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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: June 6, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Triple Crown Edition!

June 9, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

American-Pharoah-684x547 — Triple Crown winner American Pharoah: The Bob Marley of thoroughbreds

Greetings,

<Saturday Afternoons on 90.9FM. Don’t touch that dial!>

History was made on Saturday. First time since Affirmed in 1978, that a horse won the Triple Crown: Kentucky Derby, Preakness and lastly, the Belmont Statkes. Nuff Respect to American Pharoah! 17 sec.

Here is what I’ve got on tap for the June 6 2015: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

3 hours of all killer, no filler; 59 sec.

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: June 6, 2015 Annotated Playlist: photos, captions, Reggae History Lessons, soundbytes

Set 1:

Michael Palmer – Jah Jah You Come; Ghetto Living (Bebo’s Music) ’85 Wheaton, MD vinyl
Earl “Heptones” Morgan – DC Dub Connection (Auralux) ’82 Dub Album of the Week
Ras Midas – Can’t Stop Rastaman Now; Confirmation (Scorcher) ’82 Request
Taj Weekes & Adowa – Lonesome in Babylon; Hope & Doubt (Alpha Pocket) ‘95 St. Lucia
Winston Holness – Mutiny; 10” (PK) ‘79

<How Winston Holness got the nickname “Niney”; 8 sec.>

Prince Far I – Commandment of Drugs; Message From the King (Virgin Front Line) ‘78

<He who smokes dope will hang by the rope; 19 sec.>

Phyllis Dillon – Midnight Confessions; Midnight Confessions (Westside) ’68 Grass Roots AM hit

<AM Radio; 12 sec.>

Set 2: Best of Smile Jamaica: 25 Years

Lee “Scratch” Perry – Soul Man; Double Seven (Trojan) ’70 Sam & Dave cover

<Soul Man: Isaac Hayes; 14 sec.>

Gregory Isaacs – Private Beach Party; Private Beach Party (Greensleeves) ‘85
Sophia George – Runnings Well Dread; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ‘89
Burning Spear – Red, Gold & Green; Marcus Garvey (Mango) ‘75

<Burning Spear: Meet me on the bank of the beautiful river; 14 sec.>

Black Disciples – Workshop; Garvey’s Ghost (Mango) ’76; dub to vox

downloadbozo — Bozeman, MT. Lived here from 1983-1986. Meet me on the bank of the beautiful river

<Before the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives, lived in Bozeman, MT; 28 sec.>

Set 3:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus; Exodus (Tuff Gong) ’77; Riddim Shower: Vox (1)

<Exodus: Bob’s journey to England after almost being assassinated in JA, 1976; 22 sec.>

I Roy – Commandment I (Exodus); Ten Commandments (Virgin Front Line) ’80 Riddim Shower: DJ (2); picture sleeve, yellow vinyl

<Riddim Shower: Vox to Deejay; 10 sec.>

Enforcer – Africa Way; 10” (Narrows)

USED-ITEM-I-Roy-Ten-Commandments-PICTURE-DISC-ORIGINAL-PRESS — Exodus – Movement of Jah People

Set 4:

Mr. Bojangles – Selassie I Cup; 7” (Joe Gibbs Record Globe) ’77 American Pharoah livication

<Dreadlocks won, Baldhead place, Soul Youth to show; 17 sec.>

Sandra Reid – Ooh Boy; 600% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ‘82
Peter Tosh – Get Up Stand Up; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds) live acoustic on WXFM Chicago
Leroy Smart – Love & Happiness; 10” EP (PK) Al Green cover

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

<No digital for I ‘n’ I>

Edi Fitzroy – Dreadlocks Party; Youthman Penitentiary (Alligator) ’82 Chicago; Vinyl is Vital set
Chantells – Rub Me Down; Waiting in the Park (Phase 1) ’77 UK
10 Ft. Ganja Plant – It’s True; Skycatcher (ROIR) 2013 Upstate NY
Full Experience – Can’t See You; Full Experience EP (Blue Moon) ’76 France; Aura Lewis + Lee Perry
Junior Byles – Callyweed; Rasta No Pickpocket (Nighthawk) ’86 St. Louis; herbtune

All killer no filler, youthman having dreadlocks party

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

The Members – The Model; Uprhythm, Downbeat (Arista) ‘82

<The Members UK New Wave; 18 sec.>

<Kraftwerk tune; 34 sec.>

Ruts DC Meets Mad Professor – Push Yourself (Make It Work); Rhythm Collision Dub (ROIR) ‘82

<Ruts DC: Punkdub; 20 sec.>

St. Germain – Dub Experience; From Detroit to St. Germain (F Communications) ’99
Toure’ Kunda – Africa Lelly; E’mma (Celluloid) ’81 Senegalese

Set 7 Instrumental Set

Boss Capone – No Toys in the Yard (Billy the Kid Vs. Dracula); Another 15 Dance Floor Crashers (Grover) 2013 Germany
Scientist – Jab; Heavyweight Dub Champion (Greensleeves) ‘80
Dubkasm – Gideon Armour; 12” (Sufferer’s Choice) 2006 UK

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Dubdadda – Cross the Border; Abassi All Stars Showcase (Universal Egg) 2006 UK Riddim Shower (1) 2006
Sis Sanae – Suffering Abassi All Stars Showcase (Universal Egg) 2006 UK Riddim Shower (2)
Disrupt – Asteroid Dub Force; Jahtarian Dubbers 3 (Jahtari) 2012 Germany
Lee “Scratch” Perry – On the Wire; On the Wire (Trojan) 2000 UK
African Head Charge – Dancing With My Drums; Live Goods (Bonjo)

Stream of conscious champ Lee “Scratch” Perry

Words of Wisdom:

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

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 Ark-Ives: March 7, 2015: (Stream + Tracklist); Spring Forward Ever Backwards Never!

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download (65) — Every time Giorgio says “Extra Terrestrials” take a drink or a hit off yer spliff!

<Lose an hour; 11 sec.>

Greetings,

Daylight Savings means winter is over!

<HIghlights of the Show>

Annotated Playlist: Reggae History Lessons, soundbytes, photos, captions: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 7, 2015

Set 1:

Winston Francis – Let’s Go to Zion; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2003 mutant dub
Jah Lloyd – Sharp Razor; Herb Dub (Teams) Dub Album of the Week
Black Slate – Calling Jah; World Citizen (Unit 8) 2014; UK group reunion
Rhoda Dakar – Too Experienced; Cleaning in a Another Woman’s Kitchen (Moon); 2007 UK ska vet covers Bob Andy
Horace Andy – Fly Like an Eagle; See and Blind (Heartbeat Europe); ’98 Neth.; Steve Miller cover
Ben Harper – Burn One Down; Reggae Sampler (Virgin) ’99; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Bunny Wailer – Didn’t You Know; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88

Set 2:

The Wailers – Kinky Reggae; Burnin’ (Disc 2) (Tuff Gong); Live at Leeds Polytechnic; 11/23/73 UK

<Reggae History Lesson: From the Wailers to Bob Marley & the Wailers; 33 sec.>

Dennis Brown & Ranking Buckers – Tenement Yard; 10” (Observer Gold) ‘77
Akabu feat. DJ Pepsi; No Crack; Warrior Queen (ON U Sound) ’95 UK female group

uk-map_323x409 — The Wailers – 11/23/73. Live at Leeds Polytechnic. North of London

Set 3: Rockers doing Reggae

Garland Jeffreys – Midnight Cane; Garland Jeffreys (Atlantic) Rockers do Reggae Set; ’73 NYC black rock artist with Byron Lee in Jamaica

<Garland Jeffreys – NYC black rocker in Jamaica; 76 sec.>

The Slits – I Heard It Thru the Grapevine; Eastbound & Down Soundtrack (HB0); UK female punk dub cover of Marvin Gaye; 11 sec.

Peter and the Test Tube Babies – Trapper Ain’t Got a Bird; Punk Rock Singles Collection (Anagram) UK punkers

<You’ve got punk rock in my dub reggae!; 5 sec.>

Led Zeppelin – Dy’er Mak’er; Houses of the Holy (Atlantic) ’73; Did you make her in Jamaica. Say it fast!; 78 sec.

220px-D'yer_Mak'er45 — “Did you make her in Jamaica?”

Set 4:

Izyah Davis & Coptic Sound – No More War; 10” (Livication Corner) 2008 Fr. Mutant Dub

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital – Seven Leaf Set; 22 sec.

Steel Pulse – Drug Squad; Caught You (Island) ’80 UK
Heptones – Sensemenia Collie; One Step Ahead (Sonic)
’85 JA
Lion Youth – Bring de Couchie; Love Comes & Goes (Virgo Stomach) ’81 UK clear vinyl
Lovindeer – Free the Marijuana; De Blinkin’ Bus (TSOJ) ’82 JA

<Legalize it for “foreign currency”; 8 sec.>

hqdefault (3) — “You’re wasting my time looking for dope!”

Set 6: Best of 25 Years

Tenor Saw – Who’s Gonna Help Me Praise; Fever (Blue Mountain) ’89; Best of 25 Years
Big Youth – Screaming Target; Screaming Target (Trojan) ’73; over Dawn Penn’s “No, No, No” riddim
Madness – One Step Beyond; One Step Beyond; 2 Tone UK ska
Rita Marley – One Draw; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy) ’81 herbtune; 12 sec.

download (63) — Rita teaches star pupils: Smokey, Herbie and Milla as in Sensi-milla!

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM

<lo fi, no computers for I ‘n’ I!>

King Stitt – Herbman Shuffle; 7” (Trojan) ’69 pic sleeve; 7” Jamaican Jukebox set
Hortense Ellis – Red Shirt; 7” (Sun Set)
Ronnie Davis – Tradition Song; 7” (Clocktower) ’75 NYC
Dub Syndicate – Etherealites; 7” (blank); mutant dub

Set 8: Mutant Dub

<UFOria; 16 sec.>

Zion Train – Rebuilding Rome; Love Revolutionaries (Universal Egg); ’99 UK; Mutant Dub Set
Ras Command – Education; Serious Smokers (Waveform) 2000
Dreadzone feat. Ini Kamoze – One Way; Second Light (Virgin) ’95 UK
Soom T – Weed is Sweeter; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2010; female weedstepper from Jahs-gow, Scotland
Bob Marley – Exodus Dub (Kindred Spirit Mix); Marley Soundtrack (Tuff Gong) 2012

1048234_362696147233779_6342830878715873088_o — Weedstepper

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Preview Jah-bruary 28, 2015 – Last Day of Bob-ruary, Bobstock, Bob-stalk!

February 28, 2015 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

bob-marley-70-reggae-reggaetoday — Celebrating Bob-sstalk/Bobstock every day for more than 25 Years at the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

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,

Last day of Bob-ruary on Smile Jamaica. Bob Marley of course

Here’s what I’m gonna feature today

Marley Tribute Sets: Aluminum (CD) and Vinyl
Mutant Dub
Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45 RPM
Roots Dawtas
Seven Leaf
Disco Mix Vinyl

Head’s up Marley obsessives. 2 new Marley live offerings. Music and live video performance

This one came courtesy of my Pops

From Sports Illustrated: The Descendants; Sept. 15, 2014

Bob Marley’s son Rohan with grandson Nico

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: Bob-ruary 21, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Roots Quality for Sure-ty!

February 27, 2015 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

images (16) — Tribute to the man called Bob Marley. The musical hero. If you see him, give him my regards…Prince Far I

Greetings,

Good news out of Jamaica!

<Collie Weed decriminalized on the Island; 17 sec.>

Here’s what on tap for Bob-ruary 21, 2015: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives’ 81 sec.

Marley Tributes
Wailers Family Tree
Roots Dawtas
Disco Mix 12″
Vinyl is Vital (all livicated to Bob)
Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45 RPM
Mutant Dub

bless, robt

Annotated Playlist; soudbytes, photos, captions, Reggae History lessons

Set 1:

Bloodfire Posse – Every Posse Get Flat; Are You Ready (Columbia) ’86 UK vinyl

<Reggae History Lesson: Get Flat – a type of Jamaican dance; 82 sec.>

Martin Campbell vs. Alien Dread – Rebel Salute; Inna Cosmic Dub Clash (Channel One UK) 2007; Dub Album of the Week; Mutant Dub style
Cedella Marley Booker – Redemption Song; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84 Bob’s mom in tribute
Easy Star All Stars feat. Gary “Nesta” Pine & Dollarman – Money; Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003 Pink Floyd cover

<4 down, 46 to go!; 25 sec.>

Triston Palma – Collie Man; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Kim Harriott – Woman of the Ghetto; 12” (Crystal) ’79 soul cover of Marlena Shaw; 18 sec.

download (55) — Bunny Wailer lights a candle to celebrate Jamaica decriminalizing cannabis. No cannabliss!

Set 2: Wailer Family Tree

The Wailers – Midnight Ravers; Burnin’ (Deluxe Edition) 11/23/73 Live at Leeds Polytechnic UK
Peter Tosh – I Am That I Am; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds) Acoustic: WXFM Jah-cago, Ill. Live in the studio
Bunny Wailer – Want to Come Home; Liberation (Shanachie) ‘88
Abyssinians – Jah Marley; Last Days (Tabou1) ’97 Marley tribute

Bob Marley Smoking Marijuana — Jah-bruary, herb-ruary, Bob-ruary. Excuse me while I light my spliff

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica Year 1 – 1988/89

The Selecter – Too Much Pressure; Too Much Pressure (2 Tone) ’80; UK ska feat. Pauline Black on vox
Ruts DC and the Mad Professor – Whatever We Do; Rhythm Collision Dub (ROIR) ‘82

<Punk Dub; 39 sec.>

Israel Vibration – Cool and Calm; Strength of My Life (RAS) ‘88

<Reggae History Lesson: Polio Rastas; 15 sec.>

Dennis Brown & Gregory Isaacs – Jealousy; No Contest (VP) ‘87

<Prince Neville’s Reggae Runnings; San Francisco, Colly-fornya; 77 sec.>

download (54) — Smile Jamaica’s favorite Dancehall album

Set 4:

Toots Hibbert & Sly & Robbie – Come and Get It; Art of McCartney (Arctic Poppy) 2014 tribute

Carol Kalphat & Clint Eastwood – African Land + Ethiopia; 12” (Hit Run) ‘79

<Reggae History Lesson: Lebanese/Syrians in Jamaica; 26 sec.>

41dc4J-pN8L._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_ — Lebanese-Jamaican President of Jamaica. Rastas called him CIA-ga

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital – Bob Marley Tributes

<Reggae History Lesson: Bob Marley Tributes in 1981, Bob’s passing; 17 sec.>

Prince Far I – Tribute to Bob Marley; Voice of Thunder (Trojan) ’81 UK; Vinyl Tribute to Bob Marley

<Prince Far I – The Voice of Thunder; 14 sec.>

Sue Chaloner – Missing Mr. Marley; 12” (CNR) ‘84
Tinga Stewart – Musical King; Key to Your Heart (Calabash) ’83 Miami FL
Jah Thomas – Tribute to the Reggae King; Tribute to Reggae King (Gorgon) ’81 JA

download (53) — Old Testament Fire and Brimstone

Set 6:

Alpha Blondy – Mystic Night Move; Masada (World Pacific) ‘’92; Tribute to Marley
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Hypocrites; Fy-ah, Fy-ah (JAD) request
Zema – Swap; Black Sheep (Melchizedek) Los Jah-ngeles, Colly-fornya female roots singer
Winston Reedy & Tim Hain – Reggae Man; 12” (Priority) ’87 UK; Marley Tribute

123px-Winston_Reedy_Reggae_Man_single_back_cover — Celebrating Bob-ruary

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM

Charley Ace – Country Boy; 7” (Giant) herb tune

<Reggae History Lesson – Labrish – Jamaican patois for “shooting the shit”; 14 sec.>

Chiba – Evil Men; 7” (Chiba) ‘95
Martin Williams – Never Give Up; 7” (Mandingo)
Creoles – I Don’t Know; 7” (Village)
Benjamin Zephaniah – Riot in Progress; Dub Ranting 7” (Radical Wallpaper) ’82; UK dub poet, pic sleeve

download (52) — Rare herbtune from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Alpha & Omega – Jah Almighty; Everyday Life (A & O) ’93 UK trance dubbers
Dreadzone feat. Earl 16 – Zion Youth; Second Light (Virgin) ‘95
Zion Train – Healing of the Nation; CD Single (China) ’95 feat. Female vox; herbtune
Ras Command – Interlude No. 1 (Puffin Mix); Serious Smokers (Waveform); 2000 herbtune, best of
Brother Culture – Foundation Rockers; Twilight Circus Dub SoundSystem – Remixed : Dubwise (M) 2004 Holland
African Head Charge – The Race; Great Vintage vol. 1 (ON U Sound) ’89; Adrian Sherwood

00 - Alpha & Omega - 1988-Everyday Life — UK trance dub. Smile Jamaica’s favorite Mutant Dub group

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Preview Bob-ruary 7, 2015: Bobstock – Bob Marley 70th Birthday Weekend

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900x900px-LL-7cd21d7c_gallery8954441350233413 — lHappy 70th Birthday Bob Marley: Feb. 6, 1945

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

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

download (40) — Read one Bob thought a day, keep the Devil away; I say!

Greetings,

<56 Thoughts From 56 Hope Road: No. 37; 16 sec.>

Happy 70th Birthday Bob Marley: Feb. 6, 1945

On Smile Jamaica we celebrate all month long. February? No Bob-ruary!

Check yesterday’s Digital Dubplate Mixcloud Special of Marley Tributes

Bob-Stock (aka Bob-Stalk*): Bob-ruary 7, 2015 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

*Stalk as in Stalk of Sensimilla!

Vinyl, Disco Mix vinyl, CDs: 3 hours of Bobilicious Roots

Bob Marley Tribute tunes
Marley covers
Rare Bob Marley 12″ singles.

<Rarities for sure-ty>

Tune in live or check back here for the Ark-Ive Edition hosted by Mixcloud

bless, robt

<56 Thoughts From 56 Hope Road: No. 38; 11 sec.>

bob-marley-quotes-about-smoking-weedxoaqwepo--bob-marley-smoking-weed-quotes-qhorqk9n — Bobstock during the month of Bob-ruary on Smile Jamaica. Thanks Bob.

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

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

dsP4FDz9Lh-2 — 3 Groovy Things: Bob Marley smoking herb with an Alien. Smile Jamaica approved!

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