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Israelites (The Best Of Desmond Dekker 1963-1971) (CD)

By: Desmond Dekker

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DISC 1 for Israelites (The Best Of Desmond Dekker 1963-1971) (CD) Album By Desmond Dekker
1   Israelites  
2   You Can Get It If You Really Want  
3   007 (Shanty Town)  
4   It Mek (hit version) - Dekker, Desmond & The Aces  
5   Pickney Gal  
6   Honour Your Mother And Father  
7   Music Like Dirt (intensified '68)  
8   Licking Stick Licking Stick  
9   Unity  
10   Mount Zion  
11   Live And Learn (The More You Live)  
12   It Pays  
13   Reggae Recipe  
14   Pretty Africa  
15   Archie Wah Wah  
16   Fu Manchu  
17   Song We Used To Sing (Where Did It Go)  
18   King Of Ska - Dekker, Desmond & The Cherry Pies  
19   Sabotage  
20   Hippopotamus  
21   Wise Man  
22   Problems  
23   Beautiful And Dangerous  
24   Get Up Edina  
25   Mother Pepper  
 

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Review

Q (9/02, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A virtusl instruction manual in the best way to mix rocksteady and ska..."

Product note

Personnel includes: Demond Dekker (vocals).
Compilation producers: Laurence Cane-Honeysett, John Reed, Joe Smith.
Recorded between 1963 & 1970. Includes liner notes by Harry Hawke.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Album Description

Desmond Dekker has been well served by the reissue labels, with the shelves buckling under all the compilations dedicated to his music. The bulk, however, invariably draw from the same limited pool of songs, with most ignoring the singer's early years entirely. The two-CD You Can Get It If You Really Want: The Definitive Collection is pretty much the only compilation that provides a proper career retrospective, with the rest drawing exclusively from his 1967-1971 recordings. Israelites: The Best of Desmond Dekker, while no substitute for You Can Get It If You Really Want, at least dips back into Dekker's early years. One of the best one-disc roundups around, the compilation top-loads the set with Dekker's international hits (the only one missing is 1975's "Sing a Little Song"), with the other 20 tracks drawn willy-nilly from the Kong years (1963-1971). There's no attempt at chronology -- and ska numbers rub shoulders with reggae tracks -- nor any sense of sequencing, so the tempos and moods shift dramatically at times. By and large, though, the set will sate most casual Dekker collectors, with the selector having worked hard to include most modern-day fans' favorite numbers. Those looking for more should purchase You Can Get It If You Really Want, but for those seeking just the hits and a decent overview, this set is the perfect solution. ~ Jo-Ann Greene

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