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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): May 21, 2016 – Memorial Weekend Roots Soundtrack!

May 27, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Cratediggers weekend! Enjoy last Week’s show. Nuff vinyl in all styles and fashion. Wailers Family Tree. Mutant Dub. Best of Smile Jamaica – Year 1 (1989-90.

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist – May 21, 2016; 68 sec.

Set 1:

Sidney Jackson – Hit Me With Music; Hit Me With Music (Trojan) ’74 UK vinyl
Dub Specialist – Sitting With Stupid; Juck’s Incorporated (Studio One) ’76 JA vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Kingman + Jonah feat. Claudious Linton – So Wrapped Up; Sign Time (Sun King) 2008
Zema – Praise B4 Battle; Look at the Heart (Melchizedek) ’99 So Cal female singer
10 Ft. Ganja Plant feat. Sylford Walker – Hard Times; Shake Up the Place (ROIR) 2011 Upstate NY
Revolutionaries – PLA; Hitbound Revolutionary Sound of Channel One (Heartbeat) ’76 dub. People’s Liberation Army (Communist China)

<Tributes to 70’s revolutionary movements – The Revolutionaries (Sly & Robbie); 22 sec.>

Tapper Zukie – Chalice to Chalice; MPLA (Virgin Front Line) ’78 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Jamaican saying: I came to drink milk, not count cow; 14 sec.>

Aquizm & Mad Professor – Kunta Kinte; 10” (Ariwa) 2008 UK instrumental over Creole’s “Beware”

<Alex Haley’s Roots = Kunta Kinte; 20 sec.>

images (4) — Kunta Kinte = Alex Haley’s Roots

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jah Live; Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ’76: single livicated to HIM

<HIM overthrown by Ethiopian Communists – Jah Live; 55 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Soul Rebel; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’81 Marley cover
Peter Tosh – Lessons In My Life; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘87
Sister Carol & Junior Jazz – 70 Sup’m Pieces of Bob; Direct Hit: Live (Catapult) 2001: tribute to Bob Marley

bob_marley_wailers_jah_live_3 — Picture sleeve from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

Set 3:

Martha Velez – Bend Down Low; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ’76: Bob produced/Wailers on the riddim/Scratch engineer

<Roots Dawta – Martha Velez; 25 sec.>

<More Velez; 29 sec.>

Barrington Levy – Collie Weed; Dancehall Explosion (Trojan) ’79 herbtune
Barry Brown – Forward On; Far East (Hitbound) ‘81
4^th Street Orchestra – Dubber; 10” (Rama) ’77 UK: Dennis Bovell dub to Beatles’ And I Love Her
Aston Familyman Barrett – Familyman in Dub (Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Hour

a3fb367affb2a25c983705e61f7314cf — Broadway singer Martha Velez

Set 4: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

Aswad – Down the Line; Not Satisfied (Columbia) ’82 herbtune:
Dennis Brown – Get Up; Love Has Found Its Way (A & M) ‘82
IJahman Levi – Moulding; Strictly For Rockers (Mang) ’85 comp.
Faybienne – Fire; Roots Daughters (Ariwa) ’88: Mad Professor prod’n, female vox

maxresdefault (3) — Dennis Brown – The Crown Prince of Reggae

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Marcia Griffiths – My Ambition; At Studio One (Studio One) ’80 JA
Niney – My Spliff; Nuclear Jammin’ (Voiceprint) ’86 herbtune, Chicago

<Niney the Observer, producer; 13 sec.>

New Age Steppers feat. Bim Sherman – Memories; Foundation Steppers (ON U Sound) ’83 UK mutant dub/Adrian Sherwood
Dillinger – Check Sister Jane; King Pharaoh (Blue Moon) ’84 UK toasting over Leroy Smart’s version of Bob Marley’s Waiting in Vain
Al Campbell – Children of the Ghetto + Ghetto Dub; Showcase (DEB) ’78 UK

download (19) — Niney the Observer: lost a finger working the docks

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM 7″ vinyl; 9sec.

Debra Keese & the Black Five – Travelling; 7” (Orchid) Lee Perry/Black Ark
Colour Red – Christ Is Black; 7” (1^st Rasta) 2000
Junior Byles & Glen Ricks – I & I; 7” (Triple RRR) ‘99
Jim Brown – Calypso, Calypso; 7” (Studio One) dj to Slim Smith’s I’ll Never Let You Go
Charley Ace – Country Boy; 7” (Impact!) ‘73

<Labrish – gossip in Jamaica; 17 sec.>

Tassilli Players – Interstellar Overdub; Outer Space (Universal Egg) ’95 UK (mutant) Dub Album of the Hour

<Tassilli – cave painting in Algeria – Ancient Aliens>

Set 7:

John Holt – Police in Helicopter; 12” (Holt) ’83 herbtune

<Look in your rearview mirror!; 13 sec.>

<Best siren in Reggae>

Black Uhuru – Spongi Reggae (Disco Mix); Red (Deluxe Edition) ‘81

Set 8: Mutant Dub

<What is Mutant Dub?; 17 sec.>

WordSound I Powa – Wickedness Increase; Live From Planet Crooklyn (ROIR) ’96 Mutant Dub Set – Brooklyn dubbers
Kaleidoscope – Deep Water Black; More Bass than Bass (Dubmission) 2000
Dubadelic – Sirius Bass; Bass Invaders (WordSound) ’98 NY
Thievery Corporation – Culture of Fear; Culture of Dear (ESL) 2011 DC dubbers
Shadow Army – Thought Is Boss; Destroy Babylon (ADD) 2008

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 14, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist): Vinylicious!

May 20, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

3 Hours of the Black Wax Attack on Smile Jamaica

<Vinylicious!>

Greetings,

So I’m embarking on a home remodel so I can make some sensi out ofmy Vinyl Room.

Gonna make a Library at the Ark-Ives located in a secret location in SLC.

So that means I have to pack up about 5000 Lps and 12″ style. Bought the deep plastic Tupperware bins for the job.

So as I harvest black wax from sagging pressboard shelves into these stackable bins, I stripped out the crème de la crème for airing on this Ark-Ive Edition.

Enjoy the black wax attack. Ultra rare and heavy roots:

Time to upgrade from the old pressboard shelves into something better

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 14, 2016 – playlist, Reggae History Lessons, Photos, Captions

❤ 3 hours of Vinyl; 30 sec.>

Sets devoted to:

Roots Dawtas
Seven Leaf
Mutant Dub

Set 1: All Vinyl LP’s

Johnny Clarke – Jah Jah See Them Come; Authorized Version (Virgin Front Line) ’76 UK, Culture cover
Fe Me Time All-Stars; Dub I (Pressure Sounds) ’72 Dub Album of the Hour; Jimmy Radway prod’n
Mikey Dread – Everybody Needs a Proper Education; Dread at the Controls (Trojan) ’79 UK
Dennis Brown – Together Brothers; Joseph’s Coat of Many Colours (Laser) ’80 UK
Jimmy Cliff – Goodbye Yesterday; Pop Gold (Island) ’77 Austrian best of

<Jimmy Cliff – Rock Hall of Fame selection; 37 sec.>

The Itals – Herbs Pirate; Brutal Out Deh (Nighthawk) ’81 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Lion Zion – Gas Guzzler; Reggae From America (House of Natty) ’76 Oakland; Lee Perry mix

0307_jimmycliff — Jimmy Cliff – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer

Set 2

Krieger-Densmore Reggae Bonanza – Kinky Reggae; 12” (Rhino) ’83 LA
Cornel Campbell – Yes I Will; Yes I Will (Micron) ’79 Canada
Phillip Fraser – The Joy It Brings; Big Showdown (Black Solidarity) ’85 JA
Jah Ruby – Black Invader; Dread Affair (Afrik) ’77 JA
Eclipse Band – Eclipse; Inner Reggae Rhythm (Only Roots) ’78 Fr

Set 3: Roots Dawtas

Akabu – Africans United; Akabu (Viva) ’89 UK roots: Roots Dawta Set
Lillian Allen – Rub a Dub Style in a Regent Park; Revolutionary Tea Party (Redwood) ’85: Toronto dub poet, Emeryville, CA vinyl
Casselberry & DuPree’ – Positive Vibration; City Down (Icebergg) ’86 Milwaukee
Scientist – Emperor’s Faith – Sound System; The People’s Choice Dub (Tamoki Wambesi) Dub Album of the Hour

th2RWI9N1F — Canadian dub poet Lillian Allen

Set 4:

Cimarons – With a Little Luck; Reggaebility (MPL) ’82 Paul McCartney label/cover

<Paul McCartney Reggae cover on Macca’s label; 30 sec.>

Dillinger – Little Girlie; Badder Than Them (A & M) ’81 LA
Hugh Griffiths – 400 Years; Mother Africa (My-O-Lantic) ‘86 NY
Aisha – Every Problem; Daughter of Zion (Twinkle) ‘93 UK

R-1732270-1458507647-1166_jpeg — Beatles/McCartney/Buddy Holly fans

Set 5: Seven Leaf Set

Peter Tosh – Wanted Dread & Alive; Wanted Dread & Alive (EMI America) ’81 US

<Peter Tosh – My first Reggae LP, Xmas ’81>

Coco Tea – Herb in My Garden; Sweet Sweet Coco Tea (Blue Mountain) ’85 NY: update of Spanish Harlem
Jah Thomas – Marijuana, Marijuana; Dance on the Corner (Midnight Rock) ’79 Canada
Louise Bennett – Chi Chi Bud; Yes M’Dear – Live (Island) ’83 UK
Culture – International Herb; International Herb ’79 (Virgin Front Line)

R-1385064-1264425766_jpeg — First addition to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Christmas ’81. Thanks Mom!

Set 6:

Gregory Isaacs – Just Be Nice; All I Have Is Love, Love, Love (Tad’s) ’86 UK
Zema – Blood Money; Zema (Melchizedek) ’86 Culver City, CA; female artist
Ishan People – Sweet Chariot; Ishan People (GRT) ’77 Ontario, Canada
Big Youth – What’s Going On; Hit the Road Jack (Trojan) ’76 UK, Marvin Gaye cover
The Gladiators – Fuss & Fighting + Version – 1983 US Tour EP (Nighthawk) ’83 grey vinyl, St. Louis: Bob Marley cover
Revolutionaries – Black Star Dub; Roots Man Dub (Heartbeat) GG Ranglin dub, Dub Album of the Hour

R-5449334-1417126176-4398_jpeg — Killer roots

Set 7:

Jah Levi & the Higher Reasoning – Jah Jah Is the Way; Selassie I Vibration (Theocratic Records) ’88 O’Brien Oregon nyahbinghi
Roland Burrell – Heartache; Fling Reggae Music (Park Heights) Brooklyn
Marcia Griffiths – Children of Israel; Rock My Soul (56 Hope Road) ’84 JA
Inner Circle – Rock the Boat; Rock the Boat (Trojan) ’74 UK: ’74 Hues Corporation disco

<Reggae Disco; 12 sec.>

R-1133979-1398208951-1048_jpeg — Disco is not a four letter word on Smile Jamaica!

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Alpha & Omega – Who Is the Ruler?; Watch and Pray (A & O) ’92 UK trance dub w/ female vox: Mutant dub Set
Dub Syndicate – Green Stick; Echomania (ON U Sound) ’93 UK instrumental
Basement 5 – Work: Dub; In Dub (Island) ’80 UK – future members of Big Audio Dynamite
Suns of Arqa – Kyrie; Seven (Arka Sound) ’87 UK: Hindi/Middle East
Moody Boys – Lion Dance; Journey into Dubland (XL) ’90 UK
Zulu Warriors – Chanting Dub; Warrior Dub (Mr. Modo) ’89 UK instrumental
The Clash – Time Is Tight; Black Market Clash (Nu Disc) ’80: 10” cover of Booker T and the MG’s

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: May 7, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist) I Love My Mummy!

May 13, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Ch9QCwCUkAA8vmn — Much love to my Mother, Jeannette

<Livicated to Jeanntte: Happy Mother’s Day Mom!>

Greetings,

Happy Mother’s Day edition of Smile Jamaica. I always start off with a beautiful cover of Tammy Wynette country stylee from Sonya Spence

Tammy Wynette

“No Charge”

My little girl came into the kitchen this evenin’,
While I was fixin’ supper,
And she handed me a piece of paper she’d been writin’ on,
And after wipin’ my hands on my apron,
I read it – and this is what it said:For mowin’ the yard – five dollars,
And for makin’ my own bed this week – one dollar,
And for goin’ to the store – fifty cents,
An’ playin’ with little sister, while you went to the store – twenty-five cents,
Takin’ out the trash – one dollar,
Gettin’ a good report card – five dollars,
And for rakin’ the yard – two dollars,
Total owed – fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents.Well, I looked at her standin’ there expectantly,
And a thousand mem’ries flashed through my mind,
So I picked up the pen, turnin’ the paper over,
This is what I wrote:For the nine months I carried you,
Growin’ inside me – NO CHARGE,
For the nights I’ve sat up with you,
Doctored you, prayed for you – NO CHARGE,
For the toys, food and clothes.
And for wiping your nose, there’s NO CHARGE,
When you add it all up.
The full cost of my love is NO CHARGE.Well, when she finished readin’,
She had great big old tears in her eyes,
And she looked up at me and said,
“Mama, I sure do love you.”
Then she took the pen,
And in great big letters,
She wrote: “PAID IN FULL.”When you add it all up,
The cost of real love is – NO CHARGE

***

Brings a tear to my eye. Spent a week with my folks moving into a new place in Phoenix. Took a day to cratedig and explore Tempe. On my way out, mom gives me a benjamin. “Have a happy cratedig.” Well that’s not exactly her words but more or less. Love that woman.

bless, robt

images (3) — Mother’s love: No charge but more precious than gold

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Annotated Playlist May 7, 2016:

Set 1:

Barrington Spence – Jah Jah Train; Speak Softly (Trojan) ’76 UK vinyl
A Nice Dub – Agrovators; Kaya Dub (Justice) ’77 UK vinyl Dub Album of the Hour; Bunny Lee/King Tubby
Sonya Spence – No Charge; In the Dark (Skynote) ’78; Happy Mother’s Day – Tammy Wynette cover

<No Charge for being Mom; 13 sec.>

Aswad – Wrapped Up; To the Top (Simba) ’86 UK

<1 of the first 10 CDs added to the Ark-Ive, 1987: Tower Records; 19 sec.>

Inner Circle – Curfew (3 O’clock Road Block); Jah Love (Music Club) ’74 Bob Marley cover
Barry Brown – Sensimilla; Far East (Hitbound) ’81: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Dennis Brown- Blood, Sweat & Tears; Love Has Found Its Way (A & M) ‘82

<Dennis Brown or Yellowman heir to Bob Marley? 25 sec.>

Kumina Mento Rasta – Wareika Hills Sound; 10” (Honest Jon’s) 2010 nyahbinghi instrumental celebrates Jamaican folk arts

3cb69c8a2c5b4ab7661068a99795f929.600x598x1 — Livicate never deadicated: To all the Moms; especially my Mom, Jeannette and Sister Stacey

Set 2: Kentucky Skank (Kentucky Derby

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

<Caymanas Park Race Track in Jamaica; 11 sec.>

<Chinese jockeys on the mounts in Jamaica; 17 sec.>

Abyssinians – In a Kalda; Reunion (AO!) ’98; Kalda – Jamaican race track
The Pioneers – Long Shot Kick the Bucket; From the Beginning (Jet Star) ‘69
Mr. Bojangles – Selassie I Cup; 7” (Joe Gibbs Record Globe) ’77; horserace between: Babylon, Pope Pious and Dreadlocks

The Selassie I Cup; 14 sec.

Babylon 2-1 odds
Soul Youth 3-1
Rome Even money
Pope Pius 3-5, the big favorite; came up lam
Dreadlocks 8-1
Baldhead 15-1

The Winner: Dreadlock; 8 lengths!
Place: Baldhead
Show: Soul Youth
Pope Pius came up lame; 17 sec.

download (16) — Congratulations Nyquist. 2016 Kentucky Derby winner

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 26+ Years

U Roy – Control Tower; Rasta Ambassador (Virgin Front Line) ’78
Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Heartbeat) ‘80

<Black Uhuru got me into Reggae more than Bob, Peter, Jimmy or UB40; 28 sec.>

Judy Mowatt – Rock Me; Love Is Overdue (Shanachie) ‘87
I Roy – Sister Nelly; Heart of a Lion (Virgin Front Line) ’78 nursery rhyme
Jah Shaka Meets Aswad – Addis Ababa; In Addis Ababa Studio (Jah Shaka) ’84 Dub Album of the Hour

hqdefault (2) — This album + Anthem made me a stone cold Reggae fanatic

Set 4: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – Reggaemyelitis; Honorary Citizen (Columbia) Best of Box Set; Request

<Reggaemyelitis – from the tips of your dreads to the bottom of your toes; 9 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Love Fire; Retrospective (Shanachie) ’78 Best of
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Smile Jamaica (A & B-sides); Rastaman Vibration (Deluxe Edition) ‘76

$_35 — Hear the song that gives the show its name!

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Marcia Griffiths – Mark My Words; At Studio One (Studio One) JA vinyl
Dandy Livingstone – Jamaica Is Fun; Hit With Me Music (Trojan) ’72 UK
Monty Montgomery – Stay Cool; Seeds (Fusion) Atlanta
Yabby You – Deliver Me From My Enemies; Babylon Soundtrack (Takoma) ’80 UK
Spliffy Dan – Jah Bless; Rockers Showcase Volume III (Rockers International) ’87 Philadelphia

maxresdefault (2) — Marcia Griffiths – The Aretha Franklin of Reggae

Set 6: Roots Dawtas Rockers do Reggae

Patti Smith – Redondo Beach; Horses (Arista) ’76
Joan Armatrading – I Can’t Lie to Myself; Sly & Robbie – Ultimate Collection (Hip-O) ‘81
Belle Stars – Miss World; 80’s Romance (Union Square) UK female New Wave

<Belle Stars – emerged out of 2 Tone ska in the UK; 11 sec.>

Tom Tom Club – Bamboo Town; Close to the Bone (Island) ’83 riddim section of Talking Heads
Scientist – 11 Guava Road Dub; King of Dub (Kingdom) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour

download (18) — Belle Stars UK Roots Dawtas dabble in some Reggae

Set 7:

Horace Andy – Better Collie; Prime of Horace Andy (Music Club) ’75 herbtune
Pat Rhoden – Boogie on Reggae Woman; Just My Imagination (Trojan) ’75 Stevie Wonder cover
June Lodge – Someone Loves You Honey; Reggae Pulse 3 – Love Songs (RAS) ’80 Charley Pride country

<Forced to hear too much Country music growing up in Montana; 14 sec.>

Lucky Dube – Guns & Roses; Taxman (Shanachie) ’97

<Bad vibes: Murder at Park City show. Lucky killed shortly thereafter; 24 sec.>

City Weekly story on the Park City murder:

http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/the-gangs-of-zion/Content?oid=2128947

Everton Blender – Live Up; Live at the White River Reggae Bash (Heartbeat) ‘99

Pablo Gad – Crying Gad; 10” (Reggae on Top) 2002 UK militant steppers

<Militant Steppers definition; 10 sec.>

luckyduberip — Lucky Dube – killed in carjacking in Johannesburg South Africa

Set 8:

Botom Botom – Le Toit du Monde; This Is Not a Stereotype (Hammerbass) 2006 Fr. w/ female vox
2 Bad Card Specialist – Weed Specialist (Audio Active rmx); CD Single (ON U Sound) ’95 UK/Jah-pon herbtune
New Age Steppers – Animal Space; New Age Steppers (Statik) Adrian Sherwood prod’n; Slits on the vox
Dub Gabriel feat. The Spaceape – Is This Revolution? (Jack Dangers Colonia Dub rmx); Raggabass Resistance (Destroy All Concepts) 2013 feat. Dub poet
Burial – UK; Untrue (Hyperdub) 2007 UK dubstep

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 Jah-pril 23, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist) When Dubs Cry!

April 29, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

David Bowie and now Prince. Sad year for music giants. We livicate this Ark-Ive to the great pop singer in his 80’s heyday.

Until I got into Reggae this was my automatic soul purchase a youth in frozen Montana:

Smile Jamaica’s Top 5 Prince songs

When You Were Mine
Little Red Corvette
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
Kiss
Sign o’ the Times.

On the Ark-Ive below we hear When Doves Cry. Bass added for the Reggae which wasn’t there on the original.

bless, robt

<Plant your seeds!>

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Annotated Playlist: Jah-pril 23, 2016:

Set 1:

Monty Montgomery – Seeds; Seeds (Fusion) Atlanta vinyl
Sound Dimension – Rockfort Rock – Mojo Rock Steady (Studio One/Soul Jazz) Dub Album of the Hour
Laurel Aitken – Heile Heile; Rasta Man Power (Unicorn) ‘69
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers – 666; Hey World! (EMI) ‘86
Ayo – Lonely; Gravity at Last (Polydor) 2008 Nigerian-German female
Jimmy Lindsay – Easy; 12 the Hardway (Tribesman) ’77 Commodores cover
10 Ft. Ganja Plant; Bass Chalice; Bass Chalice (ROIR) 2005 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Horace Andy – Collie Weed; Prime of Horace Andy (Music Club) best of herb tune

<Just minding my own business. Smoking my collie weed>

Set 2

Denver Dub Collective – When Doves Cry; Purple Rain (Denver Dub) 2009 Prince RIP

<Prince: Rest in Peace; 40 sec.>

Aswad – Pass the Cup; Not Satisfied (CBS) ’82 UK herbtune

<Pass the Cupe = the sacred chalice>

Gracy & the Herbman Band – Yard Crew; Movements (Funfundvierzig) ’95 German-Jamaican toaster
Black Crucial – Mr. Vincent; 10” (Fatman) ‘83

maxresdefault — Rest in Peace. Livicate never deadicate

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Bunny Wailer – Roots, Radics, Rockers, Reggae; Retrospective (Shanachie)
Rita Marley – Fussing & Fighting; Harambe (Shanachie) ‘82
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Crazy Baldhead (Unreleased Album Mix); Rastaman Vibration (Tuff Gong) ’76 bonus track
Peter Tosh – Vampire; No Nuclear War (EMI America) ‘86
Scientist – The Anti-Chris; 911 Dub (Nature Dub) Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Grace Jones – Love Is the Drug; Private Life: Compass Point Sessions (Island) ‘80 Roxy Music cover w/ Sly & Robbie
Don Carlos & Barry Brown – Mr. Big Man + Shoot Up the Town; 10” (Uptempo) ’83 Sugar Minott prod’n

<Put da needle pon di record. Penny keeps the bass in the groove>

Set 5: 7 inch Seven Leaf; 19 sec.

Prince Hammer – Export Ganja; 7” (Tamoki Wambesi) 7” herb set
Black Sabbath vs. Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming for Sweet Leaf; 7” (blank) Peaboy & Sherman rmx
Levi Roots – It a Fi Bun; 7” (Conqueror)
Alpha Steppa Meets Alpha & Omega feat. Flex Zaggazow – Highest Grade; 7” (Steppas) 2012 mutant dub; Korean prod’n

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica 26+ Years

Keith Hudson – I’m Not Satisfied; Rasta Communication (Greensleeves) ’78
Tetrack – I’m Not Satisfied; Clocktower Classics (Clocktower/Abraham)
Marcia Griffiths – Where There is No Love; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79
Peter Broggs – International Farmer + Version; Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) ’82 herbtune

hqdefault (1) — Peter Broggs – International Farmer. 4 down, 46 to go!

<2016: 9 down, 41 to go?>

Set 7:

Augustus Pablo – Islington Rock; East of the River Nile (Deluxe Edition) (Shanachie) ’78 melodical instrumental
Dillinger – Cocaine in My Brain; Cocaine (Charly) ’83 herbtune

<Dillinger soul update – Knife, fork a bottle & a cork – that’s the way you spell New York>

Sarah B Band – Overnite; Realign My Mind (Sarah B) 2011 Salt Lake City roots group
Louie Lepke – Love Is Not a Play Thing; 10” (Merge) ’82 over Earl Sixteen vox

download (9) — Melodica and the Far East sound

Set 8: Mutant Dubstresses; 9 sec.

Samia Farah – Les Temps Difficiles; Samia Farah (Sony) ’99 Fr.-Tunisian singer: Mutant Dubstresses

Transglobal Underground feat. Natacha Atlas – Boss Tabla; Psychic Karaoke (Nation) ’96 Hindi dub

Dub Gabriel feat. P.J. Higgins – Silent Warrior; Raggabass Resistance (Destroy A/C) 2013

Zion Train feat. Molara – Dance of Life; Homegrown Fantasy (China) ’95 UK trance dub

Cool Hipnoise – Dama Dada; King Size Dub vol. 10 (Echo Beach) Germ. 2003 comp

Alpha & Omega – One Culture + One Prayer; Everyday Life; (A & O) ’93 UK trance dub

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-pril 16, 2016 (Stream + Tracklist: 22nd Annual Cannabliss – All Vinyl!

April 22, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

CgMhAT3VIAAJsf4 — Smile Jamaica’s Vinyl 420 Ark-Ive: 1 crate, 2 book bags, 1 7″ bag, 1 7″ crate. 500+ songs. 35 played in 3 hours

<5 boxes of load in and load for the Smile Jamaica 420 Vinyl Marijuana World Tour!; 18 sec.>

Greetings,

Can I just say right off……..

<4 down, 46 to go!>

My two favorite shows on Smile Jamaica are Halloween and 4:20. I really get to put my sound art skills to good use. All the herb clips harvested (pun intended) from my Ark-Ives.

So why not just kick out the black vinyl jams. I have pulled out all my vinyl herb selections:

LP (Long players)
12″ Disco Mix
10″ Disco Mix
7″ Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM

In between Spliff Tales we hear from: Chevy Chase, Cheech and Chong, George Carlin.

420 Film Festival from Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.

And lots of 60’s anti-marijuana PSAs. Which led to “this is your brain on drugs” and Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No!

<Travolta schools Jackson on the herbal delights of Amsterdam; 23 sec.>

I have at lest 4 60 CD suitcases for my “aluminum” (or whatever cds are made of). So while we were in fund drive, I stitched up 4 hours 20 min and 00 second in what I call my Secret Dubratory mixes for Digital Dubplate shows when I am not broadcasting Smile Jamaica live.

<Digital Dubplate 420 CD Showcase: 4 hrs. 20 min. 00 sec.>

Election Year: Who adds to Jah-laska, Washington, Jah-regon and Collie-rado? Plus Washington DC legal weed:

Nelstradamus is predicting in 2016

Collie-fornya
Jah-vada
Maine
Vermont
Jah-suchusetts

<9 down, 41 to go!>

bless, robt

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Jah-pril 16, 2016 Playlist; 97 sec.

Set 1:

Jah Woosh – Marijuana World Tour; Marijuana World Tour (Original) ’79 JA: 22^nd Annual 420 Cannabliss – All Vinyl
Sly & the Revolutionaries – Rizla; Black Ash Dub (Trojan) ’80 Dub Album of the Hour
The Pioneers – Feeling High; Best of the Pioneers (Trojan) ’79 UK
Tapper Zukie – Sensielia (sic); Earth Running (Stars) ’79 JA
Crucial Bee – Cutting Up Sensi; Just a Sting (All-Star) US Virgin Islands
Little John – Smoke Ganga (sic) Hard; Showdown vol. 6 (Channel One)
Ranking Joe – Natty the Collie Smoker; Weakheart Fadeaway (Greensleeves) ‘78
Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus – Sip Your Cup; Rally Round (Shanachie) ’85 best of cup = chalice = smoking untensil

<Sip a Cup = the chalice; 16 sec.>

Set 2:

Doret Myers – One Draw; Reggae Hits of the 80’s (Joe Gibbs) ‘83
The Itals –Herbs Pirate; Calling Rastafari (Nighthawk) ’82 St. Louis
Jah Lion – Colombia Colly; Colombia Colly (Mango) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark prod’n
Mighty Diamonds – Pass the Kutchie; Indestructible (Alligator) ’83 Chicago

<Kutchie vs. Dutchie; 26 sec.>

download (40) — Diamonds – Pass the Kutchie (pipe); Musical Youth – Pass the Dutchie (cooking pot)

Set 3: Jamaican Jukebox 7″s; 16 sec.

Greg Robinson – Bong Master; 7” (RT) 7” inch herb set
Dawn & Christine – Panadol; 7” (M & M) PMS relief in UK

<Panadol for PMS. No medical mj! 15 sec.>

Sugar Minott – Indica; 7” (Youth Promotion) ‘87
Prince Hammer – Legalize It; 7” (Belva Plain)
Reggae on Top All-Stars; Chalice Dub Part 2 (Reggae on Top) 2003 UK; Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Chalawa – Jah Collie Weed; Capture Land (Green Weenie) ’78 Oshawa, Ontario, Can.
Jah Lloyd – Ganja Croop; Soldier Round the Corner (Teams) ’76 UK
Jah Woosh & Sis Bee – Herb Reasoning; Rebellion (Freedom of Reggae Music) Irish reggae
Chariot Riders – Sensimilla Dub; Sensimilla Dub (Crystal) ‘ JA dub to Born a Loser

Green Weenie label. Jah Collie Weed is Smile Jamaica’s favorite 420 of the whole Ark-Ives

Set 5:

Charlie Chaplin – Chalice; Dance Hall Rockers (Sunset) ’85 JA
Junior Byles – Cally Weed; Rasta No Pickpocket (Nighthawk) ’86 St. Louis comp.
Brigadier Jerry – Kushumpeng; Dimple, Jamaica (RAS) ’85

<Kushumpeng – African chalice; 7 sec.>

Azeem & Session – Bighead Spliff; Dreadfly (Joe Gibbs) ’82 FL.

Set 6: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox

Rudiments – Smoke Two Joints; 7” EP (Vinyl Solution) ’93 San Mateo record store. Toyes cover. Picture sleeve. Colored vinyl; 14 sec.

Lone Ranger – Jamaican Weed; 7” (Revolutionary Sounds) ‘79
Junior White – Free Up the Collie Weed for Independence (Thoroughbred) ‘81
King Stitt – Herbsman Shuffle; 7” (Trojan) ’70 picture sleeve
Prince Jazzbo – Brain Food; 7” (Ujama) ’85 dj to Horace Feruson Sensi Addickt

<Brain Food or vegetables for the brain; 10 sec.>

Set 7:

UB40 feat. Astro – Mi Spliff; Baggariddim (DEP) ’85 UK
Mikey Dread – Dizzy (Herb Smoker) Pave the Way Parts 1 & 2 (DEP) ’85 UK
Dillinger – Buckingham Palace; CB 200 (Mango) ’76 UK; smoking spliff w/ Queen Elizabiff
Humble-I & Weeding Reality – Sounds of Reality; 10” (Control Tower) 2009 Fr. – no weed rights in France; 22 sec.

Set 8:

Desi Roots – Weedfields; Doing It Right (Hawkeye) ‘80
Meditations – Woman Piabba; Message From the Meditations (United Artists) ’78 US
Barrington Levy & Jah Thomas – Collie Weed; Hunter Man (Trojan) ’83 UK
Clint Eastwood – Collie Weed Style; Love & Happiness (Burning Sounds) ’79 UK
Peter Tosh – Legalize It (Secret Circuit’s Echodelic Shockblast Mix); 10” EP (Delicious Vinyl) 2012 mutant dub rmx; picture disk

Smile Jamaica’s 420 Spliff Gallery

April 20, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

SmileJ_bugeyes — That’s not a doobie, Mom. It’s a toothpick

Greetings,

Happy 420! So I get a text from my Mom:

“Doobie smoker on your Twitter page. Does that set a good example for you and younger people that follow you. Be careful. Social Media can cause problems.”

My sister’s teenage boys are on my feed. So I said maybe they shouldn’t be. I’m tired of the ridiculous conformity against the Seven Leaf.

For 22 years I have spun 3 hours of Spliff Tales on Smile Jamaica. Mainly to celebrate free speech and fight back against the racist drug war. Which was never about safety and all about criminalizing a lifestyle.

So these are all the pics I have put on my Annotated Smile Jamaica Playlists.

4 down, 46 to go!

bless, robt

Check out this parody T-Shirt for Marijuana Zombie, featuring Cheech and Chong from Up In Smoke as zombies. Even after death these guys know how to party. Produced in two different color schemes, for a dark and light shirt. Set up for silk-screening, four colors.

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Digital Dubplate – 420 Seven Leaf Relief. 4 hr. 20 min. 00 sec.

April 15, 2016 Robert Nelson 2 Comments

Greetings,

That time of year. Tax payment to Uncle Obama out of the way now is the time to celebrate with 420 Cannabliss in the style and fashion you have come to expect for more than 2 decades on Smile Jamaica.

The past two weeks have been devoted to fund drives at KRCL. (Many thanks if you made a pledge and got a T shirt)

I didn’t put up any live streams during Radiothon, so instead I hunkered down in my Secret Dubratory and harvested (pun intended) 4 hours. 20 minutes. 00 seconds of Spliff Tales.

Complete with herbal soundbytes, stoner movie clips and other fun stunn.

Best of Roots, Modern Roots and Mutant Dub inna Seven Leaf Stylee. So enjoy. Celebrate early, often yet discreetly and responsibly.

And until Pres. Sanders legalizes Cannabis with his first Executive Order of 2017, as I say…..

4 down, 46 to go!

images (7) — Pres. Sanders will legalize it

bless, robt

Smile Jamaiaca Ark-Ives Digital Dubplate: 4 hours and 20 min. for 420 Playlist

0-30 min.

Black Slate – Legalise Collie Herb; Amigo (Ensign) ’80 UK
Jacob Miller & Ray-I – All I Want For Ismas; Natty Christmas (RAS) ’78 Xmas herb
10 Foot Ganja Plant – Walkey Walk Tall; Hillside Airstrip (ROIR) 2001 Upstate NY
Sister Carol – Herbal Is Natural; Direct Hit! (Catapult) 2001: Live run down of herbal medicinal bennies
Thievery Corporation – .38.45; Sounds From the Thievery Hi-Fi (ESL) ’96 mutant dub DC
Sly & the Revolutionaries feat. Jah Thomas – Rizla; Black Ash Dub (Trojan) ’80 dub: Rizla rolling papers
The Equators – Feelin’ High; Hot (Stiff) ’81 UK ska

30-60 min.

Zion Tribe – Herbissimo; Barre Chords (Zion Tribe) ’97 SLC
Capital Letters – Vinyard; Vinyard (Greensleeves) ’82 UK youth group
Ijahman Levi – Moulding & Version; Are We a Warrior (Jahmani) ‘78
Daweh Congo – Herb Tree; Human Rights & Justice (Roots & Culture) 2000

60-90 min.

Rita Marley – One Draw; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy) 12” mix
Bob Marley & the Wailers – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Trojan) ’73 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n
Bunny Wailer – Ceasefire; Roots, Radics, Rockers, Reggae (Shanachie) ‘83
Peter Tosh – Legalize It; The Bayou – Washington DC ‘79
Seefari – Homegrown; Dread Pon da Scene (Upful Sound) ’98 Wilberforce, OH

90 min. – 2 hr.

Reggae George – Reggae Collie; King Tubby on the Mix vol. 1 (Original)
Linval Thompson – Lick Up the Chalice; Look How Me Sexy (Greensleeves) ‘82
Soom T – Roll It; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 Glasgow female weedstepper
Rupie & Sidey – Herbert Spliffington; Rupie’s Scorchers (Trybute) ‘69
Yellowman – Operation Eradication; One in a Million (Shanachie) ‘89
Collie Buddz – Come Around; Collie Buddz (Columbia) 2007
UB40 – Mi Spliff; Credit to the Nation (Europe ’86)

2 hr. – 2 and 1/2 hrs.

Eek a Mouse – Ganja Smuggling; Live at Reggae Sunsplash (Genes) ’82 Montego Bay, JA
Armagideon – Herbal Input; Steppin Forward (Armagideon Sounds) ’95 UK mutant dub
U Roy – Herbman Skanking; Jah Son of Africa (Virgin Front Line) ’78 dj to Gladiators “Stick a Bush”
Gregory Isaacs – Mr. Cop; Extra Classic ‘77
Rootz Underground – Herb Fields; Movement (Riverstone) 2007 JA
Prince Hammer – Export Ganja; Respect I Man (Tamoki Wambesi)
The Meditations – Woman Piabba; Anthology (Nighthawk) ’76

Meditations-Message-From-The-Meditations-Anthology-Of-Reggae-Collectors-Series-Vol-13 — One of the first ten Reggae Vinyl records in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. Still a favorite

2 and 1/2 – 3 hrs.

Zion Train – Healing of the Nation; CD Single (China) ’95 UK mutant dub w/ female vox
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Free Up the Weed; Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Cornbread (Upsetter) ‘78
Glen Brown – Lambsbread; Way to Mt. Zion (ROIR) ‘79
H.R. – Who’s Got the Herb?; I Luv (Railroad) ’91 DC punkdubber
Carlton Livingston – 100 Weight of Collie Weed; Retrospect (Grapevine) ‘84
Cornell Campbell – 100 Lbs. of Collie Weed; Silver Jubilee (Rhino UK) cover of Carlton

<55 inna 35 – BUSTED!>

download (24) — Not a smart move to drive 55 inna 35 w/ 100 weight of collie weed in your truck

3 – 3 and 1/2 hr.

Audio Active – Free the Marijuana; Happy Shopper in Europe EP (ON U Sound) ’95 Jah-ponese mutant dub
Pablo Paul – Don’t Dope; Beres Hammond & Friends (Ejaness)
I Roy – African Herbsman; Crisus Time (Virgin Front Line) ’76 dj to Johnny Clarke’s African Roots
Michael Rose – Ganja Bonanza; Happiness: The Best of Michael Rose (Heartbeat) ‘99
John Holt – Police and Helicopter; Police and Helicopter (Greensleeves) ‘82
R.Z. Jackson – Sensimillia; Unda de Struggle (Abraham)
Dubblestandart feat. Gu Gabriel &Trigga – Marijuana Dreams; Marijuana Dreams (Echo Beach) 2010 Jah-strian mutant dub

3 and 1/2 – 4 hr.

Israel Vibration – Red Eyes; Forever (RAS) ‘91
Frankie Paul – Pass the Tu-Sheng-Peng; Pass the Tu-Sheng-Peng (Greensleeves) ‘84
Pato Banton – Legalize It (Acapella) + Don’t Sniff Coke; Live at the Maritime Hall (2B1) in San Francisco
Mike Brooks – Good Herb; Earth is the Fullness (Moll-Selekta)
Mikey Ras Starr – Coomaya (African Herbsman); Fire & Rain (Makasound)
See-I – Dinner of Herb; Dinner of Herb (Exile) 2003 DC mutant dub

4 hrs. to 4:20:00

Johnny Ringo – Sensi; Face to Face (JA)
Barry Brown – Pass Up the Chalice; Rich Man, Poor Man (Moll-Selekta)
Macka B – Legalize the Herb; Hold On to Your Culture (Ariwa) ’95 UK dj
Krom & Time – Ganja Man; Drum & Bass Selection (Moonshine) ’94 UK jungle
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Marley-juana Mix; Smile Jamaica Remix

<100 Spliffs a day!>

images (9) — The wisdom of 100 spliffs a day

Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: Rockers inna Reggae Stylee – Robert Nelson

April 8, 2016 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

5585_3_1 — Keith Richards, Robbie Shakespeare and Peter Tosh. Rockers doing Reggae for 3 hours!

Greetings,

Hunkered down in Spring Fund Drive at KRCL. Got to get the kasheesh for I ‘n’ I to expand the riddims all Spring and Summer.

So enjoy this Digital Dubplate out of my Ark-Ives. Last week I gave you 3 hours of Soul Reggae. This time it’s 3 hours of Rockers doing Reggae:

From 10cc Dreadlock Holiday to Frank Zappa Joe’s Garage. Lots of riddims you didn’t realize were Reggae one drop till you hear them all inna row.

Next week it is 4:20 green smoke shower!

bless, robt

keith — He will live to be 120 years old

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Digital Dubplate Playlist: Rockers do Reggae

0-30 min.:

Led Zeppelin – Dy’er Mak’er; Houses of the Holy (Atlantic) ’73: Did-ja Make her = Dy’er Mak’er
Paul Simon – Mother and Child Reunion; Paul Simon (Warner Bros.) ’72. Recorded in JA w/ the Dynamic All-Stars
Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now; I Can See Clarly Now (Columbia) ‘72
Geils Band – Give It To Me; Bloodshot (Atlantic) ‘73
The Hitters (aka Brinsley Schwarz) – Hypocrite + The Version (Edsel) ’73: UK Heptones cover
Taj Mahal – Johnny Too Bad; Mo’ Roots (Columbia) ’74 Slickers cover
Jeff Beck – She’s a Woman; Blow by Blow (Epic) ‘75

30-60 min.:

Eric Clapton – Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; There’s One in Every Crowd (Polydor) ’75: gospel reggae
Grateful Dead – Crazy Fingers; Blues For Allah (Grateful Dead) ‘75
Roxy Music – Love Is the Drug; Siren (Polydor) ‘75
Patti Smith – Redondo Beach; Horses (Arista) ‘75
Martha Velez – Come On In; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ‘76
America – Woman Tonight: History: Greatest Hits (Warner Bros.) ‘76
Robert Palmer – Pressure Drop; Pressure Drop (Island) ’76 Toots & the Maytals cover

MI0002089303 — Toots & the Maytals cover

60 min – 90 min.

Graham Parker & the Rumour – Don’t Ask Me Questions (Mercury) ‘76
Rolling Stones – Cherry Oh Baby; Black and Blue (Columbia) ’76 Eric Donaldson reggae cover
Eagles – Hotel California; Hotel California (Asylum) ‘76
Lijadu Sisters – Bobby; Danger (Knitting Factory) ’76 Nigerian
Elvis Costello – Watching the Detectives; My Aim Is True (Demon) ‘77
The Modern Lovers – Egyptian Reggae; Rock & Roll With the Modern Lovers (Beserkley) ’77 instrumental version of Johnny Clarke’s None Shall Escape the Judgment
Joe Jackson – Fools in Love; Look Sharp! (A & M) ’79

90 min – 2 hr.

Scorpions – Is There Anybody There?; Lovdrive (Mercury) ‘79
Frank Zappa – Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up; Joe’s Garage I (Rykodisc) ‘79
The Ruts – Jah War; The Crack (Virgin) ’79 UK punkdub
The Pretenders – Private Life; Pretenders (Sire) ‘80
The Clash – Justice Tonight/Kick It Over; Black Market Clash (Epic) ’80 EP – Willi Williams Armagideon Time (2 hr.)

download (11) — Private Life: Played Grace Jones vs. Sly & Robbie version last week

2 hr – 2 and 1/2 Hours:

The Clash – Justice Tonight/Kick It Over; Black Market Clash (Epic) ’80 EP – Willi Williams Armagideon Time
John Lennon & Yoko Ono – Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him; Double Fantasy (Geffen) ‘80
Steely Dan – Babylon Sisters; Gaucho (MCA) ‘80
Nina Hagen – African Reggae; 12” Mix (Columbia) ’80 German singer
Peter Green – Give Me Back My Freedom; Watcha Gonna Do? (Sanctuary) ’81; of Fleetwood Mac
Joan Armatrading – I Can’t Lie to Myself; Walk Under Ladders (A & M) ’81 Sly & Robbie

600x600 — Roots Dawta by way of Sly & Robbie

2 and 1/3 – 3 hr.

Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love; Tom Tom Club (Sire) ’80; Talkin Heads drum ‘n’ bass duo
Bobby & the Midnites – Book of Rules; Bobby & the Midnites (Arista) ’81 Bob Weir of Grateful Dead
Garland Jeffreys – Christine; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 NYC multi-racial artist
Belle Stars – Miss World; 7” (Stiff) ’81 UK New Wave female group
David Lindley & El Rayo-X; Quarter of a Man; El Rayo-X (Asylum) ‘81
The Members – the Model; Uprhythm, Downbeat (Arista) ’82: Kraftwerk cover
Men at Work – Down Under; Business as Usual (Columbia) ‘82
Ruts DC & Mad Professor – Weak Heart Dub; Rhythm Collision (ROIR) ’82 punkdub

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:

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