• 1. Action! – Mother Pepper
      • 2. Don't Blame Me
      • 3. You've Got Your Troubles
      • 4. Personal Possession
      • 5. Unity
      • 6. 007
      • 7. It Pays
      • 8. Young Generation
      • 9. Mother Long Tongue
      • 10. Sabotage
      • 11. Mother Young Gal
      • 12. Keep A Cool Head
      • 13. + 14 Bonus Tracks
      • 14. Intensified – Ah It Mek
      • 15. Too Much Too Soon
      • 16. Coconut Water
      • 17. Sweet Music
      • 18. My Lonely World
      • 19. Rude Boy Train
      • 20. (Poor Me) Israelites
      • 21. It Is Not Easy
      • 22. Intensified ( Music Like Dirt)
      • 23. Ninecompoop
      • 30. Tips Of My Fingers
      • 31. Wise Man
      • 32. + 14 Bonus Tracks

      ncludes three major UK hits: ‘Israelites’, ‘007’ and ‘Ah It Mek’

      50th anniversary release

      Most comprehensive release of the trio’s output ever!

      Originally released on Leslie Kong’s celebrated Beverley’s Records at the start and end of 1968, respectively, the ‘Action!’ and ‘Intensified’ albums effectively demonstrated why Desmond Dekker & the Aces were Jamaica’s premier musical act throughout the late Sixties.

      Both of these now immensely rare long players provide the focus for this 2CD set, which also includes the remainder of the trio’s magnificent output from the rock steady era, including rare alternate cuts and the original versions of their three major UK chart hits – ‘007’, ‘Israelites’ and ‘Ah It Mek’.

      A rock steady music lover’s delight, there has quite simply never previously been a more comprehensive or compelling collection of Desmond Dekker & the Aces’ output.

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