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Action! / Intensified

Deluxe Edition

Extended Play

Desmond Dekker Format: Audio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Mother Pepper
2 Don't Blame Me
3 You've Got Your Troubles
4 Personal Possession
5 Unity
6 Oo7
7 It Pays
8 Young Generation
9 Mother Long Tongue
10 Sabotage
11 Mother Young Gal
12 Keep A Cool Head
13 Rudy Got Soul
14 Pretty Africa
15 Shing-A-Ling
16 Wise Man (Alternate Version)
17 Beautiful And Dangerous
18 It's A Shame
19 Hanging Tree (Alternate Version)
20 Dancing Time
21 Bongo Gal (Alternate Version)
22 Writing On The Wall
23 Sweet Music (Alternate Version)
24 Hey Grandma
25 Fu Manchu
26 Gimme Gimme

Disc: 2

1 Ah It Mek
2 Too Much Too Soon
3 Coconut Water
4 Sweet Music
5 My Lonely World (To Sir With Love)
6 Rude Boy Train
7 Poor Me Israelites
8 It Is Not Easy
9 Intensified (Music Like Dirt)
10 Nincompoop
11 Tips Of My Fingers
12 Wise Man
13 It Pays (Alternate Version)
14 Bongo Gal
15 Rudy Got Soul (Alternate Version)
16 Unity (Alternate Version)
17 Sugar And Spice
18 Personal Possession (Alternate Version)
19 Hanging Tree
20 Young Generation (Alternate Version)
21 Mother Long Tongue (Alternate Version)
22 Sentimental Reason
23 Keep A Cool Head (Alternate Version)
24 Fu Manchu (Alternate Version)
25 Problems
26 007 (Alternate Version)

Product description

Includes 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.

Product details

  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.2 x 12.4 x 1.19 cm; 117.93 g
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Doctor Bird
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Doctor Bird
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07DWD8JRG
  • Country of origin ‏ : ‎ Austria
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Best Sellers Rank: 152,727 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
  • Customer reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 30 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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  • Roy Cross
    5.0 out of 5 stars Top tunes
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2021
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    Everyone a classic tune 🎶
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  • nancy
    5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful item
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2020
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    a great collection of songs .excellent production
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  • hugh
    4.0 out of 5 stars I cannot pick up any of my
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2020
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    I need a barcode to give to the shop I cannot pick up my item
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  • Immo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Klassiker
    Reviewed in Germany on 28 July 2022
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    Zwei schöne Alben
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  • Cyndi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Epic albums for serious reggae collectors.
    Reviewed in the United States on 28 November 2022
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    All the hits are on these two cd albums that made Desmond Dekker a household name and international reggae star long before Bob Marley. Smooth rocksteady along with early reggae songs like Israelites, 007 and It Mek are just some of the songs on these albums along with heaps of bonus songs and alternate versions. I have the Trojan records Desmond Dekker greatest hits collection but listing to these albums makes you realize just how hot Dekker was when these albums came out. 5 stars for two great albums with two dozen bonus songs. Thanks to Doctor Bird records for releasing these albums after a long absence. You cannot beat the value of this Desmond Dekker two album collection. Get this rare import while it is still in print.
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  • PEAM (Pen with Ears & Mind).
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun!!
    Reviewed in the United States on 8 June 2019
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    'Israelites' was a song that I was drawn to as a young kid when it was re-released in the mid 70s. I loved the song and it stuck with me throughout the years. I bought a CD version of the song in my early adult years and played it often. Then, recently, I found a Desmond Dekker CD in a second-hand music shop. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to seek out some of his other recordings. Hence, I bought this double CD of the 'Action' and 'Intensified' albums - with bonus tracks.

    The sound quality is very good - very clear.

    How would you describe Desmond Dekker's voice? I'll try. Plaintive and expressive, occasional use of wonderful vibrato and a few tones of male soprano creeping in every now and then. Nice falsetto, when he sings like that. Sometimes, he sounds just a bit like Aaron Neville.

    The songs on 'Action and Intensified' mainly have a feel-good atmosphere, even though the lyrics sometimes deal with serious subject matter. One reason why I like this music is because it speaks of the experiences and lives of people in a place so far from where I live. It's a wonderful thing to be able to hear of the lives and snippets of stories, (most songs don't tell a narrative in detail), as expressed through music. As a listener, you feel uplifted.

    Certainly, the style from song to song is very similar, but, still, listening to the whole collection from beginning to end is not monotonous at all. You still feel that each song is unique and that you are being taken from one enjoyable place to another.

    I have read that Desmond Dekker was instrumental in discovering Bob Marley and in encouraging him to record. Bob Marley was all over the airwaves in my youth. I think I prefer Desmond Dekker, though.

    'Action and Intensified' is a great CD collection. I always feel good, and engaged and stimulated, when I listen to it. Fresh and refreshing, all these years after the music was recorded.
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