Name: Double Dekker
Brand: Desmond Dekker

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MOVLP2483

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Double 180 Gram Vinyl. 

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-03-18

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Little Amber Fish

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

8719262022447

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Desmond Dekker

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

Label GB

Music On Vinyl

Desmond Dekker recorded some of his best known songs together with his backing group the Aces. Their single 007 (Shanty Town) made him Jamaican music’s first outernational superstar, reaching the 14th place in the UK charts. The Leslie Kong produced Double Dekker was first issued in 1973 and consists of the best material Desmond recorded during his early years. In 1969 he scored a number one hit with the legendary song Israelites. You’ll hear how the Ska music from the mid-60s developed to the Rocksteady sound. This was “Ska” or “Blue Beat”—(or its new name for the slower tempo “Rock Steady”), and the lyrics come from the Calypso-Mento method of telling about current events in music. He was really at his prime from 1969 to 1971, and recorded classics such as It Mek (1969) and You Can Get It If You Really Want (1970), which you’ll both find on this record. Even before Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff Jamaica already had their own international superstar, Desmond Dekker was his name.

Double Dekker

Music GB