Band Name: Desmond Dekker
Music Album: 007 · The Best Of Desmond Dekker
Album Release Date: December 2014
Music Genre: Reggae Ska Rocksteady
Record Label: Trojan Records
Album Release Country: UK & Europe
Music Record Type: 50 Tracks CD Reissue
Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, leader of Desmond Dekker & The Aces.
Born : July 16, 1941 in Kingston, Jamaica.
Died : May 25, 2006 in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England.
Often cited as the first superstar of reggae. He made his recording debut in 1963 (with a single titled "Honour Your Mother And Father") and made his international breakthrough with "007 (Shanty Town)" in 1967.
| Intensified Sounds - The Hits | ||
| 1-1 | Israelites | 2:36 |
| 1-2 | 0.0.7 (Shanty Town) | 2:33 |
| 1-3 | You Can Get It If You Really Want | 2:37 |
| 1-4 | It Mek (UK Mix) | 2:20 |
| 1-5 | Sing A Little Song | 3:02 |
| 1-6 | Pickney Girl (Alternate Version) | 2:47 |
| 1-7 | Intensified '68 (AKA Music Like Dirt) | 2:45 |
| 1-8 | Honour Your Mother And Father | 2:28 |
| 1-9 | Licking Stick | 2:15 |
| 1-10 | It Pays (Alternate Version) | 3:04 |
| 1-11 | The More You Live (AKA You Live And Learn) | 3:18 |
| 1-12 | Mother's Young Gal | 2:58 |
| 1-13 | Mother Nature | 3:35 |
| 1-14 | Sabotage | 2:52 |
| 1-15 | The Song We Used To Sing (Where Did It Go) | 3:06 |
| 1-16 | Wiseman | 2:15 |
| 1-17 | Jeserine | 2:39 |
| 1-18 | It Gotta Be So | 2:47 |
| 1-19 | Rude Boy Train | 2:26 |
| 1-20 | Get Up, Edina | 2:39 |
| 1-21 | Beautiful And Dangerous | 2:49 |
| 1-22 | Busted Lad | 3:19 |
| 1-23 | Bongo Gal (Alternate Version) | 2:32 |
| 1-24 | Mother Pepper | 2:21 |
| 1-25 | Everybody Join Hands | 4:01 |
| First Time For A Long Time - Rarities & Unreleased Gems | ||
| 2-1 | A It Mek (Original Version) | 2:22 |
| 2-2 | Unity (Alternate Version) | 2:28 |
| 2-3 | King Of Ska | 2:43 |
| 2-4 | Rudy Got Soul (Alternate Version) | 2:59 |
| 2-5 | Sentimental Reason | 2:47 |
| 2-6 | Problems | 2:43 |
| 2-7 | Personal Possession (Alternate Version) | 3:02 |
| 2-8 | First Time For A Long Time | 2:29 |
| 2-9 | Young Generation (Alternate Version) | 2:19 |
| 2-10 | Generosity | 3:01 |
| 2-11 | Keep A Cool Head (Alternate Version) | 2:06 |
| 2-12 | Get Up Littlle Suzie | 3:13 |
| 2-13 | Pretty Africa | 2:40 |
| 2-14 | Dancing Time | 2:34 |
| 2-15 | Mount Zion | 2:43 |
| 2-16 | Hanging Tree (Alternate Version) | 2:54 |
| 2-17 | Perseverance | 2:46 |
| 2-18 | Sweet Music (Alternate Version) | 2:34 |
| 2-19 | Fu Manchu (Alternate Version) | 3:07 |
| 2-20 | Mother Long Tongue (Alternate Version) | 2:18 |
| 2-21 | Call On Me, Baby | 2:35 |
| 2-22 | Sugar And Spice | 2:32 |
| 2-23 | This Woman | 2:32 |
| 2-24 | Shing A Ling | 2:26 |
| 2-25 | Israelites (Live Version) | 4:51 |
Tracks 1-10, 1-23, 2-2, 2-4, 2-7, 2-9, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18, 2-19, 2-20, 2-21 are marked as previously unreleased.
℗ 2011 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG company. © 2011 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG company.
Made in the EU.
Slim double jewel case.
CD1:
Track 8 ℗ 1963; track 17 ℗ 1964; track 20 ℗ 1965; tracks 2 & 16 ℗ 1966; tracks 6, 12, 14, 19 & 21 ℗ 1997; tracks 1, 7 & 24 ℗ 1968; track 4 ℗ 1969; tracks 3 & 15 ℗ 1970; tracks 9 & 11 ℗ 1971; tracks 13 & 18 ℗ 1972; track 5 ℗ 73; track 22 ℗ 1974; tracks 10 & 23 ℗ 2011
Track 3 produced for N.R.E. Ltd.; tracks 5, 13, 22 & 25 produced for Creole Production; track 18 produced for Trojan Records
CD2:
Track 3 ℗ 1964; track 23 ℗ 1965; tracks 13 & 24 ℗ 1967; track 1, ℗ 1968; tracks 6, 10 ℗ 1969; tracks 12 & 17 ℗ 1970; track 8 ℗ 1972; tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14-16, 18-22 & 25 ℗ 2011
Track 25: A Trojan Records production
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