smilingirl's reggae podcast

Happy New Year After many trials and tribulations here's some 70s (mainly) tunes. This Friday I'm being let loose on the decks again, if you are in the area (Bangor) get yourselves down to the Cove for for a skank to the djs from the fabulous Skanking Sounds powered by Red House HiFi. You may or may not hear some of these tunes. Tracklist 1 – sylford walker – deuteronomy 2 – mikey dread – yoruba rock 3 – burning spear – wadada 4 – i roy – heart don't leap 5 – burning spear – telegram dub 6 – the itals – brutal 7 – sly and robbie – from the grass dub 8 – brent dowe – forward up 9 – unknown dj – hold the challis 10 – the tidals – ring version 11 – i roy – natty down de 12 – brent dowe – things you say you love 13 – gladstone anderson – pye pye 14 – shorty the president – fat fat dub 15 – culture and nicodemus -disco train (all 9 minutes of it!)

What can I say, sorry for the delay, hope it's worth the wait. If you'd also like some dancehall pop over to https://www.mixcloud.com/VinylVagabond/smilin-girl-vinyl-vagabonds-4-international-womans-day/ if that's not enough for you grab a ticket and come to this – u know 2018 - reggae for days. https://www.wegottickets.com/f/11670 Rocksteady rock my soul part 8 tracklist 1 Tommy McCook – heatwave 2 Valentines – all in one 3 Skatalites – brand new ska 4 Ethiopians – owe me no pay me 5 Hopeton Lewis – sound and pressure 6 Monty Morris – play it cool 7 Consumates – what is it 8 Enos McLeod – you can never get away 9 Prince Buster – another sad lonely night 10 Termites – love up, kiss up 11 Conquerers – come let us dance 12 Gaylettes – silent river 13 Untouchables – prisoner of love 14 Tommy McCook – zazuka 15 Jupiters – return of ezekial 16 Freedom Singers – stop them 17 Cables – fast mouth 18 Slim Smith – give me some loving 19 Ethiopians – you are the girl 20 West Indians – I mean it 21 Prince Buster – too hot 22 Lynn Taitt – napoleon solo

RIDING HIGH No theme, just selectors choice. Mainly rocksteady for your listening pleasure. Track List 1 Paragons – riding on a high on a windy day 2 Alton Ellis – all my tears 3 Desmond Dekker – wise man 4 Ken Boothe - artibella 5 Melodians – everybody bawling 6 Gregory Isaacs – open the door to your heart 7 I Roy – step right up 8 you don’t care version 9 Winston Scotland - buttercup 10 Douglas Boothe – when I fall in love 11 Hopeton Lewis – sound and pressure 12 Busters All Stars – sounds and pressure 13 Hopeton Lewis – cool collie 14 Jojo and the Fugitives – the lecture 15 Nora Dean - Barbwire 16 Three Tops – it’s raining 17 Soul Vendors – arena special 18 Count Prince Millar – mule train 19 Winston Shand – throw me corn

Merry Christmas. All roads lead to Ruthin this Friday - i'm being let loose on the dancehall decks - i'm so happy. If you are there you may hear one or two of these. Many thanks to Jim and the pressure sounds crew and root soundsystem. tracklist 1 Courtney Melody - champion sound 2 Cocoa T, Home T, Cutty Ranks - going is rough 3 Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs - big all around 4 Chaka Demus - original kuff 5 Dirtsman - Thank you 6 Little Twitch - respect due 7 Lt Stitchie - flip up 8 Dirtsman - nah sell out 9 Shabba Ranks - get up 10 Dirtsman - hot this year 11 Buccaneer - hey girl 12 Red Dragon - inna the bush 13 Chaka Demus - ital man 14 Capleton - chalice 15 Anthony B - smoke the best 16 Wayne Wonder ft Textra - blazin 17 Skarra Mucci - raggamuffin

Oh my goodness, I’ve been allowed on the decks again to play some ska. This Saturday all roads lead to Neuadd Ogwen in Bethesda for a night of ska with Scotland’s top ska band Bombskare. If you come along you may hear one, some or all of these tunes…… Tracklist 1 JJ Allstars – soup 2 Monty & The Cyclones - silky 3 Jackie Mittoo - killer diller 4 Baby Earl & The Trini-Dads - back slop 5 Stranger Cole - ruff & tuff 6 Roy Panton - run old man 7 Prince Buster & The All Stars - madness 8 Theo Beckford - ska ta brain 9 Rico & Duke Reid's All Stars – magic 10 Bob Marley – judge not 11 Prince buster – time longer than rope 12 The English beat – jackpot 13 Los Hooligans – mafioso ska 14 C hyman – the ska rhythm 15 Tommy Mccook And Skatalites – cotton tree 16 Patrick & Edwards Allstars - iron curtain 17 Dave Barker – double barrel version 18 Lloyd & Glen - jezebel 19 The Soul Brothers – early bird 20 Karl 'King Cannon' Bryan & The Harry J All Stars – soul scorcher 21 The Soul Vendors – ringo rock

Shaka Showcase This Friday all dub pathways lead to Hendre Hall, Jah Shaka will be running things from 8 til 3. Here’s some tunes to get you in the mood. 1 be thankful dub 2 creator dub 3 I see jah dub 4 kingdom_dub 5 Jah Shaka & Jah Stitch - ragga muffin style 6 Ras Michael And The Sons Of Negus - none a jah jah children 7 Aswad & Jah Shaka - drum dub 8 very, very good dub 9 Vivian Jones - red eyes (12”) 10 Jah Shaka & Willie Williams - natty with a cause 11 dub for everyone 12 rosie dub 13 messenger dub 14 blood dunza dub 15 Jah Shaka meets King Tubby - jealousy dubplate 16 Earl Sixteen - the rastaman 17 identity dub 18 homeland dub 19 bickle dub

Frighten Friday Oh my goodness, supermoon, eclipse, equinox and Ellie’s birthday (she loves her dancehall) all on the same day. Here’s a bit of old dancehall energy for your listening pleasure. Tracklist 1 Wayne Smith – under me sleng teng 2 Josey Wales – everybody hustling 3 Night Rider – bad boy wadat 4 Tuffest – frighten friday 5 Riki Chin – lef him 6 Mr Pants – me come 7 Papa San – acid 8 Red Rat – shelly anne 9 Delly Ranx – from you ah nuh 10 Shaggy & Rayvon – big up 11 Pinchers – harder they come 12 Lieutenant Stitchie – natty dread 13 Shabba Ranks – get up, stand up and rock 14 Admiral Bailey – boom youth 15 Chakademus – original kuff 16 Cocoa T & Ninjaman – kingston hot 17 Fleshy Ranks – walk and talk 18 Reggie Stepper – co-unoh 19 Reggie Stepper – drumpan sound 20 Red Rose & Malvo & President Brown – red alert

It’s that time of year again, time to jump on the UNOD bandwagon….. only one more day to go……. No deep snow this year only lovely spring sunshine so pack your bags and come on down to Prestatyn for a dance. Tracklist Digitaldubs ft yt – soundsystem culture Version Overproof Soundsystem – king step Vibronics – flc dub Jah Warrior – ain’t gonna be put down version Dub Dynasty – 9 years dub Jah Tubbys – jah jah dub King Earthquake – dub tape Majestic Warriors – wormhole Kanka – Marrakech dub King Earthquake – Babylon dub Dub Dynasty – monsoon dub Kenny Knots – power dub Michael Rose with Ranking Joe – money dub RSD – cuss cuss refix Jah Tubbys – call on jah dub DJG – late night blues bootleg Bongo Herman ft Capleton and Burro Banton – drum song

it's been a long time coming.... here is Rub a Dub. Toasters galore and lists of bones, diseases and cheese for your listening pleasure. Track List 01 Pupajim Ft OBF - rub a dub anthem edit 02 Purple Man - dedicated 03 Lee Van Cliff - water gone 04 Ringo - working class 05 Joe Tex and U Black – rub a dub evening 06 Ansel Collins - roach in corner version 07 Toyan – chalice 08 Purple Man - daddy mix 09 Observer - version 10 Nigger Kojak and Liza - fist to fist rub a dub 11 Johnny Ringo - rub a dub style 12 Alborosie - rub a dub style 13 Clint Eastwood - primo ballerina 14 Nicodemus - bone connection 15 Michigan and Smiley - diseases 16 Mungo's Hi Fi ft. Skweeka Mouse - di cheeses 17 Shuka Shine - dancing balloon 18 Ugly Man - dj deh yah

I’m jumping on the UNOD bandwagon This selection of dubs is for all those who are heading to the United Nations of Dub weekender in Prestatyn this weekend. Less than 24 hours to go and I for one am really looking forward to it. Shout out to Mr Steve Jarvis Tracklist 1 Lee Perry - Cloak & Dagger intro 2 Light of Saba - Lambs Bread Collie 3 Vin Morgan - Red Ash 4 Tommy McCook + Aggrovators - Lamb's Bread Herb 5 The Mighty Two - Mad Mad Skank 6 Chariot Riders - Solomon Instrumental Version 7 Rockstones + Niney - Jah For I 8 Human Cargo - Carry Us Beyond 9 Prince Fari + the Arabs - Hello, Love Brother 10 Jah Tubbys - Call on Jah Dub 11 Ras Michael - Jah Jah Children Dub 12 ? Drum Song Riddim 13 Bush Chemists + Love Grocer - East Of Jaro 14 Disciples - Addis Ababa 15 Dub Creator - Dub The Nation 16 Iration Steppers - Wat Dem A Go When Di Right Time Come Dub 17 King Earthquake - Hard Dub 18 Manutension - Tribute For Prince Fari 19 DJ Madd - Rizla Dub 20 The Groove Corporation - Drunken Master

Inspired in part by two sounds, the fantastic Mr Greg Dubwize from mid Wales and also the superb Pressure Sounds from Ruthin. One Love, Smilin track list 01 Anayah roots - think positive 02 Lexxy - dem history 03Wayne Marshall & The Offbeat Posse - give me the mix 04 Capitol 1212 feat Tenor Fly - don man sound (J Star remix ) 05 Skarra Mucci feat Weedy G Soundforce - my sound 06 Beenie Man & Calib - world peace 07 Turbulence & Spectacular - high grade 08 Marga - bun dem down 09 General Trees - me no know why 10 Wickerman - badminded people 11 Junior Demus - too cold 12 Tony Rebel - defend my own 13 Shaka Demus - special request 14 Buju Banton - operation ardent 15 Ice Man - dancehall vibes 16 Skarra Mucci - Feel Alright 17 Dirtsman – incredible 18 Freddie McGregor - carry go bring come (Gussie's ska mix) 19 General Levy - choo choo train

ROCKSTEADY ROCK MY SOUL PART 7 Hello, here’s another podcast in the rocksteady series. I hope you enjoy it, leave a comment if you feel so inclined. To those who download these podcasts from itunes, if you’re getting a ‘this person is too tight to pay for more bandwidth’ type message try getting it from the address  smilingirl.podomatic.com. Also, if you want to, you can listen to deleted podcasts on mixcloud (user name smilingirl) Hey Ron, this one’s for you x One love, Smilin, x Track List 01 Prince Buster - sit and wonder 02 Slim Smith - please stay 03 Junior Soul - glendevon special 04 Beverleys Allstars – double action 05 Derrick Morgan - greedy girl 06 Yvonne Harrison -the chase 07 The Coolers - my heart is aching 08 Prince Buster - dancing time 09 Errol Dunkley - you're gonna need me 10 Joe Higgs - neighbour neighbour 11 Bobby Aitken - orange street special 12 The Pioneers - give it to me 13 Winston Heywood - i'll never fall in love with you again 14 Derrick Morgan - no dice 15 The Bases - ease up 16 Soul Brothers - hot and cold 17 Lyn Taitt and the Jets - move up 18 Prince Buster – human 19 Rudy Mills - i'm trapped 20 Errol Dunkley - seek and you'll find

Old time dance Bandwidth has reset time to bring back the old time dance again. For those of you that fancy listening to older podcasts that have been deleted go straight to http://www.mixcloud.com/smilingirl/ where you’ll find some of them. Leave a comment if you feel so inclined. Cheers, one big love, Smilin Bring back the old time dance……………. 1 Mungo’s HiFi ft Mikey Murka – old time dance 2 Early B – bible story 3 Ranking Joe – a dread earthquake 4 Fantan Mojah – so many problems 5 Josey Wales – rocking time 6 Josey Wales – preacher man 7 Buccaneer – neighbourhood 8 Yt, Blackout JA, Mr Williamz, Michie One – bills 9 Lt Stitchie – fresh sexy chicken 10 Kiprich - joe grind 11 Tanya Stevens – mi an mi god 12 Pliers – bam bam 13 Frankie Paul – dem a go feel it 14 Brigadier Jerry – everybody bawling 15 Sugar Roy – lawman 16 General Degree – Thanks and praises 17 Lutan Fyah – culture dem 18 Cocoa Tea – long time 19 Junior Kelly - deeper

With a bit of mixup and version excursion this podcast is inspired by the big sound that is the King Elijah Sound - hope you like it Dukie. Track List 1 Toots and the Maytals – 54-46 - intro 2 Gappy Ranks – pumpkin belly - intro 3 Toots and the Maytals – 54-46 4 Gappy Ranks – pumpkin belly 5 Loud Disturbance Crew – 50 pound riddim (dub mix) 6 Joseph Cotton – wicked running 7 Universal Speakers – cool now 8 Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors – drum song 9 Jack Radics – fill it with love 10 Gappy Ranks – mountain top 11 Anju and Flourgon - big sound 12 Buju Banton – hold me tight 13 Ann Mason ft Little Mac and the Boss Sounds - you can't love me 14 The Soul Vendors - ringo rock 15 Courtney John - ready to go 16 Major Lazer ft Mr Vegas - can't stop now 17 Jackie Brown – blue version 18 ? – tribute to K T 19 King Tubby – heavenly dub 20 Anthony B – ungrateful 21 Buju Banton – sensimellia persecution 22 Richie Spice - high grade in my chalice 23 Myrna Thousand Allstars – golden skank

Running back Having had yet another hard drive melt down, and then a massive wait for bandwidth to reset I’ve now come running back to present you with another podcast. No particular theme, just a load of favourites. Leave a comment if you feel so inclined. One love. X Track list 1 Billy Dice and the Untouchables – fari version 2 Barrington Spence – running back version 3 Roman Stewart – you wont see me 4 Dave Barker and the Techniques – lonely man 5 The Deltones – I’ll take you there 6 Bob Marley and the Wailers – stir it up (rocksteady version) 7 Prince Buster – hit me back 8 Dave Barker – set me free 9 The Bleechers – come into my parlour 10 The Ethiopians – hail rasta, brother hail 11 The Paragons – mercy mercy 12 The Beltones – home without you 13 Nellie – you send me 14 Carey Johnson and the Sound Dimension – musical scorcher 15 The Tidals – how glad I am 16 Justin Hinds – carry go bring come 17 The Melodians – come on little girl 18 Lloyd Young – soup 19Freddy McKay and Prince Junior – picture on the wall version three

ONE LOVE, ONE HEART Vivian Jackson aka Yabby You................... rest in peace 1 one love, one heart 2 love in zimba 3 life in jamaica 4 death trap 5 rally dub 6 creation rock 7 plague on the land 8 lonely dub 9 pound get a blow 10 stand up and fight 11 sister gene dub 12 how long jah version 13 undivided world 14 marshall dreadlocks version 15 wiggle and wine (12'' edit) ARCHIVED STUFF IS HERE ---------->>>> http://smilinsarchive.blogspot.com/ picture lifted from http://versionsgalore.blogspot.com/

Cool it. This is inspired by a chat I had with Steve Lane from the fabulous DubSkas. We have a love of vocal harmonies. Steve this is for you. 1 Glen Miller – dungeon 2 The Unforgetables - dread sufferation 3 The Harmonians - go your way 4 The Kingstonians - hold down 5 The Cables - love Is A Pleasure 6 The Itals - don't throw it away 7 The Soul Tops - rain & thunder 8 The Techniques - when you are wrong 9 The Gladiators - keep on moving 10 The Twinkle Brothers - stop that skanking 11 The Termites - rub up push up (remix) 12 The Wailing Souls - harbour shark 13 The Cables - baby why 14 The Woodpeckers – zumbelly 15 The Soul Brothers - guajira ska 16 The Jamaicans - things you say you love 17 The Survivors - jah throne 18 The Ethiopians – jerico 19 The Versatiles - ungrateful set 20 The Ethiopians - cool it omego

Love me ses The title says it all .................................. Track list 1 Lloyd Clarke - bad weed 2 Clive Wilson - one ska, one ounce of weed, one beer 3 Aspo - night doctor 4 King Stitt and Andy Capp – herbsman shuffle 5 Charlie Ace - herbman special 6 Rupie Edwards Allstars – feeling high 7 The Pioneers – feeling high 8 Jah Lloyd – ganja crop 9 U Brown Jamaican tobacco 10 Upsetters - lambs bread dub 11 Augustus Pablo and Jah T - lick the pipe peter 12 Big Joe - smoke marijuana 13 Charlie Chaplin – jamaican collie 14 Fat Man Rhythm Section – chalwa dub 15 Desi Roots – weed fields 16 Michael Rose - stalk of sensimilla 17 Mungos Hi FI feat Top Cat - herbalist 18 Top Cat – love me ses 19 Macka B - smoke marijuana if you want to listen to older podcasts that have been deleted go to http://smilinsarchive.blogspot.com/

SPECIAL BREW aka FRICSAN FOLLIES We love djing at the Fricsan (http://www.thesnowdoninn.co.uk/) everyone is so friendly, the atmosphere is great, they love dancing and they enjoy ska and two tone, so this podcast is for (and inspired by) the Fricsan posse (you know who you are!!) WE LOVE YOU - YES WE DO. If you ever come to Snowdonia go and camp in their fields, fish in their river and spend money at the bar. Special Brew 1 Bad Manners - special brew 2 Don Drummond - cool smoke 3 Ernie Freeman - dumplin's 4 Byron Lee and the Dragonaires – dumplins 5 Dr Ring-Ding and the Senior Allstars - madness 6 The Soul Vendors - ringo rock 7 Johnny Osbourne - rude boy skank 8 The English Beat - whine and grine-stand down margaret 9 The Skatalites - nimble foot 10 The Raving Ravers - rock rock and cry 11 The Bodysnatchers - people get ready 12 No 1 Station - boss beat 13 The Aggrolites - grave digger 14 Amy Winehouse - you're wondering now 15 Prince Buster - enjoy yourself Also, please take time to check out the podcast archive which can be found at http://smilinsarchive.blogspot.com/ Thanks very much.

Sorry this has been a long time coming. A whole heap of naughtyness for you this time, unless you don't mind answering questions from your young children ('dad, what's a buddy and why's it dead?') it's best to listen to this podcast in the company of adults. Track List 01 - Phyllis Dillon - don't touch me tomato 02 - Jackie Opal - push wood 03 - Desmond Dekker - soldering 04 - Dawn Love - watering 05 - Prince Williams - action wood 06 - Max Romeo & Burt Reynolds - a wet scene 07 - Nora Dean - night food reggae 08 - Cynthia Cooper - three minute man 09 - Cock & Puss - dead buddy 10 - Leo Graham - greedy gal 11 - Yvette Vaccianna - tralala boom de yay 12 - George Grosset - no money 13 - Flowers & Alvin - in a de pum pum 14 - Lord Flowers - pudding pan 15 - Madame Sexy - buddy cry 16 - Jackie Brown - jelly water 17 - The Ethiopians - want gal

A Happy New Year to all of you and all of yours, I hope you’ll all be happy, healthy and feel loved. For those of you looking for podcasts that have been deleted you will find them on here http://smilinsarchive.blogspot.com/ Baby I’ve Been Missing You Some of my favourite lovers tunes at the moment are presented here – in particular track 3 1 Pat Kelly - how long will it take 2 Eric Donaldson - lonely nights 3 The Twinkle Brothers - baby i've been missing you + version 4 Pat Kelly - i still love you 5 Busty brown - never love another 6 Nicky Thomas - have a little faith 7 Dennis Alcapone - have faith 8 Jimmy London - a little love 9 Jimmy London - just my imagination 10 Cornell Campbell - just my imagination + dj version 11 Dennis Bovell - one life to live 12 Lloyd Parks - everybody needs love 13 Johnny Clarke - if you should lose me 14 Jimmy London - can't let you go + version 15 Dennis Bovell - choose me 16 Brad Lundy - i could never have another 17 Johnny Clarke - do you love me 18 Ronnie Davis - laugh it off 19 Bunny Malone - baby i've been missing you Feel free to leave a comment ;-) One love x

Rocksteady Rock My Soul Part 6 It’s no secret that I love rocksteady, a rocking bass line and sweet sweet vocals, nothing better. Rock back and enjoy 20 fabulous rocksteady tunes, from me for you. Tracklist: 1 Ken Parker - a change is gonna come 2 The Coolers - my heart is aching 3 Owen Grey - i'm gonna take you back 4 The Vibrators - cool water 5 Bobby and Val - one way street 6 Prince Buster - love oh love 7 The Mellotones - fat girl in red 8 Larry Marshall - got a new girl 9 Marshall Williams - norwegian wood 10 Bobby Ellis and the Desmond Miles Seven - the emperor 11 Toots and the Maytals - 54 46 that's my number 12 Lloyd Clarke - summertime 13 Rudy Mills – a place called happiness 14 The Mellotones - nonesuch bust me bet 15 Jojo Bennett – cantelope rock 16 Winston and Robin - bad mind grudgeful 17 Cannon and The Soul Vendors - bad treatment 18 Rudy Mills - a long story 19 Rita Marley and the Soulettes - my desire 20 Delano Stewart - tell me baby