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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 25, 2017: Spring Soon Come; Winter Soon End!

March 3, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

The best thing about February? Only 28 days of Winter. Every Saturday it gets a little lighter later in the show. Soon come Spring weather and maximum daylight.

So until we can put our winter gear away, let’s run the bass for put a smile pon your face!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 25, 2017; 45 sec.

Set 1:

Lawrence H – Love Jah; Studio One Sales Conference (Studio One) ’75 JA vinyl
Herbie Mann & the Tommy McCook Band – Ob la Di, Ob la Da; Herbie Mann Reggae (Atlantic); ’74 Vinyl Dub Album of the Hour; New Orleans flutist
Bunny Wailer – Ram Dance; Dance Massive (Shanachie) ’92
Hollie Cook – Twice; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014: UK dubstress – dawta of Sex Pistol, Paul Cook
Gregory Isaacs – Cool Down the Pace; Night Nurse (Mango) ’82
Don Carlos – Frontline; Just a Passing Glance (RAS) ’84 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Squire Jon – Are We Really Free; 10″ (Hi Try) 2006 UK cockney

r-6156839-1412504367-3001-jpeg — Cratedig gem from Albuquerque, Xmas 2016. Tommy McCook w/ jazz flautist

Set 2:

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – You Can’t Blame the Youth; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’69 – nursery rhyme rare 7″

<Can’t blame the youths if you fill their head with nonsense; 12 sec.>

Bomb the Bass feat. Benjamin Zephaniah & Sinead O’Connor – Empire; clear (Quango) ’95 UK mutant dub; Empire = Vampire
Clinton Fearon – Goodness; Goodness (Kool Yu Foot) 2014 former bassie of the Gladiators
Cornell Campbell – Jah Jah Man; 10″ (Irie Ites) 2012 Fr.

Set 3:

Thievery Corporation feat. Racquel Jones – Letter to the Editor; Temple of I & I Sound (ESL) 2017 DC dubbers

<Exodus Riddim Shower; 45 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – So Much Things to Say; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77 riddim shower (1): original vox
I Roy – Commandment IX (So Much Things to Say); Ten Commandements (Virgin Front Line) ’80 yellow vinyl/pic sleeve riddim shower (2): deejay
Chalawa – So Much Things to Say Dub; Chalawa Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. vinyl; riddim shower (3) dub
Aston Familyman Barrett – Cobra Style Dub; Family Man in Dub (Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour – Wailers bassie

170x170bb — Smile Jamaica’s #1 of 2017 – fighting the Musical Resistance to Isms and Schisms – Thievery Corporation

Set 4:

Inner Circle – Tenement Yard (live version); Best of (Island) Live at the Marquee, London March 1979

<charismatic successor to Bob died in car crash; 30 sec.>

Jimmy Cliff – I Can See Clearly Now; Cool Runnings soundtrack (Work) Johnny Nash cover; 28 sec.

Hopeton Lindo – Ghetto Tenement Yard; Dancehall (Metro) ’88
Joy & Trevor – Love at First Sight; 10″ (Hitbound) ’81

hqdefault-15 — All killer, Jacob Miller – killed tragically in car accident

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Louise Bennett; Linstead Market; Sings Jamaican Folk Songs (Smithsonian Folkways) ’54: 10″ US vinyl

<oldest piece of vinyl in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives>

The Vision – Reality Dub; Dub Vision (Funfundvierzig) ’88 West Germ.; green vinyl
Little John – Unite; Unite (Vista Sounds) ’88 UK
Heptones – Should Have Known Better; One Step Ahead (Sonic) ’81 JA Beatles cover
Ben Wa – Break That Stone (Granite Mix); Docking Sequence vol. 1 (BSI) 2000 Portland mutant dub

600x600 — 1954 10″: oldest wax in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

Aswad – It’s Not Our Wish; Showcase (Mango) ’81 extended mix
Judy Mowatt – Big Woman; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ’82
Don Carlos – Crucial Situation; Prophecy (Blue Moon) ’84

<Don Carlos Way, Tempe, AZ>

Dennis Brown – Black Liberation; Words of Wisdom (Shanachie) ’79
Revolutionaries – Sensi Dub vol. 4 (Original) ’75 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Peter Broggs – Jah Voice is Calling; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) ’82 best (1) original
Peter Broggs – Jah Voice is Calling; Rejoice (RAS) ’97 (2) update

a-169794-1200186539-jpeg — Peter Broggs – the International Farmer

Set 8: Mutant Dub – UFOria

Ancient Astronauts feat. Akua Naru – Last Night; Into Bass and Time (ESL) 2011 Germ. – feat. female vox she fell in love with an Ancient Astronaut
Spacemonkeyz vs. Gorillaz – Star Shine; Laika Come Home (Virgin) 2002 Laika Soviet space dog

<Laika the brave Soviet space pup>

Greetings – Lee Scratch Perry; Panic in Babylon; (Damp) 2004 Alien encounter
Rockers Hi F – Dick From Outaspace; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Word Sound I Powa – Intro; Live From Planet Crooklyn (ROIR) ’95 Aliens looking for weed fields
Soko – I Thought I Was an Alien; I Thought I Was an Alien (Because) 2012 French female
Doctor Pablo & the Dub Syndicate – Dr. Who; Journeys in Time and Space EP (ON U Sound) 2015 picture sleeve

ro57_dogs_01u — Laika the Soviet Space Dog

Smile Jamaica: Digital Dubplate 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): All Killa, Nah Filla!

February 24, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

The great thing about the Digital Media Age and Social Media, if I take a week off the radio, I can still mash up Roots for I ‘n’ I from the comfort of home.

Enjoy my favorites from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Living room kinda cloudy!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate – Roots Roulette:

0-30 min.

Thievery Corporation feat. Lou Lou Ghelichkhani; Temple of I & I (ESL) brand new DC dubbers w/ female vox
Jolly Brothers – Oppression; Conscious Man (Seven Leaf) ’78 Lee Perry/Black Ark
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus (Kindread Mix); Why Should I (CD Single) (Tuff Gong) ’92 rmx
Ijahman Levi – Zion Train; Haile I Hymn (Island) ’78 feat. Steve Winwood on keys
Sheryl Lee Ralph w/ Cedella & Sharon Marley – (I’m Hurting Inside); Mighty Quinn Soundtrack (A & M) ’89 Bob cover
Aswad – Nuclear Soldier; To the Top (Simba) ’87 UK

30-60 min.

Dennis Brown – Should I; Words of Wisdom (Shanachie) ‘79
Wailing Souls – Things and Time; Very Best of the Wailing Souls (Greensleeves) ‘77
Blood Sisters – Ring My Bell; Hustle! (Soul Jazz) ’79 Anita Ward disco cover
Don Carlos – Crucial Situation; Prophecy (Blue Moon) ‘84
The Gayladds & Baba Dread w/ Roots Radics – Little Candle + Candle Version; Understanding (Tamoki Wambesi) ‘80

download-1 — Disco is not a 4 letter word on Smile Jamaica

60-90 min.

M.I.A. – Double Bubble Trouble; Matangi (XL) 2013 female dubstep
Gideon Jah Rubbaal – Judgeman (sic) Time; Free Us Now (ACL2000) ‘77
Keith Hudson – Rasta Communication; Rasta Communication (Greensleeves) ‘78
African Head Charge – Hymn; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’91 mutant dub world sounds
Afro Omega – Love Emergency; Love Emergency (Afro Omega) 2008 SLC mutant dub w/ female vox
Gregory Isaacs – Sad to Know You’re Leaving; Night Nurse (Mango) ’82 lovers rock
Linton Kwesi Johnson – Fite Dem Back; Forces of Victory (Mango) ’79 UK dub poet

90 min. – 2 hr.

Ini Kamoze – General; Mini LP (Mango) ’84
The Archives feat. Ichelle Cole – Boof Baff; The Archives (ESL) 2012; ½ of Thievery Corp w/ female vox
Mike Brooks – Feeling of Reggae; Rum Drinker (Teams) ‘79
Matty G – Sesimilla; Bay Area Dubstep vol. 03 (Full Melt) 2011 mutant dub herbtune
Sheriff Lindo & the Hammer – Skydubbing; Ten Dubs that Shook the World (EM) ’88 Jah-stralia Dub
Destroy Babylon – Nuh Skin Up; The Shadow Army (MusicADD) 2008 Mutant dub cover of Keith Hudson; Waltham MA band
Sister Carol – Wild Thing; Something Wild Soundtrack (MCA) singjay to Troggs classic

2 hr – 2 and 1/2 hr

Winston McAnuff – Fear; Diary of the Silent Years (Makasound)
Spacemonkeyz vs. Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood (A Fistful of Peanuts); Laika Come Home (Virgin) 2002 remix set
Lily Allen – Nan You’re a Window Shopper; Alright, Still (Capitol) 2007 UK pop singer hates her grandma
Mighty Diamonds – Cat O’ Nine; Ice on Fire (Virgin Front Line) ’77 Allen Toussaint prod’n
Bad Brains – To the Heavens; God of Love (Maverick) ’95 Punk Reggae
Jacob Miller & Fatman Riddim Section – Healing of the Naiton + Joshua “A” Loaf; Jacob Miller Meets the Fatman Riddim Section (Crocodisc) ’78 herbtune: Rev. 22:2 – And the leaves of the tree are the healing of the nations (2 and ½ hr.)

2 and 1/2 – 3 hr.

Hollie Cook – 99; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014 dawta of a Sex Pistol
Kid Loco – Here Comes the Munchies; Kill Your Darlings (Bellville) 2001 downtro herbtune
Misty in Roots – Wondering Wanderer; Chronicles (Kaz) ’81 Best of UK group
Samia Farah – Homesick Blues; Many Moods of Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Fr.-Tunisian female singer
Lee “Scratch” Perry & George Faith – I Got the Groove; From the Secret Laboratory (Mango) ’90 update
The Pioneers – Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye); Give and Take (Trojan) Steam soul cover
Nora Dean – Barbwire; Monkey Business (Trojan) ‘69

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 11, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): Chunky Air/Inversion Galore!

February 17, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

download-88 — Inversion galore. Chunky air inna Salt Lake Gritty

<Smile Jamaica likes his air like his peanut butter: smooth nah chunky>

Greetings,

I think that rodent in Pennsylvania is road kill. Because ever since Ground Hog day happened, the weather has been much better in the Salt Lake Valley.

Praise Jah, I don’t have respiratory issues. But where I work has been devastated this winter. I have had meetings cancelled because colleagues and/or their kids were sick.

I live in the valley and work at the Univ. of Utah up on the hill. Looking down from on high you really see that awful smog that even has me hacking and wheezing.

So last Saturday it was great to bust out of the house around 10am and see something I hadn’t seen in a month: blue skies and clouds. The weather has been almost delightful since.

So let’s enjoy a mild Jah-bruary with Roots Reggae. Fiyah bun the Inversion Galore!

bless, robt

Set 1:

Frankie Paul – Strictly Reggae Music; Strictly Reggae Music (Londisc) ’84 JA vinyl
Black Roots – Opportunity; In Session (Makasoud) ‘83
Etana – Stepping Out of Babylon; I Rise (VP) 2014 female cover of Marcia Griffiths
Trinity – I Have a Dream; Big Big Man (Esoldun) ’84 over Delroy Wilson
Rico & the Special A.K.A. – Jungle Beat; Checkered Past (Chrysalis) ’81 UK 2 Tone ska w/ Jamaican trombone
Danny Red – A Little More High Grade (Sip a Cup) 2008 UK mutant dub 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Natural Roots – Concrete Tower Dub; Natural Roots (Only Roots) ’84 Fr. vinyl, Dub Album of the Hour

download-89 — Original trombonist with 2 Tone 2nd wave ska

Set 2:

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – Lion; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ‘71
Inner Circle – Mary, Mary; Best of (Island) ’79 herb tune
Nitty Gritty – Hog in a Me Minty; Dancehall (Metro)
Buume – Serious; 10” (Zimatime) 2006 UK mutant dub w/ female vox

Set 3:

<Exodus riddim shower: vox to dj to dub>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Natural Mystic; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77: riddim shower (1) vox
I Roy – Commandment IX (Natural Mystic); Ten Commandments (Virgin Front Line) ’80 UK picture sleeve vinyl; (2) – dj
Chalawa – Natural Mystic Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. Vinyl (3) – dub
Cedella Marley Booker – He’s a Rastaman; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84: Bob’s mom in tribute
Chris Hinze & Word, Sound and Power – Kings of Reggae (Keystone) ’83 Dutch flute player w/ Peter Tosh’s band

r-2111263-1444550559-1078-jpeg — Yellow vinyl picture sleeve. Rarity out of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. Dj to Exodus

Set 4:

John Brown’s Body – Plantation; Kings and Queens (Easy Star) 2014 NY
Systemwide – Ripe Up Version; Pure and Applied (BSI) 2002 Portand mutant dub
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Hypocrites; Fy-ah, Fy-ah (JAD) request
Jah Thomas – Tribute to the Reggae King; 12” (Midnight Rock) ’81 to Bob Marley

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Mohamed I – Roll River Jordan Roll; Man of God (I & I Sound) ’88 LA
Jean Binta Breeze – Tracks + Nanny; Tracks (LKJ) ’91 UK – female dub poet
Lee Perry – Big Neck Police; Scratch on the Wire (Island) ’79 UK Black Ark comp
The Vision – Lingo Dub; Dub Vision (Funfundvierzig) ’88 West. Germany green vinyl
Matumbi – Guide Us; Seven Seals (Harvest) ’78 UK green vinyl

r-3171724-1319007625-jpeg — Falsetto singjay who sounds like Prince

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox of 45’s

Superman & Spiderman – Sensimilla Posse; 7” (Education) 2005 herbtune
Debra Keese – Travelling; 7” (Orchid) ’77 Black Ark
Asher & Trimble – Humble Yourself; 7” (Rockers International) ’79
Cedric ‘Im Brooks – Theme From Shaft; 7” (Soul Jazz) Isaac Hayes cover
Jah Shaka – Coronation Dub; Commandments of Dub Chapter 9 (Jah Shaka) ’89 Dub Album of the Hour

69125a4295bad0edae2829dacaad684fc664ba9a — Reggae loves Isaac hayes

Set 7: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

Burning Spear – Greetings; Farover (Heartbeat) ’83
Don Carlos – Night Rider (Living in Danger); Deeply Concerned (RAS) ‘87
Judy Mowatt – Think; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82
Black Uhuru – Plastic Smile; Black Uhuru (Virgin) ‘80

r-1349545-1476411874-8422-jpeg — “Don’t show I your teeth, your plastic smile nah work”

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Rockers Hi Fi – What a Life; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK: Mutant Dub set
The Slits – I Heard it Through the Grapevine; East bound & Down Soundtrack (HBO) female punk dubbers cover Marvin Gaye
Dubblestandart feat. Gudrun – Summer Rain; Are You Experienced? (Collision) 2006 Jah-stria w/ female vox
Ranking Joe & Jah Warrior – Solomon’s Weed; Solomon’s Dub; 3 the Roots Way (Jah Warrior) 2000 UK herbtune

<Cannabis grew on Solomon’s grave>

Natacha Atlas – Iskanderia; Diaspora (Nation) ’95 Belgian Jewish Arab singer

d1ec34b28f68335d85d6c0f68a6c2cea — Cannabis grew on Solomon’s grave

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Jah-bruary 4, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): Bobstock – Happy Birthday Bob Marley!

February 10, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

45538606adffca2c2a1ad31196e1930c — Feb. 6, 1945

<Woodstock? Nah, Bobstock/Bob-stalk; 12 sec.>

Greetings,

It was Spring of 1984 in Bozeman, Montana. After a brutal winter, students at Montana State University thaw out thanks to warm air from Chinook wins.

The local record store, Cactus, was two blocks from my apartment. I walked in and right on the front display was the gatefold vinyl of Bob Marley’s Legend.

I picked it up sight unseen.

I took it to the counter and paid for it immediately. I wish I could say that was the catalyst moment that led to being a Reggae Deejay — I love all kinds of music in the mid 80s: The Clash, Neil Young and 60’s Rolling Stones especially.

It took 2 years for me to have the Hallelu-JAH moment with Black Uhuru’s Anthem….

So we celebrate Bob Marley’s Birthday with Tributes. I wanted to do Bob Marley A (Ambush) to Z (Zion Train. But the Digital Millennium Copyright Act won’t let me…

<How the Digital Millennium Copy-WRONG Act screws over Bob Marley; 22 sec.>

Bobstock on Smile Jamaica!

Enjoy the Marley family and Bob’s bredrins and sistrens in celebrating his legacy as the King of Reggae!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica’s Tribute to Robert Nesta Marley: Jah-bruary 4, 2017; 39 sec.

Set 1:

Jah Thomas – Happy Birthday to You; 12” (Midnight Rock) ’81 – 3 Hour Bob Marley Birthday Tribute
Bunny Wailer – Stay With the Reggae; Marketplace (Shanachie) ‘85
Culture – Double Tribute to the O.M.; Lion Rock (Heartbeat) ’82 – Order of Merit – Jamaican civilian honor; 14 sec.

Bob Marley & the Wailers – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Trojan) ’73 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Winston Groovy – Nightshift; 12” (Sound City) ’85 – Commodores cover

Set 2:

Cedella Marley Booker – Mother Don’t Cry (Rykodisc) ’84 Bob’s mom

<Bob at the end with his family at his bedside; 30 sec.>

Brigadier Jerry – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Road (RAS) ‘90
Alpha Blondy & the Solar System – Mystic Night Move; Masada (World Pacific) ’92 Ivory Coast artist
Bankie Banx – Remember Bob; Remember Bob (Redemption) ’82 Anguilla vinyl
Chalawa – Exodus; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. Vinyl: dub to Bob album

Set 3:

Ky-mani Marley; Dear Dad; CD Single (Gee Street) ’92; child 10 of 11 (or maybe 13?)
Lui Lepki – Tribute to Bob Marley; Late Night Movie (Joe Gibbs) ‘81
Mikey Dread – In Memory (Jacob, Marcus, Marley); S.W.A.L.K (Heartbeat) ‘82: Jacob Miller, Marcus Garvey & Bob

<Jamaican heroes cut down in their prime; 17 sec.>

Sue Chaloner – Missin’ Mr. Marley; 12” (CNR) ‘84
Delixxx – Comin’ in From the Cold Dub; Uprising in Dub (Micron) ’80 Can.: Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – Lyin’ in Bed; Time Has Come: Best of (EMI America) ’88 kids miss their Dad. So do we

<Bob’s Kids: 11 from 7 mom’s; 29 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Iron Lion Zion 12” Remix; CD Single (Tuff Gong) ‘92

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Prince Far I – Tribute to Bob Marley; Voice of Thunder (Trojan) ’81 UK
Toots & the Maytals – Marley’s Gone (His Songs Live On); Live at Reggae Sunsplash ’82 (Genes) Live @ Montego Bay, JA
Horace Andy – Bob Lives On; Exclusively (Solid Groove) ’82 UK (1) vox
Ringo – Great Superstar; 12” (Top Ranking) ’82 (2) deejay

Set 6:

Judy Mowatt – Joseph; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76 Biblical prophet

<Out of Egypt, Joseph the Biblical Prophet>

Abyssinians – Jah Marley; Last Days (Tabou1) ‘97
Session feat. Azeem – Tribute to Bob Marley; Tribute to Marley (M. Al’s) ’81 Oakland

Set 7:

Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster Jammin’; Hotter Than July (Tamla) ’80: riddim shower (1): original
Roots Uprising & Trinity – Master Blaster Jammin’; 12” (Top Ranking)

Set 8:

Alpha & Omega – Freedom Fighters; Sound System Dub (ROIR) UK trance dub w/ female vox
Everton Blender – Bob Marley; Piece of the Blender (Heartbeat) ‘96
Ranking Joe – Tribute to Bob Marley; Rebel D.J. (Jamrock) ’82 Miami vinyl
Randeesh – Bob Marley is a River of Love; Courage (Mountain Lion) 2004
Isaac Haile Selassie – Dear Bob (Tribute to Bob Marley); CD Single (Resin Music) ‘99
Cedella Marley Booker – Redemption Song; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ‘84
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Redemption Song (band mix); CD Single (Tuff Gong) ‘80

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 28, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): Extraterrestrials vs. Trump!

February 3, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

58908209c461881e4f8b463d — Jan. 20th, 2017 — day Trump was installed — UFO sighting from NASA’s video feed. None dare call it swamp gas! NASA panicked and cut the video feed. Do not scoff!

Greetings,

First week of President Trump. Baaah, don’t want to talk about it. 2016 Presidential Election: Ebola vs. Bubonic Plague. Gonna be a brutal four years. At least we have Reggae Music to remind us. Bobbylon Chants down Babylon!

Jamaican saying: Same thing for breakfast, same thing for tea:

Keith Poppin

What I find interesting? As a conspiracist, Trump’s election signaled the collapse of the Deep State: Neoliberal politics, irregardless of Political Party, enforced through Neocon Foreign Policy.

Bush gave us Afghanistan and Iraq 2.0. Obama wrecked Libya, Syria, Iraq 3.0, Yemen and Ukraine on his watch. How a Nobel Peace Prize winner got Cold War 2.0 off the ground with Russia is quite the feat of Deep State gymnastics!

Our first black President droned so many brown Middle Easterners that he literally ran out of bombs his last year in office! WTF?

yes-we-can-obama-drone-memes-7 — In 2008 I compared this guy to Bob Marley. But that was five wars ago

Joe Sixpack and Sally Housecoat basically went outside the duopoly of Republicrats vs. Democans. Shockwaves throughout the MIC/SIC and bankster class.

So if that rigid system is in tatters, there is no clandestine force to keep us in the dark about Extraterrestrials.

First we had the incredible footage captured by the Chilean Navy: 9 plus minutes of Infrared camera action on a UFO. No effing swamp gas, or ball lightning or bumbaclaat weather balloons.

Chilean Naval UFO incident

Just while we were processing that compelling visitation (other than Huff Post, mostly a news embargo on the story), now NASA captured video footage of another UFO “probe” (pun intended). 21 sec.

Smile Jamaica’s fave “fake news” site: RT – UFO stylee

unnamed — I call bullshit, NASA! Quit peddling fake news that Aliens aren’t real

What does any of this have to do with last week’s Ark-Ive of Smile Jamaica. Absolutely nothing!

But I am hoping for more encounters as the shit-stem (as Peter Tosh says) continues to crumble. UFO sightings will lead to a full on Columbus style emergence to fill the political gap Trump’s howling Presidency has brought about.

Let us hope the Anunnaki (those who came from the sky) treat us better than Columbus did the Native Arawak and Caribs and Africans enslaved in the Middle Passage.

Not that we would deserve their mercy.

Forward ever backwards never!

bless, robt

trump-lizard — The Alien Greys give the Judas Kiss to banning immigrants, from the Middle East or Outer Space

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 28, 2017 – Annotated Playlist; 65 sec.

Set 1:

Augustus Pablo Meets the Upsetter – Vibrate On; Scratch On the Wire (Island) ’79 UK vinyl; Lee Perry comp.
Aggrovators (Attack) JA dub vinyl of the hour
Prince Lincoln – Smiling Faces; Natural Wild (Orange Street) ’80 produced by Joe Jackson
Sly & Robbie – Slipping into Darkness; Many Moods of Sly, Robbie & the Taxi Gang (Sonic) ’82 Ramsey Lewis cover
Junior Delgado – Love Tickles Like Magic; Treasure Found (Incredible Music) ‘75
I Roy – African Herbsman; Crisis Time (Virgin Front Line) ’76; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement over Johnny Clarke’s African Roots
Senya – Rootsman; 10” (Impact!) ’75 female roots

Set 2:

Peter Tosh – Dog Teeth; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’71 Jamaican single
The Selecter – Train to Skaville; Celebrate the Bullet (Captain Oi) ’80 Ethiopians cover, bonus single
Don Carlos – Satan Control Them; Deeply Concerned (RAS) ‘87
Tommy Clark – Wicked Babylon; 10” (Tuff Scout)

r-2558653-1357583200-5993-jpeg — 2 Tone ska update of The Ethiopians Rock Steady classic

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27+ Years

Bingy Bunny & the Morwells – Africa We Want to Go; Kingston 12 Toughie (RAS) ’81
Rita Marley – Love Iyah; Harambe (Shanachie) ‘82

<Harambe = Swahili for pull it together; 18 sec.>

I Kong – Ghetto Cry; Africa Calling (Rohit) ‘79
Max Edwards – Rockers Arena (Disco Mix) ‘82
Yabby You & the Prophets – Zambia; Dub It to the Top (Blood & Fire) ’76 Dub Album of the Hour

r-2584829-1477672356-7501-jpeg — Chinese-Jamaican Rasta. Son of Wailer producer Lesley Kong.

Set 4:

Ayo – Lonely; Gravity at Last (Wrasse) 2008 Germ.-Nigerian female singer
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Keep on Moving + Version; Exodus (Deluxe Edition) ’77 12” Lee “Scratch” Perry mix; unreleased; 44 sec.

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Steel Pulse – Drug Squad; Caught You (Island) ’80 UK herbtune
Jah-Malla – Ghetto Child; Alive & Well (Clappers) ’80 NY, sons of Jamaican musicians

<Kwame Nkrumah quote on women; 43 sec.>

Matumbi – Man in Me; Best of (Trojan) ’77 Bob Dylan cover; 16 sec.

Dub Funk Association – Good Mans Dub; Pendulum Dub (Tanty) ’95 UK mutant dub
Aisha – Don’t Tire; Daughters of Zion (Twinkle) ’93 UK lovers rock dubstress

Set 6:

Ben Harper – Burn one Down; Voodoo Child (bootleg) herbtune livicated to Bernie Sanders; 4/11/98 Bonn Germany

<Ben vs. Bernie>

Peter Broggs – Vank Out; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) best of
Sophia George – Final Decision; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ‘89
Mikey Dread – Chosen Few; World Tour (Dread at the Controls) 2000
Monty Alexander – Evening Time; A Tribute to Reggae’s Keyboard King: Jackie MIttoo (VP) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Al Campbell – Reggae Music; 22 Karat Solid Gold (Jet Star)
Gracy & the Herbman Band – No Hard Drugs; Movements (Funfundvierzig) ’95 Germ. Female
The Vibronics – The Return; 10” (Jah Tubby’s) 2005 militant steppers instrumental

alcampbell6 — Al CampbellSet 8: Mutant Dub

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Systemwide feat. Dr. Israel – People of the Book; Pure and Applied (BSI) 2002 Portland
Rockers Hi-Fi – More and More (The Hidden Persuader); Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Dubblestandart feat. Gudrun – Senses of a Woman; Are you Experienced (Collision) 2006 Jah-stra w/ female vox
Tre Son Meets vx – Jen-ee-Rocka; CD Single (vx) 2005 Toronto
John Frum – Healing Dub; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 3 (Jahtari) 2012 Germ.

Words of Wisdom

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: Snowbound Excursion – Jah-nuary 27, 2017!

January 27, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

I knew it was gonna be trouble. Last Saturday we got 6 inches in the Salt Lake Valley. My garage is in the alley way. Dangerous for getting high centered and sliding into power poles.

So I waited for a lull in the storm and moved my car to the front street. My street was unploughed and there was snow accumulated over the curb.

Loaded up my stacks of wax and suitcase of disks. And headed for KRCL.….

Goosed my All Wheel Drive Subaru to plow through virgin snow. Best intentions….. 4 wheels on top of snowpack just skidded me to the curb and I was wedged in a snow drift and dead in the water.

Two hour wait for AAA. First show I had been a no show for in 27+ years.

So after I got towed out and back into my garage, I hunkered down in my Secret Dubratory and pulled together 3 hours of Digital Dubplate sound.

Snowmageddon Stylee!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate – Jah-nuary 27, 2017 Playlist

0-30 min.:

Black Uhuru – World is Africa; Sinsemilla (Mango) ‘80
Keith Hudson – I Shall Be Released; Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood (Atra) ’74 Bob Dylan cover
Bim Sherman – Gold & Silver; Crucial Cuts vol. 1 (Century) ‘86
Sister Nancy – Transport Connection; 600% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ‘82
Yabby You – Judgment Time; One Love, One Heart (Shanachie) ‘84
Ijahman Levi – Jah Heavy Load; Haile I Hymn (Jahmani) ‘78
Mikey Dread – Saturday Night Style; African Anthem (Big Cat) ’79 dubs

30-60 min.:

Phyllis Dillon – Woman of the Ghetto; Midnight Confessions (Westside) ’72 Marlena Shaw cover
Jacob Miller – Healing of the Nation; Jacob Miller Meets Fatman Riddim Section (Crocodisc) ’78 herbtune
kode9 + the spaceape – Portal; Memories of the Future (Hyperdub) 2002 UK: mutant dub w/ dub poetry
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Turn Your Lights Down Low; Redemption (bootleg) ’77 studio demo
Carol Kalphat & Clint Eastwood – African Land/Africa We Want to Go; Reggae Archive vol. 1 (ON U Sound) ’78 Prince Far I prod’n
The Orb – Towers of Dub; U.F.Orb (Island) ’92 UK mutant dub

r-13274-1281309190-jpeg — Look to the skies!

60-90 min.

Christ Hinze feat. Peter Tosh – Puss and Dog; Kings of Reggae (Pop-Eye) Dutch flautist w/ Sly & Robbie
Dennis Bovell & Janet Kay – Silly Dub; Dub Dem Silly (Arawak International) ‘93
Ras Command – Kali Dub; In Dub (Red Arrow) ’95 Germ. Mutant dub
Barrington Levy – Jah a The Creator + Stinkin’ Dub; Time Capsule (RAS) ‘83
Ranking Ann – Black Rock Possee; A Slice of English Toast (Ariwa) ’82 singjay

558_002 — Dutch Flute inna rub a dub stylee

90 min. – 2 hr.:

Burning Spear – Farover; Farover (Heartbeat) ‘83
Pablo Gad – What Makes a Natty Dread Cry (Discomix); Bloodsuckers (Melodie) ‘78
Peter Metro & Lady Ann – Bossanova; Dedicated to You (Grapevine) ’84
Sky High & the Mau Mau – Na Lend Out Me Chalice; Origination (Sky High) herbtune
Yellowman – Cocky Did Hurt Me; Mister Yellowman (Shanachie) ’82 rude
Sam Carty – I Don’t Mind; Black Arkives (Justice League) ‘75
Lijadu Sisters – Reincarnation; Sunshine (Afrodisia/Knitting Factory) ’78 Nigerian sisters

2 hr. – 2 & 1/2 hr.:

The Wailers – Concrete Jungle Dub; Dub Marley (Tabou1) ’76 rare dubs
The Pioneers – Pusher Man; Give & Take: Best of (Trojan) ‘78
Gorillaz vs. Space Monkeyz – Starshine; Laika Come Home (Astralwerks) 2002 Mutant Dub UFOria
Sonya Spence – Give Thanks; In the Dark (Skynote)
Dub Syndicate feat. Little David– Yes It’s Bless; Acres of Space (Lion & Roots) 2001 UK Mutant Dub
Black Slate – Thin Line Between Love and Hate; Amigo (Ensign) ’80: Persuaders soul cover
Martha Velez – Get Up Stand Up; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ’76: Bob/Peter cover
The Meditations – Woman Piabba; Anthology (Nighthawk) ’76 herbtune

a3fb367affb2a25c983705e61f7314cf — Bob Marley produced Martha Velez w/ Lee Perry & the Wailers

2 and 1/2 – 3 hr.

Linton Kwesi Johnson – Inglan Is a Bitch; Bass Culture (Mango) ’80 UK dub poet
Love Joys – One Draw; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackies) ’82 Rita Marley herbtune
Lone Ranger – Jamaican Weed; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy) ’80 herbtune
The Rolling Stones – Cherry Oh Baby; Black and Blue (Rolling Stones) ’76 Eric Donaldson cover
Trinity – Put it On; Burning (Rhino UK)
J. Geils Band – Give It To Me; Bloodshot (Atlantic) ‘73

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 14, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): I told you UFO’s exist!

January 20, 2017 Robert Nelson 3 Comments

Greetings,,

2017 is already off to a wacky start. President Donny Tiny Hands isn’t weird and wild enough, looks like the break down of the Deep State have emboldened Aliens to start revealing themselves to us.

The Chilean Navy captured a UFO with 10 minutes of compelling footage using infrared cameras.

Watch this and it becomes clear. It isn’t swamp gas, or light refraction or ball lightning, weather balloons.

Although the weaksauce debunkers are already claiming it was a plane. Trust your eyes.

<Extraterrestrials 1, Swamp Gas 0; 50 sec.>

As if UFO’s aren’t enough, we get President Trump today (Jan. 20). As a Progressive, I have offered my humble services to our new President in a way that one of my Reggae idols Prince Buster did to Jamaica in the 60’s.

I volunteer to be Trump’s Minister of Ganja & Space Exploration; 44 sec.

I can advise our President why they are here….

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 14, 2017

Set 1:

Gussie P – Who’s Safe; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003 UK: mutant dub beats over MLK’s I Have a Dream Speech; 23 sec.

Dub Specialist – Luanda; African Rub a Dub (Studio One) ’80 JA vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Blue Riddim – Love People; Club Paradise Soundtrack (Columbia) ‘86
Taxi Gang – Twilight Zone; Many Moods of Sly, Robbie & the Taxi Gang (Sonic) ’86 TV soundtrack cover
Dubtonic Kru – Drum & Bass; Dub Tonic (Dubtonic Kru) 2009
Peter Broggs – International Farmer + Dub; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; ’82 Fr. best of
15 16 17 – Girls Imagination; Magic Touch (DEB) ’78 3 female siblings/cousins over Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

635802496606796161-mlk1 — Livicated to the Ultimate Peace Warrior

Set 2:

Peter Tosh – Once Bitten, Twice Shy; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’71 Jamaican single
Rupie Dan & Jenifah Gad – Ghetto People Children; Reparation (Flag) 2000
Capital Letters – Cheap School Meals; Bread & Water EP (Greensleeves) ’80 UK youth group
Ta Teasha Love – Oh Jah Come; 10” (Impact!) ‘75 female

hqdefault-12 — Peter Tosh and two white dudes

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

Cedric Myton & the Congos – Where He Leads Me; Face the Music (VP) ’81
Burning Spear – Jah Is My Driver; Farover (Heartbeat) ‘83
Little Roy – Don’t Cross the Nation; Lee Perry & Friends – Give Me Power (Trojan) ‘75
Lovejoys – Stranger; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackies) ’83 female duo
Jah Shaka Meets Aswad – Addis Ababa; In Addis Ababa Studio (Jah Shaka) ’84 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Punky Reggae Party + dub; Exodus (Deluxe Edition) ’77 12” single (Tuff Gong)

<Punky Reggae Party: Punkers love Reggae; 30 sec.>

<Anthem of the Deplorables; 24 sec.>

download-13 — Bob and the Deplorables: Rejected by society. Treated with impunity. Protected by their dignity. I search reality!

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Sly & Robbie – Space Invaders; Syncopation (Joe Gibbs) ’82 dub to Dennis Brown
Jennifer Lara – Hand to Mouth; High Times All Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago blues label best of
Heptones – Sensimenia Collie; One Step Ahead (Sonic) JA
Misty in Roots – Ireation; Musi-o-tunya (People Unite) ’85 UK
The Vision – Dub Start; Dub Vision (Funfundvierzig) ’88 West Germ. Green vinyl dubwize

r-824454-1162574565-jpeg — Cratedig 2016: The Record Room – Phoenix. West German green vinyl

Cratedigger’s Lament: Phoenix: 24 sec.

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45

Prince Buster – Minister of Ganja’ 7” (blank)

Sons of Creation – Stop the Fuss and Fight; 7” (SOC Production) ‘75
The Ability – Rasta Never Give Up; 7” (Sky High)
Carlene Davis – Ism and Schism; 7” (Sonic)

<No socialism, capitalism, communism – isms lead to schisms>

Martin Campbell vs. Alien Dread – Rebel Salute; In a Cosmic Dub Clash (Log On) 2007: Dub Album of the Hour

ftr-prince-buster-rip — Prince Buster – Minister of Agriculture & Space Exploration

Set 7:

Zema feat. MLK Jr. – Free At Last Dub; Black Sheep (Melchizedek) I have a dream speech
Barry Brown – Down in a Babylon; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
Mika & Omar Perry – Borderline DC-Cut; 10” (Asalah) 2006 Netherlands; female vox
Black Uhuru – Bull in the Pen; Anthem (Island) ‘83

download-15 — The album that made me a Reggae fanatic

Set 8: UFO-ria

Ancient Astronauts feat. Bajka – Surfing the Silvatide; We Are to Answer (ESL) 2011 female vox:
Pink Floyd – Interstellar Overdrive; Relics (Harvest) ‘67
Nina Hagen – UFO; Nina Hagen (Columbia) ’82 West German singer
Langley School Project – Space Oddity; Starman (Mojo) British Columbia children’s chorus
Spiritual Rez – Let’s Go Out With a Bang; Apocalypse Whenver (Spritual Rez) 2014

586f9ca1c461888a7c8b462e — Chilean Navy captures UFO sighting Jan. 6, 2017

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 7, 2017 (Stream + Track List). Mutant Dub New Year!

January 13, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<How to deal with the Trump-o-calypse: Let’s Go Out With a Bang!>

Greetings,

Hope everyone had a nice Holiday. I spent the first week at my sister’s in Albuquerque. My parents just became Snowbirds, so my second week was in Phoenix.

Phoenix is a great town for vinyl. CDs are becoming irrelevant, but the racks are full of black wax and lots of people doing what I do for 30 years: cratedig. So I will be visting often in the months of Dec-March. Otherwise, vinyl melts from the store to the car!

Found some nice gems to play in 2017. For over a decade now, the first show of the year on Smile Jamaica is devoted to what I call Mutant Dub: Jamaican drum and bass with modern electronic sounds and textures awash in echodelia.

The 3 hour Mutant Dub World Tour!

As Joe Strummer sang, “Knives to the trebel!”

Crank the volume!
Set bass phasers to stun!

Happy New Year. Forward ever, backwards never!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 7, 2017: Annotated Playlist – photos, soundbytes captions, Reggae History Lessons; 56 sec.

Set 1:

African Head Charge – Gospel Train; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’90
The Vision – Dub Start; Dub Vision (Funfundvierig) ’88 Green Germ. Vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Afro Omega – Pick Up the Pieces; Pick Up the Pieces (Afro Omega) SLC dubbers w/ female vox
Jah Woosh – Woodpecker Sound; ON U Sound Celebration (Trance) ’88 West German comp
Sizzla – Rainshowers (Bronx Dogs Dub Mix); Dub Selector (Quango) 2001
Brain Damage Meets The Vibronics – Siege of Kut; Empire Soldiers (Hammerbass) 2013 Fr. w/ Arabic vox
The Archives feat. Ras Puma – Sensibility; The Archives (ESL) 2012 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcment
Butch Cassidy Sound Sytem – Hear What I Say; 12” EP (Fenetik) 2004 Glasgow, Scotland

72771 — All aboard the Mutant Dub train!

Set 2: Mutant Dub World Tour

Samia Farah –Le Monde; Many Moods of (SAM) 2008 Fr.-Tunisian female singer
Al Haca Soundsystem feat. Ras MC-Tweed – Libation; Inevitable (Different Drummer) 2003 Spanish
Asian Dub Foundation – Change; Time Freeze (Caroline) 2007 best of Hindi/Pak/UK collective
Audio Active – Paint Your Face Red; Startrec EP (ON U Sound) ’96 Jah-pon vinyl

sam3bb1a — French-Tunisian dubstress Samia Farah

Set 3:

Dub Colossus – Shem City Steppers; In a Town Called Addis (RealWorld) 2008 Ethiopian female vox
Ripple – Sunday Morning Dub; Bay Area Dubstep volume 2 (Full Melt) 2008
Bush Chemists – Star Dub; 10” UK (Jah Tubby’s) 2006 Stormtrooper Theme from Star Wars

<Star Wars in dub>

Set 4:

Hollie Cook – Tiger Balm; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014 UK dubstress

<Dawta of a Sex Pistol; 20 sec.>

Dubblestandart – This One is About Flying; Immigration Dub (Collision) 2007 Jah-stria
Troubleman – Intergalactic You, Intergalactic Me; Far Out Spaced Odyssey (Far Out) 2010 Brazilian UFOria
Nomadix – Juggling; Rolling Papers: Ambient Dub Selection (Roar) ’93 UK – Dub Album of the Hour

article-2179376-143be440000005dc-390_634x415 — Mutant Dubstress – Hollie Cook: Daddy was a Sex Pistol!

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital Mutant Dub

Singers & Players feat. Sister P – Holy Scripture; Vacuum Pumping (ON U Sound) ’88 UK Bible stories: Mutant vinyl set
Martin Campbell – You Lick Me First; Rootsman – The Real Thing (Channel One UK) ’97 UK
Dub Syndicate – Pounding System; Pounding System (ON U Sound) ’82 UK
Zulu Warriors – Chanting Dub; Warrior Dub (Mr. Modo) ’89 UK
Doctor Pablo & the Dub Syndicate – Doctor Who?; ON U Journey Through Time & Space; 10” Dubplate (ON U Sound) 2015 UFO-ria

r-6904729-1429262879-7553-jpeg — ON U Sound Record Store Day, 2015

Set 6: Space Dust 420; 21 sec.

2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; Hustling Ability (ON U Sound) ’95
Dr. Israel & Dreadtone International – Sensimilla; Patterns of War (ROIR) Brooklyn 2005
Soom T – I Need Weed; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 female weedstepper out of Glasgow, Scotland
Dry & Heavy – Kick the Bong Around + Dub; One Punch (Green Tea) Jah-pon ’98

<“Whenever I get low, I get high!> 9 sec.

7e53fb85ec05f509f710a7d50605fee3c8dcc7f88afeb3fe0f43647f6db9d723 — Ancient Astronaut Theorist, Giorgio Tsoukalos. Ancient Aliens Friday Nights on Viceland

Set 7:

The Slits – Man Next Door; In the Beginning (Jungle) ’80 – live version of The Paragons reggae classic
Rasheda & Mystikal Heights – I Love Jah + Jah Love (Discomix); 12″ (Zion Gate) 2007 Fr.: Don Carlos cover
The Outsider Meets High Tech Roots Dynamic – Alfa; At Channel One UK (Jah Works) ’91 UK vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour

r-224464-1455794873-8668-jpeg — Ari Up Rest in Peace. The Slits: rudegirls do punkdub & roots reggae

Set 8: UFO-ria

Ancient Astronauts feat. Akua Naru – Last Night (I Fell in Love with an Ancient Astronaut); Into Time and Bass (ESL) 2011 Germ. w/ female vox
Spiritual Rez – March of the Reptoids + Let’s Go Out With a Bang; Apocalypse Whenever (Spiritual Rez) 2014 US
Thievery Corporation – Stargazer; Culture of Fear (ESL) 2011
Soko – I Thought I Was an Alien; I Thought I Was an Alien (Because Music) 2012 French female
Tena Stelin & Jah Warrior – UFO + Unidentified Flying Dub; Lion Symbol (Jah Warrior) ’99 UK
Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song; Flock of Seagulls (Jive) ’82 UK New Wave

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: (Stream + Tracklist) Jah-cember 17, 2016 – Joy to the Worlds!

December 23, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

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Greetings,

Chillin’ like a villain with my family. Hope you are able to do the same this Holiday. I am grateful for anyone who listens to Smile Jamaica and these streams.

While I enjoy a few weeks away, and some cratedigging to refresh for 2017, enjoy this Christmas heavy duty edition of the Smile Jamaica Ark-ives.

Merry Christmas to the Prince of Peace. Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and any other year end skygod festivities of your choosing!

untitled — Eedokhun Breekkha – Merry Christmas from my Assyrian yimma (mother)

<Santa was an alien. Sleigh = spaceship>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 17, 2016

Set 1:

Freddie McGregor – Irie Christmas; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) ’80 JA vinyl
Prince Lincoln & the Royal Rasses – Interstellar Over Dub; Vortex Dub (Orange Street) ’80 Dub Album of the Hour
Kiddus I – Love Child; Natty ‘n’ Nice (Rhino) love child = Christ child
Mike Brooks – Cool Runnings; Classical Anthology (M-10) ‘83
Hollie Cook – Used to Be; Hollie Cook (Mr. Bongo) 2011 UK dubstress
Inner Circle – We ‘a’ Rockers; Rockers Soundtrack (Mango) ‘79
Barry Brown – Sensimilla; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
Derrick Harriott – Jesus Was Born Today; 12” (Crystal) ‘82

Set 2:

Cocoa Tea – Christmas Is Coming; Badd Santa (Stones Throw) Peanut Butter Wolf prod’n
Aisha – Glorify His Name; There Is More to Life (Twinkle) 2005
Pecker & the Wailers – Militant Sniff; 21^st Century Dub (ROIR) ’87 Jah-pon
Michael “Scooby Doo” Powell – Christmas Time; 12” (Hot Stuff) ‘83

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – White Christmas; Christmas Greetings From Studio One (Studio One/Heartbeat) ’65 Bing Crosby cover
Judy Mowatt – Only a Woman; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82
Peter Tosh – Arise Blackman; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’71 Jamaican Singles box set
Bunny Wailer – Redemption Song; Retrospective (Shanachie) ‘81
Israel Vibration – Israel Dub (Greensleeves) ’78 Same Song dub; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Barrington Levy – Flash Your Dread; 7” (Mic) ’81 Xmas tune
Special A.K.A. – Racist Friend; Checkered Past (2 Tone) UK ska from ‘83
The Pioneers – Feeling High; From the Beginning (Jet Star) ’73 herb tune
Dennis Alcapone – Fat Man; Guns Don’t Argue (Trojan) dj to Derrick Morgan

<Why Robin Hood stole from the rich>

Tyrone Evans – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; 12” (Clocktower) ‘78

Set 5: Christmas Vinyl is Vital

Michigan & Smiley – Little Drummer Boy; Reggae Christmas (RAS) ’84 DC
Carlene Davis & Trinity – Santa Claus + Christmas in the Ghetto; Christmas Sting (Thunder Bolt) ’81 JA
Joe Gibbs Reggae Family – We Three Kings; Reggae Christmas (Joe Gibbs) ’84 Miami FL
Dillinger & the Brentford Harmonics – Hi Fashion Christmas; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA

Set 6:

Keith Richards – Run Rudoph Run; 7” (Rolling Stone) ’78 cover of Chuck Berry
Dubblestandart feat. GRIZO – The Rhythm; Are You Experienced? (Groove Attack) 2006 Jah-stria w/ female vox
Jacob Miller & Ray I – Deck the Halls; Natty Christmas (RAS) ’78 herbtune
Glen Adams – Joyful Tidings; 12” (Clocktower) ’78 dub to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Set 7: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27+ Years

Bingy Bunny & the Morwells – Educate Your Mind; Kingston 12 Toughie (RAS) ’75
Don Carlos – Cool Johnny Cool; Deeply Concerned (RAS) ‘87
Doreen Schaeffer – Wish You a Merry Christmas; Christmas Vibes (Studio One)
Capital Letters – Natty Walk 12” mix; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group
Sly & Robbier– Herb; Bill Laswell: Dub Massive Chapter One (Trojan) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Ancient Astronauts – Crescent Moon; We Are to Answer (ESL) 2009 Germ.
Human – Home; Earthjuice (Waveform) ’95
Jahtari Riddim Force – One Armed Swordsman; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 3 (Jahtari) 2012 Germ.
Systemwide feat. Dr. Israel – Crisis Time; Pure and Applied (BSI) 2002 US
Bomb the Bass feat. Leslie Weiner – If You Reach the Border; clear (4th & Broadway) ’95 UK
Natacha Atlas – Bastet; Remix Collection (Mantra) ’99 Belgian/Algerian/Jewish chanteuse

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-cember 10, 2016: Santa is an Alien!

December 16, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Sad news to report. Astronaut John Glenn passed away. Smile Jamaica loves anything to do with Space Travel. John Glenn was a pioneer and I pay tribute to him with some UFO-ria. Those astronauts reported strange encounters with unknown entities while probing space.

When they reported back to Ground Zero at NASA, they were yelled at, “Get off the public comm channel!”

They exist. Do not scoff. Too bad we wasted trillions on war. All that money for space exploration we should at least be having deejays spin anti gravity dubwize on Mars.

Christmas came early for I ‘n’ I:. Ancient Aliens Season 9

In the same way that Alt News (slandered as fake news by the Old Media farts) is a skeptical reaction to newspapers and cable news, The Astro-Theologists on Ancient Aliens are challenging what I have called Archaeo Imperialism.

These archaeological sites are thousands of years older – Egypt, Meso-America, Sumer – than we are being told.

Tradtional archaeologists would scoff, “Primitive people didn’t have the tools nor the know how to build those incredibly precise temples, ziggurats and pyramids.”

That’s where the Ancient Aliens come in:

Noah in the Ark; nope: Ziusudra in a submarine;Utnapishtim in a tessaract space ship
Chariots of Fire – jet propulsion from a space ship
Burning Bush – ditto
Stairway to Heaven – Landing deck for a spaceship
Magic Carpet Ride – spaceship
Mohammed’s midnight journey from Jerusalem to Heaven on a flying horse? – Spaceship.

al-buraf_hafifa — The mythical creature who took Mohammed from Jerusalem to Heaven. His name, Baraq, means lightning. Lightning or space propulsion?

AlI I read for my political enlightenment is “fake news”, I am a big believer in the Astro-Theology taught by Ancient Aliens. So here is my supposition.

Santa Claus and his reindeer? Nope. Alien in a space ship. Rudoph’s red nose? Tracking beacon

bless, robt

hqdefault-11 — Wasn’t a fat white guy driving a team of reindeer. Ridiculous. Do not scoff!

Annotated Playlist: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 10, 2016

Set 1:

Johnny Osbourne – Christmas Stylee; Chiristmas Stylee (Studio One) ’80 JA vinyl
Aswad – Rainfall Sunshine; Rebel Souls (Mango) ‘84
Lorna Asher – Praise Him; Straight to Your Heart (Twinkle) ‘99
Martin Campbell – Babylon Come; Making Tracks (Channel One UK) ‘81
Black Slate – Sticks Man ’80; Amigo (bbr) ‘80
Dean Frazer – Sensimilia; Christmas Sting (Thunder Bolt) ’81 to Hallelujah choir 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Johnny Clarke – Play Fool Get Wise; 10” (Glimmer)

Set 2:

Zema – Check It Out; Stranger in the Gates (Melchizedek) ’97 SoCal female singer
Alpha & Omega feat. Gregory Isaacs – Bush Ganja; Legend of A & O (Dopic Sounds) 2006 trance dub herbtune
The Special A.K.A. – Guns of Navarone; Checkered Past (2 Tone) ’80 Live EP – 2 Tone ska cover Skatalites
Prince Alla – Youthman in the Ghetto; 10” (Archive)

Set 3:

Peter Tosh – Leave My Business; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’71 Jamaican Singles: Wailers Family Tree set
Pato Banton – Hello Tosh; Never Give In (Primitive Man) ‘88
Bunny Wailer – Conscious Lyrics; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’92 best of
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus (Long version) + 7” B Side version; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77 deluxe edition
E.T. & Randy’s All Stars – Ordinary Version Chapter 3; Rough Guide to Dub (Rough Guide) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youthgroup herb tune
Lillian Allen – Reggae Riddim; Dread Poets Society (T’bwana Sounds) ’93 dub poet
Steve Reynolds – Good Vibes; 10” (Joint International) Keith Hudson prod’n

Set 5: Christmas Vinyl is Vital

Barrington Levy – I Saw Mommy; Christmas Sting (Thunder Bolt) ’81 JA:
Hortense Ellis & Trinity – Santa Claus is Black + My Santa; African Christmas (Top Ranking) Miami
Mutabaruka – Postpone Christmas; High Times All Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 US
Tennessee & the Silvertones – Little Drummer Boy; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

Christmas Time (Studio One) JA
Pecker & the Wailers – Concrete Jungle; 21^st Century Dub (ROIR) ’87 Jah-pon; Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years set
Sophia George – Rockers in the Rain; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ‘89
Errol Dunkley & L. Moodie – Ethiopia for the Ethiopians; Moodie in Dub vol. 2 (Moodie) ‘74
Burning Spear – Invasion + Black Wa-Da-Da; Marcus Garvey/Garvey’s Ghost (Mango) ‘75

Set 7:

Half Pint – One Big Ghetto; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz)
Sarah B Band – Come Along; Realign My Mind (Sarah B) 2011 SLC group
Judah Eskender Tafari – Rastafari Tell You; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2002 UK militant steppers update of roots original

Set 8: UFO-ria – Livicated to John Glenn, astronaut

Ancient Astronauts feat. Akua Naru – Last Night I fell in Love With an Ancient Astronaut; Into Bass and Time (ESL) 2011 Germ. w/ female vox: UFO-ria set livicated to John Glenn
Prince Lincoln – Spaceship; Natural Wild (Orange Street) ’80 Joe Jackson prod’n
Tenastelin – UFO + Unidentified Flying Dub; Lion Symbol (Jah Warrior) ’99 UK
Transglobal Underground – Good Luck Mr. Gorsky; Psychic Karaoke (Nation) ’96 Asian dub, Soviet cosmonaut

Words of Wisdom:

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