<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
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
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.>
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
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 