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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 15, 2016: Is it Rolling, (Nobel) Bob?

October 21, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<Is It Rolling, Bob?>

Greetings,

All my heroes are named Bob: Marley, Crumb and Dylan. Congrats to Nobel Prize for Literature, Bob Dylan. The first popular music artist to be chosen. Well deserving.

So I start off Smile Jamaica with a 3 song Reggae Tribute to his Bobness!

<Winner, winner Nobel Prize chicken dinner! 33 sec.>

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 15, 2016: Annotated Playlist – photos, captions, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons; 51 sec.

Bob Dylan Tribute
Wailers Family Tree
Vinyl is Vital
Jah-loween Stylee
Disco Mix 10″/12″
Roots Dawtas
UFO-ria inna Mutant Dub Stylee

Intro: 33 sec.

Set 1: From one Bob to another: Dylan Tribute – Nobel Winner

<Amazing achievement. Nobel deserving; 52 sec.>

Jimmy London – Ride On; Welcome to My World (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK vinyl
Sould Syndicate – Black Pride – Dub; King Tubby & Friends – Sound System Dub Vol. (Original) JA vinyl, 1975-78: Dub Album of the Hour
Bob Dylan – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door; Live at Budokan (Columbia): ’78 Reggae Tribute to Nobel Laureate, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan – Man Gave Names to All the Animals; Slow Train Coming (Columbia) ’79 Gospel Grammy winner
Bob Dylan – Jokerman; Infidels (Columbia) ’83 Sly & Robbie on the riddims
Peter Broggs – Internaitonal Farmer; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ‘82
African Pearl – Zion Bound; 10” (Ariwa) 2005 UK: female roots

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Touch & Hugh Roy – Rightful Ruler; Honorary Citizen: Jamaican Singles (Columbia) ’69 box set

<Peter Touch – hands on communicator; 18 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Dance Hall Music; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’87 roots comp
Rita Marley – Who Can Be Against Us; Harambe (Shanachie) ‘82

<Harambe – Kenyan revolutionary slogan: Pull together!>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jamming (Long Version); Exodus (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’77 bonus track

<Dessert before dinner: dub before the vox – Jamming; 18 sec.>

Set 3:

<Request: The one album that led to Smile Jamaica – Black Uhuru Anthem; 35 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Black Uhuru Anthem; Anthem (Island) ’84 Night of the Living Dead, Request; 19 sec.

Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers – Painstaker; Threat to Creation (Cherry Red/ON U Sound) ’81 dub to New Age Steppers cover of Michael Rose “Observe Life
African Princess – Jah Children Cry; 12” (Jah Shaka) ’80 UK
Scientist – Heavyweight Dub Champion (Greensleeves) ’80: Dub Album of the Hour

download-2 — This album made me a Reggae Fanatic – Hard to live in dread in the dawn of the living dead!

Set 4: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27 Years

Yellowman – Morning Ride; One in a Million (Shanachie) ’84

<The Morning Ride – a different commute!; 25 sec.>

Aisha – Evil Spirits; High Priestess (Ariwa) ‘88
Barry Brown – Run Wicked Man; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
Keith Hudson – My Eyes Are Red (Unlreased Version); Brand (Pressure Sounds) ‘77

download-8 — The morning ride is the longest ride

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Icarus – Land of Tarot; State of Mind (Russian Roulette) ’82 UK
Earl Sixteen – Freedom; Heart of the Ark vol. 2 (Seven Leaf) Black Ark/Lee Perry prod’n
Clint Eastwood – Sweet, Sweet Jamaica; Sex Education (Greensleeves) ’80 UK
Tony Tuff – Born in the Ghetto; Presenting Mr. Tuff (Black Roots) ’81 JA
Aura Lewis Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry – At Midnite; Full Experience (Blue Moon) Fr. EP – Black Ark prod’n

Set 6:

Tino – Bats in My Belfrey Dub; Hallowe’en Dub (Tino’s) Jah-loween beats artist
Yesca – Searchin’; Up in Smoke Soundtrack (Warner Bros) ’78 herbal update of the Coasters 50 r & b
Ther Herbaliser – The Hard Stuff; Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ninja Tune) 2002 UK mutant dub herb tune
Version feat. Sista Widey – Put On; 10” (Webcam Hi Fi) 2007 Fr. mutant dub
Black Roots Players – Redder Than Red; Ghetto-ology Dub (Easy Star) ’79 Dub Album of the Hour

r-574383-1133289286-jpeg — Makes your flesh creep: next 2 Saturdays nuff Jah-loween on Smile Jamaica. 3 hours Digital Dubplate mix on Mixcloud Oct. 31

Set 7: Jah-loween Stylee

Black Survivors – Catch a Vampire; Nations of the World (Sword Lion) ’95 UK
Garland Jeffreys feat. Big Youth – Graveyard Rock; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 – NY bi-racial rocker

<Don’t get stoned on my tombstone! 25 sec.>

Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad feat. Macka B – Devil Dance; Solid Foundation (Flag) 1992
Bomb the Bass feat. Sinead O’Connor & Benjamin Zephaniah; Empire; clear (Quango) ’95 UK mutant dubbers; Empire=Vampire

0001755820 — Don’t get stoned on mi tombstone!

Set 8: UFO-ria: 38 sec.

Audio Active – Space Children; Tokyo Space Cowboys (ON U Sound) ’94 Jah-pon
Rockers Hi Fi – Dick From Outaspace; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Disrupt – Asteroid Dub Force; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 3 (Jahtari) Germ.
Public Service Broadcasting– Gagarin; Beyond Saturn (Mojo)

<Yuri Gagarin, original Russian cosmonaut>

Troubleman – Intergalactic You, Intergalactic Me; Far Out Spaced Odyssey (Far Out) 2010 Brazilian dubfunk instrumental

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 8, 2016: Autumnal Roots

October 14, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Every fall, we hunker down and spend two Saturdays raising money. Smile Jamaica only exists becuase of the commercial free nature of community radio KRCL

So I didnt’ put up the last two weeks’ steams since we beg ‘n’ plead after every song.

So enjoy Fall with fresh roots!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 10, 2016 Annotated Playlist – tracklist, photos, captions and Reggae History Lessons

Set 1:

The Jay Tees – Prayer to Jah; Pirate’s Choice (Studio One) ’81 JA vinyl: female group
Black Slates Meet Soul Syndicate – Bum Dub; Moodie in Dub vol. 1 (Moodie) ’78: Dub Album of the Hour
The Rastafarians – Jah Greatest Blessing; Orthodox (Makasound) ’81 Rasta Cruz, Collie-fornya
Bunny Wailer – Warrior; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’90: Johnny Osbourne cover from roots best of
Dennis Alcapone – Revelation; Guns Don’t Argue (Trojan) ’70 comp.
2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Starkey Banton – Loose Talk; 10” (Coptic Lion) dj to Barry Brown’s Big Big Pollution

Set 2:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Waiting in Vain (unreleased mix); Exodus (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ‘77

Sister Nancy – Bam Bam; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’82 – ska, soul, rock steady, funk & dub in Jamaica
Tennors – Ride Your Donkey; Broken Flowers Soundtrack (Decca) ’68 Jim Jarmusch movie
Capital Letters – House Breaker; Rootikal Rebild + Rootikal Dubwise; 12” (British Reggae Archive) 2014

Set 3:

Jah Bull – Free Jah Children; Rockers International (Greensleeves) ’80 A. Pablo prod’n over Delroy Williams
Cassandra – Thank You For the Many Things You’ve Done; Babylon Soundtrack (EMI) ’80 UK lovers rock
Sugar Minott – The People Got to Know; Ghetto-ology + Dub (Easy Star) ‘79
Keith Hudson – Image Dub; Brand (Pressure Sounds) ’77 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: Rockers do Reggae

Keith Richards – Words of Wonder; Main Offender (Virgin) ’92
Tom Tom Club – Bambootown; Close to the Bone (Sire) ’83 Talking Heads side group
Prince Flo & Jah Edward – Dancing Mood; (Epiphany) ’81 Turtles members cover Delroy Wilson ‘81

r-4473460-1444642843-9668-jpeg — The Turtles meet Soul Syndicate

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital Set

Black Stalin – Vampire Year; In Ah Earlier Time (Makossa International) ’80 NY – Soca Halloween tune: Vinyl is Vital Set
Snowman – Black Heroes; Rockers Showcase Volume III (Rockers) ’87 Phil.
Jean Binta Breeze – Dubwise + Confusion (Warner); Tracks (LKJ) ’90 UK female dub poet, LKJ prod’n
Jah Walton – The Seed You Sow; Magnificent Seven (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK red vinyl

Set 6:

Peter Tosh – You Can’t Fool Me Again; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) ’69 Jamaican singles box set – nursery rhyme
Jimmy Cliff – You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down; Club Paradise Soundtrack (CBS) ‘86
Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad – Reparation (Flag) 2000

Love Joys – All I Can Say; Lovers Rock Showcase (Bullwackies) ’80 female duo
Ronnie Davis – Raining Dub; Jamming in Dub (Kingston Sound) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7: Jah-loween

Dubskin – Heavy Load; No End in Time (Dubskin) 2009 Boulder, Collie-rado; vampires: Halloween Set
Lee “Scratch” Perry & the White Belly Rats – de Devil Dead (Live); Panic in Babylon (DAMP) 2004
The Reddies – Voodoo Woman; Cultivation (Reddies) 2009 Jah-stin, Texas

Set 8: Mutant Dub

African Head Charge – Hold Some More; Songs of Praise (ON U Sounds) ’90
Dubsac – Dub Anthem; Dubsac (Annica) 2007
The Archives – Melodical Funk; The Archives (ESL) 2012 DC: ½ Thievery Corporation
Audio Active – Robot War; Apollo Choco (ON U Sound) ’97 Jah-pon
Ari Up – Baby Mother + Version; Dread More Than Dead (Collision) 2005 female singer of the Slits and New Age Steppers

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: July 30, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist): From Jah-ly into Jah-gust!

August 5, 2016 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

Greetings,

Trodding through Summer. Roots for I ‘n’ I. In the late afternoon when it’s relentless sun and heat, that is what Smile Jamaica is all about. The Soundtrack to your Summer BBQ. A Red Stripe. Mellow Mood waiting for the sun and the heat to go down.

I’m inside KRCL and if they paid their AC bill that month, it’s cool and deadly as I fling roots for 3 hours of killer sound ‘n power.

Since I started Jah Music in late June 1988, this time of year always makes me nostalgic for when I was a youth and not a grizzled vet. When the Compact Disk was new, I still hugged my black wax and digital music was far off into the future.

Nostalgia? No! Jah-stalgia

bless, robt

LU_HS_3-360x240 — Kind of looks like headphones on HIM’s ears?

Smile Jamaica Playlist: Jah-ly 30, 2016

Set 1:

Prince Alla – Ethiopian Song; King of the Road (Ital International) ’82 JA vinyl
Desmond Dekker – Reggae Recipe; Original Hit Sound (Trojan)
Devon Russell – Life Is; Prison Life (Tamoki Wambesi) ‘83
I Roy – Message From the Top; Every Mouth Must Be Fed (Pressure Sounds/Micron) ‘75
Samia Farah – Violent; Many Moods of Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 French/Tunisian artist
H.R. – Who’s Got the Herb?; I Luv (Railroad) ’91: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement, original to 311 cover
Dennis Brown – Africa We Want to Go; 10” (Observer Gold)
Winston Edwards – Natty Locks Dub (Studio 16) ’74 UK vinyl, Dub Album of the Hour

Set 2:

Bomb the Bass feat. Benjamin Zephaniah & Sinead O’Connor – Empire; clear (Quango) ’96 UK mutant dub Empire = Vampire
Yellowman – Don’t Burn It Down; Don’t Burn It Down (Shanachie) ’88 herbtune
General Public – Forward As One; Hand to Mouth (I.R.S.) ’86 post 2 Tone ska=The Beat
Cornell Campbell – Money; 10” (Coptic Lion) Mike Brooks prod’n***End of Set 2

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27+ Years

The Selecter – Three Minute Hero; Dance Craze (2 Tone) ’80 UK ska live

<Dance Craze – 2 Tone Ska movie>

The Maytals – Do the Reggae; Trojan Story (Trojan) ‘76
Earth & Stone – Give Me; Hitbound – The Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat/Channel One) ‘78
Black Uhuru – Natural Reggae Beat; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Heartbeat) ‘80
Jah Shaka – Black Steel; Dub Symphony (Mango) ’90: UK dub album of the hour

<Smokey’s Records in Salt Lake City>

smokey_store95web01f — Spent my Post Office per diems here building the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 4:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Crazy Baldheads; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ’76 unreleased alternate album mix
Etana – Jamaican Woman; I Rise (VP) 2014 female
The Congo’s – Some a Thief; 10” (Congo’s) 2006 over Johnny Clarke’s Crazy Baldheads

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Jimmy London – Ride On; Welcome to My World (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK
The Cimarons – Moving on Up; In Time (Trojan) ’74 UK
Louise Bennett – Dip Them; Sings Jamaican Folk Songs (Smithsonian Folkways) ’54 10” US
Don Tinglin – John Brown; Rough Road (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK red vinyl, herbtune
Ijahman Levi – African Train; Ijahman & Friends (Jahmani) ’88 UK

cover170x170 — 1954 – oldest record in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 6:

Sisters Jam – People of the World; Rockers International (Greensleeves) female group
Bongo Herman – Chairman of the Board; 400% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’72 Liquidator riddim
Foreign Exchange – Big Head Spliff; Occam’s Razor (First Step) ‘’99 NY, herbtune
Allan Kingpin – Stand Up For a Right; 10” (Reggae Archive)
Aggrovators – A Rougher Version; King Tubby – At the Controls (Trojan) Dub Album of the Hour

Roots dawtas working with Augustus Pablo

Set 7:

Akabu – The World; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK female group: Adrian Sherwood prod’n
Glen Brown – Lambsbread/Lambsbread Dub; The Way to Mt. Zion (ROIR) ’77 herbtune

<Lambsbread – flavor or herb>

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Audio Active – Happy Shopper (Live); Happy Shopper in Europe EP (ON U Sound) ’95 Jah-pon
Sevendub – Running Away (Noiseshaper rmx); Dub Club Edition (Collision) 2006 w/ female vox
Tackhead – Black Cinderella; Dubvisionist – Kingsize Dub (Echo Beach) 2014; Errol Dunkley cover
Momo Cat – Calling; Rocky Road (Fat Belt) 2008 Arab artist out of Finland
Burial – Dog Shelter; Burial (Hyperdub) 2007 UK dubstep

Words of Wisdom:

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: Jah-tober 31, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Happy Jah-loween – Voodoo Isms ‘n’ Skisms!

November 6, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

tumblr_ncbtn2LszD1rpdu8lo1_500 — All Treats no Tricks on Smile Jamaica Jah-loween

<Dracula gets diabetes sucking High Fructose blood out of kiddies; 20 sec.>

Greetings,

Smile Jamaica loves Halloween. Or as I call it Jah-loween. Lots of black arts and superstition in Reggae music. I’ve tracked those Dark Arts for more than 20 years of 3 hour shows.

So this show is Deadicated not Livicated!

<20 plus years of Jah-loween; 32 sec.>

DANCING-PUMPKIN1 — Doin’ the boneyard skank

Here is the road-map through the Boneyard: Witches, werewolves, vampires, duppies and ghosts, And all menagerie of Vampires.

Voodoo that you do!

Plus nuff sound bytes, Horror movie trailers: Blacula, The Thing With Two Head, Village of the Damned, Dr. Phibes, Halloween, X-Files, Twilight Zone.

Listen with the lights out.

curse, robt

<Welcome to Hell!>

Smile Jamaica Zombie Jamboree Playlist:

Set 1:

<All Treats no Tricks; 8 sec.>

Ini Kamoze – Hole in the Pumpkin; Shocking Out (Greensleeves) ‘87

<For 20 years I have led off each Jah-loween Showcase with Ini Kamoze; 12 sec.>

Scientist – Voodoo Curse; Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (Greensleeves) ’81 dub to Michael Prophet

<Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires; 11 sec.>

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Dub Syndicate – Train to Doomsville; Pay It All Back vol. 2 (ON U Sound) ‘88

<Scratch: Pick up your Cross and follow me! 23 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Vampire; Sinsemilla (Mango) ‘80
The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; Boris Pickett cover
GG All Stars – Haunted House; 12” (Hit Disco) ‘79

Set 2:

<Tribute to the Undead>

Keith Hudson – Darkest Night; Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood (Atra) ’75
Michael Prophet – Satan; Rootsman (Ariwa) ‘99
Garland Jeffreys & Big Youth – Graveyard Rock; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 black NY rocker

<Garland Jeffreys – NYC Rocker; 17 sec.>

Barrington Levy – Murderer; 12” (Jah Life); ’84 Vampires dem suck your blood

mqdefault — Graveyard Rock – don’t get stoned on my tombstone

Set 3:

Max Romeo – I Chase the Devil; War in a Babylon (Mango) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
Milton Henry – Them a Devil; Who Do You Think I Am? (Wackies) ’85
Devon Irons – Ketch Vampire; Baffling Smoke Signal (Heartbeat) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
Early B – Ghost Busters; Ghost Busters (Black Solidarity) ‘85
Barnabas Collins + Graveyard Skank – Lone Ranger; On the Other Side of Dub (Studio One) ’77 Soap Opera vampire

<Barnabas Collins – Dark Shadows vampire; 14 sec.>

images — Barnabas Collins – he’ll chew your neck like Wrigley’s

Set 4: Vinyl Halloween

Gladiators – Duppy Conqueror; Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ’80 Bob Marley cover; Duppy = Jamaican Ghost

<Bob Marley’s Duppy Conqueror – Jamaican ghosts; 10 sec.>

Crucial Bee – Mark of the Beast; Just a Sting (All-Starr) Am. Virgin Island over G. Isaacs riddim
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Judgment in a Babylon; 12” (One Drop) ’81; “Chris Blackwell is a Vampire”

<Island Label owner Chris Blackwell sued Scratch for libel; 17 sec.>

Prince Alla – Evil Forces; Evil Forces (Calabash) ’84 Florida
Pluto – Vampire Year; Ire Mas Rockers (Top Ranking) ‘81

<’78 – year of the woman; ’79 – year of the child; ’80 – year of the vampire; 15 sec.>

Alpha & Omega – X-Files Theme; Serious Joke (A & O) 2002

<X-Files Mini Series soon come>

Set 5:

David Lindley & El Rayo X – Werewolves of London; Very Greasy (Elektra) ‘88

<I saw Jack Nicholson at Trader Vic’s. His hair was perfect; 15 sec.>

Sky High & the Mau Mau – Cemetery Robbery; Origination (Sky High)
Humble Soul – Damn Vampire; Good Lord, Thank You (Kolchamuzik) ’96 Hawaiian artist
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Talk About Run; 12” (Greensleeves) ’81 cover of Lord Kitchener “Love in the Cemetery”

<Don’t make out with your girl in the Cemetery; 15 sec.>

Pablo Gad – Blood Suckers + Dub; Blood Suckers (Celluloid) ‘78

Set 6: Mutant Dub Halloween

<Smile Jamaica – Putting the mutants in Mutant Dub>

Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006

<Roll a lickle spliff wif di papyrus>

<Smokin’ sensimeena inna Mesopotamia>

Tino – Wolfman Is Everwhere; Hallowe’en Dub (Tino’s) 2002
Kode9 + Spaceape – Ghost Town; 5 Years of Hyperdub (Hyperdub) 2009; Specials cover
Dan I & King Kietu – Vampire + Dub Down the Vampire; Rastafari Judgement Fire (Imperial Roots) 2009 Italian dub

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Digital Dubplate Only – Zombie Jamboree!

October 31, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

5-free-halloween-music-playlists-for-your-monster-bash-ca8b4bbbb0 — Happy Jah-loween from Smile Jamaica. Here’s your Party Soundtrack or a way to keep punks of f your porch with ghoulish sounds

Greetings,

The Unholy Trinity of Smile Jamaica Jah-loween; 22 sec.

Halloween Rock
Jah-loween Reggae
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 31, 2015

Guided by Moonlight at the Witching Hour in my Secret Dub-ratory. Enjoy this 3 hour mash up of Reggae Jah-loween with no interruptions. Music then horror clips, soundbytes, movie trailers and the usual mayhem.

Perfect soundtrack for bobbing for apples and works to keep punks from getting too comfy on your doorstep for Tricks or Treats.

Smile Jamaica’s Favorite Holiday!

bless – I mean curse, robt

Zombie Jamboree – Digital Dubplate Tracklist

Hour 1:

The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96 herbtune
Lee “Scratch” Perry & Dub Syndicate – Train to Doomsville; Pay It All Back vol. 2 (ON U Sound) ‘88
David Lindley & El Rayo-X – Werewolves of London; Very Greasy (Elektra) ‘88 Warren Zevon cover
Aisha – Evil Spirits; High Priestess (Ariwa) ‘88
Lucky Dube – Dracula; Prisoner (Shanachie)
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Mr. Brown; Rasta Revolution (Trojan) ’71; rides around in a coffin
Bim Sherman – Nightmare; Crucial Cuts vol. 1 (Century) ‘86
Garland Jeffreys & Big Youth – Graveyard Rock; True Confessions (Epic) ‘81
Bomb the Bass feat. Benjamin Zephaniah & Sinead O’Connor – Empire (Vampire); clear (Quango) ’94 mutant dub
Devon Irons & Doctor Alimantado – Vampires; Open the Gate (Trojan) ’77?; Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
Sinead O’Connor – Vampire; Throw Down Your Arms (That’s Why There’s Chocolate & Vanilla) 2005; cover of Devon Irons

download (5) — Count Dank-ula – I got the Type O munchies

Hour 2:

Lee “Scratch” Perry – Duppy Conqueror; On the Wire (Trojan) 2000; Duppy = J’can ghost. Bob Marley cover
Dennis Brown – Black Magic Woman; Raw Roots vol. 1 (Sunshot) ‘73Fleetwood Mac/Santana cover
Dillinger – I Thirst; Cocaine (Charly) ’83 re: Barnabas Collins – Soap Opera vampire
The Ethiopians – Obeah Book; Slave Call (Rohit) ’77; Obeah – J’can folk magic
Humble Soul – Damn Vampire; Good Lord, I Thank You (Kolchamuzik) ’96 Hawaiian Reggae
Ijahman Levi – Inside Out; Forward Rastaman (Jahmani) ‘87
Jah Fish – Vampire Rock; Black Magic Reggae (Trojan) ’72; to Keble Drummond’s “Dangerous”
Kode9 + Spaceape – Ghost Town; 5 Years of Hyperdub (Hyperdub) Specials dubstep cover
Laurel Aitken – Witchdoctor From Amsterdm; Eskapade en France (Blue Moon) ‘77
Pablo Gad – Blood Suckers; Blood Suckers (Celluloid) ‘78
Black Uhuru – Satan Army Band; Black Sounds of Freedom (Greensleeves) ‘81
Junior Murvin – Lucifer; Police & Thieves (Mango) ‘77
Leo Graham – Voodooism; Voodooism (Pressure Sounds) ’76

macbr1231 — Lucifer loves the Seven Leaf

Hour 3:

Massive Dread – Vamps on the Corner; Strictly Bubbling (Nyam Up) ‘82
Mikey Dread – Pre-Dawn Dub; African Anthem (Dread at the Controls) ‘79
Allan Pillay – Demonic Forces; Wild Paarty Sounds (ON U Sound) ’81 mutant dub
Peter Tosh – Mark of the Beast (Outtakes); Equal Rights Deluxe Edition (Columbia/Legacy) ‘76
Singers & Players – Dungeon; Revenge of the Underdog (ON U Sound) ’82 UK
Sugar Minott – A Lot of Skeleton; Dancehall to the Core vol. 1 (TP) ‘99
Willi Williams – Dungeon; Messenger Man (Blood and Fire) ‘80
Roots Nation – Dungeon; Temperature’s Risin’ (Rare Roots) 2011 Dover, New Hempshire; Cover of Willi above
Yellowman – Me Kill Barnie; Them a Mad Over me (Hitbound) ’82; Barnabas Collins – Soap Opera vampire
Yabby You – Anti Christ; One Love, One Heart (Shanachie) ‘84
Toasters – Frankenska; Thrill Me Up (Skaloid) 3^rd Wave Ska
Black Uhuru – Anthem; Anthem (Island) ’84 Dawn of the Living Dread

download (7) — “Smoking in the lab late last night when I heard the gurgle of a water pipe”

Words of Wisdom:

<Putting the Mutants in Mutant Dub for 27 Years>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 24, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Boo-tiful Halloween Roots

October 27, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Enjoying Smile Jamaica’s favorite Holiday? Jah-loween? Been busy cutting up sound bytes and horror movie trailers for next week’s 3 hour Smile Jamaica Jah-loween show which falls on the actual All Hallow’s Eve.

Gonna start putting together my 3rd annual Digital Dubplate music and horror bytes only fascination this week to upload for fresh Roots on Halloween. Feel free to play at your party or to keep the kids off your porch.

Here’s last week’s Halloween Rock showcase – Digital Dubplate Mixcloud

This stream (Smile J 10/24/15) is about half Halloween. Holdovers never leftovers for this week.

curse, robt

download (4) — Vincent Price “lady killer”

Highlights of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 24, 2015; 49 sec.

Set 1: Halloween Tunes

Mighty Diamonds – Party Time; Indestructible (Alligator) ’83 Chicago vinyl; Heptones cover
Prince Far I & the Arabs – A Message; Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter 1 (ROIR) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour
Capleton feat. Big Youth – Mark of the Beast; I Testament (Rush) ’97; Jah-loween Set
Bim Sherman – Haunting Ground; Crucial Cuts vol. 1 (Century) ‘86
Trinity – Vampire; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz) ‘79
Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006 LA; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Wendy Shaw – Ease Off Satan; Passing Through the Flames (Issachar) ‘92

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – Pick Myself Up; Captured Live (EMI America) August. ’83 Greek Theater, LA
Bunny Wailer – Don Man; Gumption (Shanachie) ’90; “Let Him Go” update
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Who Colt the Game + version; Black Ark Sessions EP (Ascension) dominos metaphor

<Who Colt the Game at the Black Ark; 24 sec.>

toshgreekthaug24_1983 — This show became the Captured Live LP

Set 4: Calypso/Rock Steady Halloween

Lord Kitchener – Love in the Cemetery; Black Magic Reggae (Trojan); ’62 calypso; don’t take your girl to the cemetery

<Love in the Cemetery; 20 sec.>

Vulcans – Dracula; Journey into Space – The Return of Star Trek (Cactus) ‘72
Upsetters – Vampire; Upsetter Collection (Trojan) ‘70
Denzil Laing – Beware of the Vampire; Dry Acid (Trojan)
Prince Buster – Ghost Dance; Rock Steady – Hush Up (Melodisc) ‘68

images (2) — Duppies do not like it when you “rub a dub” pon their graves

Set 5: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica (Oct. ’89)

Don Carlos – Satan Control Them; Deeply Concerned (RAS) ’87; Halloween tune
John Holt – Police in Helicopter; Police in Helicopter (Greensleeves) ’82 herbtune
Yellowman feat. Sister Nancy – Wha Dat; King Yellowman (CBS) ‘84

<Wha Dat? War UK vs. Argentina – Falklands/Malvinas; 23 sec.>

Sister Carol – Spidla-ding; Black Cinderella (Jah Life/Heartbeat) ‘84

<Sister Carol – singjay definition; 8 sec.>

Burning Spear – Slavery Days + I and I Survive; Marcus Garvey + Garvey’s Ghost (Island) ’75

<Burning Spear as a trio; 11 sec.>

burning-spear-trio — Delroy Hines, Winston Rodney, Rupert Willington – Burning Spear

Set 5: Halloween Vinyl

Dennis Brown – Spellbound; Spellbound (Joe Gibbs) ’80 Opa-Locka, FL
Bushman – Back Weh Vampire; 10” (Stingray) 2003 UK
Donovan – Evil Eyes; World Power (Mango) ’88 US
Chalice – Back Way Evil Forces; Stand Up! (CSA) ’85 UK
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Two Bad D.J. (Greensleeves) Two bad Duppies (Ghosts) ’81 UK; 14 sec.

Set 6:

Ayo – How Many People?; Billie-Eve (Polydor) 2011 Nigerian/German female singer

<Ayo bio’ 18 sec.>

Dillinger – Cocaine in My Brain; Cocaine (Charly); ’83 herb tune[

<Reggae History Lesson: Cocaine/Marijuana in My Brain>

Black Roots – Capitalism; On the Ground (Sugar Shack) 2012 UK roots reunion
Pablo Gad – Sad Mistake; Hard Times (Soul Village) ’80 vampire tune

<If you think vampire gonna suck my neck you’ve made a sad mistake – Pablo Gad; 11 sec.>

Set 7:

UB40 – Madame Medusa; Signing Off (DEP/Sound) ’80; kiss off to UK leader Margaret Thatcher = Maggrot Tortcher

<Margaret Thatcher = Madame Medusa; 25 sec.>

Set 8: Mutant Dub Mutant Music

<Smile Jamaica – putting the mutants in Mutant Dub since ’89>

Tino – Bats in My Belfry Dub; Tino’s Breaks 6; Hallowe’en Dub (Tino Corp) 2002; Mutant Dub Halloween set
Funki Porcini’s Zombie – Flesheater Boulevard; & the Jerry Van Rooyen Remixes (Crippled Dick Hot Wax) 2000
Heavyweight Dub Champion – Exorcism; Rise of the Champion Nation (Champion Nation) 2009 Colorado
Beats International – Echo Chamber; Excursion on the Version (Go Disc) ’91 UK; Doctor Satan Echo Chamber
Alpha & Omega – The Dub Is Out There + Dub Files; Serious Joke (A & O) 2002 UK trance dub; X Files Theme
Thievery Corporation feat. Femi Kuti – Vampire; It Takes a Thief (ESL) Best of

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica: From the Secret Dub-ratory – Digital Dubplate: Halloween Rockers!

October 24, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Guided by moonlight in my Secret Dub-ratory. Cookin’ up some Halloween rock gems mixed in with the usual Smile Jamaica soundbytes, movie trailers and other ghoulish delights.

Something to steam at your parties or to chase Tricksters off your porch.

bless, I mean curse, robt

The Unholy Trinity of Musical Halloween Shows

<Nine hours of Jah-loween Stylee!>

Mixcloud: Digital Dubplate – Rock Halloween (today)
Mixcloud Digital Dubplate – Reggae Jah-loween (12:01 AM Oct. 31)
Live Smile Jamaica: 4-7 PM, Sat. Oct. 31

download (1) — 8 year old in Fort Benton Montana. Bought this comic from money earned raking dog poop. Mom tore it up when she found it. Happy Halloween!

From the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Best of Halloween Rockers:

Hour 1

Bobby “Boris” Pickett – Monster Mash
Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear the Reaper
She – Satan’s Angel
Five Man Electrical Band – Werewolf
Grateful Dead – Friend of the Devil
Rolling Stones – Sympathy For the Devil
Nellie McKay – Zombie
Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London
David Lindley & El Rayo-X – Werewolves of London
Roky Erickson – If You Have Ghosts
Blue Oyster Cult – Joan Crawford

Hour 2:

Donovan – Season of the Witch
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Charlie Daniels Band – Devil Went Down to Georgia
Hooters – All You Zombies
Creepsville 666- Adonis of the Dead
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Spirits in the Night
X-Files Theme
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put a Spell on You
Natacha Atlas – I Put a Spell on You
Meat Puppets – Attacked By Monsters
Blondie – Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)
Roky Erickson – Bermuda (1:59)

Hour 3:

Black Sabbath – War Pigs
Frank Sinatra – Witchcraft
Dusty Springfield – Spooky
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
Jeff Beck Group – Superstition
Jeff Beck Group – I Ain’t Superstitious
Bellrays – Voodoo Train
Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
Serpent Power – Lucifer’s Dreambox
Creepsville 666 – Undead Rebels of the Night
Maggots – Sideshow
Billy Green – Stone in a Trip

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 17, 2015: Pato Banton in the Studio!

October 20, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

MI0000440465 — Interview on Smile Jamaica. Niceness!

Greetings,

The Parliament of the World Religions was in Salt Lake City. My bredrin Mahan Khalsa, a local Sikh leader and anti-war activist called me as I went on air and asked I wold like to chat with Reggae singer and toaster Pato Banton who was in town with his musical ministry. I said bring him over.

Had a real nice chat with him in the first hour of the show. Here are the interviews:

bless, robt

<Pato Banton 1; 12 min,>

<Pato Banton 2; 5min.>

<Smile Jamaica celebrates Jah-loween; 55 sec.>

HIgh-lights of the 3 hour show 71 sec.:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Jah-tober 17, 2015 Playlist:

Set 1:

Chalawa feat. Stranger Cole – Jah Jah Revolution; Capture Land (Green Weenie) ’78 Can. Vinyl
The Wailers – Get Up Stand Up Dub; Wailers Dub (Tabou1) Dub Album of the Hour
Black Slate – Reggae Music; Amigo (BBR) ’80 UK

<Underrated UK Roots Group: Black Slate; 17 sec.>

Cedella Marley Booker – Stay Alive; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84 Bob’s mom pays tribute to her son
The Specials – Holiday Fortnight; More Specials (2 Tone) ’80 UK; 2 Tone Ska
Dub Organiser – Herbal Dub; Fashion in Fine Style (Reggae Archives) UK 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Barrington Levy – Mr. Money Man; 10” (Hitbound) ’83

Set 2: Pato Banton Interview

Sophia George – Rockers in the Rain; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ‘86
Black Uhuru – Sinsemilla (Monkey Is a Spy); Classic Black Uhuru (Island) ’80 herb tune
Interview with Pato Banton & Ras Irie
Pato Banton – Heal This World; Destination Paradise (Pato Banton) 2008
Pato Banton – Loving Service; Destination Paradise (Pato Banton) 2008

PatoUB — Google: Urantia. Interesting look at sprituality

Set 3:

Tall T and the Touchers – Touching the President; 600% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)
Zema – Vision of Trouble; Overcome (Melchizedek) 2005 So Cal female artist
Bunny Wailer – Wheel Yo Belly; Gumption (Shanachie) ‘90
Peter Tosh – Buk-in-Hamm Palace; Capturd Live (EMI America) Aug. ’83: Greek Theater, Los Angeles

<Tracking Through Tosh’s Captured Live on Smile Jamaica; 13 sec.>

Sunshot Band – Dial M For Murder; Dial M For Murder (Pressure Sounds) ‘ 80 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: Jah-loween Vinyl

Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Talk About Run; Two Bad D.J. (Greensleeves) ’81 UK

<Make out session in the Cemetery; 21 sec.>

Laurel Aitken – Witchdoctor From Amsterdam; Eskapade en France (Blue Moon) ’77 Fr. EP
Cultural Roots – Devil-Ites; Drift Away From Evil (Revolutionary Sounds) ’82 UK
Against Justice – Living Dead + Version; Against Injustice (Amp-Ech) JA

Set 5: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26 Years!

Natural Ites – Love and Understanding; Rub a Dubble vol. 1 (CSA) ’85 UK
Doctor Alimantado – I Killed the Barber; Best Dressed Chicken in Town (Keyman); ’78 to John Holt’s Ali Baba riddim
The Selecter – (Who Likes) Facing Situations; Celebrate the Bullet (Chrysalis) ’81; 2 Tone UK Ska
Bob Marley & the Wailers – I Know a Place + Version; CD Single (Black Ark) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry mix unreleased mix

1128894 — Lee “Scratch” Perry at his mythic Black Ark Studio

Set 6: Aluminum (CD) Jah-loween Set

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – 666; Hey World! (EMI) ’86; Jah-loween Set
African Head Charge – Don’t Let the Devil Hold You Back; Presents Noah House of Dread: Heart 2 (Bonjo I) ’97 UK mutant dub
Roots Manuva – A Haunting; Awfully Deep (Big Dada) 2005 UK mutant chanter/dubber

<Roots Manuva – Smile Jamaica Approved; 11 sec,>

Set 7: Mutant Dub

Gorillaz – Dracula; Gorillaz (EMI) Mutant Dub Set; 2001 Halloween tune
Dubblestandart feat. Ari Up – Soulmate (Dubvsionist Remix); King Size Dub Special (Echo Beach) 2013 Germany
Aldubb with Ras Perez – Oxymorons; Let There Be Dub (One Drop) 2010 Germ.
Armagideon feat. Rudy Lee – Edutainment; Through the Haze (Dubhead) ’98 UK
Mikey Murka – Sweeter; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 3 (Jahtari) 2012 Germany
Natacha Atlas feat. Tuup & Princess Julianna – Eye of the Duck; Something Dangerous (Mantra) 2003 French-Algerian

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 10, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Happy 26th Anniversary to I ‘n’ I

October 13, 2015 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

Greetings,

<Happy 26 Years of Smile Jamaica; 30 sec.>

In October of 1989 I began an excursion on the version: Radiothon (fund-drive) ’89 was when my bredrin Rutabaga Reese invited me to co-host KRCL’s long running Reggae program Smile Jamaica (then on from 1-4 pm Saturdays). I had just resigned from the grind of the Graveyard (Mondays 3-6 am) and figured I would finish my undergrad degree at the U of Utah and then head to Collie-fornya for Grad School.

Funny how things change. I stayed. Rutabaga and I shared Saturdays for about nine months and around July 1990 was when I took over the reigns solo.

For me programming Smile Jamaica is my absolute favorite thing on earth to do. And I like to say give thanks to KRCL for investing in the show and I ‘n’ I. Same guy, same channel, same time, same format.

I started in Oct. ’89. The Simpsons (post Tracey Ullman) started Dec. ’89. Both programs still running well-hot!

bless, robt

tumblr_m7uulsj5FE1rbm8yho1_500 — Smile Jamaica: Oct. 1989; The Simpsons: Dec. 1989

High-Lights of the Jah-tober 10, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: 59 sec.

Playlist:

Set 1:

Winston Jarrett – Solid As a Rock; Atra 10 Track (Atra) ’72 UK vinyl
Chalawa – Natural Mystic; Exodus Dub (Westons) ’77 Can.; Dub Album of the Hour
Sly & Robbie – Sesame Street; Many Moods of Sly, Robbie & the Taxi Gang (Sonic) ‘79 kids cover
Judy Mowatt – Slave Queen; Black Woman (Shanachie) ‘76
Bunny Wailer – Reggae Burden; Gumption (Shanachie) ‘90
The Specials – Rat Race; 2 Tone Collection: A Checkered Past (Chrysalis) 2 Tone Brit ska
Black Slate – Legalise Collie Herb; Amigo (BBR) ’80 UK; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
The Tamlins – Irie Collie; 10” (Irie Ites) 2012 herb tune

download — Brought to you by the letter S for Sensi. Now you know why Oscar is so grouchy

Set 2:

The Wailers – Kinky Reggae; Catch a Fire (Tuff Gong) ’73: JA vs. US/UK mixes

<Catch a Fire LP: Different mixes – JA original vs. Blackwell overdubs; 28 sec.>

<Kinky Reggae differences in mixes; 71 sec.>

Althea & Donna – Sorry; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ‘78
Willi Williams – Jah Righteous Reighn; 10” (Uptempo) ’84 Sugar Minott prod’n

images (1) — Completely different mix on the Jamaican vs. the Island US/UK version

Set 3: Best of 26 years

Third World – Third World Man; 96 Degrees in the Shade (Mango) ’77

<Rasta Man not Bionic Man; 18 sec.>

George Faith – I’ve Got the Groove; To Be a Lover (Mango) ’77 Scratch prod’n/Black Ark
Sister Audrey – English Girl; Roots Daughters (Ariwa) ’88 Mad Professor prod’n
Wailing Souls – Things and Time; Channel One: Hitbound the Revolutionary Sound (Heartbeat) ‘77
Soul Syndicate – Redder Than Red; Ghetto-ology Dub (Easy Star) ’79; Dub Album of the Hour (Sugar Minott)

Set 4: Jah-loween Stylee

<Jah-tober is for Jah-loween; 22 sec.>

Don Carlos – Night Rider (In Danger); Deeply Concerned (RAS) ’88; “I ain’t afraid of no ghosts!”
Ijahman Levi – One Step From Hell; Two Double Six 701 (Jahmani) ‘94

<Two Double Six 701 – Ijahman’s inmate number caught with weed; 15 sec.>

Bunny & the Kiemanaires – Devil’s Angel; From GG’s Reggae Hit Stable (Jamaican Gold) ‘71
Junior Dan – Look Out for the Devil + version; Junior Dan (Hi Try)

tumblr_muz3oeiK6h1rnfmxqo1_400 — Halloween falls on Saturday this year!

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Icarus – Land of Tarot; State of Mind (Russia Roulette) ’82 UK
Bert Brown & Olubayo – Iry Feeling; Escape From Babylon (Bertene) ’83 NY
10 Foot Ganja Plant – State of Man; Spycatcher (ROIR) 2013 NY
The Chantells – Eva; Waiting in the Park (Phase 1) ’77 UK
Sister Candy – Keep on Bubbling; Showcase (Raiders) ’84 UK

Set 6:

Peter Tosh – Get Up Stand Up; Live at the Jamaica World Music Festival (Peter Tosh Foundation) 11/27/82; Montego Bay, JA

<Tosh: Live at the Jamaica World Music Festival: 11/27/82, sunrise; 13 sec.>

<Peter Tosh: The Sun/Son of Reggae; 18 sec.>

Set 7: Mutant Dub

African Head Charge – Irie Day; Akwaaba (Acid Jazz) ’95 UK: Mutant Dub Set
Rockers Hi Fi – Round Reversion; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Rootah – Mr. Vibes; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 3 (Jahtari) 2012 Germany
Mankind Liberation Front – Dope Dreams; Grass Soundtrack (Mercury) 2000
New Blood – Worries in the Dance; Jungle Massive vol. 1 (Payday) ’95 jungle
Ben Wa – Macrocardio Dub Infarction; Devil Dub (Black Hole) ’98 San Francisco

Words of Wisdom:

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