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Music : Rockin' Steady: The Best of Desmond Dekker
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List Price: $17.98Price: $7.74 You Save: $10.24 (57%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0081227027124
Label: Rhino / Wea
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Rhino / Wea
Release Date: March 24, 1992
Studio: Rhino / Wea
Sales Rank: 32766
Disc 1:- Honour Your Mother and Father
- This Woman
- 007 (Shanty Town)
- Keep a Cool Head
- Unity
- Wise Man
- Mother Long Tongue
- Fu Man Chu
- Israelites
- It Is Not Easy
- Intensified Festival 68
- A It Mek
- My Precious World (The Man)
- Rude Boy Train
- Mother Pepper
- Pickney Gal
- You Can Get It If You Really Want - Desmond Dekker, Cliff, Jimmy
- Licking Stick
- Reggae Recipe
- Warlock
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Amazon.com:
While he's generally classed as a ska artist, Dekker's biggest hits, which he recorded with producer Leslie Kong, were prime examples of rock steady and early reggae. But what hits! "Israelites," "007 (Shanty Town)," "It Mek" wrapped the cool riddims around some glorious pop music to become international hits, all led by Dekker's high distinctive voice. To be fair, when you get past the prime period, not everything here is USDA, but most of the tracks here are juicy enough to get you salivating. And when he was great, Dekker was up there with the giants; 30 years later, the best still sounds wonderful. --Chris Nickson
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When I was in Europe in the late 1960's, I was rockin to the music on Radio London. When I got home to the USA, I expected to hear the same songs on the American charts but, surprizingly, only half of them were. One song I had enjoyed and expected to hear more of back here was Desmond Dekker's "007". It was my intro to Reggae music and, although the lyrics were hard to understand, I liked the sound of it. Later Dekker hit the US charts with "The Israelite", another good tune. Last Spring I was ... Read More
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I like reggae, but I'm hardly an expert. I first heard of Desmond Dekker after falling in love with "The Israelites" while wathcing "Drugstore Cowboy." I eventually bought this CD, and it's been a favorite for several years. It's a pretty comprehensive catalog of his best work, and there isn't a song on it I don't like.
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I have no idea what is happening to Rhino Records. They used to have so many great compilations. Their "Greatest Hits" CDs where better than all their competitors, with percise and dead-on song selection. What are they producing now? The greatest hits of Sugar Ray and Ole Diry Basterd. That wouldn't bother me so much, but all their great old compilarions are going out of print. Please, go back to being the greatest record label ever like you used to be. But enough of that rant. As for Desmond Dekker, ... Read More
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Bob Marley is by far the most famous reggae performer there has yet been, but even he probably owes some of his success to Desmond Dekker (born Desmond Dacres), who blazed the trail for reggae music in the sixties.
Desmond began his recording career in 1963 with Honour your father and mother. He had a long run of hits in his native Jamaica, many of them going to number one, eventually scoring internationally as well.
He made his debut in the UK charts in 1967, when 007 (inspired ... Read More
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This is a great Dekker collection, with some of his best like "007", "Fu Manchu", and, of course, "Israelites". Well worth buying. A minor quibble is that it does include some songs which are far from his best - "Reggae Recipe" and "Rude Boy Train" should have been axed in favor of classics like "Sabotage", "Beautiful & Dangerous", and "Pretty Africa".
Still a great buy, though.
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