Desmond Dekker

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Artwork for 007 (Shanty Town) (Live at The Tic Toc, Coventry, UK, 21st December, 1991)

2:28
Artwork for You Can Get It If You Really Want

2:36
Artwork for You Can Get It If You Really Want

2:38
Artwork for Israelites

2:33
Artwork for Licking Stick

2:15
2023
© 2023 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Artwork for Shing a Ling

2:24
Artwork for You Can Get It If You Really Want

2:36
Artwork for It Pays

2:56
Artwork for Wise Man

2:13
Artwork for Licking Stick

2:13
Artwork for Sabotage

2:50
Artwork for Unity

2:21
Artwork for Mount Zion

2:42
Artwork for Problems

2:41
2021
© 1991 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Artwork for Wise Man (1991 Version)

3:02
2021
© 1996 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Artwork for Mount Zion

3:43
Artwork for I Believe

4:26
2021
© 1999 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Artwork for Where Did It Go

3:33
Artwork for Why Fight

3:45
Artwork for When I'm Cold

3:25
Artwork for Little Darling

3:15
Artwork for Jamaica Farewell

3:26
2021
© 1989 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Artwork for Sabotage (Live at Dingwall's, London, 1989)

3:54
Artwork for Pickney Gal (Live at Dingwall's, London, 1989)

4:29
Artwork for Hippopotamus (Live at Dingwall's, London, 1989)

3:10
Artwork for 007 (Shanty Town) (Live at Dingwall's, London, 1989)

8:16
Artwork for Rude Boy Train (Live at Dingwall's, London, 1989)

2:35
Artwork for Problems (Live at Dingwall's, London, 1989)

3:02
Artwork for You Can Get It If You Really Want (Live at Dingwall's, London, 1989)

4:48
Artwork for Israelites (Live at Dingwall's, London, 1989)

8:35
Artwork for It Mek (Live at Dingwall's, London, 1989)

4:03
Artwork for Unity (Live at Dingwall's, London, 1989)

3:26
2021
© 1973 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Artwork for Hippopotamus (Alternate Version)

3:06
Artwork for (Where Did It Go) The Song We Used to Sing

3:07
Artwork for Little Darling

2:32
Artwork for Stop the Wedding

2:12
Artwork for Licking Stick (Alternate Version)

2:20
Artwork for Archie Wah Wah

2:37
Artwork for Yakety Yak

2:21
Artwork for Please Don't Bend

2:34
Artwork for Trample

2:35
Artwork for Father Noah

2:52
Artwork for When I'm Cold

2:38
Artwork for What Will You Gain

2:07
Artwork for Pickney Gal (Come Here) (Alternate Version)

2:48
Artwork for I Believe

2:37
Artwork for 007 (Shanty Town)

2:34
Artwork for Licking Stick

2:15
Artwork for Generosity

3:01
Artwork for Look What They're Doing to Me

2:48
Artwork for Life of Opportunity

2:43
Artwork for Warlock

3:57
Artwork for Peace On the Land

3:06
Artwork for You Can Get It If You Really Want

2:42
Artwork for Hippopotamus

2:52
Artwork for It Miek

2:34
Artwork for The First Time for a Long Time

2:29
2021
© 1975 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Artwork for It Miek

2:32
Artwork for Get Up Little Suzie

3:12
Artwork for (Where Did It Go) the Song We Used to Sing

3:07
Artwork for Intensified ’68 (Music Like Dirt)

2:42
Artwork for It Pays

2:55
Artwork for Generosity

2:59
Artwork for Pickney Gal

2:54
Artwork for Honour Your Mother and Father

2:28
Artwork for Licking Stick

2:15
Artwork for Unity

2:23
Artwork for Problems

2:43
Artwork for Sabotage

2:42
Artwork for Archie Wah Wah

2:36
Artwork for Rudy Got Soul

2:44
Artwork for The First Time for a Long Time

2:29
Artwork for You Can Get It If You Really Want (Original)

2:40
Artwork for Too Much Too Soon

2:41
Artwork for 007 (Shanty Town)

2:34
Artwork for Unity

2:23
Artwork for Honour Your Mother and Father

2:24
Artwork for Reggae Recipe

3:03
Artwork for Rude Boy Train

2:17
Artwork for Wise Man

2:15
2020
© Jungle Cakes
Artwork for 007 (Shanty Town) (Ed Solo Remix)

3:56
2019
© 2019 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Artwork for Israelites (Crate Classics Remix)

3:36
2018
© 2018 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Artwork for Coomyah

2:12
Artwork for Peace On the Land

3:06
Artwork for That's the Way Life Goes

2:05
Artwork for You Can Get It If You Really Want

2:38
Artwork for I Believe

2:37
Artwork for You Got Soul

2:22
Artwork for Cindy

3:23
Artwork for Polka Dot

1:48
Artwork for Peace of Mind

2:19
Artwork for Get Up Little Suzie

3:13
2018
© 2008 Stiff Records Limited
Artwork for Please Don't Bend

3:18
Artwork for It Mek

2:45
Artwork for Problems

3:10
Artwork for Why Fight

3:01
Artwork for 7

2:53
Artwork for Many Rivers To Cross

4:07
Artwork for Hippo

3:33
Artwork for Rude Boy Train

3:43
Artwork for Pickney Gal

3:07
Artwork for Israelites

2:33
2018
© 2004 Stiff Records Limited
Artwork for Isabella

3:20
Artwork for Allamanna

2:44
Artwork for I'll Get By

2:48
Artwork for I Do Believe

3:16
Artwork for Cindy

3:08
Artwork for Hurts So Bad

2:55
Artwork for We Can And Shall

4:00
Artwork for Big-Headed

3:30
Artwork for That's My Woman

3:43
2016
© 2016 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Artwork for You Can Get It If You Really Want

2:37
Artwork for It Pays

3:04
Artwork for Archie Wah Wah

2:36
Artwork for 007 (Shanty Town)

2:33
Artwork for Baby Come Back

3:41
2015
© 2011 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG company
Artwork for Unity (Alternate Version)

2:28
Artwork for Rudy Got Soul (Alternate Take)

2:59
Artwork for Rudy Got Soul (Alternate Take)

2:59
Artwork for Hanging Tree (Alternate Take)

2:54
Artwork for Israelites (1970 Live Version)

4:51
Artwork for Sweet Music (Alternate Take)

2:34
Artwork for Generosity

3:01
Artwork for A It Mek

2:22
Artwork for It Pays

2:55
Artwork for Licking Stick

2:15
Artwork for Problems

2:43
Artwork for Honour Your Mother and Father

2:28
Artwork for Wiseman

2:16
Artwork for Get Up Little Suzie

3:12
Artwork for Rude Boy Train

2:17
Artwork for Shing a Ling

2:19
Artwork for Sabotage

2:42
Artwork for The First Time for a Long Time

2:29
Artwork for Intensified ’68 (Music Like Dirt)

2:42
Artwork for (Where Did It Go) the Song We Used to Sing

3:07
2014
© 2014 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG Company
Artwork for It Mek

2:32
Artwork for 007 (Shanty Town)

2:32
Artwork for Unity

2:22
Artwork for Pickney Gal

2:51
Artwork for Licking Stick

2:12
Artwork for Intensified '68 (Music Like Dirt)

2:46
2014
© 2014 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Artwork for Hippopotamus

2:49
Artwork for Gimme Gimme

2:15
Artwork for Hanging Tree

3:01
Artwork for Honour Your Mother and Father

2:25
Artwork for Sweet Music

2:30
Artwork for A It Mek

2:22
Artwork for It Pays

2:57
Artwork for Generosity

2:59
Artwork for Licking Stick

2:12
Artwork for Problems

2:42
Artwork for Unity

2:23
Artwork for Get Up Little Suzie

3:12
Artwork for Rude Boy Train

2:18
Artwork for Wise Man

2:06
Artwork for You Can Get It If You Really Want

2:38
Artwork for Shing a Ling

2:19
Artwork for It Mek

2:32
Artwork for Sabotage

2:43
Artwork for Rudy Got Soul

2:48
Artwork for The First Time for a Long Time

2:29
Artwork for (Where Did It Go) The Song We Used to Sing

3:02
2010
© 2001 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG Company
Artwork for Jamaica Farewell

3:26
Artwork for Reggae Recipe

3:03
Artwork for Look What They're Doing to Me

2:45
Artwork for Too Much Too Soon

2:41
Artwork for A It Mek

2:22
Artwork for It Pays

2:57
Artwork for Generosity

2:59
Artwork for Licking Stick

2:12
Artwork for Problems

2:42
Artwork for Honour Your Mother and Father

2:25
Artwork for Nincompoop

2:08
Artwork for Wise Man

2:06
Artwork for Hippopotamus

2:49
Artwork for It Mek

2:32
Artwork for Sabotage

2:43
Artwork for Archie Wah Wah

2:30
Artwork for Rudy Got Soul

2:48
Artwork for Unity

2:14
Artwork for (Where Did It Go) The Song We Used to Sing

3:02
2010
© 2003 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG company
Artwork for It's Not Easy

2:12
Artwork for Sweet Music

2:30
Artwork for A It Mek

2:22
Artwork for It Pays

2:57
Artwork for Unity

2:23
Artwork for Hanging Tree

3:01
Artwork for Honour Your Mother and Father

2:25
Artwork for Nincompoop

2:08
Artwork for Rude Boy Train

2:18
Artwork for Wise Man

2:06
Artwork for Shing a Ling

2:19
Artwork for Gimme Gimme

2:15
Artwork for Sabotage

2:43
Artwork for Rudy Got Soul

2:48
Artwork for Intensified (aka Music Like Dirt)

2:43
2009
© 1993 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG Company
Artwork for Humpty Dumpty

2:40
Artwork for Take It Easy

2:38
Artwork for Sammy Dead

2:51
Artwork for Fat Man

2:43
Artwork for Dancing Mood

3:04
Artwork for Carry Go Bring Come

2:55
Artwork for King of Kings

3:00
2009
© 2006 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG Company
Artwork for It Is Not Easy

2:10
Artwork for Sweet Music

2:30
Artwork for It Pays

2:57
Artwork for Hanging Tree

3:01
Artwork for Nincompoop

2:08
Artwork for Rude Boy Train

2:18
Artwork for Wise Man

2:06
Artwork for Shing a Ling

2:19
Artwork for Sabotage

2:43
Artwork for Rudy Got Soul

2:48
Artwork for Intensified '68

2:45
Artwork for Unity

2:14
2008
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG Company
Artwork for It Pays

2:55
2008
© 2002 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG Company
Artwork for It Pays

2:55
Artwork for Honour Your Mother and Father

2:23
Artwork for Licking Stick

2:12
Artwork for Problems

2:42
Artwork for Reggae Recipe

3:03
Artwork for Wise Man

2:04
Artwork for You Can Get It If You Really Want

2:38
Artwork for Hippopotamus

2:49
Artwork for It Mek

2:32
Artwork for Sabotage

2:42
Artwork for Archie Wah Wah

2:30
Artwork for Unity

2:12
Artwork for (Where Did It Go) The Song We Used to Sing

3:02
2005
© 2005 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, a BMG Company
Artwork for Life of Opportunity

2:42
Artwork for Warlock

3:56
Artwork for Coomyah

2:10
Artwork for You Got Soul

2:21
Artwork for Polka Dot

1:47
Artwork for It Pays

3:01
Artwork for Licking Stick

2:14
Artwork for Problems

2:43
Artwork for Unity

2:23
Artwork for Generosity

3:00
Artwork for Honour Your Mother and Father

2:24
Artwork for Get Up Little Suzie

3:12
Artwork for Rude Boy Train

2:17
Artwork for Wise Man

2:15
Artwork for Hippopotamus

2:51
Artwork for Sabotage

2:46
Artwork for Archie Wah Wah

2:36
Artwork for Rudy Got Soul

2:48
Artwork for The First Time for a Long Time

2:29
Artwork for Intensified '68

2:45
Artwork for (Where Did It Go) The Song We Used to Sing

3:07

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Artwork for Honour Your Mother and Father

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Artwork for Wise Man (Alternate Take)

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Artwork for Israelites (JFB Remix)

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Artwork for 007 (Shanty Town) (Ed Solo Remix - Mixed)

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