Rudies All Round

Artist: Various Artists Label: Trojan Records UK Category: Music Average customer rating: Format: Import Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 EAN: 5014438132221 ASIN: B0000011H2 Release Date: 1995-12-05

Rudies All Round

Tracks:

1. Don't Be A Rude Boy - The Rulers
2. Rudie Gets Plenty - The Spanishtonians
3. The Preacher - Alton Ellis & The Flames
4. Blam Blam Fever - The Valentines
5. Soldiers Take Over - The Rio Grandes
6. Curfew - Bobby Aitken
7. Copasetic - The Rulers
8. Rudie Bam Bam - The Clarendonians
9. Cool Off Rudies - Derrick Morgan
10. Denham Town - Winston & George
11. Drop The Ratchet - Stranger Cole & Conquerors
12. Blessings Of Love - Alton Ellis & The Flames
13. Rude Boy Train - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
14. Beware - The Overtakers
15. Rudies All Round - Joe White
16. Rudies Are The Greatest - The Pioneers
17. Stop The Violence - The Valentines
18. What Can I Say - The Tartans
19. Judge Dread In Court - Derrick Morgan
20. Set Them Free - Lee Perry & The Sensations

Customer Reviews:

under better conditions this could have been great.......2000-09-18

It was a tough period for Dekker, who, 10 years earlier, was declared bankrupt in the UK, where he resided, and waged a bitter public dispute over lack of royalties received.

Therefore, at first glance, this looked like a smart move for Dekker- to perhaps regain his fan base and spread out to a new one, as the Specials are many years his junior, and were prominant in the late 70's early 80's British ska craze (as was Madness).

In retrospect, while Dekker's voice is in decent form, I found this lp to be lacking in overall spirit somehow. I have never been able to fully put my finger on it, but perhaps it was the fact that he NEEDED to make such an album, that he NEEDED this lp to make ends meet, that gives it a negative form of urgency.

My feeling is that under better conditions, the spirit of Dekker's voice would have better been heard.

Die hard fans of Dekker will likely enjoy this effort, as might Specials fans, but newcomers or casual fans would be better off finding Dekker's 60s works, or one of his many "best of" compilations, to better experience his greatness.

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1. Guitar Jamboree ~ Chris Spedding
2. Sara Smile
3. Past and Present Futurists ~ Eltro
4. Expect No Mercy ~ Nazareth
5. Dividing Blue from Blue ~ Woke up Falling
6. Heat Generation ~ The Radiators
7. In the Land of Salvation and Sin ~ The Georgia Satellites
8. Song
9. Best of Return ~ Return
10. Better Off ~ Scott Laurent Band

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