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Desmond Dekker 007-The Best Of Desmond Dekker

Trojan

Reggae

2×CD SPECXX2079£7.99
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1. Israelites
2. 0.0.7 (Shanty Town)
3. You Can Get It If You Really Want
4. It Mek (Uk Mix)
5. Sing A Little Song
6. Pickney Girl (Alternate Version)
7. Intensified ' (AKA Music Like Dirt)
8. Honour Your Mother And Father
9. Licking Stick
10. It Pays (Alternate Version)
11. The More You Live (AKA You Live And Learn)
12. Mother's Young Gal
13. Mother Nature
14. Sabotage
15. The Song We Used To Sing (Where Did It Go)
16. Wiseman
17. Jeserine
18. It Gotta Be So
19. Rude Boy Train
20. Get Up, Edina
21. Beautiful And Dangerous
22. Busted Lad
23. Bongo Gal (Alternate Version)
24. Mother Pepper
25. Everybody Join Hands
26. A It Mek (Original Version)
27. Unity (Alternate Version)
28. King Of Ska
29. Rudy Got Soul (Alternate Version)
30. Sentimental Reason
31. Problems
32. Personal Possession (Alternate Version)
33. First Time For A Long Time
34. Young Generation (Alternate Version)
35. Generosity
36. Keep A Cool Head (Alternate Version)
37. Get Up Littlle Suzie
38. Pretty Africa
39. Dancing Time
40. Mount Zion
41. Hanging Tree (Alternate Version)
42. Perseverance
43. Sweet Music (Alternate Version)
44. Fu Manchu (Alternate Version)
45. Mother Long Tongue (Alternate Version)
46. Call On Me, Baby
47. Sugar And Spice
48. This Woman
49. Shing A Ling
50. Israelites (Live Version)

The greatest hits from the late Desmond Dekker along with some unreleased and rare gems. Essential addition for ska and rocksteady fans, featuring the original version of the 'skinhead' anthem 'A It Mek'!

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Desmond Dekker You Can Get It If You Really Want (Expanded Edition)Doctor Bird

First ever CD issue of one of Trojan Records’ best-selling albums. Features three major UK hits: ‘You Can Get It If You Really Want’, ‘Pickney...

Reggae Ska and rocksteady Reggae Funk and Soul

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Desmond Dekker Pretty Africa Pyramid

Boss Sounds from Desmond Dekker & Roland Alphonso with one rocksteady vocal and a killer ska instrumental 1967/8

Ska and rocksteady Reggae

Desmond Dekker – Pretty Africa
Roland Alphonso – El Toro

1. Desmond Dekker – Pretty Africa
2. Roland Alphonso – El Toro
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7" PYR 2027£9.00
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Desmond Dekker Mother Young Gal Beverley's

Killer rocksteady early reggae cut on a slow brooding backing from The Aces with a rare instrumental version on the flip.

Ska and rocksteady Reggae

– Mother Young Gal
– Version

1. – Mother Young Gal
2. – Version
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Desmond Dekker 007 (Shanty Town)Beverleys

2 all time classic tunes from the late 60s, recorded for Leslie Kong's Beverley's label. 007 went on to become a huge UK hit

Ska and rocksteady Reggae

– 007 (Shanty Town)
– Version

1. – 007 (Shanty Town)
2. – Version
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Reggae Power Trojan

By the close of the Sixties, record retailer and jukebox businessman Karl ‘J.J.’ Johnson was firmly established as one of Jamaica’s leading record...

Reggae Ska and rocksteady

The Ethiopians – Everything Crash
The Ethiopians – What A Fire
Roy Shirley – Dancing Reggae
The Ethiopians – I’m Not Losing You
The J.J. All Stars – Robert F Kennedy
The Ethiopians – The Hong Kong Flu
Roy Shirley – Life
The Ethiopians – Gun Man (aka You)
The Ethiopians – Feel The Spirit (aka Clap Your Hands)
Roy Shirley – Your Smile
The J.J. All Stars – Dollar Of Soul

1. The Ethiopians – Everything Crash
2. The Ethiopians – What A Fire
3. Roy Shirley – Dancing Reggae
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Sock It To Me!Boss Reggae Rarities - In The Spirit Of 69 Trojan

‘Sock It To Me’ collects a dozen of the rarest and most collectable tracks from the Trojan catalogue, all of which have remained unavailable on CD...

Reggae Ska and rocksteady

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Ken Boothe Everything I Own Trojan

From one of the most soulful voices in reggae, Ken Boothe's '74 classic features such tear-jerkers as the title track, 'Everything I Own', 'Crying Over...

Ska and rocksteady Reggae

– Everything I Own
– Evil Girl
– Crying Over You
– Sad And Lonely
– My Heart Is Like An Open Book
– The Impossible Dream (aka The Quest)
– Theme From The Godfather (aka Speak Softly Love)
– My Kid
– Sandie
– Lay Something
– You Will Reach Your Goal
– Time Passage

1. – Everything I Own
2. – Evil Girl
3. – Crying Over You
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Desmond Dekker 007-The Best Of Desmond Dekker

Other Releases by Desmond Dekker

Other Releases on Trojan