This Is Desmond Dekker

Desmond Dekker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sanctuary Records
• ASIN: B000I0QKEC
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,674 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #25 in Music > World Music > Reggae > Rocksteady
  • #84 in Music > Alternative Rock > Ska > Ska General

Track Listings

1. 0.0.7 (Shanty Town)

2. Sabotage

3. Shing a Ling

4. Hey Grandma

5. Beautiful and Dangerous

6. Wise Man

7. Intensified '68 (Music Like Dirt)

8. Rudy Got Soul

9. Unity

10. Mother Pepper

11. It Pays

12. Mother's Young Gal

13. It's a Shame [*]

14. Rude Boy Train [*]

15. Sweet Music [*]

16. Pretty Africa [*]

17. You've Got Your Troubles [*]

18. Keep a Cool Head [*]

19. Personal Possession [*]

20. Mother Long Tongue [*]

See all 31 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

2006 digitally remastered and expanded reissue of this influential debut album from Desmond Dekker featuring an additional 19 bonus tracks! 31 tracks total featuring '007 (Shanty Town)', 'Israelites', 'Sabotage', 'Rudy Got Soul', 'You've Got Your Troubles', 'Bongo Gal', 'Hanging Tree' and many more. Trojan. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Ska, Perfect Dekker, Perfect CD, January 5, 2012

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NwappMX7 (VA, US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Is Desmond Dekker (Audio CD)

This is... well, this is Desmond Dekker, as you would expect from the album title... but this is also a rarity... a perfect music album, where every song on the album is enjoyable and memorable. The music is both beautiful and soulful... simple and hummable. Interestingly enough, the early unsophisticated recording techniques actually enhance the songs... ska sounds best when it's low fidelity.

This is... the perfect Desmond Dekker compilation album. This album (which actually misspells Dekker's name as "Dekkar"... oops?) was originally released by Trojan in 1969 as a full length introduction of Dekker and his backing group The Aces to an international audience (some singles had made it out of Jamaica beforehand). As such, it is basically a compilation of his Jamaican hits. This modern CD reissue adds even more great Desmond Dekker hits - half of the songs on here are bonus tracks! Therefore you get the sublime "Israelites" and "Intensified '68" along with classics like "007 (Shanty Town)" and "Wise Man."

This is... a great CD for people new to Jamaican music (be it ska, rocksteady or reggae) or those who listen to reggae and would like to discover its roots in the ska of the sixties. I highly recommend it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fundamental Reggae/Ska, relaxing and addictive!, June 13, 2010

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R. Dolan "TheDoleUSMC" (Colombia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is Desmond Dekker (Audio CD)

This album has 31 excellent tracks from Desmond Dekker. I listen to the entire album from start to finish. Its perfect for relaxation or background music for a bbq or even at work.