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

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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

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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
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“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
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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
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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.>

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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
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Black Wax attack!

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.>

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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.>

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Too good to wait for Jah-loween 2015

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.>

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Space Pioneer Leonard Nimoy. Live long and Prosper. Vulcan livication inna Irie meditation

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Preview Jah-bruary 28, 2015 – Last Day of Bob-ruary, Bobstock, Bob-stalk!

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Celebrating Bob-sstalk/Bobstock every day for more than 25 Years at the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

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

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

Greetings,

Last day of Bob-ruary on Smile Jamaica. Bob Marley of course

Here’s what I’m gonna feature today

  • Marley Tribute Sets: Aluminum (CD) and Vinyl
  • Mutant Dub
  • Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45 RPM
  • Roots Dawtas
  • Seven Leaf
  • Disco Mix Vinyl

Head’s up Marley obsessives. 2 new Marley live offerings. Music and live video performance

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This one came courtesy of my Pops

From Sports Illustrated: The Descendants; Sept. 15, 2014

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Bob Marley’s son Rohan with grandson Nico

bless, robt

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

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Bob-ruary 7, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist); Happy 70th Birthday Bob Marley

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Bob Marley 70th Birthday: Bob-ruary 6, 1945. Celebrate life

<Happy 70th Birthday – Robert Nesta Marley>

Greetings,

Let’s celebrate Bob-ruary off right with a Tribute to Bob Marley Showcase on Smile Jamaica – 3 hours!

  • Tributes to Bob Marley

<When Bob passed, dozens took to record Tributes; 12 sec.>

  • Bob Marley Cover songs
  • Rare Bob Marley 12″ picture sleeves out of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives
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Legalize it in his Memory

<Tribute to Bob Marley: Bob-ruary, 7, 2015; 80 sec.>

Annotated Playlist for the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Feb. 7, 2015

Bob-stalk*/Bobstock; Happy Birthday Bob Marley: 70 Years; 9 sec.

*as in stalk of Sensimilla!

bless, robt

Set 1: 

  • Toots & the Maytals – Marley’s Gone (His Songs Live On); (Sunsplash) Live at Reggae Sunsplash; US Vinyl 8/4/82

<Toots Hibbert pays tribute to Bob Marley; 25 sec.>

  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – Roots, Rock, Dub; In Dub (Tuff Gong); Dub Album of the Week. B side dubs to Marley 45s

<Bubblin’  Marley dubs for Bobstock 3 hours on Smile Jamaica; 20 sec.>

  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – Punky Reggae Party; 12” (Tuff Gong) ’77: Lee “Scratch” Perry, Aswad, Meditations
  • Dillinger – Check Sister Jane; King Pharaoh (Blue Moon) ’84 UK vinyl; deejay update of “Waiting in Vain”
  • Brigadier Jerry – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Road (RAS) ‘90
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1977 tribute to the Punk Rockers: The Jam, The Damned, The Clash. “No boring old farts will be there”

 <Punky Reggae Party and Smile Jamaica: No boring old farts!; 15 sec. – Rejected by society. Protected by my dignity>

Set 2: 

  • Ronnie Davis – Kaya; Jah Love (Music Club); 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Kaya: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; 12 sec.>

  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – Could You Be Loved; 12” (Island) ’80 remix

<Bob Marley embraces Disco to get into the US black music clubs; 52 sec.>

  • Mikey Dread – In Memory (Jacob, Marcus & Marley); S.W.A.L.K (Heartbeat) ’82 US vinyl; Jacob Miller & Marcus Garvey

<Holy Trinity of Jamaican Heroes: Jacob Miller, Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley; 24 sec.>

  • Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin’); Hotter Than July (Motown) ‘81

<Motown pays Tribute to Trenchtown; 27 sec.>

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From the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

 Set 3:

  • Roots Uprising – Master Blaster (Jammin’); Beautiful Music (Top Ranking) ’81 Miami vinyl; Stevie Wonder cover
  • Chalawa – Natural Mystic; Exodus Dub (Micron); ’77 Request
  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus; 12” (Island) ‘77
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From the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Exodus – Movement of Jah People

 Set 4:

  • Fun Boy Three – Farmyard Connection; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83 UK vinyl; herbtune: 2 guys named Peter & Bob

<Farmers Peter and Bob  trying to earn a living; 18 sec.>

  • Taj Mahal – Slave Driver; Mo’ Roots (Columbia) ’74 blues singer
  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – Marley Mix Up (Exodus, Positive Vibration, Pimpers Paradise, Punky Reggae Party; 12” megamix
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From the Smile Jamaica Ark=-Ives

 Set 5: Roots Dawtas

<Bob’s Mom + I Threes; 24 sec.>

  • Cedella Marley Booker – He’s a Rastaman; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84; Bob’s mom
  • Marcia Griffiths – I’m Hurtin’ Inside; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79
  • Judy Mowatt – Mellow Mood; Mellow Mood (Ashandan) ’75 JA vinyl
  • Rita Marley – Thank You Jah; Rita Marley (Trident) ’80 UK vinyl
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Bob and his Mother, Cedella

 Set 6:

Culture – Double Tribute to the O.M.; Lion Rock (Heartbeat) ’83; Order of Merit – Jamaican award given to Bob

<Double Tribute to the Order of Merit: Jamaica’s Highest Civilian Award; 18 sec.>

The Gladiators – Duppy Conqueror; The Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ’80 UK vinyl

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Three Little Birds; 12” (Island) ’85 Julian Mendelsohn rmx

<Promo mix to promote Legend in the dance clubs; 22 sec.>

<How Reggae purists didn’t like those promo dance mix 12″s; 17 sec.>

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From the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: promo dance mix for Legend

 Set 7:

  • Randeesh – Bob Marley is a River of Love; Courage (Mountain Lion) 2004
  • Pressure – Stir It Up; Pressure (Pool Production) ’82 Jah-stin, Texas vinyl
  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – Redemption Song; 12” (Tuff Gong) full band version; not acoustic

<Rare band mix of Redemption Song; 25 sec.>

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Redemption Song: acoustic to end Bob’s last LP “Uprising”. Band version on Black Wax 12″. Emancipate yourself from mental slavery

 Set 8:

  • Alpha & Omega – Freedom Fighters; Sound System Dub (ROIR) ’95 Best of UK trance dubbers
  • Lee “Scratch” Perry – Exodus; On the Wire (Trojan) 2000
  • Bunny Wailer – Stay With the Reggae; Marketplace (Shanachie) ‘85
  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – War/ No more Trouble; 12” (Island) ’78 from live Babylon By Bus

<Bob Marley’s “War” derived from HIM Haile Selassie’s speech at the United Nations>

  • The I Threes – He’s a Legend; Beginning (EMI America) ’86 US vinyl
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From the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. HIM: Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another Inferior Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned – Everywhere is war – Just Say No to Iraq 3.0

If you made it this far, thanks for listening to Bobstock on Smile Jamaica

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Preview Bob-ruary 7, 2015: Bobstock – Bob Marley 70th Birthday Weekend

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lHappy 70th Birthday Bob Marley: Feb. 6, 1945

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
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Read one Bob thought a day, keep the Devil away; I say!

Greetings,

<56 Thoughts From 56 Hope Road: No. 37; 16 sec.>

Happy 70th Birthday Bob Marley: Feb. 6, 1945

On Smile Jamaica we celebrate all month long. February? No Bob-ruary!

Check yesterday’s Digital Dubplate Mixcloud Special of Marley Tributes

Bob-Stock (aka Bob-Stalk*): Bob-ruary 7, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

*Stalk as in Stalk of Sensimilla!

Vinyl, Disco Mix vinyl, CDs: 3 hours of Bobilicious Roots

  • Bob Marley Tribute tunes
  • Marley covers
  • Rare Bob Marley 12″ singles.

<Rarities for sure-ty>

Tune in live or check back here for the Ark-Ive Edition hosted by Mixcloud

bless, robt

<56 Thoughts From 56 Hope Road: No. 38; 11 sec.>

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Bobstock during the month of Bob-ruary on Smile Jamaica. Thanks Bob.

 

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
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3 Groovy Things: Bob Marley smoking herb with an Alien. Smile Jamaica approved!