Desmond Dekker: Essential Artist Collection (2023) Album

Label: Trojan Records | Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Release date: 06/02/2023

The original King of Reggae, Desmond Dekker introduced the sound of Jamaica to the world at large through a series of international hits, with his music gracing the UK pop charts on no less than 7 occasions between 1967 and 1975.

This 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” 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 best-seller.

1. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – (Poor Mi) Israelites
2. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – It Mek (UK Mix)
3. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Fu Man Chu
4. (Where Did It Go) The Song We Used To Sing
5. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Beautiful And Dangerous
6. Desmond Dekker & The Cherry Pies – King Of Ska
7. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Intensified ’68 (Music Like Dirt)
8. Mother Nature
9. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Sabotage
10. Sugar Dumpling
11. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Don’t Blame Me
12. Perseverance
13. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – It’s A Shame
14. Desmond Dekker & The Cherry Pies – Jeserine
15. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Bongo Gal
16. Pick Up The Phone
17. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Mother’s Young Gal
18. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – This Woman
19. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Shing A Ling
20. You Can Get It If You Really Want
21. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Unity
22. Live And Learn (The More You Live)
23. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Rudy Got Soul
24. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Get Up Adina
25. Generosity
26. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Pretty Africa
27. 007 (Shanty Town)
28. First Time For A Long Time
29. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Rude Boy Train
30. Honour Your Mother And Father
31. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – It Pays
32. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Problems
33. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Wise Man
34. It Gotta Be So
35. Beware
36. Coconut Water
37. Soldering
38. Busted Lad
39. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Sweet Music
40. Labour For Learning
41. No Place Like Home
42. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Writing On The Wall
43. Parents
44. Sing A Little Song
45. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Mother Pepper
46. Desmond Dekker & The Four Aces – Mount Zion
47. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Licking Stick
48. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Young Generation
49. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Pickney Gal
50. Desmond Dekker & The Specials – Jamaica Ska