Trodding through Summer. Roots for I ‘n’ I. In the late afternoon when it’s relentless sun and heat, that is what Smile Jamaica is all about. The Soundtrack to your Summer BBQ. A Red Stripe. Mellow Mood waiting for the sun and the heat to go down.
I’m inside KRCL and if they paid their AC bill that month, it’s cool and deadly as I fling roots for 3 hours of killer sound ‘n power.
Since I started Jah Music in late June 1988, this time of year always makes me nostalgic for when I was a youth and not a grizzled vet. When the Compact Disk was new, I still hugged my black wax and digital music was far off into the future.
Nostalgia? No! Jah-stalgia
bless, robt
Kind of looks like headphones on HIM’s ears?
Smile Jamaica Playlist: Jah-ly 30, 2016
Set 1:
Prince Alla – Ethiopian Song; King of the Road (Ital International) ’82 JA vinyl
Desmond Dekker – Reggae Recipe; Original Hit Sound (Trojan)
Devon Russell – Life Is; Prison Life (Tamoki Wambesi) ‘83
I Roy – Message From the Top; Every Mouth Must Be Fed (Pressure Sounds/Micron) ‘75
Samia Farah – Violent; Many Moods of Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 French/Tunisian artist
H.R. – Who’s Got the Herb?; I Luv (Railroad) ’91: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement, original to 311 cover
Dennis Brown – Africa We Want to Go; 10” (Observer Gold)
Winston Edwards – Natty Locks Dub (Studio 16) ’74 UK vinyl, Dub Album of the Hour
Set 2:
Bomb the Bass feat. Benjamin Zephaniah & Sinead O’Connor – Empire; clear (Quango) ’96 UK mutant dub Empire = Vampire
Yellowman – Don’t Burn It Down; Don’t Burn It Down (Shanachie) ’88 herbtune
General Public – Forward As One; Hand to Mouth (I.R.S.) ’86 post 2 Tone ska=The Beat
Cornell Campbell – Money; 10” (Coptic Lion) Mike Brooks prod’n***End of Set 2
Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27+ Years
The Selecter – Three Minute Hero; Dance Craze (2 Tone) ’80 UK ska live
<Dance Craze – 2 Tone Ska movie>
The Maytals – Do the Reggae; Trojan Story (Trojan) ‘76
Earth & Stone – Give Me; Hitbound – The Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat/Channel One) ‘78
Black Uhuru – Natural Reggae Beat; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Heartbeat) ‘80
Jah Shaka – Black Steel; Dub Symphony (Mango) ’90: UK dub album of the hour
<Smokey’s Records in Salt Lake City>
Spent my Post Office per diems here building the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives
Set 4:
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Crazy Baldheads; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ’76 unreleased alternate album mix
Etana – Jamaican Woman; I Rise (VP) 2014 female
The Congo’s – Some a Thief; 10” (Congo’s) 2006 over Johnny Clarke’s Crazy Baldheads
Set 5: Vinyl is Vital
Jimmy London – Ride On; Welcome to My World (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK
The Cimarons – Moving on Up; In Time (Trojan) ’74 UK
Louise Bennett – Dip Them; Sings Jamaican Folk Songs (Smithsonian Folkways) ’54 10” US
Don Tinglin – John Brown; Rough Road (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK red vinyl, herbtune
Ijahman Levi – African Train; Ijahman & Friends (Jahmani) ’88 UK
1954 – oldest record in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives
Set 6:
Sisters Jam – People of the World; Rockers International (Greensleeves) female group
Bongo Herman – Chairman of the Board; 400% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’72 Liquidator riddim
Foreign Exchange – Big Head Spliff; Occam’s Razor (First Step) ‘’99 NY, herbtune
Allan Kingpin – Stand Up For a Right; 10” (Reggae Archive)
Aggrovators – A Rougher Version; King Tubby – At the Controls (Trojan) Dub Album of the Hour
Roots dawtas working with Augustus Pablo
Set 7:
Akabu – The World; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK female group: Adrian Sherwood prod’n
Glen Brown – Lambsbread/Lambsbread Dub; The Way to Mt. Zion (ROIR) ’77 herbtune
<Lambsbread – flavor or herb>
Lambsbread collie mek wi jolly
Set 8: Mutant Dub
Audio Active – Happy Shopper (Live); Happy Shopper in Europe EP (ON U Sound) ’95 Jah-pon
The Lion of Judah shall break every chain. And give I the victory again and again. Happy Birthday!
Greetings
<Happy Birthday, Lion of Judah; 30 sec.>
the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah. Elect of God. Everliving God. Earth’s Rightful Ruler. Light of the World. The Power of the Trinity…..Haile Selassie I – His Imperial Majesty, July 23, 1892
Early in my Smile Jamaica career (since 1988/89), I was getting crosseyed with a friend who slurred, “What’s the deal with all this I Love Jah? Are Rastas gay.”
I snapped out of my fog and could feel anger before I took Gregory Isaacs’ advice and cooled down the pace.
I calmly replied: “Jesus Loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”
Happy Birthday to the well spring of the concept I have developed of: Reggae music is the power of Rastafari gospel.
Marcus Garvey said: Look to the east for a black king shall be crowned. And lo, in 1930 Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael become his Imperial Majesty: Haile Selassie I – the Power of the Trinity. 52 sec.
Smile Jamaica celebrates that legacy with 3 hours on his 124th anniversary of his birth. 1 min.
Livicate, never deadicate
bless, robt
Very regal. And reminiscent of ………My Sumerian ancestors the Anunnaki
Set 1:
Naturalites – Picture on the Wall; Rub-a-Dubble vol. 1 (CSA) ’85: Happy Birthday Haile Selassie: July 23, 1892
Joe Gibbs & the Professionals – Snipers; All Mighty Dub Chapter 4 (Joe Gibbs) ’79: Dub Album of the Hour
<Celebrating 28 Years of Reggae Radio- best of the early years; 28 sec.>
Spring of 1988 my college roommate and I were having pizza at The Pie near the University of Utah campus. They were playing the local community radio station, KRCL over their hi fi.
We heard for a new volunteer call. My roommate was doing modern 80’s indie sounds and I was doing Reggae on the Univ. of Utah’s radio club K-UTE. Even on that low frills setup (they only broadcast in the Student Union) we had some radio experience. How to mix songs, do set breaks, maintain logs etc.
So we went down to KRCL and pitched our shows. KRCL was set for modern indie sounds but they wanted to expand their ethnic music programming. They accepted my application to do a Sunday Night/Monday AM show I called 3 o’clock Roadblock – after the Bob Marley song on Natty Dread. The show went from 3AM to 6AM.
After about six weeks of training, I debuted either late June or early July 1988. For the nite owls, insomniacs and graveyard workers. Not a lot of listeners but I learned radio. I did that for a year or so (during the coldest winter in 40 years.) I had to call AAA twice that winter.
In Oct. of ’89, I switched to Saturdays on Smile Jamaica. We were on at 1pm back in the 80’s. My bredren Rutaabaga Reese and I together until about summer of 1990 and then I flew solo. And I just keep on keeping on!
So we celebrate that legacy today with 28 years of Roots Reggae and Dubwize!
Selah!
bless, robt
This album lit the fuse
Smile Jamaica’s Top 5 Salt Lake City Record Stores, 1986-1990
Smokey’s Records; (defunct mid 90’s)
Cosmic Aeroplane (defunct around ’90)
Randy’s Records (still going, mostly vinyl now!)
Starbound (defunct mid 2000’s)
Mad Platter (defunct)
Still slinging the roots!
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: July 16, 2016: Annotated Playlist – 28 Years: CD version; 17 sec.
Set 1:
Black Uhuru – What Is Life? (E.T. Thorngren rmx); Anthem (Island) ’83
<It was Black Uhuru that made me a Reggae fanatic; 1 min 3 sec.>
Impact! All-Stars; Java; Java Java Dub (Impact!) ’72 UK vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Naturalites & Realistics – Picture on the Wall; Rub-a-Dubble vol. 1 (CSA) ’86 UK
<#1 hit of the Islands – Picture on the Wall; 31 sec.>
Yellowman – Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt; Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt (Greensleeves) ‘83
Peter Broggs – International Farmer; International Farmer (RAS) ’82 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Natural Beauty – Nice Up Dancee; Nice Up Dancee (RAS) ’86 UK dawta trio
July 23 – all Haile Selassie on his birthday, 1892
Set 2: Seven Leaf Set; 13 aec.
Carlton Livingston – Trodding Through the Jungle; Retrospect (Grapevine)
Equators – Feelin’ High; Hot (Stiff) ’81 UK ska
Benjamin Zephaniah – Get High; Rasta (Workers Playtime) ’83 UK
Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja; 12” Mix; Headline News (Greensleves) ’79 UK youth group
…with Chalice in hand!
Set 3:
Third World – 96 Degrees in the Shade; 96 Degrees in the Shade (Mango) ‘77
<Jamaican Heroes martyred in their fight against the Brits; 32 sec.>
Aisha – Evil Spirits; High Priestess (Ariwa) ’88 Mad Prof.
The Beat – Tears of a Clown; I Just Can’t Stop It (Go-Feet) ’80 Smokey Robinson 2 Tone ska cover
Don Carlos – Jah, Jah Hear My Plea; Prophecy (Blue Moon) ‘84
Chalawa – Natural Mystic Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. Dub cover of Bob Marley
Jamaican martyrs waiting their turn on the gallows
Set 4: Wailers Family Tree; 23 sec.
The Dreads:
Peter Tosh – Till Your Well Runs Dry; Legalize It (Columbia) ’76, William Bell cover
Bunny Wailer – Burial; Sings the Wailers (Mango) ’81, Tosh cover
Bob Marley & the Wailers – 3 o’clock Roadblock; Countryman Soundtrack (Mango) ’82: diff. mix: the name of my 1988-89 Reggae show; 1min.
Set 4: Wailers Family Tree – Sistas
Rita Marley – Beauty of God’s Plan; Harambe (Shanachie) ’82
Judy Mowatt – Put It On; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76 Bob Marley cover
UFO-ria on Smile Jamaica. Get weightless and float on
Greetings,
Smile Jamaica Presents a lesson in Astro-Theology
On (or thereabouts) the 4th of July 1947, an Alien spacecraft crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. Smile Jamaica celebrates 3 hours of Alien stylee; 1 min. 16 sec.
Roswell Daily R soecord: July 9, 1947 – no doubt they crashed, so Extra Terrestrials are real
<Two stories on the date of the Roswell crash>
True story on Roswell:
My brother in law sells high tech pipe to agricultural, research labs, salsa manufacturers. He lives in Albuquerque but travels the length of New Mexico.
One day in Roswell he asked his customer about the 1947 UFO crash. Was it real or bullflop?
His customer said: the local mortuary owner, salt of the earth rural America. Veteran. Straight shooter. The Air Force came to him and asked him to provide 3 children’s size coffins.
“If that’s what he said, that’s how it happened”
Roswell 1947 – Do not scoff!
Look to the skies! Do not scoff!
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica’s Alien media consumption
Friday Nights
Ancient Aliens TV – Friday Nights on the History Channel. This explores the various connections between Earth’s history and Alien contact before there was recorded history.
<My love of Sumerian history led to UFO-ria; > 2 min 6 sec
Basically Aliens from Nibiru called Anunnaki (Those who came down from the sky) who came to Earth b/c we had the gold they needed for their ruined planet. They were essentially too lazy to mine the gold themselves so they created a race of humans to do the work. When the humans got too noisy, they were destroyed with a flood.
Click image for a better view of how Nibiru’s orbit intersects with Earth and the Sun
The 12th Planet Nibiru – 9 planets, Earth’s moon, the Sun, Nibiru. Elliptical orbit from outside the galaxy toward the Sun
Every 3600 years the orbit of Nibiru approaches earth: The Anunnaki drop their space ships to space ports in:
Sumer (lower Iraq)
Sinai (Egypt) – the pyramids are guide posts for entry
Baalbek (Syria)
Mohenjo Daro (Pakistan)
Humans mine the gold. Nibiru whips around the sun heading back out to the edge of our Universe, the ships go up and land on Nibiru for the journey home.
They will be back in 3440 AD.
2. Zecharia Sitchin
An Azerbaijani Jew who translated thousands of cuneiform texts that showed what we know from the Bible and Greek Mythology were actually much older from original source stories from Sumer.
His book series, Earth Chronicles, discusses these topics
Zecharia Sitchin – the original Astro Theologist7 volumes of Aliens on Earth. Stories from the Bible and Greek Mythology came after their Sumerian originals
What have I learned from my bingewatching and binge reading?
All those stories from the Bible and parts of stories from Greek Mythology, Iraqi A Thousand and One Nights, Hindi religious literature is all “plagiarized” from my ancestors the Sumerians (I am an Assyrian from that area on my mom’s side. Assyrians adapted from the Sumerian cosmology).
What is in the Bible or world literature that relates to Alien space travel?
In the immortal words of Prince Far I – the humble calf, suckles the most milk
Greetings,
During the last year of Reagan. Who funded the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives thru the Student Loan Program.
KRCL was looking for graveyard shows. I was picked for late Sunday/early Monday AM. The show? 3 o’clock Roadblock – 3 hours of Reggae and World sounds at 3am during the coldest winter in 40 years in Salt Lake City.
<Smile Jamaica bio; 37 sec.>
You gots to pay your dues to get the prime time. I did graveyard for a year and decided that was enough. Then my bredrin, Rutabaga Reese, who was hosting Smile Jamaica was looking to transition out. So I sat in with him from Oct. ’89 til Summer of ’90 when he “retired”. I took over the chair, planted my flag and 28 years later it’s Saturday afternoon Roots Reggae ‘n’ Dub fix
<Early morning before prime time – gotta pay your dues; 23 sec.>
So it was the tail end of June, June 25th probably that I flicked the switch and started the Ark-Ive. Celebrate that legacy with all vinyl
No digital for I ‘n’ I
bless, robt
28 Years of Reggae Radio: Smile Jamaica June 25, 2016 Playlist; 1 min 8 sec.
Set 1 – All Vinyl 28 Years
Jimmy Riley – Summertime; 12” (DEB) ’76 cover of Porgy & Bess classic
King Tubby – Dub From the Roots; Dub From the Roots (Attack) ’74 dub album of the hour
Papa Kojie & Blue Riddim – Nancy Reagan Re-Election Remix (Ora International) ’85 St. Louis
<Nancy & Ron a gwan a Russia; 23 sec.>
Edi Fitzroy – Youthman Penitentiary; Dreadlocks Party (Alligator) ’82 Chicago blues label
Michael Smith – Picture No Pictures; Mi Cyaan Believe It (Mango) ’82 LKJ produced dub poet
Tapper Zukie – Cally Dolly; I Man Ah Warrior (mer) ’77 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Bloodfire Posse – Get Flat; Are You Ready (CBS) ’86 UK, Jamaican dance, “get flat while bullets fly overhead”
Robert Mapplethorpe. 4 down, 46 to go!
Set 2: Roots Dawta vinyl
Casselberry & DuPree’ – Comin’ in From the Cold; City Down (Icebergg) ’86 Milwaukee
Main Attractions – Jam Up, Jam Down; Roots, Rock, Reggae (Creole) ’78 Fr.
Singers & Players feat. Sister B – Holy Scripture; Vacuum Pumping (ON U Sound) ’88 UK Adrian Sherwood
Aisha – Don’t Tire; Daughters of Zion (Twinkle) ’93 UK
Set 3:
Prince Far I – Natty Champion; Jamaican Heroes (Trojan) ’80 UK: boxing Babylon loses to Natty Dread
Morwells – Reggae Party; Wiser Dread (Nighthawk) ’82 St. Louis
Sister Carol – Show Business; Liberation For Africans (Serious Gold) ’83 NY
Musical Youth – Pass the Dutchie (Special Dub Mix); ’83 12” EP
A+ record from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. Happy Father’s Day!
Greetings,
<Happy Father’s Day; 37 sec.>
Happy Father’s Day to my Pops, Bob and all Father’s including the Heavenly Father – HIM.
In March I helped my folks become Snowbirds on a grueling drive from Salt Lake City to Phoenix. I drove because my Pops has some back issues from a lifetime of selling insurance on the road and golfing.
The whole way he was trying to shake the bee stings out of his fingers. Sure enough. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
So I joked on air while my Pops heals he has to drink Busch Lite with his left hand for a while.
So I start off this Ark-Ive of Smile Jamaica with a killer jam by Charlie Ace Father and Dreadlocks. The story of a Parson’s son who leaves for college in a Three Piece Suit and returns home a Rastaman in humble dungarees and sandals. When his Mom nearly drops down dead, Charlie sings out, “the power of Jah is moving on!”
Father and Dread Locks – Charlie Ace (lyrics transcribed by Robert Nelson)
Hail Daddy-man!
Wha’ppen when him come for the Holidays
Yes-I! Whap’n rate up a draw of herb fi I place y’know!
Son – who dat? No Parson’s son turn Rastaman!
Yes-I! Man sight the fullness y’know?
Parson send him one son fi (to) college for the study of religious knowledge
Some day the boy decides to come home for Holiday
But when he enter him home something strange happen
He wasn’t wearing slicker suit
He wasn’t wearing big heel boots
He was wearing dungarees and sandals
And when he moved his tam from his head
Parson frightened til him was drop down dead
When him natty dreadlocks drop to the ground
So, his Dad looked at him and said:
My son, my son what comes over you? What happened?
You pass your GCE and sit upon University. What happened?
I work morning, noon and night to get you there. What happened?
He said, Daddy you don’t understand like I do
But Jah has called upon I
I have sight of the Promised Land
Daddy, I know the way you feel but one day you will understand
My son, what is the plan for the future?
He said: Daddy, I plan to use my education to defend human rights, equality and justice throughout the Universe
This time the Mother is in the kitchen cooking the best dressed chicken
So she run when she realize her one son was home to greet her one son
When she sight Natty Dreadlocks she nearly drop down dead
She said: My son, my son. What are we going to tell the people of the neighborhood?
He said: Mom, tell them that the power of Jah is moving on-ya!
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist – June 18, 2016; 36. sec.
Set 1:
Heptones – Cool Rasta; Trojan Story (Trojan) ’77 3LP UK box set vinyl
Natural Roots – Concrete Tower Dub; Natural Roots (Only Roots) ’84 Fr. vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Charlie Ace & Scorcher – Father and Dread Locks; Studio One DJ’s 2 (Soul Jazz) Happy Father’s Day
<Story of a parson’s son who returns a Rasta; 25 sec.>
Sound Dimension – Version; 7” (Studio One) Dub to above. Throw Mi Corn riddim
Aisha – Gunman; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94 Mad Professor prod’n
Toots & the Maytals – Take Me Home Country Roads; Trojan Story (Trojan) ’74 John Denver cover
Alpha & Omega feat. Gregory Isaacs – Bush Ganja; Legend of A & O (Dopic) 2006 best of UK trance dub; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Horace Andy – Satisfy Me; 10” (Channel One) ’83 UK
Nice little cool breeze summer rain last week. Rarity for sure-ty. I am gearing up for 28 Years on Reggae Radio. Early morning learns the ropes. Saturday Afternoon plants the Flag. Enjoy each show like it could be the last.
bless, robt
<28 Years of Reggae Radio>
Reggae History Lesson – Muhammad Ali; 24 sec.
Muhammad Ali (AKA Mehemet Ali, Mehmet Ali), 1769-1849, pasha of Egypt for Ottoman Empire. Image published: 1901.
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Annotated Playlist: June 11, 2016; 34 sec.
Smile Jamaica Approved
Set 1:
Natural Roots – Children of Jah; Natural Roots (Onlyroots) ’84 Fr. Vinyl
Bullwackie’s All Stars – African Roots Act II Dub; African Roots Act 2 (Wackies) ’82 Bronx; Dub Album of the Hour
Errol Brown – Muhammad Ali Boom a Yay in Africa; 7” (Brown Beat) ’74 JA: Muhammad Ali mini set
<Reggae History Lesson: Muhammad Ali in Zaire; 83 sec.>
Dennis Alcapone – Cassius Clay; Trojan Story (Trojan) ‘73
Dennis Alcapone – Muhammad Ali; Hits & Misses (Trikont)
Sister Carol – Herbal Is Natural; Direct Hit! Live (Catapult) 2001 live in Maryland; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Jah Rej – Binghi in the Jungle; 12” (Jah Works) 2002 UK mutant dub instrumental
Ali in Zaire
Set 2:
Peter Tosh – Come Together; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87
<Peter Tosh murdered: 9/11 – 1987; 42 sec.>
Lorna Asher – True History; Straight to Your Heart (Twinkle) ‘99
Culture – Jah Pretty Face; Two Sevens Clash (Shanachie) ‘77
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Roots, Rock, Reggae + Dub; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ‘76
Tosh’s first birthday after his murder: Oct. 18, 1987 – Black Monday stock market crash
Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years
Judy Mowatt – Joseph; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76 tribute to Bob Marley (Joseph the Biblical prophet)
<Bob Marley – Joseph of Israel; 13 sec.>
The Beat – Mirror in the Bathroom; Dance Craze Soundtrack (2 Tone) ’80 live 2 Tone ska
Tapper Zukie – Ital Pot; MPLA (Virgin Front Line) ’78 Mozambique People’s Liberation Army tribute
UB40 – I Think It is Going to Rain Today; More UB40 Music (Sound) ‘83 12” mix
Black Slate – Roman’s Dub; Ogima (TCD) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour
Joseph – Biblical Prophet. Bob Marley Reggae Prophet
Augustus Pablo – Full Up; 12” (Rockers International) melodica update of Studio One riddim
Aswad – “black” in the languages of Amharic and Arabic
Set 3: Wailers Family Tree
Ziggy Marley – Start It Up; Ziggy Marley (Tuff Gong) New
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Concrete; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’75: dub to Jah Live
<Concrete = Jah Live Dub; 24 sec.>
Bunny Wailer – Want to Go Home; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’88 best
Peter Tosh – Testify; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87
<Murdered 9/11 1987. Bad omen for 14 years later; 46 sec.>
Revolutionaries – Dub Over Dub (Heartbeat/High Note) Dub Album of the Hour
Cut down just as I got into Reggae hardcore! Livicate never deadicate
Set 4: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years
Rita Marley – Harambe; Harambe (Shanachie) ’82 harambe – “pull together” in Swahili; 16 sec.
Ini Kamoze – Wings With Me; Mini LP (Taxi) ‘84
Gregory Isaacs – Special to Me; Private Beach Party (Greensleeves) ‘85
UB40 – Rat in Mi Kitchen; Rat in the Kitchen (A & M) ‘86
Harambe – Kenya slogan for “Pull together”. Get rid of the British colonizers
Set 5: Vinyl is Vital
Well Pleased and Satisfied – Love Train; Burning Sampler (Burning Sounds) ’79 UK red vinyl
Cassandra – Thank You For The Many Things You’ve Done; Babylon Soundtrack (Takoma) ’80 UK
Tony Tuff – Born in the Ghetto; Presenting Mr. Tuff (Black Roots) ’81 JA
Tony Bell & Kutchie – Thief Can’t Prosper; Mercy (Indigo Music) ’89 UK
Daddy Freddy Meets the Rootsman – Back Pon Dem Case; Old School New School (BSI) 2000 Portland Ore.
Red Vinyl from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives
Set 6: Rockers do Reggae
Sade – By Your Side (Reggae Mix); CD Single (Sony) 2000 Sly & Robbie prod’n
Jackson Browne – Everywhere I Go; I’m Alive (Elektra) ‘93
The Clash – White Man in Hammersmith Palais; From Here to Eternity (Epic) punkers out of sorts at Jamaican concert in London : Live Best Of (Baltimore, MD)
<Punkers love Jamaican Reggae; 43 sec.>
Ruts DC Meet the Mad Professor –Rhythm Collisoion; Rhythm Collision Dub (ROIR) ’80 UK punkers do dub
zsf
Set 7:
Mo’Kalamity & the Wizards – Vision; African Reggae (Putomayo) 2006 Cape Verdean group w/ female vox
Audio Active feat. Bim Sherman – Free the Marijuana; Happy Shopper in Europe EP (Beat) ’95 Jah-pon mutant dub herbtune
Eric Rebel Lion Buddles – Rebel Lion.; Roots of Black People (Progressive Internaitonal)
Set 8: Mutant Dub
Legend of A & O (Dopic Sounds) 2006 UK ttrance dub w/ female vox: Mutant Dub Set
Steffe – Heart of Fire; More Bass Than Space (Dubmission) 2000 UK
Lee “Scratch” Perry vs. the Moody Boyz feat. Roots Manuva – International Broadcaster; King Size Dub: ON U Sound 30 Year Anniversary (Echo Beach) 2011
Cratediggers weekend! Enjoy last Week’s show. Nuff vinyl in all styles and fashion. Wailers Family Tree. Mutant Dub. Best of Smile Jamaica – Year 1 (1989-90.
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist – May 21, 2016; 68 sec.
Set 1:
Sidney Jackson – Hit Me With Music; Hit Me With Music (Trojan) ’74 UK vinyl
Dub Specialist – Sitting With Stupid; Juck’s Incorporated (Studio One) ’76 JA vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Kingman + Jonah feat. Claudious Linton – So Wrapped Up; Sign Time (Sun King) 2008
Zema – Praise B4 Battle; Look at the Heart (Melchizedek) ’99 So Cal female singer
10 Ft. Ganja Plant feat. Sylford Walker – Hard Times; Shake Up the Place (ROIR) 2011 Upstate NY
Revolutionaries – PLA; Hitbound Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat) ’76 dub. People’s Liberation Army (Communist China)
<Tributes to 70’s revolutionary movements – The Revolutionaries (Sly & Robbie); 22 sec.>
Tapper Zukie – Chalice to Chalice; MPLA (Virgin Front Line) ’78 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
<Jamaican saying: I came to drink milk, not count cow; 14 sec.>
Aquizm & Mad Professor – Kunta Kinte; 10” (Ariwa) 2008 UK instrumental over Creole’s “Beware”
<Alex Haley’s Roots = Kunta Kinte; 20 sec.>
Kunta Kinte = Alex Haley’s Roots
Set 2: Wailers Family Tree
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jah Live; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ’76: single livicated to HIM
<HIM overthrown by Ethiopian Communists – Jah Live; 55 sec.>
So I’m embarking on a home remodel so I can make some sensi out ofmy Vinyl Room.
Gonna make a Library at the Ark-Ives located in a secret location in SLC.
So that means I have to pack up about 5000 Lps and 12″ style. Bought the deep plastic Tupperware bins for the job.
So as I harvest black wax from sagging pressboard shelves into these stackable bins, I stripped out the crème de la crème for airing on this Ark-Ive Edition.
Enjoy the black wax attack. Ultra rare and heavy roots:
Time to upgrade from the old pressboard shelves into something better
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 14, 2016 – playlist, Reggae History Lessons, Photos, Captions
❤ 3 hours of Vinyl; 30 sec.>
Sets devoted to:
Roots Dawtas
Seven Leaf
Mutant Dub
Set 1: All Vinyl LP’s
Johnny Clarke – Jah Jah See Them Come; Authorized Version (Virgin Front Line) ’76 UK, Culture cover
Fe Me Time All-Stars; Dub I (Pressure Sounds) ’72 Dub Album of the Hour; Jimmy Radway prod’n
Mikey Dread – Everybody Needs a Proper Education; Dread at the Controls (Trojan) ’79 UK
Dennis Brown – Together Brothers; Joseph’s Coat of Many Colours (Laser) ’80 UK
Jimmy Cliff – Goodbye Yesterday; Pop Gold (Island) ’77 Austrian best of
<Jimmy Cliff – Rock Hall of Fame selection; 37 sec.>
The Itals – Herbs Pirate; Brutal Out Deh (Nighthawk) ’81 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Lion Zion – Gas Guzzler; Reggae From America (House of Natty) ’76 Oakland; Lee Perry mix
Jimmy Cliff – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer
Set 2
Krieger-Densmore Reggae Bonanza – Kinky Reggae; 12” (Rhino) ’83 LA
Cornel Campbell – Yes I Will; Yes I Will (Micron) ’79 Canada
Phillip Fraser – The Joy It Brings; Big Showdown (Black Solidarity) ’85 JA
Jah Ruby – Black Invader; Dread Affair (Afrik) ’77 JA
The Clash – Time Is Tight; Black Market Clash (Nu Disc) ’80: 10” cover of Booker T and the MG’s
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