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Track List
01) Sammy Dead
02) Fat Man
03) Easy Snappin'
04) Carry Go Bring Come
05) Humpty Dumpty
06) King of Ska
07) Take It Easy
08) Wings of a Dove
09) King of Kings
10) Jamaica Ska
11) 007 (Shanty Town)
12) Israelites
13) Rudie Got Soul
01) Sammy Dead
02) Fat Man
03) Easy Snappin'
04) Carry Go Bring Come
05) Humpty Dumpty
06) King of Ska
07) Take It Easy
08) Wings of a Dove
09) King of Kings
10) Jamaica Ska
11) 007 (Shanty Town)
12) Israelites
13) Rudie Got Soul
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First Released
2001
Ska
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Reggae
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DESMOND DEKKER & THE SPECIALS-KING OF SKA: Honey-voiced Jamaican ska pioneer (a forefather of reggae) DESMOND DEKKER's importance cannot be underestimated. This 1991 release is a perfectly natural, joyous mating of teacher and pupil which mashes up DEKKER with late eighties Two Tone scenesters THE SPECIALS for a pumped up affair brimming with rocksteady chemistry and summery energy. DEKKER's early chestnut KING OF SKA is convincingly resurrected, along with JIMMY CLIFF's KING OF KINGS and BYRON LEE's JAMAICA SKA (which ANNETTE FUNICELLO, of all people, once covered!), salted with peppy horn lines, funky, undulating rhythms and spirited vocals, leaning more towards DEKKER's smooth groove ways than THE SPECIALS' punk-influenced vision. The original versions of 007 (SHANTY TOWN), ISRAELITES and RUDY GOT SOUL, DEKKER's influential ska classics from the sixties, are tacked onto the end of this criminally brief album, a tantalizing trip back to the genre's sublime glory days.
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DESMOND DEKKER & THE SPECIALS-KING OF SKA: Honey-voiced Jamaican ska pioneer (a forefather of reggae) DESMOND DEKKER's importance cannot be underestimated. This 1991 release is a perfectly natural, joyous mating of teacher and pupil which mashes up DEKKER with late eighties Two Tone scenesters THE SPECIALS for a pumped up affair brimming with rocksteady chemistry and summery energy. DEKKER's early chestnut KING OF SKA is convincingly resurrected, along with JIMMY CLIFF's KING OF KINGS and BYRON LEE's JAMAICA SKA (which ANNETTE FUNICELLO, of all people, once covered!), salted with peppy horn lines, funky, undulating rhythms and spirited vocals, leaning more towards DEKKER's smooth groove ways than THE SPECIALS' punk-influenced vision. The original versions of 007 (SHANTY TOWN), ISRAELITES and RUDY GOT SOUL, DEKKER's influential ska classics from the sixties, are tacked onto the end of this criminally brief album, a tantalizing trip back to the genre's sublime glory days.
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