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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist) Jah-pril 30, 2016 UFOria – Dub Side of the Moon!

May 6, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Heading into Spring on Smile Jamaica with 2 interivews: Easy Star All Stars and Dub Side of the Moon:

My old spar Grizzlite was in town lamenting the lack of Roots Reggae in Florida. Strictly dancehall in Palm Beach County. He was homesick for some home cooked Roots

Grizzlite my Reggae apprentice checking in

So enjoy the Jah-pril 30, 2016 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive

bless, robt

❤ hour high-lights>

Set 1:

The Viceroys – Chucky; Hit Me With Music (Trojan) ’74 UK best of vinyl
The Revolutionaries – Dub Over Dub (Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour
Silvertones – When Knotty Came; Clocktower Classics vol. 1 (Clocktower/Abraham)

<Reggae History Lesson: Clocktower label; 12 sec.>

Jimmy Cliff – Sitting in Limbo; Muscle Shoals Soundtrack (Republic) recorded in Alabama studio

<Muscle Shoals, Alabama; 21 sec.>

Peter Broggs – Rastman Chant Niabingha; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) ’85 Best of nyah drums

<Niyabinghi = Death to Black & White Oppressors; 18 sec.>

Sister Carol – Herbal Is Natural; Live (Catapult) 2001 live 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Sister Carol’s pharmacopia; 12 sec.>

Augustus Pablo – Eastman Sound; 12” (Rockers International) melodica instrumental

Set 2:

Easy Star All-Stars feat. Dr. Israel – Brain Damage; Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003 Pink Floyd dubwise

<Dub Side of the Moon; 20 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Puff She Puff; Red (Mango) ’81 herbtune
Aisha – Gunman; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94 Mad Professor prod’n
Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse; 12” (Island) ‘82

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Johnny Was (Unreleased Album Mix); Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) (Tuff Gong) ’76: Wailers Family Tree Set
Bunny Wailer – Rock ‘n’ Groove; Retrospective (Shanachie) best of
Big Youth – Get Up Stand Up; Jah Love (Music Club) Bob Marley cover set
Peter Tosh – In My Song; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87

Set 4:

Easy Star All-Stars feat. Sluggy Ranks – Speak to Me + Breathe in the Air; Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003: interview
Laurel Aitken – Rise & Fall; Rise & Fall (Doctor Bird/Unicorn) ’69 ska

<Reggae Pioneer – Laurel Aitken; 10 sec.>

10 Foot Ganja Plant – Rooftop Duel; 10 Deadly Shots vol. 2 (ROIR) 2012 Upstate NY instrumental
Mike Brooks + Lone Ranger & the Ire Hi Fi – Live My Life + Play de Music; Play de Music (Planet Dread) 2007 Germ. Best of

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Johnny Clarke – Legalise It; Authorized Version (Virgin Front Line) ’76 UK Tosh cover: Vinyl is Vital Set
Jah Thomas – Stop Yu Loafing; Stop Yu Loafing (Greensleeves) ’78 UK
Chalice – Shine On; Stand Up! (CSA) ’85 UK
Bunny Brissett – Never Go Astray; Rockers Showcase III (Rockers International) ’87
Succulent – Chin Up; Natural Progression EP (Worship) 2002 US mutant dub

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

Burning Spear – Fire Down Below; Presenting (Studio One) ’72
Judy Mowatt – You’re My People; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82
Dillinger – Flat Foot Hustlin’; Cocaine (Charly) ’83 over Dennis Brown riddim
George Faith feat. Dillinger – To Be a Lover; (Mango) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark/Upsetters
Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Senya – Children of the Ghetto; Cobra Style (Heartbeat) ’76 Aston “Familyman Barrett prod’n by female artist
Capital Letters Reality (Rootikal Rework); 12” EP (Greensleeves) 2014 rmx of UK group

Set 8: Mutant Dub UFOria

Dubadelic – MIB; Bass Invaders (WordSound) ’98 Men in Black, UFOria set
Lee “Scratch” Perry – UFO Attack (Instrumental); Technomajikal (ROIR) ’97 Techno produced by Yello member
Kingman + Jonah feat. Claudious Linton – Star Wars; Sign Time (Sun King) ‘98
Audio Active feat. Laraaji – Space Vistors for Tea; The Way Out is the Way In (Beat) ’95 Jah-pon
Jah Wobble – Moon Slow Beat Part I & II; Umbra Sumus (30 Hertz) ‘98

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist) Mar. 19, 2016 – Feel the Bern!

March 25, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

<Bernie v. Hillary; Trump v. Romney; 21 sec.>

Greetings,

14,000 people to see Bernie Sanders in SLC
During Spring Break
During Ute NCAA Basketball
Trump drew 1200

80% trouncing. Nearly ever colleague talked about how their caucus ran out of ballots or they queued in line for 90 minutes to 2 hours.

Congratulations Bernie Sanders. You want more votes? Call for legalizing the Seven Leaf!

(PS – I’m voting or Jill Stein. From one Green to another!)

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist – March 19, 2016; 69 sec.

Set 1:

Aswad – Hey Jah Children; Babylon Soundtrack (Takoma) ’80 UK
Bunny Wailer – Dub D’sco vol. 2 (Solomonic/RAS) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour
Barrington Levy – Please Jah Jah; Prison Oval Rock (RAS) ’84 on Sugar Minott’s Oh Mr. DC
Mystic Roots Band feat. Marko & Katherine Ramirez – Running; Campfire vol. 1 (Stay Positive) 2013 Chico, CA
Inner Circle – We Come to Rock You; Best of (Mango) ‘80
Bob Marley & the Wailers – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Trojan) ’73 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Leroy Smart – See Them Go; 10” (Fatman) ’85 UK

Early addition to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 2:

Rico & the Special A.K.A. – Jungle Music; A Checkered Past (2 Tone/Chrysalis) ’82: ska trombonist with 2 Tone Ska

<UK 2 Tone Ska; 35 sec.>

Laurel Aitken – Witchdoctor From Amsterdam; Rise & Fall (Unicorn) ‘90
Tchiya Amet – Natural Woman; Rise Again Truth (Redemption Way) ’99 Chicago female
Robert Emanuel – You Can’t Push I Over; 10” (Main Line)

Set 3: Best of 26+ Years of Smile Jamaica

New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Observe Life; Action Battlefield (ON U Sound) ’82 Michael Rose cover
Desi Roots – Go There Right; Strictly For Rockers (Mango) ’85 comp.
Steel Pulse – Leggo Beast; True Democracy (Elektra) ’82 UK roots
Ken Boothe & the Iranian Students – Peace Time; Jack Ruby Hi Fi (Auralux) ’79

<Producer Jack Ruby – discovered Burning Spear; 8 sec.>

Sound Dimension & Ernest Wilson – Why Oh Why Version ; Version Dread – 19 Dub Hits From Studio One (Studio One/Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour

<Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One labe; 28 sec.l>

hqdefault (4) — Reggae producer Jack Ruby

Set 4:

Peter Tosh – Fight Apartheid; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87

<Tosh Murdered just as I discovered Reggae, Fall ’87>

<Reggae History Lesson: Apartheid and South Africa; 17 sec.>

Ranking Roger & Blue Riddim Band – America and Russia/Selective Service System + Nancy Goes to Russia (ORA International) ’83 St. Louis – Nancy Reagan tune

<Nancy loves fashion but Ron loves money; 24 sec.>

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Cimarons – Mull of Kintyre; Reggaebility (MPL) ’82 Paul McCartney cover

<Cimarons love McCartney; 19 sec.>

Niney – My Spliff; Nuclear Jammin’ (Voiceprint) Chicago ’86 herbtune
Jah Thomas – Love and Happiness; Stop Yu Loafin’ (Greensleeves) ’78 UK over Leroy Smart’s cover of Waiting in Vain
Louise Bennett – Funny Names; Yes M’Dear Live! (Island) ‘83
Jimmy Shondell – Snake in the Grass; Hit Me With Music (Trojan) ’73 UK

download (33) — Busted in Jah-pon: Paul McCartney and the Seven Leaf

Set 6:

Aisha – Someday; There is More to Life (Ariwa) 2005
Capital Letters – Do We Really Need a Government?; Bread and Water (Greensleeves) ’80 7” EP
Barry Brown – Pass Up the Chalice; Rich Man Poor Man (Moll-Selekta) herbtune
Errol Dunkley & Errol Bellot – Live Right + Everything Is Possible; 10” (Reality Shock) 2011
Tassili Players – Interstellar Overdub; Outer Space (Universal Egg) ’96 Mutant Dub Album of the Hour

<Tassili Algeria – Ancient Aliens; 28 sec.>

download (34) — Ancient Aliens in Tassili Algeria caves

Set 7:

John Brown’s Body – Plantation; Kings and Queens (Esy Star) Upstate NY
Backbeat Soundsystem – Burnin’ Up; Together Not Apart (Easy Star) 2014 Cornwall, England
Rebelution – Fade Away; Count Me In (Easy Star) 2014 Santa Barbara

<Easy Star Records>

Set 8: Mutant Dub UFO-ria

<UFOria>

Dubadelic – Thuds Like Scuds; Bass Invaders (WordSound) ’98: UFOria set – Mutant Dub
African Head Charge & Professor – Stretch; Brother of Reality (ON U Sound) ’98 UK
Nina Hagen – UFO; Nunsexmonkrock (Columbia) ’80 Germ.
Boxcutter – SPACEBASS; Arecibo Message (Planet Mu) 2009 UK dubstep
Dubvisionist and TVS – Moonsteppa; King Size Dub Special (Echo Beach) Germ. 2014
Fedayi Pacha – Gilgamesh I / 4b-1-23; Global Pillage (Hammerbass) 2012 Fr.

download (36) — Epic of Gilgamesh – way earlier than Noah

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-bruary 20, 2016: Bern One Down!

February 26, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

This is a fallow period around the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives.

Green Bay Packers done until September. San Francisco Giants don’t start for another month. 2016 = even year = World Series.

images (2) — Winners: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016. Don’t H8, appreciate!

So what do I do to soak up the down time? I have been following the Democratic Primary race: Foreman vs. Ali, Jordan vs. Magic, Hillary vs. Bernie.

I’m not voting for either of them. I’m a Jill Steiniac. but I love how competitive it has gotten. Odds on favorite, Hillary, trying to stave off an outsider’s populist counter. In 2008 it was Pres. Peace Prize. Now it’s a 74 year old Jewish Socialist.

Hillary has the elites. Bernie has the 99ers. So out on the Youtube some enterprising media person promoted his candidacy via an awesome mashup of Ben Harper’s Burn one Down synced to Bernie’s “finger in the air, like he just don’t care!” mannerisms

download (15) — Wave your finger in the air like you just don’t care!

The Harper tune is a nyabinghi ballad with acoustic guitar devoted to the Seven Leaf. As Bern One Down this clip matches the drum chop-chop to Bernie’s finger gestures.

You can’t endorse a candidate on non-commercial Radio, but I thought people would get a kick out of it.

<Bern one Down! 1 min 12 sec.>

Give thanks for all the listens, forwards, reposts and favorites on the Smile Jamaica Mixcloud page. Together we have grown the Mixcloud weekly SJ listens from about 25 three years ago to over 100 now. Forward ever backwards never!

You help me get in the charts of Roots Reggae, Vinyl, Dub and Reggae. Give thankx!

bless, robt

<Smile Jamaica growth on Mixcloud! 23 sec.>

<Annotated Playlist: Jah-bruary 20, 2016: 43 sec.>

Set 1:

The Gladiators – Oh What a Joy; The Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ’80 UK vinyl
Bullwackie’s All-Stars; African Roots Act II Dub; African Roots Act 2 (Wackies) ’82 Dub Album of the Hour
John Brown’s Body – Rainbow Chariot; Among Them (Shanachie) ’99 Upstate NY
The Selecter – The Whisper; Celebrate the Bullet (Deluxe Edition) (Chrysalis) ’80 UK 2 Tone ska. Pauline Black on vox, 7” mix
Black Slate – Amigo; Amigo (Ensign) ’80 UK
Johnny Clarke – No Lick No Cup; 10” (Jamaican Recordings) 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Cup=chalice=smoking utensil; 17 sec.>

Set 2;

Peter Tosh – Bush Doctor; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) 8/23/83 Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater
Grace Nelson & Ire Hi-Fi – Jah Is Real; Play de Music (
Earl Sixteen & U Brown -Freedom/Want Some Freedom; 10” (Merge) ‘75

Set 3:

Ben Harper – Burn One Down; Spiritual Existence (bootleg) 8/18/96: San Rafael, CA
Aswad – Rainfall, Sunshine; Rebel Souls (Mango) ‘84

<Aswad – “black” in the langugages of Arabic and Amharic (Ethiopia); 8 sec.>

Beres Hammond – Don’t Wait Too Long; Soul Reggae (Dee Jay) ‘76
Cedella Marley Booker – Redemption Songs; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84 tribute to Bob
Conscious Minds – Gun Court Dub 2 (Soul Beat) ’76; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

The Wailers – Am-a-Do; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) 10/21/73 at KSAN Radio, San Francisco

<Wailers minus Bunny at KSAN Radio, SF ’73; 40 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Struggle; Crucial! (Shanachie) ‘79

e18a70a62a502b928d6413c25d47630c — San Fran ’73

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Marcia Griffiths – Play Me; Sweet Bitter Love (Trojan) ’74 UK; Neil Diamond cover

<My parents loved three groups: Platters, Carpenters and Neil Diamond; 22 sec.>

Edi Fitzroy – Informer; Youthman Pentitentiary (Alligator) ’82 Chicago blues label

<Beware the informer>

Clintones – Getting Things Together; Atra 10 Track (Atra) ’75 UK
Mind Benders – Black Beauty; Roots Rock Reggae (Creole) ’78 Fr.
Killer Bees feat. Cyril Neville – Groovin’ + Dub; Groovin’ (Beehive) ’87 Jah-stin, TX: Rascals cover

download (22) — Neil Diamond (sorta) makes his debut on Smile Jamaica

Set 6: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica

Prince Far I – Psalms 49; Psalms For I (Carib Gems) ’76

<Putting the Fun in Fundamentalism, Prince Far I>

I Kong – Ghetto Cry; The Way It Is (VP) ’78 song of Chinese-Jamaican producer Lesley Kong

<Chinese Jamaican, son of Wailers producer Lesley Kong>

Gregory Isaacs – Get Ready; Mr. Isaacs (Shanachie) ’78 Temptations cover

<Temptations: Reggae favorite>

J.C. Lodge – Telephone Love (12” Mix); Gussie Clarke: 12” Rulers (Greensleeves) ’88 Music Works dancehall

images (4) — Temptations: Trenchtown loves Motown

Set 7:

Lee “Scratch” Perry – L.S.D. L.S.P. (The Flute Mix) – Technomajikal (ROIR) ’97 ambient mix by Yello
Israel Vibration – Feelin’ Irie; Free to Move (RAS) ‘96
Dawna Lee – My Best Friend; Roots Supplement Part 1 (Sip a Cup) 2002 female militant steppers
Michael Rose + G. Vibes & Jah Mason – Junkies in the Streets + Life Is There (New Faze)
Linval Thompson & U Brown – Train to Zion (Discomix); Dubwise & Otherwise 2 (Blood and Fire) Sampler; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 8: Smile Jamaica UFO-ria Mix

The Byrds – Mr. Spaceman (Smile Jamaica Rmx)

The Elegants – Little Star (Static Revenger Rmx); Destroy All Humans Soundtrack (Not on Level) 2005: 50’s doo wop update
Karminsky Experience – Explorations; Thievery Corporation: DJ-Kicks (!K7) ‘99
Ancient Astronauts feat. Akua Naru – Last Night; Into Bass and Time (ESL) 2011 Germ. w/ female vox
Thievery Corporation – Stargazer; Culture of Fear (ESL) 2012
Ancient Astronauts – From the Sky; We Are to Answer (ESL) 2009 Germ.

<Ancient Aliens Season 8 Recap; 56 sec.>

Smile Jamaica – Digital Dubplate Only Show: Curse You Bill Gates!

February 19, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

dadb8b793fb3b40558b69bb6a43cc26c23f9563dc0c66b4f0702d25765cb5b43 — Fiya burn KRCL’s weaksauce PC’s. No Ark-Ive for Feb. 13, 2016

Greetings,

Shi….poo happens. KRCL’s jurassic era PC’s decided that it wasn’t going to record drum ‘n’ bass but HUM ‘n’ bass!

So the wave file was nah killer, too much filler.

So enjoy this show I cooked up in my Secret Dubratory: Digital Dubplate only

Grabbed whatever was handy for my usual Radio Themes:

Wailer Family Tree
Roots Dawtas
Cannabliss, 4 down 46 to go!
Jamaican Dub
Best of 26 Years – My Roots faves from ’89-90
Rockers do Reggae
UFO-ria
Mutant Dub

More weekend Roots for I ‘n’ I

bless, robt

Set 1: Wailers Family Tree

African Head Charge – Gospel Train; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’90 mutant dub
Cedella Marley Booker – He’s a Rastaman; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84 tribute to Bob
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jah Live; Countryman Soundtrack (Mango) ‘75/’82 movie
Peter Tosh – Get Up, Stand Up; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) 8/23/83 – Greek Theatre, Los Angeles
Bunny Wailer – Bald Headed Woman; Crucial! (Shanachie)
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Sugar, Sugar; Rebel (JAD) Archies pop cover

download (13) — Wilson Pickett and The Wailers soul and reggae does cartoon pop

Set 2: Roots Dawtas

Judy Mowatt – Concrete Jungle; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76; Bob cover
Marcia Griffiths – I’m Hurtin’ Inside; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ’79 Bob cover
Rita Marley – I’m Still Waiting; Who Feels It Knows It (Shanachie) ’80 Bob Cover
Samia Farah – Du Signs Du Lions; Many Moods of (SAM) 2008: French-Tunisisan mutant dubstress

sam2isa1-copy — French-Tunisian singer on mutant dub riddims – Smile Jamaica approved

Set 3: Seven Leaf Set

Jah T – Lick the Pipe Peter; Junior Byles: Curly Locks (Heartbeat)
Culture – International Herb; International Herb (Virgin) ‘79
Charlie Chaplin – Chalice Burn; Take Two (RAS) ’90 live in the studio
Soom T – Roll It; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 Germ.; female weedstepper from Glasgow

Set 4: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica

Linton Kwesi Johnson – Inglan Is a Bitch; Bass Culture (Mango) ’80 UK dub poet
UB40 – Earth Dies Screaming; More UB40 Music (Sound) ’80 UK
Paul Black & Bloodfire Posse – Get Flat; Nice Up Dancee (RAS) ’85: when bullets fly on the dancefloor, get flat!
Aisha – Guide and Protect; High Priestess (Ariwa) ‘88

Set 5: Jamaican Dubs

Prince Far I & the Arabs – A Message; Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter 1 (ROIR) ’78
Keith Hudson – Musciology Dub; Brand (Pressure Sounds) ‘77
Joe Gibbs & the Professionals – Rhythm Tackle; African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 4 (Joe Gibbs) ‘79
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Smile Jamaica Version (Tuff Gong) ‘76

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

Sly & Robbie feat. Bob Dylan – I For an Eye; Doctor Dread: Theremin in Dub (Tsosume) Czech.; 2013, Bob Dylan thereminized
Patti Smith – Redondo Beach; Horses (Arista) ‘75
The Ruts – Give the Youth a Chance; The Crack (Virgin) ’79 UK punk-reggae
Robert Palmer – Love Can Run Faster; From the Heart of the Congo (RUNNetherlands) ’78 hidden track – Lee “Scratch” Perry mix

Set 7: UFO-ria

The Byrds – Mr. Spaceman (Smile Jamaica Rmx)
The Elegants – Little Star (Static Revenger Rmx); Destroy All Humans Soundtrack (Not on Level) 2005: 50’s doo wop update
Karminsky Experience – Explorations; Thievery Corporation: DJ-Kicks (!K7) ‘99
Ancient Astronauts feat. Akua Naru – Last Night; Into Bass and Time (ESL) 2011 Germ. w/ female vox
Thievery Corporation – Stargazer; Culture of Fear (ESL) 2012
Ancient Astronauts – From the Sky; We Are to Answer (ESL) 2009 Germ.

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Rockers Hi-Fi – What a Life; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK: Mutant Dub set
Dub Gabriel feat. PJ Higgins – Raggabass Resistance (Destroy A/C) 2013
Badmarsh & Shri – Signs; Karma Lounge (Echo) 2001: Tenor Saw cover w/ Hindi flavor
Future Pigeon w/ Mikey Dread – Wicked Man + Version; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006 LA
Playgroup – The Slither; Epic Sound Battles Chapter 1 (ON U Sound/Cherry Red) ’82 over Singers & Players “Thing Called Love”

zombie-dj-1-3434611 — Mutant Dub for these End Times

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist: Jah-nuary 23, 2016: Inversion Galore!

January 29, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

This is my 29th winter in Salt Lake City. The air gets worse and worse. When it looks like the above, it ain’t from Green Smoke.

The weather propagandists call it “inversion.” Fiyah burn that! It’s smog.

You do what you can, but at some point in the 100 days of gunk, it’s gonna hit you. I am dealing with it right now. Cold, congestion and cough. I hacked and sneezed and wheezed for 3 hours of Reggae Radio

Head to the pharmacy for some Allegra-D. No Madam pharmacist. I ‘n’ I don’t cook di meth we smoke sensimilla!

So I’m pretty froggy this week on Smile Jamaica.

Here is what i have in store for you! Keep out of hazy daze and hunker down for some heavy roots for the cabin fevah! 56 sec.

bless, robt

aka Mr. Bassie

Set 1:

Cornel (sic) Campbell – My Country; Roots Rock Reggae (Creole) ’78 Fr. Vinyl
Black Roots – I Believe (Dub); On the Ground in Dub (Sugar Shack) 2013 UK Dub Album of the Hour
Capital Letters – Out of Africa; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group

<UK Reggae better than the CIA News Network; 11 sec.>

Eric “Rebel Lion” Bubbles – Babylon People; Roots of Black People (Progressive)
Prince Mohammed – Come Mek We Rub a Dub; 600% Dynamite (Soul Jazz)

<Deejay Prince Mohammed = Singer Junior Brammer; 4 sec.>

Frankie Paul – Dem a Go Feel It; Tidal Wave (Greensleeves) ‘85
Max Romeo – Smokey Room; War ina Babylon (Mango) ’76 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Horace Andy – Mr. Bassie; 10” (Glimmer) ‘78

Set 2: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica

Burning Spear – We Built This City; People of the World (Blue Moon) ’86
Judy Mowatt – On Your Mark; Only a Woman (Shanachie) ‘82

<I Three, I Threes or The I Three? Judy, Marcia & Rita; 15 sec.>

Wailing Souls – Ishen Tree; On the Rocks (Greensleeves) ’83 herbtune: riddim shower (1) vox
Josey Wales – Stalk of Sensimilla; Outlaw Josey Wales (Greensleeves) ’83 herbtune; riddim shower (2) dj

Set 3:

Peter Tosh – Equal Rights/Downpressor Man; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) live at Greek Theatre, Los Angeles: 8/23/83
Althea & Donna – Love On Another; Uptown Top Ranking (Object Enterprise) ‘82
10 Foot Ganja Plant – Ringers Rock; Shake Up the Place (ROIR) 2011 upstate NY roots instrumental
Black Uhuru – Hard Times; 10” (Jammy$) ‘77
Tenor Saw – Fever Dub (Blue Moon) ’85 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Bunny Wailer – Unity; Crucial! (Shanachie) ‘81
Gracy & the Herbman Band – It’s So Nice; See Me Yah (Funfundvierzig) ’91 Germ. Female singer
Roman Stewart – Wisdom of Solomon; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2001 UK herbtune

<Weed of Wisdom grown on King Solomon’s grave; 11 sec.>

114429899 — Cannabis the Weed of Wisdom found growing on Solomon’s grave

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Fun Boy Three – Farmyard Connection; Waiting (Chrysalis) ’83 UK herbtune w/ farmers Peter & Bob

<Peter & Bob – Farmers; 7 sec,>

Aura Lewis Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry – Full Experience (Blue Moon) Fr. EP w/ female vox

<Black Ark Studio; 17 sec.>

Azeem and Session – Love Don’t Put You Down; Live and Direct (M. Al’s) Oakland
Junior Byles – I Don’t Know; Rasta No Pickpocket (Nighthawk) ’86 St. Louis
Papa Finnigan and Junior Ranking – Step ina Dance; Two the Hard Way (Heartbeat) ’83 Cambridge, MA; deejay duo

Set 6:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Slave Driver; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live at KSAN radio Oct. ‘73

<Wailers live on SF radio; 48 sec.>

Natural Beauty – Nice Up Dancee; Nice Up Dancee (Rykodisc) ’86 herbtune: UK female trio; 12 sec.

Version feat. Humble-I – Can’t Keep I Down; 10” (Webcam Hi-Fi) 2007 Fr. Mutant Dub

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives – A+ “Bubbling wif a 2 spliff ‘n’ 2 Heineken. Nice Up Dancee!”

Set 7: UFO-ria

Sister Carol – Lost in a Space; Jah Disciple (RAS) ’89

<Sister Carol – not a fan of space travel; 10 sec.>

<Junior Byles nah like space travel either; 22 sec.

Lee “Scratch” Perry – African Hitchhiker; From the Secret Laboratory (Mango) ‘91
Audio Active – Space Children; Tokyo Space Cowboys (ON U Sound) ’94 Jah-pon Mutant Dub
Winston Wright – Moon Walk; Greater Jamaica – Moon Walk Reggay (Treasure Isle) ’69 instrumental

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Armagideon – Herbal Input; Natural Elements Dub (Armagideon Sounds) UK herb tune
Newblood – Sweet Vibrations; Jungle Massive vol. 1 (ffrr) ’95 jungle herb tune
Alpha & Omega – Dub Plute; Sound System Dub (ROIR) ’95 UK trance dub
Aldubb Meets Ras Perez – Roll Cost; Aldubb Meets Ras Perez (One Drop) 2010 Germ.
International Dub System – Trod On; I.D.S. (Red Arrow) Germ.

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Jah-nuary 9, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist): Winter Roots ‘n’ Dubbers

January 14, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

rasta_snowboard_by_reydy1241016080076 — Utah ski tradition: Be coming down the mountain in time for 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement on Smile Jamaica

Greetings,

Now what? Settling in after the Holidays? A week before school. Cold, wet and gray. Skiers love to get above SLC’s haze and shred some powder.

I am horrible at skiing. But I know many locals love to spend a day on the hill and chillax on their way back to the Valley in time for 4:20 on Smile Jamaica.

New year, more Roots. Same as it ever was for 26+ Years from Smile Jamaica. Forward til Spring!; 34 sec.

bless, robt

SP1192 — Rasta variant of the Snowplow method: the Skank-plow

Set 1:

Heptones – Can’t Hide From Jah; Good Life (Greensleeves) ‘79 UK vinyl
Sly & Robbie feat. Bob Dylan – I For an Eye; Doctor Dread: Theremin in Dub (Tsosume) 2013 Czech; Dub Album of the Hour: I & I w/ theremin

<Theremin instrument inna dubwize; 24 sec.>

Peter Tosh – Don’t Look Back; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) Aug. 23, 1983: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles
Dillinger – Jah Love; Cocaine (Charly) ’83 over Linval Thompson’s “Twelve Tribes of Israel”
Frankie Paul – Pass the Tu-Sheng-Peng; Pass the Tu-Sheng-Peng (Greensleeves) ’84 4:20 Cannabis Service
African Pearl – Zion Bound; 10” (Ariwa) 2005 UK female

Set 2:

The Wailers – Kinky Reggae; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live on KSAN Radio – SF: Oct. 1973

<Wailers Live on radio station KSAN; 46 sec.>

Hollie Cook – Postman; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014 dawta of Sex Pistol Paul Cook
See-I – Dinner of Herb; Dinner of Herb EP (Exile) 2003 mutant dub herbtune
Dan I – Like a Seed; 10” (Moa Anbassa) 2008 It. Dub

download (9) — Hosted the Wailers in studio, Oct., 1973

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26 Years; 15 sec.

Linton Kwesi Johnson – Fite Dem Back; Forces of Victory (Mango) ’79 UK dub poet

<Fighting vs. The National Front; 9 sec.>

Aswad – Warrior Charge; Showcase (Mango) ’81 UK extended rmx instrumental
Mutabaruka – De System; Check It! (Alligator) ’83 Chicago blues label: JA dub poet
Aisha – Tribulation; High Priestess (Ariwa) ’88 UK lovers rock
Pablo Moses – Proverbs Extraction Dub; Pave the Way Dub (Tabou1) ’81; Dub Album of the Hour

download (10) — Linton Kwesi Johnson – dub poet activist

Set 4:

Bunny Wailer – Trouble on the Road Again; Crucial! (Shanachie) ’82
Rhoda Dakar – Money Worries; Cleaning in Another Woman’s Kitchen (Moon Ska World) 2007: UK 2 Tone sings Maytones classic, acoustic

<Bodysnatchers, Special AKA vet; >

24 sec.

Chuck Fenda – All About Weed; Culture Jugglin’ (Massive B) 2005 – herbtune
Black Uhuru – I Love King Selassie; 10” (Jammy$) ‘77

<Michael Rose, Errol “Tarzan” Nelson, Don Carlos; 14 sec.>

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital Set

Don Carlos & Gold – Roots Rock Party; Showdown vol. 3 (Hitbound): Vinyl is Vital set
Junior Byles – Cally Weed; Rasta No Pickpocket (Nighthawk) ’86: herbtune out of St. Louis
Niccodeemos (sic) – Spar With Me; Dance Hall Style (Black Joy) ’82 UK deejay
Triston Palma – Joker Lover; Joker Lover (Jah Guidance) ’82 US
Rita Marley – Beauty of God’s Plan; Rita Marley (Trident) ’80 UK

Set 6:

Bad Brains – Jah Love; Into the Future (Megaforce) 2012 punkdub Rasta DC reunion

<Bad Brains, never The Bad Brains; 10 sec.>

Gracy & the Herbman Band – Forward Up; See Mi Yah (FunFundvierzig) ’91 Germ. Herbtune w/ female vox
4^th Street Orchestra – Hawaii 5-0; 10” (Rama) ’77 TV theme
Jah Power Band – Sensi Dub Vol. 7 (Original) Dub Album of the Hour

download (12) — Always: Bad Brains. Never: The Bad Brains

Set 7: UFOria

Boxcutter – SPACEBASS; Arecibo Message (Planet Mu) 2009 UK dubstep – UFOria Set

<Arecibo, Puerto Rico – Searching For Aliens thanks to Carl Sagan; 37 sec.>

Lee “Scratch” Perry – UFO Attack (Ambient Version; Technomajikal (ROIR) ‘97
Derrick Morgan – Man Pon Moon; Original Reggae Recordings 1968-1970 (Trybute)
Moon Invader – Moon Walk; Greater Jamaican Moon Walk – Reggay (Treasure Isle) ’69 Rock Steady instrumental

hqdefault — Carl Sagan: Searched for Aliens while smoking spliff

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Alpha & Omega – Freedom Fighters; Sound System Dub (ROIR) ’95: trance dub tribute to Bob Marley w/ female vox
Soom T – Never Get Caught; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 female weedstepper from Glasgow

<Weedstepper! 14 sec.>

Balkan Beat Box – No Man’s Land; Give (NatGeo) 2011 Israeli/NYC

<Undead romance between a dead witch and a ghost. Strange; 21 sec.>

Burial – Ghost Hardware; Untrue (Hyperdub) UK dubstep
Burning Babylon – Manuka Skank; Beat, Beat, Beat (I-Tones) Massachusetts
Beat Pharmacy feat. Spaceape – Ghostship; Wikkid Times (Deep Space) 2008 South African w/ UK dub poet
Luciano & Sis Sanae – What We Gonna Do + Free Jah Children; Abassi All Stars: Showcase (Universal Egg) UK

1500-1399114380 — Soom T weedstepper cutie from Glasgow

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 2, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist: Mutant Dub New Year!

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e3fa954a8ca339f67ceb6650baff1bf0 — 10th Annual Smile Jamaica Mutant Dub New Year!

<Mutant Dub New Year – Clean the Cobwebs out of yer Subwoofer!>

download (6) — New Year Full of Bass on Smile Jamaica!

Greetings,

Happy New Yecade I start off every year with what I end the Ark-Ives with: Mutant Dub – modern dance, drum ‘n’ bass, downtro, lounge and trance with Rasta themes and Reggae echo.

bless, robt

<Smile Jamaica’s Definition of Mutant Dub>

DJ-Yoda-front-1 — Yoda jams up the Mutant Dubwize!

<Mutant Dub New Year – 3 Hour Roadmap; 34 sec.>

alien-dj-wearing-wireless-headphones-holding-cd-turntables-mixers-holograph-shows-approaching-34022101 — Acoustic Levitation inna Irie Meditation

Annotated Playlist for Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 2, 2016 – Mutant Dub New Year!

Set 1:

African Head Charge – Gospel Train; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’91 UK: Mutant Dub New Year – 3 Hours
Burning Babylon – Dub Tropic; Garden of Dub (I-Tones) 2006 Mass.: Dub Album of the Hour
Butch Cassidy Sound System – Cissy Strut; Butches Brew (Fenetik) 2004 Glasgow: Meters cover
Nightmares on Wax – Wait a Minute; Smokers Delight (Warp) ’95 UK
Noiseshaper feat. Juggla – Bushmaster; Real to Reel (Echo Beach) 2006 Germany
Momo Cat – Calling; Rocky Road (Fat Belt) 2008 Arab-Finnish singer
Ganja Woman – Light Up a Spliff; Pro Cannabis 4 (Dope) 2001 Germany: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; 12 sec.

download (7) — Princess Leia – Ganja Woman

Set 2:

Bob Marley – Heathen; Dreams of Freedom (Axiom) ‘97: Bill Laswell rmx: Ambient Translations of Bob Marley in Dub; 19 sec.

Zion Train feat. Lua – Live As One; Live As One (Universal Egg) 2007 UK w/ female vox
X/O/Dus – See Them a Come; 12” (Factory) ’79 UK

MI0000145448 — Dreamy Bill Laswell sounds

Set 3:

Deep Dish feat. Stevie Nicks – Dreams; Geroge Is On (Thrive) 2004: Iranian House duo; 8 sec.

Power Steppers – Bass Inspiration; Bass Re-Enforcement (Universal Egg) ’96 UK
London Underground – Moving Mountains; Compilation 80-84 (ON U Sound) ’89 uk
Motion Detector – Banaras Ghat; 12” Losonofono 2002 red vinyl
Aba Shanti & the Shanti-Ites – Tower of Babel; Jericho Walls – Verse III; ’99 Dub Album of the Hour

download (8) — Stevie Nicks makes her debut on Smile Jamaica

Set 4:

Audio Active – Burning of the Midnight Lamp; We Are Tokyo Space Cowboys (ON U Sound) ’94 Jah-pon covers Jimi Hendri
Singers & Players feat. Sister P – Holy Scripture; Golden Greats vol. 2 (ON U Sound) ’95 UK: Best of
Suns of Arqa feat. Prince Far I – G.D. Magick; 12” EP (Antler) ’86 UK

1_298x294 — Audio Active – Tokyo Space Cowboys

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Dub Syndicate feat. Bim Sherman – Cuss Cuss; Strike the Balance (ON U Sound) ’89 UK
Akabu – Warrior Queen; Akabu (Viva) ’89 UK female group
Basement 5 – Immigration; 1965-1980 (Island) ’80 UK

<Basement 5 – precursor to Big Audio Dynamite; 19 sec.>

The Outsider – Serengeti; Meets the Hi-Tech Roots Dynamic at Channel One (Jah Works) ’91 UK Instrumental
The Clash – Time Is Tight; Black Market Clash 10” (Nu Disk) ’80 Booker T. & the MG’s cover; 23 sec.

Set 6:

Djosos Krost feat. Jah Bobby – Creation; No Sign of Bad (Quango) 2004 Danish dub w/ dub poet
Trancedub Massiv feat. Meshell Ndegeocello – Moonrise Dub; Negril to Kingston City (Nocturne) 2005 Fr.
Black Star Liner – Harmon Session Special; Yemen Cutta Connection (!K7) 2001 German dub w/ Hindi sounds
Creation Rebel & Dub Syndicate – Chemical Specialist; Threat to Creation (Cherry Red/ON U Sound); Dub Album of the Hour

a_ade0 — ON U Sound producer – Adrian Sherwood – The Godfather of Mutant Dub

<The Godfather of Mutant Dub; 8 sec.>

Set 7:

Asian Dub Foundation – Assassins; Conscious Party (Lookout) ’98 Live in London
Smith & Mighty feat. Tammy Payne – Move You Run; Retrospective (!K7) 2004 UK
Badawi feat. Honeychild – Lack of Oxygen to the Brain/Lack of Dub to the Brain; Bedouin Sound Clash (ROIR) ’96 feat. Female vox

<Badawi – Mystical Jewish/Middle Eastern dubwize; 21 sec.>

Early favorite of the Smile Jamaica Mutant Dub wing of the Ark-Ives

Set 8:

Smith & Mighty feat. Tammy Payne – Move You Run; Retrospective (!K7) 2004 UK
Rockers Hi Fi feat. Deep Space Network – Callacop; DJ Kicks: The Black Album (!K7) ‘97
Afro Omega; Music Revolution; CD Single (Afro Omega) SLC dubbers w/ female vox
Dubphonic – Galactic Sushi Man: Smoke Signals (Hammerbass) 2003 Fr.
Alpha & Omega – Sharu Att Our Aunt (Beginning and End); King and Queen (A & O) ’89 trance dub w/ female vox

Trance Dub with female vox. Smile Jamaica faves. Always have beautiful Ethiopian art album covers

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 19, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Merry Jahs-mas from Smile Jamaica!

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download — Now you know why he enters via chimney!

<Seasons Greetings from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 9 sec.>

<Smile Jamaica’s annual Christmas Reggae dilemma; 16 sec.>

I bet you think that Santa Claus is from the North Pole. You would be wrong in that assumption. He is from modern day Turkey:

untitled — Quite a ways away from the North Pole

<Saint Nick is from Turkey (Asia Minor) = Baba Noel; 18 sec.>

fresco-at-church-of-st-nicholas-noel-baba-at-myra-also-known-as-kale-A6TN4Y — The real St. Nick. Not from the North Pole

Highlights from the last Smile Jamaica of 2015; 41 sec.

Nuff Christmas Stylee
Wailers Family Tree
Mutant Dubbers

Annotated Playlist: Jah-cember 19, 2015 Smile Jamaica

Set 1:

Freddie McGregor – Irie Christmas; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) JA
Hollie Cook – Shadow Dub; Hollie Cook in Dub (Mr. Bongo) 2012 Dub Album of the Hour
UB40 – Dream a Lie; More UB40 Music (Graduate) ’83 UK; 12” mix
Rupie Dan & Jennifer Gad – Solid Foundation; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92
Jacob Miller & Ray I – Deck the Halls; Natty Christmas (RAS) ’78: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement: Deck the Halls w/ boughs of collie!

<Bing Crosby won out over Jacob Miller at the Nelson Family Xmas; 16 sec.>

download (1) — Banned from the Nelson Family Xmas

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

The Wailers feat. Bob Marley – Sound the Trumpet; Reggae Christmas From Studio One (Studio One/Heartbeat)
Bunny Wailer – Here In Jamaica; Crucial! (Shanachie) ’85: Roots best of
Peter Tosh – Where You Gonna Run; Complete Captured Live (EMI America) Aug. 23, 1983, Greek Theatre, LA

Set 3:

Carl Bert – Higher and Higher; 30 Wicked Hearts (Bushranger) ’75 Jackie Wilson cover
Lorna Asher – No Turning Back (Twinkle) ‘99
Sly Dunbar – A Who Say; Hit Bound! Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat) ‘78
Charley Fresh – Jam Down Christmas; Christmas Vibes (Studio One)
Black Uhuru – Youth of Eglington + Youth; Universal Masters Collection (Universal) JA neighborhood of Toronto
Augustus Pablo – Chant to King Selassie I; East of the River Nile; ’78 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Alpha & Omega – This Is a Prayer; The Half That’s Never Been Told (A & O) 2014 UK trance dub w/ female vox
Aswad – Smokey Blues; Distant Thunder (Mango) ’88 UK
Cocoa Tea – Christmas Is Coming; Badd Santa (Peanut Butter Wolf)
Jah Woosh – Collie Sound; Best of (Rhino) ’76 herbtune
Derrick Morgan – Night at the Hop; Original Reggae Recordings From 1968-1970 (Trybute) UFO dance tune

download (3) — Smile Jamaica’s fave Trance Dubbers

Set 5: Christmas Vinyl

Joe Gibbs Family – We Three Kings; Reggae Christmas (Joe Gibbs) 1982 FL
Nora Dean – Merry Christmas; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA
Michigan & Smiley – Little Drummer Boy; Reggae Christmas (RAS) ‘84
Hortense Ellis & Trinity – Santa is Black + My Santa; African Christmas (Top Ranking) ‘79

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26 Years

Don Carlos & Gold – Black History; Raving Tonight (RAS) ’83
Prince Lincoln & the Royal Rasses – Natural Wild; Natural Wild (United Artists) ’80 UK: Joe Jackson prod’n
Marcia Griffiths – Tell Me Now; Naturally (Shanachie) ‘78
Jacob Miller & Ray I – All I Want for Ismas + On the Twelth Day of Ismas (RAS) ’78 “All I want for Ismas is my collie herb; 6 sec.”

Jah Thomas Meets Scientist – Runadub; Jah Thomas Meets Scientist in Dub Conference (Munich) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Jennifer Lara, The Silvertones & the Brentford Allstars – Christmas Combination; Christmas Greetings From Studio One (Studio One)
Special A.K.A. – Gangsters; 2 Tone Collection: A Checkered Past (2 Tone) dubble disk best of
Pato Banton – Legalize it (Acapella); Live at the Maritime – San Francisco (2 B 1); herbtune
Junior Dan – Mr. Big Shot + Version; Junior Dan (Hi Try) early 70’s

Obscurity for sure-ty. Killer roots 70’s

Set 8: Mutant Dub

International Dub System – Aam Bollock; I.D.S. (Red Arrow) ’95 Germ.
Zion Train – Free the Bass; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance dub
Roots Manuva – Mind 2 Motion; Awfully Deep (Big Dada) 2005 UK chanter
Distance – Tuning; My Demons (Planet Mu) 2007 UK
Audio Active – Happy Shopper; Happy Happer (ON U Sound) ’95 Japan

<Happy Shopper – the customer is always right; 29 sec.>

black-friday-meme — Livicated to all the hard working retailers during the Holiday Season

Natacha Atlas – Eye of the Duck; Best of (Mantra) 2005: French/Algerian singer

<Merry Christmas or which ever Sky God you worship>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 12, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Calm Before the Snowstorm!

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jesus_and_santa_by_nineself — Jesus Christ: Born a Refugee

<Hey Donald Trump – Jesus was born a refugee; 14 sec.>

Ho Ho Highlights of this nice December Saturday the 12th before a massive Monday storm in Salt Lake City. Well nitty and gritty. Took me three hours to get from Sugar House to the University of Utah. About 3 miles. 1 min. 16 sec.

Christmas Stylee
Wailers Family Tree – Bob/Bunny/Joe Higgs Live in San Fran KSAN Radio; Peter Live in SoCal ’83. Bunny Roots Best Of
Vinyl Is Vinyl
UFO-ria Mutant Dubwize – in time for the new Star Wars flick!

Hey crowd a people: put the Prius in the garage until at least April!

Annotated Playlist: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-cember 12, 2015:

Set 1:

Johnny Osbourne – Christmas Stylee; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) JA vinyl
Studio 1 Band Meets The High Times Band – Kill a Sound Wid Dub; Dub From Jamaica Roots (Original) ’96 Dub Album of the Hour
Bunny Wailer – Innocent Blood; Crucial! (Shanachie) Best of Roots era singles
Barry Brown – Jah Jah Guide Them; Richman Poorman (Moll-Selekta) ’78-’80 Best Of
Marcia Griffiths – The Way I Feel About You; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79
I Roy – African Herbsman; Crisus Time (Virgin Front Line); ’76 update of Johnny Clarke’s African Roots
Tyrone Evans & Glen Adams – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; 12″ (Clocktower) ’79 Xmas update

Nuff Disco Mix black Wax Christmas on this Ark-Ive

Set 2:

The Wailers – Burnin’ & Lootin’; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) Oct. ’73 live on SF Radio Station KSAN

<Bob, Peter & Joe Higgs Live on KSAN Radio, San Fran; 1 min. 5 sec.>

Capital Letters – Bread and Water; Bread and Water EP (Greensleeves) ’81 UK
Ayo – Help Is Coming; Joyful (Interscope) 2006 Nigerian-German Female
Michael “Scooby Doo” Powell – Christmas Time; 12” (Hot Stuff) ‘83

<No snow inna JA fi Christmas; 8 sec.>

Set 3: Best of 26 Years of Smile Jamaica

The Jolly Brothers – Oppression; Conscious Man (Seven Leaf) Lee Perry/Black Ark
Hell and Fire – Show Us the Way; Hit Bound! The Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat)
Steel Pulse – Blues Dance Raid; True Democracy (Elektra) ’82 UK
The Selecter – Danger; Too Much Pressure (2 Tone) ’80 Brit Ska w/ female vox
Stamper Doctor – Time to Cool Dub; Dub Zone (Teams); Dub Album of the Hour to Mike Brooks tunes

Set 4:

Peter Tosh – Rastafari Is; Captured Live (EMI America) ’84: Live in Los Angeles: Aug. 22, 1983 – Greek Theatre

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Prince Alla – Evil Forces; Evil Forces (Calabash) ’84 Florida
Jennifer Lara – Hand to Mouth; High Times All Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago blues label does Reggae
Barrington Levy – Sensimilea; Poor Man Style (Trojan) ’82 UK
Chalawa feat. Merri & Sandi Callender – If You Drop That Cross; Capture Land (Green Weenie) ’78 Oshawa, Ontario, Can.
Norwood Rockers – Rocking; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA

Canadian Reggae at its finest. On the Green Weenie label

Set 6:

One Love Family – Bo’Ten Qu’Luta – African Reggae (Putomayo) 2009 Cape Verde group

<Reggae From Cape Verde; 19 sec.>

Clinton Fearon – Blame Game; Goodness (Boogie Brown) 2014 bassie of the Gladiators
Dillinger – Marijuana in My Brain; Cocaine (Charly) ’83 herbtune
Search Boys (feat. Cheech Marin) – Searchin’; Up in Smoke Soundtrack (Warner Bros.) ’78: weed update of old Coaster R & B tune
Joe Gibbs & the Profesisonals – Crucial Attempt; All-Mighty Dub Chapter 4 (Joe Gibbs); ’79 Dub Album of the Hour

8c9dfec340404813b9864c5b58946f77 — As many Cape Verdeans live in the US as on the Islands

Set 7:

Martha Velez – Get Up Stand Up; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ’78: Marley produced, Wailers played, Lee Perry engineers; 12 sec.

Kingman + Jonah feat. Cluadius Linton; So Wrapped Up; Signtime (Sunking) 2008
African Head Charge Presents Noah House of Drea – Neighbours; Heart 2 (ON U Sound) ’97 UK mutant dub
King Kong – I Feel Joy; Rumble Jumble Life (Massive B) 2005
Doctor Alimantado – Poison Flour; Best Dressed Chicken in Town (Keyman) ‘75
Derrick Harriott – Jesus Was Born Today; 12” (Crystal) ’82
Glen Adams – Joyful Tidings; 12” (Clocktower) ‘ 79 Hammond B 3 version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

a3fb367affb2a25c983705e61f7314cf — NY Puerto Rican Broadway singer Martha Velez does Reggae

Set 8: UFO-ria Mutant Dub

<Star Wars Dec. 18: No Jar Jar Binx for I ‘n’ I; 18 sec.>

Boxcutter – Arecibo Message; Arecibo Message (Planet Mu) 2009 UK: Mutant Dub UFO-ria

<Arecibo, Puerto Rico – where they look for Aliens; 8 sec.>

<Arecibo – Carl Sagan; 10 sec.>

Arecibo_Observatory_Aerial_View — Arecibo Radio Telescope – Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

Rockers Hi-Fi – Dick inna Outaspace; Rockers to Rockers (Gee Street) ’95 UK
Wordsound I -Powa – Intro; Live From Planet Crooklyn (ROIR) ’96 Brooklyn, NY

<Space Dreads hunting for herb in NYC; 13 sec.>

Transcend – 2002; Earthrise.ntone no. 1 (Instinct) ’95 US
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Angel Gabriel and the Space Boots; Lord God Muzick (Heartbeat) ‘91
Les Nubians – Que Le Moit Soit Perle; One Step Forward (Virign) 2003 French/African sisters

giphy — This idiot better not be in the new Star Wars flick or I’m walking right out the door!

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 31, 2015 (Stream + Tracklist): Happy Jah-loween – Voodoo Isms ‘n’ Skisms!

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tumblr_ncbtn2LszD1rpdu8lo1_500 — All Treats no Tricks on Smile Jamaica Jah-loween

<Dracula gets diabetes sucking High Fructose blood out of kiddies; 20 sec.>

Greetings,

Smile Jamaica loves Halloween. Or as I call it Jah-loween. Lots of black arts and superstition in Reggae music. I’ve tracked those Dark Arts for more than 20 years of 3 hour shows.

So this show is Deadicated not Livicated!

<20 plus years of Jah-loween; 32 sec.>

DANCING-PUMPKIN1 — Doin’ the boneyard skank

Here is the road-map through the Boneyard: Witches, werewolves, vampires, duppies and ghosts, And all menagerie of Vampires.

Voodoo that you do!

Plus nuff sound bytes, Horror movie trailers: Blacula, The Thing With Two Head, Village of the Damned, Dr. Phibes, Halloween, X-Files, Twilight Zone.

Listen with the lights out.

curse, robt

<Welcome to Hell!>

Smile Jamaica Zombie Jamboree Playlist:

Set 1:

<All Treats no Tricks; 8 sec.>

Ini Kamoze – Hole in the Pumpkin; Shocking Out (Greensleeves) ‘87

<For 20 years I have led off each Jah-loween Showcase with Ini Kamoze; 12 sec.>

Scientist – Voodoo Curse; Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (Greensleeves) ’81 dub to Michael Prophet

<Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires; 11 sec.>

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Dub Syndicate – Train to Doomsville; Pay It All Back vol. 2 (ON U Sound) ‘88

<Scratch: Pick up your Cross and follow me! 23 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Vampire; Sinsemilla (Mango) ‘80
The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; Boris Pickett cover
GG All Stars – Haunted House; 12” (Hit Disco) ‘79

download (2) — Scratch – Pick up your Cross and follow me!

Set 2:

<Tribute to the Undead>

Keith Hudson – Darkest Night; Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood (Atra) ’75
Michael Prophet – Satan; Rootsman (Ariwa) ‘99
Garland Jeffreys & Big Youth – Graveyard Rock; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 black NY rocker

<Garland Jeffreys – NYC Rocker; 17 sec.>

Barrington Levy – Murderer; 12” (Jah Life); ’84 Vampires dem suck your blood

mqdefault — Graveyard Rock – don’t get stoned on my tombstone

Set 3:

Max Romeo – I Chase the Devil; War in a Babylon (Mango) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
Milton Henry – Them a Devil; Who Do You Think I Am? (Wackies) ’85
Devon Irons – Ketch Vampire; Baffling Smoke Signal (Heartbeat) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
Early B – Ghost Busters; Ghost Busters (Black Solidarity) ‘85
Barnabas Collins + Graveyard Skank – Lone Ranger; On the Other Side of Dub (Studio One) ’77 Soap Opera vampire

<Barnabas Collins – Dark Shadows vampire; 14 sec.>

images — Barnabas Collins – he’ll chew your neck like Wrigley’s

Set 4: Vinyl Halloween

Gladiators – Duppy Conqueror; Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ’80 Bob Marley cover; Duppy = Jamaican Ghost

<Bob Marley’s Duppy Conqueror – Jamaican ghosts; 10 sec.>

Crucial Bee – Mark of the Beast; Just a Sting (All-Starr) Am. Virgin Island over G. Isaacs riddim
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Judgment in a Babylon; 12” (One Drop) ’81; “Chris Blackwell is a Vampire”

<Island Label owner Chris Blackwell sued Scratch for libel; 17 sec.>

Prince Alla – Evil Forces; Evil Forces (Calabash) ’84 Florida
Pluto – Vampire Year; Ire Mas Rockers (Top Ranking) ‘81

<’78 – year of the woman; ’79 – year of the child; ’80 – year of the vampire; 15 sec.>

Alpha & Omega – X-Files Theme; Serious Joke (A & O) 2002

<X-Files Mini Series soon come>

Set 5:

David Lindley & El Rayo X – Werewolves of London; Very Greasy (Elektra) ‘88

<I saw Jack Nicholson at Trader Vic’s. His hair was perfect; 15 sec.>

Sky High & the Mau Mau – Cemetery Robbery; Origination (Sky High)
Humble Soul – Damn Vampire; Good Lord, Thank You (Kolchamuzik) ’96 Hawaiian artist
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Talk About Run; 12” (Greensleeves) ’81 cover of Lord Kitchener “Love in the Cemetery”

<Don’t make out with your girl in the Cemetery; 15 sec.>

Pablo Gad – Blood Suckers + Dub; Blood Suckers (Celluloid) ‘78

Set 6: Mutant Dub Halloween

<Smile Jamaica – Putting the mutants in Mutant Dub>

Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006

<Roll a lickle spliff wif di papyrus>

<Smokin’ sensimeena inna Mesopotamia>

Tino – Wolfman Is Everwhere; Hallowe’en Dub (Tino’s) 2002
Kode9 + Spaceape – Ghost Town; 5 Years of Hyperdub (Hyperdub) 2009; Specials cover
Dan I & King Kietu – Vampire + Dub Down the Vampire; Rastafari Judgement Fire (Imperial Roots) 2009 Italian dub

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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