<All Treats! No Tricks! – Smile Jamaica Loves Halloween>
Greeetings,
It’s Fall and winter is coming. So that means October is Jah-loween Season on Smile Jamaica. The ghouls , witches and vampires doing rub a dub in the boneyard.
Half the set is devoted to instead of the usual’s King’s Music. Now it’s the Devil’s turn. Scratch. As in Lee “Scratch” Perry. Half the show devoted to the Witching Season: Best of 27 Years (the early discoveries in ’89-90), vinyl, 7″ Jamaican Jukebox and the undead and of course MUTANT dub
Don’t get stoned on my tombstone!
bless, I mean curse, robt
Set 1:
- Lord Creator – Such Is Life; Heart of the Ark vol. 2 (Seven Leaf) ’78 UK vinyl: Lee Perry/Black Ark prod’n
- Chalawa – Exodus Dub; (Micron) ’77 Can. Dub Album of the Hour to Marley’s Exodus
- Peter Broggs – Pick Up the Reggae; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ‘82
- Lee Perry – Jungle Lion; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’73 instrumental
- Dennis Bovell – Living in Babylon; Babylon Soundtrack (EMI) ‘80
- Bushman – Backweh Vampire; 10” EP (Stingray) 2012 UK EP Jah-loween tune
- Lovejoys – One Draw; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackies) ’83 female duo on Rita Marley’s herbtune: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Set 2:
- Peter Tosh – Black Dignity; Honorary Citizens: Jamaican Singles (Columbia) ’69 rarity
- Trinity – Vampire; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz) ‘79
- Jennifer Gad – Babylon Must Fall; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92
- Dennis Brown & the Observers – Live After You; 10” (Observer Gold) ’75 Niney prod’n
Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 27 Years – Jah-loween Set; 11 sec.
- Ethiopians – Obeah Book; Slave Call (Heartbeat) ’77:
- Bunny Wailer – Blackheart Man; Blackheart Man (Mango) ‘76
- Aisha – Evil Spirits; High Priestess (Ariwa) ’88 UK
- Devon Irons & Doctor Alimantado – Vampire; Open the Gate (Trojan) ‘76
- King Tubby – I am the King vol. 3 (Sprint) Dub Album of the Hour
Set 4:
- UB40 – Madame Medusa; Signing Off (DEP) ’80 about Margaret Thatcher in UK
<Margaret Thatcher = Madame Medusa = Maggrot Torture; 22 sec.>
<Neocon Margaret Thatcher – Middle finger from UB40; 37 sec>.
Set 5: Jah-loween Vinyl is Vital set
- Inner Circle – Duppy or Gunman; Rock the Boat (Trojan) ’74 UK: duppy = J’can ghost
- Clint Eastwood and General Saint – Talk About Run; Two Bad D.J. (Greensleeves) ’81 UK: update of calypso tune about making out w/ your girl in the boneyard
- Cultural Roots – Devil-ites; Drift Away from Evil (Revolutionary Sounds) ’82 UK
- Prince Alla – Evil Forces; Evil Forces (Calabash) ’84 Opa-Locka, FL
- Chalice – Back Way Evil Forces; Stand Up! (CSA) ’85 UK
Set 6:
- Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths – United We Stand; Just My Imagination (Trojan) ’70 update of soul cover by Brotherhood of Man
- Cocoa Tea – Weh di Drugs; Unforgettable (Roaring Lion) ’99 herbtune
- Rastafarians – Rasta Theme; Orthodox (Makasound) ’81 Rasta Cruz, Collie-fornya
- Black Slate Meets Soul Syndicate – Wine Dub; Moodie in Dub vol. 1 (Moodie) ‘78
- Scientist – The Voodoo Curse; Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (Greensleeves) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour
Set 7: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox of Jah-loween
- Carl Dawkins – Witchcraft; 7” (Sir JJ) ’72
- Ringo –Frankenstine; 7” (Greedy Puppy) ‘79
- Peter Tosh – Mark of the Beast; 7” (Intel Diplo) about his beating by the cops
- Bionic Steve – Bermuda Triangle; 7” (Crystal) ‘80
- Twinkle Brothers – Devil Worshippers; 7” (Crystal) 2001
- Bob Marley & the Wailers – Duppy Conqueror (Upsetter) ‘70
<Duppy = Jamaican Ghost; 19 sec.>
Set 8: Mutant Dub Jah-loween
- Dubchek – Duppy Train; Down Memory Gap Lane (Unitone World) 2001 US
- Tino – Loch Ness Monster Dub; Hallowe’en Dub (Tino Corp.) 2002 US: breaks artist
- Sinead O’Connor & Sly & Robbie – Vampire; Throw Down Your Arms (That’s Why There’s Chocolate & Vanilla) 2005 cover of Devon Irons tune played earlier
- Benjamin Zephaniah – Blood Suckers; Belly of the Beast (Ariwa) ’96 UK dub poet
- Small Axe – Witchdoctor; Earthjuice vol. 1 (Waveform) ‘98
Smile Jamaica 