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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): March 4, 2017: Vinylicious Spring Cleaning!

March 10, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Winter is when I usually spend the most time in my Ark-Ives. Organizing, sorting, reminiscing about how and where I bought these musical curios.

I had a couple days off and was really in a vinyl listening mood. After 30 years on the shelf, the vinyl still sounds criss as the Rasta might say (aka crisp).

Doubt any of these are readily found on .mp3 and not many on CD. Gems and obscurities for surety!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 4, 2017: Vinylicious!; 37 sec.

Set 1:

Natural Roots – Children of Jah; Natural Roots (Only Roots) ’84 Fr. – Vinyl is Vital Show
Jah Shaka – Zulu Chalice; Sensi Dub vol. 5 (Original) ’91 Dub Album of the Hour
The Morwells – Educate Your Mind; Best of (Nighthawk) ’81 St. Louis
Matumbi – Music in the Air; Seven Seals (Harvest) ’78 UK green vinyl
Mighty Diamonds – Stand Up to Your Judgement; Stand Up to Your Judgement (Hitbound) ’78 JA: Request
The Jay Tees – A Prayer to Jah; Pirates Choice (Studio One) ’81 JA female duo
Ras Shaka – Ganja Parrot; Melchizedek Vibes (Melchizedek) ’96 Florida herb tune

Do yourself a favor and educate your mind

Set 2: 4:20 Cannabis Set

Sugar Minott- International Herb; Jamming in the Street (Wackies) ’86 Bronx
The Melodians – Irie Feeling; Irie Feeling (RAS) ’83 DC
Prince Far I – Don’t Deal With Folly; Free From Sin (Trojan) ’79 UK

<Don’t deal with folly, smoke up the collie!>

Steel Pulse – Drug Squad; Caught You (Island) ’80 UK
Jean Binta Breeze – Dubwise + Confusion; Tracks (LKJ) ’91 UK female dub poet

<Binta: Arabic & Swahili for Dawta; 4 sec.>

Set 3:

Reggae Regular – Tribute to the D.J. (Greensleeves) ’84 UK
Simple Simon – Judgement Time; Bad Man (Kingdom) ’85 UK Eek a Mouse singjay
Oku Onuora & AK7- Slum Dweller Declares + Dread Times; Pressure (Heartbeat) ’84JA dub poet
Scientist – The Anti-Christ; Dub 911 (Nature Sounds) 2005 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Leroy Sibbles – Rock and Come On; On Top (Micron) ‘82 Can.
Riot Squad – Peacemaker; What the Hell is Going On (Riot Squad Inc) ’89 Margate FL
Tad’s Logic Dub Band – Science; Chapter 1 Dub Mix (Tad’s) ’84 UK: Thomas Dolby inna rub a dub stylee; 13 sec.

The Clash – Bankrobber/Robber Dub; Black Market Clash (Nu Disk) ’80 10” EP Mikey Dread prod’n

<$90 dollars Phoenix vinyl; $4 Randy’s Records bought 1986; 35 sec.>

Set 5: Roots Dawtas

Rasta Generation Band feat. Miss Mack – Cracking Up; Stand by Jah (Black Spade) ’90 San Francisco
Blondie – The Tide Is High; Top Chrysalis 2 (Chrysalis) ’80 US Paragons cover
Sister Carol – None of Babylon Business; Liberation For Africa (Serious Gold) ’83 DC
Sis Nya – Zion I; Jah Music (Jah Shaka) ’87 UK

Set 6:

Twinkle Brothers – Let The Music Play; Burden Bearer (Twinkle) ’83
The Vision – Youth Dub; Dub Vision (Funfundvierzig) ’88 West. Germany Green vinyl
Willin Prophets – Pressure; Resurrection EP (1Up) ’87 LA
Ruffy & Tuffy – If The Third World War Is a Must; Climax (Black Star) ‘88 Finland

<War with Russia; 63 sec.>

Version Dread – Dub Specialist (Heartbeat/Studio One) 18 Dub shots from Studio One, Dub Album of the Hour; 16 sec.

youthman brothers – If the Third World War is a must Russia and American haffi bust. Prophecy!

Set 7:

Wayne Wade – What’s Going On; Poor and Humble (Live & Learn) ’82 DC
Tony Tuff – Follow Fashion; Sailing (Park Heights)

<Jamaican saying: Follow Fashion Monkey>

The Shakers – Emergency Call; Yankee Reggae (Elektra) ’76 Judy Mowatt covery by American band

<The Shakers – Rolling Stone’s worst Reggae LP ever released; 16>

Frankie Paul – Brothers; Strictly Reggae Music (Londisc) ’84 JA

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Alpha & Omega – King & Queen; King & Queen (Alpha & Omega) ’89 UK trance dub w/ female vox
Basement 5 – Work: Dub; In Dub (Island) ’80 UK – future members of Big Audio Dynamite
Dub Syndicate feat. Skip McDonald – Roots Commandment; Echomania (ON U Sound) ’93 UK
Moody Boys – A.U.N.; Journey into Dubland (XL) ’90 UK
Martin Campbell – Everywhere I Walk; Rootsman the Real Thing (Chanel One UK) ’98 UK
Singers & Players feat. Brent Dowe – These Eyes; Vacuum Pumping (ON U Sound) ’89 Melodians singer on the Guess Who
Creation Rebel – Starship Africa Part 1; An ON U Journey Through Time and Space; 10” (ON U Sound) 2015 picture sleeve

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 25, 2017: Spring Soon Come; Winter Soon End!

March 3, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

The best thing about February? Only 28 days of Winter. Every Saturday it gets a little lighter later in the show. Soon come Spring weather and maximum daylight.

So until we can put our winter gear away, let’s run the bass for put a smile pon your face!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 25, 2017; 45 sec.

Set 1:

Lawrence H – Love Jah; Studio One Sales Conference (Studio One) ’75 JA vinyl
Herbie Mann & the Tommy McCook Band – Ob la Di, Ob la Da; Herbie Mann Reggae (Atlantic); ’74 Vinyl Dub Album of the Hour; New Orleans flutist
Bunny Wailer – Ram Dance; Dance Massive (Shanachie) ’92
Hollie Cook – Twice; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014: UK dubstress – dawta of Sex Pistol, Paul Cook
Gregory Isaacs – Cool Down the Pace; Night Nurse (Mango) ’82
Don Carlos – Frontline; Just a Passing Glance (RAS) ’84 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Squire Jon – Are We Really Free; 10″ (Hi Try) 2006 UK cockney

r-6156839-1412504367-3001-jpeg — Cratedig gem from Albuquerque, Xmas 2016. Tommy McCook w/ jazz flautist

Set 2:

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – You Can’t Blame the Youth; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’69 – nursery rhyme rare 7″

<Can’t blame the youths if you fill their head with nonsense; 12 sec.>

Bomb the Bass feat. Benjamin Zephaniah & Sinead O’Connor – Empire; clear (Quango) ’95 UK mutant dub; Empire = Vampire
Clinton Fearon – Goodness; Goodness (Kool Yu Foot) 2014 former bassie of the Gladiators
Cornell Campbell – Jah Jah Man; 10″ (Irie Ites) 2012 Fr.

Set 3:

Thievery Corporation feat. Racquel Jones – Letter to the Editor; Temple of I & I Sound (ESL) 2017 DC dubbers

<Exodus Riddim Shower; 45 sec.>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – So Much Things to Say; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77 riddim shower (1): original vox
I Roy – Commandment IX (So Much Things to Say); Ten Commandements (Virgin Front Line) ’80 yellow vinyl/pic sleeve riddim shower (2): deejay
Chalawa – So Much Things to Say Dub; Chalawa Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. vinyl; riddim shower (3) dub
Aston Familyman Barrett – Cobra Style Dub; Family Man in Dub (Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour – Wailers bassie

170x170bb — Smile Jamaica’s #1 of 2017 – fighting the Musical Resistance to Isms and Schisms – Thievery Corporation

Set 4:

Inner Circle – Tenement Yard (live version); Best of (Island) Live at the Marquee, London March 1979

<charismatic successor to Bob died in car crash; 30 sec.>

Jimmy Cliff – I Can See Clearly Now; Cool Runnings soundtrack (Work) Johnny Nash cover; 28 sec.

Hopeton Lindo – Ghetto Tenement Yard; Dancehall (Metro) ’88
Joy & Trevor – Love at First Sight; 10″ (Hitbound) ’81

hqdefault-15 — All killer, Jacob Miller – killed tragically in car accident

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Louise Bennett; Linstead Market; Sings Jamaican Folk Songs (Smithsonian Folkways) ’54: 10″ US vinyl

<oldest piece of vinyl in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives>

The Vision – Reality Dub; Dub Vision (Funfundvierzig) ’88 West Germ.; green vinyl
Little John – Unite; Unite (Vista Sounds) ’88 UK
Heptones – Should Have Known Better; One Step Ahead (Sonic) ’81 JA Beatles cover
Ben Wa – Break That Stone (Granite Mix); Docking Sequence vol. 1 (BSI) 2000 Portland mutant dub

600x600 — 1954 10″: oldest wax in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

Aswad – It’s Not Our Wish; Showcase (Mango) ’81 extended mix
Judy Mowatt – Big Woman; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ’82
Don Carlos – Crucial Situation; Prophecy (Blue Moon) ’84

<Don Carlos Way, Tempe, AZ>

Dennis Brown – Black Liberation; Words of Wisdom (Shanachie) ’79
Revolutionaries – Sensi Dub vol. 4 (Original) ’75 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Peter Broggs – Jah Voice is Calling; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) ’82 best (1) original
Peter Broggs – Jah Voice is Calling; Rejoice (RAS) ’97 (2) update

a-169794-1200186539-jpeg — Peter Broggs – the International Farmer

Set 8: Mutant Dub – UFOria

Ancient Astronauts feat. Akua Naru – Last Night; Into Bass and Time (ESL) 2011 Germ. – feat. female vox she fell in love with an Ancient Astronaut
Spacemonkeyz vs. Gorillaz – Star Shine; Laika Come Home (Virgin) 2002 Laika Soviet space dog

<Laika the brave Soviet space pup>

Greetings – Lee Scratch Perry; Panic in Babylon; (Damp) 2004 Alien encounter
Rockers Hi F – Dick From Outaspace; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Word Sound I Powa – Intro; Live From Planet Crooklyn (ROIR) ’95 Aliens looking for weed fields
Soko – I Thought I Was an Alien; I Thought I Was an Alien (Because) 2012 French female
Doctor Pablo & the Dub Syndicate – Dr. Who; Journeys in Time and Space EP (ON U Sound) 2015 picture sleeve

ro57_dogs_01u — Laika the Soviet Space Dog

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 11, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): Chunky Air/Inversion Galore!

February 17, 2017 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

download-88 — Inversion galore. Chunky air inna Salt Lake Gritty

<Smile Jamaica likes his air like his peanut butter: smooth nah chunky>

Greetings,

I think that rodent in Pennsylvania is road kill. Because ever since Ground Hog day happened, the weather has been much better in the Salt Lake Valley.

Praise Jah, I don’t have respiratory issues. But where I work has been devastated this winter. I have had meetings cancelled because colleagues and/or their kids were sick.

I live in the valley and work at the Univ. of Utah up on the hill. Looking down from on high you really see that awful smog that even has me hacking and wheezing.

So last Saturday it was great to bust out of the house around 10am and see something I hadn’t seen in a month: blue skies and clouds. The weather has been almost delightful since.

So let’s enjoy a mild Jah-bruary with Roots Reggae. Fiyah bun the Inversion Galore!

bless, robt

Set 1:

Frankie Paul – Strictly Reggae Music; Strictly Reggae Music (Londisc) ’84 JA vinyl
Black Roots – Opportunity; In Session (Makasoud) ‘83
Etana – Stepping Out of Babylon; I Rise (VP) 2014 female cover of Marcia Griffiths
Trinity – I Have a Dream; Big Big Man (Esoldun) ’84 over Delroy Wilson
Rico & the Special A.K.A. – Jungle Beat; Checkered Past (Chrysalis) ’81 UK 2 Tone ska w/ Jamaican trombone
Danny Red – A Little More High Grade (Sip a Cup) 2008 UK mutant dub 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Natural Roots – Concrete Tower Dub; Natural Roots (Only Roots) ’84 Fr. vinyl, Dub Album of the Hour

download-89 — Original trombonist with 2 Tone 2nd wave ska

Set 2:

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – Lion; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ‘71
Inner Circle – Mary, Mary; Best of (Island) ’79 herb tune
Nitty Gritty – Hog in a Me Minty; Dancehall (Metro)
Buume – Serious; 10” (Zimatime) 2006 UK mutant dub w/ female vox

Set 3:

<Exodus riddim shower: vox to dj to dub>

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Natural Mystic; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77: riddim shower (1) vox
I Roy – Commandment IX (Natural Mystic); Ten Commandments (Virgin Front Line) ’80 UK picture sleeve vinyl; (2) – dj
Chalawa – Natural Mystic Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. Vinyl (3) – dub
Cedella Marley Booker – He’s a Rastaman; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84: Bob’s mom in tribute
Chris Hinze & Word, Sound and Power – Kings of Reggae (Keystone) ’83 Dutch flute player w/ Peter Tosh’s band

r-2111263-1444550559-1078-jpeg — Yellow vinyl picture sleeve. Rarity out of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. Dj to Exodus

Set 4:

John Brown’s Body – Plantation; Kings and Queens (Easy Star) 2014 NY
Systemwide – Ripe Up Version; Pure and Applied (BSI) 2002 Portand mutant dub
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Hypocrites; Fy-ah, Fy-ah (JAD) request
Jah Thomas – Tribute to the Reggae King; 12” (Midnight Rock) ’81 to Bob Marley

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Mohamed I – Roll River Jordan Roll; Man of God (I & I Sound) ’88 LA
Jean Binta Breeze – Tracks + Nanny; Tracks (LKJ) ’91 UK – female dub poet
Lee Perry – Big Neck Police; Scratch on the Wire (Island) ’79 UK Black Ark comp
The Vision – Lingo Dub; Dub Vision (Funfundvierzig) ’88 West. Germany green vinyl
Matumbi – Guide Us; Seven Seals (Harvest) ’78 UK green vinyl

r-3171724-1319007625-jpeg — Falsetto singjay who sounds like Prince

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox of 45’s

Superman & Spiderman – Sensimilla Posse; 7” (Education) 2005 herbtune
Debra Keese – Travelling; 7” (Orchid) ’77 Black Ark
Asher & Trimble – Humble Yourself; 7” (Rockers International) ’79
Cedric ‘Im Brooks – Theme From Shaft; 7” (Soul Jazz) Isaac Hayes cover
Jah Shaka – Coronation Dub; Commandments of Dub Chapter 9 (Jah Shaka) ’89 Dub Album of the Hour

69125a4295bad0edae2829dacaad684fc664ba9a — Reggae loves Isaac hayes

Set 7: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

Burning Spear – Greetings; Farover (Heartbeat) ’83
Don Carlos – Night Rider (Living in Danger); Deeply Concerned (RAS) ‘87
Judy Mowatt – Think; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82
Black Uhuru – Plastic Smile; Black Uhuru (Virgin) ‘80

r-1349545-1476411874-8422-jpeg — “Don’t show I your teeth, your plastic smile nah work”

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Rockers Hi Fi – What a Life; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK: Mutant Dub set
The Slits – I Heard it Through the Grapevine; East bound & Down Soundtrack (HBO) female punk dubbers cover Marvin Gaye
Dubblestandart feat. Gudrun – Summer Rain; Are You Experienced? (Collision) 2006 Jah-stria w/ female vox
Ranking Joe & Jah Warrior – Solomon’s Weed; Solomon’s Dub; 3 the Roots Way (Jah Warrior) 2000 UK herbtune

<Cannabis grew on Solomon’s grave>

Natacha Atlas – Iskanderia; Diaspora (Nation) ’95 Belgian Jewish Arab singer

d1ec34b28f68335d85d6c0f68a6c2cea — Cannabis grew on Solomon’s grave

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 14, 2017 (Stream + Tracklist): I told you UFO’s exist!

January 20, 2017 Robert Nelson 3 Comments

Greetings,,

2017 is already off to a wacky start. President Donny Tiny Hands isn’t weird and wild enough, looks like the break down of the Deep State have emboldened Aliens to start revealing themselves to us.

The Chilean Navy captured a UFO with 10 minutes of compelling footage using infrared cameras.

Watch this and it becomes clear. It isn’t swamp gas, or light refraction or ball lightning, weather balloons.

Although the weaksauce debunkers are already claiming it was a plane. Trust your eyes.

<Extraterrestrials 1, Swamp Gas 0; 50 sec.>

As if UFO’s aren’t enough, we get President Trump today (Jan. 20). As a Progressive, I have offered my humble services to our new President in a way that one of my Reggae idols Prince Buster did to Jamaica in the 60’s.

I volunteer to be Trump’s Minister of Ganja & Space Exploration; 44 sec.

I can advise our President why they are here….

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 14, 2017

Set 1:

Gussie P – Who’s Safe; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003 UK: mutant dub beats over MLK’s I Have a Dream Speech; 23 sec.

Dub Specialist – Luanda; African Rub a Dub (Studio One) ’80 JA vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Blue Riddim – Love People; Club Paradise Soundtrack (Columbia) ‘86
Taxi Gang – Twilight Zone; Many Moods of Sly, Robbie & the Taxi Gang (Sonic) ’86 TV soundtrack cover
Dubtonic Kru – Drum & Bass; Dub Tonic (Dubtonic Kru) 2009
Peter Broggs – International Farmer + Dub; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; ’82 Fr. best of
15 16 17 – Girls Imagination; Magic Touch (DEB) ’78 3 female siblings/cousins over Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

635802496606796161-mlk1 — Livicated to the Ultimate Peace Warrior

Set 2:

Peter Tosh – Once Bitten, Twice Shy; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’71 Jamaican single
Rupie Dan & Jenifah Gad – Ghetto People Children; Reparation (Flag) 2000
Capital Letters – Cheap School Meals; Bread & Water EP (Greensleeves) ’80 UK youth group
Ta Teasha Love – Oh Jah Come; 10” (Impact!) ‘75 female

hqdefault-12 — Peter Tosh and two white dudes

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 27+ Years

Cedric Myton & the Congos – Where He Leads Me; Face the Music (VP) ’81
Burning Spear – Jah Is My Driver; Farover (Heartbeat) ‘83
Little Roy – Don’t Cross the Nation; Lee Perry & Friends – Give Me Power (Trojan) ‘75
Lovejoys – Stranger; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackies) ’83 female duo
Jah Shaka Meets Aswad – Addis Ababa; In Addis Ababa Studio (Jah Shaka) ’84 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Punky Reggae Party + dub; Exodus (Deluxe Edition) ’77 12” single (Tuff Gong)

<Punky Reggae Party: Punkers love Reggae; 30 sec.>

<Anthem of the Deplorables; 24 sec.>

download-13 — Bob and the Deplorables: Rejected by society. Treated with impunity. Protected by their dignity. I search reality!

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Sly & Robbie – Space Invaders; Syncopation (Joe Gibbs) ’82 dub to Dennis Brown
Jennifer Lara – Hand to Mouth; High Times All Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago blues label best of
Heptones – Sensimenia Collie; One Step Ahead (Sonic) JA
Misty in Roots – Ireation; Musi-o-tunya (People Unite) ’85 UK
The Vision – Dub Start; Dub Vision (Funfundvierzig) ’88 West Germ. Green vinyl dubwize

r-824454-1162574565-jpeg — Cratedig 2016: The Record Room – Phoenix. West German green vinyl

Cratedigger’s Lament: Phoenix: 24 sec.

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45

Prince Buster – Minister of Ganja’ 7” (blank)

Sons of Creation – Stop the Fuss and Fight; 7” (SOC Production) ‘75
The Ability – Rasta Never Give Up; 7” (Sky High)
Carlene Davis – Ism and Schism; 7” (Sonic)

<No socialism, capitalism, communism – isms lead to schisms>

Martin Campbell vs. Alien Dread – Rebel Salute; In a Cosmic Dub Clash (Log On) 2007: Dub Album of the Hour

ftr-prince-buster-rip — Prince Buster – Minister of Agriculture & Space Exploration

Set 7:

Zema feat. MLK Jr. – Free At Last Dub; Black Sheep (Melchizedek) I have a dream speech
Barry Brown – Down in a Babylon; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
Mika & Omar Perry – Borderline DC-Cut; 10” (Asalah) 2006 Netherlands; female vox
Black Uhuru – Bull in the Pen; Anthem (Island) ‘83

download-15 — The album that made me a Reggae fanatic

Set 8: UFO-ria

Ancient Astronauts feat. Bajka – Surfing the Silvatide; We Are to Answer (ESL) 2011 female vox:
Pink Floyd – Interstellar Overdrive; Relics (Harvest) ‘67
Nina Hagen – UFO; Nina Hagen (Columbia) ’82 West German singer
Langley School Project – Space Oddity; Starman (Mojo) British Columbia children’s chorus
Spiritual Rez – Let’s Go Out With a Bang; Apocalypse Whenver (Spritual Rez) 2014

586f9ca1c461888a7c8b462e — Chilean Navy captures UFO sighting Jan. 6, 2017

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: (Stream + Tracklist) Jah-cember 17, 2016 – Joy to the Worlds!

December 23, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

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Greetings,

Chillin’ like a villain with my family. Hope you are able to do the same this Holiday. I am grateful for anyone who listens to Smile Jamaica and these streams.

While I enjoy a few weeks away, and some cratedigging to refresh for 2017, enjoy this Christmas heavy duty edition of the Smile Jamaica Ark-ives.

Merry Christmas to the Prince of Peace. Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and any other year end skygod festivities of your choosing!

untitled — Eedokhun Breekkha – Merry Christmas from my Assyrian yimma (mother)

<Santa was an alien. Sleigh = spaceship>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 17, 2016

Set 1:

Freddie McGregor – Irie Christmas; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) ’80 JA vinyl
Prince Lincoln & the Royal Rasses – Interstellar Over Dub; Vortex Dub (Orange Street) ’80 Dub Album of the Hour
Kiddus I – Love Child; Natty ‘n’ Nice (Rhino) love child = Christ child
Mike Brooks – Cool Runnings; Classical Anthology (M-10) ‘83
Hollie Cook – Used to Be; Hollie Cook (Mr. Bongo) 2011 UK dubstress
Inner Circle – We ‘a’ Rockers; Rockers Soundtrack (Mango) ‘79
Barry Brown – Sensimilla; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
Derrick Harriott – Jesus Was Born Today; 12” (Crystal) ‘82

Set 2:

Cocoa Tea – Christmas Is Coming; Badd Santa (Stones Throw) Peanut Butter Wolf prod’n
Aisha – Glorify His Name; There Is More to Life (Twinkle) 2005
Pecker & the Wailers – Militant Sniff; 21^st Century Dub (ROIR) ’87 Jah-pon
Michael “Scooby Doo” Powell – Christmas Time; 12” (Hot Stuff) ‘83

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – White Christmas; Christmas Greetings From Studio One (Studio One/Heartbeat) ’65 Bing Crosby cover
Judy Mowatt – Only a Woman; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82
Peter Tosh – Arise Blackman; Honorary Citizen (Columbia/Legacy) ’71 Jamaican Singles box set
Bunny Wailer – Redemption Song; Retrospective (Shanachie) ‘81
Israel Vibration – Israel Dub (Greensleeves) ’78 Same Song dub; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Barrington Levy – Flash Your Dread; 7” (Mic) ’81 Xmas tune
Special A.K.A. – Racist Friend; Checkered Past (2 Tone) UK ska from ‘83
The Pioneers – Feeling High; From the Beginning (Jet Star) ’73 herb tune
Dennis Alcapone – Fat Man; Guns Don’t Argue (Trojan) dj to Derrick Morgan

<Why Robin Hood stole from the rich>

Tyrone Evans – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; 12” (Clocktower) ‘78

Set 5: Christmas Vinyl is Vital

Michigan & Smiley – Little Drummer Boy; Reggae Christmas (RAS) ’84 DC
Carlene Davis & Trinity – Santa Claus + Christmas in the Ghetto; Christmas Sting (Thunder Bolt) ’81 JA
Joe Gibbs Reggae Family – We Three Kings; Reggae Christmas (Joe Gibbs) ’84 Miami FL
Dillinger & the Brentford Harmonics – Hi Fashion Christmas; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA

Set 6:

Keith Richards – Run Rudoph Run; 7” (Rolling Stone) ’78 cover of Chuck Berry
Dubblestandart feat. GRIZO – The Rhythm; Are You Experienced? (Groove Attack) 2006 Jah-stria w/ female vox
Jacob Miller & Ray I – Deck the Halls; Natty Christmas (RAS) ’78 herbtune
Glen Adams – Joyful Tidings; 12” (Clocktower) ’78 dub to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Set 7: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27+ Years

Bingy Bunny & the Morwells – Educate Your Mind; Kingston 12 Toughie (RAS) ’75
Don Carlos – Cool Johnny Cool; Deeply Concerned (RAS) ‘87
Doreen Schaeffer – Wish You a Merry Christmas; Christmas Vibes (Studio One)
Capital Letters – Natty Walk 12” mix; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group
Sly & Robbier– Herb; Bill Laswell: Dub Massive Chapter One (Trojan) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Ancient Astronauts – Crescent Moon; We Are to Answer (ESL) 2009 Germ.
Human – Home; Earthjuice (Waveform) ’95
Jahtari Riddim Force – One Armed Swordsman; Jahtarian Dubbers vol. 3 (Jahtari) 2012 Germ.
Systemwide feat. Dr. Israel – Crisis Time; Pure and Applied (BSI) 2002 US
Bomb the Bass feat. Leslie Weiner – If You Reach the Border; clear (4th & Broadway) ’95 UK
Natacha Atlas – Bastet; Remix Collection (Mantra) ’99 Belgian/Algerian/Jewish chanteuse

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Sept. 9, 2016 – Vote for We!

September 16, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Pess-optimism vs. cynical realism

Yeah. I am none to happy with our electoral choices. Tweedledum vs. Tweeledee.

So either way we’re gonna get more war and more backbiting and fighting over who can give more kasheesh to the Richie Riches and Military welfare. Gridlock is the norm now.

But all I can say is: Reggae has been warning it would come to this for 50 years. That’s why I keep trodding through creation in a Irie fascination.

The Rastas put that pessimism to beautiful musical backing because as Bunny sang, “Who feels it knows it.”

Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst. And it’s only 4 years til we do it all over again

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: Sept. 9, 2016; 48 sec.

Set 1:

Martin Campbell & the Hi Tech Roots Dynamics – Jah Love; Rootsman The Real Thing (Channel One UK) ’97 UK vinyl
Yabby You & the Prophets – Zambia; Dub It to the Top (Blood and Fire) ’76-’79: Dub Album of the Hour
Linval Thompson – Dread Are the Controller; I Love Marijuana (Trojan) ‘79
Storm – Hard Not to Like You; Hits From the Past (Links) mid 70’s female lovers rock
Bunny Wailer – Time Will Tell; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’81 Bob Marley cover
Yellowman – Operation Eradication; One in a Million (Shanachie) ’84 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement – anti-mj in Jamaica

<Operation Eradication – Reagan makes Jamaica get rid of the Collie Weed; 77 sec.>

Ken Boothe – Show Me That Love; 10” (Education) 2006

on-guard — Jamaican military’s war against the Seven Leaf – Operation Eradication

Set 2:

Prince Buster – Oh Carolina; Original Golden Hits vol. 2 (Melodisc) ’60 RIP

<Cecil Bustamente Campbell – Prince Buster, Jah’s Heavenly Choir; 83 sec.>

Randy’s All Stars – Mission Impossible Theme; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)
Zema – Free at Last; Black Sheep (Melchizedek) SoCal female singer
Hopeton Lindo – Territory; 10” (Tuff Scout) ‘87

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 26+ Years

Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Vote For We; Stop That Train (Greensleeves) ’83

<Election 2016: Ebola vs. Hemoragghic Fever; 29 sec.>

Lovejoys – Chances Are; Reggae Vibes (Wackies) ’83 sister duo
Cultural Roots – Worries Me a Yard; Runninb Back to Me (Mango) ‘88
The Symbals – The Human Race; King Tubby on the Mix vol. 2 (Original)
L. Moodie – Untouchable Dub; Moodie in Dub vol. 2 (Moodie Music) ’74: Dub Album of the Hour

adkdjie — Will KRCL let me spin Smile Jamaica from Canadian exile?

Set 4

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Roots; Exodus (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’77 B-side

<Exodus – Movement of Jah People; 36 sec.>

Josey Wales – It Have Fi Bun; Outlaw (Live & Learn) ’84 herbtune
Thievery Corporation – Lebanese Blonde; CD Single (ESL) ’98 herbtune w/ Pam Bricker vox

<Lebanese Blonde – Whenever I get low, I get high; 17 sec.>

Johnny Clarke – Dem a Say Rasta; 10” (Observer Gold) over Jacob Miller riddim

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Clint Eastwood – Roots, Rock, Reggae; Death in the Arena (Channel One) ’78 JA
Carlton & the Shoes – I’m in Chains; This Heart of Mine (Quality) ’82 JA
Full Experience feat. Aura Lewis – Can’t See You; Aura Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry at Black Ark Studio (Blue Moon) ’76 Fr. Black Ark prod’n
Heptones & Jah Lion – Mr. President; Upsetter Disco Dub: Turn and Fire (Anachron) ’77 Neth

<Mr. or Madame President?; 21 sec.>

maxresdefault-1 — Mr. President or Madame President. What you gonna do about the working class?

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion; Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) ’72: Rockers do Reggae

<Paul Simon records in Jamaica; 18 sec.>

Gabriella Cilmi – Ob-la Di, Ob-la Da; White Album Recovered 1 (Mojo) 2008 Beatles Caribbean cover
Eddie Floyd – Baby Lay Your Head Down (Gently on My Bed) (Stax) Complete Stax/Volt Singles Collection vol. 3 (Stax) ’73 soul reggae: Memphis in Jamaica
Wingless Angels – Zion Bells; Wingless Angels (Mindless) ’96 Keith Richards, Justin Hinds + nyahbinghi
The Upsetters – Drum Rock; Bill Laswell – Dub Massive Chapter Two (Trojan) 2005 remixes: Dub Album of the Hour

wing8 — Nyah Keith and the Wingless Angels

Set 7:

Peter Tosh & the Wailers– Fire, Fire; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) ‘68 single
Mike Brooks – Feeling of Reggae; Classical Anthology (M-10) ’78 best of
Prince Mohammed – Casanova Ride; 10” (Rockers) A. Pablo prod’n

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Survival Soundz – Dub Is Dub; Land of Baboon (Baraka Foundation) ’96 illcentric dub
Playgroup – Going Overdrawn; Epic Sound Battles Chapter Two (Cherry Red/ON U Sound) ’82 instrumental
Samia Farah – Je Me Mefie; Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Fr.-Tunisian female singer
The Archive feat. Ras Puma – Sensibility; Archives (ESL) 2012 DC: herb tune
Audio Active – Psycho Buds (Asian Dub Foundation rmx); Bong EP (Birdman) 2000 Jah-pon meets UK Hindi dubbers

Prince Buster in Jah’s Heavenly Choir

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate (Stream + Tracklist): Roots Reggae Roulette!

September 9, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Getting ready to embark on a major remodel project in my house in the Sugarhood (lower Sugarhouse) area of Salt Lake City.

I’m tired of living like a music hoarder. So I am biting the bullet: wiping out two small bedroom and replacing them with one big room with shelves from floor to ceiling.

A Librarian (me) with his own personal Library. But in order to do that, I have to move 35 years of music collecting into my garage.

I took last Saturday off to do that and pulled about 50 representative favorites aside for what I call Digital Dubplate shows: 3 hour editions of Smile Jamaica cooked up in my home studio.

The memories of collecting this music over the decades, as I pack CDs into boxes and records into crates, really makes me nostalgic. Because so many record stores have gone out of business, my whole way of life is crashing down.

Forward ever, backwards never!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: Fall 2016

0-30 min

Don Carlos – Just a Passing Glance + Dj version; Just a Passing Glance (RAS) ‘84
The Congos – Children Crying; Heart of the Congos (Blood and Fire) ‘77
Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion; Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) ‘72
Althea & Donna – Make a Truce; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ‘78
Cocoa Tea – Rocking Dolly; Rocking Dolly (RAS)
Earl Zero & Soul Syndicate – Home Sweet Home; Visions of Love (Epiphany) ‘79
Lacksley Castell – Righteous Stand; Morning Glory (Negus Roots) ‘82
Junior Delgado – Armed Robbery; Brothers (DEB) ‘77
Judy Mowatt – Rock Me; Love Is Overdue (Shanachie) ‘86
Prince Far I – Johnny Get Worse; Silver & Gold (Blood and Fire) dj to mid 70’s Slickers Johnny Too Bad

30-60 min

The Upsetters – Nebuchadnezzar; Chapter 2 of “Words” (Trojan) ’72 Perry produced melodica instrumental
Carlene Davis – The Harder They Come; 15 Classics of Carlene Davis (Sonic) ’80 Jimmy Cliff cover
Prince Buster – Satta Massagana; Sister Big Stuff (Sunspot) ’72 Abyssinians cover
Jimmy Cliff – No Woman, No Cry; Follow My Mind (MCA) ’75 Bob Marley cover
Akabu – Africans United; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK female roots group
Jah Lloyd – This Ya Corner; Final Judgement (sic) (Teems) ’74
Johnny Clarke – Rebel Soldering; Don’t Trouble Trouble (Attack) ‘75
Lee Perry & the Upsetters – Justice to the People + Verse 2; Give Me Power (Trojan) ’73

60-90 min

The Slits – Heard It Through the Grapevine; Eastbound & Down Soundtrack (Fat Possum)
Tapper Zukie – Message to Pork Eaters (Jahman a Come); Man Ah Warrior (Trojan) ’75 deejay
Max Romeo – Smile out of Style; War ina Babylon (Mango) ‘76
Culture – This Train; Cumbolo (Shanachie) ’79 Woodie Guthrie cover
The Marvels – Rock Steady; 100% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) Aretha Franklin cover
Mutabaruka – Whey Mi Belong?; Check It! (Alligator) ’83 dub poetry
Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin’); Hotter Than July (Tamla) ’81 Bob Marley tribute (90 min.)

90min -2 hr.

General Public – Tenderness; All the Rage (I.R.S.) ’84 UK ska-pop
Love Joys – Wherever Jah Send Me; Reggae Vibes (Wackies) ’81 sistas
Black Uhuru – Youth of Eglington; Red; (Mango) ‘81
Native – Rockstone; Rockstone (Pressure Sounds) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry mix
Bunny Wailer – Put It On; Rule Dance Hall (Shanachie) ‘87
Marcia Griffiths – Give and You Get; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79
Peter Tosh – Oh Bumbo Klaat; Wanted Dread & Alive (EMI America) ’81

download-59 — The first of tens of thousands of Reggae LPs, CDs, 7″, cassettes, 10″, 12″, 8 tracks

2 – 2 and 1/2 hrs.

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Three Little Birds; Legend (Deluxe Edition) ’85 Julian Mendelsohn rmx
Martha Velez – Get Up Stand, Up; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ’76 Bob Marley/Peter Tosh cover
Sheriff Lindo & the Hammer – Dub House of Horror; Ten Dubs That Shook the World (Creative Vibes) ’88 Oz dubber
Barrington Levy – Jah a The Creator; Time Capsule (RAS) ‘83
Bingy Bunny – Bit By Bit; Kingston 12 Toughie (RAS) ’75 of the Morwells
Aisha – Guide and Protect; Roots Daughters (Ariwa) ‘88
Cultural Roots – Danger Light; Revolutionary Sounds (Revolutionary Sounds)
Burning Spear – Bad to Worst; The Fittest of the Fittest (Heartbeat) ’83 (2 and ½ hours)

r-879154-1183665149-jpeg — Killer rare dub from Oz

2 and 1/2 – 3 hrs.

Mikey Dread – Saturday Night Style; African Anthem (RAS) ‘79
Likkle Mai – Count on Me; Roots Candy (Beat) 2005 Jah-pon dawta
Doctor Alimantado – Born For a Purpose/Reason For Living; Born For a Purpose (Greensleeves) ‘77
Lion Youth – Rat a Cut Bottle; Don’t Call Us Immigrants (Pressure Sounds) ’78 UK
Jimmy Riley – Poor Immigrant; 20 Classic Hits (Sonic) ‘81
Yellowman – Soldier Take Over; Crucial Reggae (Mango) ’82 comp
Sonya Spence – Peace & Unity; In the Dark (Skynote) ‘78

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-gust 27, 2016 – Reggae University Back in Session!

September 2, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

dreadlockssite — Anu and Marduk were dreadlocks!

Greetings,

School is back in session. Summer a gwaan. Time for New Roots and opportunities. Soon the weather gets cooler and the days grow shorter. All the folks travelling and doing outdoor activities that don’t always include radio. So listenership tends to go down in the summer and starts to bump in the fall.

Look forward to that in the months to come on Smile Jamaica while we put Summer in our rear view. That’s why if you’re travelling, on-demand Smile Jamaica is always there for your activity soundtrack

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-gust 27, 2016

Set 1:

Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus – Build Up Your House; Revelation (Trojan) ’82 UK vinyl: nyahbinghi style
The Upsetters – Noah Sugar Pan; Upsetter Shop vol. 1 (Heartbeat) Black Ark Dub Album of the Hour
Michael Palmer – Have Faith in Jah; Wicked a Go Feel It (Trojan) ‘84
Judith – Such Is Life; Universal Roots – U.K. Reggae All Stars (Universal Roots) 2008 UK
Leroy Wallace – Far Beyond; Studio One Roots (Studio One/Soul Jazz) melodica
Fun Boy Three – Farmyard Connection; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83 Specials 2 Tone ska spin off

<Peter & Bob – 2 farmers trying to earn a living>

Ras Daniel Ray – Princess; 10” (Education) 2006 UK

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – Pound Get a Blow; Honorary Citizen (Columbia): ’68
Bunny Wailer – Liberation; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’88 best of
Rita Marley & the Wailers – Deh Pon Dem; Ska Bonanza (Heartbeat/Studio One)
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Smile Jamaica + Version; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’76: single + version for Smile Jamaica Peace Concert

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

Linval Thompson – I Love Marijuana; I Love Marijuana (Trojan) ’79
Cedric Myton & the Congos – Wherever He Leads Me; Face the Music (VP) ‘81
Althea & Donna – Jah Rastafari; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78 female singjay duo
Wailing Souls – They Don’t Know Jah; Very Best of (Greensleeves) ‘82
Bill Laswell – Dub Massive vol. 1 (Trojan) Dub Album of the Hour: dub remixes of Reggae dubs

Set 4:

Samia Farah – Rien ne Acquis; Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Fr.-Tunisian singer
Heptones & Prince Lamont – Meaning of Life; Hits of the Past (J.B.) ‘77
Mike Brooks – Rhum (sic) Drinker; Classical Anthology (M-10) herbtune ‘78
Mad Professor & the Robotiks feat. Michael Walters – Jungle Vibrations; 10” (Ariwa) 2002 UK

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Burning Spear – African Teacher; Lovers and Rockers (EMI) ’79 UK
Al Campbell – Just a Close Talk With You; Rough Road (Burning Sounds) ’79 UK red vinyl
Hortense Ellis – Wooden Heart; Raver’s Rock Vol. 2 (Vista Sounds) ’84 UK
Jah Lloyd – Dispencer; Black Moses (Virgin Front Line) ’78 UK

<Jah Lloyd – No needles for I ‘n’ I>

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Full Experience – Disco Devil (Extended Mix); Turn and Fire (Anachron) ’77 Neth. Vinyl

“Doctor! Don’t give I an injection, it will leave an infection.”

Set 6:

Ayo – What’s This All About; Gravity at Last (Polydor) 2008 Germ.-Nigerian female
Collie Buddz – Come Around; Collie Buddz (Columbia) 2007 herbtune
Pablo Moses – Under Your Spell; We Refuse (Priority) ‘90
Version feat. Carlton Livingston – Hotta Fire Burn; 10” (Webcam Hi Fi) 2007 Fr.

Set 7:

Morgan Heritage – Unjust World; CD Single (MCA) ‘94
Aswad – Boom Boom Carnival; Roots Revival (Ark 21) ’99 Jamaicans rock steady cover
Junior Delgado – Jah Say; Tichen (Rhino UK) ‘90
Black Uhuru – Botanical Roots; Anthem (Island) ‘84
Israel Vibration/Soul Syndicate – Go Through Dub; Unconquered People Dub (Greensleeves) ‘79

<Black Uhuru – Anthem is the album that made me a Reggae fanatic>

3300956 — First Reggae Grammy winner – the album that lit the fuse for I ‘n’ I

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Graciella Rodriguez – Stop That Train; On U Sound 30 Years Anniversary (King Size Dub Special) (Echo Beach) 2011 Spanish take on Bim Sherman classic
Audio Active – Psychobuds; Bong (Birdman) 2000 Jah-pon herbtune
Joseph Cotton – Ali Baba; Pro Cannabis 4 (Dope Media) 2000 Germ. Herbtune on Ali Baba riddim
Soom T – Puff That Weed; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 Germ./Scottish female weedstepper
Ben Jammin – Money Talks; Ambassah Rub a Dub Showcase Part 2 (Ambassah) 2006 UK
Badawi – Voices From the Sky; Soldier of Midian (ROIR) 2001 Jewish-mystic dub

How do you say 4 down, 46 to go in Jah-ponese?

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-gust 20, 2016: Can’t roll a spliff pon your .mp3!

August 26, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Dust_and_Grooves_2499 — Original burlap edition for separating your seeds and stems.

<Can’t roll a spliff on an .mp3>

Greetings,

Last hour of Smile Jamaica Juggling wax with the monitors cranked to 11 in the Studio at KRCL. Booming a recent vintage 45 from a So Cal roots group called the lions.

Their lyric talks about going back to the roots because: “you can’t roll a spliff pon your .mp3:

Original vinyl issues of Bob Marley’s Rastaman Vibration hard “burlap” ridges for that 420 ritual tradition.

That’s why my slogan is: No digital for I ‘n’ I

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-gust 20, 2016 Annotated Playlist:

Set 1

Zap Pow – This Is Reggae Music; Reggae Rules (Rhino) ’80 US vinyl
Augustus Pablo – A Java (Instrumental version); Message Music (Pressure Sounds) digital productions of the 80s/90s; Dub Album of the Hour
Calvin Stuart – The Alphabet Song; The Sound of Channel One: King Tubby Connection (Motion) A-Z from the Bible
Foreign Exchange – Damned If I Do; Occam’s Razor (First Step) ’99 NY
Glen Brown – Clensiness (sic) Dub; The Way to Mt. Zion (ROIR) dub
UB40 – Mi Spliff; Credit to the Nation (bootleg) ’86 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement, Europe ’86 live
The Congo’s – Rasta Congo Man; 10” (Congo’s) 2006 update of Curly Locks riddim

Set 2:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Johnny Was; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ’76; unreleased alternate album mix

<Johnny Was alternate mix>

Abyssinians – Say It Again; Reunion (Artists Only) ‘98
Ayo – Help Is Coming; Ayo (Interscope) 2006 Nigerian-German female
Horace Andy – Why Oh Why; 10” (Hitbound) ‘83

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 26+ Years

Twinkle Brothers – It Dread All Over; Live (Genes) Reggae Sunsplash ‘82
Mutabaruka –Whey Mi Belong?; Check It! (Alligator) ’83 dub poet
Misty in Roots – Lifeboat; Wise and Foolish (Kaz) ’82 UK
Joy White – Tribulation; United Dreadlocks (Rhino UK) ‘77
Israel Vibration & Soul Syndicate – Dub Worries; Israel Dub (Greensleeves) ‘78

Set 4:

Rhoda Dakar – Easy Life; Cleaning in Another Woman’s Kitchen (Moon Ska) 2007 2 Tone ska singer, Bodysnatchers acoustic update
Bunny Wailer – Rockers; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’79: best of roots era
Trevor Hartley – Smoke & Chill; Hartical (Jove) ’94 UK herbtune
Barry Brown – Living as a Brother; 10” (Trojan)

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Leroy Smart – Propaganda; Burning Sampler (Burning Sounds) ’78 UK red vinyl: Vinyl is Vital Set
Full Experience feat. Aura Lewis – Young, Gifted & Broke; At Midnite (Blue Moon) Fr. EP – female vox to Marcia Griffiths “Young, Gifted and Black”
Joe Higgs – One Man (Kouchie Pipe); Unity is Power (One Stop) ’79 UK
George Faith – Please Stay; Raver’s Rock vol. 2 (Vista Sounds) ’84 UK
Ijahman Levi – Master Ideas +; Ijahman & Friends (Jahmani) ’79 UK

Set 6:

Peter Tosh – Coming in Hot (Live); Honorary Citizen (Columbia) box set
Zema feat. Mark Wonder & the Gladiators – Overcome Good with Evil; Overcome (Melchizedek) So Cal female vox
The Green – Transparent People; Ways and Means (Easy Star) 2011 Jah-waiian
Wayne & Johnny – Ackee Monkey; 10” (Hitbound)

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45s

Cedric ‘Im Brooks – Theme From Shaft; 7” (Soul Jazz) soul cover
The Lions – This Generation; 7” (Lions Bread) LA group
Hopeton Lewis – Dreadlocks Chalice; 7” (Thorough Bred) ’75 herb tune
Dhaima – Jah Jah I; 7” (Paradise) ’77 UK

Set 8: Mutant Dub Set

Soom T – Boom Shiva; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 female weedstepper out of Glasgow, Scotland: Mutant Dub Set
Knatty P – We Know; Universal Roots – U.K. Reggae Stars (Universal Egg) 2008 UK
Clive Hunt & the Dub Dancers – Bagdad in Dub; Clive Hunt & the Dub Dancers (Makasound) 2008 Fr.
Sevendub – U & Dem (High Altitude dub); Dub Club Edition (Collision) 2006 Germ.
Bucolic – Mo’Style; Dzyan Blood (BSI) 2000 US
Bally Sagoo – Funky Rickshaw Dub; Pro Cannabis 4 (Dope Media) 2001 Hindi dub

Smile Jamaica Playlist: Jah-gust 13, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist) – The Jah Days of August!

August 19, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

The dog days of August? No! The Jah Days of Jah-gust. When it’s hot and everything is dried out. The AC is maxed and the lawn is barely green, how do you break away?

Grab a cold one of choice and settle in for 3 hours of riddim showers! Fall soon come!

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-gust 13, 2016: High-lights

Set 1: Seven Leaf 7″ Jamaican Jukebox

Michael Smith – Give me a Little Dub Music; Mi Cyaan Believe It (Mango) ’82 US vinyl, dub poet
Israel Vibration/Roots Radics – Prejudice; Dub the Rock (RAS) ’95 Dub Album of the Hour
Stranger Cole & Gladdy w/ the Gaytones – One Toke Over the Line (Gay Feet) 7” Brewer & Shipley gospel cover

<One Toke over the line Sweet Negus>

Lincoln Grant – Marijuana; 7” (Big A) ‘80
Frankie Paul – Weed Without Seed; 7” (Techniques) Sinsemilla = weed w/o seed
Ronnie Davis – Kaya; 7” (Attack) ’78: Marley cover
Dawn & Christine – Free Marijuana; 7” (Thompson Sound)
Prince Buster – Minister of Ganja; 7” (Prince Buster’s Record Shack pre)

<Prince Buster – Jamaica’s Minister of Ganja & Space Exploration>

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Selassie Is the Chapel; (JAD) Request: ’68 Orioles doo wop/gospel cover: Wailers Family Tree Set
Peter Tosh – Mystery Babylon; Jamaica (Putomayo) rare single
Bunny Wailer – Cool Runnings; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’81 Best of
Bob Marley & the Wailers – War; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’76: rare unreleased alternate mix – added one verse at the end

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 27+ Years

The Selecter – Celebrate the Bullet; Celebrate the Bullet (Chrysalis) ’81: 2 Tone ska w/ Pauline on the vox
The Kingstonians – Winey, Winey; Sufferer (Attack) ‘70
Jimmy Cliff – Club Paradise; Club Paradise (Columbia) ’86 soundtrack
Reggae George – Reggae Collie; King Tubby on the Mix vol. 2 (Original) ’84 herbtune
Gregory Isaacs – Changing Dub; In Dub: Dub a de Number One (Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Zap Pow – Nice, Nice Time; Trojan Story (Trojan) ’72
Candy McKenzie & the Upsetters – Long Enough; Return of Sound System Scratch (Pressure Sounds) Lee Perry prod’n
Martin Campbell – No Farmer; Historical Tracks (Channel One UK)
Wayne Smith – Time is a Momment in Space (sic); 10” (Jammy$) ‘84

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Casselberry & DuPree’ – Did Jesus Have a Baby Sister?; City Down (Icebergg) ’86 Milwaukee
Tanglewood – Reggae Music Sweet; Rise & Shine (Creole) ’84 Fr.
Aswad feat. Vin Gordon & Michael “Bammie” Rose – Warrior Charge; Babylon Soundtrack (Takoma) ’80 UK – trombone instrumental
The Splenders – Sometimes Coffee; Your Jamaican Girl (Studio One) ’71 JA over “Throw Me Corn”
Clint Eastwood – Ganja Baby; Jah Lights Shining (Vista Sounds) UK ’84 UK

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

Bob Dylan – God Gave Names to All the Animals; Slow Train Coming (Columbia) ’79 nursery rhyme
Lijadu Sisters – Bobby; Danger (Knitting Factory) ’76 Nigerian sisters
Flo and Eddie – Happy Together; Jah Flo & Prince Edward I (Rhino) ’81 of the Turtles
War – Why Can’t We Be Friends; Why Can’t We Be Friends (United Artists) ‘75
Israelites – Ganja Melody; Sensi Dub Volume 8 (Original) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Denise Darlington – War No Right; Studio One Women (Soul Jazz/Studio One)
Laurel Aitken – Skinhead Train; Rise & Fall (Unicorn) ’69 rock steady
The Beat – Ranking Full Stop; Dance Craze (2 Tone) ’80 live 2 Tone ska
Tapper Zukie – Marcus; MPLA (Virgin Front Line) ’78 dj over Mighty Diamonds
Sly Dunbar – A Who Say; Hitbound – The Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat) ’78 instrumental

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Orange Blossom – Nafsi (My Soul); Everything Must Change (Wrasse) 2004 w/ female Arabic vox
Bomb the Bass feat. Spikey Tee – Darkheart (7” mix); clear (Quango) ’95 UK
The Playgroup – Going for a Song; Epic Sound Battles vol. 2 (ON U Sound) ’83 UK instrumentals
Succulent – Freshly; Natural Progression 12” EP (Worship) US vinyl
Zion Train – One Consciousness; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance

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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