007: The Best of Desmond Dekker

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Hits
• 1
  Israelites
  2:35
  4.0 ★
• 2
  007 (Shanty Town)
  2:35
  5.0 ★
• 3
  You Can Get It If You Really Want
  2:40
• 4
  It Mek (UK mix)
  2:20
• 5
  Sing a Little Song
  3:01
• 6
  Pickney Gal
  2:51
• 7
  Intensified '68 (a.k.a. Music Like Dirt)
  2:47
• 8
  Honour Your Mother & Father
  2:24
• 9
  Licking Stick
  2:15
• 10
  It Pays
  2:58
• 11
  The More You Live (a.k.a. live & Learn)
  3:18
• 12
  Mother's Young Gal
  3:02
• 13
  Mother Nature
  3:35
• 14
  Sabotage
  2:43
• 15
  The Song We Used to Sing (Where Did It Go)
  3:06
• 16
  Wiseman
  2:14
• 17
  Jeserine
  2:39
• 18
  It Gotta Be So
  2:47
• 19
  Rude Boy Train
  2:15
• 20
  Get Up Edina
  2:41
• 21
  Beautiful and Dangerous
  2:49
• 22
  Busted Lad
  3:18
• 23
  Bongo Gal
  2:31
• 24
  Mother Pepper
  2:23
• 25
  Everybody Join Hands
  4:01
• CD 2: Rarities & Unreleased Games
• 1
  A It Mek (original version)
  2:21
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Unity (alternative take)
  2:27
• 3
  King of Ska
  2:45
• 4
  Rudy Got Soul (alternative take)
  2:58
• 5
  Sentimental Reason
  2:46
• 6
  Problems
  2:45
• 7
  Personal Possession (alternative take)
  3:01
• 8
  First Time for a Long Time
  2:29
• 9
  Young Generation
  2:09
• 10
  Generosity
  2:59
• 11
  Keep a Cool Head
  2:00
• 12
  Get Up Little Suzie
  3:12
• 13
  Pretty Africa
  2:31
• 14
  Dancing Time
  2:32
• 15
  Mount Zion
  2:45
• 16
  Hanging Tree (alternative take)
  2:53
• 17
  Perseverance
  2:45
• 18
  Sweet Music (alternative take)
  2:32
• 19
  Fu Manchu (alternative take)
  3:06
• 20
  Mother Long Tongue (alternative take)
  2:17
• 21
  Call on Me, Baby (alternative take)
  2:33
• 22
  Sugar & Spice
  2:31
• 23
  This Woman
  2:32
• 24
  Shing a Ling
  2:16
• 25
  Israelites (1970 live version)
  4:51

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Release credits

• Leslie Kong
  producer [2.1, 1.1, 1.9, 1.20]

Issues

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  007: The Best of Desmond Dekker

  2x CD
  31 October 2011
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  007: The Best of Desmond Dekker

  2x CD
  2011