Desmond Dekker - Action! (Charly Records BLP 003)

"Millie Small’s ‘My Boy Lollipop’ was the first international hit by a Jamaican artist, but in truth it was a cover of an American song recorded in London and released on a UK label. British pop fans didn’t get a taste of the real Jamaican sound until three years later when first Prince Buster, then Desmond Dekker, broke into the UK Top 20 with ‘Al Capone’ and ‘007 (Shanty Town)’ respectively. Whilst Millie and Buster soon fell by the wayside where British chart success was concerned, the twenty-six-year-old Dekker moved into pole position with a series of hits – including four UK Top 10 entries – between July 1967 and the summer of 1975."