Desmond Dekker Rude Boy Ska Vinyl LP Purple Transparent Colour Due Out 30/10/26

Desmond Dekker - Rude Boy Ska

Purple Transparent Colour

Please note this is a pre-order item due for release 30th October 2026

Tracklist:

1. It Mek
2. Hippopotamus
3. Nincompoop
4. Opportunity
5. Sabotage
6. You Can Get It If You Really Want
7. Unity
8. Where Did It Go
9. Israelites
10. Sing A Little Song

All tracks recorded at ROLL OVER STUDIOS, London in January 2004 - Features 10 Studio tracks including: It Mek, Israelites and Sing A Little Song. Desmond Adolphus Dacres was born on 16th July 1941 in Saint Andrew Parish, Greater Kingston, Jamaica. As a youngster Desmond regularly attended his local church with his grandmother and aunt. Here would bring him his lifetime religious commitment and his enjoyment for singing. Dekker moved to parish of St. Mary following his mother's death as a result of illness. He later moved to St. Thomas, where he took up an apprenticeship as a tailor, before he moved back to Kingston and landed himself a job as a welder. His co-workers encouraged him to pursue his singing career, he successfully auditioned for Leslie Kong's Beverley's record label and was awarded his first recording contract. As his career took off this was the time he decided to adopt the name Desmond Dekker instead of 'Dacres'.