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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 6, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist): Bob-stock: Happy Birthday Bob

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Livicated to Bob Marley: Feb. 5, 1945

Greetings,

<Livicated, nah dead-icatedj; 11 sec.>

 

Very nice that Bob Marley’s Birthday fell on a Saturday. So 3 hours of Bob Tribute songs for Smile Jamaica

When Bob died of cancer, May 11, 1981 – dozens of Reggae artists rushed to the studio to record tributes:

<Smile Jamaica Bob Marley Tribute songs; 11 sec.>

Last year I played all my Bob Marley 12” but that was too much Bob for the Digital Millennium Copy-wrong Act. So this year I had to “ration” my Bob to 4 tracks:

<DMCA. No more than 4 songs by an artist; 26 sec.>

High-lights of Jah-bruary 6: Bob Marley Birthday Tribute; 49 sec.

Bob Marley smoking a joint
Tuff Gong pon di spliff tail

Annotated Playlist: Jah-bruary 6, 2016: Bob Marley Tribute Show

Set 1:

  • Bankie Banx – Remember Bob; Soothe Your Soul (Redemption) ’82 Montserrat vinyl
  • Chalawa – Natural Mystic Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Marley’s Exodus in dub: Dub Album of the Hour
  • Robert Marley – Judge Not; Scandal Sountrack (Island) ’62 – Bob’s first song!
  • Sister Carol – Dedicated to Bob Marley; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ‘84
  • Mikey Dread – In Memory (Jacob, Marcus, Marley); S.W.A.L.K – Sealed With a Little Kiss (Heartbeat) ’82 US vinyl – Jacob Miller, Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley

<Mikey Dread’s Tributes; 13 sec.>

  • Abyssinians – Jah Marley; Last Days (Tabou1) ‘99
  • Psalm of Bob Marley – Culture; Good Things (RAS) ‘89
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Rude bwoy Robert Marley, 1962

Set 2:

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

<Bob’s last words – Mother Don’t Cry, I’ll be alright; 13 sec.>

<Bob’s last day; 34 sec.>

  • Everton Blender – Bob Marley; Piece of the Blender (Heartbeat/Star Trail) ‘96
  • Brigadier Jerry – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Road (RAS) ‘90
  • Winston Groovy – Night Shift; 12” (Sound City) ’85: Commodores tribute to soul artists + Bob
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Mother don’t cry – Cedella Marley Booker: Bob’s mom

Set 3:

  • The Wailers – Rastaman Chant; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live at KSAN Radio, San Fran – Oct. ‘73
  • Ky-mani Marley – Dear Dad; CD Single (Gee Street) ‘99

<Ky-mani child 10 of 11 of Bob’s kids; 35 sec.>

  • Papa Finnigan & Junior Ranking – Tribute to Bob Marley; Two the Hard Way (Heartbeat) ’82 US
  • Delixx – Comin’ In From the Cold; Uprising in Dub (Micron) ’80 Germ. Dub of Uprising album. Dub Album of the Hour
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Bob’s 11 children by 7 women + 2 adoptions

Set 4:

  • Judy Mowatt – Joseph; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76 Bob = Joseph, Biblical prophet; 29 sec.
  • Alpha Blondy – Mystic Night Move; Masada (World Enterprise) ’92 Ivory Coast “why do black heroes die so soon”
  • Lui Lepki – Tribute to Bob Marley; Late Night Movie (Joe Gibbs) ‘81
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Smile Jamaica Rating: A+

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

  • Bunny Wailer – Stay With the Reggae; Marketplace (Solomonic) ’85 JA
  • Toots & the Maytals – His Songs Live On; Live at Reggae Sunsplash (Reggae Sunsplash) ’82 Montego Bay, JA
  • Horace Andy – Bob Lives On; Exclusively (Solid Groove) ’81 UK: Riddim Shower (1): vox
  • Ringo – Great Superstar; 12” (Top Ranking) Riddim Shower (2): deejay
  • Sue Chaloner – Missin’ Mr. Marley; 12” (CNR) ‘84

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Set 6:

  • Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster Jammin’; Hotter Than July (Tamla) ’81: Riddim Shower (1) original
  • Roots Uprising – Master Blaster Jammin’; Beautiful Music (Top Ranking) ’81 FL vinyl: Riddim Shower (2): cover
  • Roots Uprising – Jamming Dub; 12” (Top Ranking) ’81 Riddim Shower (3) reggae dub
  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – Roots, Rock Dub; Bob Marley in Dub vol. 1 (Tuff Gong); Dub Album of  the Hour

<Bob dub’s; 17 sec.>

 

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Set 7:

  • Culture – Double Tribute to the O.M.; Lion Rock (Heartbeat)  ’82; O.M = Order of Merit
  • Randeesh – Bob Marley is a River of Love; Courage (Mountain Lion) 2004 British Columbia
  • Prince Far I – Tribute to Bob Marley; Voice of Thunder (Trojan) ’81 UK vinyl
  • Winston Reedy & Tim Hain – Reggae Man; 12” (Priority) ’87 UK
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Order of Merit

Set 8:

  • Alpha & Omega – Freedom Fighters; Sound System Dub (ROIR) ’95 trance dub tribute
  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – Burnin’ & Lootin’; Dream
  • Isaac Haile Selassie – Dear Bob (Tribute to Bob Marley); CD Single (Resin Music) ’99
  • Jah Thomas – Tribute to Bob Marley; 12” (Midnight Rock) ‘81

<Last Tribute from Bob’s songbirds; 19 sec.>

  • I Three – He’s a Legend; Beginning (EMI America) ’86 US vinyl
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HGH is not Ital

<How Smile Jamaica celebrated the Broncos; 21 sec.>

 

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

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Three generations in Jah’s Heavenly Choir

Greetings,

<Listen to Bob everyday, keep the Devil away. I say!>

Last day of Bob-ruary. Her are the high-lights of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Bob-ruary 28, 2015; 62 sec.

  • Nuff Bob Marley Tribute Stylee (Feb. 6, 1945): CD and Vinyl
  • Best of 25 Years – From year 1 (1989-90); my faves at the time through today
  • Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45 RPM vinyl – Charles Manson makes his debut on Smile Jamaica!
  • 10″ and 12″ Disco Mix Combination Style or Dubwize
  • Wailers Family Tree
  • Mutant Dub Roots Dawta Set

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bless, robt

Annotated Playlist (soundbites, Reggae History lessons, photos and captions)

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Bob-ruary 28, 2015

Set 1:

  • Session feat. Azeem – Tribute to Bob Marley; Tribute to Bob Marley (M. Al’s) ’81 Oakland vinyl
  • Reggae on Top All Stars – Cutting Dub; Chalice Dub Part 1 (Reggae on Top)  ’95; Dub Album of the Week

<4 down, 46 to go!: Psalm 18: Verse 8, 16 sec.>

  • Cedella Marley Booker – Mother Don’t Cry; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84; Bob’s Mom pays tribute

<Bob’s last words to his Mom; 23 sec.>

  • Gregory Isaacs – Slave Driver; Sly & Robbie Present (RAS) ’80 Marley cover
  • Afrikan Simba + Echo & Prince Livijah – Free Up the Herb + Here Comes the Herbsman; 10″ EP (Reality Shock) 2007 UK; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcment
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“Mother don’t cry. I’ll be alright. I’m going to a better place”

Set 2: Best of 25 Years of Smile Jamaica

  • Naturalites – Picture on the Wall; Rub-a-Dubble vol. 1 (CSA) ’85 UK

<How Smile Jamaica made this song International: 1; 64 sec.>

<Smile Jamaica and the Oral Tradition; 29 sec.>

  • Althea & Donna – Sorry; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78 female dj duo
  • Dennis Brown – So Jah Say; Words of Wisdom (Shanachie) ’79
  • African Head Charge – Gospel Train; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’90 Mutant Dub/African music hybrid
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Not to be confused with the cheap beer. Storytelling: Listen to the bytes above to hear how Smile Jamaica made Picture on the Wall a big Reissue Hit in the SoCal Island community

Set 3: Tribute to Bob Marley

  • Sister Carol – Dedicated to Bob Marley; Black Cinderella (Heartbeat/Jah Life) ’84

<Rastas would prefer livicate to dead-icate; 16 sec.>

  • Lone Ranger – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Other Side of Dub (Heartbeat/Studio One) ’81 bonus track

<No Reggae without Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One Label; 22 sec.>

  • Culture – Psalm of Bob Marley + Dub of Bob Marley; Good Things (RAS) ’89
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Coxsone Dodd – founder of Reggae Music with his Studio One record label; 1932-2004. Thank you!

Set 4: Jamaican Jukebox – 7″ 45 RPM

  • Jah Blue – Charles Manson; 7″ (Roots International) ’79 JA, not a tribute!

<Charles Manson – Helter Skelter  “black people beware”; 56 sec.>

  • Al Campbell – Rasta Time; 7″ (Marvellous) ’74 Fr.
  • Nahrobi Isic) Sisters – 7″ (Gayfeet) ’75 JA; soul, funk, nyah Roots Dawtas
  • Big Joe & Bim Shieman (Sherman) – Natty Cale; 7″ (Scorpio)  ’78 JA; herbtune

<Smile Jamaica’s favorite singer: Bim Shieman/Bim Sherman; 16 sec.>

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Summer AFTER the Summer of Love: Tate-LoBianca Murders, Helter Skelter, Race War. “Black People beware!”

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital! – Tributes to Bob Marley

  • Horace Andy – Bob Lives On; Exclusively (Solid Groove) ’82 UK: riddim shower (vox)
  • Ringo – Great Superstar; 12″ (Top Ranking) ’82 FL: riddim shower (dj)
  • Ranking Joe – Tribute to Bob Marley; Rebel DJ (Jam Rock) ’82 FL
  • Shakaman – If It Wasn’t For the Rasta Man (Tribute to the Reggae King); 2030 A.D. (Majicaa) ’87 Los Jah-ngeles, Colly-fornya
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Black Wax attack!

Set 6: Wailers Family Tree

  •  The Wailers – No More Trouble; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong); Live at Leeds UK; 11/23/73

<Bunny Wailer – England too Cold>

  • Ky-Mani Marley; Dear Dad; CD Single (Gee Street); Bob’s son 2000
  • Bunny Wailer – Ready You Ready; Liberation (Shanachie)
  • Peter Tosh – Fire Fire (Babylon Burning); Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds) acoustic in the Studio at KZEL; Eugene, Oregon

<How Smile Jamaica helped rediscover Tosh artifact; 1 min, 50 sec.>

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Six Degrees of Smile Jamaica. Lost Tosh acoustic artifact – From Minnesota, to Smile Jamaica to Sacramento to Los Angeles to UK CD

Set 7:

  • Everton Blender – Bob Marley; Piece of the Blender (Heartbeat)  ’96
  • Trinity – Vampire; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz) 

<Reggae History Lesson: Dancehall, Jamaica: 1980-1985; 10 sec.>

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Too good to wait for Jah-loween 2015

Set 8: Mutant Dub Roots Dawtas 

  • Afro Omega – Show Me the Dub; CD Single (Afro Omega) SLC dubbers
  • Zion Train – Why Should We Have to Fight; Homegrown Fantasy (China)  ’95 UK
  • Red I feat. Camoi – Lost in Space; Jahdgement Day (Red I) ; 2012 Phillipines dub
  • Grace Jones – Well, Well, Well + Verison – Hurricane (Wall of Sound) 2011; soul does mutant dub
  • Alpha & Omega – The Roots; Watch & Pray (A & O) ’88 UK trance dubbers 

<Leonard Nimoy – RIP; We return to Space when we die; 17 sec.>

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