Dekker, Desmond: Double Dekker

Desmond Dekker: Double Dekker - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Double Dekker

Artist:

Desmond Dekker

Label:

Doctor Bird

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5013929271838

Genre:

Reggae

Release Date:

2018-11-30

Number of Discs:

2

Additional Details:

UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT, EXPANDED VERSION, REMASTERED, WITH DVD

Making his mark on the international recording scene with a series of global hits in the late Sixties and early Seventies, Desmond Dekker enjoyed success on a scale no other Jamaican act had experienced. So in 1972, when the singer left the world's leading reggae record company, Trojan Records, to join the newly launched rival Creole, the move sent shockwaves through the UK's music industry. In response, Trojan gathered some of the singer's biggest hits alongside rare and previously unreleased material from the archive, which they issued on the aptly-titled double LP set, "Double Dekker". Much to the chagrin of Creole, the collection swiftly became one of Trojan's biggest selling long players of 1973, it's release eclipsing the singer's recently recorded work for his new label. Now, 45 years after it's original release, "Double Dekker" is finally available once more, with the track-listing augmented with six rare bonus tracks. Avoiding any cross-over of material with companion volumes, "You Can Get It If You Really Want" (DBCD015) and "Action! & Intensified" (DBCDD025), the collection ensures Desmond Dekker's entire Leslie Kong-produced rock steady and reggae output is available for the much-missed performer's fans.

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