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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-pril 29, 2017: Spring Has Sprung!

May 5, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

I love this time of year. Winter and bad air inversions — done. Taxes and Spring Radiothon – done and done. Days are longer, mornings aren’t as dark.

The only downside for I ‘n’ I is the six week Claritin-D fog I have to endure until things dry out.

Rise and shine, wake ‘n’ bake, run the roots!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-pril 29, 2017 Tracklist:

Set 1:

Emperors – Come Reason With I; Fret Not (Positive) NY vinyl
Sly Dunbar & Black Uhuru– Sun is Shining; Simple Sly Man (Virign) ’78 UK – Dub Album of the Hour (vinyl)
Wingless Angels – Rivers of Babylon; Volume I (Mindless) ’96 – Keith Richards, Justin Hinds & Nyahbinghi drummers; Melodians cover
Pato Banton – Gwarn; Never Give In (Primitive Man) ‘88
Afro Omega – It’s On the People; CD Single (demo) SLC dubbers w/ female vox
Mike Brooks – Rum Drinker/ Rum Drinker (Teams) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Junior Dan – Sligoville Tobacco; 10” (Hi Try) ‘70s UK instrumental herb tune

<Sligoville, JA – Rasta sanctuary; 25 sec.>

Set 2:

Peter Tosh – No Mercy; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ‘72
Black Slate – Freedom Time (Black Star Liner); Amigo (Ensign) ’80 UK

<Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Liner; 30 sec.>

Eric “Rebel Lion” Bubbles – Love and Unity; Roots of Black People (Progressive International)
Angela Prince – Joker Lover; 10” (Channel One) ‘83

Marcus Garvey: New World Blacks back to Africa

Set 3:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jammin’; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77 riddim shower (1): vox

<Bob’s Exodus from Jamaica; 15 sec.>

I Roy – Commandment VII (Jammin’); Ten Commandments (Virgin) ’80 UK yellow vinyl: picture sleeve; riddim shower (2): dj
Chalawa – Jammin’ Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 riddim shower (3): dub
Bunny Wailer – Raggamuffin; Dance Massive (Shanachie) ’92 over Keep on Moving riddim

<Bunny Wailer – Roots does Dancehall; 25 sec.>

Israel Vibration – Why Worry Dub; Israel Dub (Greensleeves) ’78 dub album of the hour

Toasting over Bob’s Exodus riddims while quoting the Bible

Set 4:

Lightman – Spring Time; Spring Time (Semi Sounds) 2004 Finland melodica dub
Yabby You & Jah Walton – Zambia Dub; Dub It to the Top (Blood and Fire) ’79
Don Carlos – Springheel Skanking; Reggae Dance Party (RAS) ’86 comp.
Molara – Crown of Creation; 10” (Dub Tunnel) 2012 UK female vox

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Mikey Dread – Roots and Culture (Theme From Rockers Roadshow); Pave the Way (Parts 1 & 2) (DEP) ’85 UK duble disk
Coco Tea – Gather My Sheep; Sweet Sweet Coco Tea (Blue Mountain) ’85 NY
Kojak & Mother Liza – Chant Down Babylon; Chant Down Babylon (Gorgon)
Bobby Culture, Louie Rankin, Brimstone & Fire – Big Big Bust; Tidal Wave (Unicorn) ‘83
Senya & Familyman Barrett – Children of the Ghetto + Juvenile Delinquency; Juvenile Delinquent (Clappers) femal vox ’81 Brooklyn

Familyman killer female vox and extended mix

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

Aswad – Just a Little Herb; Rebel Souls (Mango) ’84 herbtune
Dennis Brown – Rasta Children; Words of Wisdom (Shanachie) ‘79
Burning Spear – This Experience; People of the World (Blue Moon) ‘86
Alpha & Omega – Suffer the Little Children + Dub Unto Me; Daniel in the Lion’s Den (A & O) ’90 UK trance dub w/ female vox

Set 7:

Leroy Smart – Ballistic Affair: Joey & Norman Jay – Good Times 2 (Nuphonic) 2001 UK deejay best of soul and reggae
Junior Delgado – Hypo; Tichen (Rhino UK) ‘90
Sis Aiesha (sic) – King Selassie I; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2001 UK

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Gorillaz – Andromeda; Humanz (Virgin) 2017 – Mutant Dub Set
Creation Rebel/New Age Stppers – Chemical Specialist; Threat to Creation (Cherry Red/ON U Sound) ’81 dub to Jah Woosh Woodpecker Sound
African Head Charge – Touch I; Live in Japan (Beat) 2005 Tokyo
International Farmers – Bassy Man Dub; Dub Sac: Featuring the Storytellers (Anicca) 2007 US
Thievery Corporation feat. Notch – Strike the Root; Temple of I & I (ESL) 2017 DC
Najma – Ghoom Charakahna (Talvin Singh Future Sounds of India Mix); Mystic Groove (Quango) 2001 UK Paki female singer

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-pril 15, 2017: Asteroid Missed….This Time!

April 21, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Photo of asteroid “near miss”: Apr. 19th, 2017

Greetings,

Spent 4/20 having breakfast with a friend. He said, “You almost sound disappointed that asteroid missed hitting Earth yesterday”.

<Asteroid Attack vs 4/20 Smile Jamaica>

I replied that I just am so cranky about corporate media vs. fake news that when the “Mainstream” Media is telling us that asteroid was gonna miss, my natural skepticism kicked in.

Why should I trust the same bunch who told me Hillary Clinton had a 98.3% chance of winning the Presidency

My friend replied, ‘You need to cut back on your fake news intake. It’s making you paranoid.”

<One’s man’s propaganda is Smile Jamaica’s first option news source>

I scoffed. Never! RT, Al Jazeera, Zero Hedge. Fiya bun New York Times, Washington Post and CNN.

I finished my coffee, paid the check and headed home to celebrate the “near miss” by sifting through the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives for a Vinyl Only 420 special on Apr. 22nd.

Better re-calibrate your aim next time, Aliens!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Playlist: Jah-pril 15, 2017; 69 sec.

Set 1:

Freddie McGregor – Africa Here I Come; Studio One Roots (Soul Jazz/Studio One) ‘80
Impact All Stars – Java; Java Java Dub (Impact!) ’72 Dub Album of the Hour
The Marvetts – Man From Calvary; Man From Galilee (Tabernacle) ’68 JA gospel w/ female vox

<Jamaican gospe; 41 sec.l>

General Echo – Round the World; Teacher fi di Class (Pressure Sounds) ‘79
Phillip Fraser – Blood of the Saint; Blood of the Saint (Silver Kamel) ‘82
Black Slate – Legalise Collie Herb; Amigo (Ensign) ’80 UK herbtune
Sylford Walker & Welton Irie – Lambs Bread + Lambs Bread Inernational (Blood and Fire) ’79 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

Happy Easter with some high energy Jamaican gospel

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – Don’t Wanna Get Busted; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds) acoustic live at KZEL studios 1978 Eugene Oregon – herbtune

<Peter live on KZEL, Eugene, Oregon; 40 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77 riddim shower (1): vox

<Bob’s Exodus from Jamaica to London; 21 sec.>

I Roy – Commandment I (Exodus); Ten Commandments (Virgin) ’80 UK yellow/picture sleeve vinyl; riddim shower (2): dj
Chalawa – Exodus Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. Riddim shower 3 (dub)

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years – 420 faves

Don Carlos – Frontline; Just a Passing Glance (RAS) ’84
Pato Banton – Don’t Sniff Coke; Never Give In (Primitive Man) ‘88
Josey Wales – Love Me Ishen Tree; Outlaw (Live & Learn) ’83 over Wailing Souls
Natural Beauty – Nice Up Dancee; Reggae Dance Party (RAS) ’86 UK trio

From my parents house in Sun City West to my first record store in Tempe: turn left on Don Carlos Way

Set 4:

Mystic Roots Band feat. Katherine Ramirez; Camp Fire (Stay Positive) 2013 Chico, CA band
Errol Blackwood – Today We Pray; Waking Up the Dream (Blade) ’94 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Little John – Smoke Ganga (sic) Hard; 10” (Hitbound) ’81 herbtune
Ja Man All Stars – Dub Zone; In the Dub Zone (Blood and Fire) ’77 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital: 420 tunes

Coco Tea – There Is a Herb in My Garden; Sweet Sweet Coco Tea (Blue Mountain) ’85 Brooklyn: 420 Vinyl is Vital Set
Sister Carol – Wicked Collie; Jah Disciple (RAS) ’89 DC
Mikey Dread – Dizzy (Herb Smoker); Pave the Way Parts 1 & 2 (DEP) ’85 UK dubble album
Clint Eastwood – Ganja Baby; Jah Light Shining (Vista Sounds) ’84 UK
Horace Ferguson – Sensi Addict; Sensi Addict (Prince Jazzbo Music) ’87 JA

Sensimilla from the Spanish – without seeds

Set 6: Conspiracy Theory/Asteroid Attack

Sister Carol – Lost in a Space; Jah Disciple (RAS) ’89 DC vinyl

<Space Travel offends Jah; 10 sec.>

Leroy Smart – Propaganda; Wicked A Go Feel It (Trojan) ‘78
The Archives feat. Ras Puma – Who’s Correct; The Archives (ESL) 2012 DC dubber Eric Hilton
Tena Stelin – I.D. Chip; 10” (Dub Corner) 2007 Mark of the Beast conspiracy; UK Mutant Dub

<Bar codes and ID chips – Mark of the Beat; 25 sec.>

Martin Campbell And Alien Dread – Rebel Salute (Log on!) 2007 UK Dub Album of the Hour

The Presstitutes call it “Propaganda”. I n’ I call it trusted news

Set 7:

Bunny Wailer – Dance Massive; Dance Massic (Shanachie) ‘92
Ammoye – Dun Suh (System Echo Bristol Mix); CD Single (vx) 2007 Canadian female singer
Hi Fi Killer s- Stalag 13 Dub; Jamaica (Loose Groove) ‘98
Aldubb feat. Al Capone JJ – Free Sensimilla Now; 10” (One Drop) 2009 Germ. Herb dubstep

Set 8: Mutant Dub Space Dust

Thievery Corporation – Let the Chalice Blaze; Temple of I & I (ESL) 2017: Mutant Dub Space Dust
Kid Loco – Three Foot High Reefer; Kill Your Darlings (Dimension One) 2002 Fr.
Soom T – Weed Rant; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 female weedstepper from Europe
GT Moore – Ganja Flower; 12” *(Jah Works) 2002 UK
Audio Active feat. Bim Sherman – Free the Marijuana; Happy Shopper in Europe EP (ON U Sound) ’95 Jah-pon

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (March 18, 2017): From Yodel Reggae to Sumerian Flood stories!

March 24, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

I know it’s spring when I have to go to the pharmacy for that behind the counter Claritin D

Love that extra hour of daylight on Smile Jamaica

I am going through a home remodel and have packed up my records until my room addition is completed. As I pack I pull out gems.

Musical nostalgia. Most of the shops I stocked the Ark-Ives from are long gone. Everything else is pieced out as single items on ebay.

Bim Sherman Century bought for $20 from UK now fetches $1250 on ebay.

When I started collecting Reggae in the mid 80s, people would sell their entire black collection for seed money for these new novelty items: the compact disk. So I scooped up as much Reggae vinyl as Ronald Reagan’s student loan check would allow. Bargain basement price.

I have records I bought for $4 in perfect condition that sell for $400 now in lousy condition.

In 2017 of all ironies: The Compact Disks is going the way of the dodo and vinyl (and vinyl only Record Huts) are coming back.

bless, robt

An unpaid intern hard at work in the Smile Jamaica Ark-ives

Smile Jamaica Ark-ives: March 18, 2017 – highlights 54 sec.

Set 1:

Jennifer Lara – Rocking Tonight; Presenting Jennifer Lara (Studio One) ’81 JA vinyl
Africjam – Woman I Love; Instrumental Dub Reggae Music ’93 UK vinyl; Dub Album of the Hour

<Guiltiness riddim shower; 27 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Guiltiness; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77 riddim shower (1) – vox
I Roy – Commandment Ten (Guiltiness); Ten Commandments (Virgin Front Line) ’80: riddim shower (2) – deejay
Chalawa – Guiltiness Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. vinyl
Bunny Wailer – Conscious Lyrics; Dancehall Massive (Shanachie) ’92
Black Slate – Legalise Collie Herb; Amigo (Ensign) ’80 UK: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Junior Dan – Look Out For the Devil + version; Junior Dan (Hi Try) 70’s

Set 2:

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – No Mercy; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’72 – Rare Jamaican singles
Grace Nelson & Ire Hi-Fi; Jah Is Real; Play de Music (Planet Dread) 2007 Germany
Mutabaruka – Witeman Country; Check It! (Alligator) ’83 dub poet
Cornell Campbell – What Kind of World; 10″ (Music Lab) cover of The Cables classic

Set 3: Best of 27+ Years

Lacksley Castell – Morning Glory; Morning Glory (Negus Roots) ’83
Johnny Clarke – Rebel Soldering; Don’t Trouble Trouble (Attack) ’75

<Reggae History Lesson: Soldering; 11 sec.>

Cocoa Tea – Rocking Dolly; Rocking Dolly (RAS) ’82
Sophia George – Girlie, Girlie; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ’85 – version galore (female vox)
Charlie Chaplin – Boyie, Boyie; 12″ (Winner) ’85 – version galore (male vox)
Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile; (Shanachie) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Don Carlos – Just a Passing Glance + DJ version; Just a Passing Glance (RAS) ’84
Big Joe – World Wide Kaya; AT the Control (Attack) ’78 dj to Ronnie Davis’ cover of Bob Marley; herbtune
Admiral Tibett – Poor Freddy; Dancehall Roots (Metro) ’91
Christine Miller – Warmonger; 10″ (Backyard Movements) 2003 UK militant steppers

in the original 10 Reggae purchases of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital Set

Bim Sherman & the Voluntary – Keep You Dancing; Century (Century) ’84 UK ON U Sound

<Bim Sherman record worth $1250; 1 min 12 sec.>

Time Unlimited – Devil’s Angel; Devil’s Angel (Live Wire) ’84 JA
Jennifer Lara – Hand to Mouth; High Times All Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago
Dennis Brown – Hallelujah; Wake Up (Natty Congo) ’85 JA
The Gladiators – You Can’t Say That I’m Lying; Show Down vol. 3 (Hitbound) ’84 NY

Set 6:

Chris Hinze feat. Peter Tosh – Silver & Gold; Kings of Reggae (Keyman) ’80 Dutch jazz flute player w/ Word, Sound & Power

<Dutch flautist with Sly & Robbie + Peter Tosh; 44 sec.>

Joan Armatrading – I Can’t Lie to Myself; Walk Under Ladders (A & M) ’80 feat. Sly & Robbie
Pfaff Family Dog – Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown; Marijuana’s Great Hit Revisited (Re-Hash) ‘92 Dillard Hartford Dillard bluegrass/reggae herb tune
Chariot Riders – Sanford and Son; 12” (Crystal) ’79 cover of Quincy Jones TV theme
Scientist – 11 Guava Road Dub; King of Dub (Kingdom) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Leroy Gibbs – Yodel Reggae; 12” (Echo) ’87 Sleng Teng riddim

“You’ve got Swiss Miss inna mi Jamaican rum”; 28 sec.

Prince Buster – Police Trim Rasta; Sister Big Stuff (Sunset) ‘72

<Reggae History Lesson: Police would shave Rastas in jail as a religious insult; 36 sec.>

Aisha – Glorify His Name; 10” (Ariwa) 2005

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Systemwide – Gilgamesh; Live de International Festival de Jazz (BSI) 2002 Mutant Dub Set

<The original Sumerian flood story; 80 sec.>

Abassi All Stars feat. Sis Sanae – Free jah Dub; Dub Showcase (Universal Egg) 2005 UK
Matty G – Sensimilla; Bay Area Dub Step vol. 3 (Full Melt) 2011 herbtune
Tena Stelin – I.D. Chip; 10” (Dub Corner) 2007 UK – conspiracy theory
Black Uhuru – Journey; Red (Mango) ’80 request

Sumerian hero Gilgamesh. So bad ass he kept a lion as a kitty

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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 25, 2017: Spring Soon Come; Winter Soon End!

March 3, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

The best thing about February? Only 28 days of Winter. Every Saturday it gets a little lighter later in the show. Soon come Spring weather and maximum daylight.

So until we can put our winter gear away, let’s run the bass for put a smile pon your face!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 25, 2017; 45 sec.

Set 1:

Lawrence H – Love Jah; Studio One Sales Conference (Studio One) ’75 JA vinyl
Herbie Mann & the Tommy McCook Band – Ob la Di, Ob la Da; Herbie Mann Reggae (Atlantic); ’74 Vinyl Dub Album of the Hour; New Orleans flutist
Bunny Wailer – Ram Dance; Dance Massive (Shanachie) ’92
Hollie Cook – Twice; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014: UK dubstress – dawta of Sex Pistol, Paul Cook
Gregory Isaacs – Cool Down the Pace; Night Nurse (Mango) ’82
Don Carlos – Frontline; Just a Passing Glance (RAS) ’84 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Squire Jon – Are We Really Free; 10″ (Hi Try) 2006 UK cockney

r-6156839-1412504367-3001-jpeg — Cratedig gem from Albuquerque, Xmas 2016. Tommy McCook w/ jazz flautist

Set 2:

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – You Can’t Blame the Youth; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’69 – nursery rhyme rare 7″

<Can’t blame the youths if you fill their head with nonsense; 12 sec.>

Bomb the Bass feat. Benjamin Zephaniah & Sinead O’Connor – Empire; clear (Quango) ’95 UK mutant dub; Empire = Vampire
Clinton Fearon – Goodness; Goodness (Kool Yu Foot) 2014 former bassie of the Gladiators
Cornell Campbell – Jah Jah Man; 10″ (Irie Ites) 2012 Fr.

Set 3:

Thievery Corporation feat. Racquel Jones – Letter to the Editor; Temple of I & I Sound (ESL) 2017 DC dubbers

<Exodus Riddim Shower; 45 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – So Much Things to Say; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77 riddim shower (1): original vox
I Roy – Commandment IX (So Much Things to Say); Ten Commandements (Virgin Front Line) ’80 yellow vinyl/pic sleeve riddim shower (2): deejay
Chalawa – So Much Things to Say Dub; Chalawa Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. vinyl; riddim shower (3) dub
Aston Familyman Barrett – Cobra Style Dub; Family Man in Dub (Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour – Wailers bassie

170x170bb — Smile Jamaica’s #1 of 2017 – fighting the Musical Resistance to Isms and Schisms – Thievery Corporation

Set 4:

Inner Circle – Tenement Yard (live version); Best of (Island) Live at the Marquee, London March 1979

<charismatic successor to Bob died in car crash; 30 sec.>

Jimmy Cliff – I Can See Clearly Now; Cool Runnings soundtrack (Work) Johnny Nash cover; 28 sec.

Hopeton Lindo – Ghetto Tenement Yard; Dancehall (Metro) ’88
Joy & Trevor – Love at First Sight; 10″ (Hitbound) ’81

hqdefault-15 — All killer, Jacob Miller – killed tragically in car accident

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Louise Bennett; Linstead Market; Sings Jamaican Folk Songs (Smithsonian Folkways) ’54: 10″ US vinyl

<oldest piece of vinyl in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives>

The Vision – Reality Dub; Dub Vision (Funfundvierzig) ’88 West Germ.; green vinyl
Little John – Unite; Unite (Vista Sounds) ’88 UK
Heptones – Should Have Known Better; One Step Ahead (Sonic) ’81 JA Beatles cover
Ben Wa – Break That Stone (Granite Mix); Docking Sequence vol. 1 (BSI) 2000 Portland mutant dub

600x600 — 1954 10″: oldest wax in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

Aswad – It’s Not Our Wish; Showcase (Mango) ’81 extended mix
Judy Mowatt – Big Woman; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ’82
Don Carlos – Crucial Situation; Prophecy (Blue Moon) ’84

<Don Carlos Way, Tempe, AZ>

Dennis Brown – Black Liberation; Words of Wisdom (Shanachie) ’79
Revolutionaries – Sensi Dub vol. 4 (Original) ’75 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Peter Broggs – Jah Voice is Calling; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) ’82 best (1) original
Peter Broggs – Jah Voice is Calling; Rejoice (RAS) ’97 (2) update

a-169794-1200186539-jpeg — Peter Broggs – the International Farmer

Set 8: Mutant Dub – UFOria

Ancient Astronauts feat. Akua Naru – Last Night; Into Bass and Time (ESL) 2011 Germ. – feat. female vox she fell in love with an Ancient Astronaut
Spacemonkeyz vs. Gorillaz – Star Shine; Laika Come Home (Virgin) 2002 Laika Soviet space dog

<Laika the brave Soviet space pup>

Greetings – Lee Scratch Perry; Panic in Babylon; (Damp) 2004 Alien encounter
Rockers Hi F – Dick From Outaspace; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Word Sound I Powa – Intro; Live From Planet Crooklyn (ROIR) ’95 Aliens looking for weed fields
Soko – I Thought I Was an Alien; I Thought I Was an Alien (Because) 2012 French female
Doctor Pablo & the Dub Syndicate – Dr. Who; Journeys in Time and Space EP (ON U Sound) 2015 picture sleeve

ro57_dogs_01u — Laika the Soviet Space Dog

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Jah-bruary 4, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): Bobstock – Happy Birthday Bob Marley!

February 10, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

45538606adffca2c2a1ad31196e1930c — Feb. 6, 1945

<Woodstock? Nah, Bobstock/Bob-stalk; 12 sec.>

Greetings,

It was Spring of 1984 in Bozeman, Montana. After a brutal winter, students at Montana State University thaw out thanks to warm air from Chinook wins.

The local record store, Cactus, was two blocks from my apartment. I walked in and right on the front display was the gatefold vinyl of Bob Marley’s Legend.

I picked it up sight unseen.

I took it to the counter and paid for it immediately. I wish I could say that was the catalyst moment that led to being a Reggae Deejay — I love all kinds of music in the mid 80s: The Clash, Neil Young and 60’s Rolling Stones especially.

It took 2 years for me to have the Hallelu-JAH moment with Black Uhuru’s Anthem….

So we celebrate Bob Marley’s Birthday with Tributes. I wanted to do Bob Marley A (Ambush) to Z (Zion Train. But the Digital Millennium Copyright Act won’t let me…

<How the Digital Millennium Copy-WRONG Act screws over Bob Marley; 22 sec.>

Bobstock on Smile Jamaica!

Enjoy the Marley family and Bob’s bredrins and sistrens in celebrating his legacy as the King of Reggae!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica’s Tribute to Robert Nesta Marley: Jah-bruary 4, 2017; 39 sec.

Set 1:

Jah Thomas – Happy Birthday to You; 12” (Midnight Rock) ’81 – 3 Hour Bob Marley Birthday Tribute
Bunny Wailer – Stay With the Reggae; Marketplace (Shanachie) ‘85
Culture – Double Tribute to the O.M.; Lion Rock (Heartbeat) ’82 – Order of Merit – Jamaican civilian honor; 14 sec.

Bob Marley & the Wailers – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Trojan) ’73 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Winston Groovy – Nightshift; 12” (Sound City) ’85 – Commodores cover

Set 2:

Cedella Marley Booker – Mother Don’t Cry (Rykodisc) ’84 Bob’s mom

<Bob at the end with his family at his bedside; 30 sec.>

Brigadier Jerry – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Road (RAS) ‘90
Alpha Blondy & the Solar System – Mystic Night Move; Masada (World Pacific) ’92 Ivory Coast artist
Bankie Banx – Remember Bob; Remember Bob (Redemption) ’82 Anguilla vinyl
Chalawa – Exodus; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. Vinyl: dub to Bob album

Set 3:

Ky-mani Marley; Dear Dad; CD Single (Gee Street) ’92; child 10 of 11 (or maybe 13?)
Lui Lepki – Tribute to Bob Marley; Late Night Movie (Joe Gibbs) ‘81
Mikey Dread – In Memory (Jacob, Marcus, Marley); S.W.A.L.K (Heartbeat) ‘82: Jacob Miller, Marcus Garvey & Bob

<Jamaican heroes cut down in their prime; 17 sec.>

Sue Chaloner – Missin’ Mr. Marley; 12” (CNR) ‘84
Delixxx – Comin’ in From the Cold Dub; Uprising in Dub (Micron) ’80 Can.: Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – Lyin’ in Bed; Time Has Come: Best of (EMI America) ’88 kids miss their Dad. So do we

<Bob’s Kids: 11 from 7 mom’s; 29 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Iron Lion Zion 12” Remix; CD Single (Tuff Gong) ‘92

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Prince Far I – Tribute to Bob Marley; Voice of Thunder (Trojan) ’81 UK
Toots & the Maytals – Marley’s Gone (His Songs Live On); Live at Reggae Sunsplash ’82 (Genes) Live @ Montego Bay, JA
Horace Andy – Bob Lives On; Exclusively (Solid Groove) ’82 UK (1) vox
Ringo – Great Superstar; 12” (Top Ranking) ’82 (2) deejay

Set 6:

Judy Mowatt – Joseph; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76 Biblical prophet

<Out of Egypt, Joseph the Biblical Prophet>

Abyssinians – Jah Marley; Last Days (Tabou1) ‘97
Session feat. Azeem – Tribute to Bob Marley; Tribute to Marley (M. Al’s) ’81 Oakland

Set 7:

Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster Jammin’; Hotter Than July (Tamla) ’80: riddim shower (1): original
Roots Uprising & Trinity – Master Blaster Jammin’; 12” (Top Ranking)

Set 8:

Alpha & Omega – Freedom Fighters; Sound System Dub (ROIR) UK trance dub w/ female vox
Everton Blender – Bob Marley; Piece of the Blender (Heartbeat) ‘96
Ranking Joe – Tribute to Bob Marley; Rebel D.J. (Jamrock) ’82 Miami vinyl
Randeesh – Bob Marley is a River of Love; Courage (Mountain Lion) 2004
Isaac Haile Selassie – Dear Bob (Tribute to Bob Marley); CD Single (Resin Music) ‘99
Cedella Marley Booker – Redemption Song; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ‘84
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Redemption Song (band mix); CD Single (Tuff Gong) ‘80

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: (Stream + Tracklist) Jah-cember 17, 2016 – Joy to the Worlds!

December 23, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

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Greetings,

Chillin’ like a villain with my family. Hope you are able to do the same this Holiday. I am grateful for anyone who listens to Smile Jamaica and these streams.

While I enjoy a few weeks away, and some cratedigging to refresh for 2017, enjoy this Christmas heavy duty edition of the Smile Jamaica Ark-ives.

Merry Christmas to the Prince of Peace. Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and any other year end skygod festivities of your choosing!

untitled — Eedokhun Breekkha – Merry Christmas from my Assyrian yimma (mother)

<Santa was an alien. Sleigh = spaceship>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 17, 2016

Set 1:

Freddie McGregor – Irie Christmas; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) ’80 JA vinyl
Prince Lincoln & the Royal Rasses – Interstellar Over Dub; Vortex Dub (Orange Street) ’80 Dub Album of the Hour
Kiddus I – Love Child; Natty ‘n’ Nice (Rhino) love child = Christ child
Mike Brooks – Cool Runnings; Classical Anthology (M-10) ‘83
Hollie Cook – Used to Be; Hollie Cook (Mr. Bongo) 2011 UK dubstress
Inner Circle – We ‘a’ Rockers; Rockers Soundtrack (Mango) ‘79
Barry Brown – Sensimilla; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
Derrick Harriott – Jesus Was Born Today; 12” (Crystal) ‘82

Set 2:

Cocoa Tea – Christmas Is Coming; Badd Santa (Stones Throw) Peanut Butter Wolf prod’n
Aisha – Glorify His Name; There Is More to Life (Twinkle) 2005
Pecker & the Wailers – Militant Sniff; 21^st Century Dub (ROIR) ’87 Jah-pon
Michael “Scooby Doo” Powell – Christmas Time; 12” (Hot Stuff) ‘83

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – White Christmas; Christmas Greetings From Studio One (Studio One/Heartbeat) ’65 Bing Crosby cover
Judy Mowatt – Only a Woman; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82
Peter Tosh – Arise Blackman; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’71 Jamaican Singles box set
Bunny Wailer – Redemption Song; Retrospective (Shanachie) ‘81
Israel Vibration – Israel Dub (Greensleeves) ’78 Same Song dub; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Barrington Levy – Flash Your Dread; 7” (Mic) ’81 Xmas tune
Special A.K.A. – Racist Friend; Checkered Past (2 Tone) UK ska from ‘83
The Pioneers – Feeling High; From the Beginning (Jet Star) ’73 herb tune
Dennis Alcapone – Fat Man; Guns Don’t Argue (Trojan) dj to Derrick Morgan

<Why Robin Hood stole from the rich>

Tyrone Evans – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; 12” (Clocktower) ‘78

Set 5: Christmas Vinyl is Vital

Michigan & Smiley – Little Drummer Boy; Reggae Christmas (RAS) ’84 DC
Carlene Davis & Trinity – Santa Claus + Christmas in the Ghetto; Christmas Sting (Thunder Bolt) ’81 JA
Joe Gibbs Reggae Family – We Three Kings; Reggae Christmas (Joe Gibbs) ’84 Miami FL
Dillinger & the Brentford Harmonics – Hi Fashion Christmas; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA

Set 6:

Keith Richards – Run Rudoph Run; 7” (Rolling Stone) ’78 cover of Chuck Berry
Dubblestandart feat. GRIZO – The Rhythm; Are You Experienced? (Groove Attack) 2006 Jah-stria w/ female vox
Jacob Miller & Ray I – Deck the Halls; Natty Christmas (RAS) ’78 herbtune
Glen Adams – Joyful Tidings; 12” (Clocktower) ’78 dub to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Set 7: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27+ Years

Bingy Bunny & the Morwells – Educate Your Mind; Kingston 12 Toughie (RAS) ’75
Don Carlos – Cool Johnny Cool; Deeply Concerned (RAS) ‘87
Doreen Schaeffer – Wish You a Merry Christmas; Christmas Vibes (Studio One)
Capital Letters – Natty Walk 12” mix; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group
Sly & Robbier– Herb; Bill Laswell: Dub Massive Chapter One (Trojan) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Ancient Astronauts – Crescent Moon; We Are to Answer (ESL) 2009 Germ.
Human – Home; Earthjuice (Waveform) ’95
Jahtari Riddim Force – One Armed Swordsman; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 3 (Jahtari) 2012 Germ.
Systemwide feat. Dr. Israel – Crisis Time; Pure and Applied (BSI) 2002 US
Bomb the Bass feat. Leslie Weiner – If You Reach the Border; clear (4th & Broadway) ’95 UK
Natacha Atlas – Bastet; Remix Collection (Mantra) ’99 Belgian/Algerian/Jewish chanteuse

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist) Jah-vember 12, 2016: 8 down, 42 to go!

November 18, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

First re-cap after the election. I have been voting since 1984 and I can’t imagine two worse choices for President than what we got this go round: A greedy, law flaunting incompetent who helped ruin the other states in the Middle East George W didn’t destroy versus a human Cheeto reality host. Ick.

The only good that came out of this election was this Nation dubbled the number of States that can re-assert mankind’s 8000 year connection to Jah’s wisdom weed. Three other states (including my homeland – Montana) approved Medical Marijuana.

A greener America: Marijuana’s big statement in Election 2016

Legalized: Collie-fornya, Jah-vada, Jah-suchusetts, Maine. (Arizona failed)

Medical MJ: Jah-rkansas, Jah-rida, Jah-tana, North Jah-kota

Jah-chigan’s legalization bid was yanked by an activist judge.

20% of this Nation now have benefitted from cannabis now.

In 2013 – 2 down, 48 to go!
In 2015 – 4 down, 46 to go!
In 2017 – 8 down, 42 to go!
In 2019 – ???

Maybe Obama will use an Executive Order and just legalize it everywhere. Finally some “Hope” for “Change” as he is packing up and moving out of the White House.

bless, robt

<8 down, 42 to go! 67 sec.>

images-26 — Come on Prez? You smoked it. Your dawta got busted smoking. Since Hillary went down in flames, here is your last chance for a legacy! LEGALIZE IT EVERYWHERE

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist: Jah-vember 12, 2016

Set 1:

The Heptones & Jah Lion – Mr. President; Turn and Fire (Anachron) ’77 Neth. vinyl – Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark production
Jah Shaka – Zulu Chalice Dub; Sensi Dub vol. 5 (Original) ’91 Dub Album of the Hour
Roy C & the Honey Drippers – Impeach the President; 12” (Tuff City) ’73 soul groover on honey colored wax: 2016 Election Set
Carlene Davis – Ism Schism; 7” (Sonic) no capitalism, socialism, racism, communism
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Vote For we; Stop That Train (Greensleeves) ’83 UK dj duo
Papa Kojie & Blue Riddim – Nancy Reagan Re-election Remix; 12” (Ora International) ’85 LA

Set 2: 7 inch Jamaican Jukebox cannabis set

Peabody & Sherman – Guess Who’s Coming For Sweet Leaf; 7” (blank): Black Uhuru mashup Black Sabbath
Lincoln Grant – Marijuana; 7” (Big A)
Frankie Paul – Weed Without Seed; 7” (Techniques) Sinsemilla = weed without seed
Dawn & Christine – Free Marijuana; 7” (Thompson Sound) dawtas

r-5080753-1383963988-3646-jpeg — 8 down, 42 to go!

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – Here Comes the Judge; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) ’73 best of rare singles
Bunny Wailer – Dog War; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’90 – Toots Hibbert cover
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jamming + Version; Exodus (Deluxe Edition) ‘77

Set 4:

Linton Kwesi Johnson – Bass Culture; a capella live (LKJ) ’93 Belgium poetry reading

Yellowman – Sensimilla; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz)
Sinead O’Connor – Y Mas Gan; Throw Down Your Arms (That’s Why There’s Chocolate & Vanilla)
Ethiopians – Slave Call; Slave Call (Heartbeat) ‘77
Anthony Johnson – Let Go This One; 12” (Greensleeves) ‘81

download-77 — UK dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Matumbi – Man in Me; Best of Matumbi (Trojan) ’74 Bob Dylan cover

<Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan finally accepts his prize>

Wayne Wade in Down in Iran; Poor and Humble (Live & Learn) ’82 DC
Jean Binta Breeze – Dubwise + Confusion; Tracks (LKJ) ’91 UK: female dub poet
Righteous Vibes – Them Don’t KNow Love; Heart of the Ark vol. 2 (Seven Leaf) UK
Willin Prophets – Tribute to McCartney; Resurrection (1U) ’87 LA

1376453404-0 — Bob Dylan – Nobel Prize toker

Set 6:

Tchiya Amet – Tsalogi Thankful; Rise Again Truth (Milky Way) ’99 female
Black Survivors – Trim Your Lamp; Nations of the World (Sword Lion) ’95 UK
Johnny Clarke – Every Knee Shall Bow; 10″ (Glimmer) ’78
Sound Dimension – Rockfort Rock; Downbeat the Ruler (Heartbeat/Studio One) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7: Best of 27 Years – Smile Jamaica

Burning Spear – He Prayed; Presenting (Studio One) ’73
Lacksley Castell – Black Sheep; Princess Lady (Negus Roots) ’83
Aisha – Hi-Tech; High Priestess (Ariwa) ’88
Prince Lincoln Thompson – Natural Wild; Natural Wind (Orange Street) ’80 produced by New Waver Joe Jackson

Set 8: Mutant Dub Dawtas

Alpha & Omega – Respect to the Warrior; Legend of A & O (Dopic Sounds) 2006 Japanese best of from UK trance dub w/ female vox:
Dubblestandart feat. Noa More – Love Can Grow; Are you Experienced (Collision) 2006 Jah-stria
Samai Farah – Le Temps s’Immobilse; Samia Farah (Small) ’99 Fr.-Tunisian singer
Emperor’s New Clothes feat. Jenny Stancliffe – Tears Inside (Acid Jazz) ’95 UK
Jah Wobble feat. Natacha Atlas – Just a Prayer; Umbra Sumus (30 Hertz) ’98 UK

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): DEAD-icated: 3 Hours of Jah-loween!

November 4, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<Livicated? Not this week: DEAD-icated! 7 sec.>

If Mixcloud link is blanked out: Here is the 3 hour show as an embedded .mp3: 2 hr. 56 min.

Greetings,

Smile Jamaica loves Halloween or as I say: Jah-loween! For going on 20 years now I have played all treats no tricks the last Saturday in Jah-tober;

Because my job is a sound editor, I created some sound art: 81 soundbytes or Horror movie trailers that I edited in my home studio. One after each song.

Dracula, Blackula, War of the Worlds. Nuff Vincent Price: Michael Jackson and Dr. Phibes and even Alice Cooper. Halloween and X-Files soundtrack. Nuff Blaxploitation Village of the Damned.

I get a call from a listener when I stitched in the Vincent Price interlude from Alice Cooper’s “Black Widow”. Listener goes, “I called two shows on KRCL requesting “Black Widow,” They didn’t play my request and then I heart it on Smile Jamaica.”

Boo-tiful

curse, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 29, 2016 – Annotated Playlist – Jahloween: sets, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons, photos and captions; 37 sec.

Set 1:

Ini Kamoze – Hole in the Pumpkin; Shocking Out (RAS) ’87
Scientist – Dance of the Vampires; Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (Greensleeves) ’81: Dub Album of the Hour
The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Talk About Run; 12” (Greensleeves) ‘81 – don’t make out w/ your girlfriend in the boneyard! 20 sec.

Set 2:

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

<Smoke some Sensi-menia inna Mesopotamia; 12 sec.>

Easy Star All-Stars feat. Mikey General & Spragga Benz – Thriller; Thrillah! (Easy Star) 2012: Michael Jackson cover
GG All-Stars – Vampire Rock; 12” (Hit) ‘77

Set 3:

David Lindley & El Rayo-X; Werewolves of London; Very Greasy (Elektra) ’88 Warren Zevon cover
The Hooters – All You Zombies; Nervous Night (Columbia) ’85: pop hit
Barrington Levy – Murderer; 12” (Jah Life) ’84 Murder is a vampire

Set 4:

Max Romeo – Hotel California; Something is Wrong (Mediacom) Eagles cover re: Anton Lavey’s Church of Satan; 26 sec.

Humble Soul – Damn Vampire; Good Lord, Thank You (Kolcha Muzik) Jah-waiian artist

Set 5: Vinyl is V-ital

Laurel Aitken – Witchdoctor From Amsterdam; Eskapdade en France (Blue Moon) ’90 EP Fr.
Crucial Bee – Mark of the Beast; Just a Sting (All-Star) US Virgin Islands
Horace Andy – The Devil; Don’t Stop (Island in the Sun) ’85 NY
Amp-Ech – Living Dead + Version; Against Injustice (Amp-Ech); 4 sec.

Set 6:

Lee “Scratch” Perry – Judgment in a Babylon; 12” (One Drop) ‘81Chris Blackwell is a vampire sucking the blood of the sufferah’s; 54 sec.

Sky High & the Mau Mau – Cemetary Robbery; Origination (Sky High)
Willi Williams – The Dungeon; Messenger Man (Blood and Fire) ’80 about being in jail for herb
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Two Bad D.J.’ 12” (Greensleeves) ’81: duppies in the cemetery

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ Jah-loween

Ras Karbi – Babylon Gravestone; 7” (Rockstone) ’84: Jamaican Jukebox of 7” 45’s
Jah Fish – Vampire Rock; 7” (Mod) ’72 dj to Keble Drummond
Peter Tosh – Dracula; 7” (Intel Diplo) ’76 B-side to Vampire

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Dubadelic – Devil Went Down to Forsyth County (Mad Dog Blues); 2000: a Bass Odyssey (WordSound) ’96 illbient
Gorillaz – Ghost Train; G-Sides (Virgin) 2002 UK
Alpha & Omega – The Dub Is Out There; Serious Joke (A & O) 2002 X-Files Theme
Soho – Zombies Walk the Cardboard City; Goddess (Atco) ’90 UK w/ female vox
Tayo Meets Acd Rockers feat. Pupajim – Vampyaa; 12” (Scrub a Dub) 2010

Natacha Atlas – I Put a Spell on You; Best of (Mantra) 2005 Arabic version of Screaming Jay Hawkins tune

Words of Wisdom:

If Mixcloud link is blanked out: Here is the 3 hour show as an embedded .mp3: 2 hr. 56 min.

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist) Jah-tober 22, 2016: Jah-loween Soon Come!

October 28, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

15889849-wicked-witch-dj-a-wicked-witch-is-in-the-house-and-mixing-up-some-halloween-horror-turntables-with — Halloween? No! JAH-loween!

<All Treats! No Tricks! – Smile Jamaica Loves Halloween>

Greeetings,

It’s Fall and winter is coming. So that means October is Jah-loween Season on Smile Jamaica. The ghouls , witches and vampires doing rub a dub in the boneyard.

Half the set is devoted to instead of the usual’s King’s Music. Now it’s the Devil’s turn. Scratch. As in Lee “Scratch” Perry. Half the show devoted to the Witching Season: Best of 27 Years (the early discoveries in ’89-90), vinyl, 7″ Jamaican Jukebox and the undead and of course MUTANT dub

Don’t get stoned on my tombstone!

bless, I mean curse, robt

Set 1:

Lord Creator – Such Is Life; Heart of the Ark vol. 2 (Seven Leaf) ’78 UK vinyl: Lee Perry/Black Ark prod’n
Chalawa – Exodus Dub; (Micron) ’77 Can. Dub Album of the Hour to Marley’s Exodus
Peter Broggs – Pick Up the Reggae; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ‘82
Lee Perry – Jungle Lion; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’73 instrumental
Dennis Bovell – Living in Babylon; Babylon Soundtrack (EMI) ‘80
Bushman – Backweh Vampire; 10” EP (Stingray) 2012 UK EP Jah-loween tune
Lovejoys – One Draw; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackies) ’83 female duo on Rita Marley’s herbtune: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

r-1391517-1270415993-jpeg — An A+ grade doesn’t do justice. Lee “Scratch” Perrry and his mythic Black Ark. Such is Life indeed

Set 2:

Peter Tosh – Black Dignity; Honorary Citizens: Jamaican Singles (Columbia) ’69 rarity
Trinity – Vampire; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz) ‘79
Jennifer Gad – Babylon Must Fall; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92
Dennis Brown & the Observers – Live After You; 10” (Observer Gold) ’75 Niney prod’n

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 27 Years – Jah-loween Set; 11 sec.

Ethiopians – Obeah Book; Slave Call (Heartbeat) ’77:
Bunny Wailer – Blackheart Man; Blackheart Man (Mango) ‘76
Aisha – Evil Spirits; High Priestess (Ariwa) ’88 UK
Devon Irons & Doctor Alimantado – Vampire; Open the Gate (Trojan) ‘76
King Tubby – I am the King vol. 3 (Sprint) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

UB40 – Madame Medusa; Signing Off (DEP) ’80 about Margaret Thatcher in UK

<Margaret Thatcher = Madame Medusa = Maggrot Torture; 22 sec.>

<Neocon Margaret Thatcher – Middle finger from UB40; 37 sec>.

thatcher-sign — The Iron Lady: Britain’s Margaret Thatcher. Showed that women could be Neoliberal/Neoconservative too

Set 5: Jah-loween Vinyl is Vital set

Inner Circle – Duppy or Gunman; Rock the Boat (Trojan) ’74 UK: duppy = J’can ghost
Clint Eastwood and General Saint – Talk About Run; Two Bad D.J. (Greensleeves) ’81 UK: update of calypso tune about making out w/ your girl in the boneyard
Cultural Roots – Devil-ites; Drift Away from Evil (Revolutionary Sounds) ’82 UK
Prince Alla – Evil Forces; Evil Forces (Calabash) ’84 Opa-Locka, FL
Chalice – Back Way Evil Forces; Stand Up! (CSA) ’85 UK

Set 6:

Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths – United We Stand; Just My Imagination (Trojan) ’70 update of soul cover by Brotherhood of Man
Cocoa Tea – Weh di Drugs; Unforgettable (Roaring Lion) ’99 herbtune
Rastafarians – Rasta Theme; Orthodox (Makasound) ’81 Rasta Cruz, Collie-fornya
Black Slate Meets Soul Syndicate – Wine Dub; Moodie in Dub vol. 1 (Moodie) ‘78
Scientist – The Voodoo Curse; Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (Greensleeves) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox of Jah-loween

Carl Dawkins – Witchcraft; 7” (Sir JJ) ’72
Ringo –Frankenstine; 7” (Greedy Puppy) ‘79
Peter Tosh – Mark of the Beast; 7” (Intel Diplo) about his beating by the cops

Bionic Steve – Bermuda Triangle; 7” (Crystal) ‘80
Twinkle Brothers – Devil Worshippers; 7” (Crystal) 2001
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Duppy Conqueror (Upsetter) ‘70

<Duppy = Jamaican Ghost; 19 sec.>

r-4434401-1365031874-6200-jpeg — I see the mark of the beast on their ugly faces

Set 8: Mutant Dub Jah-loween

Dubchek – Duppy Train; Down Memory Gap Lane (Unitone World) 2001 US
Tino – Loch Ness Monster Dub; Hallowe’en Dub (Tino Corp.) 2002 US: breaks artist
Sinead O’Connor & Sly & Robbie – Vampire; Throw Down Your Arms (That’s Why There’s Chocolate & Vanilla) 2005 cover of Devon Irons tune played earlier
Benjamin Zephaniah – Blood Suckers; Belly of the Beast (Ariwa) ’96 UK dub poet
Small Axe – Witchdoctor; Earthjuice vol. 1 (Waveform) ‘98

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