Cratedigging in the land of 11 down, 39 to go. While I ‘n’ I load up on some Black Friday Reggae and Dub for 2020 soon come, enjoy this Digital Dubplate of giving thanks.
45 gems of Thanks and Praise. Enjoy this merryment while waiting online and forced to listen to Christmas music.
First stop for my Black Friday: Or as I ‘n’ I called it: Green Thursday!
I ‘n’ I give thanks to all the Smile Jamaicalisteners for more than 30 years!
bless, Bobbylon
Thanksgiving Digital Dubplate
0-30 min.
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Thank You Lord; In the Beginning (Trojan) ‘67
As we take a pause to raise money for the support that community radio provides for prime time, Saturday afternoon, Reggae programming, enjoy this Digital Dubplate.
Recent additions from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives to the ITunes Library. Converting analog to digital for the social media/podcasting massive.
And it starts with a perfect theme song for I ‘n’ I: Music is My Desire!
bless, Bobbylon
Pablo Moses – Music Is My Desire; A Song (Mango) ’76
Derrick Morgan – Black Superman (Muhammad Ali); Sucker Punch (Trojan) ’75 Johnny Wareika cover
The Selecter – My Collie Not a Dog; Too Much Pressure (2 Tone) ’80 UK ska w/ female vox
African Head Charge – Wicked Kingdom; Sankofa (Bonjo I) ’97 Mutant Dub recorded in Ghana
Bad Brains – Jah Love; Into the Future (ROIR) 2012 DC punk/reggae
Stepped away from the airwaves last week for a four day weekend. So I bunkered down in the Secret Dubratory and cooked up 3 hours of my favorite roots tunes for the massive.
Bless, Bobbylon
0-30 min.
10 Foot Ganja Plant – Deliver Us Jah; Bass Chalice (ROIR) 2005 NY
Afro Omega – Move Like Light; Move Like Light (Afro Omega) 2012 SLC
That time of year. Just after winter, just before allergy season. While we were off raising money for your station that rules the nation (thank you for your continued support for KRCL), I was in my Secret Dubratory stitching up 4 hours and 20 minutes, 00 seconds of herbal medication inna irie meditation.
Includes all my infamous bong rips, movie trailers, Reggae and Dub soundbytes all for your mood elevation that rules the nation!
10 down, 40 to go
bless, Bobbylon
You all got Sensi. We got Ruderalis
Smile Jamaica 2019 Digital Dubplate: 420
0-30 min.
The Toyes – Smoke Two Joints; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96
Dillinger – Marijuana in My Brain; Cocaine (Charly)
Dub Syndicate- Higher Than High; Fear of a Green Planet (Shanachie) ’98
Glen Brown – Lambsbread; Way to Mt. Zion (ROIR) ”79
Yesca – Searchin’; Up in Smoke Soundtrack (Warner Bros.) ’78 Coasters update
Dr. Israel Presents Dreadtone International – Sensimilla; Patterns of War (ROIR) 2005
30-60 min.
Frankie Paul – Pass the Tu-Sheng Peng; Pass the Tu-Sheng Peng (Greensleeves) ’84
Gracy & the Herbman Band – Forward Up; See Mi Yah (Funfundvierzig) ’91 Germ. female
Jacob Miller – Healing of the Nation; Meets the Fatman Riddim Section (Top Ranking) ’78
Johnny Clarke – Legalize It; Authorized Version (Virgin Front Line) ’76 Peter Tosh cover
Kid Loco – Here Comes the Munchies; Kill Your Darlings (Division One) 2001
Love Joys – One Draw; Reggae Vibes (Wackies) Rita Marley cover
60-90 min.
Peter Tosh – Don’t Wanna Get Busted; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds) acoustic live on KCGL Eugene, OR
Macka B & Mad Professor – Legalise the Herb + Smoking Dub; Hold Onto Your Culture (Ariwa) ’95 UK
Mike Brooks – Good Herb; Earth Is the Fullness (Moll-Selekta) 2004
Prince Alla – Sensimilla; More Love (Jah Warrior) 2002
90 min. – 2 hr.
Rita Marley – One Draw; Who Feels It Knows It (Shanachie) ’80
Seefari – Homegrown; Dread Pon da Scene (Upful Sound) ’98
See-I – Dinner of Herb; Dinner of Herb EP (Exile) 2004
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Marley-juana Megamix (Smile Jamaica 420 Rmx)
Sly & the Revolutionaries – Rizla; Black Ash Dub (Trojan) ’80
Benjamin Zephaniah – Get High; Rasta (Workers Playtime) ’83 UK dub poet
2 – 2 and 1/2 hrs.
Johnny Osbourne – Mushroom; Fally Lover (Greensleeves) ’80
Sammy Dread – Plant the Sensi; Jah Live (Heartbeat Europe)
Vivian Jones – Got a Light; 12″ (Jah Shaka) ’86 UK
Soom T Marijuana-Mix (Bobbylon Seven Leaf Rmx)
Black Uhuru Meets Black Sabbath – Guess Who’s Coming For Sweet Leaf; 7″ (blank) Mashup
Rootz Underground – Herb Fields; Movements (Mystic Urchin) 2007
2 and 1/2 – 3 hrs.
Prince Far I – Lambs Bread Collie; Ten Commandments (Rhino UK) ’79?
Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collect) 2006 LA
KRCL is a community radio station which means it doesn’t sell advertising but raises funds to operate via a radiothon. We take 2 shows in the Spring and Fall to replenish the coffers.
That means that I have to fund raise for donations after every song. So I put up these Digital Dubplates in lieu of 3 hours of begging for kasheesh.
Last week it was all Roots Reggae. This week the genre I “invented”: Mutant Dub. Contemporary electronic sounds with Jamaican drum & bass and echo.
At max volume it will clean the cobwebs from your speakers!
bless, Bobbylon
0-30 min.
2 Bad Card – Pabloesque; Hustling Ability (ON U Sound) ’95
Afro Omega – Whatcha Need + dub; Pick Up the Pieces (Afro Omega) 2007 SLC w/ female vox
Brooklyn Funk Essentials feat. Everton DaSilva – I Got Cash; Make Them Like It (Shanachie) 2000
Still having no luck with KRCL’s Window’s 95 era machines and lost another recording. (All vinyl, too, dammit!). Having to make space on my laptop and am combining all my various ITunes folders into one.
So I thought what a great way to craft a Digital Dubplate of favorite roots jams. Enjoy!
bless, Bobbylon
0-30 min.
Aswad – Love Fire; New Chapter (Columbia/Legacy) ’81
Black Uhuru – Sinsemilla (Discomix); Sinsemilla (Mango) ’80
Culture – Down in Jamaica; Cumbolo (Shanachie) ’79
Dr. Alimantado – Oil Crisis; Born For a Purpose (Greensleeves) ’81
Earth & Stone – Jailhouse Set Me Free; Kool Roots (Pressure Sounds) ’79
Future Pigeon – Gift Tax; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collect) 2006 LA
Gideon Jah Rubbaal – Love Rasta; Free Us Now (ACL) ’77
30-60 min.
Hot Chocolate – Confetti Day; Every 1’s a Winner (Infinity) ’78
Inner Circle – Tenement Yard (Live); Best of (Island) ’92 comp.
Jah Shaka – Father and Son; Coronation Dub (Jah Shaka) ’89
Kingman + Jonah feat. Claudius Linton – World War III; Sign Time (Sun King) 2008
Smile Jamaica is hosted by Robert Nelson on 90.9 FM KRCL in Salt Lake City, Utah (Saturdays, 4-7 p.m. MT). Ark-ives available weekly here at the Smile Jamaica blog.
