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Desmond Dekker
First Time For a Long Time (Rarities 1968-70)
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music

Track Listings (26) - Disc #1
1. Hanging Tree
2. Fu Man Chu
3. Generosity
4. Pickney Gal
5. Hippopotamus
6. Licking Stick
7. Perserverance
8. Where Did It Go (The Song We Used To Sing)
9. Get Up LIttle Suzie
10. It Gotta Be So
11. First Time For A Long Time
12. What Will You Gain
13. Little Darling
14. My Reward
15. Please Don't Bend
16. Stop The Wedding
17. Go And Tell My People
18. Look What You Are Doing To Me
19. Life, Hope And Faith
20. Trample
21. Reggae People
22. Mother Nature
23. Father Noah
24. Life Of Opportunity
25. When I'm Cold
26. Yakety Yak

26 rarities from 1968-1971, including eight pre- viously unreleased versions (*) by this reggae legend, wide-ly acknowledged as Jamaica's first international superstar.

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All Artists: Desmond Dekker
Title: First Time For a Long Time (Rarities 1968-70)
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Trojan
Release Date: 12/25/1999
Album Type: Import
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music
Styles: Ska, Reggae
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 766126137920

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26 rarities from 1968-1971, including eight pre- viously unreleased versions (*) by this reggae legend, wide-ly acknowledged as Jamaica's first international superstar.

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CD Reviews

A must have for any Dekker fan

Sean M. Kelly | Portland, Oregon United States | 09/18/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I can not add a lot to the previous review given of this album- it was excellently written, straight to the point, and factual. Nicely done.For any major league fan of Dekker, as I am, these recordings are invaluable insights into his work and personality. As a historian and anthropologist, I suppose I am always looking for more, digging deeper, trying to find hidden nuggets to answer questions about time, place, and conditions (the who, what, when, where, how, and why's of study)... similarly, as a musical completist, I am very much the same way, looking for alternate takes, unissued works, false starts- anything I can to help fill in gaps or better fill in the pictures of an artist.Albums like this one help me, and other like minded collectors, to fill in these gaps. I agree with the previous review in that to the average or new Dekker fan, this cd is not essential; but for those of us who are rabid fans, this lp is GOLD.As always, the tight rocksteady grooves and Dekker's beautiful tenor shine like the sun, and the alternate takes are a perfect compliment to what Dekker has offered in the past. A great insight is gained through this lp, and a wonderful treat, as well."