Rudie's All Round [Import]

Desmond Dekker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 5, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Trojan Records UK
• ASIN: B0000011H2
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #544,280 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #93 in Music > World Music > Reggae > Jamaican Ska

Track Listings

1. Don't Be a Rude Boy

2. Rudie Gets Plenty

3. The Preacher

4. Blam Blam Fever

5. Soldiers Take Over

6. Curfew

7. Copasetic

8. Rudie Bam Bam

9. Cool off Rudies

10. Denham Town

11. Drop the Rachet

12. Blessings of Love

13. Rude Boy Train

14. Beware

15. Rudies All Round

16. Rudies Are the Greatest

17. Stop the Violence

18. What Can I Say

19. Judge Dread in Court

20. Set Them Free

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historical! Educational! Fun!, February 3, 2000

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Paul Howe (Maple Shade, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rudie's All Round (Audio CD)

This is actually an anthology of rock steady classics whose subject is the "rude boy" movement which grew up during the scorching summer of 1966. Rude boys or rudies first sported a kind of hip hooliganism, then a more cultural and politically minded activism. Remember when hip hop started the "Stop the Violence" campiagn? Well, here that's the title of a soulful cut by The Valentines. Alton Ellis, Desmond Dekker, Derrick Morgan, Stranger Cole, and Lee Perry are among the more famous names to contribute. Check out The Clarendonians' "Blam Blam Fever" (as in gunfire, see?) and The Rulers' "Copasetic" ("It was no-ho-ho-ho-hot...copasetic" they croon.)

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars under better conditions this could have been great, September 17, 2000

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Sean M. Kelly (Portland, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: King of Kings (Audio CD)

From 1993, this lp brings together Dekker, the king of rocksteady, with 4 original members of the British ska band the Specials.

It was a tough period for Dekker, who, 10 years earlier, was declared bankrupt in the UK, where he resided, and waged a bitter public dispute over lack of royalties received.

Therefore, at first glance, this looked like a smart move for Dekker- to perhaps regain his fan base and spread out to a new one, as the Specials are many years his junior, and were prominant in the late 70's early 80's British ska craze (as was Madness).

In retrospect, while Dekker's voice is in decent form, I found this lp to be lacking in overall spirit somehow. I have never been able to fully put my finger on it, but perhaps it was the fact that he NEEDED to make such an album, that he NEEDED this lp to make ends meet, that gives it a negative form of urgency.

My feeling is that under better conditions, the spirit of Dekker's voice would have better been heard.

Die hard fans of Dekker will likely enjoy this effort, as might Specials fans, but newcomers or casual fans would be better off finding Dekker's 60s works, or one of his many "best of" compilations, to better experience his greatness.