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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 5, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-tucky Derby Stylee!

May 11, 2018 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Congrats to 2018 Kentucky Derby winner Justify

Greetings,

Jamaicans love horse racing too. Every Kentucky Derby Saturday I try to spin a set devoted to Jamaican horse racing. Just as the bugle starts and gates fly, open I drop the bass and go for m own musical horse race.

In Jamaica, their main track is called Caymanas Park. And the jockeys tend to be Chinese-Jamaicans rather than Latin Americans, as in the US.

<Caymanas Park; 39 sec.>

And because this is Reggae, the best song is a track by Bojangles from when the Two Sevens Clashed (’77) on a grooving Culture riddim, he relays the race between these contenders in the Selassie I Cup: 24 sec.

Babylon 2-1
Soul Youth 3-1
Rome – Even
Pope Pius 3-5 (the guy in the Vatican in 1977)
Dreadlocks 8-1
Baldhead 15-1

Win! – Dreadlocks
Place! – Baldhead
Show! – Soul Youth

And here is what happened to Pope Pius….22 sec.

Pope Pius couldn’t finish out in the Selassie I Cup and the ambulance was called — Bojangles, ’77

bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: May 5, 2018; 90 sec.

Set 1:

Jah Lloyd – Reggae Feeling; Black Moses (Virgin Front Line) ’79 UK vinyl to Mike Brooks
Armagideon – Spiral Galaxy; 12″ (Dubhead) ’96 UK mutant dub vinyl of the hour
Big Youth – Hit the Road Jack (Tribute to Bob, Peter, Bunny); Jamming in the House of Dread (Danceteria) 8/20/90 Live at Reggae Japansplash
Sandra Cross & the Wild Bunch – Free South Africa; Roots Daughters (Ariwa) ’88
Little John – Smoke Ganga (sic) Hard; 10″ (Well Charge) ’81 JA 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

Set 2: Kentucky Derby Set

Dillinger – Caymanas Park; 7″ (Well Charge) Kentucky Derby Set; Caymanas Park = J’can race track
The Pioneers – Longshot Kicked de Bucket; Greatest Hits (Trojan) ’79 UK vinyl
The Specials – Longshot Kicked de Bucket; Too Much Too Young (Receiver) ’79 Live at Astoria College: Pioneers cover
Racefans – Bookie Man; 7″ (Upset) ’70
Bojangles – Selassie I Cup; 7″ (Joe Gibbs Record Globe) ’77

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years

Misty in Roots – Judas Iscariot; Live at the Counter Eurovision (Kaz) ’79
Judy Mowatt – Concrete Jungle; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76 Wailers cover
Johnny Clarke – Don’t Call I Daddy; Don’t Trouble Trouble (Attack) ’75
Burning Spear – Down By the Riverside; Creation Rebel (Heartbeat/Studio One)
African Brothers & King Tubby – Original Dub; African Brothers Meet King Tubby in Dub (Nature Sounds) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Hollie Cook – Stay Alive; Vessel of Love (Merge) 2018 UK mutant dubstress
Flick Wilson – Lucifer; Don’t Give Up Your Culture (Moll-Selekta) ’80
Lee “Scratch” Perry & Merlene Gifford – Solid As a Rock; Chicken Scratch (Heartbeat/Studio One) early Rock Steady
Trinity – Healing of the Nation; 12′ (Burning Vibrations) ’82 herbtune
Itopia Band – Why; 10″ (Wackies) ’82 Bronx

Dawta of a Sex Pistol Slits member. Smile Jlamaica’s favorite Mutant Dubstress

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Black Stalin – Vampire Year; In Ah Earlier Time (Makossa Internation) ’81 Trinidad & Tobago soca
Sister Carol – International Style; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn
Chalice – Dance Hall Daze; Crossfire (CTS) ’85 JA
Bim Sherman & the Voluntary – Keep You Dancing (Century) ’84 UK
Desi Roots – Nature Boy; Doing It Right (Hawkeye) ’80 UK

Set 6: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – Burial; Dealing With the Shytstem (bootleg) Live at the Roxy 11/5/82 Los Angeles
Bunny Wailer – One Drop; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 50 covers of Bob Marley for his 50th birthday
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Who Colt the Game + Dub; Lost Black Ark Sessions (Ascension) rare Lee Perry prod’ns

Set 7: Rockers do Reggae

Cymande – Brothers on the Slide; Cymande (Sequel) ’74 Dove of Peace – UK Caribeean expats
Hot Chocolate – Confetti Day; Every 1’s a Winner (Infinity) ’78 UK
David Lindley – Twist & Shout; El Rayo-X (Elektra) ’81 Beatles cover
Pretenders – Private Life; Pretenders (Sire) ’80

Set 8: Mutant Dub

The Archives feat. Ichelle Cole – Boof Baff; The Archives (ESL) 2012 DC w/ female vox
Dub Syndicate – Bazooke; King Size Dub Volume 2 (Echo Beach) ’96 UK
Iration Steppers – Kilimanjaro; Lead With the Bass II (Universal Egg) ’96 UK
Prince David & the Abassi All-Stars – Put Life First; 10″ Humble Lion EP (Deep Root) 2008 UK
Thievery Corporation feat. Lou Lou – Le Monde; Mirror Conspiracy (ESL) 2000 Fr. female vox

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-pril 28, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist) – Peace Chalice!

May 4, 2018 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Good thing we smoked the peace chalice. Not another war!

<Korean Peace Talks – Light up the chalice!; 16 sec.>

Greetings,

I graduated High School in 1983. Right as I was getting ready to matriculate at Montana State University in Bozeman, three major events sent me off:

Soviets shot down a Korean airliner
Marine barracks bombing in Beirut killed several hundred Americans
America invaded the tiny island of Granada.

Fall 1983: Ronnie Raygun saving the Granadan people from an invasion of Cuban doctors

Welcome to the Cold War, son. After surviving the first one, who wants to live through the sequel: Russia/China/Syria Iran vs. US/UK/France/Israel.

China rattling Taiwan. India and Pakistan nose to nose. And Trump came in and immediately gave North Korea the hairy eyeball. So I was very encouraged that the two Koreas want peace.

Everyday I get to drop the needle pon the record at KRCL instead of a nuclear bomb shelter, it’s a good day.

So enjoy another World War III free edition of Smile Jamaica

bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-pril 28, 2018 Annotated Playlist; 18 sec.

Set 1:

Eek a Mouse – You Na Love Reggae Music; Skidip! (Greensleeves) ’82 UK vinyl
Black Uhuru – Ion Storm; Dub Factor (Mango) ’83 Dub Album of the Hour
Hepcat – Coming on Strong; Push ‘N Shove (Hellcat) 2000 SoCal ska
Carlene Davis – The Harder They Come; 15 Tracks (Sonic) ’80 Jimmy Cliff cover
Dennis Brown – Tenement Yard; Best of Dennis Brown – Niney the Observer Years (Heartbeat) ‘77
Fred Locks – Collie Herb; 10″ (Sip a Cup) 2003 UK 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Collie weed for Kali the Goddess of Destruction 36 sec.;>

Hindus from India brought cannabis to Jamaica. Kali the Liberator of souls. Collie – Jamaican herb

Set 2:

Afro Omega – Music Revolution; CD Single (Afro Omega) SLC roots w/ female vox
Charlie Chaplin – Chalice Burn; Take Two (RAS) ’90 herbtune
Winston McAnuff – Get Behind Thee Satan; Diary of the Silent Years (Makasound)
The Congos – Congoman Chant; 10″ (Glimmer) ’77 UK Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark prod’n

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years

Abyssinians – Abednigo; Satta Amassagana (Heartbeat) ’76

<Shadrach, Meschach & Abednigo – tossed in the furnace but not burned: Book of Daniel; 24 sec.>

Althea & Donna – Jah Rastafari; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78 dj duo
Coco Tea – There Is a Herb in My Garden; 20 Tracks (Sonic) ’85 herb tune
Mikey Dread – World War III; Beyond World War III (Heartbeat) ’82
King Jammy & Dry & Heavy – Night Flight Dub; In the Jaws of the Tiger (BSI) 2001 Jah-pon Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

UB40 – Cherry Oh Baby; Credit to the Nation (bootleg) ’86 UK tour; Eric Donaldson cover
Dublife Soundsystem; Puff Puff Pass; 1977 BaSS Thunder (Dublife Soundsystem) 2008 SLC mutant dub herb tune
Barry Brown – Over Me; 10″ (Hitbound) ’83 Brooklyn

Set 5: 420 Vinyl Set

<The Month of Jah-pril is 420 month on Smile Jamaica; 44 sec.>

Peter Tosh – Bush Doctor; Dealing With the Shytstem (bootleg) 11/5/82 Live at the Roxy, LA: 420 Vinyl Herb Set
Jr. Byles – Cally Weed; Rasta No Pickpocket (Nighthawk) ’86 St. Louis
Michigan & Smiley – Sensimilla; Step By Step (Hitbound) ’82 US
Chalice – Ital Love; Crossfire (CTS) ’85 JA
Mystic Youth feat. Sister I-Skeeda & the Irie-Ites – Save the Roaches; Best Wishes (Sunship) San Fran youth group

<San Fran junior high kids singing about saving roaches. Just Say No? 34 sec.>

Junior High kids from the St. John Coltrane School. During the 80’s singing about herb. Nancy Raygun would not approve

Set 6:

Bunny Wailer – Africa Unite; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 Bob Marley covers for his 50th birthday

<Hall of Fame – 50 for Bob’s 50th; 19 sec.>

Aisha – True Roots; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94
Marlon Asher – Ganja Cowboy; American Dream Cali’s Prop 215 () herbtune soundtrack
Bob Marley – I Know a Place + Dub; Black Ark Sessions (Ascension) rare 4 track EP of Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’ns
Skatalites – Christine Keeler; Foundation Ska (Heartbeat/Studio One) ’65 instrumental album of the hour

50 songs for Bob Marley’s 50th Birthday – 1995

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox of 420 45’s

Tipper Lee & Rapper Robert – Minister For Ganja; 7″ (Studio One) ’85 JA

<Smile Jamaica’s dream job: Minister for Ganja; 31 sec.>

Charley Ace – Herb Man Special; 7″ (Swing a Ling) instrumental take on Rita Marley’s One Draw
Pauline – Bush Weed; 7″ (Uhuru) singjay over Light of Saba riddim
Jimmy Dean & Jah Wally – Peace Chalice; 7″ (New Flower) ’77

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Scott Hardkiss – Hey Deejay; Technicolor Dream (God Within) 2009
Thievery Corporation – Temple of I & I; Temple of I & I
Dubblestandart feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry & Gudrun – Chase the Devil Dub; Return From Planet Dub (Collision)
The Archives feat. Ras Puma – Sensibility The Archives (ESL) 2012
Kraftwerk – Robots; Man Machine (Mojo) 2009

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Mar. 31, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist): At the Feast!

April 6, 2018 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

Greetings,

Let’s start of this week’s Smile Jamaica celebrating Easter and Passover through music!

<Happy Easter; 33 sec.>

As a Sumerian Fundamentalist, my New Year starts at the same time. April 1. 2018 is our year 6768

Kha b'Nissan (Happy #AssyrianNewYear 6768.) Happy #Akitu to our #Anunnaki watchers travelling from #Nibiru. #HappyEaster. Gotcha covered there too. #AncientAliens I put the "fun" in #Sumerian Fundamentalism pic.twitter.com/GTaSoZ2xsE

— Bobbylon (@SmileJ_KRCL) April 1, 2018

And while I’m celebrating. Go Giants!

Bobbylon’s 3 obsessions:

Reggae & Dub music
Green Bay Packers football
San Francisco Giants baseball

First song before we celebrate Easter/Passover/Assyrian New Year, American poet and City Lights Bookstore owner love his Giants. 60th year in SF.

<Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem “Baseball Canto”; 32 sec.>

Spent time in City Lights Bookstore looking for Jamaican dub poetry

Getting ready to do our Spring Fund Drive at KRCL. So I thought I would give you a sampler of the theme sets I have done over the years and decades. 50 sec.

The Whitman Sampler of Smile Jamaica:

Easter/Passover
4:20 herbtunes
Wailers Family Tree
Jamaican Jukebox 7″ – Roots Dawtas cover Bob Marley
Vinyl is Vital
Rockers do Reggae
Roots Dawta CDs
UFO-ria

bless, Bobbylon

Set 1: Easter/Passover

Lawrence Ferlinghetti – Baseball Canto; Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour – Baseball (Columbia)
Agrovators – None Shall Escape the Dub; Rasta Dub ’76 (Attack) ’76 JA dub album of the week
Bro. Marshall – Man From Galilee; Man From Galilee (Tabernacle) ’68
Gloria Bailey & the Joy Bells – I Have Paid the Price; 7″ (Henry’s) ’81 JA gospel
The Gospelettes – Sign My Name’ 7″ (Glad Tidings) JA gospel
Norma King – Good Friday; 7″ (Zion Love) ’89 Can.
Marcia Griffiths & Tyrone Taylor – He Shed His Blood; 7″ (High Note) JA ballad
The Congos – At the Feast; 12″ (99) ’81 – Passover

Smile Jamaica celebrates all the Sky Gods: Christian, Jewish and Sumerian

Set 2: 4:20 Cannabis Service

Ben Harper – Burn One Down; Voodoo Child (bootleg) 4/97 live in Bonn, Germ.
Soom T – Weed is Sweeter; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 Glasgow female weedstepper
Michael Rose – Draw the Weed; Never Give It Up (Heartbeat) 2001
Mikey Murka & Disrupt – Police; 12″ (Mahanee) 2009 Germ. cover of John Holt’s Police & Helicopter

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – African; Dealing With the Shytstem (bootleg) 11/5/82 live at the Roxy in LA
Bunny Wailer – No More Trouble; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95, 50 Bob covers on Bob’s 50th
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Is This Love; Kaya (Tuff Gong) ’78
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Is This Dub; CD Single (Tuff Gong) ’78
Scientist – Guava Road Dub; 11King of Dub (Kingdom) ’81: Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox: Roots Dawtas cover Bob Marley

Cindy Breakespeare – Turn Your Lights Down Low; 7″ (Riverside)

<Damian Marley’s Mom; 32 sec.>

I Three – I Shot the Sheriff; 7″ (Rita Marley Music)
Anicia Banks – Thank You Lord; 7″ (Ashandan) Curtis Mayfield original, Bob cover
Sheila Hylton – Mellow Mood; 7″ (Harry J) ’77

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Prince Far I – Natty Champion; Jamaican Heroes (Trojan) ’80 UK
Jennifer Lara – Hand to Mouth; High Times All Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago blues label does Reggae
New Age Steppers feat. Bim Sherman – Dreamers; Foundation Steppers (ON U Sound) ’83 UK Mutant Dub
Jackie Bernard – Economic Crisis; Lee “Scratch” Perry – Excaliburman (Seven Leaves) ’78 UK
Steel Pulse – Higher Than High; Caught You (Island) ’80 UK

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

Johnny Clarke – Rebel Soldering; Don’t Trouble Trouble (Attack) ’75: (1) – Original

<Soldering = cocksman; 36 sec.>

Hall & Oates – Soldering; Hall & Oates (Buddha) ’75 (2) cover

<Hall & Oates on Smile Jamaica? WTF? 26 sec.>

Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door; Live at Budokan (Columbia) ’78 Jah-pon

<2nd place to Cheap Trick; 14 sec.>

Linda McCartney – Sugartime; Wide Prairie (MPL) ’77 produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry

Set 7: Roots Dawtas

Aisha – Only Jah Works; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94: Roots Dawta CD set
Althea & Donna – Sorry; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78
Rita Marley – Jah Jah Don’t Want; Who Feels It Knows It (Shanachie) ’80
Love Joys – Chances Are; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackies) ’82 female duo

Aisha – Smile Jamaica’s favorite female singer

Set 8: UFO-ria

Anubian Lights – Outflight; Outflight CD Single (Crippled Dick Hot Wax) 2001 – The New Jerusalem

<The New Jerusalem mentioned in Revelation is about a gigantic spaceship; 50 sec.; <

U.F.O. feat. Deedee Bridgewater – Flying Saucer; Saint Germain des Pres Cafe IV (Wagram) 2004 Fr.
Creation Rebel – Starship Africa Part 1; 10″ EP (ON U Sound) 2015 UK
Dennis Alcapone – The Sky’s the Limit (Flying Machine); Guns Don’t Argue (Trojan) ’72
Tena Stelin – Flying Saucers; 7″ (River Bank) 2001 about the Anunnaki
Mighty Sparrow – Russian Sattelite; Bob Dylan Theme Time Radio Hour vol. 5 (Music Melon) ’59 about Laika the Soviet space dog, calypso

<Mighty Sparrow’s tribute to Laika, Soviet space dog who gave his life for space travel; 21 sec.>

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Jah-bruary 24, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-lympic Motivation That Rules the Nations!

March 2, 2018 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

So I was getting ready to go on air in the last half hour of Smile Jamaica. The phone rings and I pick up. The guy on the other line was pretty animated. “Hey Robert, I’m here with the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team in South Korea and we are listening to your show. Play us a tune.”

<Crown of Creation livicated to the U.S. Olympic Cross Country Ski Team; 22 sec.>

Wow! If true, I am sure the Dubstep/Mutant Dub set I was about to spin would match heavy bass to skiing a fast race. I dunno? They did medal for the first time at the Olympics. Or as I call it, the Jah-lympics

bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica A.rk-Ives Annotated Playlist: Jah-bruary 24, 2018: 85 sec.

Set 1:

Cornell Campbell – O Jah Forgive Me; Stalowatt (Third World) ’76 UK vinyl

<Stalowatt = Stalwart in Jamaican patois; 23 sec.>

Winston Edwards – Natty Dub; Natty Locks Dub (Studio 16) ’74 UK vinyl dub album of the hour
Hopeton Lindo – Black History; Rockers Vibration (Heartbeat) ’84 Mikey Dread prod’n
Carlene Davis – Quick Sand; 15 Classic Hits (Sonic)
Chalawa feat. Strangers Cole – Just Like a River; Capture Land (Green Weenie) ’79 JA singer w/ Ontario Canada group
Daweh Congo – Ganja Baby; Ghetto Skyline (Goldheart) 2008 Sweden
Jah Shaka – Revelation 18; 12″ (Jah Shaka) ’82 UK

<Revelation 18; 28 sec.>

The Angel of Revelation 18 – Ancient Astronaut

Set 2:

Sister Nancy – Bam Bam; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’82 singjay classic
Ronnie Davis – People Bawling; Wheel of Life (Upstairs) ’83
Cedric Im Brooks – Lambs Bread Collie; Light of Saba (Honest Jon’s) ’78 horn instrumental herbtune
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Disco Devil; 12″ (Upsetter Disco Cork) ’77 UK take on Max Romeo’s I Chase the Devil

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years

Don Carlos & Gold – Black History; Raving Tonight (RAS) ’83: Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years
Burning Spear – I’m Not the Worst; People of the World (Blue Moon) ’86
Jean Binta Breeze – Tracks + Nanny; Tracks (LKJ) ’91 UK female dub poet

<Who is Nanny?; 43 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Darkness/Dubness; 10″ (Island) ’82 UK picture sleeve
Delixx – Coming in From the Cold; Uprising in Dub (Micron) ’80 Dub Album of the Hour

Jamaican Heroine; expert markwwoman – Nanny of the Maroons

Set 4:

Chalice – Master Blaster (Jammin); Best of Reggae (Sonoma) 2011 Stevie Wonder cover
Jimmy Cliff – No Justice; Marked For Death (Delicious Vinyl) ’90
Thievery Corporation and Rockers Hi-Fi – Trance Mission Central; Abductions & Reconstructions (ESL) ’99 DC dubbers rmx
Cynthia Richards Aily I; Reggae Classics (DCC) ’73 herbtune
Doctor Alimantado – It Cold in a Babylon; 12″ (ISDA) ’80 UK

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Dub Syndicate feat. Michael Franti – No No; Echomania
John Clarke – Good Collie Weed; Visions of John Clarke (Wackies) ’79 Bronx
Hortense Ellis – Wooden Heart; Ravers Rock vol. 2 ()
New Age Steppers feat. Bim Sherman – Dreamers; Foundation Steppers (ON U Sound)
Amp-Ech – Blood Stains; Against Injustice (Amp-Ech) ’87 JA

Set 6: Wailers Family Tree

Cedella Marley Booker – He’s a Rastaman; Awake; Zion (Rykodisc) ’84 Wailers Family Tree
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Burnin’ & Lootin’; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) live in London June 1977
Bunny Wailer – Rastaman Vibration (Positive Vibration); Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 dubble disk of Bob Marley covers
Chris Hinze feat. Peter Tosh – Silver & Gold; Bamboo Reggae (Keytone) ’83 Dutch jazz flautist in JA

Dutch jazz flautist w/ Peter Tosh and crew

Set 7:

UB40 – Strange Fruit; Signing Off (DEP) ’80 – update of Billie Holiday

<Billie Holiday’s Strange Fruit; 58 sec.>

Dubble feat. Molara – Crown of Creation; 10″ (Dub Tunnel) 2012 UK Mutant Dub w/ female vox

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Matty G – Sensimilla; Bay Area Dubstep vol. 3 (Full Melt)
Alpha & Omega feat. Boney L – Babylon Children; Legend of A & O (Dopic) 2006 best of UK trance dub w/ female vox
Dr. Israel & Dreadtone International – One; Patterns of War (ROIR) 2005 Brooklyn
Bush Chemists – Dub Secret; Light Up Your Chalice (Dubhead) ’99 UK
Dubblestandart feat. Ken Boothe – When I Fall in Love; Immigration Dub (Collision) 2007 Jah-stria

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Jah-bruary 3, 2018) = Stream + Tracklist – Tributes to Bob Marley!

February 9, 2018 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<Bob Marley would have been 73 years old by my Liberal Arts math; 29 sec.>

<How Smile Jamaica got its name>

Greetings,

For decades now nearest the closest Saturday to Feb. 6, I have flooded the airwaves devoted to Reggae’s Rambo, as his spar Bunny Wailer called him.

Digital Millennial Copywrong act forced me down to only 1 Bob song per hour. So we sift in 34 ital Bob livications plus the one per hour of Bob they allow me to shuffle.

Tribute to the Reggae King!

bless, Bobbylon

The band conductor in Jah’s Heavenly Choir

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 3, 2018 – Happy Birthday Robert Nesta Marley, Feb. 1945; 80 sec.

Set1:

Jah Thomas & Roots Radics – Tribute to the Reggae King; 12” (Midnight Rock) ’81 JA Bob Marley Birthday Special
Abyssinians – Jah Marley; Last Days (Tabou1) ‘97
Ijahman Levi – Bob and Friends Over There; Inside Out (Jahmani) ’89 Jah’s heavenly choir of fallen Reggae heroes
Culture – Double Tribute to the O.M.; Lion Rock (Heartbeat) ’82 Order of Merit – Jamaica’s highest civilian honor

<Order of Merit; 30 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Kaya; Kaya (Tuff Gong) ’78 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Everton Blender – Bob Marley; Piece of the Blender (Heartbeat/Star Trail) ‘96
Delixx – Coming in From the Cold Dub (Tuff Gong) ’80 vinyl dub

Set 2:

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – Lyin’ in Bed; Time Has Come: Best of (EMI America) ’88

<Ziggy’s dreads; 31 sec.>

Brigadier Jerry – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Road (RAS) ’90 singjay
Macka B – Bob; Hold On to Your Culture (Ariwa) ’90 UK deejay
Sue Chaloner – Missin’ Mr. Marley; 12” (CNR) ’84 Neth.

Set 3:

Ky-Mani Marley – Dear Dad; CD Single (Gee Street) ‘99

<Bob’s brood – 11 kids by 7 moms; 22 sec.>

Isaac Haile Selassie – Dear Bob; CD Single (Resin Music) ‘99
Lui Lepke – Tribute to Bob Marley; Late Night Movie (Joe Gibbs) ‘81
Winston Reedy & Tim Hain – Reggae Man; 12” (Priority) ’87 UK

Set 4

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Positive Vibration; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) Live at the Rainbow Theatre June 1977

<How Smile Jamaica lead to Exodus; 52 sec.>

Horace Andy – Bob Lives On; Exclusively (Solid Groove) ’82 (1) – vox
Ringo – Great Superstar; 12” (Top Ranking) ’82 (2) – deejay

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Mikey Dread – In Memory (Jacob, Marcus, Marley); SWALK (Heartbeat) ’82 US – Jacob Miller, Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley
Shaka Man – Tribute to Bob (If It Wasn’t For the Rastaman); 2030 A.D. (Majicaa) Santa Monica, CA
Papa Finnigan & Junior Ranking – Tribute to Bob Marley; Two the Hard Way (Heartbeat) ’83 US
Tinga Stewart – Musical King; Key to Your Heart (Calabash)
Winston Groovy – Nightshift; 12” (Sound City) ’85 cover of the Commodores tribute to Marvin Gaye & Sam Cooke
Barrett Brothers – Bradsta Dub; Macka Dub (Clocktwer) drum & bass Wailers: ’80 Bronx vinyl dub album of the hour

Commodores cover livicated to Bob Marley as well as Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson

Set 6: Master Blaster riddim shower

Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin’); Hotter Than July (Tamla) ’80 riddim shower (1) – original
Roots Uprising – Master Blaster; Beautiful Music (Top Ranking) ’81 FL. Vinyl (2) – reggae cover
Roots Uprising – Blaster Dub; 12” (Top Ranking) ’81 FL (3) – vinyl dub mix

Set 7:

Bunny Wailer – Stay With the Reggae; Marketplace (Shanachie) ‘85
Sister Carol – 70 Sup’m Pieces of Bob; ISIS – The Original Womb-Man (Tuff Gong)
Bobby & Carol Kalphat – Memories of Vibe; 7” (Hit Vibes)
Doctor Alimantado – Nat King Cole/Bob Marley; 12” (Isda) ’80 UK

Set 8:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Smile Jamaica; 7” (Tuff Gong) ’76 JA;Lee Perry mix
Faith D’Aguliar – Reggae Pioneers; 7” (Gorgon) JA
Alpha Blondy – Mystic Night Moves – Masada (World Pacific) ‘92
Alpha & Omega – Freedom Fighters; Sound System Anthology (ROIR) ’95 UK trance dub
Suns of Arqa feat. Prince Far I – ‘83 Struggle; Musical Revue (ROIR) live in Manchester, Dec. 7, ’82 – Bring us another Moses and bring back Bob Marley
The I Three – He’s a Legend; Beginning (EMI America) ’86 US – Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths

Words of Wisdom – Know your rights

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 13, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist) – The Good Son!

January 19, 2018 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

<Digital story on my parents’ excursion into Medical Marijuana; 1 min. 46 sec.>

As an amateur missionary for the benefits of medical marijuana, I had been relaying the story of my parents’ excursions into Seven Leaf pain relief on the past two episodes of Smile Jamaica.

My parents just became snowbirds from Northern Montana to Sun City West, Arizona

My Mom has knee pain, anxiety and sleep issues and my dad: neuropathy, back pain and carpal tunnel issues. Last week I told the story about taking my Dad in to get a Medical MJ card.

<Medical Marijuana for Ma and Pa; 90 sec.>

Took a week to get the card, and I was back in Utah. So they went to the dispensary and had a little shopping spree

pain relief pills
topical CBD ointment
pain patch

Because they bought so much and were first time customers, they got a free vape pen. And bought a 4 to 1; CBD to THC cartridge.

Long story short: they call me for guidance on how to work the vape pen. Trial and error and voila! My parents are vaping like Bob & Rita Marley.

And hour later I get another call….”We’re not feeling anything.” I said, you got the stuff that doesn’t “feel”. Oh. Ok.

Last Sunday I call and looks like Mom wants to try a little more kick to her healing regimen. Why not? It’s medicinal and legal.

Last Friday my sister texts me: Mom and Dad just had a toke!

Me: Cheech & Chong!

Sis:

Me:

I had a listener call me after I told this story and we got into a discussion about having parents who are sick of the pills, cost and side effects of the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex

Once the (recent) stigma of weed is overcome through the relief of daily pain and social anxiety, cannabis reclaims its rightful place in our 10,000 year history of the Seven Leaf plant.

Revelation 22:2King James Version (KJV)

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

As I concluded my reasoning with the caller on the benefits of cannabis for our parents, he said, “You know Robert? You’re a good son.”

And I said, I really want my parents to enjoy their retirement pain free and unencumbered by the daily pill regimen they are currently under. However, I am definitely taking my vape pen with me on my next visit to Sun City West.

Bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 13, 2018 – Annotated Playlist; 1 min. 20 sec.

Set 1:

Soul Syndicate – King’s Highway; High Times All-Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago blues label
Winston Edwards – Natty Dub; Natty Locks Dub (Studio 16) ’74 UK vinyl dub album of the hour
Bad Brains – I and I Survive; Rock For Light (Caroline) ’83
Rupie Dan and Jennifer Gad – Blazing Fire; Solid Foundation (Flag) ’92
Carlene Davis – The Harder They Come; Reggae Sunsplash ’81 – Tribute to Bob Marley (Elektra) ’81 Jimmy Cliff cover
Dub Syndicate – Higher Than High; 10″ (Lion & Roots) ’98 UK 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – 400 Years; Peter Tosh & Friends (Upsetter0 ’70 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n

<400 Years – The Middle Passage; 35 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Forever Loving Jah; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 Bob Marley covers
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Natural Mystic; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) Live at the Rainbow Theatre, London; June 1977

<Exodus Live inna London June 1977; 46 sec.>

Rita Marley – That’s The Way; 12″ (Shanachie) ’80 US picture sleeve

Set 3:

Wingless Angels – Inviting You + Shady Tree; Wingless Angels II (Mindless) ’96 Keith Richards, Justin Hinds; nyah drums

<Keith Richards on Smile Jamaica? WTF?; 32 sec.>

UB40 – Don’t Break My Heart; LIttle Baggariddim (A & M) ’85 EP
King Kong – Unity; Rumble Jumble Life (Massive B) 2005
Grace Nelson – Jah Is Real; Ire Hi Fi – Play de Music (Plant Music) 2007 Germ.
Lee Perry & the Upsetters – Jah; Black Ark in Dub (Upsetter) ’77 Dub Album of the hour

Set 4:

Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; Black Uhuru
Bush Chemists feat. Ras I – Borderline; Light Up Your Chalice (Conscious Sounds) ’99 UK mutant dub
Super Chick – Bees Man; 10″ (Channel One) ’83

Michael Rose, Puma Jones and Duckie Simpson – The group that got me into Reggae

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Sister Carol – International Style; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn
Laurel Aitken – Je t’aimerai toujours ( I Love You, Yes I Do!) ; Eskapade en France (Unicorn) ’90 Fr. ska EP
The Specials – Sock it to ’em J.B.!; More Specials (2 Tone) ’80 UK tribute to neoliberal hitman, James Bond
Chalice; Dangerous Disturbances; Stand Up! (CSA) ’85 UK
Amp-Ech – Living Dead + Version; Against Injustice (Amp-Ech) ’87 JA

Ska praise to neoliberal hitman, James Bond

Set 6″ Roots Dawtas Rockers – Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ years

Patti Smith Group – Ain’t It Strange; Radio Ethiopia (Arista) ’76
Joan Armatrading – I Can’t Lie to Myself; Walking Under Ladders (A & M) ’81; feat. Sly & Robbie
Tom Tom Club – Bamboo Town; Close to the Bone (Sire) ’83; Tina & Chris from Talking Heads
Martha Velez – Bend Down Low; Escape from Babylon (Sire) ’76: Bob cover, Bob production, Wailers & I-Three. Lee Perry engineer

Set 7:

Tapper Zukie – Chalice to Chalice; MPLA (Virgin Front Line) ’78 herbtune
Jimmy Cliff – I Can See Clearly Now; Cool Runnings Soundtrack (Chaos) ’93 cover of Johnny Nash
Don Evans & the Paragons – Danger in Your Eyes; Full Up – More Hits From Studio One (Heartbeat/Studio One) ’76
Sis Aesha (sic) & Robbie Valentine – King Selassie I + Conditions; 10″ (Sip a Cup) 2001 UK

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Luciano & Sis Sanae – What You Gonna Do Now + Free Jah Children; Abassi All-Stars Showcase (Universal Egg) 2006 UK
Alpha & Omega – Solomon and Sheba; Overstanding (A & O) ’92 UK trance dub
Dr. Israel & the Brooklyn Jungle Sound System – Afrika Youth; Black Rose Liberation (Baraka Foundation) 2001 Brooklyn
Dry & Heavy – Night Flight dub; Meet King Jammy in the Jaws of the Tiger (BSI) 2000 Jah-pon
Charlie P & the Dubateers – Lock Me Up + Dub; Hustle (Dubateers) 2011 UK

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate – Christmas Stylee!

December 15, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Not the naughty or nice list. Who’s getting probed list.

Greetings,

Eff Bing Crosby! Bob Marley’s White Christmas. Fiyah bun Nat King Cole or Sinatra! Let’s hear Jacob Miller Deck the Halls with Boughs of Collie. Pa rum, pu-pum pum!

As a Sumerian Fundamentalist who knows that Ancient Astronaut Theory suggests Santa was an Alien*, I wish all my Bredrins and Sistrins a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

*Sleigh = spaceship. Rudolph’s Red Nose? Tracking beacon

<Santa Claus – Space Alien; 30 sec.>

Don’t take my word for it…listen to John Holt – A Spaceman Came Travelling

Spin this Yuletide podcast crafted in my Secret Dubratory while opening your gifts, slogging down Rum fortiied Egg Nog and sparking up the “christmas tree”.

bless, Bobbylon

0 – 30 min.

Bob Marley & the Wailers – White Christmas; Christmas at Studio One (Heartbeat/Studio One) ’65
Kiddus I – Love Child; Natty & Nice (Rhino) 70’s era
Jacob Miller & Ray I – All I Want For Ismas; Natty Christmas (RAS) ’78 All I want for Ismas is my collie herb
Coco Tea – Christmas is Coming; Badd Santa (Stones Throw) ‘84
Trinity – Santa Claus Comes Once a Year; Big Big Man (Esoldun) ‘84
Tennessee Brown & the Silvertones – Little Drummer Boy; Reggae Christmas From Studio One (Heartbeat/Studio One)
Half Pint – Christmas Vibes; Christmas Vibes (Studio One)

30-60 min.

Johnny Clarke & the Aggrovators – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus; Reggae Christmas (Trojan)
Mighty Diamonds & Dean Fraser – Frosty the Snowman; Reggae Pulse – Christmas Songs (Trojan)
The Notables feat. Lynval Golding – Good King; A Notable Christmas (Mossburg)
John Holt – Happy Xmas (War is Over); Reggae Christmas Hits Album (Trojan) John Lennon cover
Fishbone – Slick Nick You Devil you; Nuttasaurusmeg (Sony) ’87 SoCal funk/ska
Yellowman -12 Days of Christmas; Very, Very Yellow Christmas (RAS) ’98

60-90 min.

Kofi – Silent Night; A Very Reggae Christmas (Atlantic) ‘94
Rough Sounds – Comfort and Jah; Reggae Xmas Party (Rough Sounds)
Vince Charles – Mary’s Little Boy Child; Caribbean Christmas (Oglio) ’97 steel drums
Johnny Osbourne – Christmas Stylee; Reggae Christmas From Studio One (Heartbeat/Studio One) ‘80
Doreen Scheaffer – Wish You a Merry Christmas; Christmas Vibes (Studio One)
Horace Andy – Christmas Time; Greetings From Studio One (Heartbeat/Studio One)
Toots & the Maytals – Happy Christmas; Natty & Nice (Rhino) ’73

90 min- 2 hr.

Silvertones – Bling Bling Christmas; Christmas Greetings From Studio One (Heartbeat/Studio One)
Alton Ellis – Praise Jah It’s Christmas; Christmas Vibes (Studio One)
Happy Christmas – Washington & Clarke; Natty and Nice (Rhino)
Freddie McGregor – Irie Christmas; Reggae Christmas From Studio One (Heartbeat/Studio One)
Don Carlos & Glenice Spencer – Jingle Bells; Reggae Pulse 4 – Christmas Songs (RAS) ‘84
June Lodge – Joy to the World; Reggae Pulse 4 – Christmas Songs (RAS) ‘84
Lee “Scratch” Perry & Sandra Robinson – Merry Christmas, Happy New Year (Trojan) ‘86
Rough Sounds – Rude Lang Syne; Reggae Xmas Party vol. 1 (Rough Sounds)

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 2, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist) Vinyl Cratedig Rinse-out!

December 8, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Zia Records on West Sahara in Las Vegas. Great source for black wax

Greetings,

2017 was a topsy turvy year for the Smile Jamaica Ark-ives. Massive home remodel was supposed to start Nov. 2016. Alas, weather, Questar natural gas company and Salt Lake City zoning couldn’t agree on when to move my gas line. WHICH WAS UNDER MY HOUSE!

Stones Throw’ record label brags about “my vinyl weighs a ton!” Mine actually did. I had so many records packed into my Record Room that it sunk the floor below the baseboards.

Surprised a racoon or Burmese python didn’t come in through the hole in my floor, sunk below the baseboard!

So the depressing and frustrating delays didn’t even start until March 2017. Seven months of building out an actual physical archive. No more storing boxes of CDs in the bathroom, bedroom, garage and hallway!

Like any home remodel it was a daily grind of aggravation and interruption to my routine. (If you see me ask me about the bong and the Koran story.)

But once it was done, $25k in over-runs regardless, it has been awesome! New roof, new garage, new AC/furnace/gasline, siding.

I’m no longer that house on the block that looks like a shack with strange smells and jungle drums booming to the street!

***

From my usual cratedig excusion during Thanksgiving Week to Las Vegas 2016 through Fall 2017, I had done a moratorium on cratedigging. Didn’t see the point in just stacking up new titles til my Archive was finished.

During any major remodel, you can’t really leave the city in case the workmen need a decision. My house was built in 1901. A half ass renovation conducted in the early 90’s and I bought it in 1995.

So there were a lot of problems that needed construction troubleshooting.

Once I paid my final tab to my contractor: $5,059. Ouch! I was stoked to make up for lost time and hit Vegas with a vengeance.

And as I said on Smile Jamaica last week. Glad to be only a cliche’ and not a criminal in the land of 8 down!

bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Dec. 2, 2017 Annotated Playlist: 69 sec.

Set 1: 4:20 Set

Cornell Campbell – Stalowatt; Stalowatt (Third World) ’76 UK

<Stalowatt = stalwart; 10 sec.>

Scientist – 11 Guava Road Dub; King of Dub (Kingdom) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour
Mungo’s Hi-Fi & Soom T – I Need Weed; 10” EP (Scotch Bonnet) 2013 UK picture sleeve; female weedstepper
Clint Eastwood – Ganja Baby; Jah Lights Shining (Vista Sounds) ’79 UK
Barrington Levy & Jah Thomas ? – Collie Weed; Hunter Man (Burning Sounds) ’83 UK
I Roy – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Joe Gibbs) ’81 US to Johnny Clarke’s African Roots
Chariot Riders – Sensimilla Dub; Sensimilla Dub (Crystal) ’80 JA dub take

Las Vegas cratedig 2017 – Moondog Records.

Set 2:

Tony Tuff – Sweet Reggae Music; Wha We a Go Do (Top Rank) ’84 JA
Jimmy Cliff – I Am the Living; I Am the Living (MCA) ’80 US

<Jimmy Cliff: pop star or reggae singer? 32 sec.>

Crucial Bee – Give Thanks & Praise; Just a Sting (All-Star) US Virgin Islands
The Ethiopians – Good Ambition; No Baptism (Crystal) ‘70
Sister Carol – Santa Claus; 12” (Grade One) Christmas tune

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe (Island) ’82 UK vinyl box set

<Zimbabwe in the news; 1 min. 5 sec.>

Marcia Griffiths – Trenchtown Rock; Marcia (RAS) ’89 DC Marley cover
Peter Tosh – 400 years; Dealing with the Shytstem (bootleg) Nov. 5, 1985 LA, Roxy
Rita Marley – One Draw; 12” (Shanachie) ’81 US picture sleeve herbtune

<Rita the Teacher schooled by Herbie, Smokey & Milla; 16 sec.>

Bunny Wailer & the Solomonic Reggae’stra – Love Fire; Dub D’sco vol. 1 (Solomonic) ’78 JA
The Wailers – Get Up Stand Up Dub; Marley Dub (Tabou1) Dub Album of the Hour

<Adventures in cratedigging – Marley vinyl box set; 85 sec.>

2017 Ebay offering $225. Amoeba Records 1992 – $75

Set 4:

Judy Mowatt – Mellow Mood; Mellow Mood (Ashandan) ’75 JA Marley cover
Eddie Hooper & Storm – Pass It on; 12” (HCR) ’79 disco/reggae/calypso hybrid

Set 5:

Mutabaruka – Postpone Christmas; High Times All-Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago blues label

<No Xmas music before Black Friday! 32 sec.>

The Mighty Invaders – Hatred; Invasion! (Rave) ’83 Syracuse, NY w/ female vox
Twinkle Brothers – New Song for Jah; New Songs for Jah (Twinkle) ’89 UK
Ras Imru – The Marshall; 12” (Jah Shaka) ’81 UK

Set 6: Roots Dawtas

Vibal Smash feat. Queen Ekanem – Take a Load Off Dreadlocks; 12” EP (ECKO) ’87 LA cover of The Band’s The Weight

<Soundtrack to my Vegas crate dig – 36 CDs of Bob Dylan w/ The Band; 35 sec.>

Azanyah feat. Marva Shelton – Guiding Light; “The One” (Path of Light) ’87 Atlanta, GA militant jazz

<Rhodesia to Zimbabwe; South African to Azanyah; 31 sec.>

Sister Netifa – Don’t Talk to Me Babylon; Woman Deterimined (A luta) ’89 UK female dub poet
Lloyd Brevett and the Skatatlites – Stream in the Meadow; African Roots (Moon Ska) ’76 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Lee “Scratch” Perry – Judgement in a Babylon; 12” (Lion of Judah) ’81 JA picture sleeve – Christ Blackwell is a vampire

<Lee said Chris killed Bob Marley to take away his royalties; 36 sec.>

Tad’s Logic Dub Band – Science; Chapter 1 Mix (Tad’s) ’84 UK dub of Thomas Dolby’s She Blinded Me With Science
Ras Karbi – Discrimination; Seven Seals (Rockstone) ’84 JA cover of Five Man Electrical Band’s Signs

<Reggae cover of Five Man Electrical Band’s “Signs”; 24 sec.>

<I am a stud, I do not drink blood – Lee “Scratch”; 46 sec.>

Hey Chris, I am a stud I do not drink blood!

Set 8: UFOria

<Great moon watching for some vinyl UFOria; 36 sec.>

Awesome Moon on the night of this Smile Jamaica podcast

<Space Dust at Blade Runner 2049 in Las Vegas; 25 sec.>

Prince Jammy – Martian Encounter; Destroys the Invaders (Greensleeves) ’82 UK
Prince Lincoln & the Royal Rasses – Spaceship; Natural Wild (United Artists) ’80 UK

<Aliens gwan whip you, and put you in your rightful place; 9 sec.>

Lone Ranger – UFO; Barnabas in Collins Wood (Wave) ’79 JA
Prince Jammy – War in the Asteroid Belt; Destroys the Invaders (Greensleeves) ’82 UK
Bush Chemists – Star Dub; 10” (Jah Tubby’s) 2005 UK Star Wars Stormtrooper theme

Better than popcorn, Soda and milk duds while watching Bladerunner 2049 in Las Vegas in the land of 8 down!

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-vember 11, 2017 (Stream+ Tracklist): Acoustic Levitation inna Irie Meditation!

November 17, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek Lebanon. Prior to the Romans, it was a temple to the God Baal

Greetings,

How did they do it?

Every Friday I get together with my bredrins Mike and Aquaboy for bourbon and banter.

If you are regular listener to Smile Jamaica, you are well acquainted with my recent fascination with Ancient Aliens.

The television series on the History Channel goes into the notion that antiquity and all of its massive structures were effected by visiting Aliens we mistook as Sky Gods.

How did they carve out massive stone structures like the Temple of Jupiter in Baalbek, Lebanon (base slab is 1200 tons of a single cut stone? By my Liberal Arts math, that’s 2,400,000 pounds!

Or Puma Punku in Bolivia? How did “primitive” peoples haul multiple stone blocks (130 tones – 260,000 pounds) 10,000 feet up the mountain. They stack these massive blocks on top of each other with such precision you can’t get a human hair between the blocks. Who needs mortar?

I’ll tell you how they did it: Acoustic Levitation.

The things that modern construction can’t do today. Lifting that weight with cranes or multiple cranes? Ancient Astronauts achieved these stupendous feats by using sound to move those stones into place.

In the last episode I watched, as a Sound Engineer/Deejay, I was fascinated by how sound equates to energy. It is why the most effective prayer must be recited out loud: in cathedrals, temples, tabernacles and mosques. It is the sound of prayer that produces powerful energy.

I play a song in the second half of this podcast edition called God is Great. The power of Muslim prayer, thousands in synchronicity reciting prayers heard by God. Allahu Akbar – God is Great.

And so…one man’s Skygod is another’s Ancient Alien. I want to think The Watchers plugged in big stacks of speakers and pumped heavy bass to lift those hundreds of thousands of pounds into place.

Imagine a Nubian ancestor of Jah Shaka plugging in and firing off dub shots while the Ancient Astronauts looked on in approval as sound equates energy.

Jah Shaka, co-inventor of Mutant Dub, practicing some acoustic levitation

The Anunnaki – the originators of Mutant Dub?

Acoustic levitation inna Irie meditation. How the Ancients “got high”.

bless, Bobbylon

<Acoustic Levitation, prayer and Ancient Alien architecture; 80 sec.>

How many decibels to lift the Pyramids into place? I want that subwoofer!

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-vember 11, 2017 Annotated Playlist: 47 sec.

Set 1:

Peter Tosh – Recruiting Soldiers; Mystic Man (Rolling Stone) ’79 UK vinyl – livicated on Veterans Day

<Happy Veterans Day to my pops! 29 sec.>

Sly & Robbie & the Paragons – Man Next Door; Raiders of the Lost Dub (Mango) ’81 US Dub Album of the Hour
Mighty Diamonds – Know Your Culture; Tell Me What’s Wrong (Hitbound) ‘78
Norma Frazer – First Cut Is the Deepest; Full Up – Best of Studio One vol. 2 (Studio One/Heartbeat) ’67 Cat Stevens cover
Thievery Corporation feat. Notch – True Sons of Zion; Temple of I & I (ESL) 2017 DC dubbers
Black Slate – Legalise Collie Herb; Amigo (Ensign) ’80 UK 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Maine’s governor refuses to implement the commercial weed market voted on by the citizens; 29 sec.>

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

<In Jamaica gov’t informers are called Vampires; 14 sec.>

Happy Veterans Day to my Pops and all the Vets

Set 2:

Bunny Wailer – Chant Down Babylon; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 Bob covers on his 50^th birthday
Moodie – Repatriation; Moodie in Dub vol. 2 (Moodies) ’74 UK dub
Gracy & the Herbman Band – Children of Today; See Mi Yah (Funfundvierzig) ’91 female singer w/ deejay
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jammin’ 7” mix; 12” (Tuff Gong) ’77

50 Bob covers for his 50th Birthday – Feb. 6, 1995

Set 3:

Candy McKenzie – Sky at Night; Lee “Scratch” Perry Presents (Trojan) 70’s Black Ark prod’n
Junior Delgado – Fully Legalise; Chainstore Massacre (ON U Sound) 2002 UK herbtune
Aswad feat. Shabba Ranks – Fire; The Lunatic Soundtrack (Mango) ’91 dancehall
Junior Murvin – Memories (12” mix); Police and Thieves (Deluxe Edition) ’77 Black Ark prod’n
Familyman Barrett – Cobra Style Dub; Familyman in Dub (Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour

Working up a Digital Dubplate of Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark/Upsetters productions

Set 4:

The Disciples – Herbsman Skuffle; Global Explorer (ZipDog) ’97 UK mutant dub herb tune
Big Joe – Take It But Don’t Break It; At the Controls (Attack) ’78 dj to Pat Kelly’s cover of Angel of the Morning (Merrilee Rush/Juice Newton)
Charley Ace – Harder They Come; From Chapter to Version (Jamaican Gold) ’70 dj: not the Jimmy Cliff classic
African Princess – Jah Children Cry; 12” (Jah Shaka) ’81 UK

A+ record from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Jah Lloyd – Rudy Come Back; Black Moses (Virgin Front Line) ’79 UK
Lion Youth – Bring the Couchie Come; Love Comes and Goes (Virgo Stomach) ’81 UK clear vinyl; herbtune
Crutches & the Heptones – Kelly’s Place; Java Java Dub (Impact!) ’74 UK combination style
Jah Woosh – I Can’t Hide; Marijuana World Tour (Original) ’79 UK
Sena – Children of the Ghetto; Juvenile Delinquent (Clapper’s) ’81 Brooklyn: female vox

Killer female roots from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica 28 Years

Sheila Hylton – The Bed’s Too Big Without You; Live at Reggae Sunsplash ’81 (Elektra) Police cover
Bad Brains – The Meek; Rock For Light (Caroline) ’83 DC punkdub
African Head Charge – God Is Great; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ‘90
Don Carlos – Tuff We Tuff; Deeply Concerned (RAS) ‘87
The Upsetters – Noah Sugar Pan Dub; Upsetter Shop vol. 2 (Heartbeat) ’77 Dub Album of the Hour

From the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Autographe by H.R> – Throat of Bad Brains

Set 7:

Peter Tosh – Get Up Stand Up; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’76 acoustic live on WXFM Chicago; 43 sec.

Hortense Ellis – Suspicious Minds; All Shook Up (Trojan) early 70’s Elvis Presley cover

<Pop hits in America get the Jamaican Reggae treatmen; 36 sec.t>

Tena Stelin – Cosmic Session; 10” (Roots Hi-Tek) 2006 UK UFOria

<Tena Stelin: Fellow Ancient Astronaut Theorist; 32 sec.>

Fellow Ancient Astronaut Theorist laying down the Cosmic Session

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Dry & Heavy – Riders on the Storm; From Creation (Beat) 2002 Jah-pon covers the Doors: Mutant Dub Set
Tassili Players – Sensi; Lead With the Bass II (Universal Egg) ’96 UK dub herbtune
Jah “Pecker” Pelicaho & the Wailers – Concrete Jungle Dub; 21^st Century Dub (ROIR) ’87 Jah-pon dubber meets Jamaican roots

<The Wailers in Jah-pon; 50 sec.>

Natacha Atlas – Yalla Chant (Transglobal Under Remix); Remix Collection (Mantra) ’99 Belgian singer in Arabic

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-vember 4, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): Ancient Astronaut Theory Suggests!

November 10, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

I have told this story on air many times. I did political interviews on KRCL between 2003 (Iraq War) and 2012 when a new station GM – hired from Clear Channel radio – told me if I wanted to continue doing Progressive Political interviews I had to do two things

Quit expressing opinions
Must be objective.

I said no thanks and quit. I wasn’t going to dumb down my content like the CIA News Network or Washington Compost: being a stenographer of the news.

I quit radio interviews ratherr than being the radio equivalent of a presstitute stenographer

I would put a huge amount of time into that one hour, weekly interview. Post “retirement” I was left with a significant gap in free time.

That’s when I discovered a new time suck: Ancient Aliens on the History Channel.

As an Assyrian-American, a huge part of the show is about the Sumerians who wrote about contact from Astronauts (we humans mistook for Sky Gods.)

I binged watched everything to catch up on all that history/cosmology.

So it wasn’t long before I started combing through the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives “probing” (pun intended) for UFO themed Reggae tunes.

Believe it or not, I could fill a 60 CD suitcase and a record bag full of examples on sets I call UFO-ria (euphoria, get it?).

Now every July 2 (Roswell UFO crash anniversary) I do 3 hours of Alien fascination that rules the nation!

just like my traditions of Jah-loween, 4:20 and Bob Marley Tribute shows.

I’ve really gotten into it to the point where someone said, “Do you believe in this for real or is it entertainment?”

I said: I guess I do believe in it. Ancient Astronaut Theory makes the most ‘sensi’. to me.”

Ancient Astronauts, mistaken by humans as Sky Gods, created mankind to mine gold to take back to their planet Nibiru: the 12th Planet or Planet X.

Guess what? They had wrecked their home world through environmental degradation (just like Earth) and needed gold to re-generate their atmosphere on Nibiru.

If you are on my Twitter at SmileJ_KRCL. I post 3 topics:

Reggae and Radio
Alt-Left, anti corporate Democratic Party snark
UFOria

Now I tell my friends, forced to endure my proselytizing, that I put the “man” in Manichaean and the “fun” in Sumerian Fundamentalism.

Anu is my Sky God. The Greeks called him Zeus

So I did a radio show last week with a UFO set. Just finished up Season 10 DVD of Ancient Aliens.

Guess what? My beef with archaeologists is that their calculations on when these massive structures from antiquity were built was thousand of years off.

Giza Plateau – Anunnaki Tessaract (space ships) powered by the pyramid energy.

Listen to my clip about the Great Pyramid of Giza that proves my point: Not 2500 BC, 10500 BC.

It’s not Khufu/Cheops’ tomb. It’s a power station for the Anunnaki’s Spaceships when they left and landed at the Sinai Spaceport.

Praise Anu! Bobbylon

<Giza pyramid and archaeo-imperialism; 1 min. 50>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-vember 4, 2017 Annotated Playlist; 49 sec.

Set 1:

I Roy – Jah Is the Best; Best of I Roy (GG’s) ’77 JA vinyl
Impact All-Stars – Java; Java Java Dub (Impact!) ’74 UK – Vinyl Dub Album of the Hour
Junior Murvin – Roots Train; Police & Thieves (Mango) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark prod’n
Lorna Asher – Your Mama is Calling; Straight to Your Heart (Twinkle) ’99
Hepcat – Pharaoh’s Dream; Right on Time (Hepcat) ’97 SoCal ska
Massive Dread – This is Massive; This Is Massive (Nyam Up) ’82
Dub Syndicate – Higher Than High; 10″ (Lion & Roots) ’98 UK 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

Set 2:

Black Uhuru – Love Crisis; Black Sounds of Freedom (Greensleeves) ’77 original; ’81 rmx

<Various Black Uhuru lineups; 31 sec.>

Louisa Marks – Caught You in a Lie; 12 the Hard Way
Sheriff Lindo & the Hammer – Sky Dubbing; Ten Dubs That Shook the World (Crucial Vibes) ’88 Australian dubber
Junior Dan – Gives Thanks No Skanks/Yanks & Ises; 10″ (Hi Try) ’77 UK

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 28 Years

Gregory Isaacs – Hot Stepper; Night Nurse (Mango) ’82
Jean Binta Breeze – Time Gawn + Arising; Tracks (LKJ) ’90 UK female dub poet
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Sonny’s Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem); Forces of Victory (Mango) ’79 UK dub poet

<Sus: similar to stop and frisk in England; 28 sec.>

Ini Kamoze – Them Things Deh; Mini LP (Mango) ’84
Monty Alexander; Evening Time; Tribute to Reggae’s Keyboard King: Interpretations and Improvisations – Reggae’s Keyboard King (VP) 2004 Instrumental tribute to Jackie Mittoo

Set 4: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – One Love/People Get Ready ’77 + 2017 rmx; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) Ziggy’s rmx next to original

<Bob’s Exodus; 1 min 23 sec>

<Song Analysis: One Love/People Get Ready 77 vs. 2017 rmx; 20 sec.>

Peter Tosh – Get Up Stand Up; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’82 live Boulder, Collie-rado
Bunny Wailer – Roots; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 Bob Marley covers

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Lone Ranger – Annie Palmer; Barnabas in Collins Wood (Wave) ’79 JA – wicked witch of Jamaica who terrorized the slaves
Sister Carol – International Style; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn
Chalice – Back Weh Evil Forces; Stand Up! (CSA) ’85 UK
Jah Woosh – Marijuana World Tour; Marijuana World Tour (Original) ’79 UK herbtune

Singing about Annie Palmer – the evil witch who terrorized Jamaican slaves

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

Robert Plant – Lively Up Yourself (live); Principles of Moments (box set edition) (Es Paranza) ’83 Bob Marley
Led Zeppelin – Dy’er Ma’ker; Houses of the Holy (Atlantic) ’73 Dy’er Maker = Jamaica if you say it fast

Garland Jeffreys – Christine; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 NYC bi-racial rock/soul singer
UB40 feat. Chrissie Hynde – I Got You Babe; 12″ (DEP) ’85 UK Sonny & Cher cover

<Sony & Cher vs. Chrissie Hynde & UB40; 47 sec.>

Jah Pelicaho & the Wailers – Mystical Cosmic Vibration; 21st Century Dub (ROIR) Jah-ponese dub album; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7: UFOria

Audio Active – Adventure in Time & Space; Happy Happer (On U Sound) ’95 Jah-pon
U.F.O. feat. DeeDee Bridgewater – Flying Saucer; Saint-Germain-des-Pres IV (Wagram) 2004 Fr. future jazz
Derrick Morgan – Moon Hop; Original Reggae Recordings (Trybute) ’70
Elegants – Little Star (Static Revenger Mix); Destroy All Humans! (Lakeshore) 2005 video game soundtrack of 50’s doo woop
Audio Active – The Adventure is Still Going On; Happy Happer (ON U Sound) ’95 Jah-pon

Set 8: Mutant Dubstresses

Afro Omega – It’s on the People; demo; SLC dub group
Thievery Corporation feat. LouLou – The Time We Lost Our Way; Cosmic Game (ESL) 2005 French chanteuse
Soom T – Ganja Ganja; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 Glasgow Weedstepper
Dry & Heavy – New Creation; From Creation (Beat) 2002 Jah-pon
Alpha & Omega – The Homeless People + No Man’s Land (dub); Overstanding; (A & O) ’92 UK trance dub

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