You Can Get It If You Really Want: The Definitive Collection

Desmond Dekker (16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group, The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the first international Jamaican hits with "Israelites". Other hit… more »

Year:: 2005

Disc	#	Song	Artist	Duration
1	1	Honour Your Mother and Father	Desmond Dekker	2:25
1	5	King of Ska	Desmond Dekker & The Cherry Pies, Desmond Dekker	2:44
1	6	Get Up Adina	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:40
1	6	Get Up Edina	Desmond Dekker & The Four Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:39
1	11	Wise Man	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:15
1	12	007 (Shanty Town)	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:33
1	12	007 [Shanty Town]	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:34
1	13	Rudy Got Soul	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:48
1	14	Rude Boy Train	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:18
1	15	Mother's Young Gal	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	3:01
1	17	Unity	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:23
1	20	Sabotage	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:46
1	22	It Pays	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	3:01
1	23	Beautiful and Dangerous	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:49
1	24	Mother Pepper	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:23
1	28	Israelites	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:36
1	29	It Mek	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:20
1	29	It Mek [UK Mix]	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:32
1	35	Coomyah	Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, Desmond Dekker, Jonathan Richman	2:10
1	38	(Where Did It Go) The Song We Used to Sing	Desmond Dekker	3:07
1	42	Hippopotamus	Desmond Dekker	2:51
2	31	Pickney Gal	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:55
2	34	You Can Get It If You Really Want	Desmond Dekker	2:38
2	43	Licking Stick	The Aces, Desmond Dekker & the Aces, Desmond Dekker	2:14
2	44	Live and Learn (The More You Live)	The Aces, Desmond Dekker	3:18
2	55	Jamaica Ska	Desmond Dekker, The Specials	2:23

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