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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-nuary 3, 2015: Mutant Dub New Year!

January 6, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

The Mutants have taken over on Smile Jamaica: New Year’s Bass-gasm of Modern Dub: A-Zed

Greetings,

<10th Annual: Mutant Dub New Year: 3 hours of A-Zed; 30 sec.>

Happy New Year! Let’s start it off with all dub and bass. Neo-Dub, Modern Dub, Mutant Dub.

Gonna give the Orthodox Roots stalwarts the week off to explore my fascination with the crossover dub sound: drum & bass, electronica, downtro, lounge, dubstep, militant steppers, techno, ambient, etc. etc.

I listen to Roots Reggae at home and Mutant Dub in my car. Knives to the treble!

download (4) — “Knives to the treble”…Joe Strummer, The Clash

Let’s see how it sounds stretched out to 3 hours instead of the usual last set on the weekly Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives.

ThieveryCorporation-02-wide — Mutant Dub Kingpins

Mutant Dub: Where Jamaican echo meets Modern Dance music’s wobble

bless, robt

<What is Mutant Dub? 14 sec.>

Set 1: A-F

Alpha & Omega – City of Dub; Dub Magic (Zion Gate) ‘99
UK trance dubbers w/ female vox
Burning Babylon – Dub Tragic; Garden of Dub (I-Tones) 2006 Jah-suchusetts; Dub Album of the Week
Hollie Cook – Twice; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014 UK; mutant dubstress/lovers rock
Dubblestandart feat. Devon D – We All Have to Get High; Immigration Dub (Groove Attack) 2007 Jah-stria; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; quotes The Doors “Out here on the perimeter,there are no stars we is stoned immaculate”

<Jim Morrison Lyric; 30 sec.>

Easy Star All Stars feat. Sluggy Ranks – Speak to me + Breathe (In the Air); Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003; Pink Floyd cover with bong rip effects
Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006 Los Jah-ngeles, Collie-fornya; herbtune

<Mutant Dub Cannabliss: Smoking sensimena inna Mesopotamia; 14 sec.>

<Roll a lickle spliff, wif di papyrus>

Set 2: G-J

Gorillaz feat. Earl 16 & U Brown – M1 A1; Spacemonkeyz vs. Gorillaz: Laika Come Home (Virgin) 2002 UK

<Laika: Original Space Pioneer; 33 sec.>

Heavyweight Dub Champion feat. Lady K – Trouble; Rise of the Champion Nation (Champion Nation) 2009 Boulder, Collie-rado; old spiritual dubwize
I-Shen Sound – Deep in Deep Purple; King Size Dub (Hypoxia) ’95 Uk herb tune; 2 sec.

Jah Shaka – Giver of Life; 12” (Jah Shaka) ’87 UK

<Holy Trinity of Mutant Dub: Jah Shaka, Adrian Sherwood, Mad Professor; 25 sec.>

LaikaRussianDogRSA — Laika sacrificed her life so man could t ravel in space

Set 3: K-L

Kenny Knots – Good Sensi; 10” (Conscious Sounds) 2012; Horace Ferguson herb cover; Sleng Teng riddim
Little Axe – Long Way to Go; Hard Grind (Fat Possum) 2002 blues-dub; Skip McDonald of Tackhead side project

download (1) — You’ve got Blues in my Mutant Dub!

Set 4: M-O

Major Lazer feat. Flux Pavilion – Jah No Partial; Free the Universe (Mad Decent) 2013 dubstep update on Johnny Osbourne classic
Noiseshaper feat. Juggla – All a Dem a Do; The Signal (Different Drummer) 2003 Jah-stria
Overproof Sound System – Kunta Kinte; Nothing to Proove (Different Drummer) UK 2004; dub to Creole’s – Beware reggae riddim

Set 5: Q-S

Pama International – Evening Time; Float Like a Butterfly (Asian Man) 2005 UK herbtune
Qaballah Steppers – Is This the End? Young Sand vs. Dub Gabe; Imaginatrix (Baraka Foundation) 2001 Middle Eastern dubjazz
Rockers Hi-Fi: Callacop – Deep Space Network; DJ-Kicks: The Black Album (!K7) ‘97
Snoop Lion feat. Angela Hunte – Get Away; Reincarnated (Berhane Sound System) 2013; Major Lazer prod’n

download (3) — You’ve got Hip Hop in my Dubstep

Set 6: T-W

Thievery Corporation feat. Pamela Bricker – Lebanese Blonde (French Version); CD Single (ESL); herb tune; Seven Leaf flavor

<Lebanese Blonde; 9 sec.>

Universe Crew – Stranger in the Pentagon; What’s Inside Your Afro (Green Tea) ’97 UK trip hop; UFO conspiracy theory
Vibronics feat. High Tone – Glowing Fire; The French Connection (Hammerbass) 2012 Fr.
Weeding Dub feat. Humble-I – Sound of Reality; 10” (Control Tower) 2009 Fr. Herbtune

<France’s war against the Seven Leaf; 23 sec.>

Thievery-Corporation-Lebanese-Blonde — You should see her sister Panama Red

<8 Track CD single: Most I ever paid for a piece of music on ebay; 15 sec.>

Set 7: X-#

X-O-Dus – See Them a Come; 12” (Factory) ’79 UK; Dennis Bovell prod’n
Yabby You & Mad Professor – Blowing in the Wind; Yabby You Meets Mad Professor & Black Steel in Ariwa Studios (Ariwa) ’93 UK
Zion Train feat. Rob Smith – Boxes and Amps; Live as One (Remixed) (Universal Egg) 2009 UK
2 Bad Card feat. Prince Far I – Chatty People; Hustling Ability (ON U Sound) ‘95

a_ade0 — Mutant Dub Godfather: Adrian Sherwood ON U Sound. Mixcloud link to Smile Jamaica Tribute

Set 8: Wailers Family Tree Mutant Dub Rmx

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus (Kindred Spirit Dub Mix); Marley Soundtrack (Tuff Gong) 2012

<Marley Biography Review>

Peter Tosh feat. Ranking Joe – Legalize It (Dub Club Remix) + Dub Club Version; 10” (Delicious Vinyl); 2011 picture sleeve herb tune
Afro Omega – Musical Revolution; CD Single (Afro Omega) SLC mutant dubbers w/ female vox

download (5) — Smile Jamaica Approved: All killer, no filler

Smile Jamaica Reggae Ark-Ives: Preview: Jah-nuary 3, 2015: 10th Annual Mutant Dub New Year! From A-Zed

January 3, 2015 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

96ece64ce5fddbc6267e1cbc152f4b28 — A Tradition Unlike All Others: Smile Jamaica Presents Mutant Dub New Year: A-Zed: 10th Annual

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

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

Greetings,

<Mutant Dub New Year>

25 years of Smile Jamaica I have given you lots of traditions:

Weekly:

Dub Album of the Week: So the music never has to stop
4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Vinyl is V-Ital: halfway
Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45 RPM
Disco Mix: Heavyweight Extended Mixes on 10″ or 12″ Vinyl
Wailers Family Tree: Chronologically Playing Bob, Bunny & Peter’s solo works
Mutant Dub: last half hour

Annual:

4:20 Cannabis Service Show (closest Saturday to April 20); 20+ years
Jah-loween Monster Hash: (closest Saturday to Oct. 31); 20+ years
Mutant Dub New Year: First Sat. in January; 10 year

So that is whatI have in store for you today. Mutant Dub: The crossover sound I end each Ark-Ive stretched out of 3 hours.

Jamaican Drum & Bass + textures and echo from techno, dubstep, electronica, downtro and lounge = Mutant Dub.

594e06b6-d0a9-4cda-b6f0-38ff3aa12ce0 — You’ve got Electronica in my Orthodox Jamaican Dub: Mutant Dub

A to Z High-lights

Q for Qaballah Steppers
X for X-O-Dus working with Dennis Bovell
Y: Yabby You meets Mad Professor
Zed (in the UK they say A to Zed; not A to Z): Zion Train
#: 2 Bad Card via ON U Sound

Herbtunes, UFOria/conspiracy, Vinyl, Marley & Tosh remixed, Roots Dawtas, Pink Floyd,

The Holy Trinity of Mutant Dub Innovators: Jah Shaka, Adrian Sherwood, Mad Professor

Bassgasmic Dubwize World Tour!

bless, robt

f166482993414a6d9058c8e12b8efd53_6 — Blasphemy

<Mutant Dub New Y ear>

Mashes up Nicely with Mutant Dub Christmas: Online Only Digital Dubplate Ark-Ive; 3 hours

<Mutant Dub Christmas>

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

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

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive (Stream + Tracklist); Jah-cember 27, 2014: Year-End Vinyl Blowout!

December 31, 2014 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

snowmanedit — Hope every one had a Merry Christmas or whatever Sky Deity you give thanks & praise to

Greetings,

Jump straight to the Jah-cember 27, 2014: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive

<Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives sends seasons greetings to the Sky Deity of your choosing; 8 sec.>

im_god_Anu — Praise Anu! Smile Jamaica’s favorite sky god. Sumerians

***

Snuck away for a combo birthday/Christmas/cratedig with my family. Jah-buqureque, New Jah-xico. Flu shot ahead of time. Feeling good when everyone else in the vicinity had the crud.

Fly back, Friday AM the day after Christmas. Decided why not end the year, last Ark-Ive of 2014, with an All Vinyl Black Wax Attack. Yes I! Selah!

imagesvinyl — 3 things that make Cabin Fever bearable: a roaring fire, burning a spliff, Irish coffee and the sound of vinyl pon your turntable

<Nyquil cocktail for 3 hours on air>

2 hour fog delay. Everyone cooped up on a non-moving tin can. Six in the Morning. Right there on the tarmac. Babies crying, everyone sniffling, coughing and wheezing.

Get back to the Ark-Ives, immediately start inoculating myself: Zicam for the Zinc; Nyquil just in case. Ate two oranges for the Vitamin C. Whatever…..

<One extra present after Christmas. Can’t hear the cue speaker on where to drop de needle pon de record with a massive head cold; 35 sec.>

earhorn — All Vinyl Show. Had to crank the cue speaker to hear where to drop de needle pon di wax

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Jah-cember 27, 2014: Year-End Vinyl Blowout!

Smile Jamaica’s Lessons in Deejaying: Why They Call it the “One Drop”

x-mix — Similar to the Radio Board at KRCL. VU Meters on the top. Bump the red, don’t peg the red. Otherwise cipped signal feedback on the listener end. Speaker volume (cue, monitors, headphones) to the right. Higher the slider, the louder the gain (volume) over the air, if Track Button is lit, aka “hot”

Radio Studio setup 8 Tracks: 3 CDs, 2 Turntables, 1 Microphone, 1 Computer. Any sound on a “hot” track goes over the airwaves.
1 CD for my Dub Album of the Week
If a deejay wants to sample a portion of a song without that song going onto the airwaves, he puts the Track into “cue” mode
The cue speaker is on a different, internal sound channel within the mixing board. Separate from the Tracks that go over the airwaves. The deejay hears those “live” Tracks over the studio’s monitor speakers.
Had to turn the cue volume up to 11 to hear where to drop the needle on the vinyl, back-cue (reverse direction) on the Turntable till dead silence. This is where the next song starts on beat 1 – hot on the air. The One Drop!

deejaying — Eyes and Ears in synch when you drop di needle pon de record! Searching for the One-Drop

Here’s the nitty gritty on Smile Jamaica’s Year-End Vinyl Blowout! (Jah-cember 27, 2014; 1 min. 55 sec.)

Rarities/Vinyl Only classics out of the Ark-Ives
Roots Dawtas
Seven Leaf, 4 down, 46 to go.

<Smile Jah-pocrypha: Skilers want to be in their cars, heading home in time to hear the Smile Jamaica 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement>

Jamaican Jukebox: 7″ 45 RPM
Disco Mix 12″ boomshots
Mutant Dub

o-BRECKINRIDGE-SMOKE-SHACK-2-facebook — Smoke Shack. 4 down, 46 to go!

Annotated Playlist (captions, photos, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons): Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Jah-cember 27, 2014

3 HOURS OF VINYL

Set 1:

Misty in Roots – Praises; Musi O Tunya (People Collective) ’85 UK
Ja Man All Stars – Dub Zone; In the Dub Zone (Blood and Fire); Dub Album of the Week
Dennis Brown – Concrete Castle King; Visions (Blue Moon) ’76 UK
Augustus Pablo – The Big Rip Off; Ital Dub (Trojan) ’74 UK dub to Inner Circle Forward Jah Jah Children
Ini Kamoze – Dreadlocks; 12” (Mogo Naba) ’82 JA
Melodians – Irie Feeling – Irie Feeling (RAS) ’83 DC; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Most Underrated Roots LP Nomination: Melodians – Irie Feeling; 29 sec.>

Prince Far I – Jamaica; Jamaican Heroes (Trojan) ’80 UK, boxing theme

download — 1983 Rock Steady reunion. Sleeper classic from the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Black Wax wing

Set 2: Roots Dawtas

Judy Mowatt – Mr. Dee Jay; Mr. Dee Jay (Ashandan) ’81 JA
Maxine Miller – How Many Times; Showcase (Wackies); ‘80 NY early Bob Marley doo wop lovers rock
Sophia George – Tenement Yard; Tenement Yard (Winner) ’86 JA
Marcia Griffiths – Feel Like Jumping; At Studio One (Studio One) JA

<Reggae History Lesson: Judy and Marcia, 2/3 of the I Threes; 17 sec.>

Set 3:

Jackie Mittoo – Eleanor Rigby; Jackie Mittoo (United Artists) ’78 Los Jah-ngeles, Collie-fornya; Beatles Hammond B 3 cover
Heptones – Soul Sister; Legends From Studio One (Trench Town) ’72 Allen Toussaint New Oreans soul cover
The Gaylads – Little Candle; Vision of Reggae (Tamoki Wambesi); Roy Cousins prod’n best of
Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse; 12” (Island) ’82 Roots Radics on the riddims

jackie mittoo - Macka Fat 2 — Keyboard wizard minor key vibe on The Beatles classic.

Set 4: Seven Leaf Herbal Vinyl Set

<Seven Leaf Set Livicated to Rockers International from WNMC, Traverse City, MI; Reggae Radio in town skiing; 45 sec.>

<Revelations 22:2 – The Healing of the Nations; 30 sec.>

Jacob Miller – Healing of the Nations; Reggae Greats (Mango) ’84 US: Seven Leaf Set: Revelations 22:2 “the leaves were used for medicine for the healing of the nations”

<Cannabis History Lesson: Jacob Miller; 24 sec.>

Barrington Levy – Sensimelea; Poor Man Style (Trojan) ’82 UK
Pioneers – Feeling High; Greatest Hits (Trojan) ’76 UK
I Roy – African Herbsman; African Herbsman (Joe Gibbs) ‘ over Johnny Clarke – African Roots ’81 JA
Carlton Livingston – 100 Weight of Collie Weed; 100 Weight of Collie Weed (Greensleeves) ’84 UK

<Don’t go 55 inna 35 with 100 Weight of Collie Weed in your vehicle; 12 sec.>

Set 5:

Krieger-Densmore Reggae Bonanza – Kinky Reggae; 12” (Rhino) ’83 Marley cover by ½ The Doors

<Smile Jamaica’s brush with Ray Manzarek, The Doors; 58 sec.>

Yellowman – Strong Mi Strong; 12” (Columbia) ’84 Bill Laswell mix
Zema – Ride on; Zema (Melchizedek) ’86 Culver City, Collie-fornya; female singer

<Rare 7″ 45: Keith does Jimmy & Chuck; 12 sec.>

Keith Richards – The Harder They Come; 7” (Rolling Stones) ’78 Jimmy Cliff cover; 19 sec.

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45

<Jamaican Jukebox: The Rarest Vinyl; 5 sec.>

<Black Sabbath on Smile Jamaica? Yes I!; 20 sec.>

Black Sabbath vs. Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming For Sweet Leaf; 7” (Peabody and Sherman); Seven Leaf mashup; 7” Set: Jamaican Jukebox

<Copy-wrong? 20 sec.>

Frankie Paul – Ites, Gold and Green; 7” (Jusic) 2001 JA
Leo Graham – Not Giving Up; 7” (Locks) ’75 JA
Errol Dunkley – Train to Zion; 7” (Topco) ’75 JA

3885711 — Guess Who’s Coming for Sweet Leaf

Set 7:

I Roy – The Heathen (Commandment IV); Ten Commandments (Virgin Front Line); ‘ 80 yellow vinyl/picture sleeve cover of Marley’s Exodus album
Barbara Paige – Babylon Must Fall; Hear Me Now (Epiphany) ’82 San Francisco, Collie-fornya
Big Youth – When Revolution Come – Chi Chi Run (Prince Buster) ’72 JA
Bunny Wailer – Conqueror; 12” (Solomonic) ’81 JA

250194_03_360 — Yellow, vinyl, picture sleeve. Deejay covers Marley’s Exodus

Set 8: Mutant Dub

African Head Charge – Heading to Glory; In Pursuit of Shashamane land (ON U Sound) ’93 UK Mutant Dub

<Reggae History Lesson: Shashamane Land; 12 sec.>

Capital Letters – House Breaker (Rootical Rebuild); 12” EP (Reggae Archive Records) 2014 UK of 80s roots reggae rmx
King Kong – Free de Herb; 12” (Ink Alink) 2008 herbtune
Singers & Players feat. Bim Sherman – Run Them Away; Vacuum Pumping (ON U Sound) ’88 UK
Dubkasm Meets the Disciples – Gideon Armour; 12” (Sufferah’s Choice) 2006 UK
New Age Steppers – Foundation Steppers; 5 Dog Race (ON U Sound) ’83 UK

Smile Jamaica – Jah-cember 13, 2014 (Stream + Track List): Jah Rest Ye Merry Gentle(wo)men!

December 19, 2014 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

dj_santa_claus_mixing_the_christmas_party_track_card-r62dc420e20d84fa7abec51c3b8c73ea3_xvuak_8byvr_512 — Jah-cember to remember!

Greetings,

<Smile Jamaica: Your college for musical knowledge!; 3 sec.>

Jump straight to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive Edition: Jah-cember 6, 2014. Annotated Playlist below

Tis the season to smoke collie! Fa la la la la la la dee dah. Smile Jamaica wishes you a Merry Christmas or substitute Sky Deity of your choosing. Praise Anu!

<Jahs-mas in Jah-cember; 7 sec.>

Here is my Gift to you: A Mutant Dub Christmas!

<Christmas Day 2014: Smile Jamaica Presents: 3 Hours of Mutant Dub. Online only Mixcloud Digital Dubplate; 27 sec.>

Smile Jamaica Mixcloud: Bobbylon Online only Mutant Dub Ark-Ive

Unknownaliens — Coming from O Little Star of Bethlehem

Here is what is on tap for the Jah-cember 13, 2014 Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive Edition; 73 sec.

Christmas or Jahs-mas Roots Reggae
3 sets of Vinyl: Christmas, 7″ Jamaican Jukebox 45 RPM, Mutant Dub
Wailers Family Tree: Bob and Peter Live; Bunny – Rule Dancehall
Best of Smile Jamaica Year 1: 1989
Roots Dawtas, Seven Leaf, Disco Mix vinyl singles

WAMM Christmas Tree! — Deck the halls with boughs of COLLIE!

Annotated Playlist for Jah-cember 13, 2014: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: photos, captions, Reggae History Lessons, soundbytes

*Xmas jam

Set 1:

Tyrone Evans – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; 12” (Clocktower) ’78*
Aba Shanti-Ites; The Warning; Jah Lightning and Thurder: Verse III (Falasha) ’99 UK: Dub Album of the Week; Mutant stylee
10 Ft. Ganja Plant feat. Sylford Walker – My Roots; Shake up the Place (ROIR) 2011; Upstate NY w/ Jamaican roots singer
Big Youth – The Killer; Screaming Target (Trojan) ’73; over Horace Andy Skylarking riddim
Horace Andy – Poor Johnny; See and Blind (Heartbeat Europe) ’99; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Poor Johnny: shoulda stuck to sensi not cocaine; 21 sec.>

Cedric ‘Im Brooks – Lambs Bread Collie; Light of Saba (Honest Jon’s) nyahbinghi instrumental herb tune feat. trombone; 17 sec.

Painting_of_Ethiopian_Christmas — God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Set 2:

The Wailers – Slave Driver; Live at Leeds (Tuff Gong); Burnin’ Deluxe CD 2: Leeds Polytechnic, UK 11/23/73

<Leeds UK: The Wailers – Bunny – Peter + I Threes = Bob Marley & the Wailers; 95 sec.>

Carl Bradney – Slippin’ Into Darkness; 10” (PK) ’75 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n; War soul cover
The Archives feat. Ras Puma & Lenny Kirlou – Ghetto Gone Uptown (ESL) 2012; Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation DC mutant dubbers
Hollie Cook – Superfast; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014; mutant dubstress/lovers rocker; 25 sec.

Hollie_Cook_Twice — Smile Jamaica’s #1 of 2014. Dawta of a Sex Pistol; latter day member of female punk/reggae group: The Slits

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica Year 1: 1989-90

Mighty Diamonds – Kouchie Vibes; Trojan 12” Box Set (Trojan); ’84 herbtune rmx

<Kouchie: smoking utensil; 32 sec.>

Yellowman – Strong Mi Strong; King Yellowman (Columbia) ’84; Bill Laswell mix

<Yellowman + Bill Laswell = dancehall classic; 14 sec.>

Naturalites – Picture on the Wall; Rub-a-Dubble Reggae vol. 1 (CSA) ’85 UK; HIM tribute

<the UK Rastas not the American near beer; 23 sec.>

Albert Griffiths & the Gladiators – Gone Already; Country Living (Heartbeat) ‘85

Lenroy Bassie Guiste - Bass Player & Dub Artist - naturalites — Naturalites; not Natural Light

Set 4:

Peter Tosh – Equal Rights; Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); One Love Peace Concert; 4/22/78: Kingston, JA

<Peter Tosh murdered on 9/11….1987; 25 sec.>

Michael “Scoobey Doo” Powell – Christmas Time; 12” (Hot Stuff) ’83 Maryland*

<Christmas in Jah-maica; 15 sec.>

R-4189409-1407945844-6765 — Xmas in Jah-maica: Riding on a Kingston minibus; not dashing through the snow inna one horse open sleigh

Set 5: Christmas: Vinyl is V-Ital; 18 sec.

Johnny Osbourne – Christmas Stylee; Christmas Stylee (Studio One) JA
Tennessee & the Silvertones – Little Drummer Boy; Christmas Time (Studio One) JA
Joe Gibbs Family – We Three Kings; Wish You a Merry Rockers Christmas (Joe Gibbs) ’79 Fl.
Hortense Ellis – Black Christmas; African Christmas (Top Ranking) ’79 Fl.

R-3314245-1384479910-1813 — Bing has White Christmas; Hortense Ellis, Alton’s sis, wants a Black Christmas

Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 7″ 45 Vinyl

Sharon Black – Struggling; 7” (Clintones) ’77 JA 7” 45 vinyl set
Lacksley Castell – Babylon World; 7” (Rockers) ‘78 JA; Augustus Pablo prod’n
Junior Dan – House is Not a Home; 7” (Danites) 2009 UK
Jah Walton – D.J. Christmas; 7” (Black & White) ’83 JA*

R-5380532-1411510497-9698 — From when the Two Sevens Clashed: A+ single

Set 7:

Bunny Wailer – Trash In a We Bes – Rule Dancehall (Shanachie) ‘86
Derrick Harriott – Jesus Was Born Today; 12” (Crystal) ’82*
Janet Lee-Davis & Tippa Irie – Baby I’ve Been Missing You; Fashion in Fine Style vol. 1 (Reggae Archive); ’94 UK lovers rock/toaster combination
Dillinger – Buckingham Palace; CB200 (Mango) ’77; smoking spliff with the Queen; 7 sec.

Set 8: Mutant Dub Vinyl

Singers & Players feat. Sister P – Holy Scripture; Vacuum Pumping (ON U Sound) ’88 UK

<Holy Scripture; 9 sec.>

Zulu Warriors – Lion Dub; Zulu Warrior Dub (Mr. Modo) ’89 UK
Gussie Ranks & Alcapone – Bully Bwoy + Herbal Affair; 10” (Digital Conscious) 2010; herbtune
The Outsider Meets the High-Tech Roots Dynamic – Rumours of War; Meets High-Tech Roots Dynamics at Channel One U.K. (Jah Works) ’93 UK; melodica
New Age Steppers feat. Bim Sherman – Dreamers; Foundation Steppers (ON U Sound) ’82 UK
Wareika Hill Sound – Kumina Mento Rasta Version; 10” (Honest Jon’s) 2010 UK instrumental

thumb2-3 — E.T. loves Mutant Dub. Better than Reese’s Pieces

Smile Jamaica Playlist – Jah-cember 6, 2014 (Stream + Tracklist)

December 10, 2014 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

santyclaus__oPt — “If you don’t legalize, you will be getting coal in your stocking” 4 down, 46 to go!

Jump to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Jah-cember 6, 2014

Annotated Playlist:

Set 1:

Horace Andy – Musical Episode; Exclusively (Solid Groove) ’82 UK vinyl; Wackies prod’n
Dub Specialist – 17 Dub Shots From Studio One (Heartbeat) Dub Album of the Week

<Studio One Dubwize; 21 sec.>

Black Uhuru – Natural Reggae Beat; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Heartbeat) ’83 w/ Sly & Robbie
Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja (Rootikal Deep Riddim Dubwise); 12” EP (Greensleeves); 4:20 Cannabis Service
Announcement; mutant dub version

<Cannabis Service Herbtune; 31 sec.>

Equators – Feelin’ High; Hot (Stiff) ’81 UK ska

A0052040 — Feelin’ High. 4 down, 46 to go!

Set 2:

Aswad – Invisible Sun; Roots Revival (Ark 21) ’99; Reggae cover of Police tune

<Police and Reggae; 34 sec.>

Aisha – One God, One Aim; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94 Mad Professor prod’n
Kenny Knots & Bush Chemists – Going Home (Conscious Sounds) 10” 2003 UK mutant dub
Capleton & Big Youth – Mark of the Beast (African Star) ‘97 niyabinghi ballad

Set 3:

<Wailers Live at Leeds: 11/23/73; 40 sec.>

The Wailers – Duppy Conqueror; Live at Leeds 11/23/73; Burning Disk 2 (Tuff Gong)

<How Bunny and Peter left the Wailers; 88 sec.>

Phillip Frazer – Good Morning Mr. Officer; Blood of the Saint (Silver Kamel)
Johnny Clarke – One Love: Tribute to Bob Marley in a Dancehall (Rhino UK); Bunny Lee/Bob cover
Marcia Griffiths – Sweet Bitter Love; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ‘79

<From the Wailers to Bob Marley & the Wailers; 25 sec.>

leeds — Leeds ’73. Bunny stayed home. England cold

Set 4:

Bunny Wailer – Hot Foot Head; Rule Dance Hall (Shanachie) ‘86
Joe Axumite – Troubled Land; Black World (Wackies) ‘79

<Axum – Ancient Ethiopia; 11 sec.>

Robbie Levi – War; 10” (Conscious Sounds) 2010 mutant dub Bob Marley cover of Selassie UN speech

Axum_Syria — Axum (Abyssinia/Ethiopia) – home of the Ark of the Covenant

Set 5: Vinyl is V-Ital!

<Strictly Black Wax, No digital for I ‘n’ I; 12 sec.>

The Gladiators – Oh What Joy; The Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ‘ 80 UK; Vinyl is V-Ital Set
Bam Bam – Star Wars + Star Wars Dub; Power of a Woman (Bam Bam International) ’87 Los Jahngeles, Collie-fornya; female artist
Freddie McGregor – Leave Jah; Freddie McGregor (High Times) ’78 JA; Chinna Smith prod’n

97630 — Smile Jamaica Holy Trinity: Black Wax, Roots Dawta, UFOria; 1987

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica (1978, 1984)

<Student Loans funded the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 13 sec.>

Keith Hudson – I Broke the Comb; Rasta Communication (Greensleeves) ’78; Best of Smile Jamaica set
Ini Kamoze – Hail Mi Idrin; Mini LP (Island) ’84 Sly & Robbie
Justin Hinds & the Dominos – Travel With Love; Travel With Love (Nighthawk)
Don Carlos – Gimme Gimme Your Love (Blue Moon) ‘84

Don-Carlos-Prophecy — Desert Island Disc: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 1984

Set 7: Peter Tosh harangue from the One Love Peace Concert

>Tosh’s harangue nearly got him killed; 20 sec.>

Peter Tosh – Speech + Funeral (Burial); Talking Revolution (Pressure Sounds); One Love Peace Concert; 4/22/78; 12 minute harangue

a1c0ad4b-fbbd-4a6c-b602-fdf5dd62062c — 4/22/78. Kingston Jamaica; National Stadium

Set 8: Mutant Dub Set

African Head Charge – Free Chant; Shrunken Head (ON U Sound) Best of
Joe Ariwa & the Trixsters – Swagga Dub; Dubstep Dub (Ariwa) 2011 UK
Alpha & Omega – Come Down Moses; Tree of Life (A & O) ’96 UK trance dubbers w/ female vox
Dubphonic – Outland; Relight (Hammerbass) 2009 Fr.
Abassi All Stars – Edutainment; Dub Showcase (Universal Egg) 2007 UK
Future Pigeon – Yuppy Conqueror; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Fanatic) 2006 Los Jah-ngeles, Collie-fornya

d8ca8f27-8fa5-4010-bea4-4af466629545 — trance dub with female vox. Heavenly

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives 25 Years: Audio Autobiography Sunday Nov. 16: Radioactive, KRCL; 6 pm; 30 min.

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RadioActive_336x280-190x190 — Interview with Smile Jamaica and blues, female duo’s long term experience at KRCL. 90.9FM; krill.org. 6:00 PM Mtn. 30 minutes

<Radioactive: Nov. 16, 2014: KRCL Deejays; 30 sec.>

Tonight on KRCL, myself (Smile Jamaica since 1988); Brian Kelm (Monday Nite Blues since 1980) and Renee & Dawn Drive Time Imposters (2002-2008) talk about our history at KRCL.

KRCL – Local community radio station started Dec. 1979. Celebrating 35 years. I have been a part of the ride for 26 1/2 of those years (July 1988).

<Smile Jamaica: 25 Years of Reggae Radio; 30 sec.>

Radioactive: 6pm-6:30 Mtn. Time

90.9FM in Utah
Stream: Tune In Radio

bless, robt

Your station that rules the nation!

Smile Jamaica Preview: Jah-vember 15, 2014: 25 Years of Roots Reggae Radio – Aluminum Coaster Stylee

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Black-Uhuru-Anthem-531529 — This album changed my life and led to 25+ years of Reggae Radio on Smile Jamaica

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

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

Greetings,

I invite you to listen to KRCL’s Radioactive tomorrow:

Sunday, Nov. 16; 6:00-6:30 Mtn Time. 90.9FM (local) KRCL.org (world wide + intergalactic).

Myself (KRCL vet since 1988); Brian Kelm blues savant since 1980 and Renee and Dawn, Drivetime Imposters, 2002-2008 talk about how we got involved at KRCL. Your station that rules the nation!

Radioactive was KRCL’s listener call in show that ran from 2003 Labor Day until summer 2012.

I did the very first hour long interview on Labor Day 2003. The show was born from the 3 hour call in we did on Smile Jamaica when the 2003 March Iraq Invasion went hot. No music. Just listeners calling in with their thoughts on the war and me talking about Middle East politics which I have two college degrees in.

I probably did 400 interviews. Nick Burns, who was there the nearly nine years the show aired, interviewed us on our history at KRCL. Nice.

RadioActiveLogo_OnBlack — Radioactive Progressive Interviews. Sept. 2003 – July 2012. I did 400 of them: Howard Zinn, Amy Goodman, Ralph Nader

That Black Uhuru album above pretty much lit the fuse on nearly three decades of collecting, listening and promoting Roots Reggae and Mutant Dubwize.

25 years of Reggae Radio on Smile Jamaica.

UnknownSJ — Since Jah-tober 1989: krcl.org 90.9FM SLC

So to celebrate that legacy I am going to try and recreate what my first Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive show might have sounded like: Jah-tober 1989.

i did this back in September with All Vinyl: Best of Smile Jamaica – 25 Years

Now I am going to do the same with those antique aluminum by-products things which can serve dubble duty as a drink coaster:

Best of 25 Years of Smile Jamaica: All CDs.

Rare that I don’t bust out any Black Wax, but today I’m going through what I was deep into, Roots and Dubwise, back in the mid 80s (Oct. 1986 is when I first touched down on Black Uhuru – Anthem) up until 1988 when I started early mornings on KRCL (3 o’Clock Roadblock) and then primetime Saturdays on Smile Jamaica: Jah-tober ’89.

images — Dub Album of the Week: Early addition to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

So I spent the week jotting down tunes and artists that I would have really played in the first two years of being on air. Year 1: 3 o’Clock Roadblock, learning how to do radio. Then a little more than a year later doing Saturday Afternoons to a bigger and loyal Salt Lake Reggae audience on Smile Jamaica.

Wailers Family Tree: Bob (Uprising); Peter (Legalize It); Bunny (Blackheartman); Marcia – Naturally; Judy – Black Woman; Rita – One Draw
Heavy Roots: Spear, Culture, Israel Vibration
Seven Leaf: Rita, Max Romeo
2 Tone Ska: The Selecter and The Beat
Deejays and Dub Poets: LKJ, Mutabaruka, I Roy, Dillinger

Unknown — Early addition to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives

So I get 3 hours and that means about 33-35 songs. I pulled 50 and then put them in chronological order. (As a Librarian I have a database of my music.) “Year” is one of my data entry cells.

From the earliest (1967) Prince Buster to 1990 (African Head Charge). Tune in to see how it all sounds.

bless, robt

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

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

Unknownbm — When Island released the entire Marley LP catalog on CD, I bought every one on the first day of release. Graywhale CD – SLC. Thanks to Ronnie Raygun’s student loan program.

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

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yes-we-cannabis-norml-prisoner-petition-280x420 — 4 down, 46 to go! Cannabis did a lot better than this guy at the ballot box last Tuesday

Greetings,

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

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

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

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

<They call me Nelstradamus; 38 sec.>

6102678_f496 — Nostradamus ain’t got nuthin’ on Nelstradamus! Smile Jamaica predicts Marijuana Legalization states in 2016

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

3 sets out of 8 devoted to the Black Wax

Seven Leaf Vinyl set

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

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

<Praise Jah for Daylight Savings: UFO watching soundtrack>

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

$_35 — Slaying the Drug War with riddim!

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

Set 1: Vinyl Seven Leaf Election Celebration Set

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

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

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

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

Set 2:

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

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

10 Ft. Ganja Plant – 10 Ft. Ganja Plant and Weed; bushrock (ROIR) 2009 NY herbtune
Mike Brooks – Devil’s Conspiracy; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2007 UK militant steppers
Rose Marie – Stop Falling; Inner City Roots (Joe Gibbs) 2005 lovers rock

Set 3:

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

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

Universal Speakers – We Roots + In Dub; We Roots (Catch Me Time); 2012 Pacific Island female duo

Bob-Marley-Live-Forever---Li-533819 — Get Up Stand Up: Last encore, of last live performance; 9/23/80. How fitting. Live Forever he shall

Set 4:

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

Unknownbw — **Wailers Family Tree. Early digital classic**

Set 5: Vinyl Is V-Ital

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

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

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

b4ac6d5d549cec8dfe4d2fe11735b704.image.574x550 — …”with chalice in hand”. Singly classic on Black Wax

Set 6:

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

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

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

disc-3080-johnny-clarke-dread-a-dub — Johnny Clarke: Roots cover artist extraordinaire

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 45 7″ RPM

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

Panadol for menstrual cramps. Collie works better.

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

Neville Martin – The Clique; 7” (Clandisc) ‘76 Clancy Eccles; Jamaican national heroes
Desmond Biggs – What Happen to the People; 7” (Run Come)
Paul Davidson – Midnight Rider; 7” (Hometown) ‘75 Gregg Allman cover

Panadol Menstrual — Bumba klaat: Seven Leaf is better than Acetaminophen

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Audio Active – Universal Joint; Back to the Stoned Age (Beat) 2003 Jah-pon herb tune; 18 sec.

Botom Botom – I’m Alive; This Is Not a Stereotype (Hamerbass) Fr. Dub w/ female vox
Future Pigeon – Evil (Eatin’ at My Soul); Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collectio) 2006 Los Jah-ngeles
Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Refix); Gorillaz (Virgin) 2000 UK
Roots Manuva – Proper Tings Juggled; Duppy Writer (Big Dada) 2010 UK
Little Roy – Frankenstein; Longtime (ON U Sound) ’96 UK

maxresdefault — Starship Spliff Tail searching for space dust

Smile Jamaica Playlist; Nov. 1, 2014 (Stream + Tracklist): Daylight Savings Stylee!

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MjAxMi01YWM4NmI0OTYxMzEwNGFl — Insomniacs hate Daylights Savings Extra Hour bull flop like I hate April 15, Tax Day!

<Daylight Savings Time and Insomnia; 9 sec.>

Jump straight to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Jah-vember 1, 2014

Greetings,

Jah-loween Recap 2014

Everyone have a good time getting innocent children hooked on High Fructose Corn Syrup? Tsk, tsk. Definitely NOT Ital or Vital

Did any of you folks stream the 12 hours of Jah-loween tunes I gave you? Mutant Dub and Roots Reggae Mixcloud Only shows without me talking. Spooky tunes, horror bytes and movie trailers. Plus 2013 and 2014 KRCL Live Smile Jamaica Monster Hash. Good any time of year!

So check it! I had zero trick or treaters Friday. I must be that house on the block. Too many voodoo sounds and smells emanating from the bowels of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives.

<That House on the Block: The Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 14 sec.>

When I was a youth in Montana, Halloween was definitely not as ideal as it is in Utah. Usually you had to walk on snow or have your winter jacket on over your costume.

And you better not give me and my hoodlum friends candy corn or raisins. If you gave out crap candy, you could expect an egg splat on your picture window! Fiya bun candy corn! Fiya bun raisins or nickels! Gimme the fructose corn poison. Droooollllll…..

<Fiya bun Candy Corn and Raisins in my Treat Bag; 18 sec.>

Vote Tuesday Nov. 4: Tweedle Dum Versus Tweedle Dee.

One-Party-System-Republicrats — The saying applies from Jamaica: Same thing for breakfast

Smile Jamaica 4:20 Election Special

From Two Down, 48 to Go: to……?

<Smile Jamaica’s Pot Vote Election Prediction; 46 sec.>

1. Jah-laska: Ballot Measure 2. Legalization a la Collie-rado and Washington State. Smile Jamaica says: Most likely not going to win

I have seen too many negative polls and only one outlier pro pot result that seemed too good to be true, so it seems suspect. 52% No to 48% Yes, but if millennials don’t show up for the midterm vote it will fall short. Should have waited until 2016 with more robust youth and libertarian turn out. Hope I’m wrong!

2. Jah-regon: Measure 91. Legalization a la Collie-rado and Washington State. Smile Jamaica says: Most likely going to win. Latest polls are encouraging because of the gap between Yes (52%) and No (41%). Could be hurt if disaffected millennials don’t turn up for the midterm vote. Looks promising but not a lock per DC.

3. Washington DC: Not full legalization as in #1 and #2 but you can possess up to 2 ounces of cured bud and be able to grow six plants. Huge YES. Will probably cross over 60% yes. But it’s gonna be a nightmare.

So much of surrounding DC is federal jurisdiction. You don’t want to get busted with a stalk of sensi on Fedland. You’re gonna be under Heavy Manners. Plus in a likely ascendant Republican Congress, DC is going to probably face Congressional roadblocks to any semi-legal implementation.

4. Guam: Joaquin (KC) Concepcion II Compassionate Cannabis Use Act of 2013. Medical Marijuana and the creation of legal dispensaries. Vote would ratify the legislation. Smile Jamaica says: I can’t find any reliable polls but its dependency to Federal jurisdiction makes any implementation difficult.

5. Florida. Amendment 2. Medical Marijuana. Smile Jamaica says: No Chance. Needs 60% to pass. Peaked at 57% and has been trending further down.

Non-statewide, local/county jurisdiction votes Tuesday: Michigan (12 cities), Maine (2 cites), New Mexico (2 counties). Plus something a gwaan in Jah-suchusetts district which I was too foggy to understand.

<Pot Election II; 21 sec.>

jahlaska — Jah-laska. Better luck in 2016

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive Annotated Playlist: Nov. 1, 2014 (photos, captions, soundbytes)

Set 1: Rock Steady and Soca Jah-loween Holdovers.

Carlton Livingston – Mr. DJ; Retrospect (Jah Life) ’80 DC Vinyl
Pablo Moses – Proverbs Dub; Pave the Way Dub (Tabou1) ’81 Dub Album of the Week
Lord Jellicoe – Zombie Jamboree; Black Magic Reggae (Trojan); soca
The Vulcans – Dracula; Journey into Space: The Return of Star Trek (Cactus) ‘72
Bobby Aitken – Vampire; Rock Steady Original and Red Hot (Next Step) ‘66
Desmond Dekker – Dracula; The Writing on the Wall (Trojan)

Set 2:

Horace Andy – Better Collie; Prime of Horace Andy (Music Club); 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
The Selecter – Missing Words; Too Much Pressure (Chrysalis) ‘80 2 Tone ska with Pauline Black vox
Lee “Scratch” Perry & Full Experience – Disco Devil; 12” (Upsetter); ’77 update of Max Romeo “I Chase the Devil”
Burning Spear – Rocking Time; Studio One Classics (Soul Jazz/Studio One); rare single w/ deejay intro

Set 3:

Peter Tosh – Four Hundred Years; One Love Peace Concert (Pressure Sounds) 4/22/78 Kingston Jamaica
Humble-I & Weeding Dub – Guide Me; 10” (Control Tower) 2009 Fr. Mutant Dub
Martha Velez – Bend Down Low; Escape From Babylon (Sire) ’76; Bob Marley tune, Bob/Scratch prod’n, Wailers riddims

<Rockers do Reggae History Lesson: Martha Velez; 41 sec.>

Black Uhuru – I Love King Selassie; Power to the Trinity (Shanachie); Request

247587_01_360 — 1976: Kingston. Bob Marley and Lee “Scratch” Perry in the studio. Wailers pon di riddims. Rockers do Bob.

Set 4:

The Archives feat. Ras Puma – Sensibility; The Archives (ESL) 2012 herb tune; Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Work; Live Forever (Tuff Gong) 9/23/80 last live show: Pittsburgh, Jah-sylvania
Bunny Wailer – Haughty Tempo; Rule Dance Hall (Shanachie) ‘86

Set 5: Jah-loween Vinyl Holdover from Jah-tober

<Holdover, Never Leftover: Black Wax Spooktacular; 16 sec.>

Lone Ranger – Annie Palmer; Barnabas in Collins Wood (GG’s); ’79 JA

<Jah-loween History Lesson: Annie Palmer – cruel white Jamaican witch; 23 sec.>

Moses – When the Vampire Comes to Your Neighborhood; 12” (Wackies) ’82 NYC
Three Dimension – Undertaker; Roadblock (Nubian) ’82 UK
Edi Fitzroy – Hotel California; Eclipse (RAS) ’88 DC; Church of Satan = Hotel California

<Hotel California = Church of Satan; 42 sec.>

Set 5: Rockers do Reggae

<The Clash and Pink Floyd commonality; 11 sec.>

Nina Hagen – African Reggae; Nina Hagen Band (Columbia) EP; ’82 Rockers do Reggae Set
The Clash – Revolution Rock; London Calling (Columbia/Epic) ‘79

<Reggae History Lesson: Mikey Dread: Jamaican Deejay. Clash performer and producer; 23 sec.>

Ben Harper – Wicked Men; Reggae Sampler (Virgin) ’97 EP
Roxy Music – Love Is the Drug (Live); Mob Life (Uncut) Scorsese Soundtrack set

mikey_10 — Mikey Dread: Radio Deejay too popular so was fired by the radio station he worked for. Hope that doesn’t happen to Smile Jamaica!

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox of 45 7″ singles (Vinyl Jr.)

Jimmy Cliff – Deal With Life; 7” (Sun Power) ’77
Errol Dunkley – Train to Zion; 7” (Topco) ’75
Max Edwards – Black Cinderella; 7” (New Star) ’78

R-4975643-1381089231-8642 — Jamaiacan Jukebox of 45’s: Vinyl

Set 8: Mutant Dub

2 Bad Card – Sweet Feelings; Hustling Ability (ON U Sound) ’95 UK
Armagideon – Open the Gates; Ease the Tension (Armagideon) ’95 UK
Bomb the Bass – Somewhere; Clear (Quango) ’96 UK
Kanka feat. Biga – Make It This Time; Sub.mersion (Hammerbass) 2009 Fr.
Dubblestandart feat. Lee “Scratch” Perry – Voodooism Dub; Marijuana Dreams (Collision) 2010

Unknownsp — Vote: Tweedle Dum vs. Tweedle Dee. In Jamaican wisdom: “Same thing for breakfast”

Smile Jamaica Jah-loween Ark-Ives: All Trix, No Treats!

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images (1) — Isn’t “Happy” Halloween an oxymoron? WTF?

<Happy Halloween? No Way: BAD Halloween! 22 sec.>

Greetings, (8 sec.)

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Since Apr. 2013 I have started to Archive Smile Jamaica shows on Mixcloud. Smile Jamaica Webpage/blog Apr. 2014

My favorite theme shows are the 4:20 Cannabis Service Show and the Jah-loween Show. Probably a thousand Seven Leaf odes and 666 Reggae Dubwize Halloween or Jah-loween.

<Wolfman Jack’s garlic advice for your Jah-loween Reggae Jah-mboree; 11 sec.

bpchwj75sm — Radio Deejay Wolfman Jack: Hang some green onions to keep the Vampires away!

I figure you can have some seasonal Roots Reggae and/or Mutant Dub Halloween jams while you have your house party or passing out High Fructose Corn Bombs to the tykes.

Run a speaker from your Hi Fi to your porch. Keep the kids from flaming dogshit or toilet papering your house for giving out stale candy corn and raisins

when-the-shit-ignites — To keep hooligans from lighting dogshit on your porch, run a speaker feed of the Smile Jamaica Jah-loween Ark-Ives to scare them off

1. Smile Jamaica Jah-loween Oct. 25, 2014: Monster Hash; 3 hours

Listen in for moving up the MIxcloud Charts! Got six more days to move on up, give thanx!

2. Smile Jamaica Jah-loween Oct. 26, 2013; Spooktacular 3 hours

3. Smile Jamaica Mutant Dub Jah-loween; Mixcloud only show. Chopped up in the tomb of my Secret Dubratory: Living Dead Dubwize with horror bytes and movie trailers.

That Online only Dub-loween Horror collage was so much fun I have dug my grave to skin up 3 hours of what I wasn’t able to play last week on Smile Jamaica: Monster Hash.

I will post that Mixcloud Spooktacular: Oct. 30th at the Witching Hour of All Hallow’s Eve at Midnight so you have 24 hours to spin 12 hours of Smile Jamaica Jah-loween; Oct. 31st! Bootiful 15 sec.

curse, robt

vampilips — Don’t show your eyeteeth, your plastic smile nah work…Michael Rose, Black Uhuru

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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