Tytuł płyty:    Dekker D The Essential,    Wykonawca:    Desmond Dekker,         

Producent: Union Squars Music,  Typ: Reggae,  Nośnik: CD (2),   Data wydania: 2006,  EAN: 698458709721.          

CD 1    1. 007 (Shanty Town)    2. It Mek    3. Pickney Gal    4. Music Like Dirt (Intensified 68')    5. Unity    6. Mother's Young Gal    7. Fu Man Chu    8. Mother Pepper    9. You've Got Your Troubles    10. Wise Man    11. Coconut Water    12. Pretty Africa    13. Bongo Gal    14. Get Up Edina    15. Rude Boy Train    16. Keep A Cool Head    17. Beautiful & Dangerous    18. I've Got The Blues    19. To Sir With Love (My Lonely World)    20. Don't Blame Me    

CD 2    1. Israelites    2. It Pays    3. Mother Long Tongue    4. It Mek - (Hit Version)    5. Problems    6. You Can Get It If You Really Want (with The Aces)    7. The Song We Used To Sing (Where Did It Go?)    8. Reggae Recipe    9. Honour Your Mother And Father    10. Rudy Got Soul    11. Sabotage    12. Shing A Ling    13. Hey Grandma    14. Licking Stick    15. Archie Wah Wah    16. Nincompoop    17. Hippopotamus    18. Hanging Tree    19. It's A Shame    20. Mount Zion

Desmond Dekker – The Essential Desmond Dekker

• Label: Metro Doubles – METRDCD597
• Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
• Country: UK
• Released: 2006
• Genre: Reggae
• Style: Reggae, Ska, Rocksteady

Tracklist

• 1-1 007 (Shanty Town) Written-By – Dacres, Kong  2:35
• 1-2 It Mek  Written-By – Dacres  2:23
• 1-3 Pickney Gal  Written-By – Dacres, Kong  2:53
• 1-4 Music Like Dirt  Written-By – Dacres, Kong  2:44
• 1-5 Unity Written-By – Dacres  2:14
• 1-6 Mother's Young Gal  Written-By – Dacres, Kong  3:02
• 1-7 Fu Man Chu  Written-By – Dacres  3:09
• 1-8 Mother Pepper  Written-By – Dacres  2:23
• 1-9 You've Got Troubles  Written-By – Dacres  3:15
• 1-10 Wise Man  Written-By – Dacres  2:06
• 1-11 Coconut Water  Written-By – Dacres  3:29
• 1-12 Pretty Africa  Written-By – Dekker, Kong 2:31
• 1-13 Bongo Gal  Written-By – Dacres  2:32
• 1-14 Get Up Edina  Written-By – Dekker  2:40
• 1-15 Rude Boy Train  Written-By – Dacres  2:17
• 1-16 Keep A Cool Head  Written-By – Dacres  2:04
• 1-17 Beautiful & Dangerous  Written-By – Dacres 2:50
• 1-18 I've Got The Blues  Written-By – Dacres  3:01
• 1-19 To Sir With Love (My Lonely World)  Written-By – Dacres  3:09
• 1-20 Don't Blame Me  Written-By – Dacres  2:25
• 2-1 Israelites  Written-By – Dacres, Kong  2:36
• 2-2 It Pays  Written-By – Dekker  2:58
• 2-3 Mother Long Tongue  Written-By – Dacres  2:18
• 2-4 It Mek (Hit Version)  Written-By – Dacres, Kong 2:34
• 2-5 Problems  Written-By – Dacres  2:45
• 2-6 You Can Get It If You Really Want  Written-By – Jimmy Cliff  2:38
• 2-7 The Song We Used To Sing (Where Did It Go?)  Written-By – Dacres, Kong  3:04
• 2-8 Reggae Recipe  Written-By – Dacres, Kong  3:06
• 2-9 Honour Your Mother And Father  Written-By – Dekker  2:25
• 2-10 Rudy Got Soul  Written-By – Dacres, Kong  2:49
• 2-11 Sabotage  Written-By – Dacres  2:44
• 2-12 Shing A Ling  Written-By – Dacres  2:19
• 2-13 Hey Grandma  Written-By – Dacres  2:50
• 2-14 Licking Stick  Written-By – Dacres  2:14
• 2-15 Archie Wah Wah  Written-By – Dacres, Kong  2:32
• 2-16 Nincompoop  Written-By – Dacres, Kong  2:09
• 2-17 Hippopotamus  Written-By – Dekker  2:51
• 2-18 Hanging Tree  Written-By – Dacres, Kong  3:02
• 2-19 It's A Shame  Written-By – Dacres  2:25
• 2-20 Mount Zion  Written-By – Dekker  2:43

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ? – Union Square Music Ltd.

Credits

• Liner Notes – Ian McCann
• Producer – Leslie Kong

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 698458709721
• Other (SID Code): IFPI 04AT
• Other (SID Code): IFPI L136

Desmond Dekker

• Prawdziwe nazwisko: Desmond Adolphus Dacres
• Jamajski piosenkarz i autor tekstów reggae, lider Desmond Dekker & The Aces.
• Urodzony: 16 lipca 1941 w Kingston na Jamajce.
• Zmarł: 25 maja 2006 w Thornton Heath, Surrey, Anglia.
• Często wymieniany jako pierwsza supergwiazda reggae. Zadebiutował nagraniowo w 1963 r. (singlem zatytułowanym „Honour Your Mother And Father”), a międzynarodowy przełom dokonał w 1967 r. „007 (Shanty Town)”.
• Aliases:    Desmond Dacres