Rude Boy Ska LP

Rude Boy Ska documents Desmond Dekker's final studio session, cut at Roll Over Studios in London in January 2004, revisiting 'It Mek,' 'Israelites,' and 'Sing a Little Song' from deep in a career built on rocksteady and early reggae. His 1968 single 'Israelites' had already climbed to the top of the UK chart in 1969 and cracked the US Top Ten, one of the first Jamaican records to break American radio. Dekker also pointed a young Bob Marley toward producer Leslie Kong and spent decades on the road with his band, the Aces.