![]() They possessed voices that would naturally convey the more emotion-filled lyrics of the soul-inclined rocksteady, but also could pull off the tough Rude Boy skanks (see the looping, wonderful hit single 007, that is included on the Action LP) which together comprised Jamaican music’s two-pronged attack during the Summer of Love.ĭesmond Dekker and the Aces (Barry Howard, Carl Samuel and Clive Campbell, who would leave the group just before their first promotional visit to Britain) were also acquiring a firm following in the UK which would result in a great deal of chart success over the next couple of years. ![]() Rocksteady was born, but this change down in gear was to prove no obstacle for Dekker and the Aces. Dekker had been a star in Jamaica since his ska days, but the intense heat of 1967 prompted the beat to slow down, ska’s manic rhythms proving too exhausting the dancers. Ian Canty hears the beat slow down and then speed up again, but DD & Co never missed a step.ĭoctor Bird only very recently issued Desmond Dekker’s You Can Get It album (reviewed here), which found our hero at the height of his fame in 1970, but for this one we travel a little further back in time. ![]() Reissue of two rocksteady-era albums by Desmond Dekker And The Aces (only originally released in Jamaica) plus 28 bonus tracks of alternate takes and rare songs.
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