Desmond Dekker: POX

― eleki-san (eleki-san), Saturday, 6 March 2004 14:31 (9 years ago) Permalink

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― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 7 March 2004 00:50 (9 years ago) Permalink

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― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Sunday, 7 March 2004 07:59 (9 years ago) Permalink

― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Sunday, 7 March 2004 23:21 (9 years ago) Permalink

ONLY TEN? Bah...(I should note I am a MUCH bigger fan of his early period work, so that said...)

Honour Your Father And Mother
Dracula
Parents
Madgie
007
Rudy Got Soul
Rude Boy Train
Fu Man Chu
Keep A Cool Head
This Woman
etc., etc.

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 15:12 (9 years ago) Permalink

what a baller. is everything he ever did worth tracking down? i've got the Rockin' Steady comp on Rhino, but some of this set and others are appealing: complete early years '63 -'68..

― poortheatre, Monday, 10 September 2007 16:24 (5 years ago) Permalink

Point really needs to be reissued. I should've put "Cindy" on that list.

I just heard the samples from Compass Point last night for the first time. I especially liked the :30 clip of Cindy.

But I paused before downloading the disc because the AMG review TRASHED it. That was one of the harshest reviews I've seen from AMG in a long time. Doesn't mean I won't d/l it eventually, but it certainly made me pause.

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 10 September 2007 16:57 (5 years ago) Permalink

I gotta get that!

"007 (Shanty Town)"
"Israelites" (the mix/master on Tougher Than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music)
"Foo Manchu" (a.k.a. "Fu Manchu")
"Mother Pepper"
"Perseverance"
"Intensified" (a.k.a. "Intensified Festival '68," a.k.a. "Music Like Dirt")
"Unity"
"Please Don't Bend"
"Pickney Gal"
backup on Derrick Morgan's "Tougher Than Tough"

My tribute:

http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2006/06/desmond_dekker_.php

― Pete Scholtes, Monday, 10 September 2007 23:52 (5 years ago) Permalink

"Dracula" and "To Sir With Love" are both incredible songs in completely different ways

― the next grozart, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 00:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

Just remembered "Peace of Mind":

"Everywhere, everywhere I go, yeah, there is always troubles and misery."

― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 06:45 (5 years ago) Permalink

Revive because it's great!

― village idiot (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 12:31 (2 years ago) Permalink

Far in the dark Western countrysiiiide,
There is no place you can hide, no sir

― rhythm fixated member (chap), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 12:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

My Top 10:

007 (Shanty Town) (1967)
Israelites (1968)
Mother Pepper (1968)
Fu Manchu (1968)
Intensified Festival 68 (1968)
Sing a Little Song (1973)
Shing a Ling (1968)
Mount Zion (1965)
It Mek (1968)
Unity (1967)

― Pete Scholtes, Sunday, 19 December 2010 22:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

I'm always so surprised at the quality of Desmond Dekker's songs. Often seen as a one-hit wonder, he's got dozens of songs at least as good as Israelites.

― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 09:18 (9 months ago) Permalink