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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) June 11, 2016: Summer Rain Utah!

June 17, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Visit allwallpapersfree.blogspot.com — Rare June rainstorm in Utah

Greetings,

Nice little cool breeze summer rain last week. Rarity for sure-ty. I am gearing up for 28 Years on Reggae Radio. Early morning learns the ropes. Saturday Afternoon plants the Flag. Enjoy each show like it could be the last.

bless, robt

<28 Years of Reggae Radio>

Reggae History Lesson – Muhammad Ali; 24 sec.

Muhammad Ali (AKA Mehemet Ali, Mehmet Ali), 1769-1849, pasha of Egypt for Ottoman Empire. Image published: 1901.

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Annotated Playlist: June 11, 2016; 34 sec.

Set 1:

Natural Roots – Children of Jah; Natural Roots (Onlyroots) ’84 Fr. Vinyl
Bullwackie’s All Stars – African Roots Act II Dub; African Roots Act 2 (Wackies) ’82 Bronx; Dub Album of the Hour
Errol Brown – Muhammad Ali Boom a Yay in Africa; 7” (Brown Beat) ’74 JA: Muhammad Ali mini set

<Reggae History Lesson: Muhammad Ali in Zaire; 83 sec.>

Dennis Alcapone – Cassius Clay; Trojan Story (Trojan) ‘73
Dennis Alcapone – Muhammad Ali; Hits & Misses (Trikont)
Sister Carol – Herbal Is Natural; Direct Hit! Live (Catapult) 2001 live in Maryland; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Jah Rej – Binghi in the Jungle; 12” (Jah Works) 2002 UK mutant dub instrumental

Set 2:

Peter Tosh – Come Together; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87

<Peter Tosh murdered: 9/11 – 1987; 42 sec.>

Lorna Asher – True History; Straight to Your Heart (Twinkle) ‘99
Culture – Jah Pretty Face; Two Sevens Clash (Shanachie) ‘77
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Roots, Rock, Reggae + Dub; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ‘76

Black-Monday-the-Stock-Market-Crash-of-1987-NYT — Tosh’s first birthday after his murder: Oct. 18, 1987 – Black Monday stock market crash

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

Judy Mowatt – Joseph; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76 tribute to Bob Marley (Joseph the Biblical prophet)

<Bob Marley – Joseph of Israel; 13 sec.>

The Beat – Mirror in the Bathroom; Dance Craze Soundtrack (2 Tone) ’80 live 2 Tone ska
Tapper Zukie – Ital Pot; MPLA (Virgin Front Line) ’78 Mozambique People’s Liberation Army tribute
UB40 – I Think It is Going to Rain Today; More UB40 Music (Sound) ‘83 12” mix
Black Slate – Roman’s Dub; Ogima (TCD) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour

joseph_is_made_ruler_1414-7a — Joseph – Biblical Prophet. Bob Marley Reggae Prophet

Set 4:

Bunny Wailer – Ballroom Floor; Retrospective (Shanachie) ‘81
Horace Andy – Ain’t No Sunshine; Prime of (Music Club) Bill Wither cover ‘73
Teddy Brown – Midnight Train to Georgia; Reggae Pulse 3 – Love Songs (RAS) ’75 Gladys Knight & the Pips cover
Storm – It’s My Birthday; Hits of the Past (Links) mid 70s female lovers rock

download (31) — A whole heap covered this one

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Brentford All Stars – My Sweet Lord; Solid Gold (Steady) NY George Harrison instrumental: Vinyl is Vital set
Zap Pow – Irie Land; Reggae Rules! (Rhino) ’80 US vinyl; herbtune
U Brown – Chant It Down: U Brown vrs. (sic) Peter Yellow; DJ Confrontation (CF) UK deejay toasters
Tony Tuff – Run Come; Hustling (Scorcher) ’80 JA

Set 6:

Dennis Bovell – Dub d’Cap’n; Mek It Rock (Pressure Sounds) ’80 UK dub to I Roy
Abyssinians – Smokey Joe; Reunion (AO!) ’98 herbtune
Barry Brown – Fittest of the Fittest; Reggae Heights (Mafia & Fluxy) 2001
Universal Speakers – We Roots; We Roots (Catch Me Time) female duo; 2012 LA

<Reggae Blues-Dawtas mix: Chuck Foster Reggae radio DJ; 28 sec.>

Crazy Caribs – 50 Pence Dub; Dancehall Dub; (Ariwa) 2004 Mad Professor – Dub Album of the Hour

download (32) — Chuck Foster – dean of the Reggae Radio deejay

Set 7:

Kwame Bediako – Steppin’ in a Zion; African Reggae (Putomayo) 2009, from Ghana
Ammoye’ – Dun Suh; CD Single (Version Xcursion) Can. Female
Black Uhuru – Liberation 2000; Dynasty (RAS) 2001: Andrew Bees on vx
Stranger Cole – Red Eye; Morning Train (Jah Shaka) 2006

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Faithless – Muhammad Ali; Outrospective (Virgin) 2001 UK
Dubvisionist feat. Ari Up & Dubblestandart – Soulmate; King Size Dub (Echo Beach)
Judith – Such Is life; Universal Roots – UK Reggae Stars (Universal Roots) 2008 UK
African Head Charge – Rasta Don’t Fear; Live in Japan (ON U Sound) 2005
Dan-I & King Kietu – Rastafari Judgment Fire; Hail Rastafari (Imperial Roots) 2009 It.

a1157882031_16 — Can’t spell Italy without Ital

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): June 4, 2016: Livicated to to the Black Superman!

June 10, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

c00c-b27b-45e9-84d5-d055df162cf3 — Shuffle Ali Shuffle! Hero to the World

Greetings,

Woke up last Saturday to the news the world’s #1 sports hero (at least before Michael Jordan), Muihammad Ali passed to the next world.

He was a huge influence on Reggae. He was truly a Black Superman to many in the Third World, Africa and Jamaica.

I lead off with a Tribute to the Black Superman. And on the June 11 Ark-Ive we’ll hear a whole set of rarities

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!

bless, robt

muhammad-ali-fighter-s-heaven-1974-1 — Ma’a salaama champ

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: June 4, 2016: Annotated Playlist; 58 sec.

Tribute to Muhammad Ali
Wailers Family Tree: Bob, Bunny, Peter, Rita, Ziggy
Best of 26+ years: Gregory, UB40
Rockers do Reggae: Sade, Brown, Punkers – The Clash, Ruts DC
Vinyl is Vital midway
Mutant Dub last half hour

bless, robt

Set 1:

Kayawah & Movement Band – Never Love Jah; Culture Rock (Only Roots) ’80 Fr. vinyl
Prince Jammy – Jammin For Survival; Rodigan’s Dub Classics: Serious Selections vol. 1 (Rewind Selecta) UK DJ David Rodigan’s dub picks for the hour
Johnny Wakelin & the Kinshasa Band – Black Superman (Muhammed Ali); Reggae Soul and Rock & Roll (Pye) ’76 UK vinyl

<RIP champ! 43 sec.>

Phillip Fraser – Holding On; Dancehall Explosion (Trojan) ‘82
Mutabaruka – What About the Land; Roots All Stars – Gathering of the Saints (Shanachie) ’98 dub poet
Sister Carol – Herbal Affair; Direct Hit! – Live (Catapult) 2001 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement, live in Maryland
Mike Brooks – Sinnerman; 10” (Teams)

fist — Fist to Fist rub a dub – The Black Superman

Set 2:

Aswad – Pass the Cup; Not Satisfied (CBS) ’82 UK herbtune
Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad – Rastaman; Solid Foundation (Flag) ’92 update on Drifter riddim
Tapper Zukie – Oh Lord!; Tapper Roots (Virgin Front Line) ‘79
Augustus Pablo – Full Up; 12” (Rockers International) melodica update of Studio One riddim

download (27) — Aswad – “black” in the languages of Amharic and Arabic

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Ziggy Marley – Start It Up; Ziggy Marley (Tuff Gong) New
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Concrete; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’75: dub to Jah Live

<Concrete = Jah Live Dub; 24 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Want to Go Home; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’88 best
Peter Tosh – Testify; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87

<Murdered 9/11 1987. Bad omen for 14 years later; 46 sec.>

Revolutionaries – Dub Over Dub (Heartbeat/High Note) Dub Album of the Hour

002.jpg.opt840x1097o0,0s840x1097 — Cut down just as I got into Reggae hardcore! Livicate never deadicate

Set 4: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

Rita Marley – Harambe; Harambe (Shanachie) ’82 harambe – “pull together” in Swahili; 16 sec.

Ini Kamoze – Wings With Me; Mini LP (Taxi) ‘84
Gregory Isaacs – Special to Me; Private Beach Party (Greensleeves) ‘85
UB40 – Rat in Mi Kitchen; Rat in the Kitchen (A & M) ‘86

images (6) — Harambe – Kenya slogan for “Pull together”. Get rid of the British colonizers

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Well Pleased and Satisfied – Love Train; Burning Sampler (Burning Sounds) ’79 UK red vinyl
Cassandra – Thank You For The Many Things You’ve Done; Babylon Soundtrack (Takoma) ’80 UK
Tony Tuff – Born in the Ghetto; Presenting Mr. Tuff (Black Roots) ’81 JA
Tony Bell & Kutchie – Thief Can’t Prosper; Mercy (Indigo Music) ’89 UK
Daddy Freddy Meets the Rootsman – Back Pon Dem Case; Old School New School (BSI) 2000 Portland Ore.

Red Vinyl from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

Sade – By Your Side (Reggae Mix); CD Single (Sony) 2000 Sly & Robbie prod’n
Jackson Browne – Everywhere I Go; I’m Alive (Elektra) ‘93
The Clash – White Man in Hammersmith Palais; From Here to Eternity (Epic) punkers out of sorts at Jamaican concert in London : Live Best Of (Baltimore, MD)

<Punkers love Jamaican Reggae; 43 sec.>

Ruts DC Meet the Mad Professor –Rhythm Collisoion; Rhythm Collision Dub (ROIR) ’80 UK punkers do dub

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Set 7:

Mo’Kalamity & the Wizards – Vision; African Reggae (Putomayo) 2006 Cape Verdean group w/ female vox
Audio Active feat. Bim Sherman – Free the Marijuana; Happy Shopper in Europe EP (Beat) ’95 Jah-pon mutant dub herbtune
Eric Rebel Lion Buddles – Rebel Lion.; Roots of Black People (Progressive Internaitonal)

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Legend of A & O (Dopic Sounds) 2006 UK ttrance dub w/ female vox: Mutant Dub Set
Steffe – Heart of Fire; More Bass Than Space (Dubmission) 2000 UK
Lee “Scratch” Perry vs. the Moody Boyz feat. Roots Manuva – International Broadcaster; King Size Dub: ON U Sound 30 Year Anniversary (Echo Beach) 2011
Dubadelic – High; Bass Invaders (WordSound) ‘98

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

a3fb367affb2a25c983705e61f7314cf — Broadway singer Martha Velez

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

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 7, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist) I Love My Mummy!

May 13, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Ch9QCwCUkAA8vmn — Much love to my Mother, Jeannette

<Livicated to Jeanntte: Happy Mother’s Day Mom!>

Greetings,

Happy Mother’s Day edition of Smile Jamaica. I always start off with a beautiful cover of Tammy Wynette country stylee from Sonya Spence

Tammy Wynette

“No Charge”

My little girl came into the kitchen this evenin’,
While I was fixin’ supper,
And she handed me a piece of paper she’d been writin’ on,
And after wipin’ my hands on my apron,
I read it – and this is what it said:For mowin’ the yard – five dollars,
And for makin’ my own bed this week – one dollar,
And for goin’ to the store – fifty cents,
An’ playin’ with little sister, while you went to the store – twenty-five cents,
Takin’ out the trash – one dollar,
Gettin’ a good report card – five dollars,
And for rakin’ the yard – two dollars,
Total owed – fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents.Well, I looked at her standin’ there expectantly,
And a thousand mem’ries flashed through my mind,
So I picked up the pen, turnin’ the paper over,
This is what I wrote:For the nine months I carried you,
Growin’ inside me – NO CHARGE,
For the nights I’ve sat up with you,
Doctored you, prayed for you – NO CHARGE,
For the toys, food and clothes.
And for wiping your nose, there’s NO CHARGE,
When you add it all up.
The full cost of my love is NO CHARGE.Well, when she finished readin’,
She had great big old tears in her eyes,
And she looked up at me and said,
“Mama, I sure do love you.”
Then she took the pen,
And in great big letters,
She wrote: “PAID IN FULL.”When you add it all up,
The cost of real love is – NO CHARGE

***

Brings a tear to my eye. Spent a week with my folks moving into a new place in Phoenix. Took a day to cratedig and explore Tempe. On my way out, mom gives me a benjamin. “Have a happy cratedig.” Well that’s not exactly her words but more or less. Love that woman.

bless, robt

images (3) — Mother’s love: No charge but more precious than gold

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist May 7, 2016:

Set 1:

Barrington Spence – Jah Jah Train; Speak Softly (Trojan) ’76 UK vinyl
A Nice Dub – Agrovators; Kaya Dub (Justice) ’77 UK vinyl Dub Album of the Hour; Bunny Lee/King Tubby
Sonya Spence – No Charge; In the Dark (Skynote) ’78; Happy Mother’s Day – Tammy Wynette cover

<No Charge for being Mom; 13 sec.>

Aswad – Wrapped Up; To the Top (Simba) ’86 UK

<1 of the first 10 CDs added to the Ark-Ive, 1987: Tower Records; 19 sec.>

Inner Circle – Curfew (3 O’clock Road Block); Jah Love (Music Club) ’74 Bob Marley cover
Barry Brown – Sensimilla; Far East (Hitbound) ’81: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Dennis Brown- Blood, Sweat & Tears; Love Has Found Its Way (A & M) ‘82

<Dennis Brown or Yellowman heir to Bob Marley? 25 sec.>

Kumina Mento Rasta – Wareika Hills Sound; 10” (Honest Jon’s) 2010 nyahbinghi instrumental celebrates Jamaican folk arts

3cb69c8a2c5b4ab7661068a99795f929.600x598x1 — Livicate never deadicated: To all the Moms; especially my Mom, Jeannette and Sister Stacey

Set 2: Kentucky Skank (Kentucky Derby

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

<Caymanas Park Race Track in Jamaica; 11 sec.>

<Chinese jockeys on the mounts in Jamaica; 17 sec.>

Abyssinians – In a Kalda; Reunion (AO!) ’98; Kalda – Jamaican race track
The Pioneers – Long Shot Kick the Bucket; From the Beginning (Jet Star) ‘69
Mr. Bojangles – Selassie I Cup; 7” (Joe Gibbs Record Globe) ’77; horserace between: Babylon, Pope Pious and Dreadlocks

The Selassie I Cup; 14 sec.

Babylon 2-1 odds
Soul Youth 3-1
Rome Even money
Pope Pius 3-5, the big favorite; came up lam
Dreadlocks 8-1
Baldhead 15-1

The Winner: Dreadlock; 8 lengths!
Place: Baldhead
Show: Soul Youth
Pope Pius came up lame; 17 sec.

download (16) — Congratulations Nyquist. 2016 Kentucky Derby winner

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

U Roy – Control Tower; Rasta Ambassador (Virgin Front Line) ’78
Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Heartbeat) ‘80

<Black Uhuru got me into Reggae more than Bob, Peter, Jimmy or UB40; 28 sec.>

Judy Mowatt – Rock Me; Love Is Overdue (Shanachie) ‘87
I Roy – Sister Nelly; Heart of a Lion (Virgin Front Line) ’78 nursery rhyme
Jah Shaka Meets Aswad – Addis Ababa; In Addis Ababa Studio (Jah Shaka) ’84 Dub Album of the Hour

hqdefault (2) — This album + Anthem made me a stone cold Reggae fanatic

Set 4: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – Reggaemyelitis; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) Best of Box Set; Request

<Reggaemyelitis – from the tips of your dreads to the bottom of your toes; 9 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Love Fire; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’78 Best of
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Smile Jamaica (A & B-sides); Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ‘76

$_35 — Hear the song that gives the show its name!

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Marcia Griffiths – Mark My Words; At Studio One (Studio One) JA vinyl
Dandy Livingstone – Jamaica Is Fun; Hit With Me Music (Trojan) ’72 UK
Monty Montgomery – Stay Cool; Seeds (Fusion) Atlanta
Yabby You – Deliver Me From My Enemies; Babylon Soundtrack (Takoma) ’80 UK
Spliffy Dan – Jah Bless; Rockers Showcase Volume III (Rockers International) ’87 Philadelphia

maxresdefault (2) — Marcia Griffiths – The Aretha Franklin of Reggae

Set 6: Roots Dawtas Rockers do Reggae

Patti Smith – Redondo Beach; Horses (Arista) ’76
Joan Armatrading – I Can’t Lie to Myself; Sly & Robbie – Ultimate Collection (Hip-O) ‘81
Belle Stars – Miss World; 80’s Romance (Union Square) UK female New Wave

<Belle Stars – emerged out of 2 Tone ska in the UK; 11 sec.>

Tom Tom Club – Bamboo Town; Close to the Bone (Island) ’83 riddim section of Talking Heads
Scientist – 11 Guava Road Dub; King of Dub (Kingdom) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour

download (18) — Belle Stars UK Roots Dawtas dabble in some Reggae

Set 7:

Horace Andy – Better Collie; Prime of Horace Andy (Music Club) ’75 herbtune
Pat Rhoden – Boogie on Reggae Woman; Just My Imagination (Trojan) ’75 Stevie Wonder cover
June Lodge – Someone Loves You Honey; Reggae Pulse 3 – Love Songs (RAS) ’80 Charley Pride country

<Forced to hear too much Country music growing up in Montana; 14 sec.>

Lucky Dube – Guns & Roses; Taxman (Shanachie) ’97

<Bad vibes: Murder at Park City show. Lucky killed shortly thereafter; 24 sec.>

City Weekly story on the Park City murder:

http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/the-gangs-of-zion/Content?oid=2128947

Everton Blender – Live Up; Live at the White River Reggae Bash (Heartbeat) ‘99

Pablo Gad – Crying Gad; 10” (Reggae on Top) 2002 UK militant steppers

<Militant Steppers definition; 10 sec.>

luckyduberip — Lucky Dube – killed in carjacking in Johannesburg South Africa

Set 8:

Botom Botom – Le Toit du Monde; This Is Not a Stereotype (Hammerbass) 2006 Fr. w/ female vox
2 Bad Card Specialist – Weed Specialist (Audio Active rmx); CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 UK/Jah-pon herbtune
New Age Steppers – Animal Space; New Age Steppers (Statik) Adrian Sherwood prod’n; Slits on the vox
Dub Gabriel feat. The Spaceape – Is This Revolution? (Jack Dangers Colonia Dub rmx); Raggabass Resistance (Destroy All Concepts) 2013 feat. Dub poet
Burial – UK; Untrue (Hyperdub) 2007 UK dubstep

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist) Jah-pril 30, 2016 UFOria – Dub Side of the Moon!

May 6, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Heading into Spring on Smile Jamaica with 2 interivews: Easy Star All Stars and Dub Side of the Moon:

My old spar Grizzlite was in town lamenting the lack of Roots Reggae in Florida. Strictly dancehall in Palm Beach County. He was homesick for some home cooked Roots

Grizzlite my Reggae apprentice checking in

So enjoy the Jah-pril 30, 2016 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive

bless, robt

❤ hour high-lights>

Set 1:

The Viceroys – Chucky; Hit Me With Music (Trojan) ’74 UK best of vinyl
The Revolutionaries – Dub Over Dub (Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour
Silvertones – When Knotty Came; Clocktower Classics vol. 1 (Clocktower/Abraham)

<Reggae History Lesson: Clocktower label; 12 sec.>

Jimmy Cliff – Sitting in Limbo; Muscle Shoals Soundtrack (Republic) recorded in Alabama studio

<Muscle Shoals, Alabama; 21 sec.>

Peter Broggs – Rastman Chant Niabingha; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) ’85 Best of nyah drums

<Niyabinghi = Death to Black & White Oppressors; 18 sec.>

Sister Carol – Herbal Is Natural; Live (Catapult) 2001 live 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Sister Carol’s pharmacopia; 12 sec.>

Augustus Pablo – Eastman Sound; 12” (Rockers International) melodica instrumental

Set 2:

Easy Star All-Stars feat. Dr. Israel – Brain Damage; Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003 Pink Floyd dubwise

<Dub Side of the Moon; 20 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Puff She Puff; Red (Mango) ’81 herbtune
Aisha – Gunman; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94 Mad Professor prod’n
Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse; 12” (Island) ‘82

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Johnny Was (Unreleased Album Mix); Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’76: Wailers Family Tree Set
Bunny Wailer – Rock ‘n’ Groove; Retrospective (Shanachie) best of
Big Youth – Get Up Stand Up; Jah Love (Music Club) Bob Marley cover set
Peter Tosh – In My Song; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87

Set 4:

Easy Star All-Stars feat. Sluggy Ranks – Speak to Me + Breathe in the Air; Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003: interview
Laurel Aitken – Rise & Fall; Rise & Fall (Doctor Bird/Unicorn) ’69 ska

<Reggae Pioneer – Laurel Aitken; 10 sec.>

10 Foot Ganja Plant – Rooftop Duel; 10 Deadly Shots vol. 2 (ROIR) 2012 Upstate NY instrumental
Mike Brooks + Lone Ranger & the Ire Hi Fi – Live My Life + Play de Music; Play de Music (Planet Dread) 2007 Germ. Best of

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Johnny Clarke – Legalise It; Authorized Version (Virgin Front Line) ’76 UK Tosh cover: Vinyl is Vital Set
Jah Thomas – Stop Yu Loafing; Stop Yu Loafing (Greensleeves) ’78 UK
Chalice – Shine On; Stand Up! (CSA) ’85 UK
Bunny Brissett – Never Go Astray; Rockers Showcase III (Rockers International) ’87
Succulent – Chin Up; Natural Progression EP (Worship) 2002 US mutant dub

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

Burning Spear – Fire Down Below; Presenting (Studio One) ’72
Judy Mowatt – You’re My People; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82
Dillinger – Flat Foot Hustlin’; Cocaine (Charly) ’83 over Dennis Brown riddim
George Faith feat. Dillinger – To Be a Lover; (Mango) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark/Upsetters
Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Senya – Children of the Ghetto; Cobra Style (Heartbeat) ’76 Aston “Familyman Barrett prod’n by female artist
Capital Letters Reality (Rootikal Rework); 12” EP (Greensleeves) 2014 rmx of UK group

Set 8: Mutant Dub UFOria

Dubadelic – MIB; Bass Invaders (WordSound) ’98 Men in Black, UFOria set
Lee “Scratch” Perry – UFO Attack (Instrumental); Technomajikal (ROIR) ’97 Techno produced by Yello member
Kingman + Jonah feat. Claudious Linton – Star Wars; Sign Time (Sun King) ‘98
Audio Active feat. Laraaji – Space Vistors for Tea; The Way Out is the Way In (Beat) ’95 Jah-pon
Jah Wobble – Moon Slow Beat Part I & II; Umbra Sumus (30 Hertz) ‘98

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Jah-pril 23, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist) When Dubs Cry!

April 29, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

David Bowie and now Prince. Sad year for music giants. We livicate this Ark-Ive to the great pop singer in his 80’s heyday.

Until I got into Reggae this was my automatic soul purchase a youth in frozen Montana:

Smile Jamaica’s Top 5 Prince songs

When You Were Mine
Little Red Corvette
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Kiss
Sign o’ the Times.

On the Ark-Ive below we hear When Doves Cry. Bass added for the Reggae which wasn’t there on the original.

bless, robt

<Plant your seeds!>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Annotated Playlist: Jah-pril 23, 2016:

Set 1:

Monty Montgomery – Seeds; Seeds (Fusion) Atlanta vinyl
Sound Dimension – Rockfort Rock – Mojo Rock Steady (Studio One/Soul Jazz) Dub Album of the Hour
Laurel Aitken – Heile Heile; Rasta Man Power (Unicorn) ‘69
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – 666; Hey World! (EMI) ‘86
Ayo – Lonely; Gravity at Last (Polydor) 2008 Nigerian-German female
Jimmy Lindsay – Easy; 12 the Hardway (Tribesman) ’77 Commodores cover
10 Ft. Ganja Plant; Bass Chalice; Bass Chalice (ROIR) 2005 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Horace Andy – Collie Weed; Prime of Horace Andy (Music Club) best of herb tune

<Just minding my own business. Smoking my collie weed>

Set 2

Denver Dub Collective – When Doves Cry; Purple Rain (Denver Dub) 2009 Prince RIP

<Prince: Rest in Peace; 40 sec.>

Aswad – Pass the Cup; Not Satisfied (CBS) ’82 UK herbtune

<Pass the Cupe = the sacred chalice>

Gracy & the Herbman Band – Yard Crew; Movements (Funfundvierzig) ’95 German-Jamaican toaster
Black Crucial – Mr. Vincent; 10” (Fatman) ‘83

maxresdefault — Rest in Peace. Livicate never deadicate

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Bunny Wailer – Roots, Radics, Rockers, Reggae; Retrospective (Shanachie)
Rita Marley – Fussing & Fighting; Harambe (Shanachie) ‘82
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Crazy Baldhead (Unreleased Album Mix); Rastaman Vibration (Tuff Gong) ’76 bonus track
Peter Tosh – Vampire; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘86
Scientist – The Anti-Chris; 911 Dub (Nature Dub) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Grace Jones – Love Is the Drug; Private Life: Compass Point Sessions (Island) ‘80 Roxy Music cover w/ Sly & Robbie
Don Carlos & Barry Brown – Mr. Big Man + Shoot Up the Town; 10” (Uptempo) ’83 Sugar Minott prod’n

<Put da needle pon di record. Penny keeps the bass in the groove>

Set 5: 7 inch Seven Leaf; 19 sec.

Prince Hammer – Export Ganja; 7” (Tamoki Wambesi) 7” herb set
Black Sabbath vs. Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming for Sweet Leaf; 7” (blank) Peaboy & Sherman rmx
Levi Roots – It a Fi Bun; 7” (Conqueror)
Alpha Steppa Meets Alpha & Omega feat. Flex Zaggazow – Highest Grade; 7” (Steppas) 2012 mutant dub; Korean prod’n

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica 26+ Years

Keith Hudson – I’m Not Satisfied; Rasta Communication (Greensleeves) ’78
Tetrack – I’m Not Satisfied; Clocktower Classics (Clocktower/Abraham)
Marcia Griffiths – Where There is No Love; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79
Peter Broggs – International Farmer + Version; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) ’82 herbtune

hqdefault (1) — Peter Broggs – International Farmer. 4 down, 46 to go!

<2016: 9 down, 41 to go?>

Set 7:

Augustus Pablo – Islington Rock; East of the River Nile (Deluxe Edition) (Shanachie) ’78 melodical instrumental
Dillinger – Cocaine in My Brain; Cocaine (Charly) ’83 herbtune

<Dillinger soul update – Knife, fork a bottle & a cork – that’s the way you spell New York>

Sarah B Band – Overnite; Realign My Mind (Sarah B) 2011 Salt Lake City roots group
Louie Lepke – Love Is Not a Play Thing; 10” (Merge) ’82 over Earl Sixteen vox

download (9) — Melodica and the Far East sound

Set 8: Mutant Dubstresses; 9 sec.

Samia Farah – Les Temps Difficiles; Samia Farah (Sony) ’99 Fr.-Tunisian singer: Mutant Dubstresses

Transglobal Underground feat. Natacha Atlas – Boss Tabla; Psychic Karaoke (Nation) ’96 Hindi dub

Dub Gabriel feat. P.J. Higgins – Silent Warrior; Raggabass Resistance (Destroy A/C) 2013

Zion Train feat. Molara – Dance of Life; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance dub

Cool Hipnoise – Dama Dada; King Size Dub vol. 10 (Echo Beach) Germ. 2003 comp

Alpha & Omega – One Culture + One Prayer; Everyday Life; (A & O) ’93 UK trance dub

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Digital Dubplate – 420 Seven Leaf Relief. 4 hr. 20 min. 00 sec.

April 15, 2016 Robert Nelson 2 Comments

Greetings,

That time of year. Tax payment to Uncle Obama out of the way now is the time to celebrate with 420 Cannabliss in the style and fashion you have come to expect for more than 2 decades on Smile Jamaica.

The past two weeks have been devoted to fund drives at KRCL. (Many thanks if you made a pledge and got a T shirt)

I didn’t put up any live streams during Radiothon, so instead I hunkered down in my Secret Dubratory and harvested (pun intended) 4 hours. 20 minutes. 00 seconds of Spliff Tales.

Complete with herbal soundbytes, stoner movie clips and other fun stunn.

Best of Roots, Modern Roots and Mutant Dub inna Seven Leaf Stylee. So enjoy. Celebrate early, often yet discreetly and responsibly.

And until Pres. Sanders legalizes Cannabis with his first Executive Order of 2017, as I say…..

4 down, 46 to go!

images (7) — Pres. Sanders will legalize it

bless, robt

Smile Jamaiaca Ark-Ives Digital Dubplate: 4 hours and 20 min. for 420 Playlist

0-30 min.

Black Slate – Legalise Collie Herb; Amigo (Ensign) ’80 UK
Jacob Miller & Ray-I – All I Want For Ismas; Natty Christmas (RAS) ’78 Xmas herb
10 Foot Ganja Plant – Walkey Walk Tall; Hillside Airstrip (ROIR) 2001 Upstate NY
Sister Carol – Herbal Is Natural; Direct Hit! (Catapult) 2001: Live run down of herbal medicinal bennies
Thievery Corporation – .38.45; Sounds From the Thievery Hi-Fi (ESL) ’96 mutant dub DC
Sly & the Revolutionaries feat. Jah Thomas – Rizla; Black Ash Dub (Trojan) ’80 dub: Rizla rolling papers
The Equators – Feelin’ High; Hot (Stiff) ’81 UK ska

30-60 min.

Zion Tribe – Herbissimo; Barre Chords (Zion Tribe) ’97 SLC
Capital Letters – Vinyard; Vinyard (Greensleeves) ’82 UK youth group
Ijahman Levi – Moulding & Version; Are We a Warrior (Jahmani) ‘78
Daweh Congo – Herb Tree; Human Rights & Justice (Roots & Culture) 2000

60-90 min.

Rita Marley – One Draw; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy) 12” mix
Bob Marley & the Wailers – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Trojan) ’73 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n
Bunny Wailer – Ceasefire; Roots, Radics, Rockers, Reggae (Shanachie) ‘83
Peter Tosh – Legalize It; The Bayou – Washington DC ‘79
Seefari – Homegrown; Dread Pon da Scene (Upful Sound) ’98 Wilberforce, OH

90 min. – 2 hr.

Reggae George – Reggae Collie; King Tubby on the Mix vol. 1 (Original)
Linval Thompson – Lick Up the Chalice; Look How Me Sexy (Greensleeves) ‘82
Soom T – Roll It; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 Glasgow female weedstepper
Rupie & Sidey – Herbert Spliffington; Rupie’s Scorchers (Trybute) ‘69
Yellowman – Operation Eradication; One in a Million (Shanachie) ‘89
Collie Buddz – Come Around; Collie Buddz (Columbia) 2007
UB40 – Mi Spliff; Credit to the Nation (Europe ’86)

2 hr. – 2 and 1/2 hrs.

Eek a Mouse – Ganja Smuggling; Live at Reggae Sunsplash (Genes) ’82 Montego Bay, JA
Armagideon – Herbal Input; Steppin Forward (Armagideon Sounds) ’95 UK mutant dub
U Roy – Herbman Skanking; Jah Son of Africa (Virgin Front Line) ’78 dj to Gladiators “Stick a Bush”
Gregory Isaacs – Mr. Cop; Extra Classic ‘77
Rootz Underground – Herb Fields; Movement (Riverstone) 2007 JA
Prince Hammer – Export Ganja; Respect I Man (Tamoki Wambesi)
The Meditations – Woman Piabba; Anthology (Nighthawk) ’76

Meditations-Message-From-The-Meditations-Anthology-Of-Reggae-Collectors-Series-Vol-13 — One of the first ten Reggae Vinyl records in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. Still a favorite

2 and 1/2 – 3 hrs.

Zion Train – Healing of the Nation; CD Single (China) ’95 UK mutant dub w/ female vox
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Free Up the Weed; Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Cornbread (Upsetter) ‘78
Glen Brown – Lambsbread; Way to Mt. Zion (ROIR) ‘79
H.R. – Who’s Got the Herb?; I Luv (Railroad) ’91 DC punkdubber
Carlton Livingston – 100 Weight of Collie Weed; Retrospect (Grapevine) ‘84
Cornell Campbell – 100 Lbs. of Collie Weed; Silver Jubilee (Rhino UK) cover of Carlton

<55 inna 35 – BUSTED!>

download (24) — Not a smart move to drive 55 inna 35 w/ 100 weight of collie weed in your truck

3 – 3 and 1/2 hr.

Audio Active – Free the Marijuana; Happy Shopper in Europe EP (ON U Sound) ’95 Jah-ponese mutant dub
Pablo Paul – Don’t Dope; Beres Hammond & Friends (Ejaness)
I Roy – African Herbsman; Crisus Time (Virgin Front Line) ’76 dj to Johnny Clarke’s African Roots
Michael Rose – Ganja Bonanza; Happiness: The Best of Michael Rose (Heartbeat) ‘99
John Holt – Police and Helicopter; Police and Helicopter (Greensleeves) ‘82
R.Z. Jackson – Sensimillia; Unda de Struggle (Abraham)
Dubblestandart feat. Gu Gabriel &Trigga – Marijuana Dreams; Marijuana Dreams (Echo Beach) 2010 Jah-strian mutant dub

3 and 1/2 – 4 hr.

Israel Vibration – Red Eyes; Forever (RAS) ‘91
Frankie Paul – Pass the Tu-Sheng-Peng; Pass the Tu-Sheng-Peng (Greensleeves) ‘84
Pato Banton – Legalize It (Acapella) + Don’t Sniff Coke; Live at the Maritime Hall (2B1) in San Francisco
Mike Brooks – Good Herb; Earth is the Fullness (Moll-Selekta)
Mikey Ras Starr – Coomaya (African Herbsman); Fire & Rain (Makasound)
See-I – Dinner of Herb; Dinner of Herb (Exile) 2003 DC mutant dub

4 hrs. to 4:20:00

Johnny Ringo – Sensi; Face to Face (JA)
Barry Brown – Pass Up the Chalice; Rich Man, Poor Man (Moll-Selekta)
Macka B – Legalize the Herb; Hold On to Your Culture (Ariwa) ’95 UK dj
Krom & Time – Ganja Man; Drum & Bass Selection (Moonshine) ’94 UK jungle
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Marley-juana Mix; Smile Jamaica Remix

<100 Spliffs a day!>

images (9) — The wisdom of 100 spliffs a day

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: Rockers inna Reggae Stylee – Robert Nelson

April 8, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

5585_3_1 — Keith Richards, Robbie Shakespeare and Peter Tosh. Rockers doing Reggae for 3 hours!

Greetings,

Hunkered down in Spring Fund Drive at KRCL. Got to get the kasheesh for I ‘n’ I to expand the riddims all Spring and Summer.

So enjoy this Digital Dubplate out of my Ark-Ives. Last week I gave you 3 hours of Soul Reggae. This time it’s 3 hours of Rockers doing Reggae:

From 10cc Dreadlock Holiday to Frank Zappa Joe’s Garage. Lots of riddims you didn’t realize were Reggae one drop till you hear them all inna row.

Next week it is 4:20 green smoke shower!

bless, robt

keith — He will live to be 120 years old

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Digital Dubplate Playlist: Rockers do Reggae

0-30 min.:

Led Zeppelin – Dy’er Mak’er; Houses of the Holy (Atlantic) ’73: Did-ja Make her = Dy’er Mak’er
Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion; Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) ’72. Recorded in JA w/ the Dynamic All-Stars
Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now; I Can See Clarly Now (Columbia) ‘72
Geils Band – Give It To Me; Bloodshot (Atlantic) ‘73
The Hitters (aka Brinsley Schwarz) – Hypocrite + The Version (Edsel) ’73: UK Heptones cover
Taj Mahal – Johnny Too Bad; Mo’ Roots (Columbia) ’74 Slickers cover
Jeff Beck – She’s a Woman; Blow by Blow (Epic) ‘75

30-60 min.:

Eric Clapton – Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; There’s One in Every Crowd (Polydor) ’75: gospel reggae
Grateful Dead – Crazy Fingers; Blues For Allah (Grateful Dead) ‘75
Roxy Music – Love Is the Drug; Siren (Polydor) ‘75
Patti Smith – Redondo Beach; Horses (Arista) ‘75
Martha Velez – Come On In; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ‘76
America – Woman Tonight: History: Greatest Hits (Warner Bros.) ‘76
Robert Palmer – Pressure Drop; Pressure Drop (Island) ’76 Toots & the Maytals cover

MI0002089303 — Toots & the Maytals cover

60 min – 90 min.

Graham Parker & the Rumour – Don’t Ask Me Questions (Mercury) ‘76
Rolling Stones – Cherry Oh Baby; Black and Blue (Columbia) ’76 Eric Donaldson reggae cover
Eagles – Hotel California; Hotel California (Asylum) ‘76
Lijadu Sisters – Bobby; Danger (Knitting Factory) ’76 Nigerian
Elvis Costello – Watching the Detectives; My Aim Is True (Demon) ‘77
The Modern Lovers – Egyptian Reggae; Rock & Roll With the Modern Lovers (Beserkley) ’77 instrumental version of Johnny Clarke’s None Shall Escape the Judgment
Joe Jackson – Fools in Love; Look Sharp! (A & M) ’79

90 min – 2 hr.

Scorpions – Is There Anybody There?; Lovdrive (Mercury) ‘79
Frank Zappa – Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up; Joe’s Garage I (Rykodisc) ‘79
The Ruts – Jah War; The Crack (Virgin) ’79 UK punkdub
The Pretenders – Private Life; Pretenders (Sire) ‘80
The Clash – Justice Tonight/Kick It Over; Black Market Clash (Epic) ’80 EP – Willi Williams Armagideon Time (2 hr.)

download (11) — Private Life: Played Grace Jones vs. Sly & Robbie version last week

2 hr – 2 and 1/2 Hours:

The Clash – Justice Tonight/Kick It Over; Black Market Clash (Epic) ’80 EP – Willi Williams Armagideon Time
John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him; Double Fantasy (Geffen) ‘80
Steely Dan – Babylon Sisters; Gaucho (MCA) ‘80
Nina Hagen – African Reggae; 12” Mix (Columbia) ’80 German singer
Peter Green – Give Me Back My Freedom; Watcha Gonna Do? (Sanctuary) ’81; of Fleetwood Mac
Joan Armatrading – I Can’t Lie to Myself; Walk Under Ladders (A & M) ’81 Sly & Robbie

600x600 — Roots Dawta by way of Sly & Robbie

2 and 1/3 – 3 hr.

Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love; Tom Tom Club (Sire) ’80; Talkin Heads drum ‘n’ bass duo
Bobby & the Midnites – Book of Rules; Bobby & the Midnites (Arista) ’81 Bob Weir of Grateful Dead
Garland Jeffreys – Christine; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 NYC multi-racial artist
Belle Stars – Miss World; 7” (Stiff) ’81 UK New Wave female group
David Lindley & El Rayo-X; Quarter of a Man; El Rayo-X (Asylum) ‘81
The Members – the Model; Uprhythm, Downbeat (Arista) ’82: Kraftwerk cover
Men at Work – Down Under; Business as Usual (Columbia) ‘82
Ruts DC & Mad Professor – Weak Heart Dub; Rhythm Collision (ROIR) ’82 punkdub

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: Motown Inna Trenchtown!

April 1, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Took a little excursion. My parents are in the process of becoming Snowbirds: moving from Fort Benton, Montana to Sun City West.

Complete with coyote warnings, a family of bobcats behind the solar array at the end of their block. And warning pamphlets about blackwidows, recluse spiders and Gila monsters.

Gila-Monster-Eyes (1) — No doggie doors for I ‘n’ I in Sun City West!

Here’s how you get to my parents place.

Take the exit by the strip mall with the hearing aids shop on the corner
Turn left at the Dementia Care facility
Turn right at the massive Urology complex
Beware golf carts. They share the road

So knowing I would be away for a week, I cooked up what I call a Digital Dubplate show: Strictly out of my Ark-Ives:

Motown inna Trenchtown. All the great soul covers inna Reggae Stylee.

bless, robt

springtraining — Even year World Series run for my San Francisco Giants. Spring Training vs. the Royals in Surprise, Utah. 2 miles from my parents’ house

0-30 Min

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Sugar, Sugar; Rebel (JAD) ’69 box set (Archies)
Sly & Robbie – Sesame Street; Many Moods of Sly & Robbie (Sonic) ’79 (PBS kids theme)
Mighty Diamonds – Tracks of My Tears; Ice On Fire (Virgin Front Line) ’77 (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)
George Faith – Midnight Hour/Ya-Ya; To Be a Lover (Mango) ’77 (Wilson Pickett/Lee Dorsey)
Black Slate – Thin Line Between Love and Hate; Amigo (Ensign) ’80 (the Persuaders)
Phyllis Dillon – Midnight Confessions; Midnight Confessions (Westside) ’68 (Grass Roots)

30-60 min.

Cymande – The Message; Soul of Rasta (Newhouse) ’72 “Dove of Peace” UK soul/funk/rock/nyah
Burning Spear – Don’t Mess With Jill; Presenting (Studio One) ’73 (The Supremes)
Peter Tosh – Johnny B. Goode (Extended Mix); Mama Africa (EMI America) ’83 (Chuck Berry)
Marvin Gaye – Third World Woman (Reggae Mix); Midnight Love (Columbia) ’83 soul/reggae
Marvels – Rock Steady; 100% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’71 (Aretha Franklin)
Errol Dunkley – Betcha By Golly Wow; More Reggae Music (Sound) ’85 (Stylistics)
Dennis Brown – Ain’t That Loving You; Uptown Top Ranking (Object Enterprise) ’78 (Isaac Hayes & David Porter)
J.C. Lodge – Someone Loves You Honey; Reggae Pulse 3: Love Songs (RAS) ’80 (Charley Pride)

60-90 min.

Cornell Campbell & Lizzy – Aquarius; Love of the Common People (Trojan) (5^th Dimension)
Hot Chocolate – Confetti Day; Every 1’s a Winner (RAK) ’78 UK soul group
Sandra Reid – Ooh Boy; 600% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ‘82 (Rose Royce)
Mighty Diamonds – Stoned Out of My Mind; Channel One: Hitbound – Revolutionary Sound ’78 (Chi-Lites)
Garland Jeffreys feat. Linton Kwesi Johnson – Miami Beach; 12” EP (Epic) ’81 US soul/rock artist
Foxy Brown – Fast Car; Nice Up Dancee (RAS) ’89 (Tracy Chapman)
Black Uhuru – Somebody’s Watching Me; Anthem (Island) ’84 (Rockwell)

90 min – 2 hr.

Fun Boy Three – Our Lips Are Sealed; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83 (Go Go’s)
Yellowman – Beat It; Galong, Galong, Galong (Shanachie) ’85 (Michael Jackson)
Slits – I Heard It Through the Grapevine; Femme Fatale (Dressed to Kill) ’79 female punk/reggae (Marvin Gaye)
The Jay Boys – African People; Babylon a Fall Down (Trojan) ’71 (Raiders – Indian Reservation)
Grace Jones – Love Is the Drug; Warm Leatherette (Island) ’80 (Roxy Music)
The Beat – Tears of a Clown; I Just Can’t Stop It (Go Feet) ’80 (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)
Lee Perry – Double Seven; Soul Man (Trojan) ’74 (Sam & Dave)

2 hr. – 2 and 1/2 hours:

Just Dale/Robotiks – Until You Come Back to Me; Roots Daughters (Ariwa) ’88 (Aretha Franklin)
Toots Hibbert – Love and Happiness; Toots in Memphis (Mango) ’88 (Al Green)
Gregory Isaacs – Get Ready; Mr. Isaacs (Shanachie) ’78 (Temptations)
Storm – It’s My House; Hits of the Past (Links) ’79 (Diana Ross)
Heptones – My World is Empty Without You; Meaning of Life (Trojan) (The Supremes)
John Holt – If I Were a Carpenter; King Jammy at the Controls (VP) ’89 (Tim Hardin)

2 hr. 30 min – 3 hr.

15 16 17 – Girls Imagination; Black Echoes (DEB Music) ’78 (Temptations – Just My Imagination)
Audio Active – Burning of the Midnight Lamp; We Are Tokyo Space Cowboy (ON U Sound) ’94 mutant dub (Jimi Hendrix)
Pato Banton – One World (Not Three); Live at the Maritime Hall San Francisco (2B1) (The Police)
The Specials – Maggie’s Farm; Stereo-Typical (2 Tone) ’80 2 Tone ska (Bob Dylan)
Sister Carol – Jah Is Mine; Black Cinderella (Jah Life/Heartbeat) ’84 (Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney – The Girl Is Mine)
Delroy Wilson – It’s a Shame; Dancehall Sessions (Metro) ’88 (Stevie Wonder)
Lloyd Parks – Kung Fu Fighting; Wonder of You (Joe Gibbs) ’98 (Carl Douglas)
Akabu – People Get Ready; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK female group (Curtis Mayfield)

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