Desmond Dekker - The King Of Ska LP

In 1963, a 21-year-old welder with dreams of becoming a full-time singer-songwriter, auditioned for one of Jamaica’s new elite record producers, Leslie Kong, owner of the recently launched Beverley’s Records label.

After performing a number of original compositions, a deal was secured and within weeks, Desmond Adolphus Dacres saw his name in print as ‘Desmond Dekker’ on the labels of what would prove to be the first of his catalogue of 7” singles.

The record, which coupled two of his own songs, Honour Your Mother And Father and Madgie, became an instant best-seller and heralded the beginning of a long and immensely successful run of singles by Dekker, both as a solo artist and later, as lead singer for The Aces.

Tracklist:

1. Jamaica Ska
2. Wise Man
3. Intensified
4. Rudy Got Soul
5. The More You Live
6. Israelites
7. Pickney Gal
8. Pretty Africa
9. Problems
10. It Mek
11. Don't Blame Me
12. 007 (Shanty Town)

About this product: this reissue is pressed on 180g transparent purple vinyl.