<Livicated to Jeanntte: Happy Mother’s Day Mom!>
Greetings,
Happy Mother’s Day edition of Smile Jamaica. I always start off with a beautiful cover of Tammy Wynette country stylee from Sonya Spence
Tammy Wynette
“No Charge”
My little girl came into the kitchen this evenin’,
While I was fixin’ supper,
And she handed me a piece of paper she’d been writin’ on,
And after wipin’ my hands on my apron,
I read it – and this is what it said:For mowin’ the yard – five dollars,
And for makin’ my own bed this week – one dollar,
And for goin’ to the store – fifty cents,
An’ playin’ with little sister, while you went to the store – twenty-five cents,
Takin’ out the trash – one dollar,
Gettin’ a good report card – five dollars,
And for rakin’ the yard – two dollars,
Total owed – fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents.Well, I looked at her standin’ there expectantly,
And a thousand mem’ries flashed through my mind,
So I picked up the pen, turnin’ the paper over,
This is what I wrote:For the nine months I carried you,
Growin’ inside me – NO CHARGE,
For the nights I’ve sat up with you,
Doctored you, prayed for you – NO CHARGE,
For the toys, food and clothes.
And for wiping your nose, there’s NO CHARGE,
When you add it all up.
The full cost of my love is NO CHARGE.Well, when she finished readin’,
She had great big old tears in her eyes,
And she looked up at me and said,
“Mama, I sure do love you.”
Then she took the pen,
And in great big letters,
She wrote: “PAID IN FULL.”When you add it all up,
The cost of real love is – NO CHARGE
While I was fixin’ supper,
And she handed me a piece of paper she’d been writin’ on,
And after wipin’ my hands on my apron,
I read it – and this is what it said:For mowin’ the yard – five dollars,
And for makin’ my own bed this week – one dollar,
And for goin’ to the store – fifty cents,
An’ playin’ with little sister, while you went to the store – twenty-five cents,
Takin’ out the trash – one dollar,
Gettin’ a good report card – five dollars,
And for rakin’ the yard – two dollars,
Total owed – fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents.Well, I looked at her standin’ there expectantly,
And a thousand mem’ries flashed through my mind,
So I picked up the pen, turnin’ the paper over,
This is what I wrote:For the nine months I carried you,
Growin’ inside me – NO CHARGE,
For the nights I’ve sat up with you,
Doctored you, prayed for you – NO CHARGE,
For the toys, food and clothes.
And for wiping your nose, there’s NO CHARGE,
When you add it all up.
The full cost of my love is NO CHARGE.Well, when she finished readin’,
She had great big old tears in her eyes,
And she looked up at me and said,
“Mama, I sure do love you.”
Then she took the pen,
And in great big letters,
She wrote: “PAID IN FULL.”When you add it all up,
The cost of real love is – NO CHARGE
***
Brings a tear to my eye. Spent a week with my folks moving into a new place in Phoenix. Took a day to cratedig and explore Tempe. On my way out, mom gives me a benjamin. “Have a happy cratedig.” Well that’s not exactly her words but more or less. Love that woman.
bless, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist May 7, 2016:
Set 1:
- Barrington Spence – Jah Jah Train; Speak Softly (Trojan) ’76 UK vinyl
- A Nice Dub – Agrovators; Kaya Dub (Justice) ’77 UK vinyl Dub Album of the Hour; Bunny Lee/King Tubby
- Sonya Spence – No Charge; In the Dark (Skynote) ’78; Happy Mother’s Day – Tammy Wynette cover
<No Charge for being Mom; 13 sec.>
- Aswad – Wrapped Up; To the Top (Simba) ’86 UK
<1 of the first 10 CDs added to the Ark-Ive, 1987: Tower Records; 19 sec.>
- Inner Circle – Curfew (3 O’clock Road Block); Jah Love (Music Club) ’74 Bob Marley cover
- Barry Brown – Sensimilla; Far East (Hitbound) ’81: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
- Dennis Brown- Blood, Sweat & Tears; Love Has Found Its Way (A & M) ‘82
<Dennis Brown or Yellowman heir to Bob Marley? 25 sec.>
- Kumina Mento Rasta – Wareika Hills Sound; 10” (Honest Jon’s) 2010 nyahbinghi instrumental celebrates Jamaican folk arts
Set 2: Kentucky Skank (Kentucky Derby
- Dillinger – Caymanas Park; 14K Gold Golden Hits (Scandal Bag) JA vinyl
<Caymanas Park Race Track in Jamaica; 11 sec.>
<Chinese jockeys on the mounts in Jamaica; 17 sec.>
- Abyssinians – In a Kalda; Reunion (AO!) ’98; Kalda – Jamaican race track
- The Pioneers – Long Shot Kick the Bucket; From the Beginning (Jet Star) ‘69
- Mr. Bojangles – Selassie I Cup; 7” (Joe Gibbs Record Globe) ’77; horserace between: Babylon, Pope Pious and Dreadlocks
The Selassie I Cup; 14 sec.
- Babylon 2-1 odds
- Soul Youth 3-1
- Rome Even money
- Pope Pius 3-5, the big favorite; came up lam
- Dreadlocks 8-1
- Baldhead 15-1
- The Winner: Dreadlock; 8 lengths!
- Place: Baldhead
- Show: Soul Youth
- Pope Pius came up lame; 17 sec.
Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years
- U Roy – Control Tower; Rasta Ambassador (Virgin Front Line) ’78
- Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Heartbeat) ‘80
<Black Uhuru got me into Reggae more than Bob, Peter, Jimmy or UB40; 28 sec.>
- Judy Mowatt – Rock Me; Love Is Overdue (Shanachie) ‘87
- I Roy – Sister Nelly; Heart of a Lion (Virgin Front Line) ’78 nursery rhyme
- Jah Shaka Meets Aswad – Addis Ababa; In Addis Ababa Studio (Jah Shaka) ’84 Dub Album of the Hour
Set 4: Wailers Family Tree
- Peter Tosh – Reggaemyelitis; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) Best of Box Set; Request
<Reggaemyelitis – from the tips of your dreads to the bottom of your toes; 9 sec.>
- Bunny Wailer – Love Fire; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’78 Best of
- Bob Marley & the Wailers – Smile Jamaica (A & B-sides); Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ‘76
Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital
- Marcia Griffiths – Mark My Words; At Studio One (Studio One) JA vinyl
- Dandy Livingstone – Jamaica Is Fun; Hit With Me Music (Trojan) ’72 UK
- Monty Montgomery – Stay Cool; Seeds (Fusion) Atlanta
- Yabby You – Deliver Me From My Enemies; Babylon Soundtrack (Takoma) ’80 UK
- Spliffy Dan – Jah Bless; Rockers Showcase Volume III (Rockers International) ’87 Philadelphia
Set 6: Roots Dawtas Rockers do Reggae
- Patti Smith – Redondo Beach; Horses (Arista) ’76
- Joan Armatrading – I Can’t Lie to Myself; Sly & Robbie – Ultimate Collection (Hip-O) ‘81
- Belle Stars – Miss World; 80’s Romance (Union Square) UK female New Wave
<Belle Stars – emerged out of 2 Tone ska in the UK; 11 sec.>
- Tom Tom Club – Bamboo Town; Close to the Bone (Island) ’83 riddim section of Talking Heads
- Scientist – 11 Guava Road Dub; King of Dub (Kingdom) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour
Set 7:
- Horace Andy – Better Collie; Prime of Horace Andy (Music Club) ’75 herbtune
- Pat Rhoden – Boogie on Reggae Woman; Just My Imagination (Trojan) ’75 Stevie Wonder cover
- June Lodge – Someone Loves You Honey; Reggae Pulse 3 – Love Songs (RAS) ’80 Charley Pride country
<Forced to hear too much Country music growing up in Montana; 14 sec.>
- Lucky Dube – Guns & Roses; Taxman (Shanachie) ’97
<Bad vibes: Murder at Park City show. Lucky killed shortly thereafter; 24 sec.>
City Weekly story on the Park City murder:
http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/the-gangs-of-zion/Content?oid=2128947
Everton Blender – Live Up; Live at the White River Reggae Bash (Heartbeat) ‘99
- Pablo Gad – Crying Gad; 10” (Reggae on Top) 2002 UK militant steppers
<Militant Steppers definition; 10 sec.>
Set 8:
- Botom Botom – Le Toit du Monde; This Is Not a Stereotype (Hammerbass) 2006 Fr. w/ female vox
- 2 Bad Card Specialist – Weed Specialist (Audio Active rmx); CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 UK/Jah-pon herbtune
- New Age Steppers – Animal Space; New Age Steppers (Statik) Adrian Sherwood prod’n; Slits on the vox
- Dub Gabriel feat. The Spaceape – Is This Revolution? (Jack Dangers Colonia Dub rmx); Raggabass Resistance (Destroy All Concepts) 2013 feat. Dub poet
- Burial – UK; Untrue (Hyperdub) 2007 UK dubstep
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