Desmond Dekker

I bought some of the MC mastercut cds that were on sale in FOPP. they were there to catch your eye on the counter as you went up to pay. They've changed the listing on the Desmond Dekker cd that I was listening to this morning. I haven't looked at the others so I don't know if that's true for all of them.

Mastercuts

http://www.apacemusic.co.uk/public/mastercuts.html

Sometimes the page doesn't load all the pictures. If this happens don't just refresh it but close the page and start again cause the little window doesn't always load properly if you just refresh the page when you click on the name under the pictures.

Listening to Desmond Dekker took me back across the years to the times I used to go out with Sue and my mod friends. I could see her dancing in my mind as the music played. I led a kind of double sub culture life, happily going to The Lyceum and The Roundhouse and places like that and then off with Sue and people to dance to ska and bluebeat. And there was no question why I used to abandon my hippy roots for The Marque or where ever we were going that night ... it was such fun.

Sort of a hybrid mod and hippy. A moppy or mippy???

Anyway, Desmond Dekker is playing now, the feet start tapping and the hands curl up. How can you resist the beat.

Desmond Dekker who sadly died a few months ago

http://www.flaviosantanna.com/dekker


And a few clips to listen to

http://www.amazon.com/Rockin-Steady-Best-Desmond-Dekker/dp/B0000032DB