah; Very Best of (Greensleeves) ‘82
Bill Laswell – Dub Massive vol. 1 (Trojan) Dub Album of the Hour: dub remixes of Reggae dubs

Set 4:

Samia Farah – Rien ne Acquis; Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Fr.-Tunisian singer
Heptones & Prince Lamont – Meaning of Life; Hits of the Past (J.B.) ‘77
Mike Brooks – Rhum (sic) Drinker; Classical Anthology (M-10) herbtune ‘78
Mad Professor & the Robotiks feat. Michael Walters – Jungle Vibrations; 10” (Ariwa) 2002 UK

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Burning Spear – African Teacher; Lovers and Rockers (EMI) ’79 UK
Al Campbell – Just a Close Talk With You; Rough Road (Burning Sounds) ’79 UK red vinyl
Hortense Ellis – Wooden Heart; Raver’s Rock Vol. 2 (Vista Sounds) ’84 UK
Jah Lloyd – Dispencer; Black Moses (Virgin Front Line) ’78 UK

<Jah Lloyd – No needles for I ‘n’ I>

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Full Experience – Disco Devil (Extended Mix); Turn and Fire (Anachron) ’77 Neth. Vinyl

“Doctor! Don’t give I an injection, it will leave an infection.”

Set 6:

Ayo – What’s This All About; Gravity at Last (Polydor) 2008 Germ.-Nigerian female
Collie Buddz – Come Around; Collie Buddz (Columbia) 2007 herbtune
Pablo Moses – Under Your Spell; We Refuse (Priority) ‘90
Version feat. Carlton Livingston – Hotta Fire Burn; 10” (Webcam Hi Fi) 2007 Fr.

Set 7:

Morgan Heritage – Unjust World; CD Single (MCA) ‘94
Aswad – Boom Boom Carnival; Roots Revival (Ark 21) ’99 Jamaicans rock steady cover
Junior Delgado – Jah Say; Tichen (Rhino UK) ‘90
Black Uhuru – Botanical Roots; Anthem (Island) ‘84
Israel Vibration/Soul Syndicate – Go Through Dub; Unconquered People Dub (Greensleeves) ‘79

<Black Uhuru – Anthem is the album that made me a Reggae fanatic>

3300956 — First Reggae Grammy winner – the album that lit the fuse for I ‘n’ I

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Graciella Rodriguez – Stop That Train; On U Sound 30 Years Anniversary (King Size Dub Special) (Echo Beach) 2011 Spanish take on Bim Sherman classic
Audio Active – Psychobuds; Bong (Birdman) 2000 Jah-pon herbtune
Joseph Cotton – Ali Baba; Pro Cannabis 4 (Dope Media) 2000 Germ. Herbtune on Ali Baba riddim
Soom T – Puff That Weed; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 Germ./Scottish female weedstepper
Ben Jammin – Money Talks; Ambassah Rub a Dub Showcase Part 2 (Ambassah) 2006 UK
Badawi – Voices From the Sky; Soldier of Midian (ROIR) 2001 Jewish-mystic dub

How do you say 4 down, 46 to go in Jah-ponese?

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-gust 20, 2016: Can’t roll a spliff pon your .mp3!

August 26, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Dust_and_Grooves_2499 — Original burlap edition for separating your seeds and stems.

<Can’t roll a spliff on an .mp3>

Greetings,

Last hour of Smile Jamaica Juggling wax with the monitors cranked to 11 in the Studio at KRCL. Booming a recent vintage 45 from a So Cal roots group called the lions.

Their lyric talks about going back to the roots because: “you can’t roll a spliff pon your .mp3:

Original vinyl issues of Bob Marley’s Rastaman Vibration hard “burlap” ridges for that 420 ritual tradition.

That’s why my slogan is: No digital for I ‘n’ I

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-gust 20, 2016 Annotated Playlist:

Set 1

Zap Pow – This Is Reggae Music; Reggae Rules (Rhino) ’80 US vinyl
Augustus Pablo – A Java (Instrumental version); Message Music (Pressure Sounds) digital productions of the 80s/90s; Dub Album of the Hour
Calvin Stuart – The Alphabet Song; The Sound of Channel One: King Tubby Connection (Motion) A-Z from the Bible
Foreign Exchange – Damned If I Do; Occam’s Razor (First Step) ’99 NY
Glen Brown – Clensiness (sic) Dub; The Way to Mt. Zion (ROIR) dub
UB40 – Mi Spliff; Credit to the Nation (bootleg) ’86 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement, Europe ’86 live
The Congo’s – Rasta Congo Man; 10” (Congo’s) 2006 update of Curly Locks riddim

Set 2:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Johnny Was; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ’76; unreleased alternate album mix

<Johnny Was alternate mix>

Abyssinians – Say It Again; Reunion (Artists Only) ‘98
Ayo – Help Is Coming; Ayo (Interscope) 2006 Nigerian-German female
Horace Andy – Why Oh Why; 10” (Hitbound) ‘83

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 26+ Years

Twinkle Brothers – It Dread All Over; Live (Genes) Reggae Sunsplash ‘82
Mutabaruka –Whey Mi Belong?; Check It! (Alligator) ’83 dub poet
Misty in Roots – Lifeboat; Wise and Foolish (Kaz) ’82 UK
Joy White – Tribulation; United Dreadlocks (Rhino UK) ‘77
Israel Vibration & Soul Syndicate – Dub Worries; Israel Dub (Greensleeves) ‘78

Set 4:

Rhoda Dakar – Easy Life; Cleaning in Another Woman’s Kitchen (Moon Ska) 2007 2 Tone ska singer, Bodysnatchers acoustic update
Bunny Wailer – Rockers; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’79: best of roots era
Trevor Hartley – Smoke & Chill; Hartical (Jove) ’94 UK herbtune
Barry Brown – Living as a Brother; 10” (Trojan)

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Leroy Smart – Propaganda; Burning Sampler (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK red vinyl: Vinyl is Vital Set
Full Experience feat. Aura Lewis – Young, Gifted & Broke; At Midnite (Blue Moon) Fr. EP – female vox to Marcia Griffiths “Young, Gifted and Black”
Joe Higgs – One Man (Kouchie Pipe); Unity is Power (One Stop) ’79 UK
George Faith – Please Stay; Raver’s Rock vol. 2 (Vista Sounds) ’84 UK
Ijahman Levi – Master Ideas +; Ijahman & Friends (Jahmani) ’79 UK

Set 6:

Peter Tosh – Coming in Hot (Live); Honorary Citizen (Columbia) box set
Zema feat. Mark Wonder & the Gladiators – Overcome Good with Evil; Overcome (Melchizedek) So Cal female vox
The Green – Transparent People; Ways and Means (Easy Star) 2011 Jah-waiian
Wayne & Johnny – Ackee Monkey; 10” (Hitbound)

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45s

Cedric ‘Im Brooks – Theme From Shaft; 7” (Soul Jazz) soul cover
The Lions – This Generation; 7” (Lions Bread) LA group
Hopeton Lewis – Dreadlocks Chalice; 7” (Thorough Bred) ’75 herb tune
Dhaima – Jah Jah I; 7” (Paradise) ’77 UK

Set 8: Mutant Dub Set

Soom T – Boom Shiva; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 female weedstepper out of Glasgow, Scotland: Mutant Dub Set
Knatty P – We Know; Universal Roots – U.K. Reggae Stars (Universal Egg) 2008 UK
Clive Hunt & the Dub Dancers – Bagdad in Dub; Clive Hunt & the Dub Dancers (Makasound) 2008 Fr.
Sevendub – U & Dem (High Altitude dub); Dub Club Edition (Collision) 2006 Germ.
Bucolic – Mo’Style; Dzyan Blood (BSI) 2000 US
Bally Sagoo – Funky Rickshaw Dub; Pro Cannabis 4 (Dope Media) 2001 Hindi dub

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: July 30, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist): From Jah-ly into Jah-gust!

August 5, 2016 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

Greetings,

Trodding through Summer. Roots for I ‘n’ I. In the late afternoon when it’s relentless sun and heat, that is what Smile Jamaica is all about. The Soundtrack to your Summer BBQ. A Red Stripe. Mellow Mood waiting for the sun and the heat to go down.

I’m inside KRCL and if they paid their AC bill that month, it’s cool and deadly as I fling roots for 3 hours of killer sound ‘n power.

Since I started Jah Music in late June 1988, this time of year always makes me nostalgic for when I was a youth and not a grizzled vet. When the Compact Disk was new, I still hugged my black wax and digital music was far off into the future.

Nostalgia? No! Jah-stalgia

bless, robt

LU_HS_3-360x240 — Kind of looks like headphones on HIM’s ears?

Smile Jamaica Playlist: Jah-ly 30, 2016

Set 1:

Prince Alla – Ethiopian Song; King of the Road (Ital International) ’82 JA vinyl
Desmond Dekker – Reggae Recipe; Original Hit Sound (Trojan)
Devon Russell – Life Is; Prison Life (Tamoki Wambesi) ‘83
I Roy – Message From the Top; Every Mouth Must Be Fed (Pressure Sounds/Micron) ‘75
Samia Farah – Violent; Many Moods of Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 French/Tunisian artist
H.R. – Who’s Got the Herb?; I Luv (Railroad) ’91: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement, original to 311 cover
Dennis Brown – Africa We Want to Go; 10” (Observer Gold)
Winston Edwards – Natty Locks Dub (Studio 16) ’74 UK vinyl, Dub Album of the Hour

Set 2:

Bomb the Bass feat. Benjamin Zephaniah & Sinead O’Connor – Empire; clear (Quango) ’96 UK mutant dub Empire = Vampire
Yellowman – Don’t Burn It Down; Don’t Burn It Down (Shanachie) ’88 herbtune
General Public – Forward As One; Hand to Mouth (I.R.S.) ’86 post 2 Tone ska=The Beat
Cornell Campbell – Money; 10” (Coptic Lion) Mike Brooks prod’n***End of Set 2

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27+ Years

The Selecter – Three Minute Hero; Dance Craze (2 Tone) ’80 UK ska live

<Dance Craze – 2 Tone Ska movie>

The Maytals – Do the Reggae; Trojan Story (Trojan) ‘76
Earth & Stone – Give Me; Hitbound – The Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat/Channel One) ‘78
Black Uhuru – Natural Reggae Beat; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Heartbeat) ‘80
Jah Shaka – Black Steel; Dub Symphony (Mango) ’90: UK dub album of the hour

<Smokey’s Records in Salt Lake City>

smokey_store95web01f — Spent my Post Office per diems here building the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 4:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Crazy Baldheads; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ’76 unreleased alternate album mix
Etana – Jamaican Woman; I Rise (VP) 2014 female
The Congo’s – Some a Thief; 10” (Congo’s) 2006 over Johnny Clarke’s Crazy Baldheads

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Jimmy London – Ride On; Welcome to My World (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK
The Cimarons – Moving on Up; In Time (Trojan) ’74 UK
Louise Bennett – Dip Them; Sings Jamaican Folk Songs (Smithsonian Folkways) ’54 10” US
Don Tinglin – John Brown; Rough Road (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK red vinyl, herbtune
Ijahman Levi – African Train; Ijahman & Friends (Jahmani) ’88 UK

cover170x170 — 1954 – oldest record in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 6:

Sisters Jam – People of the World; Rockers International (Greensleeves) female group
Bongo Herman – Chairman of the Board; 400% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’72 Liquidator riddim
Foreign Exchange – Big Head Spliff; Occam’s Razor (First Step) ‘’99 NY, herbtune
Allan Kingpin – Stand Up For a Right; 10” (Reggae Archive)
Aggrovators – A Rougher Version; King Tubby – At the Controls (Trojan) Dub Album of the Hour

Roots dawtas working with Augustus Pablo

Set 7:

Akabu – The World; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK female group: Adrian Sherwood prod’n
Glen Brown – Lambsbread/Lambsbread Dub; The Way to Mt. Zion (ROIR) ’77 herbtune

<Lambsbread – flavor or herb>

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Audio Active – Happy Shopper (Live); Happy Shopper in Europe EP (ON U Sound) ’95 Jah-pon
Sevendub – Running Away (Noiseshaper rmx); Dub Club Edition (Collision) 2006 w/ female vox
Tackhead – Black Cinderella; Dubvisionist – Kingsize Dub (Echo Beach) 2014; Errol Dunkley cover
Momo Cat – Calling; Rocky Road (Fat Belt) 2008 Arab artist out of Finland
Burial – Dog Shelter; Burial (Hyperdub) 2007 UK dubstep

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Track List): July 23, 1892: Happy 124th Year Birthday – Selassie I

July 29, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

download (45) — The Lion of Judah shall break every chain. And give I the victory again and again. Happy Birthday!

Greetings

<Happy Birthday, Lion of Judah; 30 sec.>

the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah. Elect of God. Everliving God. Earth’s Rightful Ruler. Light of the World. The Power of the Trinity…..Haile Selassie I – His Imperial Majesty, July 23, 1892

Early in my Smile Jamaica career (since 1988/89), I was getting crosseyed with a friend who slurred, “What’s the deal with all this I Love Jah? Are Rastas gay.”

I snapped out of my fog and could feel anger before I took Gregory Isaacs’ advice and cooled down the pace.

I calmly replied: “Jesus Loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”

Happy Birthday to the well spring of the concept I have developed of: Reggae music is the power of Rastafari gospel.

Marcus Garvey said: Look to the east for a black king shall be crowned. And lo, in 1930 Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael become his Imperial Majesty: Haile Selassie I – the Power of the Trinity. 52 sec.

Smile Jamaica celebrates that legacy with 3 hours on his 124th anniversary of his birth. 1 min.

Livicate, never deadicate

bless, robt

unnamed — Very regal. And reminiscent of ……

fhdshshsr — …My Sumerian ancestors the Anunnaki

Set 1:

Naturalites – Picture on the Wall; Rub-a-Dubble vol. 1 (CSA) ’85: Happy Birthday Haile Selassie: July 23, 1892
Joe Gibbs & the Professionals – Snipers; All Mighty Dub Chapter 4 (Joe Gibbs) ’79: Dub Album of the Hour
Culture – Calling Rastafari; Calling Rastafari (Nighthawk) ‘82
Grace Nelson – Jah Is Real; Ire Hi Fi: Play de Music 2007
Black Uhuru – I Love King Seasslie: Tear It Up (Mango) ’82 live
Errol Dunkley – Created by the Father; Darling Ooh (Attack) ‘72
Winston Jarrett – Selassie Is the Chapel; By the Rivers of Babylon (Shanachie) ‘95

500x500 — Michael, Puma and Duckie – The group that got me into Reggae

Set 2:

Tenor Saw – Who’s Gonna Help Me Praise (Jahovah); Fever (Blue Mountain) ‘85
Aisha – One God, One Aim, One Destiny; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94 Marcus Garvey’s slogan
Barrington Levy – Please Jah Jah; Prison Oval Rock (RAS) ‘84
Mr. Stone – Jah Jah Higher Than I; Sufferation (Auralux) ‘79

<One God, One Aim, One Destiny; 52 sec.>

Set 3:

Judy Mowatt – King of Kings; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ’82 nyah ballad
Eric Rebel Lion Bubbles – Jah Bless I; Roots of Black People (Progressive International)
Aswad – Oh Jah; Not Satisfied (CBS) ’82 UK roots
Bim Sherman – Lamb of Judah; Bim Sherman Meets Horace Andy & U Black in a Rub-a-Dub Style (Original) ‘79
Version Dread – Why Version; 18 Dub Hits From Studio One (Studio One/Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Rita Marley – Thank You Jah; Who Feels It Knows It (Shanachie) ‘81
The Wailing Souls – Jah Is Watching You; On the Rocks (Greensleeves) ‘83
Misty in Roots – How Long Jah; Live at the Countervision (Kaz) UK live ‘79
Michael Prophet – Praise You Jah Jah; Serious Reasoning (Mango) ‘80

Set 5:

Jay Tees – A Prayer to Jah; Pirate’s Choice (Studio One) JA vinyl
Sylford Walker – Give Thanks and Praise to Jah; Lambsbread International (Blood and Fire) ‘79
Twin Roots – Jah Say Love; Heart of the Ark vol. 2 (Seven Leaf) UK vinyl
Toney Tuff (sic) – King of Kings; Presenting Mr. Tuff (Black Roots) ’81 JA vinyl

download (46) — A prayer to Jah – rare vinyl from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 5:

Melodians – Jah Reggae; Irie Feeling (RAS) ‘83

<Top seller in the SLC record shop where I worked for a year; 25 sec.>

Spliffy Dan – Jah Bless; Rockers Showcase III (Rockers International) Philly vinyl
Prince Far I – Jah Footsteps; Ten Commandments (Rhino UK)
Peter & Lucky – Jah Bible; Cornerstone Presents Real Rock: 70’s & 80’s (Cornerstone) JA vinyl

Set 7:

Burning Spear – Jah No Dead; 12 the Hard Way (Tribesman) ‘80

<Jah No Dead; 46 sec.>

Daweh Congo – Jah Is My Shepherd; Human Rights & Justice (Roots & Culture) 2000
Sister Carol – Jah Is Mine; Black Cinderella (Heartbeat/Jah Life) ’84 over M. Jackson/P. McCartney
Ranking Dillinger – Jah Show Them the Way; None Stop Disco Style (Clocktower) dj over Linval Thompson 12 Tribes ‘76
Burning Babylon – Sproing Dub; Beat, Beat, Beat (I-Tones) 2008 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Sugar Minott & Rhythm & Sound – Let Jah Love Come; See Mi Yah (Burial Mix) 2005 Germ.
Dan-I & King Kietu – Hail Rastafari; Rastafari Judgment Time (Imperial Roots) 2009 Jah-taly
African Head Charge – My God; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’90 Adrian Sherwood/African mashup
Alpha & Omega – Jah Protection; Overstanding (A & O) ’92 UK trance dub with female vox
Hughie Izachaar – Jah Love Sweeter; Rastafari Teachings (Reggae on Top) ’96 UK
Peter Broggs – Rastafari Liveth!; Rastafari Liveth (RAS) ‘82

download (47) — Rastafari Liveth indeed. Thank you Jah!

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: July 16, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist: Happy 28th Anniv. – CD Stylee!

July 22, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

<Celebrating 28 Years of Reggae Radio- best of the early years; 28 sec.>

Spring of 1988 my college roommate and I were having pizza at The Pie near the University of Utah campus. They were playing the local community radio station, KRCL over their hi fi.

We heard for a new volunteer call. My roommate was doing modern 80’s indie sounds and I was doing Reggae on the Univ. of Utah’s radio club K-UTE. Even on that low frills setup (they only broadcast in the Student Union) we had some radio experience. How to mix songs, do set breaks, maintain logs etc.

So we went down to KRCL and pitched our shows. KRCL was set for modern indie sounds but they wanted to expand their ethnic music programming. They accepted my application to do a Sunday Night/Monday AM show I called 3 o’clock Roadblock – after the Bob Marley song on Natty Dread. The show went from 3AM to 6AM.

After about six weeks of training, I debuted either late June or early July 1988. For the nite owls, insomniacs and graveyard workers. Not a lot of listeners but I learned radio. I did that for a year or so (during the coldest winter in 40 years.) I had to call AAA twice that winter.

In Oct. of ’89, I switched to Saturdays on Smile Jamaica. We were on at 1pm back in the 80’s. My bredren Rutaabaga Reese and I together until about summer of 1990 and then I flew solo. And I just keep on keeping on!

So we celebrate that legacy today with 28 years of Roots Reggae and Dubwize!

Selah!

bless, robt

Black_Uhuru_Anthem — This album lit the fuse

Smile Jamaica’s Top 5 Salt Lake City Record Stores, 1986-1990

Smokey’s Records; (defunct mid 90’s)
Cosmic Aeroplane (defunct around ’90)
Randy’s Records (still going, mostly vinyl now!)
Starbound (defunct mid 2000’s)
Mad Platter (defunct)

randys-records — Still slinging the roots!

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: July 16, 2016: Annotated Playlist – 28 Years: CD version; 17 sec.

Set 1:

Black Uhuru – What Is Life? (E.T. Thorngren rmx); Anthem (Island) ’83

<It was Black Uhuru that made me a Reggae fanatic; 1 min 3 sec.>

Impact! All-Stars; Java; Java Java Dub (Impact!) ’72 UK vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Naturalites & Realistics – Picture on the Wall; Rub-a-Dubble vol. 1 (CSA) ’86 UK

<#1 hit of the Islands – Picture on the Wall; 31 sec.>

Yellowman – Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt; Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt (Greensleeves) ‘83
Peter Broggs – International Farmer; International Farmer (RAS) ’82 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Natural Beauty – Nice Up Dancee; Nice Up Dancee (RAS) ’86 UK dawta trio

Set 2: Seven Leaf Set; 13 aec.

Carlton Livingston – Trodding Through the Jungle; Retrospect (Grapevine)
Equators – Feelin’ High; Hot (Stiff) ’81 UK ska
Benjamin Zephaniah – Get High; Rasta (Workers Playtime) ’83 UK
Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja; 12” Mix; Headline News (Greensleves) ’79 UK youth group

Set 3:

Third World – 96 Degrees in the Shade; 96 Degrees in the Shade (Mango) ‘77

<Jamaican Heroes martyred in their fight against the Brits; 32 sec.>

Aisha – Evil Spirits; High Priestess (Ariwa) ’88 Mad Prof.
The Beat – Tears of a Clown; I Just Can’t Stop It (Go-Feet) ’80 Smokey Robinson 2 Tone ska cover
Don Carlos – Jah, Jah Hear My Plea; Prophecy (Blue Moon) ‘84
Chalawa – Natural Mystic Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. Dub cover of Bob Marley

hqdefault (5) — Jamaican martyrs waiting their turn on the gallows

Set 4: Wailers Family Tree; 23 sec.

The Dreads:

Peter Tosh – Till Your Well Runs Dry; Legalize It (Columbia) ’76, William Bell cover
Bunny Wailer – Burial; Sings the Wailers (Mango) ’81, Tosh cover
Bob Marley & the Wailers – 3 o’clock Roadblock; Countryman Soundtrack (Mango) ’82: diff. mix: the name of my 1988-89 Reggae show; 1min.

Set 4: Wailers Family Tree – Sistas

Rita Marley – Beauty of God’s Plan; Harambe (Shanachie) ’82

Judy Mowatt – Put It On; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76 Bob Marley cover
Marcia Griffiths – Melody Life; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79

harambee_stars_kenya_t_shirts-r0ce22205d2354042a40ea686f2f3ad41_jgoya_324 — Harambee Kenya’s soccer team

Set 6:

Alpha Blondy & the Wailers – Jerusalem; Jerusalem (Shanachie) ’86 Ivory Coast

<Jerusalem: English, French, Arabic, Hebrew>

Sister Carol – Jah Is Mine; Black Cinderella (Jah Life/Heartbeat) ’84 Carpenters + Michael Jackson/McCartney
Dennis Brown – Money in My Pocket; Words of Wisdom (Shanachie) ‘79
Prince Far I – Survival; Umkhonto we Sizwe (Tamoki Wambesi) ’83 deejay; Spear of the Nation

<Mandela’s ANC army faction: Burning Spear + Spear of the Nation>

Augustus Pablo – Thriller; Thriller (Echo) ’80 UK vinyl; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7: Rockers do Reggae

David Lindley & El Rayo X – Bye Bye Love; El Rayo X (Asylum) ’81

<Live at the Zephyr Club; 22 sec.>

Eric Clapton – Willie and the Hand Jive; 461 Ocean Boulevard (Polygram) ’74 soul cover done reggae
Hot Chocolate – Confetti Day; Every 1’s a Winner (Infinity) ’78 UK soul/rock/reggae
Patti Smith – Redondo Beach; Horses (Arista) ‘76

download (42) — Zephyr Club, Salt Lake City: Summer 1988

Set 8: Mutant Dub Set

African Head Charge – Gospel Train; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’90 UK
Akabu – Warrior Queen; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK female group
Jah Woosh – Woodpecker Sounds; Wild Paarty Sounds vol. 1 (Cherry Red) ’81 UK ON U Sound mi
Badawi – Turbo Auto Drive; Bedouin Sound Clash (ROIR) ’96 Jewish mystical dub
Ruts DC Meets the Mad Professor – The Prisonder; Rhythm Dub Collision (ROIR) ’87 UK punkdub
Alpha & Omega Meets Dub Judah – Almighty Jah; Almighty Jah (A & O) ’92 UK trancedub

Words of Wisdom:

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 (Stream + Tracklist): May 21, 2016 – Memorial Weekend Roots Soundtrack!

May 27, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

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.>

images (4) — 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.>

Bunny Wailer – Soul Rebel; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’81 Marley cover
Peter Tosh – Lessons In My Life; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87
Sister Carol & Junior Jazz – 70 Sup’m Pieces of Bob; Direct Hit: Live (Catapult) 2001: tribute to Bob Marley

bob_marley_wailers_jah_live_3 — Picture sleeve from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 3:

Martha Velez – Bend Down Low; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ’76: Bob produced/Wailers on the riddim/Scratch engineer

<Roots Dawta – Martha Velez; 25 sec.>

<More Velez; 29 sec.>

Barrington Levy – Collie Weed; Dancehall Explosion (Trojan) ’79 herbtune
Barry Brown – Forward On; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
4^th Street Orchestra – Dubber; 10” (Rama) ’77 UK: Dennis Bovell dub to Beatles’ And I Love Her
Aston Familyman Barrett – Familyman in Dub (Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

Aswad – Down the Line; Not Satisfied (Columbia) ’82 herbtune:
Dennis Brown – Get Up; Love Has Found Its Way (A & M) ‘82
IJahman Levi – Moulding; Strictly For Rockers (Mang) ’85 comp.
Faybienne – Fire; Roots Daughters (Ariwa) ’88: Mad Professor prod’n, female vox

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Marcia Griffiths – My Ambition; At Studio One (Studio One) ’80 JA
Niney – My Spliff; Nuclear Jammin’ (Voiceprint) ’86 herbtune, Chicago

<Niney the Observer, producer; 13 sec.>

New Age Steppers feat. Bim Sherman – Memories; Foundation Steppers (ON U Sound) ’83 UK mutant dub/Adrian Sherwood
Dillinger – Check Sister Jane; King Pharaoh (Blue Moon) ’84 UK toasting over Leroy Smart’s version of Bob Marley’s Waiting in Vain
Al Campbell – Children of the Ghetto + Ghetto Dub; Showcase (DEB) ’78 UK

download (19) — Niney the Observer: lost a finger working the docks

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM 7″ vinyl; 9sec.

Debra Keese & the Black Five – Travelling; 7” (Orchid) Lee Perry/Black Ark
Colour Red – Christ Is Black; 7” (1^st Rasta) 2000
Junior Byles & Glen Ricks – I & I; 7” (Triple RRR) ‘99
Jim Brown – Calypso, Calypso; 7” (Studio One) dj to Slim Smith’s I’ll Never Let You Go
Charley Ace – Country Boy; 7” (Impact!) ‘73

<Labrish – gossip in Jamaica; 17 sec.>

Tassilli Players – Interstellar Overdub; Outer Space (Universal Egg) ’95 UK (mutant) Dub Album of the Hour

<Tassilli – cave painting in Algeria – Ancient Aliens>

Set 7:

John Holt – Police in Helicopter; 12” (Holt) ’83 herbtune

<Look in your rearview mirror!; 13 sec.>

<Best siren in Reggae>

Black Uhuru – Spongi Reggae (Disco Mix); Red (Deluxe Edition) ‘81

Set 8: Mutant Dub

<What is Mutant Dub?; 17 sec.>

WordSound I Powa – Wickedness Increase; Live From Planet Crooklyn (ROIR) ’96 Mutant Dub Set – Brooklyn dubbers
Kaleidoscope – Deep Water Black; More Bass than Bass (Dubmission) 2000
Dubadelic – Sirius Bass; Bass Invaders (WordSound) ’98 NY
Thievery Corporation – Culture of Fear; Culture of Dear (ESL) 2011 DC dubbers
Shadow Army – Thought Is Boss; Destroy Babylon (ADD) 2008

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