Product Description
Title: Desmond Dekker – Essential Artist Collection Format: coloured vinyl 2 LP Label: BMG Cat Num: Barcode: 4050538861587
Release date: June 2nd 2023
Desmond Dekker’s incredible run of hits included ‘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-inch singles listings, ‘Israelites’. All of these essential recordings feature on the ‘The ‘Essential Artist Collection’, which also includes the very best of his remaining work, with almost every track a major Jamaican bestseller.
Track Listings
| 1 | (Poor Mi) Israelites |
| 2 | It Mek (UK Mix) |
| 3 | Fu Man Chu |
| 4 | (Where Did It Go) The Song We Used to Sing – Desmond Dekker |
| 5 | Beautiful and Dangerous |
| 6 | King of Ska – Desmond Dekker & The Cherry Pies |
| 7 | Intensified ’68 (Music Like Dirt) |
| 8 | You Can Get It If You Really Want |
| 9 | Unity (With the Aces) |
| 10 | Live and Learn |
| 11 | Rudy Got Soul (With the Aces) |
| 12 | Get Up Adina (With the Four Aces) |
| 13 | Generosity |
| 14 | Pretty Africa (With the Aces) |
| 1 | You Can Get It If You Really Want – Desmond Dekker |
| 2 | Unity |
| 3 | Live and Learn (The More You Live) – Desmond Dekker |
| 4 | Rudy Got Soul |
| 5 | Get Up Adina |
| 6 | Generosity – Desmond Dekker |
| 7 | Pretty Africa |
| 8 | Sing a Little Song |
| 9 | Mother Pepper (With the Aces) |
| 10 | Mount Zion (With the Four Aces) |
| 11 | Licking Stick (With the Aces) |
| 12 | Young Generation (With the Aces) |
| 13 | Pickney Gal (With the Aces) |
| 14 | Jamaica Ska (With the Specials) |
| 1 | 007 (Shanty Town) – Desmond Dekker |
| 2 | First Time for a Long Time – Desmond Dekker |
| 3 | Rude Boy Train |
| 4 | Honour Your Mother and Father – Desmond Dekker |
| 5 | It Pays |
| 6 | Problems |
| 7 | Wise Man |
| 1 | Sing a Little Song – Desmond Dekker |
| 2 | Mother Pepper |
| 3 | Mount Zion – Desmond Dekker & The Four Aces |
| 4 | Licking Stick |
| 5 | Young Generation |
| 6 | Pickney Gal |
| 7 | Jamaica Ska – Desmond Dekker & The Specials |
