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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist: Jah-nuary 23, 2016: Inversion Galore!

January 29, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

download (13) — When it looks like this in SLC – that’s called smog

Greetings,

This is my 29th winter in Salt Lake City. The air gets worse and worse. When it looks like the above, it ain’t from Green Smoke.

The weather propagandists call it “inversion.” Fiyah burn that! It’s smog.

You do what you can, but at some point in the 100 days of gunk, it’s gonna hit you. I am dealing with it right now. Cold, congestion and cough. I hacked and sneezed and wheezed for 3 hours of Reggae Radio

Head to the pharmacy for some Allegra-D. No Madam pharmacist. I ‘n’ I don’t cook di meth we smoke sensimilla!

So I’m pretty froggy this week on Smile Jamaica.

Here is what i have in store for you! Keep out of hazy daze and hunker down for some heavy roots for the cabin fevah! 56 sec.

bless, robt

aka Mr. Bassie

Set 1:

Cornel (sic) Campbell – My Country; Roots Rock Reggae (Creole) ’78 Fr. Vinyl
Black Roots – I Believe (Dub); On the Ground in Dub (Sugar Shack) 2013 UK Dub Album of the Hour
Capital Letters – Out of Africa; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group

<UK Reggae better than the CIA News Network; 11 sec.>

Eric “Rebel Lion” Bubbles – Babylon People; Roots of Black People (Progressive)
Prince Mohammed – Come Mek We Rub a Dub; 600% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)

<Deejay Prince Mohammed = Singer Junior Brammer; 4 sec.>

Frankie Paul – Dem a Go Feel It; Tidal Wave (Greensleeves) ‘85
Max Romeo – Smokey Room; War ina Babylon (Mango) ’76 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Horace Andy – Mr. Bassie; 10” (Glimmer) ‘78

download (14) — Much better than the CIA News Network’s Headline News

Set 2: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica

Burning Spear – We Built This City; People of the World (Blue Moon) ’86
Judy Mowatt – On Your Mark; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82

<I Three, I Threes or The I Three? Judy, Marcia & Rita; 15 sec.>

Wailing Souls – Ishen Tree; On the Rocks (Greensleeves) ’83 herbtune: riddim shower (1) vox
Josey Wales – Stalk of Sensimilla; Outlaw Josey Wales (Greensleeves) ’83 herbtune; riddim shower (2) dj

Set 3:

Peter Tosh – Equal Rights/Downpressor Man; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) live at Greek Theatre, Los Angeles: 8/23/83
Althea & Donna – Love On Another; Uptown Top Ranking (Object Enterprise) ‘82
10 Foot Ganja Plant – Ringers Rock; Shake Up the Place (ROIR) 2011 upstate NY roots instrumental
Black Uhuru – Hard Times; 10” (Jammy$) ‘77
Tenor Saw – Fever Dub (Blue Moon) ’85 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Bunny Wailer – Unity; Crucial! (Shanachie) ‘81
Gracy & the Herbman Band – It’s So Nice; See Me Yah (Funfundvierzig) ’91 Germ. Female singer
Roman Stewart – Wisdom of Solomon; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2001 UK herbtune

<Weed of Wisdom grown on King Solomon’s grave; 11 sec.>

114429899 — Cannabis the Weed of Wisdom found growing on Solomon’s grave

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Fun Boy Three – Farmyard Connection; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83 UK herbtune w/ farmers Peter & Bob

<Peter & Bob – Farmers; 7 sec,>

Aura Lewis Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry – Full Experience (Blue Moon) Fr. EP w/ female vox

<Black Ark Studio; 17 sec.>

Azeem and Session – Love Don’t Put You Down; Live and Direct (M. Al’s) Oakland
Junior Byles – I Don’t Know; Rasta No Pickpocket (Nighthawk) ’86 St. Louis
Papa Finnigan and Junior Ranking – Step ina Dance; Two the Hard Way (Heartbeat) ’83 Cambridge, MA; deejay duo

Set 6:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Slave Driver; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live at KSAN radio Oct. ‘73

<Wailers live on SF radio; 48 sec.>

Natural Beauty – Nice Up Dancee; Nice Up Dancee (Rykodisc) ’86 herbtune: UK female trio; 12 sec.

Version feat. Humble-I – Can’t Keep I Down; 10” (Webcam Hi-Fi) 2007 Fr. Mutant Dub

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives – A+ “Bubbling wif a 2 spliff ‘n’ 2 Heineken. Nice Up Dancee!”

Set 7: UFO-ria

Sister Carol – Lost in a Space; Jah Disciple (RAS) ’89

<Sister Carol – not a fan of space travel; 10 sec.>

<Junior Byles nah like space travel either; 22 sec.

Lee “Scratch” Perry – African Hitchhiker; From the Secret Laboratory (Mango) ‘91
Audio Active – Space Children; Tokyo Space Cowboys (ON U Sound) ’94 Jah-pon Mutant Dub
Winston Wright – Moon Walk; Greater Jamaica – Moon Walk Reggay (Treasure Isle) ’69 instrumental

download (15) — For some Rastas the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion was because mankind treads on Jah’s Heaven where he doesn’t belong

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Armagideon – Herbal Input; Natural Elements Dub (Armagideon Sounds) UK herb tune
Newblood – Sweet Vibrations; Jungle Massive vol. 1 (ffrr) ’95 jungle herb tune
Alpha & Omega – Dub Plute; Sound System Dub (ROIR) ’95 UK trance dub
Aldubb Meets Ras Perez – Roll Cost; Aldubb Meets Ras Perez (One Drop) 2010 Germ.
International Dub System – Trod On; I.D.S. (Red Arrow) Germ.

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 16, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist): Green Bay Bowl Packers!

January 22, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

images-4 — My dilemma: Spin Reggae on Smile Jamaica or watch my beloved Green Bay Packers

Greetings,

Smile Jamaica has three obsessions, in no particular order:

Reggae and dubwize
San Francisco Giants baseball – even year so book a World Series victory
Green Bay Packers NFL

I ‘n’ I suffered through decades of mediocrity until they got good in the 90’s with Brett Favre and now Aaron Rodgers.

So I had a dilemma: Green Bay vs. Arizona right during Smile Jamaica.

Praise Jah for DVR. Gah, what a gut shot ending to yet another amazing Hail Mary.

When do pitchers and catchers report?

<Green Bay Packers or Smile Jamaica; 25 sec.>

bless, robt

Aaron-Rodgers-Hail-Mary-radio-12-05-15 — Lightning does strike in the same place twice. Too bad the Defense peed it down their legs. Fiyah burn!

Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: Jah-nuary, 9 2016: pics, captions, Reggae History Lessons, soundbytes; 39 sec.

Set 1:

Chantells – Children of Jah; Waiting in the Park (Phase One) ’77 UK vinyl
King Tubby Meets Roots Radics – Country Gal Dub; Dangerous Dub (Greensleeves) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour
Zema feat. Martin Luther King Jr. – Free At Last Dub; Black Sheep (Melchizidek); dub w/ MLK’s speech vox

<Livicated to Martin Luther King, Jr; 24 sec..>

Augustus Pablo – Jah Light Version; East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’78 bonus track
Jah Woosh – This Train; Best of (Cactus) ‘74
Yellowman – Sinsemilla; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz) ’83 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Bern One Down – Vermont to legalize in 2016? 20 sec.>

Cha Cha feat. Ranking Joe – You’ll Never Know; 10” EP (Above Rock) 2010 female Chinese singer w/ JA deejay; 19 sec.

Vermont Legislature may legalize the Seven Leaf in 2016. Five down, 45 to go?

Set 2:

Bunny Wailer – Peace Talks; Crucial! (Shanachie) ’83 aka Ceasefire; herbtune

<Livicated to my ancestral home, Iran – no nuclear weapons! 17 sec.>

Likkle Mai – Rock to Sleep; Roots Candy (Beat) 2005 Jah-pon female singer of Dry & Heavy
Johnny Osbourne – We Need Love; 100% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’79; over Spinners I’ll Be Around riddim
Ijahman Levi – Ceasefire pt. 1; Two Double Six 701 (Jahmani) ’95; Ijahman’s prison number when bust for herb; 16 sec.

448fe873e5730c894585d21d7392b5fcbe9accce-271x184 — “Let’s go back to the White House and put some Bunny Wailer on the Hi Fi. Ceasefire and light the chalice!”

Set 3:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Get Up Stand Up; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live at KSAN Radio, San Francisco; Oct. 1973

<Live in the Studio – KSAN San Francisco; 100 sec.>

Crucial – Them Want I; Hits of the Past (Links) ’79 female singjay
The Heptones – My Whole World Is Empty Without You; Meaning of Life (Trojan) Supremes cover
Colour Red – Natty Dread a Get Stronger; 10” (Jah Tubbys) 2006 militant steppers
Bim Sherman – Rub a Dub (Century) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26 Years; 18 sec.

Max Romeo – Smile Out of Style; War ina Babylon (Mango) ’76:
Sister Carol – Free Food Ticket; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84; cover of Nicky Thomas “Love of the Common People”
Roots Radics – Mash It Up; Freelance (Kingdom) ‘85

<Held hostage in UK until they delivered an album for Kingdom Records; 39 sec.>

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Dub Syndicate – Night Train; Time Boom X De Devil Dead (ON U Sound) ’87

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Marcia Griffiths – Truly; At Studio One (Studio One) Vinyl is Vital Set; ‘80 JA
Brimstone – Back Weh; Atra 10 Track (Atra) UK
Dr. Alimantado – How Long; (Tell Me You Are Having a) Wonderful Time (Keyman) ’88 UK
In Crowd – Riding High; Roots Rock Reggae (Creole) ’78 Fr.
Joe White – My Guiding Star; Sounds of Jamaica Top Ten (Studio One) ’69 JA

M106742W595 — The Aretha Franklin of Reggae

Set 6:

Peter Tosh – Glass House; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) 8/23/83 in Los Angeles
Phyllis Dillon – Leave it In the Hands of Love; Midnight Confessions (Westside) Rocksteady
Benjamin Zephaniah – Get High; Rasta (Workers Playtime) ‘83 UK dub poet herbtune
Gussie P – Who’s Safe; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003 UK feat. MLK I Have a Dream speech

<Martin Luther King Jr. – I Have a Dream; 22 sec.>

Sly & the Revolutionaries – Burn Pipe Dub; Sensi Dub vol. 1 (Original) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

June Lodge – Someone Loves You Honey; Reggae Pulse 3 – Love Songs (RAS) ’80 Charley Pride cover

<Utah Islanders’ favorite: June Lodge C & W Lovers Rock; 14 sec.>

Coco Tea – The Weed; Weed a Bun vol. 1 (Charm) 2005 herbtune
Aldubb – What the Funk Is Dubstep?; 10” EP (One Drop) 2008 Germ. Dubstep

<Foreshadowing Dubstep? 5 sec.>

Country & Western Lovers Rock much beloved by Utah’s Island community

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Hollie Cook – Ari Up; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014 livicated to Slits singer who passed

<Livicated to Ari Up; 28 sec.>

New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Fade Away; New Age Steppers (Statik) ’81 Junior Byles cover w/ female vox. Adrian Sherwood prod’n
Armagideon – Eternal Combustion; Steppin Forward (Armagideon Sounds) ’95 herbtune
Word Sound I-Powa; 6000 Dubplates – Live From Planet Crooklyn (WordSound) illbient
Zion Train – Universal Communication; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance dub

download (12) — Livicated to Ari Up of The Slits. Johnny Rotten was her Stepdad

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 12, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Calm Before the Snowstorm!

December 18, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

jesus_and_santa_by_nineself — Jesus Christ: Born a Refugee

<Hey Donald Trump – Jesus was born a refugee; 14 sec.>

Ho Ho Highlights of this nice December Saturday the 12th before a massive Monday storm in Salt Lake City. Well nitty and gritty. Took me three hours to get from Sugar House to the University of Utah. About 3 miles. 1 min. 16 sec.

Christmas Stylee
Wailers Family Tree – Bob/Bunny/Joe Higgs Live in San Fran KSAN Radio; Peter Live in SoCal ’83. Bunny Roots Best Of
Vinyl Is Vinyl
UFO-ria Mutant Dubwize – in time for the new Star Wars flick!

Hey crowd a people: put the Prius in the garage until at least April!

Annotated Playlist: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 12, 2015:

Set 1:

Johnny Osbourne – Christmas Stylee; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) JA vinyl
Studio 1 Band Meets The High Times Band – Kill a Sound Wid Dub; Dub From Jamaica Roots (Original) ’96 Dub Album of the Hour
Bunny Wailer – Innocent Blood; Crucial! (Shanachie) Best of Roots era singles
Barry Brown – Jah Jah Guide Them; Richman Poorman (Moll-Selekta) ’78-’80 Best Of
Marcia Griffiths – The Way I Feel About You; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79
I Roy – African Herbsman; Crisus Time (Virgin Front Line); ’76 update of Johnny Clarke’s African Roots
Tyrone Evans & Glen Adams – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; 12″ (Clocktower) ’79 Xmas update

Nuff Disco Mix black Wax Christmas on this Ark-Ive

Set 2:

The Wailers – Burnin’ & Lootin’; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) Oct. ’73 live on SF Radio Station KSAN

<Bob, Peter & Joe Higgs Live on KSAN Radio, San Fran; 1 min. 5 sec.>

Capital Letters – Bread and Water; Bread and Water EP (Greensleeves) ’81 UK
Ayo – Help Is Coming; Joyful (Interscope) 2006 Nigerian-German Female
Michael “Scooby Doo” Powell – Christmas Time; 12” (Hot Stuff) ‘83

<No snow inna JA fi Christmas; 8 sec.>

Set 3: Best of 26 Years of Smile Jamaica

The Jolly Brothers – Oppression; Conscious Man (Seven Leaf) Lee Perry/Black Ark
Hell and Fire – Show Us the Way; Hit Bound! The Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat)
Steel Pulse – Blues Dance Raid; True Democracy (Elektra) ’82 UK
The Selecter – Danger; Too Much Pressure (2 Tone) ’80 Brit Ska w/ female vox
Stamper Doctor – Time to Cool Dub; Dub Zone (Teams); Dub Album of the Hour to Mike Brooks tunes

download — Out of tens of thousand, here is Smile Jamaica’s All Time Favorite: Heavenly harmonies, Lee Perry genius, Black Ark drum ‘n’ bass. Sublime

Set 4:

Peter Tosh – Rastafari Is; Captured Live (EMI America) ’84: Live in Los Angeles: Aug. 22, 1983 – Greek Theatre

download (1) — Deluxe CD upgrade preserves the whole show

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Prince Alla – Evil Forces; Evil Forces (Calabash) ’84 Florida
Jennifer Lara – Hand to Mouth; High Times All Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago blues label does Reggae
Barrington Levy – Sensimilea; Poor Man Style (Trojan) ’82 UK
Chalawa feat. Merri & Sandi Callender – If You Drop That Cross; Capture Land (Green Weenie) ’78 Oshawa, Ontario, Can.
Norwood Rockers – Rocking; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA

Canadian Reggae at its finest. On the Green Weenie label

Set 6:

One Love Family – Bo’Ten Qu’Luta – African Reggae (Putomayo) 2009 Cape Verde group

<Reggae From Cape Verde; 19 sec.>

Clinton Fearon – Blame Game; Goodness (Boogie Brown) 2014 bassie of the Gladiators
Dillinger – Marijuana in My Brain; Cocaine (Charly) ’83 herbtune
Search Boys (feat. Cheech Marin) – Searchin’; Up in Smoke Soundtrack (Warner Bros.) ’78: weed update of old Coaster R & B tune
Joe Gibbs & the Profesisonals – Crucial Attempt; All-Mighty Dub Chapter 4 (Joe Gibbs); ’79 Dub Album of the Hour

8c9dfec340404813b9864c5b58946f77 — As many Cape Verdeans live in the US as on the Islands

Set 7:

Martha Velez – Get Up Stand Up; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ’78: Marley produced, Wailers played, Lee Perry engineers; 12 sec.

Kingman + Jonah feat. Cluadius Linton; So Wrapped Up; Signtime (Sunking) 2008
African Head Charge Presents Noah House of Drea – Neighbours; Heart 2 (ON U Sound) ’97 UK mutant dub
King Kong – I Feel Joy; Rumble Jumble Life (Massive B) 2005
Doctor Alimantado – Poison Flour; Best Dressed Chicken in Town (Keyman) ‘75
Derrick Harriott – Jesus Was Born Today; 12” (Crystal) ’82
Glen Adams – Joyful Tidings; 12” (Clocktower) ‘ 79 Hammond B 3 version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

a3fb367affb2a25c983705e61f7314cf — NY Puerto Rican Broadway singer Martha Velez does Reggae

Set 8: UFO-ria Mutant Dub

<Star Wars Dec. 18: No Jar Jar Binx for I ‘n’ I; 18 sec.>

Boxcutter – Arecibo Message; Arecibo Message (Planet Mu) 2009 UK: Mutant Dub UFO-ria

<Arecibo, Puerto Rico – where they look for Aliens; 8 sec.>

<Arecibo – Carl Sagan; 10 sec.>

Arecibo_Observatory_Aerial_View — Arecibo Radio Telescope – Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

Rockers Hi-Fi – Dick inna Outaspace; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Wordsound I -Powa – Intro; Live From Planet Crooklyn (ROIR) ’96 Brooklyn, NY

<Space Dreads hunting for herb in NYC; 13 sec.>

Transcend – 2002; Earthrise.ntone no. 1 (Instinct) ’95 US
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Angel Gabriel and the Space Boots; Lord God Muzick (Heartbeat) ‘91
Les Nubians – Que Le Moit Soit Perle; One Step Forward (Virign) 2003 French/African sisters

giphy — This idiot better not be in the new Star Wars flick or I’m walking right out the door!

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 5, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Decks the Halls with Boughs of Collie!

December 11, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<“Deck the Halls w/ boughs of Collie!”>

Greetings,

Been on the road Cratedigging, so haven’t had anything uploaded lately. Tis the season so I’ve got some Holiday vinyl and all the usual delights: 1 min. 05

bless, robt

images (3) — So Santa Say: Mistletoe fi di good gals, coal fi di bad Abwoys!

Annotated Playlist: Smile Jamaica – Jah-cember 5, 2015:

Set 1:

Barrington Levy – Don’t Give Up; Poor Man Style (Trojan) ’82 UK vinyl
Joe Gibbs & the Professionals – All-Mighty Dub vol. 3 (Joe Gibbs) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour
Black Roots – Come and Sing; On the Ground (Sugar Shack) 2012 UK Roots Reunion
Althea & Donna – If You Don’t Love Jah; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Frontline) ’78 deejay duo
Everton Blender – Bob Marley/World Corruption; Live at the White River Reggae Bash (Heartbeat) 2000 Tribute to Bob
Owen Gray – Rizla; 30 Wicked Hearts (Bushranger) ’77; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; rolling papers

<Rizla papers – French rolling paper company founded, 1532; 14 sec.>

Earl Sixteen & U Brown – Years of Slavery/Tired of Slavery; 10” (Merge) ‘79

images — Preferred by 96% of Dread Rastas when wrapping up a draw!

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Talkin’ Blues; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live at KSAN radio: Oct. 20, 1973: Wailers Family Tree set

<Oct. 21st 1973 – Live Radio performance: KSAN, San Francisco; 1 min. 21 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Crucial; Crucial! (Shanachie) ’94 Roots Best of
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – Say People; Hey World! (EMI America) ‘86
Peter Tosh – Not Gonna Give It Up; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California: 8/23/83

23018-004-9EF2D005 — Sly Stone kicked the Wailers off tour for upstaging his 1973 funk and soul

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26 Years

Aswad – Rebel; Rebel Souls (Mango) ’84 UK dancehall update
Steel Pulse – Not King James Version; Babylon the Bandit (Elektra) ’85 UK
Sister Carol – Jah Disciple; Jah Disciple (RAS) ’89
Lee “Scratch” Perry & George Faith – I’ve Got the Groove; From the Secret Laboratory (Mango) ’90 Adrian Sherwood co-production; update of George Faith
Keith Hudson – Image; Brand (Pressure Sounds) ’77 Dub Album of the Hour

Best of 26 Years of Smile Jamaica. Bought on Haight Ashbury, Rough Trade Records

Set 4:

Mighty Diamonds – Pass the Kutchie; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy) ’82 herbtune
Aisha – Crisis; True Roots (Ariwa) ‘94

Mighty_Diamonds_from_the_series_Reggae_Kinda_Sweet._-300x205 — Pass di Kutchie pan di lef’ haan side!

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital Christmas

Mutabaruka – Postpone Christmas; High Times All Stars Explosion (Alligator) ’85

<Bah, humbug! 8 sec.>

Tennessee & the Silvertones – Little Drummer Boy; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA
Jennifer Lara – Hands of the Lord; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) JA
Eek a Mouse – The Night Before Christmas; Reggae Christmas (RAS) ’84 Wash’n DC

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

The Members – Rat Up a Drainpipe; At Night at the Chelsea Nightclub (Virgin) ‘79UK New Wavers: Rockers do Reggae Set
The Ruts – Jah War; The Crack (Virgin) ’79 UK punk rockers
The Heptones – Hypocrite; Meaning of Life (Trojan); Riddim Shower (1): ’72 original vox
The Hitters (aka Brinsley Schwarz) – Hypocrite; Hen’s Teeth (Edsel); Riddim Shower (2) ’73 UK pub rockers cover + version

Set 7:

Gato Negro – Armageddon; Black Cat Dub (ROIR) ’91 Nigerian artist; Dub Album of the Hour
Hollie Cook – Desdemona; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2013 ghost story
Thievery Corporation – Assault on Babylon; Sounds From the Thievery Hi Fi (ESL) ’96 Wash’n DC
Simon Bogle & Ghetto Priest – Dry Bone; 10” (Green Tea) 2002 UK

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Burning Babylon – Wires to Riot; Beat, Beat, Bat (I-Tones); 2008 Massachusetts
Jah Works – Turn to Jah; Turn to Jah (ROIR) ‘96
Terra Firma – Mineral; Sounds From the Ground (Waveform) 2000 US
Zion Train – A Better Day; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance dub w/ female vox
Rockers Hi-Fi; Look For a Spark; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives – (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-vember 7, 2015: Post Daylight Savings = UFOria Season!

November 13, 2015 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

download (5) — Dec. 18 – Star Wars. Fiyah Burn Jar Jar Binks!

<Imperial Death March: Star Wars a gwaan!; 14 sec.>

Greetings,

The first Saturday after Daylight Savings Time puts the last half of Smile Jamaica in the dark.

That’s prime UFO watching time so all winter expect nuff tunes about Aliens and Space Travel.

I’m starting to build a 3 hour Digital Dubplate – Mixcloud only with music and soundbytes. Soon come.

Til then…

Look to the skies! Do not scoff!

bless, robt

<Here’s what I feature on the Jah-vember 7, 2015 Ark-Ive Edition of Smile Jamaica; 105 sec.>:

5dc1bc16257d371633391dc0d2affe85 — Space Dust and Gold brought my ancestors the Anunnaki to Earth from Planet Nibiru

Set 1:

Toots & the Maytals – Get Up Stand Up; Live at Reggae Sunsplash (Reggae Sunsplash) ’83 US vinyl
Dub Specialist – Starring Dub; 17 Dub Shots From Studio One (Heartbeat/Studio One) Dub Album of the Hour
Everton Blender – Bob Marley; Piece of the Blender (Heartbeat) ’96 tribute
Aisha – Now or Never; True Roots (Ariwa) ‘94
King Kong – Legalize It; Rumble Jumble Life (Massive B) 2005 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Al Campbell – Turn Me Loose; 10” (Hitbound) ‘80

hqdefault — Toots HIbbert – The Otis Redding of Reggae

Set 2:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – I Know a Place; CD Single (Ascension) Lee “Scratch” Perry rare prod’n
Hollie Cook – Milk & Honey; Hollie Cook (Mr. Bongo) 2011 UK

<Dawta of a Sex Pistol; 8 sec.>

Burning Babylon – Sproing-a-Dub; Beat, Beat, Beat (I Tones) 2008 Mass. dubber
Izyah Davis & Coptic Sound – No More War; 10” (Livication Corner) 2008 Fr.

<50 special forces in Syria? No more war; 13 sec.>

Set 3: Rockers do Reggae

Garland Jeffreys – Lovers Walk; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 NYC black artist

<Garland Jeffreys – underrated rocker great at Reggae; 18 sec.>

Bad Brains – Make a Joyful Noise; Into the Future (Megaforce) 2012 punk dub reunion

<Punk Dub reunion outta DC; 9 sec.>

Ayo – Down on My Knees; Ayo (Polydor) 2006 Nigerian-German female soul/reggae

<Great female hybrid Reggae; 9 sec.>

Cymande – Zion I; Renegades of Funk (Newhouse) ’72 UK Caribbean expat soul/funk/reggae group

<Cymande – Dove of Peace in Creole;14 sec.>

Scientist – Jab; Heavyweight Dub Champion (Greensleeves) ’80; Dub Album of the Hour

<Underrated NYC artist: The Black Springsteen; 10 sec.>

Set 4: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica

Peter Tosh – African; Captured Live (EMI America) Aug. 22, 1983 Greek Theater LA
Marcia Griffiths – Where Is the Love; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79
Tenor Saw – Lots of Sign; Fever (Blue Mountain) ’86 youth man toaster killed
Don Carlos & Gold – Jah Jah Hear My Plea; Raving Tonight (RAS) ‘83

51rgiAeBmOL — Youthman Deejay killed in his prime

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Papa Finnigan & Junior Ranking – Heathen Back Weh Pon the Wall (Heartbeat) ’83 Marley cover
Roots Uprising – No Doney (Get High); Beautiful Music (Top Ranking) ’81 Miami; herbtune doney = money

<No doney, no honey translation no green? then you no get to partake of the “green”; 14 sec.>

Aura Lewis Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry – At Midnite; Full Experience (Blue Moon) Fr. EP; Black Ark/Upsetters
Crucial Bee – No Bother With the Fuss and Fight; Just a Sting (All-Starr) US Virgin Islands; Tribal War riddim
Dennis Brown – It’s Too Late; Spellbound (Joe Gibbs) ’80 Miami: Carole King cover

download (2) — Crown Prince of Reggae covers Carole King

Set 6:

Bunny Wailer – Boderation; Crucial! Roots Classic (Shanachie) ’83 rare roots singles
Likkle Mai – Your Pocket; Roots Candy (Beat) 2006 female Jah-ponese singer w/ Dry & Heavy
Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group
Mad Professor & the Robotiks feat. Michael Walters – Jungle Vibrations; 10” (Ariwa) 2002 UK

Jah-ponese Dubstress: Likkle Mai – you’ve got Lovers Rock in my Mutant Dub!

Set 7: UFO-ria

<Smile Jamaica loves UFO watching; 11 sec.>

Audio Active – Audio Active’s Adventures in Time & Space; Happy Happer (ON U Sound): ’95 Jah-ponese mutant dubbers
Derrick Morgan – Moon Walk; Original Reggae Recordings from 1968-1970 (Trybute); rock steady
Lee “Scratch” Perry – African Hitchhiker; From the Secret Laboratory (Mango); ’90 Adrian Sherwood prod’n “I am an alien from outer space”
Prince Lincoln & the Royal Rasses – Spaceship; Natural Wild (NMC) ’80 Joe Jackson prod’n

<Space Travel is an affront to Jah; 11 sec.>

download (3) — Not a fan of space travel: The Aliens gonna whip you and put you in your rightful place!

<Alien Attacks for not singing praises unto Jah! 36 sec.>

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Bush Chemists – Star Dub; 10” (Jah Tubby’s) 2006 UK: Darth Vader’s Imperial March cover
Alpha & Omega – One Culture; Everyday Life (A & O) ’93 UK trance dub w/ female vox
Aldubb Meets Ras Perez – Poppy Dub; Aldubb Meets Ras Perez (One Drop) 2012 Germany; herbtune
The Archives feat. Desi Hyson; The Archives (ESL) 2012 DC; Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation
Dubvisionist feat. Tackhead – Black Cinderella Dub (Dubvisionist rmx) 2013; update of Errol Dunkley tune
Natacha Atlas – I Put a Spell On You; Best of (Mantra) 2005; Algerian/Belgian singer in Arabic/English; Screaming Jay Hawkins cover

yoda_bong — We use matches or butane. Yoda sparks his Space Dust via Light Saber

Words of Wisdom:

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

November 6, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

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

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

Greetings,

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

So this show is Deadicated not Livicated!

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

DANCING-PUMPKIN1 — Doin’ the boneyard skank

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

Voodoo that you do!

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

Listen with the lights out.

curse, robt

<Welcome to Hell!>

Smile Jamaica Zombie Jamboree Playlist:

Set 1:

<All Treats no Tricks; 8 sec.>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Set 2:

<Tribute to the Undead>

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

<Garland Jeffreys – NYC Rocker; 17 sec.>

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

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

Set 3:

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

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

Set 4: Vinyl Halloween

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<X-Files Mini Series soon come>

Set 5:

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

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

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

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

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

Set 6: Mutant Dub Halloween

<Smile Jamaica – Putting the mutants in Mutant Dub>

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

<Roll a lickle spliff wif di papyrus>

<Smokin’ sensimeena inna Mesopotamia>

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

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

October 31, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

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

Greetings,

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

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

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

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

Smile Jamaica’s Favorite Holiday!

bless – I mean curse, robt

Zombie Jamboree – Digital Dubplate Tracklist

Hour 1:

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

Hour 2:

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

macbr1231 — Lucifer loves the Seven Leaf

Hour 3:

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

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

Words of Wisdom:

<Putting the Mutants in Mutant Dub for 27 Years>

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

October 27, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

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

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

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

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

curse, robt

download (4) — Vincent Price “lady killer”

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

Set 1: Halloween Tunes

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

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

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

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

toshgreekthaug24_1983 — This show became the Captured Live LP

Set 4: Calypso/Rock Steady Halloween

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

<Love in the Cemetery; 20 sec.>

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

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

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

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

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

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

<Sister Carol – singjay definition; 8 sec.>

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

<Burning Spear as a trio; 11 sec.>

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

Set 5: Halloween Vinyl

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

Set 6:

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

<Ayo bio’ 18 sec.>

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

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

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

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

Set 7:

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

<Margaret Thatcher = Madame Medusa; 25 sec.>

Set 8: Mutant Dub Mutant Music

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

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

Words of Wisdom:

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

October 20, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

MI0000440465 — Interview on Smile Jamaica. Niceness!

Greetings,

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

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

bless, robt

<Pato Banton 1; 12 min,>

<Pato Banton 2; 5min.>

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

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

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

Set 1:

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

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

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

Set 2: Pato Banton Interview

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

PatoUB — Google: Urantia. Interesting look at sprituality

Set 3:

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

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

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

Set 4: Jah-loween Vinyl

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

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

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

Set 5: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26 Years!

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

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

Set 6: Aluminum (CD) Jah-loween Set

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

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

Set 7: Mutant Dub

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

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: September 12, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist) – Go Green Bay!

September 15, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Finally. NFL starts. No more deflategate. No more Roger Goddell (rhymes with HELL)

Just my Green Bud Bowl Packers put a beat down on the Cutler-riffic Chicago Bears; 12 sec.

3 Truisms from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 12 sec.

Reggae ‘n ‘ Duwize
San Francisco Giants baseball
Green Bay Packers football

<Green Bud Bowl Packers; 2 sec.>

bless, robt

<High-lights of the Sept. 12, 2015 Ark-Ive; 48 sec.>

Playlist:

Set 1:

Azeem & Session – Jah Children; Live and Direct (M.Al’s) Oakland vinyl
Black Slate – Romans Dub; Ogima (TCD) ’81 UK: Dub Album of the Hour
Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari; So Long; By the Rivers of Babylon (Shanachie) nyahbinghi drum
Phyllis Dillon – Woman of the Ghetto; 100% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) Marlena Shaw cover
Abyssinians – Jah Marley; Last Days (Tabou1) ’99 Bob tribute
Gregory Isaacs – Mr. Cop; Sensational Extra Classic (Trojan) ’78; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Cool down your temper Mr. Cop! 9 sec.>

Barry Brown – Jah Lead Us; 10” (Attack Gold)

Set 2:

The Wailers – 400 Years (JA + US/UK); Catch a Firee (Tuff Gong) ‘73

<Catch a Fire: JA vs. Island overdubs; 33 sec.>

<400 Years: JA mix vs. Island mix; 50 sec.>

Ethiopians – Satan Boy; From Matador’s Arena vol. 2 (Jamaican Gold) ’70 Halloween soon come!
Christine Miller & Hi Tek Players – Trod Away Home; 10” (Roots Hi-Tek) 2006 UK; militant steppers

Set 3: Best of 27 Years Reggae Radio

The Selecter – My Collie (Not a Dog); Too Much Pressure (2 Tone) ’80 herbtune; 13 sec.

Toots Hibbert – Freedom Train; Toots in Memphis (Mango) ’88 soul covers
Aswad – Tradition; Distant Thunder (Mango) ’88 UK
Ruts DC & the Mad Professor – Love and Fire; Rhythm Collision Dub (ROIR) ’82 UK punkdub
Jah Lloyd – Sharp Razor; Herb Dub (Teams); Dub Album of the Hour

sddefault — 2 Tone Ska Herbtune with female vox

Set 4:

Peter Tosh – I’m the Toughest; Live at the Jamaica World Music Festival (Peter Tosh Foundation); 11/27/82: Montego Bay, JA
Bunny Wailer – Never Grow Old; Gumption (Shanachie) ’90: Toots cover
The Tennors – Ride Your Donkey; Broken Flowers (Focus) Rock Steady tune from Jim Jarmusch Soundtrack

<Jarmusch and Tarantino Soundtracks: Top Rank! 17 sec.>

Boney ‘L’ & Vibronics – Babylon Children; 10” (Jah Tubbys) 2006 UK militant steppers w/ female vox

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital Set

Lloyd Robinson – Cuss Cuss; Studio One Showcase volume 2 (Studio One) Vinyl is Vital Set: Riddim Shower (1): JA original

<Cuss Cuss; 16 sec.>

Dub Syndicate feat. Bim Sherman – Cuss Cuss; Strike the Balance (ON U Sound) ’89 UK: Riddim Shower (2): mutant dub cover

<Style Scot RIP; 28 sec.>

U Roy – Dynamic Fashion Way; Studio Kinda Cloudy (Trojan); ’69 Keith Hudson prod’n over Ken Boothe
Dr. Alimantado – This Little Bird; (Tell Me You Are Having a) Wonderful Time (Keyman) ’88 UK

<Even the birds ‘n’ bees’zes give Jah di Praises! 8 sec.>

Marcia Griffiths – Truly; At Studio One (Studio One) JA

maxresdefault — Dub Syndicate head man killed 2014

Set 6: Roots Dawta Set

Samia Farah – Cool (Original); Samia Farah (Sony) ’99 Tunisian-French

<Samia Farah: French language dubstress; 20 sec.>

Angie Stone – Wish I Didn’t Miss You; Fatboy Slim: Late Night Tales (Thrive) 2007
Aisha – I Can’t Change; There Is More to Life… (Ariwa) 2005 UK
Ayo – Who; Ticket to the World (Motown) 2013 Nigerian-German singer
Reggae on Top All Stars – Cutting Dub; Chalice Dub Part One (Reggae on Top) ’95 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Yellowman – Disco Reggae; King Yellowman (Columbia) ’84 Bill Laswell prod’n
Sophia George – Final Decision; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ‘86
Robbie Valentine – Don’t You Be Blind; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2008 UK militant steppers

Set 8: Mutant Dub

2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 UK mutant dub set; herbtune

<Space Dust! 4 down, 46 to go! 9 sec.>

Dr. Israel & the Brooklyn Jungle Sound System – Equal Rights; Black Rose Liberation (Baraka Foundation) 2001 NYC
Snoop Lion feat. Angela Hunte – So Long; Reincarnated (Mad Decent) 2013
Audio Active – Robot War (Adrian Sherwood Dub Mix); Apollo Choco Remixed (ON U Sound) ’98 Japan
Abassi All Stars feat. Kenny Knots – Wicked Intention; Showcase (Universal Egg) 2006 UK
Alpha & Omega – In the Beginning; Overstanding (A & O) ’82 UK trance dub
Clive Hunt & the Dub Dancers feat. Lizzard – Satta I; & the Dub Dancers (Makasound) 2008

Words of Wisdom:

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