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Essential Artist Collection - Front Cover
Essential Artist Collection - Front Cover
Essential Artist Collection - Front Cover
Desmond Dekker

Essential Artist Collection

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Founding artist of Reggae, Desmond Dekker introduced the sound of Jamaica to the world through a series of international successes, his music having charted in the British hit parades no fewer than seven times between 1967 and 1975 with the hits "007", "It Mek", "Pickney Gal", "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "Sing A Little Song" and the first Jamaican-produced recording to top the British 7" singles chart, "Israelites". All these essential recordings appear on the 'Essential Artist Collection', which also includes the best of his remaining work, with almost all tracks being Jamaican best-sellers.All these works, along with the best of his remaining recordings from the ska, rock steady and reggae eras, are presented in the latest collection of the new 'Essential Artist Collection' series from Trojan. Released physically as a 2CD 50-track compilation, including extensive liner notes and images, the set pays tribute to the original king of reggae and superbly demonstrates the immense talent that set Desmond Dekker apart from his peers during the golden age of Jamaican music.TRACKLISTING Includes the hits: "Israelites", "007", "It Mek", "Pickney Gal", "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "Sing A Little Song", "Young Generation", "Live & Learn", "Mother Pepper"...

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Product information

  • Album Essential Artist Collection
  • Artist Desmond Dekker
  • Genre Reggae/Ragga, Roots Reggae
  • Release date 2024-10-25
  • Label BMG
  • Distributor UNIVERSAL MUSIC FRANCE
  • Format CD Digipack
  • EAN 4050538869309
  • Number of discs 2
  • Number of tracks 50

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Disc 1

  1. (Poor Mi) Israelites
  2. It Mek (UK Mix)
  3. Fu Man Chu
  4. (Where Did It Go) The Song We Used to Sing
  5. Beautiful and Dangerous
  6. King of Ska
  7. Intensified '68 (Music Like Dirt)
  8. Sabotage
  9. Sugar Dumpling
  10. Don't Blame Me
  11. Perseverance
  12. It's a Shame
  13. Jeserine
  14. Bongo Gal
  15. Pick Up the Phone
  16. Mother's Young Gal
  17. This Woman
  18. Shing a Ling
  19. You Can Get It If You Really Want
  20. Unity
  21. Live and Learn (The More You Live)
  22. Rudy Got Soul
  23. Get Up Adina
  24. Generosity
  25. Pretty Africa

Disc 2

  1. 007 (Shanty Town)
  2. First Time for a Long Time
  3. Rude Boy Train
  4. Honour Your Mother and Father
  5. It Pays
  6. Problems
  7. Wise Man
  8. Mother Nature
  9. It Gotta Be So
  10. Beware
  11. Coconut Water
  12. Soldering
  13. Busted Lad
  14. Sweet Music
  15. Labour for Learning
  16. No Place Like Home
  17. Writing On the Wall
  18. Parents
  19. Sing a Little Song
  20. Mother Pepper
  21. Mount Zion
  22. Licking Stick
  23. Young Generation
  24. Pickney Gal
  25. Jamaica Ska

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