Honour Your Mother & Father
Don Drummond - "Spitfire"
Jeserene (feat The Cherry Pies)
Theo Beckford - "Take Your Time"
King Of Ska (feat The Cherry Pies)
The Beverley's All-Stars - "Boof Ska"
Get Up Adina (feat The Four Aces)
The Beverley's All-Stars - "Sleepwalk"
It Was Only A Dream (feat The Four Aces)
The Four Aces - "Just One Little Girl"
This Woman (feat The Four Aces)
Mount Zion (feat The Four Aces)
Soldiering (feat The Four Aces)
Just In Time (feat The Four Aces)
It's A Shame (feat The Four Aces)
Roland Alphonso & The Beverley's All Stars - "On The Move"
Roland Alphonso & The Beverley's All Stars - "El Torro"
Roland Alphonso & The Beverley's All Stars - "Middle East"
Rude Boy Train (feat The Aces)
Roland Alphonso & The Beverley's All Stars - "Nothing For Nothing"
Mother's Young Gal (feat The Aces)
Roland Alphonso & The Beverley's All Stars - "Jungle Bit"
You've Got Your Troubles (feat The Aces)
Roland Alphonso & The Beverley's All Stars - "Don Special"
Sweet Music (feat The Aces)
Keep A Cool Head (feat The Aces)
Roland Alphonso & The Beverley's All Stars - "Charade"
Mother Long Tongue (feat The Aces)
Roland Alphonso & The Beverley's All Stars - "Halls Of Montezuma"
Pretty Africa (feat The Aces)
Review: To mark what would have been Desmond Dekker's 80th birthday, Trojan Records is serving up a variety of celebratory releases. The King of Ska takes us back to the formative years of the Jamaican superstar's career between 1963-67, when he was an aspiring young singer signed to producer Leslie Kong's Beverley's Records imprint. Loosely chronologically arranged, disc one begins with Dekker's celebrated debut single, 'Honour Your Mother & Father', and continues to chart his efforts in the first couple of years of his career - both alongside unnamed studio bands and with the backing of The Cherry Pies and The Four Aces. On CD2, we hear a more confident Dekker belting out the singles that would turn him into an international star, including rude boy anthem - and his first UK top 50 smash - '007'.
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