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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: (Stream + Tracklist) June 11, 2016: Summer Rain Utah!

June 17, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

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

Greetings,

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

bless, robt

<28 Years of Reggae Radio>

Reggae History Lesson – Muhammad Ali; 24 sec.

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

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

Set 1:

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

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

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

Set 2:

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

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

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

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

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

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

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

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

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

Set 4:

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

download (31) — A whole heap covered this one

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

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

Set 6:

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

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

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

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

Set 7:

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

Set 8: Mutant Dub

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

a1157882031_16 — Can’t spell Italy without Ital

Words of Wisdom:

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

May 6, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

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

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

Grizzlite my Reggae apprentice checking in

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

bless, robt

❤ hour high-lights>

Set 1:

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

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

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

<Muscle Shoals, Alabama; 21 sec.>

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

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

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

<Sister Carol’s pharmacopia; 12 sec.>

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

Set 2:

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

<Dub Side of the Moon; 20 sec.>

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

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

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

Set 4:

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

<Reggae Pioneer – Laurel Aitken; 10 sec.>

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

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

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

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

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

Set 7:

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

Set 8: Mutant Dub UFOria

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

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

April 29, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

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

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

Smile Jamaica’s Top 5 Prince songs

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

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

bless, robt

<Plant your seeds!>

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

Set 1:

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

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

Set 2

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

<Prince: Rest in Peace; 40 sec.>

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

<Pass the Cupe = the sacred chalice>

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

maxresdefault — Rest in Peace. Livicate never deadicate

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

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

Set 4:

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

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

Set 5: 7 inch Seven Leaf; 19 sec.

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

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica 26+ Years

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

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

<2016: 9 down, 41 to go?>

Set 7:

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

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

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

download (9) — Melodica and the Far East sound

Set 8: Mutant Dubstresses; 9 sec.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

April 15, 2016 Robert Nelson 2 Comments

Greetings,

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 down, 46 to go!

images (7) — Pres. Sanders will legalize it

bless, robt

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

0-30 min.

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

30-60 min.

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

60-90 min.

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

90 min. – 2 hr.

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

2 hr. – 2 and 1/2 hrs.

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

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

2 and 1/2 – 3 hrs.

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

<55 inna 35 – BUSTED!>

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

3 – 3 and 1/2 hr.

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

3 and 1/2 – 4 hr.

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

4 hrs. to 4:20:00

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

<100 Spliffs a day!>

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

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: Motown Inna Trenchtown!

April 1, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

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

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

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

Here’s how you get to my parents place.

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

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

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

bless, robt

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

0-30 Min

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

30-60 min.

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

60-90 min.

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

90 min – 2 hr.

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

2 hr. – 2 and 1/2 hours:

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

2 hr. 30 min – 3 hr.

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

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist) Mar. 19, 2016 – Feel the Bern!

March 25, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<Bernie v. Hillary; Trump v. Romney; 21 sec.>

Greetings,

14,000 people to see Bernie Sanders in SLC
During Spring Break
During Ute NCAA Basketball
Trump drew 1200

80% trouncing. Nearly ever colleague talked about how their caucus ran out of ballots or they queued in line for 90 minutes to 2 hours.

Congratulations Bernie Sanders. You want more votes? Call for legalizing the Seven Leaf!

(PS – I’m voting or Jill Stein. From one Green to another!)

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist – March 19, 2016; 69 sec.

Set 1:

Aswad – Hey Jah Children; Babylon Soundtrack (Takoma) ’80 UK
Bunny Wailer – Dub D’sco vol. 2 (Solomonic/RAS) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour
Barrington Levy – Please Jah Jah; Prison Oval Rock (RAS) ’84 on Sugar Minott’s Oh Mr. DC
Mystic Roots Band feat. Marko & Katherine Ramirez – Running; Campfire vol. 1 (Stay Positive) 2013 Chico, CA
Inner Circle – We Come to Rock You; Best of (Mango) ‘80
Bob Marley & the Wailers – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Trojan) ’73 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Leroy Smart – See Them Go; 10” (Fatman) ’85 UK

Early addition to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 2:

Rico & the Special A.K.A. – Jungle Music; A Checkered Past (2 Tone/Chrysalis) ’82: ska trombonist with 2 Tone Ska

<UK 2 Tone Ska; 35 sec.>

Laurel Aitken – Witchdoctor From Amsterdam; Rise & Fall (Unicorn) ‘90
Tchiya Amet – Natural Woman; Rise Again Truth (Redemption Way) ’99 Chicago female
Robert Emanuel – You Can’t Push I Over; 10” (Main Line)

Set 3: Best of 26+ Years of Smile Jamaica

New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Observe Life; Action Battlefield (ON U Sound) ’82 Michael Rose cover
Desi Roots – Go There Right; Strictly For Rockers (Mango) ’85 comp.
Steel Pulse – Leggo Beast; True Democracy (Elektra) ’82 UK roots
Ken Boothe & the Iranian Students – Peace Time; Jack Ruby Hi Fi (Auralux) ’79

<Producer Jack Ruby – discovered Burning Spear; 8 sec.>

Sound Dimension & Ernest Wilson – Why Oh Why Version ; Version Dread – 19 Dub Hits From Studio One (Studio One/Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour

<Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One labe; 28 sec.l>

hqdefault (4) — Reggae producer Jack Ruby

Set 4:

Peter Tosh – Fight Apartheid; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87

<Tosh Murdered just as I discovered Reggae, Fall ’87>

<Reggae History Lesson: Apartheid and South Africa; 17 sec.>

Ranking Roger & Blue Riddim Band – America and Russia/Selective Service System + Nancy Goes to Russia (ORA International) ’83 St. Louis – Nancy Reagan tune

<Nancy loves fashion but Ron loves money; 24 sec.>

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Cimarons – Mull of Kintyre; Reggaebility (MPL) ’82 Paul McCartney cover

<Cimarons love McCartney; 19 sec.>

Niney – My Spliff; Nuclear Jammin’ (Voiceprint) Chicago ’86 herbtune
Jah Thomas – Love and Happiness; Stop Yu Loafin’ (Greensleeves) ’78 UK over Leroy Smart’s cover of Waiting in Vain
Louise Bennett – Funny Names; Yes M’Dear Live! (Island) ‘83
Jimmy Shondell – Snake in the Grass; Hit Me With Music (Trojan) ’73 UK

download (33) — Busted in Jah-pon: Paul McCartney and the Seven Leaf

Set 6:

Aisha – Someday; There is More to Life (Ariwa) 2005
Capital Letters – Do We Really Need a Government?; Bread and Water (Greensleeves) ’80 7” EP
Barry Brown – Pass Up the Chalice; Rich Man Poor Man (Moll-Selekta) herbtune
Errol Dunkley & Errol Bellot – Live Right + Everything Is Possible; 10” (Reality Shock) 2011
Tassili Players – Interstellar Overdub; Outer Space (Universal Egg) ’96 Mutant Dub Album of the Hour

<Tassili Algeria – Ancient Aliens; 28 sec.>

download (34) — Ancient Aliens in Tassili Algeria caves

Set 7:

John Brown’s Body – Plantation; Kings and Queens (Esy Star) Upstate NY
Backbeat Soundsystem – Burnin’ Up; Together Not Apart (Easy Star) 2014 Cornwall, England
Rebelution – Fade Away; Count Me In (Easy Star) 2014 Santa Barbara

<Easy Star Records>

Set 8: Mutant Dub UFO-ria

<UFOria>

Dubadelic – Thuds Like Scuds; Bass Invaders (WordSound) ’98: UFOria set – Mutant Dub
African Head Charge & Professor – Stretch; Brother of Reality (ON U Sound) ’98 UK
Nina Hagen – UFO; Nunsexmonkrock (Columbia) ’80 Germ.
Boxcutter – SPACEBASS; Arecibo Message (Planet Mu) 2009 UK dubstep
Dubvisionist and TVS – Moonsteppa; King Size Dub Special (Echo Beach) Germ. 2014
Fedayi Pacha – Gilgamesh I / 4b-1-23; Global Pillage (Hammerbass) 2012 Fr.

download (36) — Epic of Gilgamesh – way earlier than Noah

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): March 5, 2016: Hayfever Season!

March 11, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Two tings signal Spring for I ‘n’ I. Daylight Savings Time (this weekend) and Hayfever. Not from my favorite hay either. 4 down, 46 to go!

Spun tunes in a nice little Flonase Allegra-/D cocktail to keep the serial sneezing at bay. How does it affect the snow?

Tune in and find out!

bless, robt

Woman sneezing with tissue in meadow — Whole heap of this for the next month

<High-lights: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: March 5, 2016 Edition; 56 sec.>

You’ve got Roots Dawtas inna my Wailers Family Tree
Bob live in the studio, Peter’s last album debuts on Smile J, Bunny Roots
Rockers do Reggae
Vinyl Is Vital

Mutant Dub

Set 1:

Matumbi – Reggae Stuff; Hit Me With Music (Trojan) ’77 UK vinyl
Ronnie Davis – Raining Dub; (Jamaican Recordings) Dub Album of the Hour
Devon Russell – Jah Will See; Prison Life (Tamoki Wambesi) ‘83
Della Humphrey – Dreamland; Studio One Women (Soul Jazz/Studio One) ’66 Bunny Wailer
Capital Letters – Rejoice; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group
Inner Circle – Mary, Mary; Best of Inner Circle (Mango) ’79 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Wayne Jarrett – Youth Man; 12” (Wackies) ‘79

download (5) — Jacob Miller of Inner Circle. Tragically killed in car accident

Set 2: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica: Wailers Dawtas/Sistas/Mamas: 17 sec.

Marcia Griffiths – Give and You Get; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ’79:
Rita Marley – Beauty of God’s Plan; Harambe (Shanachie) ‘82
Judy Mowatt – Sing Our Own Song; Love Is Overdue (Shanachie) ’87 UB40 cover
Cedella Marley Booker – Goodnight (Just One More Time); Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ‘84

<I-Three + Bob’s mom; 22 sec.>

9454 — Judy, Rita, Marcia – The I-Three. Not I Threes

Set 3:

Peter Tosh – No Nuclear War; No Nuclear (EMI America) ‘87; 28 sec.

John Brown’s Body – Tell Me Something I Don’t Know; Among Them (Shanachie) ’99 Upstate NY instrumental
Ranking Ann – Liberated Woman; A Slice of English Toast (Ariwa) ’81 UK singjay

download (6)5 — After a 4 year hiatus, murdered a month after its release. Livicate, nevah deadicate

Set 4: Rockers do Reggae

Robert Palmer – Love Can Run Faster; Double Fun (Island) ’78 Lee Perry/Black Ark mix
Taj Mahal – Johnny Too Bad; Mo’ Roots (Columbia) ’74 Slickers cover
Bananarama – Tell Tale Signs; Deep Sea Skiving (London); ’83 single
Blues Brothers – Groove Me; Briefcase Full of Blues (Atlantic) ’78 King Floyd cover; 20 sec.

plaidsmoking — John & Dan flying back from Jamaica with 75 pounds of lambsbread!

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Sugar Minott – International Herb; Jamming in the Streets (Wackies) ’83 NY: Vinyl is Vital Set
Aura Lewis – Full Experience; Aura Lewis Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry at Black Ark Studio (Blue Moon) Fr. EP w/ female vox
Michigan & Smiley – Thank You Jah; All on the Same Rhythm (Studio One/RAS) ’79 DC
Jah Woosh – Get Together; Rebellion (Freedom of Reggae Music) Ireland
Pluto & Trinity?– Vampire Year; Ire Mass Rockers (Top Ranking) ’79 FL
Bullwackies All-Stars – Free For All; Free For All (Wackies) Dub Album of the Hour

hqdefault (2) — International Herb – 4 down, 46 to go!

Set 6:

The Wailers – I Shot the Sheriff; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live on KSAN Radio, San Francisco: Oct. ‘73; 50 sec.

New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Conquer; King Size Dub: ON U Sound 30 Year (Echo Beach) 2011 mutant dub w/ female vox
Sip a Cup Family – Zulu’s Attack; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2005 militant steppers instrumental

Set 7:

Bunny Wailer – Free Jah Jah Children; Crucial! (Shanachie) ‘79
Leroy Smart – Ballistic Affair; Strictly For Rockers (Mango) ’85 comp.
Aisha – Carnal Mind + dub; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94 Yabby You cover

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Burial – Ghost Hardware; Untrue (Hyperdub) 2007 UK Mutant Dub Set
Samia Farah – Gratuit; Many Mood of Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Fr.
Word Sound I-Powa; Bass Flight; Live From Planet Crooklyn (ROIR) ’96 NY
DJ Nut Nut feat. Top Cat & Frankie Paul – Special Dedication; Jungle Massive vol. 1 (Payday) ’95 UK
Dan-I & King Kietu – Ababjanhoy Dubplate; Rastafari Judgement Fire (Imperial Roots) 2009 It.
Snoop Lion – Tired of Running; Reincarnated (Berhane Selassie) 2013

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-bruary 20, 2016: Bern One Down!

February 26, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

This is a fallow period around the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives.

Green Bay Packers done until September. San Francisco Giants don’t start for another month. 2016 = even year = World Series.

images (2) — Winners: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016. Don’t H8, appreciate!

So what do I do to soak up the down time? I have been following the Democratic Primary race: Foreman vs. Ali, Jordan vs. Magic, Hillary vs. Bernie.

I’m not voting for either of them. I’m a Jill Steiniac. but I love how competitive it has gotten. Odds on favorite, Hillary, trying to stave off an outsider’s populist counter. In 2008 it was Pres. Peace Prize. Now it’s a 74 year old Jewish Socialist.

Hillary has the elites. Bernie has the 99ers. So out on the Youtube some enterprising media person promoted his candidacy via an awesome mashup of Ben Harper’s Burn one Down synced to Bernie’s “finger in the air, like he just don’t care!” mannerisms

download (15) — Wave your finger in the air like you just don’t care!

The Harper tune is a nyabinghi ballad with acoustic guitar devoted to the Seven Leaf. As Bern One Down this clip matches the drum chop-chop to Bernie’s finger gestures.

You can’t endorse a candidate on non-commercial Radio, but I thought people would get a kick out of it.

<Bern one Down! 1 min 12 sec.>

Give thanks for all the listens, forwards, reposts and favorites on the Smile Jamaica Mixcloud page. Together we have grown the Mixcloud weekly SJ listens from about 25 three years ago to over 100 now. Forward ever backwards never!

You help me get in the charts of Roots Reggae, Vinyl, Dub and Reggae. Give thankx!

bless, robt

<Smile Jamaica growth on Mixcloud! 23 sec.>

<Annotated Playlist: Jah-bruary 20, 2016: 43 sec.>

Set 1:

The Gladiators – Oh What a Joy; The Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ’80 UK vinyl
Bullwackie’s All-Stars; African Roots Act II Dub; African Roots Act 2 (Wackies) ’82 Dub Album of the Hour
John Brown’s Body – Rainbow Chariot; Among Them (Shanachie) ’99 Upstate NY
The Selecter – The Whisper; Celebrate the Bullet (Deluxe Edition) (Chrysalis) ’80 UK 2 Tone ska. Pauline Black on vox, 7” mix
Black Slate – Amigo; Amigo (Ensign) ’80 UK
Johnny Clarke – No Lick No Cup; 10” (Jamaican Recordings) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Cup=chalice=smoking utensil; 17 sec.>

Set 2;

Peter Tosh – Bush Doctor; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) 8/23/83 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater
Grace Nelson & Ire Hi-Fi – Jah Is Real; Play de Music (
Earl Sixteen & U Brown -Freedom/Want Some Freedom; 10” (Merge) ‘75

Set 3:

Ben Harper – Burn One Down; Spiritual Existence (bootleg) 8/18/96: San Rafael, CA
Aswad – Rainfall, Sunshine; Rebel Souls (Mango) ‘84

<Aswad – “black” in the langugages of Arabic and Amharic (Ethiopia); 8 sec.>

Beres Hammond – Don’t Wait Too Long; Soul Reggae (Dee Jay) ‘76
Cedella Marley Booker – Redemption Songs; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84 tribute to Bob
Conscious Minds – Gun Court Dub 2 (Soul Beat) ’76; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

The Wailers – Am-a-Do; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) 10/21/73 at KSAN Radio, San Francisco

<Wailers minus Bunny at KSAN Radio, SF ’73; 40 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Struggle; Crucial! (Shanachie) ‘79

e18a70a62a502b928d6413c25d47630c — San Fran ’73

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Marcia Griffiths – Play Me; Sweet Bitter Love (Trojan) ’74 UK; Neil Diamond cover

<My parents loved three groups: Platters, Carpenters and Neil Diamond; 22 sec.>

Edi Fitzroy – Informer; Youthman Pentitentiary (Alligator) ’82 Chicago blues label

<Beware the informer>

Clintones – Getting Things Together; Atra 10 Track (Atra) ’75 UK
Mind Benders – Black Beauty; Roots Rock Reggae (Creole) ’78 Fr.
Killer Bees feat. Cyril Neville – Groovin’ + Dub; Groovin’ (Beehive) ’87 Jah-stin, TX: Rascals cover

download (22) — Neil Diamond (sorta) makes his debut on Smile Jamaica

Set 6: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica

Prince Far I – Psalms 49; Psalms For I (Carib Gems) ’76

<Putting the Fun in Fundamentalism, Prince Far I>

I Kong – Ghetto Cry; The Way It Is (VP) ’78 song of Chinese-Jamaican producer Lesley Kong

<Chinese Jamaican, son of Wailers producer Lesley Kong>

Gregory Isaacs – Get Ready; Mr. Isaacs (Shanachie) ’78 Temptations cover

<Temptations: Reggae favorite>

J.C. Lodge – Telephone Love (12” Mix); Gussie Clarke: 12” Rulers (Greensleeves) ’88 Music Works dancehall

images (4) — Temptations: Trenchtown loves Motown

Set 7:

Lee “Scratch” Perry – L.S.D. L.S.P. (The Flute Mix) – Technomajikal (ROIR) ’97 ambient mix by Yello
Israel Vibration – Feelin’ Irie; Free to Move (RAS) ‘96
Dawna Lee – My Best Friend; Roots Supplement Part 1 (Sip a Cup) 2002 female militant steppers
Michael Rose + G. Vibes & Jah Mason – Junkies in the Streets + Life Is There (New Faze)
Linval Thompson & U Brown – Train to Zion (Discomix); Dubwise & Otherwise 2 (Blood and Fire) Sampler; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 8: Smile Jamaica UFO-ria Mix

The Byrds – Mr. Spaceman (Smile Jamaica Rmx)

The Elegants – Little Star (Static Revenger Rmx); Destroy All Humans Soundtrack (Not on Level) 2005: 50’s doo wop update
Karminsky Experience – Explorations; Thievery Corporation: DJ-Kicks (!K7) ‘99
Ancient Astronauts feat. Akua Naru – Last Night; Into Bass and Time (ESL) 2011 Germ. w/ female vox
Thievery Corporation – Stargazer; Culture of Fear (ESL) 2012
Ancient Astronauts – From the Sky; We Are to Answer (ESL) 2009 Germ.

<Ancient Aliens Season 8 Recap; 56 sec.>

Smile Jamaica – Digital Dubplate Only Show: Curse You Bill Gates!

February 19, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

dadb8b793fb3b40558b69bb6a43cc26c23f9563dc0c66b4f0702d25765cb5b43 — Fiya burn KRCL’s weaksauce PC’s. No Ark-Ive for Feb. 13, 2016

Greetings,

Shi….poo happens. KRCL’s jurassic era PC’s decided that it wasn’t going to record drum ‘n’ bass but HUM ‘n’ bass!

So the wave file was nah killer, too much filler.

So enjoy this show I cooked up in my Secret Dubratory: Digital Dubplate only

Grabbed whatever was handy for my usual Radio Themes:

Wailer Family Tree
Roots Dawtas
Cannabliss, 4 down 46 to go!
Jamaican Dub
Best of 26 Years – My Roots faves from ’89-90
Rockers do Reggae
UFO-ria
Mutant Dub

More weekend Roots for I ‘n’ I

bless, robt

Set 1: Wailers Family Tree

African Head Charge – Gospel Train; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’90 mutant dub
Cedella Marley Booker – He’s a Rastaman; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84 tribute to Bob
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jah Live; Countryman Soundtrack (Mango) ‘75/’82 movie
Peter Tosh – Get Up, Stand Up; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) 8/23/83 – Greek Theatre, Los Angeles
Bunny Wailer – Bald Headed Woman; Crucial! (Shanachie)
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Sugar, Sugar; Rebel (JAD) Archies pop cover

download (13) — Wilson Pickett and The Wailers soul and reggae does cartoon pop

Set 2: Roots Dawtas

Judy Mowatt – Concrete Jungle; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76; Bob cover
Marcia Griffiths – I’m Hurtin’ Inside; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ’79 Bob cover
Rita Marley – I’m Still Waiting; Who Feels It Knows It (Shanachie) ’80 Bob Cover
Samia Farah – Du Signs Du Lions; Many Moods of (SAM) 2008: French-Tunisisan mutant dubstress

sam2isa1-copy — French-Tunisian singer on mutant dub riddims – Smile Jamaica approved

Set 3: Seven Leaf Set

Jah T – Lick the Pipe Peter; Junior Byles: Curly Locks (Heartbeat)
Culture – International Herb; International Herb (Virgin) ‘79
Charlie Chaplin – Chalice Burn; Take Two (RAS) ’90 live in the studio
Soom T – Roll It; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 Germ.; female weedstepper from Glasgow

Set 4: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica

Linton Kwesi Johnson – Inglan Is a Bitch; Bass Culture (Mango) ’80 UK dub poet
UB40 – Earth Dies Screaming; More UB40 Music (Sound) ’80 UK
Paul Black & Bloodfire Posse – Get Flat; Nice Up Dancee (RAS) ’85: when bullets fly on the dancefloor, get flat!
Aisha – Guide and Protect; High Priestess (Ariwa) ‘88

Set 5: Jamaican Dubs

Prince Far I & the Arabs – A Message; Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter 1 (ROIR) ’78
Keith Hudson – Musciology Dub; Brand (Pressure Sounds) ‘77
Joe Gibbs & the Professionals – Rhythm Tackle; African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 4 (Joe Gibbs) ‘79
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Smile Jamaica Version (Tuff Gong) ‘76

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

Sly & Robbie feat. Bob Dylan – I For an Eye; Doctor Dread: Theremin in Dub (Tsosume) Czech.; 2013, Bob Dylan thereminized
Patti Smith – Redondo Beach; Horses (Arista) ‘75
The Ruts – Give the Youth a Chance; The Crack (Virgin) ’79 UK punk-reggae
Robert Palmer – Love Can Run Faster; From the Heart of the Congo (RUNNetherlands) ’78 hidden track – Lee “Scratch” Perry mix

Set 7: UFO-ria

The Byrds – Mr. Spaceman (Smile Jamaica Rmx)
The Elegants – Little Star (Static Revenger Rmx); Destroy All Humans Soundtrack (Not on Level) 2005: 50’s doo wop update
Karminsky Experience – Explorations; Thievery Corporation: DJ-Kicks (!K7) ‘99
Ancient Astronauts feat. Akua Naru – Last Night; Into Bass and Time (ESL) 2011 Germ. w/ female vox
Thievery Corporation – Stargazer; Culture of Fear (ESL) 2012
Ancient Astronauts – From the Sky; We Are to Answer (ESL) 2009 Germ.

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Rockers Hi-Fi – What a Life; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK: Mutant Dub set
Dub Gabriel feat. PJ Higgins – Raggabass Resistance (Destroy A/C) 2013
Badmarsh & Shri – Signs; Karma Lounge (Echo) 2001: Tenor Saw cover w/ Hindi flavor
Future Pigeon w/ Mikey Dread – Wicked Man + Version; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006 LA
Playgroup – The Slither; Epic Sound Battles Chapter 1 (ON U Sound/Cherry Red) ’82 over Singers & Players “Thing Called Love”

zombie-dj-1-3434611 — Mutant Dub for these End Times

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-nuary 30, 2016: Stupor Bowl Caucus

February 5, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Super Bowl 50. Meh.

Since Green Bay isn’t in it, I have only a passing interest. I am rooting for Denver only because their back up QB is from Kalispell, or Collie-spell, Montana. Borck Rottweiler or some such.

download (10) — Smile Jamaica’s Peyton Manning Game: Take a hit or down a shot every time Peyton says Omaha!

Same with the Iowa Caucus.

As Bob said, “No bide your isms an schisms.” I’m feelin’ fine with Jill Stein.

download (11) — Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party candidate for President. Smile Jamaica approved

But in the Hillary vs. Bernie hoe-down (no pun intended), I’m kind of like: tastes great, less filling. In our winner take all “Democracy”, you can only have 1 winner and 1 loser.

So I ‘n’ I gwan Bern one down, till I vote for Jill the Thrill in November

bless, robt

download (12) — Smile Jamaica’s tie-breaker for New HEMP-shire: best 2 out of 3 – Rock, paper, scissors

Here is what I have on-tap for the Jah-nuary 30, 2016 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 39 sec.

img-map-new-hampshire — Next up New Hemp-shire. Revenge of the Bern!

Set 1:

Sugar Minott – Jah Got the Handle; Roots Lovers Showcase (Black Roots) ’81 JA vinyl
Keith Hudson – Image Dub; Brand (Pressure Sounds) ’77 Dub Album of the Hour
Gideon Jah Rubbaal – Natty Dreadlocks a Superstar; Free Us Now
Errol Holt – Babylon Queendom; Vision of Africa (Original Music) Peter Tosh cover
Rita Marley – Who Feels It Knows It; Who Feels It Know It (Shanachie) ’81 Bunny Wailer cover
Triston Palma – Collyman; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz) ’81 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement;

Roman Stewart – True Colours; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2001 UK: Over Hawaii 5-0 riddim

vermont-marijuana — 5 down, 45 to go? Vermont Legislator could legalize it this session

Set 2:

Peter Tosh – Johnny B. Goode; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) Chuck Berry cover: 8/23/83 Los Angeles
Zema – Black Sheep; Black Sheep (Melchizedek) 2003 So Cal female
Alton Ellis – Play It Cool; Fashion in Fine Style (Fashion)
Johnny Clarke – Leggo Violence; 10” (Jamaican Recordings)

disc-zema — So Cal Roots Dawta – Smile Jamaica approved

Set 3: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica

Capital Letters – Fire; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group:
New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Love Forever; New Age Steppers (Statik) ’81 UK Michael Rose cover w/ female vox
Benjamin Zephaniah – Stop de War; Rasta (Workers Playtime) ’83: UK dub poet w/ The Wailers
Lee “Scratch” Perry & the Heptones – Party Time; From the Secret Laboratory (Mango) ’91 Adrian Sherwood co-production

You’ve got chocolate in my peanut butter: UK dub poet + The Wailers pon de riddims

Set 4:

Bunny Wailer – Togawar Game; Crucial! (Shanachie)
Judy Mowatt – King of Kings; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82
Mike Brooks – Money Makes Friend; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2005 UK
Jah Shaka Meets Aswad; Addis Ababa; In Addis Ababa Studio (Jah Shaka) ’84: Dub Album of the Hour

<Mutant Dub Holy Trio – Jah Shaka, Mad Professor, Adrian Sherwood; 20 sec.>

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Pat Kelly – Struggling; Revives: The Jamaican Connection (Fashion) UK

<Revives = Reissues; 11 sec.>

Pauline – Vision; In Progress (People Unite) ’84 UK
Melodians – Irie Feeling; Irie Feeling (RAS) ’83 DC herbtune
Amp-Ech; International Plea; Against Injustic (Amp-Ech) JA
10 Foot Ganja Plant – Collect the Trophy; Skycatcher (ROIR) NY 2013

Set 6:

The Wailers – Walk the Proud Land; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live at KSAN radio, San Francisco: Oct. 1973

<Wailers live on KSAN Radio; 38 sec.>

Remember When – Sister Carol; Jah Disciple (RAS) ‘89
Horace Andy – Ain’t No Sunshine; 10” (Cou$ins) Bill Wither cover
Skatalites – Coconut Rock; Studio One Scorchers (Soul Jazz) Instrumental album of the hour

Set 7:

Alpha & Omega – The Dub Is Out There; Serious Joke (A & O) 2002 X Files Theme

<Smile Jamaica’s X-Files 2015 review; 57 sec.>

Conroy Smith – Original Sound; Firehouse Revolution (Pressure Sounds) King Tubby dancehall prod’n
Sister June – Tell You What Police Can Do; Dancehall Roots (Metro) ‘86
Flourgon – Build a Spliff; Dancehall Techniques (Pressure Sounds) herbtune

Betty Anreasson Alien Abductee

bettyandreasson3 — Betty Andresson – her story on the X Files

Set 8: Mutant Dub female set

Botom Botom – La bien / Le mal – This is Not a Stereotype (Hammerbass) 2006 Fr.: Mutant Set w/ female vox
Little Annie & the Legally Jammin’ – Take It From Me; Little Annie & the Legally Jammin (Italic) 2003 Germ.
Soom T – Weedhawks; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 Glasgow weedstep
Abassi All Stars feat. Sis Sanae – Suffering; Showcase (Universal Egg) 2006 UK
Abassi All Stars feat. Minoo – December; 10” No Answer EP (Universal Egg) 2008 UK
Alpha & Omega – Show Me a Purpose; Sound System Dub (ROIR) ’95 UK trance dub

Smile Jamaica is hosted by Robert Nelson on 90.9 FM KRCL in Salt Lake City, Utah (Saturdays, 4-7 p.m. MT). Ark-ives available weekly here at the Smile Jamaica blog.

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