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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist) Jah-vember 12, 2016: 8 down, 42 to go!

November 18, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

First re-cap after the election. I have been voting since 1984 and I can’t imagine two worse choices for President than what we got this go round: A greedy, law flaunting incompetent who helped ruin the other states in the Middle East George W didn’t destroy versus a human Cheeto reality host. Ick.

The only good that came out of this election was this Nation dubbled the number of States that can re-assert mankind’s 8000 year connection to Jah’s wisdom weed. Three other states (including my homeland – Montana) approved Medical Marijuana.

A greener America: Marijuana’s big statement in Election 2016

Legalized: Collie-fornya, Jah-vada, Jah-suchusetts, Maine. (Arizona failed)

Medical MJ: Jah-rkansas, Jah-rida, Jah-tana, North Jah-kota

Jah-chigan’s legalization bid was yanked by an activist judge.

20% of this Nation now have benefitted from cannabis now.

In 2013 – 2 down, 48 to go!
In 2015 – 4 down, 46 to go!
In 2017 – 8 down, 42 to go!
In 2019 – ???

Maybe Obama will use an Executive Order and just legalize it everywhere. Finally some “Hope” for “Change” as he is packing up and moving out of the White House.

bless, robt

<8 down, 42 to go! 67 sec.>

images-26 — Come on Prez? You smoked it. Your dawta got busted smoking. Since Hillary went down in flames, here is your last chance for a legacy! LEGALIZE IT EVERYWHERE

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist: Jah-vember 12, 2016

Set 1:

The Heptones & Jah Lion – Mr. President; Turn and Fire (Anachron) ’77 Neth. vinyl – Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark production
Jah Shaka – Zulu Chalice Dub; Sensi Dub vol. 5 (Original) ’91 Dub Album of the Hour
Roy C & the Honey Drippers – Impeach the President; 12” (Tuff City) ’73 soul groover on honey colored wax: 2016 Election Set
Carlene Davis – Ism Schism; 7” (Sonic) no capitalism, socialism, racism, communism
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Vote For we; Stop That Train (Greensleeves) ’83 UK dj duo
Papa Kojie & Blue Riddim – Nancy Reagan Re-election Remix; 12” (Ora International) ’85 LA

Set 2: 7 inch Jamaican Jukebox cannabis set

Peabody & Sherman – Guess Who’s Coming For Sweet Leaf; 7” (blank): Black Uhuru mashup Black Sabbath
Lincoln Grant – Marijuana; 7” (Big A)
Frankie Paul – Weed Without Seed; 7” (Techniques) Sinsemilla = weed without seed
Dawn & Christine – Free Marijuana; 7” (Thompson Sound) dawtas

r-5080753-1383963988-3646-jpeg — 8 down, 42 to go!

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – Here Comes the Judge; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) ’73 best of rare singles
Bunny Wailer – Dog War; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’90 – Toots Hibbert cover
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jamming + Version; Exodus (Deluxe Edition) ‘77

Set 4:

Linton Kwesi Johnson – Bass Culture; a capella live (LKJ) ’93 Belgium poetry reading

Yellowman – Sensimilla; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz)
Sinead O’Connor – Y Mas Gan; Throw Down Your Arms (That’s Why There’s Chocolate & Vanilla)
Ethiopians – Slave Call; Slave Call (Heartbeat) ‘77
Anthony Johnson – Let Go This One; 12” (Greensleeves) ‘81

download-77 — UK dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Matumbi – Man in Me; Best of Matumbi (Trojan) ’74 Bob Dylan cover

<Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan finally accepts his prize>

Wayne Wade in Down in Iran; Poor and Humble (Live & Learn) ’82 DC
Jean Binta Breeze – Dubwise + Confusion; Tracks (LKJ) ’91 UK: female dub poet
Righteous Vibes – Them Don’t KNow Love; Heart of the Ark vol. 2 (Seven Leaf) UK
Willin Prophets – Tribute to McCartney; Resurrection (1U) ’87 LA

1376453404-0 — Bob Dylan – Nobel Prize toker

Set 6:

Tchiya Amet – Tsalogi Thankful; Rise Again Truth (Milky Way) ’99 female
Black Survivors – Trim Your Lamp; Nations of the World (Sword Lion) ’95 UK
Johnny Clarke – Every Knee Shall Bow; 10″ (Glimmer) ’78
Sound Dimension – Rockfort Rock; Downbeat the Ruler (Heartbeat/Studio One) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7: Best of 27 Years – Smile Jamaica

Burning Spear – He Prayed; Presenting (Studio One) ’73
Lacksley Castell – Black Sheep; Princess Lady (Negus Roots) ’83
Aisha – Hi-Tech; High Priestess (Ariwa) ’88
Prince Lincoln Thompson – Natural Wild; Natural Wind (Orange Street) ’80 produced by New Waver Joe Jackson

Set 8: Mutant Dub Dawtas

Alpha & Omega – Respect to the Warrior; Legend of A & O (Dopic Sounds) 2006 Japanese best of from UK trance dub w/ female vox:
Dubblestandart feat. Noa More – Love Can Grow; Are you Experienced (Collision) 2006 Jah-stria
Samai Farah – Le Temps s’Immobilse; Samia Farah (Small) ’99 Fr.-Tunisian singer
Emperor’s New Clothes feat. Jenny Stancliffe – Tears Inside (Acid Jazz) ’95 UK
Jah Wobble feat. Natacha Atlas – Just a Prayer; Umbra Sumus (30 Hertz) ’98 UK

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist) Nov. 5 2016: Election Re-cap!

November 11, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

download-75 — Smile Jamaica News Service reports: “Ebola defeated Bubonic Plague in the 2016 Presidential Election”

Greetings,

I predicted this. President Donald J. Trump.

I get together with some bredrins every Friday afternoon for bourbon and music sessions.

Of course politics are a common topic with my mates. My buddy Aquaboy, Sandroid turned Hillbot, was fairly cocky that the polls showed Hillary way ahead. Evan McMullin was gonna win Utah.

I would look over at my buddy Free-Mike and give him a cold stare and said, “When we meet next Friday, you will all be stunned.” Aquaboy would scoff. Who’s scoffing now?

My main blog roll is the Libertarian site, Zerohedge. Run by Bulgarian hedgefunders who predicted the 2008 economic collapse and theyrefuse to adhere to the usual corporate media consensus. They mercilessly mock the corporate media outlets.

Since I did political interviews, Radioactive 2003-2012, I am also a natural skeptic to corporate news:

CNN – The Clinton News Network
AP – Assimilated Presstitutes
NPR – Nationalist Propaganda Radio
MS-DNC
FUX News
Petroleum Bullshit Syndicate

screen-shot-2016-03-21-at-7-06-30-am — Michael Franti: Television…drug of the nation. Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

I’m all the way Alt-Left. So from my deep political reading, I knew that Hillary Clinton was going to lose all the Midwest states but Illinois and Minnesota.

When I would run into my Liberal friends who would greet my skepticism with, “Nate Silver has Hillary Clinton a 98% likely winner.” I would scoff. The polls were oversampling Democrats who are a much smaller voting bloc since Obama came in.

4.5 million Obama voters became Indedendent. Huge mid term losses in 2010 and 2014 told me the Midwest had abandoned the Democratic Party over economic inequality.

When I would have these conversations with my Liberal friends, they would respond, “Why are you supporting Donald Trump?”.

I knew that Hillary Clinton was going to lose for these 5 reasons

Obama Fatigue – record inequality under his 8 years had Americans looking for a change at the top. Just like Obama won in part b/c of Bush Fatigue after his 8 years. Should have sent at least one banker to jail.
Obama voters would not be Hillary voters. Obama was young and black with a Muslim name. That candidacy resonated with blacks and Hispanics. Hillary is old and white. So minority vote turnout was way down. 137,000 fewer votes cast in Detroit and 129,000 fewer votes in Milwaukee cost her Michigan and Wisconsin
Millennials wanted Bernie. In the same way they came out for Obama they were YUUGE for Bernie Sanders. When he was aced out, they went back to their undervoting tendency.
Servergate/Wikileaks/Weinergate. At the end her untrustwory numbers were worse than Trump’s. In an emotions vs facts election, that was devastating for turnout and securing independent votes.
Obamacare notices went out in mid-Octboer. Average increase? 24%. Trump wants to get rid of Obamacare. Hillary wanted to “improve it.” She couldn’t come out for single payer, so if you had your policy cancelled and the new cost doubled (as happened to a classmate of mine in Montana), advantage Trump.

53107_600 — Poli Sci classes will be studying the DNC campaign of Hillary Clinton for decades to come. How not to run a campaign lessons

I was wrong on 3 states:

New Hampshire (for Trump) – I forgot they tend to be more conservative than their New England neighbors
Colorado (for Hillary) – I thought the rural and military areas would reject the Dems.
Nevada – I thought it would be Vegas for Hillary. Reno and the rest for Trump

I had a better result than Nate Silver!

160125_pol_nate-silver-jpg-crop-promo-xlarge2 — So called polling savant, Nate Silver: 0 for 3 lately: British elections, BREXIT, Pres. Trump

I voted for Jill Stein. And I was wrong on her. I lost a bet (to my Hillbot buddy Aquaboy, in fact), that Jill would get 4%. Not even close! See you in 2020, Doctor Jill!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Nov. 5, 2016 – Annotated playlist w/ photos, captions, Reggae History Lessons; 84 sec.

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Set 1:

Triston Palma – Reggae Music Taking Over; Touch Me, Take Me (Abraham) ’82 Can. Vinyl
The Agrovators – Kaya Dub; Kaya Dub (Justice) ’78 UK: Dub Album of the Hour
Peter Tosh – Here Comes the Sun; Honorary Citizen: Jamaican Singles (Columbia) ’71 George Harrison/Beatles cover
UB40 – Reefer Madness; Signing Off (DEP/Sound) ’80 herbal instrumental
Garland Jeffreys feat. LKJ & the Dub Band – Miami Beach; Escape Artist (Columbia) ’81 feat. UK dub poet
King Kong – Legalize It; Rumble Jumble Life (Massive B) 2005 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Aisha – Glorify His Name; 10” (Ariwa) 2005 UK

hqdefault — Dub album of the hour. Vinyl of course

Set 2:

Keith Richards – Love Overdue; Crosseyed Heart (Mindless/Republic) 2015: Gregory Isaacs cover
Gregory Isaacs & U Roy – Love Is Overdue; Love Is Overdue (Heartbeat) ’74 original
Benjamin Zephaniah – Belly of de Beast; Belly of de Beast (Ariwa) UK mutant dub
Sister Nadia & Dubcreator – Deliver Us Jah; 10” (Asalah) 2006 Neth. Mutant dub

r-7487113-1443028097-3194-jpeg — Keith Richards does lovers rock

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 27 Years

Prince Buster – Chubby; Original Golden Oldies (Melodisc) ’67 nyahbinghi style
Sophia George – Runnings Well Dread; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ‘89
Aswad – Hey Jah Children; Babylon Soundtrack (EMI) ’80: UK movie on Caribbean diaspora
Earl Sixteen Daley & the Rockers All Stars – The Rastaman; Rockers International (Greensleeves) ’80 Augustus Pablo prod’n
Sly & Robbie & the Revolutionaries – Rizzla Dub; Sensi Dub vol. 4 (Original) ‘76 Dub Album of the Hour

r-1753822-1320575456-jpeg — Herbal dub of the hour

Set 4:

Sinead O’Connor – Throw Down Your Arms; Throw Down Your Arms (That’s Why There’s Chocolate & Vanilla) 2005 w/ Sly & Robbie: Burning Spear cover
Judah Eskender Tafari – Jah Light; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2001

r-590886-1460080877-9040-jpeg — Sly & Robbie pon the riddims

Set 5: 4:20 Vinyl is Vital set

<5 on the ballot to legalize the Seven Leaf; 11 sec.>

Tenastelin – The Anunnaki; 7” (Mascot)

<UFO’s in the Bible and Sumerian Anunnaki – those whom came from the sky; 49 sec.>

Systemwide – Epic of Gilgamesh; Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival (BSI) 2002
Lee Perry & the White Belly Rats – Greetings; Panic in Babylon (DAMP) 2004: greetings from outerspace
Dennis Alcapone – The Sky’s the Limit (Flying Machine); Guns Don’t Argue (Trojan) ‘72
Transcend – 2002; Earthrise.ntone.1 (Instinct) 2001 US more space chatter

<The story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu; 50 sec.>

gigamesh_mourns_enkidu — Sumerian demi-god Gilgamesh mourns the death of his bredrin Enkidu

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): DEAD-icated: 3 Hours of Jah-loween!

November 4, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<Livicated? Not this week: DEAD-icated! 7 sec.>

If Mixcloud link is blanked out: Here is the 3 hour show as an embedded .mp3: 2 hr. 56 min.

Greetings,

Smile Jamaica loves Halloween or as I say: Jah-loween! For going on 20 years now I have played all treats no tricks the last Saturday in Jah-tober;

Because my job is a sound editor, I created some sound art: 81 soundbytes or Horror movie trailers that I edited in my home studio. One after each song.

Dracula, Blackula, War of the Worlds. Nuff Vincent Price: Michael Jackson and Dr. Phibes and even Alice Cooper. Halloween and X-Files soundtrack. Nuff Blaxploitation Village of the Damned.

I get a call from a listener when I stitched in the Vincent Price interlude from Alice Cooper’s “Black Widow”. Listener goes, “I called two shows on KRCL requesting “Black Widow,” They didn’t play my request and then I heart it on Smile Jamaica.”

Boo-tiful

curse, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 29, 2016 – Annotated Playlist – Jahloween: sets, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons, photos and captions; 37 sec.

Set 1:

Ini Kamoze – Hole in the Pumpkin; Shocking Out (RAS) ’87
Scientist – Dance of the Vampires; Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (Greensleeves) ’81: Dub Album of the Hour
The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Talk About Run; 12” (Greensleeves) ‘81 – don’t make out w/ your girlfriend in the boneyard! 20 sec.

Set 2:

Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006 roll a lickle spliff w/ di papyrus

<Smoke some Sensi-menia inna Mesopotamia; 12 sec.>

Easy Star All-Stars feat. Mikey General & Spragga Benz – Thriller; Thrillah! (Easy Star) 2012: Michael Jackson cover
GG All-Stars – Vampire Rock; 12” (Hit) ‘77

Set 3:

David Lindley & El Rayo-X; Werewolves of London; Very Greasy (Elektra) ’88 Warren Zevon cover
The Hooters – All You Zombies; Nervous Night (Columbia) ’85: pop hit
Barrington Levy – Murderer; 12” (Jah Life) ’84 Murder is a vampire

Set 4:

Max Romeo – Hotel California; Something is Wrong (Mediacom) Eagles cover re: Anton Lavey’s Church of Satan; 26 sec.

Humble Soul – Damn Vampire; Good Lord, Thank You (Kolcha Muzik) Jah-waiian artist

Set 5: Vinyl is V-ital

Laurel Aitken – Witchdoctor From Amsterdam; Eskapdade en France (Blue Moon) ’90 EP Fr.
Crucial Bee – Mark of the Beast; Just a Sting (All-Star) US Virgin Islands
Horace Andy – The Devil; Don’t Stop (Island in the Sun) ’85 NY
Amp-Ech – Living Dead + Version; Against Injustice (Amp-Ech); 4 sec.

Set 6:

Lee “Scratch” Perry – Judgment in a Babylon; 12” (One Drop) ‘81Chris Blackwell is a vampire sucking the blood of the sufferah’s; 54 sec.

Sky High & the Mau Mau – Cemetary Robbery; Origination (Sky High)
Willi Williams – The Dungeon; Messenger Man (Blood and Fire) ’80 about being in jail for herb
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Two Bad D.J.’ 12” (Greensleeves) ’81: duppies in the cemetery

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ Jah-loween

Ras Karbi – Babylon Gravestone; 7” (Rockstone) ’84: Jamaican Jukebox of 7” 45’s
Jah Fish – Vampire Rock; 7” (Mod) ’72 dj to Keble Drummond
Peter Tosh – Dracula; 7” (Intel Diplo) ’76 B-side to Vampire

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Dubadelic – Devil Went Down to Forsyth County (Mad Dog Blues); 2000: a Bass Odyssey (WordSound) ’96 illbient
Gorillaz – Ghost Train; G-Sides (Virgin) 2002 UK
Alpha & Omega – The Dub Is Out There; Serious Joke (A & O) 2002 X-Files Theme
Soho – Zombies Walk the Cardboard City; Goddess (Atco) ’90 UK w/ female vox
Tayo Meets Acd Rockers feat. Pupajim – Vampyaa; 12” (Scrub a Dub) 2010

Natacha Atlas – I Put a Spell on You; Best of (Mantra) 2005 Arabic version of Screaming Jay Hawkins tune

Words of Wisdom:

If Mixcloud link is blanked out: Here is the 3 hour show as an embedded .mp3: 2 hr. 56 min.

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist) Jah-tober 22, 2016: Jah-loween Soon Come!

October 28, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

15889849-wicked-witch-dj-a-wicked-witch-is-in-the-house-and-mixing-up-some-halloween-horror-turntables-with — Halloween? No! JAH-loween!

<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

r-1391517-1270415993-jpeg — An A+ grade doesn’t do justice. Lee “Scratch” Perrry and his mythic Black Ark. Such is Life indeed

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>.

thatcher-sign — The Iron Lady: Britain’s Margaret Thatcher. Showed that women could be Neoliberal/Neoconservative too

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.>

r-4434401-1365031874-6200-jpeg — I see the mark of the beast on their ugly faces

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 Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 15, 2016: Is it Rolling, (Nobel) Bob?

October 21, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<Is It Rolling, Bob?>

Greetings,

All my heroes are named Bob: Marley, Crumb and Dylan. Congrats to Nobel Prize for Literature, Bob Dylan. The first popular music artist to be chosen. Well deserving.

So I start off Smile Jamaica with a 3 song Reggae Tribute to his Bobness!

<Winner, winner Nobel Prize chicken dinner! 33 sec.>

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 15, 2016: Annotated Playlist – photos, captions, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons; 51 sec.

Bob Dylan Tribute
Wailers Family Tree
Vinyl is Vital
Jah-loween Stylee
Disco Mix 10″/12″
Roots Dawtas
UFO-ria inna Mutant Dub Stylee

Intro: 33 sec.

Set 1: From one Bob to another: Dylan Tribute – Nobel Winner

<Amazing achievement. Nobel deserving; 52 sec.>

Jimmy London – Ride On; Welcome to My World (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK vinyl
Sould Syndicate – Black Pride – Dub; King Tubby & Friends – Sound System Dub Vol. (Original) JA vinyl, 1975-78: Dub Album of the Hour
Bob Dylan – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door; Live at Budokan (Columbia): ’78 Reggae Tribute to Nobel Laureate, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan – Man Gave Names to All the Animals; Slow Train Coming (Columbia) ’79 Gospel Grammy winner
Bob Dylan – Jokerman; Infidels (Columbia) ’83 Sly & Robbie on the riddims
Peter Broggs – Internaitonal Farmer; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ‘82
African Pearl – Zion Bound; 10” (Ariwa) 2005 UK: female roots

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Touch & Hugh Roy – Rightful Ruler; Honorary Citizen: Jamaican Singles (Columbia) ’69 box set

<Peter Touch – hands on communicator; 18 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Dance Hall Music; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’87 roots comp
Rita Marley – Who Can Be Against Us; Harambe (Shanachie) ‘82

<Harambe – Kenyan revolutionary slogan: Pull together!>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jamming (Long Version); Exodus (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’77 bonus track

<Dessert before dinner: dub before the vox – Jamming; 18 sec.>

Set 3:

<Request: The one album that led to Smile Jamaica – Black Uhuru Anthem; 35 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Black Uhuru Anthem; Anthem (Island) ’84 Night of the Living Dead, Request; 19 sec.

Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers – Painstaker; Threat to Creation (Cherry Red/ON U Sound) ’81 dub to New Age Steppers cover of Michael Rose “Observe Life
African Princess – Jah Children Cry; 12” (Jah Shaka) ’80 UK
Scientist – Heavyweight Dub Champion (Greensleeves) ’80: Dub Album of the Hour

download-2 — This album made me a Reggae Fanatic – Hard to live in dread in the dawn of the living dead!

Set 4: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27 Years

Yellowman – Morning Ride; One in a Million (Shanachie) ’84

<The Morning Ride – a different commute!; 25 sec.>

Aisha – Evil Spirits; High Priestess (Ariwa) ‘88
Barry Brown – Run Wicked Man; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
Keith Hudson – My Eyes Are Red (Unlreased Version); Brand (Pressure Sounds) ‘77

download-8 — The morning ride is the longest ride

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Icarus – Land of Tarot; State of Mind (Russian Roulette) ’82 UK
Earl Sixteen – Freedom; Heart of the Ark vol. 2 (Seven Leaf) Black Ark/Lee Perry prod’n
Clint Eastwood – Sweet, Sweet Jamaica; Sex Education (Greensleeves) ’80 UK
Tony Tuff – Born in the Ghetto; Presenting Mr. Tuff (Black Roots) ’81 JA
Aura Lewis Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry – At Midnite; Full Experience (Blue Moon) Fr. EP – Black Ark prod’n

Set 6:

Tino – Bats in My Belfrey Dub; Hallowe’en Dub (Tino’s) Jah-loween beats artist
Yesca – Searchin’; Up in Smoke Soundtrack (Warner Bros) ’78 herbal update of the Coasters 50 r & b
Ther Herbaliser – The Hard Stuff; Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ninja Tune) 2002 UK mutant dub herb tune
Version feat. Sista Widey – Put On; 10” (Webcam Hi Fi) 2007 Fr. mutant dub
Black Roots Players – Redder Than Red; Ghetto-ology Dub (Easy Star) ’79 Dub Album of the Hour

r-574383-1133289286-jpeg — Makes your flesh creep: next 2 Saturdays nuff Jah-loween on Smile Jamaica. 3 hours Digital Dubplate mix on Mixcloud Oct. 31

Set 7: Jah-loween Stylee

Black Survivors – Catch a Vampire; Nations of the World (Sword Lion) ’95 UK
Garland Jeffreys feat. Big Youth – Graveyard Rock; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 – NY bi-racial rocker

<Don’t get stoned on my tombstone! 25 sec.>

Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad feat. Macka B – Devil Dance; Solid Foundation (Flag) 1992
Bomb the Bass feat. Sinead O’Connor & Benjamin Zephaniah; Empire; clear (Quango) ’95 UK mutant dubbers; Empire=Vampire

0001755820 — Don’t get stoned on mi tombstone!

Set 8: UFO-ria: 38 sec.

Audio Active – Space Children; Tokyo Space Cowboys (ON U Sound) ’94 Jah-pon
Rockers Hi Fi – Dick From Outaspace; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Disrupt – Asteroid Dub Force; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 3 (Jahtari) Germ.
Public Service Broadcasting– Gagarin; Beyond Saturn (Mojo)

<Yuri Gagarin, original Russian cosmonaut>

Troubleman – Intergalactic You, Intergalactic Me; Far Out Spaced Odyssey (Far Out) 2010 Brazilian dubfunk instrumental

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 8, 2016: Autumnal Roots

October 14, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Every fall, we hunker down and spend two Saturdays raising money. Smile Jamaica only exists becuase of the commercial free nature of community radio KRCL

So I didnt’ put up the last two weeks’ steams since we beg ‘n’ plead after every song.

So enjoy Fall with fresh roots!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 10, 2016 Annotated Playlist – tracklist, photos, captions and Reggae History Lessons

Set 1:

The Jay Tees – Prayer to Jah; Pirate’s Choice (Studio One) ’81 JA vinyl: female group
Black Slates Meet Soul Syndicate – Bum Dub; Moodie in Dub vol. 1 (Moodie) ’78: Dub Album of the Hour
The Rastafarians – Jah Greatest Blessing; Orthodox (Makasound) ’81 Rasta Cruz, Collie-fornya
Bunny Wailer – Warrior; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’90: Johnny Osbourne cover from roots best of
Dennis Alcapone – Revelation; Guns Don’t Argue (Trojan) ’70 comp.
2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Starkey Banton – Loose Talk; 10” (Coptic Lion) dj to Barry Brown’s Big Big Pollution

Set 2:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Waiting in Vain (unreleased mix); Exodus (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ‘77

Sister Nancy – Bam Bam; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’82 – ska, soul, rock steady, funk & dub in Jamaica
Tennors – Ride Your Donkey; Broken Flowers Soundtrack (Decca) ’68 Jim Jarmusch movie
Capital Letters – House Breaker; Rootikal Rebild + Rootikal Dubwise; 12” (British Reggae Archive) 2014

Set 3:

Jah Bull – Free Jah Children; Rockers International (Greensleeves) ’80 A. Pablo prod’n over Delroy Williams
Cassandra – Thank You For the Many Things You’ve Done; Babylon Soundtrack (EMI) ’80 UK lovers rock
Sugar Minott – The People Got to Know; Ghetto-ology + Dub (Easy Star) ‘79
Keith Hudson – Image Dub; Brand (Pressure Sounds) ’77 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: Rockers do Reggae

Keith Richards – Words of Wonder; Main Offender (Virgin) ’92
Tom Tom Club – Bambootown; Close to the Bone (Sire) ’83 Talking Heads side group
Prince Flo & Jah Edward – Dancing Mood; (Epiphany) ’81 Turtles members cover Delroy Wilson ‘81

r-4473460-1444642843-9668-jpeg — The Turtles meet Soul Syndicate

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital Set

Black Stalin – Vampire Year; In Ah Earlier Time (Makossa International) ’80 NY – Soca Halloween tune: Vinyl is Vital Set
Snowman – Black Heroes; Rockers Showcase Volume III (Rockers) ’87 Phil.
Jean Binta Breeze – Dubwise + Confusion (Warner); Tracks (LKJ) ’90 UK female dub poet, LKJ prod’n
Jah Walton – The Seed You Sow; Magnificent Seven (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK red vinyl

Set 6:

Peter Tosh – You Can’t Fool Me Again; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) ’69 Jamaican singles box set – nursery rhyme
Jimmy Cliff – You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down; Club Paradise Soundtrack (CBS) ‘86
Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad – Reparation (Flag) 2000

Love Joys – All I Can Say; Lovers Rock Showcase (Bullwackies) ’80 female duo
Ronnie Davis – Raining Dub; Jamming in Dub (Kingston Sound) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7: Jah-loween

Dubskin – Heavy Load; No End in Time (Dubskin) 2009 Boulder, Collie-rado; vampires: Halloween Set
Lee “Scratch” Perry & the White Belly Rats – de Devil Dead (Live); Panic in Babylon (DAMP) 2004
The Reddies – Voodoo Woman; Cultivation (Reddies) 2009 Jah-stin, Texas

Set 8: Mutant Dub

African Head Charge – Hold Some More; Songs of Praise (ON U Sounds) ’90
Dubsac – Dub Anthem; Dubsac (Annica) 2007
The Archives – Melodical Funk; The Archives (ESL) 2012 DC: ½ Thievery Corporation
Audio Active – Robot War; Apollo Choco (ON U Sound) ’97 Jah-pon
Ari Up – Baby Mother + Version; Dread More Than Dead (Collision) 2005 female singer of the Slits and New Age Steppers

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Sept. 17, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist) All Vinyl – Cut d’ Chatter, Spin d’ Platter!

September 23, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<27 years of Smile Jamaica!>

Greetings,

Fall Radiothon is my anniversary for co-hosting (and then hosting) Smile Jamaica Oct. 1989.

That adds up to 27 years folks! And so I choose to celebrate with deep gems out of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: 3 hours of the black wax attack.

Memories by the score rotating at 33 and 1/3 RPM

bless, robt

No digital for I ‘n’ I

8f45d219ebac22c95f074033f326af40 — Internship at the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Annotated Playlist: Sept. 17, 2016 – Smile Jamaica All Vinyl

Set 1:

Morwells – Reggae Party; Wiser Dread (Nighthawk) ’82 St. Louis – 3 Hours All Vinyl
King Tubby – Roots of Dub (Moll-Selekta) ’75: Dub Album of the Hour
Ras Tesfa & Jafrica – These Things; Voice of the Rastaman (Shanachie) ’85 NJ
Dennis Brown – Concrete Castle King; Visions (Blue Moon) UK ‘78
The Gladiators – Oh What a Joy; The Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ’80 UK
Lillian Allen – Conditions Critical; Conditions Critical (Redwood) ’87 Canadian Dub Poet
Bobby Culture, Brimestone & Fire, Louie Rankin, – Big Big Bust; Tidal Wave (Unicorn) ’83 Santa Monica, Colly-fornya; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Big big bust; 6 sec.>

Set 2:

Paul Blake & Bloodfire Posse – Pink Panther; Are You Ready? (Synergy) ’86 UK: Henry Mancini soundtrack
John Brown – Easy Dreadlocks; Atra 10 Track (Atra) ’88 comp. UK
Tapper Zukie – Simpleton Badness; Man Ah Warrior (mer) ‘73/’77 NY dj
Aisha – Every Problem; Daughters of Zion (Twinkle) ’95 UK

Set 3:

Peter Tosh – Wanted Dread & Alive; Wanted Dread & Alive (EMI America) ’81 US – my first Reggae LP; 39 sec.

<Mom not a fan of the Seven Leaf nor Ted Nugent; 36>

Sophia George & Charlie Chaplin – Ain’t No Meaning; Fresh (Winner) ’85 UK
Mexicano – Lovers Conversation; Jah Woosh – Gunfight at O.K. Korral (sic) (Pioneer International) Can.
Edi Fitzroy – Youthman Penitentiary; Youthman Penitentiary (Alligator) ’82 Chicago blues label
Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’77: Dub Album of the Hour

download-48 — Mama Nelson – original funder of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: first Reggae LP

Set 4:

Eek a Mouse – Do You Remember?; Skidip (Greensleeves) ’82 about Middle Passage

<The Days of Slavery; 8 sec.>

Cornell Campbell – My Country; Roots, Rock, Reggae (Creole) ’78 Fr.
Abbacush – Back Attack; In Progress (People Unite) ’84 UK female roots group

<Abba – father; Cush – mother Africa; 9 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Punky Reggae Party (Dub); 12” (Tuff Gong) ‘77

<Punky Reggae Party – no boring old farts!; 26 sec.>

download-49 — packed like sardines in a tin

Set 5:

Singers & Players feat. Brent Dowe – These Eyes; Vacuum Pumping (ON U Sound) ’88 Melodians singer does The Guess Who
Gregory Isaacs – Rock On; Reggae Party (Disc Internatiopnal) ’83 FR.
U Roy & Delroy (Wilson) – You Keep on Running; With a Flick of My Musical Wrist (Trojan) ’71 dj comp
Sista Ruby – Supa Dupa; (Keyman) ’99 UK: Dr. Alimantado prod’n

Set 6:

Bunny Wailer – Burial; Sings the Wailers (Mango) ’80 Peter Tosh cover
Phyllis Dillon – Right Track; Popular Roots (Virgin Front Line) ’85 2 LP UK label sampler

<Reggae History Lesson: Virgin Front Line labell 31 sec.>

Johnny Clarke – Cold I Up; Trojan Story vol. 2 (Trojan) ’82 UK: 3 LP Box Set
Papa Kojie & Blue Riddim – Nancy Reagan Re-election Remix (ORA) ’85 St. Louis

<Nancy Reagan nostalgia; 9sec. >

Scientist – King of Dub (Kingdom) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour

download-51 — “She sit upon the lap of Mr. T, leading us all to World War III”

Set 7:

Krieger-Densmore Reggae Bonanza – Get Up Stand Up; 12” (Rhino) ’83 US – ½ Doors do Bob Marley
Pressure – Stir It Up; Pressure (Pool Production) ’83 US; Bob Marley cover
Marcia Grifiths – Here I Am; Sweet Bitter Love (Trojan) ’74 Al Brown soul cover
Pluto & Trinity? – Vampire Year; Ire Mas Rockers (Top Ranking) ’80 FL

Set 8:

Sister Netifa – Daughters of the Soil; Woman Determined (Aluta) ’88 UK dub poet
Michael Johnson & the Killer Bees – Holy Smoke (Dedicated to the American Indian); Groovin’ (Tropic Sounds) ’87 Austin, TX
Don Carlos – Cool Johnny Cool; Deeply Concerned (RAS) ’87 DC
Basement 5 – Work: Dub; In Dub (Island) ’80 UK members went on to Big Audio Dynamite
Prince Far I – Jamaican Heroes; Jamaican Heroes (Trojan) ’80 UK

Words of Wisdom

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Sept. 9, 2016 – Vote for We!

September 16, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Pess-optimism vs. cynical realism

Yeah. I am none to happy with our electoral choices. Tweedledum vs. Tweeledee.

So either way we’re gonna get more war and more backbiting and fighting over who can give more kasheesh to the Richie Riches and Military welfare. Gridlock is the norm now.

But all I can say is: Reggae has been warning it would come to this for 50 years. That’s why I keep trodding through creation in a Irie fascination.

The Rastas put that pessimism to beautiful musical backing because as Bunny sang, “Who feels it knows it.”

Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst. And it’s only 4 years til we do it all over again

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: Sept. 9, 2016; 48 sec.

Set 1:

Martin Campbell & the Hi Tech Roots Dynamics – Jah Love; Rootsman The Real Thing (Channel One UK) ’97 UK vinyl
Yabby You & the Prophets – Zambia; Dub It to the Top (Blood and Fire) ’76-’79: Dub Album of the Hour
Linval Thompson – Dread Are the Controller; I Love Marijuana (Trojan) ‘79
Storm – Hard Not to Like You; Hits From the Past (Links) mid 70’s female lovers rock
Bunny Wailer – Time Will Tell; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’81 Bob Marley cover
Yellowman – Operation Eradication; One in a Million (Shanachie) ’84 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement – anti-mj in Jamaica

<Operation Eradication – Reagan makes Jamaica get rid of the Collie Weed; 77 sec.>

Ken Boothe – Show Me That Love; 10” (Education) 2006

on-guard — Jamaican military’s war against the Seven Leaf – Operation Eradication

Set 2:

Prince Buster – Oh Carolina; Original Golden Hits vol. 2 (Melodisc) ’60 RIP

<Cecil Bustamente Campbell – Prince Buster, Jah’s Heavenly Choir; 83 sec.>

Randy’s All Stars – Mission Impossible Theme; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)
Zema – Free at Last; Black Sheep (Melchizedek) SoCal female singer
Hopeton Lindo – Territory; 10” (Tuff Scout) ‘87

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 26+ Years

Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Vote For We; Stop That Train (Greensleeves) ’83

<Election 2016: Ebola vs. Hemoragghic Fever; 29 sec.>

Lovejoys – Chances Are; Reggae Vibes (Wackies) ’83 sister duo
Cultural Roots – Worries Me a Yard; Runninb Back to Me (Mango) ‘88
The Symbals – The Human Race; King Tubby on the Mix vol. 2 (Original)
L. Moodie – Untouchable Dub; Moodie in Dub vol. 2 (Moodie Music) ’74: Dub Album of the Hour

adkdjie — Will KRCL let me spin Smile Jamaica from Canadian exile?

Set 4

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Roots; Exodus (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’77 B-side

<Exodus – Movement of Jah People; 36 sec.>

Josey Wales – It Have Fi Bun; Outlaw (Live & Learn) ’84 herbtune
Thievery Corporation – Lebanese Blonde; CD Single (ESL) ’98 herbtune w/ Pam Bricker vox

<Lebanese Blonde – Whenever I get low, I get high; 17 sec.>

Johnny Clarke – Dem a Say Rasta; 10” (Observer Gold) over Jacob Miller riddim

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Clint Eastwood – Roots, Rock, Reggae; Death in the Arena (Channel One) ’78 JA
Carlton & the Shoes – I’m in Chains; This Heart of Mine (Quality) ’82 JA
Full Experience feat. Aura Lewis – Can’t See You; Aura Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry at Black Ark Studio (Blue Moon) ’76 Fr. Black Ark prod’n
Heptones & Jah Lion – Mr. President; Upsetter Disco Dub: Turn and Fire (Anachron) ’77 Neth

<Mr. or Madame President?; 21 sec.>

maxresdefault-1 — Mr. President or Madame President. What you gonna do about the working class?

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion; Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) ’72: Rockers do Reggae

<Paul Simon records in Jamaica; 18 sec.>

Gabriella Cilmi – Ob-la Di, Ob-la Da; White Album Recovered 1 (Mojo) 2008 Beatles Caribbean cover
Eddie Floyd – Baby Lay Your Head Down (Gently on My Bed) (Stax) Complete Stax/Volt Singles Collection vol. 3 (Stax) ’73 soul reggae: Memphis in Jamaica
Wingless Angels – Zion Bells; Wingless Angels (Mindless) ’96 Keith Richards, Justin Hinds + nyahbinghi
The Upsetters – Drum Rock; Bill Laswell – Dub Massive Chapter Two (Trojan) 2005 remixes: Dub Album of the Hour

wing8 — Nyah Keith and the Wingless Angels

Set 7:

Peter Tosh & the Wailers– Fire, Fire; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) ‘68 single
Mike Brooks – Feeling of Reggae; Classical Anthology (M-10) ’78 best of
Prince Mohammed – Casanova Ride; 10” (Rockers) A. Pablo prod’n

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Survival Soundz – Dub Is Dub; Land of Baboon (Baraka Foundation) ’96 illcentric dub
Playgroup – Going Overdrawn; Epic Sound Battles Chapter Two (Cherry Red/ON U Sound) ’82 instrumental
Samia Farah – Je Me Mefie; Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Fr.-Tunisian female singer
The Archive feat. Ras Puma – Sensibility; Archives (ESL) 2012 DC: herb tune
Audio Active – Psycho Buds (Asian Dub Foundation rmx); Bong EP (Birdman) 2000 Jah-pon meets UK Hindi dubbers

Prince Buster in Jah’s Heavenly Choir

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate (Stream + Tracklist): Roots Reggae Roulette!

September 9, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Getting ready to embark on a major remodel project in my house in the Sugarhood (lower Sugarhouse) area of Salt Lake City.

I’m tired of living like a music hoarder. So I am biting the bullet: wiping out two small bedroom and replacing them with one big room with shelves from floor to ceiling.

A Librarian (me) with his own personal Library. But in order to do that, I have to move 35 years of music collecting into my garage.

I took last Saturday off to do that and pulled about 50 representative favorites aside for what I call Digital Dubplate shows: 3 hour editions of Smile Jamaica cooked up in my home studio.

The memories of collecting this music over the decades, as I pack CDs into boxes and records into crates, really makes me nostalgic. Because so many record stores have gone out of business, my whole way of life is crashing down.

Forward ever, backwards never!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: Fall 2016

0-30 min

Don Carlos – Just a Passing Glance + Dj version; Just a Passing Glance (RAS) ‘84
The Congos – Children Crying; Heart of the Congos (Blood and Fire) ‘77
Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion; Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) ‘72
Althea & Donna – Make a Truce; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ‘78
Cocoa Tea – Rocking Dolly; Rocking Dolly (RAS)
Earl Zero & Soul Syndicate – Home Sweet Home; Visions of Love (Epiphany) ‘79
Lacksley Castell – Righteous Stand; Morning Glory (Negus Roots) ‘82
Junior Delgado – Armed Robbery; Brothers (DEB) ‘77
Judy Mowatt – Rock Me; Love Is Overdue (Shanachie) ‘86
Prince Far I – Johnny Get Worse; Silver & Gold (Blood and Fire) dj to mid 70’s Slickers Johnny Too Bad

30-60 min

The Upsetters – Nebuchadnezzar; Chapter 2 of “Words” (Trojan) ’72 Perry produced melodica instrumental
Carlene Davis – The Harder They Come; 15 Classics of Carlene Davis (Sonic) ’80 Jimmy Cliff cover
Prince Buster – Satta Massagana; Sister Big Stuff (Sunspot) ’72 Abyssinians cover
Jimmy Cliff – No Woman, No Cry; Follow My Mind (MCA) ’75 Bob Marley cover
Akabu – Africans United; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK female roots group
Jah Lloyd – This Ya Corner; Final Judgement (sic) (Teems) ’74
Johnny Clarke – Rebel Soldering; Don’t Trouble Trouble (Attack) ‘75
Lee Perry & the Upsetters – Justice to the People + Verse 2; Give Me Power (Trojan) ’73

60-90 min

The Slits – Heard It Through the Grapevine; Eastbound & Down Soundtrack (Fat Possum)
Tapper Zukie – Message to Pork Eaters (Jahman a Come); Man Ah Warrior (Trojan) ’75 deejay
Max Romeo – Smile out of Style; War ina Babylon (Mango) ‘76
Culture – This Train; Cumbolo (Shanachie) ’79 Woodie Guthrie cover
The Marvels – Rock Steady; 100% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) Aretha Franklin cover
Mutabaruka – Whey Mi Belong?; Check It! (Alligator) ’83 dub poetry
Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin’); Hotter Than July (Tamla) ’81 Bob Marley tribute (90 min.)

90min -2 hr.

General Public – Tenderness; All the Rage (I.R.S.) ’84 UK ska-pop
Love Joys – Wherever Jah Send Me; Reggae Vibes (Wackies) ’81 sistas
Black Uhuru – Youth of Eglington; Red; (Mango) ‘81
Native – Rockstone; Rockstone (Pressure Sounds) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry mix
Bunny Wailer – Put It On; Rule Dance Hall (Shanachie) ‘87
Marcia Griffiths – Give and You Get; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79
Peter Tosh – Oh Bumbo Klaat; Wanted Dread & Alive (EMI America) ’81

download-59 — The first of tens of thousands of Reggae LPs, CDs, 7″, cassettes, 10″, 12″, 8 tracks

2 – 2 and 1/2 hrs.

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Three Little Birds; Legend (Deluxe Edition) ’85 Julian Mendelsohn rmx
Martha Velez – Get Up Stand, Up; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ’76 Bob Marley/Peter Tosh cover
Sheriff Lindo & the Hammer – Dub House of Horror; Ten Dubs That Shook the World (Creative Vibes) ’88 Oz dubber
Barrington Levy – Jah a The Creator; Time Capsule (RAS) ‘83
Bingy Bunny – Bit By Bit; Kingston 12 Toughie (RAS) ’75 of the Morwells
Aisha – Guide and Protect; Roots Daughters (Ariwa) ‘88
Cultural Roots – Danger Light; Revolutionary Sounds (Revolutionary Sounds)
Burning Spear – Bad to Worst; The Fittest of the Fittest (Heartbeat) ’83 (2 and ½ hours)

r-879154-1183665149-jpeg — Killer rare dub from Oz

2 and 1/2 – 3 hrs.

Mikey Dread – Saturday Night Style; African Anthem (RAS) ‘79
Likkle Mai – Count on Me; Roots Candy (Beat) 2005 Jah-pon dawta
Doctor Alimantado – Born For a Purpose/Reason For Living; Born For a Purpose (Greensleeves) ‘77
Lion Youth – Rat a Cut Bottle; Don’t Call Us Immigrants (Pressure Sounds) ’78 UK
Jimmy Riley – Poor Immigrant; 20 Classic Hits (Sonic) ‘81
Yellowman – Soldier Take Over; Crucial Reggae (Mango) ’82 comp
Sonya Spence – Peace & Unity; In the Dark (Skynote) ‘78

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-gust 27, 2016 – Reggae University Back in Session!

September 2, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

dreadlockssite — Anu and Marduk were dreadlocks!

Greetings,

School is back in session. Summer a gwaan. Time for New Roots and opportunities. Soon the weather gets cooler and the days grow shorter. All the folks travelling and doing outdoor activities that don’t always include radio. So listenership tends to go down in the summer and starts to bump in the fall.

Look forward to that in the months to come on Smile Jamaica while we put Summer in our rear view. That’s why if you’re travelling, on-demand Smile Jamaica is always there for your activity soundtrack

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-gust 27, 2016

Set 1:

Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus – Build Up Your House; Revelation (Trojan) ’82 UK vinyl: nyahbinghi style
The Upsetters – Noah Sugar Pan; Upsetter Shop vol. 1 (Heartbeat) Black Ark Dub Album of the Hour
Michael Palmer – Have Faith in Jah; Wicked a Go Feel It (Trojan) ‘84
Judith – Such Is Life; Universal Roots – U.K. Reggae All Stars (Universal Roots) 2008 UK
Leroy Wallace – Far Beyond; Studio One Roots (Studio One/Soul Jazz) melodica
Fun Boy Three – Farmyard Connection; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83 Specials 2 Tone ska spin off

<Peter & Bob – 2 farmers trying to earn a living>

Ras Daniel Ray – Princess; 10” (Education) 2006 UK

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – Pound Get a Blow; Honorary Citizen (Columbia): ’68
Bunny Wailer – Liberation; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’88 best of
Rita Marley & the Wailers – Deh Pon Dem; Ska Bonanza (Heartbeat/Studio One)
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Smile Jamaica + Version; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’76: single + version for Smile Jamaica Peace Concert

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

Linval Thompson – I Love Marijuana; I Love Marijuana (Trojan) ’79
Cedric Myton & the Congos – Wherever He Leads Me; Face the Music (VP) ‘81
Althea & Donna – Jah Rastafari; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78 female singjay duo
Wailing Souls – They Don’t Know Jah; Very Best of (Greensleeves) ‘82
Bill Laswell – Dub Massive vol. 1 (Trojan) Dub Album of the Hour: dub remixes of Reggae dubs

Set 4:

Samia Farah – Rien ne Acquis; Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Fr.-Tunisian singer
Heptones & Prince Lamont – Meaning of Life; Hits of the Past (J.B.) ‘77
Mike Brooks – Rhum (sic) Drinker; Classical Anthology (M-10) herbtune ‘78
Mad Professor & the Robotiks feat. Michael Walters – Jungle Vibrations; 10” (Ariwa) 2002 UK

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Burning Spear – African Teacher; Lovers and Rockers (EMI) ’79 UK
Al Campbell – Just a Close Talk With You; Rough Road (Burning Sounds) ’79 UK red vinyl
Hortense Ellis – Wooden Heart; Raver’s Rock Vol. 2 (Vista Sounds) ’84 UK
Jah Lloyd – Dispencer; Black Moses (Virgin Front Line) ’78 UK

<Jah Lloyd – No needles for I ‘n’ I>

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Full Experience – Disco Devil (Extended Mix); Turn and Fire (Anachron) ’77 Neth. Vinyl

“Doctor! Don’t give I an injection, it will leave an infection.”

Set 6:

Ayo – What’s This All About; Gravity at Last (Polydor) 2008 Germ.-Nigerian female
Collie Buddz – Come Around; Collie Buddz (Columbia) 2007 herbtune
Pablo Moses – Under Your Spell; We Refuse (Priority) ‘90
Version feat. Carlton Livingston – Hotta Fire Burn; 10” (Webcam Hi Fi) 2007 Fr.

Set 7:

Morgan Heritage – Unjust World; CD Single (MCA) ‘94
Aswad – Boom Boom Carnival; Roots Revival (Ark 21) ’99 Jamaicans rock steady cover
Junior Delgado – Jah Say; Tichen (Rhino UK) ‘90
Black Uhuru – Botanical Roots; Anthem (Island) ‘84
Israel Vibration/Soul Syndicate – Go Through Dub; Unconquered People Dub (Greensleeves) ‘79

<Black Uhuru – Anthem is the album that made me a Reggae fanatic>

3300956 — First Reggae Grammy winner – the album that lit the fuse for I ‘n’ I

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Graciella Rodriguez – Stop That Train; On U Sound 30 Years Anniversary (King Size Dub Special) (Echo Beach) 2011 Spanish take on Bim Sherman classic
Audio Active – Psychobuds; Bong (Birdman) 2000 Jah-pon herbtune
Joseph Cotton – Ali Baba; Pro Cannabis 4 (Dope Media) 2000 Germ. Herbtune on Ali Baba riddim
Soom T – Puff That Weed; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 Germ./Scottish female weedstepper
Ben Jammin – Money Talks; Ambassah Rub a Dub Showcase Part 2 (Ambassah) 2006 UK
Badawi – Voices From the Sky; Soldier of Midian (ROIR) 2001 Jewish-mystic dub

How do you say 4 down, 46 to go in Jah-ponese?

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

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