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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Playlist) May 16, 2015: Riddim Showers Bring May Flowers!

May 19, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

images (34) — 2015: Dry winter in Utah. Nice to have a wet spring. 2 weeks of Smile Jamaica during rain storms. Very rare in the desert!

<Reggae Music: The King’s Music, Jamaican Blues; 10 sec.>

Greetings,

Been a wet Spring in Utah. Nice to juggle wax ‘n’ dubwize and look outside the Radio Studio in a pouring rain storm.

Here is what I have in store for you this week: 56 sec.

Wailers Family Tree: Live at Leeds, Tosh acoustic on JBC, Judy Mowatt Black Woman. Bunny: Jesus was a Dreadlock
Seven Leaf Relief: Mike Brooks, Michael Palmer, Toyan, Aldubb, Marga mutant dub space dust
Roots Dawtas: Jennifer, Akabu, Judy, Rhoda, Bam Bam, Zion Train
Disco Mix 10″: Dennis Brown, Jah Glen, Fred Locks
Best of 25 Years: Scotty, Spear, lovers rock and Judy M..all played year one (1989-1990 on Smile Jamaica)
Vinyl is V-Ital midway: LA, NYC, DC, JA
Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45s: 7 Leaf, nyah, roots harmonies
Mutant Dub: Scratch Halloween, trance spoken word, extended herb jam, NYC neo-dub, weird LA crossover punkdub

Annotated Playlist: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: May 16, 2015

Set 1:

Akabu – I Shall Sing; Akabu (Viva) ’89 UK vinyl. Female group on Van Morrison cover
Prince Far I & the Arabs – A Message; Cry Tuff Dub Chapter 1 (ROIR) ’78; Dub Album of the Week
Aswad – Drum and Bass Line – Not Satisfied (Columbia) ’82 UK

<Theme Music for Smile Jamaica; 12 sec.>

<Aswad = “black”; Arabic, Amharic (Ethiopia); 9 sec.>

Dennis Brown – Emmanuel God Is With Us; 10” (Glimmer) ‘78
Mike Brooks – Good Herb; Earth Is the Fullness (Moll-Selekta) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; 13 sec.

George Faith – Opportunity; To Be a Lover (Mango) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n

<Black Ark Sound: Lee “Scratch” Perry & the Upsetters: 1974-1979>

downloadasw — UK masters of the drum & bassline

Set 2:

Peter Tosh – Handsome Johnny; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); live on the JBC, Kingston, JA acoustic
Jah Glen – Save Our Nation; 10” (South East Music) ’79; Glen Brown prod’n over Lambsbread riddim
Jennifer Gad – Babylon Must Fall; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92
Bunny Wailer – Bald Head Jesus; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88

<Bunny Wailer: Jesus was a Dreadlock; 60 sec.>

Wikipedia entry for Nazirites (aka Rastas who live by the Nazarene Creed)

Abstain from wine, wine vinegar, grapes, raisins, intoxicating liquors,^[vinegar distilled from such substances, and eating or drinking any substance that contains any trace of grapes.
Refrain from cutting the hair on one’s head; but to allow the locks of the head’s hair to grow. Neither crease one’s flesh.
Not to become ritually impure by contact with corpses or graves, even those of family members.

Set 3: Best of 25 Years of Smile Jamaica; 14 sec.

Scotty – Draw Your Brakes; Unbelievable Sounds (Trojan) ’71

<Scotty: Forward ‘n’ Payaka! Mon-ackle ‘n’ dem go Sacka!; 53 sec.>

Burning Spear – Fire Down Below; Presenting (Studio One) ‘72
Errol Dunkley – Baby I Love You; Darling Ooh (Attack) ‘72
Judy Mowatt – Zion Chant; Black Woman (Shanachie) ‘76

Set 4:

The Wailers – Lively Up Yourself; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition); Live at Leeds UK; 11/23/73

downloadleeds — Lively up yourself and don’t be no drag. Reggae is another bag

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital Set

Bam Bam – Slave; Power of a Woman (Bam Bam International) ’87; female artist out of Los Angeles: Vinyl is V-Ital Set
Horace Andy – Mr. Bassie; Don’t Stop (Island in the Sun) ’85 Corona, NY
Toyan – Herb Transplant; Every Posse Want Me (Live & Learn) ’83 DC
Amjam – Give the People; Live Off the Board (Celluloid) ’87 US; Am(erican)Jam(aican)

downloadbam — SoCal Reggae. Features Hunt Sales of David Bowie/Tin Machine fame

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45s

<Rarest Reggae not on Digital; 35 sec.>

Michael Palmer – Don’t Smoke the Seed; 7” (Hitbound) ’83 JA herbtune

<NORML sez: 10 billion in legal weed sales this year; 4 down, 46 to go! 33 sec.>

Earth & Stone – Run Home; 7” (Channel One) ’77 JA

<Chinese Jamaican Producers: HooKim Brothers; 25 sec.>

Ansel & the Meditations – Tricked; 7” (Scandal) ’76 JA
Giginri – Zion ‘Iah; 7” (Harry J) ’73; nyah update

NORML – National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: $10 billion sold

mjarches — $10 billion in 2015. Legal weed. 4 down, 46 to go!

Set 7:

Rhoda Dakar – Let’s Do Rocksteady; Cleaning in Another Woman’s Kitchen (Moon Ska) 2007 acoustic update of 2 Tone Ska

<Rhoda Dakar bio; 9 sec.>

Fred Locks – Vision of Redemption; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003
Aldubb Meets Ras Perez – Tommy; Aldubb Meets Ras Perez (One Drop) 2010 Germany herbtune
Fun Boy Three – Going Home; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83 2 Tone group

<2 Tone commentary against Racists in Britain; 23 sec.>

Dillinger – Crabs in My Pants; Cocaine (Charly) ‘83

<James Brown = Ants in his Pants; Dillinger = Crabs in his pants; 16 sec.>

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Dubblestandart feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry & GuGabriel – Chase the Devil (Sin City Mix); Marijuana Dreams (Echo Beach) 2010 Austria, Max Romeo cover
Zion Train – Love the Earth; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance dub
Marga – The Chronic; 10” (Reality Shock) 2007 herbtune
Dubadelic – High; Below the Radar (ROIR) 2001: Best of WordSound Label
Jai-Alai Savant – Low Frequent See; Flight of the Bass Delegate (Gold Standard) 2007 Los Angeles punk dub

downloaddubble — Mutant Dub pedigree: Black Ark Jamaican, 70’s UK punkdub, Austrian mutant dub

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 2, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Longshot Kick de Bucket!

May 5, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

AmericanPharoah1ArkansasDerby2015CP298 — Nuff respect to Kentucky Derby Winner American Pharoah. Sip your “mint julep” pon the left hand side!

Greetings,

<Reggae: The King’s music. Jamaican Blues>

Letting the smoke clear after Cannabis Service Month on Smile Jamaica

deb — Letting the smoke clear after celebrating Cannabis Service Month (April) Dennis Emmanuel Brown

Nonetheless, here are the high-lights of this week’s Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: May 2, 2015

<Musical high-lights over 3 hours; 75 sec.>

Set of horse racing songs for Kentucky Derby
Dub Album of the Week: Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile. Melodica and the Far East sound
First Saturday of the month: Rockers do Reggae – Black artists: rock, blues, jazz, funk & soul Reggae
Wailers Family Tree: Tosh acoustic, Wailers Live at Leeds, Bunny Liberation ’88, Lee “Scratch” Perry bassa-delica
Best of 25 Years: Baltimore, UK and a JA by way of DC
7″ Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM
Roots Dawtas: UK to JA
Vinyl is V-Ital midway
Mutant Dubbers last half hour

Garland-Jeffreys-Germany-1981-213x300 — **NYC Rocker goes to Jamaica: Black Artists do Reggae on Smile Jamaica**

bless, robt

Annotated Playlist: May 2, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: set lists, photos, captions, Reggae History Lessons

Set 1:

Dennis Brown – The Creator; Joseph’s Coat of Many Colours (Laser) ’80 UK

<Genesis 49: Verse 22-26 – Dennis Emmanuel Brown; 23 sec.>

Augustus Pablo – Chant to King Selassie I; East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’78 Dub Album of the Week
Bunny Wailer – Serious Thing; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88
Aisha – Let’s All Unite; There is More to Life… (Twinkle) 2005 UK
Aswad – Bubblin’; 12” (Simba) ’85 UK

<Aswad – one of the first dozen added to the Smile J Ark-Ives, 1986; 21 sec.>

Jah Woosh – Collie Sound; Best of (Rhino) ’76 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Peter Tosh – Pick Myself Up; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); acoustic in KZEL, Eugene, Oregon

<Tosh rare acoustic live radio performance; 22 sec.>

download (93) — The Stepping Razor would have listened to Smile Jamaica. Jah’s Heavenly Choir gets Mixcloud?

Set 2: Kentucky Derby Tribute

<“Mint julep!” Drink or spliff?; 18 sec.>

Dillinger – Caymanas Park; 14K Gold Golden Hits (Scandal Bag) JA vinyl

<Caymanas Park Racetrack in Jamaica. 12 sec.>

<Reggae History Lesson: Chinese Jamaican jockeys; 16 sec.>

Abyssinians – In a Kalda; Reunion (AO!) ’98

<Dance to the Reggae Beat to the riddim of the horses’ feet!; 11 sec.>

<Reggae History Lesson: Abyssinia before it was Ethiopia; 4 sec.>

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; 12 sec.

Babylon 2-1 odds
Soul Youth 3-1
Rome Even money
Pope Pious 3-5, the big favorite; came up lame; 11 sec.

5. Dreadlock 8-1

6. Baldhead 15-1

The Winner: Dreadlock; 8 lengths!
Place: Baldhead
Show: Soul Youth

download (94) — Yes I! Dreadlock defeat Babylon. Pope Pious to the glue factory! Give Thanx! Selah!

Set 3: Monthly Rockers do Reggae: Black Music Artists; 8 sec.

Cymande – Zion I; Renegades of Funk (Newhouse) ‘72 UK black group “Dove of Peace; nyahbinghi style.

<Caribbean Expats in UK – Dove of Peace; 16 sec.>

Taj Mahal – Desperate Lover; Mo’ Roots (Columbia) ’74 Bob Andy cover
Ben Harper – You Can’t Blame the Youths; Reggae Sampler (Virgin) ’98 unreleased Peter Tosh cover
Garland Jeffreys – Bound to Get Ahead Someday; Garland Jeffreys (Collector’s Classics) ’73 NYC singer in JA

<NYC to JA. Byron Lee Dynmic All Stars; 31 sec.>

download (95) — Cymande: Guyana, Jamaica and Saint Vincent Exodus to UK: Doves of Peace

Set 3:

The Wailers – Stir It Up; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) Live at Leeds 11/23/73

<England too cold for Bunny Wailer; Nov. ’73; 23 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers w/ Wong Chu – Keep On Moving; 12” (Upsetter) ‘77

<What is twisted can not be straightened! What is not there cannot be counted! 5 sec.>

Althea & Donna – Oh Dread; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ‘78
Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad feat. Macka B – Devil Dance; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92

10 minutes of Lee “Scratch” Perry Black Ark psychedlia bass wobble. “What is twisted cannot be straightened!”

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital

Horace Andy – The Devil; Don’t Stop! (Island in the Sun) ‘85 Corona, NY
Charlie Chaplin – Electric Skank; Chaplin Chant (Tamoki Wambesi) UK
Triston Palmer – Nice Time; Nice Time (Jam Rock) ’82 Miami
Myrna Hague – Melody Life; Melody Life (Studio One) JA; Marcia Griffiths cover

Myrna-Hague-Melody-Life — A+ cover of Marcia Griffiths classic!

Set 5: Best of 25 Years of Smile Jamaica

The Tamlins – Baltimore; Taxi Fare (Heartbeat) ’80; Nina Simone cover; 13 sec.

Capital Letters – Run Run Run; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group
Peter Broggs – Just Because I’m a Rastaman; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ’82 DC
Akabu – Feeling Good; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’89 UK female group

download (96) — 1978 comeback cover of Randy Newman. Baltimore in the news.

Baltimore by Randy Newman

Beat-up little seagull
On a marble stair
Tryin’ to find the ocean
Lookin’ everywhere

Hard times in the city
In a hard town by the sea
Ain’t nowhere to run to
There ain’t nothin’ here for free

Hooker on the corner
Waitin’ for a train
Drunk lyin’ on the sidewalk
Sleepin’ in the rain

And they hide their faces
And they hide their eyes
’cause the city’s dyin’
And they don’t know why

Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live
Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live, just to live

Get my sister sandy
And my little brother ray
Buy a big old wagon
Gonna haul us all away

Livin’ in the country
Where the mountain’s high
Never comin’ back here
’til the day I die

Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live
Oh, baltimore
Man, it’s hard just to live, just to live

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM; 6 sec.

Rob Smarley (aka Albert Griffiths) – Holiday Ride; 7” (Portland) ’78 JA; 7” Jamaican Jukebox set

<Albert Griffiths as Rob Smarley? 14 sec.>

Anthony Johnson – Oh Jah; 7” (Corner Stone) JA
Lady Ann – Informer; 7” (Taxi) ’83 JA
Carlton Livingston – Chalice in Hand; 7” (Taxi) herbtune

Some sort of inside joke by The Gladiators lead singer? Albert Griffiths

Set 8: Mutant Dub*

*Programming Note: power surge from all the Mutant Dub bass knocked the station off air. Most of Jah Woosh and 2 Bad Card zapped by KRCL’s weak sauce transmitter. 2 minutes of dead air chopped from the stream. Mea culpa — the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. 21 sec.

Ari Up – Kill Em With Love (Collision) 2005 former lead singer of The Slits punk group; mutant dub set

<Reggae History Lesson: punk dubstress Ari Up: The Slits, New Age Steppers, solo 14 sec.>

The Archives feat. Ras Puma – Who’s Correct?; The Archives (ESL) 2012; Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation
Red I – Jahdgement Day; Jahdgement Day (Red I) Phillipines dub
Jah Woosh – Woodpecker Sound; Wild Paarty Sounds vol. 1 (ON U Sound) ‘81
2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; CD single (ON U Sound) ‘95
Jah Rej – Yes I; 12” (Jah Works)
African Head Charge – Fruit Market; Drastic Season (ON U Sound) ‘83

person-ariup1 — Ari Up of The Slits and New Age Steppers. Johnny Rotten was her father in law

Parting Shot Words of Wisdom: Do yourself a favor educate your mind!

Full-Rasta-Lion — The Lion of Judah shall break every chain and give I the Victory again and again…Robert “Nesta” Marley

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive (Stream + Tracklist): Apr. 25, 2015: Green Smoke!

April 28, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

No+Seeds+No+Stems+Just+Hits — All killer, no filler > Seeds ‘n’ Stems

Greetings,

Just could not resist the temptation to “rinse-out” maximum herbtunes to end Cannabis Service Month

4 hours and 20 minutes online. Plus 3 hours during Apr. 18. Give me MOAR!

Wanted to focus thematically on the various theme sets I tend to play.

Seven Leaves pon the Wailers Family Tree
Roots Dawtas – dissing Bill Clinton
7″ Jamaican Jukebox Canna-bliss
Vinyl is V-Ital Marijuana Wax
Best of Smile Jamaica Year 1 (1989-90) Herb jams: Don’t pee in my garden, or mushroom will grow!
Mutant Dub 420 Space Dust – UFOria

images (31) — “Out here on the perimeter there str no stars. We is Stoned Immaculate”….Jim Morrison 8 sec.

Holdovers! Never Leftovers!

<High-lights of the April 25 Ark-Ive; 75 sec.>

So before I pivot in a new direction, sip your cup one more time

<Cannabis History Lesson: Sip a Cup; 13 sec.>

bless, robt

download (89) — Sip a Cup. Not sippy cups.

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives April. 25, 2015

Annotated Playlist: Soundbytes, captions, photos, Reggae/Cannabis History Lessons

Set 1:

Bunny Wailer – This Train; Blackheart Man (Mango) ’76 US vinyl; Woody Guthrie cover

<Woody Guthrie Stylee; 20 sec.>

Reggae on Top All Stars – Cutting Dub; Chalice Dub Part One (Reggae on Top) ’95 UK mutant dub; Dub Album of the Week

<Psalm 18: Verse 8; 25 sec.>

Monty Montgomery – Seeds; Seeds (Red Oak) Atlanta vinyl
Aisha – Don’t Tell Me No Lies; Raise Your Voice (Twinkle) ‘95
10 Ft. Ganja Plant – Wailin’; bushrock (ROIR) 2009 Upstate NY; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Idren Natural & Seventh Sense – Sip-a-Cup; 12” (Jah Works) 2007 UK; mutant dub “Sip a cup” = smoke the chalice

download (90) — Gatefold LP. Summer 1987. Early addition to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 2: Seven Leaves pon the Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – Legalize It; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); KZEL Eugene, Oregon acoustic

<Peter talks about being beaten by cops; 13 sec.>

<Peter at KZEL. Eugene, Oregon; 35 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Cease Fire; Roots Radics Rockers Reggae (Shanachie) ’83: Ceasefire and light the chalice!
Ronnie Davis – Kaya; Jah Live (Music Club) Bob cover
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Easy Skankin’; Rehearsals bootleg ’78 bootleg

51433_01_360 — Peter nearly died on behalf of legalizing the Seven Leaf

Set 3: Roots Dawtas Set

Ganja Woman – Light Up Your Spliff; Pro Cannabis 4 (EFA) out of Germany; Roots Dawta Herb Set

<Slick Willy – 1996; 19 sec.>

<Slick Willy weed hypocrite; 9 sec.>

Ganja Woman:

Come on Mr. President, smoke the chronic. This time inhale! It beats gin & tonic!

Sister Carol – Wicked Collie; Jah Disciple (RAS) ’89 DC
Wendy Shaw – Sensimilla Crisis; Sing Out (Issachar) LA

download (91) — 2016: Same thing for breakfast

Set 4: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM

Frankie Paul – Bag a Collie; 7” (Prince Jazzbo Music); 7” update of Sugar Minott Oh Mr. D.C.
Ranking Devon – Pass the Chalice in a Circle; 7” (All Nation)
Short Man – Light Your Spliff; 7” (High Music)
Sister Nancy – Telephone Challice; 7” (Volcano)

Like R. Crumb’s well worn 78’s – pour some milk pon dem rice crispies!

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital Herb-wax

Doret Myers – One Draw; Reggae Hits of the 80’s (Joe Gibbs); ’83 Opa-Locka, Florida
Max Romeo – Quarter Pound of Ishence; Open the Iron Gate (Liberty) ’78 Nashville
Ranking Joe – Natty the Collie Smoker; Weakheart Fadeaway (Greensleeves) ‘78 UK

<How The Clash were almost The Weakhearts; 27 sec.>

Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus; Rally Round (Shanachie) ’85 Ho-Ho Kus, New Jersey; Best of

The-Clash1 — Reggae Lyrics: Culture’s 2 7’s Clash won out over Weakheart Fadeaway

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica (Year 1: 1989-90)

Johnny Osbourne – Mushroom; Fally Ranking (Greensleeves) ’80

<Don’t pee in my garden or mushroom will grow! 8 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Puff She Puff; Red (Mango) ‘81

<Black Uhuru – the #1 favorite of Pre-Smile Jamaica Reggae; 1986; 12 sec.>

Barry Brown – Sensimilla; Far East (Hitbound) ‘82
Charlie Chaplin – Chalice Burn; Take Two! (RAS) ’89 DC; recorded live in the studio like at a dancehall

images (30) — “Don’t pee in my garden, or mushroom will grow!”…Johnny Osbourne

Set 7: Herb Free Set

<Let the smoke clear!…>

<…Cuz the Studio is cloudy!>

Zema – Hit and Run; Overcome (Melchizedek) 2006; female artist out of LA
Black Slate – Thin Line Between Love and Hate; Amigo: Best of (Ensign) ’81; Persuaders soul cover

<Black Slate and Chrissie Hynde; 14 sec.>

The Pioneers – Slip Away; From the Beginning (Jet Star) ’70; Clarence Carter? Soul cover
Ethiopians – Train to Glory; Original Hits and More (Trojan) ‘68

download (92) — From the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 8: Mutant Dub 420 Space Dust

<Turn up your Subwoofer!; 8 sec.>

Soom T – They Call It Pot; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2010 female weedstepper out of Glasgow, Scotland
Aldubb Meets Ras Perez – Poppy; Aldubb Meets Ras Perez (One Drop) 2010 Germany
Mankind Liberation Front – Dope Dream; Grass Soundtrack (Mercury) 2000
Armagideon – Grow More Dub; Through the Haze (Dubhead) ‘98 UK
Dr. Israel & Brooklyn Jungle Sound System – Sensi Man; Black Rose Liberation (Baraka) 2001 Brooklyn
Thievery Corporation – Lebanese Blonde (French Version); CD Single (ESL) ’98 DC; herb flavor
The Archives feat. Ras Puma; Sensibility (The Archives) DC 2012

tumblr_mdtue1ONMB1r08wblo1_1280 — Bongrips on the Moon while listening to Smile Jamaica. I am so high right now! Is this Heaven?

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Apr. 18, 2015: 420 Canna-bliss Weekend in Kaya-tude! Makes Sensi to me!

April 20, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

<4 down, 46 to go!>

<Smile Jamaica’s 21st Annual Marijuana World Tour; 32 sec.>

Make way for Free Speech on Smile Jamaica’s 420 Marijuana World Tour

<Free Speech until they ban that too; 18 sec.>

High-lights of the 21st Annual Smile Jamaica Cannabis Service Show: Apr. 18, 2015

<Canna-bliss Service 21; 32 sec.>

April 18, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Annotated Playlist: soundbytes, photos, captions, Cannabis History Lessons

<Makes sensi to me!>

*Vinyl: 16 of 34 boomshots

Set 1:

Jah Woosh – Marijuana World Tour; Marijuana World Tour (Original) ’79 UK*
Sly & the Revolutionaries – LSD; Black Ash Dub (Trojan) ’80 Dub Album of the Week

<Cannabis History Lesson: LSD – brand of herbstock in Jamaica>

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

<The Mummy – smokin in his sarcophagi; 17 sec.>

<Free the Marijuana – We need foreign currency; 10 sec.>

Lovindeer – Free the Marijuana; De Blinkin’ Bus (TSOJ) ’82 JA*

Peter Tosh – Don’t Want to Get Busted; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); acoustic at KZEL Eugene, Jah-regon; 12 sec.

Bobby Culture, Louie Rankin, Brimstone & Fire – Big Big Bust – Tidal Wave (Unicorn) Woodstock, NY*
Jah Lloyd- Dispencer; Black Moses (Virgin Front Line) ’79 UK*

<Don’t want an injection, it will leave an infection; 15 sec.>

hqdefault (4) — The Marijuana World Tour. Taking you to the four corners of the Earth buying and smoking the herb and the by-products thereof

Set 2:

Joe Higgs – One Man Kutchie; Unity Is Power (1 Stop) ’79 UK*
Peter Culture – Coconut Chalwah; Behold 10” (Top Beat) 2000 UK*

<Cannabis History Lesson: Chalwah = Chalice; 12 sec.>

Freddie McGregor – Natural Collie; 12” (Soul Jazz) ‘82*
Zion Tribe – Herbissimo; Barre Chords (Ziontribe) ’97 SLC

download (83) — Coconut Chalwah (Chalice)

Set 3: Jamaican Jukebox of 45 RPM, 7″ Weed Singles

Black Uhuru vs. Black Sabbath – Guess Who’s Coming for Sweet Leaf; 7” (blank)*

<Michael Rose vs. Ozzy Osbourne; 13 sec.>

Queen Ifrica – Burn Some Herbs; 7” (Fire Links) 2005 JA*
Junior White – Free Up the Collie Weed for Independence; 7” *(Thoroughbred) ‘JA*
Prince Jazzbo – Brain Food; 7” (Ujama) ’86 JA dj to Horace Ferguson “Sensi Addct”*

<Cannabis History Lesson: Brain Food; 10 sec.>

funny-celebrity-pictures-ozzy-osbourne — Heard on Smile Jamaica. Guess Who’s Coming for Sweet Leaf. 4 d own, 46 to go!

<Rub a Dub Sabbath>

Set 4: Smoking Spliff with Queen Eliza-biff

<Light your Chalice inna Buckingham Palace; 40 sec.>

Heavy Manners – Taking the Queen to Tea; Heavier Than Now (Novo) ’96 Jah-cago, Ill.; smoking spliff w/ Queen Elizabeff
Peter Tosh – Buk in Hamm Palace; Mystic Man (EMI America) ‘79
Dillinger – Buckingham Palace; CB 200 (Mango) ‘76
U Roy – Chalice in the Palace; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy)

<Chalice in the Palace!>

download (85) — “I am not amused, Mr. Smile Jamaica!”

Set 5:

Bob Marley – Marley-juana Minimix (Smile Jamaica rmx); All of Bob’s herbtunes mashed up; 10 sec.

Eek a Mouse – Sensee Party; Skidip (Greensleeves) ’82 UK vinyl*
Jimmy Riley – Sweet Sensimilla; Put the People First (Shanachie) ’82 Ho-Ho Kus, New Jah-sey vinyl*
Loi – One Draw; 12” (Abraham) female vox on Rita Marley cover*

download (86) — Eek a Mouse either going to or coming form a Sensee Party

Set 6:

The Toyes – Smoke Two Joints; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96 US
Easy Star All Stars feat. Sluggy Ranks – Speak to Me (Breathe in the Air); Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003 US; Pink Floyd bongrips
The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96; Boris Pickett Jah-loween cover
Jacob Miller – Healing of the Nation; Reggae Greats (Mango) ’84 US; Revelation 22:2. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nation*

<Healing of the Nation – Revelation 22:2; 11 sec.>

<no tobacco in the Holy Land; 20 sec.>

Carlton Livingston – 100 Weight of Collie Weed; 100 Weight of Collie Weed (Greensleeves) ‘84*

download (87) — People get busted one of 3 ways; 1 – family and loved ones turn you in; 2 – careless while driving; 3 – bad luck

Set 7: Mutant Dub Set

<Acoustic levitation inna Irie Meditation!>

Bush Chemists – Light Up Your Spliff; Light Up Your Spliff (Bush Chemists)
Thievery Corporation – Lebanese Blonde; It Takes a Thief (ESL); herb flavor

<Cannabis History Lesson: Lebanese blonde; 6 sec.>

Snoop Lion feat. Mavado & Popcaan – Reincarnation (Berhane Sound System) 2013 dubstep

<Snoop’s Holy Trinity: Weed, Jah, dubstep; 9 sec.>

King General & Bush Chemists – They Say (Sinsemilla Can’t Smoke); Money Run Tings (Conscious Sounds)
Kenny Knotts – Good Sensi; Gi Me de Music (Conscious Sounds)
Soom T – Saved By a Ganja Leaf; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2010; female weedstepper from Jah-scow, Scotland

download (88) — When the World legalizes the Seven Leaf, the Aliens will make contact

Smile Jamaica 4 hours and 20 minutes: 00 – Digital Dubplate Only; Online Show! A-Z Herbtunes

April 20, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

download (76) — 420 Weekend. 4 hours and 20 minutes of Cannabis Reggae/Dub posted at 4:20 AM. Go deh!

<Acoustic Levitation inna Irie Meditation>

Greetings,

<Smile Jamaica’s Bongrip Symphony; 2 min 45 sec>

<Livicated to the insomniacs, nite owls and graveyars shifters; 30 sec.>

Happy 420. Yeah, it’s a Monday but here is 4 hours and 20 minutes of Kaya-tude to get you through the case of the Mundanes. 20 sec.

Cooked this show up in my Secret Dubratory. About 50 songs devoted to the Seen Leaf with all my 80 plus Cannabis soundbytes, movie clips and other tomfoolery.

Played my favorite Seven Leaf gems from A to Z. Took a break to smoke some spliff with Queen Elizabeff

Then I wheeled it backwards from Z to A till it adds up to 260 minutes and zero seconds.

Livicated for the Night Owls, insomniacs and graveyard shifters. Posted at 4:20 AM. Wake ‘n’ bake!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica 2nd Annual Digital Dubplate Only, Online Canna-bliss Show

Playlist:

4:20 2015 A – Z vs. Z-A

0-30 min.

<1001 Names for the Seven Leaf; 1 min 14 sec.>

Aswad – Pass the Cup 12”; Not Satisfied (Deluxe Edition) (Columbia/Legacy) ’82 UK
Peter Broggs – International Farmer; International Farmer (RAS) ’82 DC
Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja 12” Disco Mix; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK
Sammy Dread – Plant Mi Sensi; Jah Live! (Heartbeat City) ‘98
Eek a Mouse – Ganja Smuggler; Live at Reggae Sunsplash (Genes) ‘83
Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collect) 2006:Los Jah-ngeles, Colly-fornya

Egypt one 043 — ‘” heard a coughin’ in the coffin when I pulled back the lid in that Egyptian Pyramid/1″

30-60 min.

<Ganja Choir; 1 min.>

Ganja Woman – Light Up a Spliff; Pro Cannabis 4 (EFA) German
HR – Who’s Got the Herb; I Luv (Railroad) ’91 Jah-tlanta, Jah-rgia
Inner Circle – Mary, Mary; Best of (Island) ‘92
Jah Lion – Colombia Colly; Colombia Colly (Mango) ’76; Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
King Sighta – Dolla Fe a Reaffer (sic); Master of All (Phil Pratt/Jet Set) ’76
Carlton Livingston – 100 Weight of Collie Weed; Retrospective (Grade One)

Carlton-Livingston-100-Weight-Of-Collie-Weed — Don’t drive 55 in a 35 with 100 Weight of Collie Weed in the trunk

60-90 min.

<The Hardstuff – 3 out of 10 will dead in a year; 20 sec.>

Niney & Max (Romeo) – Aily and Ailaloo; Blood and Fire
Johnny Osbourne – Mushroom; Fally Ranking (Greensleeves) ’72 UK
Pioneers – Feeling High; From the Beginning (Jet Star) best of 1969-1976
Queen Omega – Ganja Baby; Weed a Bun vol. 1 (Charm) 2005
Norris Reid – Collie Field; Roots & Vine (Rockers International) ’85 Augustus Pablo prod’n
Sister Carol – Wicked Collie; Jah Disciple (RAS) ’89 DC
Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ‘96
Toyes – Smoke Two Joints; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ‘96

download (77) — Freddie vs. Frankenstein. What no Green Hornet? No Green Lantern? Where is The Hulk?

90 min – 2 hr.

<Philosophy of Hash; 30 sec.>

UB40 – Mi Spliff; Baggariddim (DEP) ’85 UK
Vibronics & Weeding Dub – Sound of Reality; The French Connection (Hammerbass) 2012; harsh penalties for herb in France
Bunny Wailer – Cease Fire; Roots, Radics, Rockers, Reggae
Yellowman – Sensimilla; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz)
Benjamin Zephaniah – Get High; Rasta (Workers Playtime) ’89 UK dub poet

download (78) — Cease Fire….and light the chalice….will bear you no malice….

2-2 and ½ hr.

<Hemp in India; 1 min 37 sec.>

10 Ft. Ganja Plant – 10 Ft. Ganja Plant & Weed; bushrock (ROIR)
Bush Chemists – Light Up Your Spliff; Light Up Your Spliff (Conscious Sounds); ’96 UK: Smoking spliff wif Queen Elizabeth Set
U Roy – Chalice in the Palace; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy)
Heavy Manners – Taking the Queen to Tea; Heavier Than Now (NeVo) ’96; female vox; Jah-cago, Ill. ska group
Dillinger – Buckingham Palace; CB 200 (Mango) ’76
Peter Tosh – Buk in Hamm Palace; Mystic Man (EMI America) ‘79

download (79) — Queen Victoria smoked herb to cope with brutal menstrual cramps. Smoking spliff wif Queen Elizabiff

<Marijuana Lab Rat; 1 min 8 sec.>

2 and ½ – 3 hr.:

2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; CD Single (ON U Sound) ’85 UK
Zion Train feat. Afrikan Simba – Healing of the Nation; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK mutant dub; Revelation 22:2
Yellowman – Don’t Burn It down; Don’t Burn It Down (Shanachie) ‘88
Sylford Walker & Welton Irie – Lambsbread + Lambread International (Blood and Fire) ‘79
Linval Thompson – I Love Marijuana; I Love Marijuana (Trojan) ’78; riddim shower (vox)

download (82) — Your red headed friend – Lambsbread. Fluffy like a lamb’s tail

3 – 3 ½ hr.

<Parents Beware: pot = violent crime = murder; 35 sec.>

Ranking Dread – Marijuana in My Soul; Rockers From Channel One (Trojan); riddim shower (dj)
Soom T – Saved by a Ganja Leaf; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari); 2000 female weedstepper form Jah-sgow, Scotland
Big Joe & Bim Sherman – Natty Cale; Tribulation (Pressure Sounds) ’78
Rupie & Sidy – Herbert Spliffington; Rupie’s Scorchers (Trybute)
Pupajim – International Farmer; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 2 (Jahtari) 2010 Jah-many; Peter Broggs dubstep cover
Melodians – Irie Feeling; Irie Feeling (RAS) ’83 DC
Meditations – Woman Piabba; Reggae Crazy (Nighthawk); ’76 St. Louis label, best of
King Kong – Legalize It; Rumble Jumble Life (Massive B) ’97
Barrington Levy – Sensimilea; Trojan Ganja Reggae Box Set (Trojan)
Gregory Isaacs – Mr. Cop; Reasoning With the Almighty (Trojan) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n

Experimental Agriculture Farm in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province — International Farmer. I hope that’s Afghani Primo

3 and ½ hr. – 4 hr.

<80% of first time cannabis users die first toke; 32 sec.>

Clive Hunt & the Dub Dancers – Satta I; & the Dub Dancers (Makasound) 2008
Fun Boy Three – Farmyard Connection; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83: two farmers named Peter & Bob
Ethiopians – Well Red; Original Reggae Hit Sound (Trojan)
Ronnie Davis – Kaya; Trojan Ganja Reggae Box Set (Trojan) ’78 Marley cover
Culture – International Herb; International Herb (Shanachie) ’79 UK
Black Slate – Legalise Collie Herb; Amgo: Best of (Ensign) ’80 UK
Jah Stitch – Jamaican Collie; Bushyard Telegram (Tamoki Wambesi); over Winston Jarrett

download (80) — Smile Jamaica’s Adventures in Kaya-tude for 25 years. 4 down, 46 to go!

4 hr. – 4 hr. 20 min.

<Music While Stoned; 14 sec.>

Tristan Palma – Sensimilla; Return of the Rub-a-Dub Style (Echodelic Sound)
Joseph Cotton – Nuh Eat From Morning; Jah Warrior & Friends (Hammerbass) 2003 Fr.; mutant dub
The Itals – Herbs Pirates; Calling Rastafari (Nighthawk) ’82 St. Louis, Jah-ssouri
Trinity Verses Dillinger – Rizla Skank; Trinity Verses Dillinger (Bush Ranger) ‘77

download (81) — Thanks for listening to Smile Jamaica’s Digital Dubplate 4/20 Canna-bliss Show. 4 hours 20 min 0 seconds

<Don’t be a thrillseeker; 8 sec.>

Smile Jamaica Preview: Apr. 18, 2015: Canna-bliss Service Weekend!

April 18, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

images (22) — Happy Cannabliss Service Weekend from the Smile Jamaica ArkIves!

Smile Jamaica live every Saturday 4-7 PM Mtn. Time:

90.9FM in Utah
Stream: Tune In Radio
Mixcloud – Bobbylon: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives + Digital Dubplates
Ark-Ive. Here on Smile Jamaica blog; without commercial interruptions
Twitter: SmileJ_KRCL for live alert and stream upload/blog posts

Greetings,

“4 down, 46 to go!”

Been away two weeks fundraising for listener supported Community Radio station KRCL. Thanks to any and all who made contributions to keep Reggae Radio and my 25 plus years running well hot. You Kings ‘n’ Queens helped us pull in $22k for KRCL on 6 total hours. Pretty great for a late afternoon, ethnic music show. Give thanks! blessings!

So let’s celebrate with a blowout.

<Alien Weed Attack; 30 sec.>

Cannabis? No! Canna-bliss. We’re gwaan celebrate free speech for three hours on Smile Jamaica devoted to the Seven Leaf. The Weed of Wisdom. The Healing of the Nation on your station that rules the nation.

420-playlist-elite-daily-800x400 — 3 Hours of herbtunes, Seven Leaf black wax. 420, or 4/20 or 4:20 – it’s herbal meditation inna irie vegetation on Smile Jamaica

Here’s what I did today

Bakefest of Champions
Popped an Allegra D (my allgergies are brutal this year)
Cratedug on behalf of Record Store Day
Camped out in my Secret Dubratory brewing up a 4 hour and 20 minutes. Zero seconds Digital Dubplate only version excursion for Mixcloud and the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. Herbtunes, movie clips and soundbytes inna Seven Leaf stylee.

As I did last year

I will upload that show, Year 2, on April 20th, Monday at 4:20 AM. Night owls this one’s for you!

tumblr_mgw63bMPty1qc17seo1_500 — Digital Dubplate Caanna-bliss Service Weekend – Apr. 20, Monday, 4:20 AM. 4 hours and 20 minutes. Zero seconds to the Seven Leaf. For Niteowls, insomniacs and the graveyard shifters

I’m in a real Vinyl mood this afternoon. Pulling Musical Cannabis “nugs” from the shelves in the ]Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives makes me want to rinse out some rarities for surety.

High-lights of the Show

7″ Jamaican Jukebox of 45 RPM: Black Uhuru vs. Ozzy Osbourne
Roots Dawtas
Mutant Dub Space Dust last half hour
Wailers Family Tree
Vinyl is Vital midway

Check it out but you bettter be a “responsible listener” or else…

<Johnny Law in your rear view…>

Smile Jamaica live every Saturday 4-7 PM Mtn. Time:

90.9FM in Utah
Stream: Tune In Radio
Mixcloud – Bobbylon: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives + Digital Dubplates
Ark-Ive. Here on Smile Jamaica blog; without commercial interruptions
Twitter: SmileJ_KRCL for live alert and stream upload/blog posts

download (75) — About time to start earning that Nobel Peace Prize. Executive Order – Legalize Marijuana in all 50 states. UN Security Council legalizes it for the entire world. Anunnaki have already legalized it in the Galaxy

Cannabis Service Weekend on Smile Jamaica: Read your Bible!

April 17, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

db59e8058c02bc89f4cd60d0588fb945 — Celebrating 1 Year on the Web at the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives! Selah

Greetings,

***From the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives legal offices of Dewey, Cheatem & Howe, please read the following disclaimer***

**The operator of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives wishes those reading to know that we do not endorse, encourage or engage in illegal activity. These writings are in spirit with anti-authoritarian subcultures and are meant solely for informational and or educational purposes only. Edutaiment isn’t illegal….yet***)

marijuana_funny_pic_retro_celebrity_news_pot_smokers — Herbert Spliffington, Esq. Legal counsel for the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. From the law firm of Dewey, Cheatem & Howe

4 down, 46 to go!

A year ago I finally turned aspiration into action. And after 25 years of Reggae Radio decided it was time for the Smile Jamaica blog. One more guy on the Internet with an opinion.

I started it out with the 20 Days of Cannabis Service Month. But it mainly became a forum to upload the Smile Jamaica Playlists and links to the Smile Jamaica Show Archives Podcasts. Or Ark-Ives as I call it. As in Black Ark – Lee “Scratch” Perry.

I quickly developed the system of cutting up 3 hours of Radio sound into soundbytes, clips and Reggae History Lessons. Upload the .mp3s. Add some photos and captions. How do you liven up a long list of songs? Week after week. Year after year for a quarter century.

So a year later, I have a crocus bag full of Cannabis Soundbytes. The Seven Leaf Symphony.

<Cannabis History Reggae Lesson – Crocus Bag; 16 sec.>

download (73) — Filled this crocus bag with about a 100 Seven Leaf sound bytes over the past year on the Smile Jamaica blog

So for the 4:20 Weekend, I am going to string a whole heap of air checks from Smile Jamaica that talk about the Seven Leaf:

Read your Bible: 30 sec.

brnt-offering — The Holy Bible. For reading not rolling

Roll a lickle spliff with di papyrus

e7961-the2bblue2blotus2bancient2begypt2bsacrament — Hey Thoth. You have any papyrus so we can smoke a little Sensimenia on our trip to Mesopotamia?

Smile Jamaica – Healing of the Nations (Revelations 22: 2); 30 sec.

Revelation 22:2. New Testament

It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.

Ergo, partake of the Seven Leaf with a fresh crop each month for the healing of the nation. Come together as a community in harmony

Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it

There was no tobacco in the Holy Land during Old Testament times. That was green smoke emanating from the Israelite nasal passages

10431700_10152091861825997_1123346574332416576_n — It’s not recreational. It is Biblical

<Don’t h8, time to appreciate!; 2 sec.>

gerbil-smoking — Don’t be a gerbil. Get down with the herbal!

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 28, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Roots Dawta Showcase

April 2, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

images (20) — Smile Jamaica’s Holy Trinity: Roots, Vinyl and Sistren vocalists/deejays

Greetings,

<Livicated to the Mothers, Sistas and Dawtas; 10 sec.>

Smile Jamaica pays tribute to Women’s History Month (March) with a special show pulled from the Ark-Ives:

Roots Dawtas Vinyl – Black Wax Blowout

<Vinyl sound authentically rootsy; 8 sec.>

High-lights of the 3 hours: 80 sec.

Annotated Playlist of the March 28, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives:

Set 1

Sis Nya – Works of Jah; Jah Music (Jah Shaka) ’87 UK; 3 Hours of Roots Dawtas
GG All Stars – Changing Dub; Dub a de Number One (Heartbeat); Dub Album of the Week; Gregory Isaacs dubs
Aisha – For Salvation; Daughters of Zion (Twinkle) ’93 UK
Casselberry-DuPree’ – War; City Down (Icebergg) ’86 Milwaukee, Jahs-consin; Marley cover of Selassie UN Speech

<Haile Selassie speech to United Nations. Bob created “War”; 25 sec.>

Aura Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry – Full Experience; Full Experience (Blue Moon) Fr. EP
Rita Marley – One Draw; Reggae Party From Jamaica (Disc International) ’83 Fr.; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<4 down, 46 to go!; 8 sec.>

Natural Beauty – Nice Up Dancee; 12” (Must Dance) ’86 UK

<Bubble wif a 2 spliff ‘n’ 2 Heineken; 12 sec.>

$(KGrHqV,!qMFBnboLiN!BQqikk55j!~~60_35 — Early favorite from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: 2 spliff ‘n’ 2 Heineken

Set 2:

Norma King – Hot Child in the City; 12” (Zion Love) ’88 Canada; Nick Gilder pop cover

<Canadian Reggae cover of One Hit Wonder; 23 sec.>

Robotiks feat. Joanna Cassar & Sandra Cross; Echoes of Deaf Journalists; My Computer’s Acting Strange (Ariwa) ’86 UK

<In order to get a 5 star review, you must pay your magazine ads! 13 sec.>

Sis Bee & Jah Woosh – Pure Brutality; Rebellion (Federation of Reggae Music) Ireland
Pauline – Babylon; In Progress (People Unite) ’84 UK

download (68) — Canadian One Hit Wonder: Hot Child in the City, Running Wild and Looking Pretty

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Marcia Griffiths – Let Them Say; Rock My Soul (56 Hope Road) ’84 JA; Wailers Family Tree Set

<Marcia Griffiths & Bob Andy; 28 sec.>

Judy Mowatt – First Cut; Mellow Mood (Ashandan) ’75 JA; Cat Stevens cover
The I Three – Baby Be True; Beginning (EMI America); ’86 US; Leroy Sibbles cover

<The I-Three, Not I Threes; 11 sec.>

Set 4:

The Selecter – Celebrate the Bullet; Celebrate the Bullet (Chrysalis) ’81 UK; 2 Tone ska feat. Pauline Black on vox
Sista Ruby – Gimmi Mi Ganja; Woman DJ (Keyman) ’99 UK; herbtune
Mystic Youth feat. I-Skeeda & the Irie-Ites; Best Wishes (Sunship) Rasta Cruz, Collie-fornya; youth group with female vox

<Gem from the 99 cent crate: Mystic Youth; 8 sec.>

>Land of Fruits & Nuts – Junior high kids hail up the Seven Leaf, WTF?; 35 sec.>

Sheila Hylton – The Bed’s Too Big Without You; 12” (Island) ’80; Police cover

IMG_1284-450x450 — Great youth reggae group from the Land of Fruits & Nuts

Set 5: Dub Poetesses

<Dub Poetresses; 13 sec.>

Louise Bennett – Long Time Gal; Miss Lou!: Yes M’Dear (Island); ’83 UK live mento, calypso; Dub Poetess set

<Miss Lou: national treasure of Jamaica; 23 sec.>

Sister Netifa – Traveller; Woman Determined (Aluta) ’88 UK; about the Middle Passage

<Middle Passage: slaves to the New World, sugar to Europe, money to buy more slaves in Africa; 20 sec.>

Lillian Allen – Conditions Critical; Conditions Critical (Redwood) ’87 Canadian poet via Emeryville, Collie-fornya
Jean “Binta” Breeze – Tracks + Nanny; Tracks (LKJ) ’91 UK

<Binta – dawta in Arabic, Swahili; 22 sec.>

<Nanny – national hero of Jamaican revolution against British occupiers; 23 sec.>

jamaican_hero_nanny_maroon2 — Nanny – Jamaican hero. Legend has it she could fire bullets from a delicate part of her anatomy to terrorize the Brits

Set 6: Deejays

UB40 feat. Sister V – V’s Version; Baggariddim (DEP) ’85 UK; toaster over Version Girl

<Baggariddim – UK; Little Baggariddim US; 45 sec.>

Sister Carol – Dance Hall Style; Liberation for Africa (Serious Gold) ’83 DC
Super Chick – Roach Killer; Sleeping Bag’s Reggae Dance Hall Classics (Sleeping Bag) New Jah-sey; Roach Killer: J’can slang for leather pointed toe shoes

<Roach Killer – Jamaican shoes worn in the dancehalls; 215 sec.>

Althea Ranking – Just Rocking; 12” (Go de Jockey) ’81 JA; ½ of female deejay duo: Althea & Donna

Set 7: Soul to Disco

Maxine Miller – C.C. Rider; Showcase (Wackies) ’80 Chuck Willis cover

<Chuck Willis – CC Rider’ 12 sec.>

<Reggae History Lesson: Lloyd Barnes’ Wackies label; 10 sec.>

Blood Sisters – Ring My Bell; 12” (Soul Jazz) ’79 UK; cover of Anita Ward disco classic

<Disco is not a four letter world in Reggae or on Smile Jamaikca; 28 sec.>

RINGBELL — Always a Reggae cover of a soul or disco hit song

Set 8: Mutant Dubstresses; 5 sec.

Sinead O’Connor – Jah Nuh Dead; Throw Down Your Arms; (That’s Why There’s Chocolate & Vanilla) 2005 UK Burning Spear cover

<Sinead O’Connor: Mutant Dubstress; 40 sec.>

New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Some Love; Foundation Steppers (ON U Sound) ’83 UK

<Ari Up: New Age Steppers, The Slits vocalist>

The Slits – Man Next Door; 12” (Human Records) ’80 UK; cover of John Holt & the Paragons
Akabu – Africans United; Akabu (Viva) ’89 UK
Rasheda – I Jah Love; 12” (Zion Gate) 2007 Fr.; Don Carlos cover

download (71) — Anti papist. Jah nuh dead

Smile Jamaica Preview: March 28, 2015: Roots Dawta Extravaganza!

March 28, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

download (2) — Smile Jamaica’s Tribute to Women’s History Month: 3 Hours of Roots Dawtas

Smile Jamaica live every Saturday 4-7 PM Mtn. Time:

90.9FM in Utah
Stream: Tune In Radio
Mixcloud – Bobbylon: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives + Digital Dubplates
Ark-Ive. Here on Smile Jamaica blog; without commercial interruptions
Twitter: SmileJ_KRCL for live alert and stream upload/blog posts

Greetings,

<Roots Dawta 3 Hour Showcase; 18 sec.>

Smile Jamaica celebrates Women’s History Month today: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 28, 2015

Top Rank Disco Mix
Lovers Rock
Mutant Dawtas
Wailers Family Tree
Herbstresses
Dub Poetesses

All vinyl! 3 hours

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica live every Saturday 4-7 PM Mtn. Time:

90.9FM in Utah
Stream: Tune In Radio
Mixcloud – Bobbylon: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives + Digital Dubplates
Ark-Ive. Here on Smile Jamaica blog; without commercial interruptions
Twitter: SmileJ_KRCL for live alert and stream upload/blog posts

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 21, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Nowruz Mubarak Edition

March 25, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

First show of Spring. Here is what is in store for the 3 hours: of Smile Jamaica: March 21, 2015. 85 sec.

Annotated Playlist: March 21, 2015: Smile Jamaica

Set 1:

Azeem & Session – Pass It On; Live and Direct (M. Al’s) Berkeley, Collie-fornya vinyl
Israel Vibration – Dub Worries; Same Song Dub (RAS) ’78 Dub Album of the Week
Judy Mowatt – King of Kings; By the Rivers of Babylon (Shanachie); Rasta compilation

<Judy Mowatt – Wailers Family Tree; 25 sec.>

The Archives feat. Lenny Kurlou – Why Can’t We Live Together (ESL) 2012; Timmy Thomas soul cover; ½ of Thievery Corporation

<Timmy Thomas soul original; 18 sec.>

Courtney Melody – Bad Boy; 24 Karat Gold (Shanachie) DJ Yonnie megamix
Horace Andy – Poor Johnny; See and Blind (Heartbeat Europe) ’98; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Poor Johnny chose cocaine over sensi 22 sec.>

Barry Isaac – Mission Against Herbs (Original Vocal Mix 2); 10” (Reggae on Top) bonus herbs, 2008 militant steppers

<4 down, 46 to go!>

Set 2: Best of 25 Years

George Faith – To Be a Lover (Have Mercy); To Be a Lover (Island) ’77; Lee “Scratch” Perry mix, William Bell soul cover; Riddim Shower (1): vox
The Upsetters – Love Version; Rhythm Shower (Trojan) ’70; Riddim Shower (2): Version – to Shenley Duffus vox

<Reggae History Lesson: Riddim Shower; 17 sec.>

Althea & Donna – The West; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78
Ranking Dillinger – See and Blind; None Stop Disco Style (Clocktower)

download (66) — Reggae loves classic soul

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

The Wailers – Get Up Stand Up; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong); Live at Leeds 11/23/73
Bunny Wailer – Dash Wey the Vial; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88
Peter Tosh – Fire Fire (Babylon Burning); Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds) acoustic live at KZEL: Eugene Oregon

<Six Degrees of Smile Jamaica: Peter Tosh acoustic KZEL Eugene Oregon; 70 sec.>

images (1) — Oregon to Minneapolis to Smile Jamaica to Sacramento to Los Angeles to UK

Set 4:

Sister Nancy – Transport Connection; 600% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)

<Reggae History Lesson: Singjay; 13 sec.>

Murray Man – Hands Up; 10” (Meditative Sounds) 2008 Sweden militant steppers

<Reggae History Lesson: Militant Steppers; 9 sec.>

The Specials – Rat Race; Stereo-Typical: A’s, B’s & Rarities (EMI) 2 Tone ska box set
Prince Far I – Commandment of Drugs; Message From the King (Virgin Front Line) ‘78

<He who traffics in dope, will hang by a rope….Prince Far I; 12 sec.>

download (67) — Gravel voiced deejay – Prince Far I. Murdered/assassinated/unsolved murder 1983

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

<bonus tune in Vinyl sets! 10 sec.>

U Brown – Chalice to Chalice; Third World Disco vol. 1 (Third World) ’77 UK herbtune

<Reggae History Lesson: Disco for Rockers Reggae 15 sec.>

Lovindeer – Grow the Ganja; De Blinkin’ Bus (TSOJ) ’82 JA
Ini Kamoze – Settle With Me; Statement (Mango) ’84 US
Ken Boothe – I Know It; Reggae For Lovers (Generation) ’79 Missisauga, Ontario
Sis Nya – Babylon Trap; Jah Music (Jah Shaka) ’87 UK

images (17) — My life spins at 33 1/3 RPM

Set 6:

The Selecter – Carry Go Bring Come; Too Much Pressure (Chrysalis) ’80; Justin Hines 2 Tone ska cover
Big Youth – Dread Organ; Dreadlocks Dread (Virgin Front Line) ‘78 harmonica dub
New Wave & the Rebel Arms – My Girl; Cobra Style (Heartbeat); Family Barrett prod’n
Dennis Brown – Open the Gates; 10” (Observer Gold)

<Reggae History Lesson: How Niney the Observer got his name; 9 sec.>

downloadniney — Niney the Observer: Record production safer than working on the docks

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45 RPM

The Meditations – Standing on the Corner; 7” (blank) ’78
Owen Gray – Turning Point; 7” (TR Groovemaster) ’77; Tyrone Davis soul cover
Hortense Ellis – Secretly; 7” (Studio One)
Keble Drummond – Dangerous; 7” (Mod)
Max Romeo – I Chase the Devil; Babylon Central (ESL ;76; Riddim Shower (1): vox
Peabody & Sherman – I Chase the Iron Man; 7” (blank); Max Romeo meets Black Sabbath

<You’ve got Black Sabbath in my Max Roemo!; 28 sec.>

ozzyweed — Ozzy vs. Max Romeo – I Chase the Iron Man

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Zion Train Sound System; Fuck the Nazis (Trancemasters Remix); ’95
Ranking Joe – World in Trouble; Twilight Circus Remixed : Dubwise (M) Dutch dubber 2004
Dreadzone – Shining Path; Second Light (Virgin) ‘95
Botom Botom – Show Me the Vibes; This is Not a Stereotype (Hammerbass) French w/ female vox
808 feat. UB40 – One in Ten; CD single (Tommy Boy) ‘92

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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