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Sweetened Ska Beat Could Sweep The Country Claims Desmond Dekker's Producer

Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 26 July 1969

ARE DESMOND Dekker's 'Israelites' No. 1 and his latest release 'It Mek' only flashes in the proverbial pan, man... or could a hybrid mix of Caribbean and British pop sounds one day start a music boom as big as Mersey beat?

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