hello, no tracklist for this one - i uploaded it so long ago that the tracklist is now missing - sit back and enjoy.

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 – sylfo…

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 …

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 …

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, Grego…

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 Ba…

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…

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…

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 pu…

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 v…

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 Morga…

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 W…

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,…

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 …

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 Josep…

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 …

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 …

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 To…

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 …

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…

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 - De…

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 K…

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 …