Desmond Dekker (July 16, 1941 — May 25, 2006) was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer and songwriter. Together with his backing group, The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the first international Jamaican hits with "Israelites". Other hits include "007 (Shanty Town)" (1967) and "It Mek" (1969). Before the ascent of Bob Marley, Dekker was one of the most popular musicians within Jamaica, and one of the best-known musicians outside it.
trax "Black And Dekker":
01. Israelites 02. Lickin' Stick 03. It Mek 04. Please Don't Bend 05. Many Rivers To Cross 06. Hippo 07. 007 08. Workout 09. Problems 10. Rude Boy Train 11. Pickney Gal 12. Why Fight?
trax "Compass Point":
13. I'll Get By 14. Moving On 15. We Can And Shall 16. Hurts So Bad 17. Isabella 18. Come Back To Me 19. Cindy 20. I Do Believe/My Destiny 21. Big Headed 22. That's My Woman 23. Allamanna
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Desmond Dekker "Black And Dekker + Compass Point"
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Thanks for the Desmond Dekker, RYP!
For those unaware of these albums, they may not be what you are expecting if you are only familiar with Dekker's amazing early material. These two records were from a period around 1980 when Dekker signed up with Stiff records and re-recorded some older material (as well as some new originals) with an English new wave rock/ska band backing him up (mostly Graham Parker's band The Rumour). Clearly the effort was to jump on the 2-Tone ska revival craze (and rightly so, since Dekker is one of the founding fathers of ska).
In my humble opinion, some of the tunes are fantastic, but others sound a bit too much like the type of 80s ska I'm not crazy about (clean production and with very upbeat tempo); also many songs have a South African-sounding backing chorus that remind me of the Paul Simon's Graceland or something.
Definitely worth checking out, especially if you like more upbeat ska, but I just thought I'd offer my two cents on why I don't think they're on par with his earlier work.
Thanks again for this and all of your wonderful shares RYP (and Gyro and the rest)!
Thank You.
Thanks
Possible for a re-up of the MP3? So appreciated, thank you!
Dana,
I'd love to repost Desmond Dekker "Black And Dekker + Compass Point" but unfortunately I can't find it in my archives right now. As soon as I find it I'll repost it!
Hey, that's terrific--THANKS!
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