Greetings,
Livicated* to MLK and his fight for human rights
*livicate – never dead/dedicate
<MLK>
<Smile Jamaica Approved: Green Bay Packers; 36 sec.>
WTF? Heinous. Just heinous. The Green Bud Bowl Packers peed a sure victory down their leg to a guy (QB Wilson) who probably doesn’t go for 4 down, 46 to go.
I must have had two dozen text messages from people. Ran the gamut from condolences to ha ha.
There weren’t any tears at the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives
The mood at the Ark-Ives was more like this:
Forward ever, backwards never
bless,robt
The High-lights of Jah-nuary 17, 2015: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 45 sec.
Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: Jah-nuary 17, 2015
Set 1:
- Big Youth – Get Up Stand Up; Hit the Road Jack (Trojan) ’76 UK vinyl; Wailers cover
- Hot & Rich – Funk for Louis; Meet: Hi-Tech Roots Dynamics (ACL) 2000; Dub Album of the Week
- Cedric ‘Im Brooks & the Light of Saba – Rebirth; Light of Saba (Honest Jon’s); ’76 nyahbinghi jazz
- Rupie Dan & Jenifah Gad – Marcus Seh; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92
- Fred Locks – Collie Herb; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003 mutant dub; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
- Horace Andy – Collie Herb; In the Light (Blood and Fire) ’77 bonus herbs
Set 2:
- Gussie P – Who’s Safe; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003 MLK “I Have a Dream” speech; 8/23/63
- The Archives feat. Ichelle Cole – Boof Baff; The Archives (ESL) 2012 female chanter on vox
- Gondwana – Sentimento Original (Original Feeling); Together (RAS) ’99 Chilean roots; herb tune
- Bunny Wailer – Liberation; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88
Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 25 Years
- Gregory Isaacs – One More Time; Cool Ruler (Virgin Front Line) ’78
- The Selecter – Out on the Streets; Too Much Pressure (Chrysalis) ’80 2 Tone UK ska feat. Pauline Black on vox
- Aswad – Pull Up; To the Top (Simba) ‘87
<Aswad one of the first 20 additions to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive; 23 sec.>
- Mighty Diamonds – Babylon is Dangerous; The Real Enemy (Rohit) ‘87
Set 4:
<Wailers – Live at Leeds; Just Bob & Peter; 23 sec.>
- The Wailers – You Can’t Blame the Youth; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) 11/23/73; Live at Leeds in UK; 20 sec.
- Zema – Give a Little Love; Look at the Heart (Melchizedek) ’99 Los Jah-ngeles, Colly-fornya female singer
- Sylford Walker & Welton Irie – Lambsbread + Lambsbread International (South East Music) ’79 J’can flavor of herb
<1979, Jamaica: Qtr pound of ishense: 1 dollar 5 cents; 20 sec..>
Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital!
- Bim Sherman – Got to Get On; Haunting Ground (Revolver) ’86 UK: cover of Keith & Tex “Stop that Train”
- Charlie Chaplin – Jamaican Collie; Chaplin Chant (Tamoki Wambesi); UK herbtune
- Azeem – God is Watching; Dreadfly (Joe Gibbs) ’82 Miami
- Mother Liza – Bore Nose Possie; Chant Down Babylon (Gorgon) JA female deejay
Set 6:
- Peter Tosh – Fools Die (Wisdom); Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); acoustic at WXFM Jah-cago, Ill.
<Tosh rarity for sure-ty>
- Sarah B Band – Let You Win; Realign Your Mind (Sarah B Band); local SLC reggae
- Barry Issacs – Mission Against Herbs; 10” (Reggae on Top) militant steppers herbtune
Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45’s
- Benjamin Zephaniah – Now Not Now; Dub Ranting (Radical Wallpaper) ’82; UK dub poet. 7″ picture 8 track of dubpoetry
- Ilements – Free Up the Herbs; 7” (Irie Ites) 2010
- Errol Dunkley – Train to Zion; 7” (Topco) ‘75
- Iron Phoenix – Natty Dread Christmas; 7” (Observer)
<Xmas in Jah-nuary; 27 sec.>
<KUSF: From best college station in the nation to classical music; 33 sec.>
Set 8: Mutant Dub
- Prince Far I & Singers and Players – Water the Garden; Pay It All Back vol. 2 (ON U Sound) ’88; mutant dub set
<Reggae History Lessons: Pay It All Back Sampler Series for ON U Sound label>
- Soho – Zombies Walk the Cardboard City; Goddess (Atco) ’90 UK
- GT Moore – Secret Love; 12” (Jah Works) 2009 UK
- David Holmes – Slashers Revenge; Let’s Get Killed (Go Beat) ‘97
- Dr. Israel – Residence Dub; Land of Baboon (Baraka Foundation) ’96
Smile Jamaica 