DESMOND DEKKER - King Of Ska LP (Red Vinyl)

Label: Secret Records

Desmond Dekker (16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the earliest international reggae hits with "Israelites" (1968). Other hits include "007 (Shanty Town)" (1967), "It Mek" (1969) and "You Can Get It If You Really Want" (1970).

180-gram vinyl compilation of recordings from Desmond Dekker's final studio session before his untimely death in 2006. Let’s make one thing very clear, the level of the original tunes is nowhere equalled.

That is not surprising because the atmosphere, the circumstances, the musicians, and the drive were completely different at the time. The choice of songs is excellent, check out those well-known and loved songs from the early days of ska and rocksteady. Complete with full color double sided insert featuring photos and track by track breakdown.