VINYL FORMAT.Pressed on high quality 180 gram vinyl, with original artwork and PVC dust-sleeve. In terms of Jamaican music, Desmond Dekker truly deserves the title superstar. Not only has he been recording music for nearly forty years, but he was the first Jamaican artist to gain a major hit in the UK and other major world wide territories. It was Israelites that struck a chord with UK fans. It entered the UK charts, going all the way to No. 1, making history in the process.

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Desmond Dekker had a string of poppish ska singles in Jamaica beginning with "Honour Your Mother and Father" in 1963, but he really hit his stride when rocksteady started to break, issuing the classic "007 (Shanty Town)" in 1967 and following it up with the eccentric but undeniably catchy "Israelites" a year later. "Israelites" was a huge hit in both the U.K. and the U.S., and opened a door to international success that would allow fellow Jamaican artists like Jimmy Cliff, {$Toots Hi   [ read more ]

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Orphan and ex-welder Desmond Dacres, better known to the world as Desmond Dekker, had a string of poppish ska singles in Jamaica beginning with "Honour Your Mother and Father" in 1963, but he really hit his stride when rocksteady started to break, issuing the classic "007 (Shanty Town)" in 1967 and following it up with the eccentric but undeniably catchy sufferer's tale "Israelites" a year later. "Israelites" was a huge hit in both the U.K. and the U.S. in 1968, and opened a door to    [ read more ]

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In 1967, Desmond Dekker broke into the British market with his Top 20 rocksteady smash "007 (Shanty Town)"; two years later "The Israelites" made him an international star, as the single stormed to number one in the U.K. and became the first pure Jamaican song to set foot in the American Top Ten. But in 1971 tragedy struck with the death of Dekker's longtime producer, Leslie Kong. Like Jimmy Cliff, another Kong protTgT, it would take a few years before Dekker managed to regain his   [ read more ]

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In Memoriam: 1941-2006 was Desmond Dekker's last studio recording, tracked in London in January of 2004 with a more than capable band (Steve L. Roberts, Aubery Mulrain, Eddy Thornton, Leroy Green and Michael Rose) behind him. Dekker's voice is strong and clear, and the production by Delroy Williams is spotless, making this technically one of Dekker's cleanest-sounding albums, which is either good or bad, depending on one's point of view. Dekker tackles his classic hits (most   [ read more ]

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Although newcomers should be directed to Trojan's 1997 best-of, The Original Rude Boy, among the many retrospectives, fans of Dekker and original Jamaican ska, rocksteady, and founding reggae are well served by this narrowly focused CD. Ostensibly a reissue of his 1969 U.K. LP of 1966-1968 recordings, which had been rushed out on the heels of his breakout number one hit there that March, "The Israelites" (more surprising, the song hit the U.S. Top 10, exposing American masses to reggae, too!), t   [ read more ]

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What Desmond Dekker fans really want is a comprehensive compilation of the legend's back catalog, but they've been disappointed time and time again. However, You Can Get It If You Really Want: The Definitive Collection finally delivers the goods with a two-CD, career-spanning overview. The set begins at the beginning, with Dekker's 1963 debut single, "Honour Your Mother and Father," then charts his progress across the ska years and into rocksteady. As usual, there's a bit of scrimping on the for   [ read more ]

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Desmond Dekker had a string of popish ska singles in Jamaica beginning with "Honour Your Mother and Father" in 1963, but he really hit his stride when rocksteady started to break, issuing the classic "007 (Shanty Town)" in 1967 and following it up with the eccentric but undeniably catchy "Israelites" a year later. "Israelites" was a huge hit in both the U.K. and the U.S., and opened a door to international success that would allow fellow Jamaican artists like Jimmy Cliff, {$Toots Hib   [ read more ]

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