• Desmond Dekker – Parents
    • Desmond Dekker – Labour Of Learning
    • 1. Parents
    • 2. Labour Of Learning

    One aways from the recent "King Of Ska" Box set of Desmond Dekker's rare recordings from the mid to late 60s. All 7" housed in beautiful Beverley's repo thick card sleeves with sound quality to match.

    Other Releases by Desmond Dekker

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      Boss Sounds from Desmond Dekker & Roland Alphonso with one rocksteady vocal and a killer ska instrumental 1967/8
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      Desmond DekkerLicking StickBeverley's
      wicked rocksteady tune from desmond dekker here issued on original label with very rare version on the b-side.
      • – Licking Stick
      Desmond DekkerRude Boy TrainBeverley's
      Another classic early reggae tune from desmond dekker that got the skinheads moving on the dancefloor, with version.
      • – Rude Boy Train
      Desmond DekkerIt MekBeverley's
      Classic 1968 recording for lesie kong's label beverley's. very clean reissue and with the added bonus of instrumental on the flip.
      • – It Mek

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