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Smile Jamaica Playlist; Jah-vember 8, 2014 (Stream + Tracklist): Seven Leaf Relief

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4 down, 46 to go! Cannabis did a lot better than this guy at the ballot box last Tuesday

Greetings,

<4 down, 46 to!. Dubble the legalize>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Jah-vember 8, 2014

<Jah-vember 8, 2014: Show High-lights; 47 sec.>

They call me Nelstradamus: I predicted Obama over Hillary; Russia vs. NATO: Cold War II, Nuclear Boogaloo. I am predicting 2016 Cannabis Legalization.

<They call me Nelstradamus; 38 sec.>

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Nostradamus ain’t got nuthin’ on Nelstradamus! Smile Jamaica predicts Marijuana Legalization states in 2016

High-lights of the Jah-vember 8, 2014: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive

3 sets out of 8 devoted to the Black Wax

  • Seven Leaf Vinyl set

<Smile Jamaica’s Seven Leaf Election Recap; 45 sec.>

  • 420 Cannabis Service Announcements: upstate NY, JA singjay, UK dubstep toaster, Marley cover, dubplate rmx, Jah-pon
  • Dub Album of the Week: Bush Chemists – Raw Raw Dub (UK mutant dubbers)
  • Disco Mix extended Vinyl singles: herbs, dubstep, militant steppers, cannabis rmx
  • Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45s: Panadol, Jamaican heroes, Gregg Allman cover
  • Mutant Dub World Tour: France, Los Jah-ngeles, Jah-pon, UK

<Praise Jah for Daylight Savings: UFO watching soundtrack>

  • Roots Dawtas: Pacific Islander duo, Soom T from Scotland; Aisha UK; Canadian dub poetess; Los Jah-ngeles, Collie-fornya, French dubstress
  • Vinyl is Vital …. rhymes with Ital: Canadian dub poetry, herbage, JA harmony trio, JA deejay; Marley tribute
  • Wailers Family Tree: Bob last live ’80; Peter at the One Love Peace Concert ’78; Bunny Wailer digital ’86; Johnny Clarke covers Bob inna herbal stylee.
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Slaying the Drug War with riddim!

Below is the Annotated Playlist: photos, captions, Reggae History Lessons, soundbytes: Jah-vember 1, 2014 Smile Jamaica 

 Set 1: Vinyl Seven Leaf Election Celebration Set

<4 down, 46 to go!: Smile Jamaica’s Pot Prediction 75% success rate; 85 sec.>

  • Aisha – His Imperial Majesty; Daughters of Zion (Twinkle) ’93 UK vinyl
  • Bush Chemists – Raw Raw Dub (ROIR) 2005, Dub Album of the Week; UK mutant dubbers
  • Azeem & Session – Big Head Spliff; Dreadfly (Joe Gibbs)  ’82 FL vinyl: 4:20 Vinyl Set. 4 down, 46 to go!
  • Kenny Knotts – Good Sensi; 10” (Conscious Sounds) 2012 UK; mutant dub Horace Ferguson herbtune
  • Bert Brown & Olubayo – Iry Feeling; Escape From Babylon (Bertene) ’83 NY. Irie = condition after partaking

<Cannabis History Lesson: Irie Feeling; 20 sec.>

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Nelstradamus Predicts: In 2016 to counter President Romney it will be 16 down, 34 to go!

Set 2:

  • Peter Tosh – Stepping Razor; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sound) live at One Love Peace Concert; Kingston, JA; 4/22/78

<Heartland Reggae: Concert Film of the One Love Peace Concert; 30 sec.>

  • 10 Ft. Ganja Plant – 10 Ft. Ganja Plant and Weed; bushrock (ROIR) 2009 NY herbtune
  • Mike Brooks – Devil’s Conspiracy; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2007 UK militant steppers
  • Rose Marie – Stop Falling; Inner City Roots (Joe Gibbs) 2005 lovers rock
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Concert Film of the One Love Peace Concert; Apr. 22, 1978

Set 3:

  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – Get Up Stand Up; Live Forever (Tuff Gong) 9/23/80 last live in Pittsburgh, Jah-sylvania

<Bob’s last live performance clip; 24 sec.>

  • Universal Speakers – We Roots + In Dub; We Roots (Catch Me Time); 2012 Pacific Island female duo
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Get Up Stand Up: Last encore, of last live performance; 9/23/80. How fitting. Live Forever he shall

Set 4:

  • Bunny Wailer – Old Time Singting; Rule Dance Hall (Shanachie) ‘86
  • Lee Perry – Blackboard Jungle Dub (Ver. 1); Blackboard Jungle Dub (Clocktower) ’73 flute dub
  • Top Cat & Soom T – Herbalist + Did You Know; 10” (Scotch Bonnet) 2007 mutant dub herbtune; Soom T female vox
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Wailers Family Tree. Early digital classic

Set 5: Vinyl Is V-Ital 

  • Carlton Livingston – Trodding; Retrospect (Jah Life) ’79 herbtune: trodding inna jungle w/ chalice in hand: Vinyl Is V-Ital Set

<Trodding thru the jungle w/ chalice in hand! 19 sec.>

  • The Gladiators – Oh What a Joy; Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ’80 UK
  • Lillian Allen – One Poem Town + Why Do We Have to Fight?; Conditions Critical (Redwood) Canadian dub poet; Emeryville, Collie-fornya ‘87
  • Horace Andy – Bob Lives On; Exclusively (Solid Groove) ’82 UK; livicated to Bob Marley
  • Lone Ranger – U.F.O.; Barnabas in Collins Wood (Wave) ’79 JA
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…”with chalice in hand”. Singly classic on Black Wax

Set 6:

  • Johnny Clarke – Easy Skanking; Tribute to Bob Marley in a Dancehall (Rhino); herbtune, Marley cover

<4 down, 46 to go!; Easy Skanking; 18 sec.>

  • Zema – Still Not?; Black Sheep (Melchizedek) female artist, Los Jah-ngeles, Collie-fornya
  • Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja (Rootical Dubplate Mix); 12” EP (Greensleeves) herb tune
  • Shark Wilson & the Basement Heaters – make It Reggae; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz); James Brown high stepper reggae
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Johnny Clarke: Roots cover artist extraordinaire

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 45 7″ RPM

  • Dawn & Christine – Panadol; 7” (M & M) Panadol is pain reliever; herb is better

Panadol for menstrual cramps. Collie works better.

<Reggae History Lesson: Panadol versus cannabis; 34 sec.>

  • Neville Martin – The Clique; 7” (Clandisc) ‘76 Clancy Eccles; Jamaican national heroes
  • Desmond Biggs – What Happen to the People; 7” (Run Come)
  • Paul Davidson – Midnight Rider; 7” (Hometown) ‘75 Gregg Allman cover
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Bumba klaat: Seven Leaf is better than Acetaminophen

Set 8: Mutant Dub

  • Audio Active – Universal Joint; Back to the Stoned Age (Beat) 2003 Jah-pon herb tune; 18 sec.
  • Botom Botom – I’m Alive; This Is Not a Stereotype (Hamerbass) Fr. Dub w/ female vox
  • Future Pigeon – Evil (Eatin’ at My Soul); Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collectio) 2006 Los Jah-ngeles
  • Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Refix); Gorillaz (Virgin) 2000 UK
  • Roots Manuva – Proper Tings Juggled; Duppy Writer (Big Dada) 2010 UK
  • Little Roy – Frankenstein; Longtime (ON U Sound) ’96 UK
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Starship Spliff Tail searching for space dust

 

 

 

 

 

Smile Jamaica Preview: Jah-tober 11, 2014: Jah-loween Season of the Witch!

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Jah-loween. Nuff Reggae tunes about witches, vampires, ghouls, zombies, duppies, Frankenstein. “Pick up your Cross and follow me!” — Lee “Scratch” Perry

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

Greetings,

Give thanks and Praise for those of you who made a pledge to Smile Jamaica during KRCL’s recent Fall Fund Drive. The Reggae ‘n’ Dub massive pulled together 20,000 dollars for my 25 years and KRCL’s 35 years. Even held our own against the Ute football homecoming game. bless indeed!

Community/Public Radio is the last bastion of media that is for its listeners and not for advertisers. Always is a blessing to see an ethnic music program, Reggae: Smile Jamaica, holds it own against the rock and indie programs in planting that flag for  Saturday Afternoons devoted to Roots ‘n’ Dubwize. We – all together = have the skillz to pay the bills!

Six hours in the chair pleading for kasheesh. Now let’s get on with the tunes for the next six months.

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Sat. Jah-tober 25; 4-7 PM. Smile Jamaica’s 20+ Jah-loween Extravaganza. 3 hours of all kiiller spooky tunes and horror flick sound bytes. Boo-tiful!

I started the Smile Jamaica blog during the 20 Days of Jah-pril. Cannabis Service Month. That annual 4:20 blowout, with all the sound bytes segueing between the Cannabliss and Seven Leaf meditations, is probably my favorite show during the year.

For the same reasons, my co-favorite Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive show takes place on the last Saturday before Halloween. Same method to my madness as on or near 4/20. Take 35 or so songs devoted to Evil Forces and otherworldly spirits and stitch in sound bytes and clips from various Horror movies!

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We will be hearing a Reggae cover of this plus Vincent Prices’s sound interlude during Jah-tober Jah-loween on Smile Jamaica

Here is the High-lights for today’s show: Jah-tober 11, 2014 Ark-Ive

  • Dub Album of the Week: Delixx – Uprising in Dub (Micron) ’80. Trumpet instrumentals of Bob’s last album. So the music never has to stop!
  • Cannabis Service Announcements: Let’s see how many Seven Leaf Disco Mix 10″ and 12″s I’ve got in the crate this week.
  • Mutant Dub: Last half hour of UFO-ria
  • Rockers do Reggae: First Saturday tradition since last Sat. was Radiothon: Good and rare. Check it!
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Lee “Scratch” Perry rarity
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Dub re-imagination out of Denver, Collie-rado

 

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From the Ark-Ives. Mystery Rockers do Reggae inna Jah-loween Style. Cyndi Lauper connection, MTV staple, one hit wonders
  •  Roots Dawtas: Every generation: 70’s (Marcia G.); 80’s (Aisha), The Selecter; 90”s (Zion Train); 2010ers(?): Hollie Cook
  •  Wailers Family Tree: Bob in Pittsburgh 9/23/80: Last Live Performance; Tosh Live @ One Love Peace Concert (4/22/78); Bunny Wailer “Rule Dance Hall” ’87; Marcia Steppin’

Vinyl Is Vital – Whole Heap of Jah-loween! (Midway of 3 hours; 5:30 live)

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Lone Ranger’s Unholy Trinity of Jah-loween: Barnabas Collins – Soap Opera vampire. Annie Palmer (Jamaican witch). Frankenstine (sp.)

bless, robt

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
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Dracula chew yer neck like Wrigley’s!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Jah-gust 9, 2014 (Stream + Tracklist): Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45 RPM

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Smile Jamaica: Your Jamaican Jukebox for 26+ years now

Greetings,

Here is last week’s Black Wax attack flingin’ roots from the 7″ wing of the  Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-gust 9, 2014

Scroll for the Ark-Ive stream and “annotated” Playlist with sound bytes

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“Bob Marley? Prince Far I? Here’s a perfect jitterbug 45 for our sock hop: Smoke Two Joints!”

Playlist: Check for pictures, captions, soundbytes 

Set 1: 4:20 Set of Sound: The Seven Leaf for the Seven Inch:

  • Boston Jack – Great God Over in Zion (Miracle Productions)
  • Peabody & Sherman – Guess Who’s Coming For Sweet Leaf; (blank); 4:20 Set – mashup between Black Sabbath herbtune vs. Black Uhuru

<Bootleg mashup: Black Sabbath vs. Black Uhuru; 4 min 30 sec.>

  • Lacksley Castell – Collie Tree (Fire House)
  • Rapper Robert & Jim Brown – Minister For Ganja (Coxsone) ‘85
  • Earl Anthony – Sensi Man Rock (Look to Africa) clear vinyl
  • Macka B – Ganja (Ariwa) UK
  • Frankie Paul – Sensi (Crazy Night)***End of Set 1
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2 down, 48 to go. By the time this tyke gets to buy his first drink it will be: 49 down, 1 to go. Guess which will the be the last state to legalize it?

Set 2: KFC: 2 buckets of chicken, keep the drum kickin’

  • Lee “Scratch” Perry – Kentucky Skank (Mojo) UK; about KFC Chicken, Mojo Mag 91 sec.
  • Trevor Hartley, Africa (Jove) ’79 UK
  • Tony Curtis – Leave the Collie Alone (Cou$ins) hertbtune

<2 down 48, to go: D.C. Legalize It 2014; 45 sec.>

  • Jenifah Gad – Survival (Black Roots)***End of Set 2
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“That Tony Curtis is so dreamy. I hope he asks me to the prom!”

Set 3:

  • Bobo Shanty – Jah Light (Creation Heights)
  • Blazing Fire – Blood Donza (Ja Man)
  • Jah Wally Stars – Mozambique (Addis Ababa); roots instrumental
  • Mojo Morgan – Herbs Man Anthem (Gedion Music); over Tosh’s Igziabeher riddim, herbtune***End of Set 3

<2 down, 48 to go!: Guam Legalize 2014; 15 sec.>

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“Just pick already! Anything Mutant Dub”

 Set 4: Who Colt the Game: Bob Marley on Obama vs. Putin

  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – Who Colt the Game (Ascension) Lee Perry prod’n; dominos phrase; 69 sec.
  • Brenda Harry – Rise Up Stand Firm (Twinkle) 2001  
  • Lone Ranger – Natty Chalawa (Studio One) ’81 herbtune; 47 sec.
  • Inner Rose – Rise Up (Inner Rose) 2012 Fr. ***End of Set 4
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“All that bass in this Jamaican Jukebox makes me tingle in my girly parts!”

Set 5:

  • Jahlights – Right Road to Zion (Trojan) ‘ 78 UK
  • Tippa Lee – Ganja Pipe Fe Bun (Corner Stone) herb tune 8 sec.
  • Gladiators – Beautiful Locks (Studio One) Jr. Byles – Curly Locks
  • Winston Watson – Do Mama Do (Wild Flower) ’76 of The Meditations
  • Levi Williams – Peaceful Rasta (Mighty Cloud) ‘74***End Set 5
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So Smile J Say: “Grab a dawta for the rub a dub session. Cool down the pace. Wine up her waist, put a smile pon yer face!”

Set 6:

  • Charley Ace – Herb Man Special (Swing-a-Ling) ; herbtune Rita Marley One Draw
  • Mikey Dread – King of Kings (Higher Ground Sound) 2001 green vinyl
  • True Persuaders – Natty Lead the Way (Forward)
  •  George Nooks – Tribal War (Crazy Joe) ‘ 78 Joe Gibbs prod’n ***End of Set 6
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“Smile Jamaica puts pep in my step!:

Set 7: Vinyl Fury causes KRCL power outage

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“I like to listen to Smile Jamaica on my Hi Fi while I wait for my herb vendor to knock pon I door!”
  • Abdel Karim – Peace in the City (Kingston Connexion)
  • Lopez Walker – Jah Jah Garden (Phase 1)…power outage on KRCL
  • Eric Morris – Eyere Feeling (Sure Shot)
  • I Wayne – Sweet Collie (Thriller Music) herbtune***End of Set 7

<Smile Jamaica Pick Six: Legalize 2014. 23 sec.>

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From Father to Son, From Mother to Dawta: Smile Jamaica – 26+ years of Reggae Radio

Set 8: Ancient Aliens drinking game; 58 sec.

  • Tenastelin – Flying Saucers (River Bank); 2001 Anunnaki Ancient Aliens tune
  • System Error feat. Michael Rose – Time Bomb (Deep Root) 2008 UK
  • Al Campbell – Leave the Herbsman Business (Witty) herbtune
  • Jah Hamed & the Meditations – Rastaman (Total Satisfaction) Bob Marley I’m Hurtin’ Inside riddim
  • Lloyd Parks – Mafia (Pressure Sounds) ’75 UK, more power outage! 12 sec.
  •  Mafia & Fluxy – Mascot (Flying Saucers dub) (River Bank) 2001

<Conspiracy Theories are to Ancient Aliens as Dub is to Reggae; 55 sec.>

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They are coming back. Do not scoff!