Release Date: 12 July 2024
Label: Dr Bird / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5013929284449
Description
• First serious anthology of Lloyd Charmers' earliest productions.
• Twelve tracks new to CD.
• Features some of reggae music's greatest Jamaican performers.
The late 60s and early 70s witnessed a transformation of the Jamaican music industry, with the global popularity of the new reggae sound opening the way for a host of ambitious independent record producers to make their mark on the local scene and shores beyond.
Among this new breed of record-makers were a number of former recording artists whose influence on the future direction of reggae would prove profound, with their number including Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Winston 'Niney' Holness, Clancy Eccles, Derrick Harriott and the man whose early reggae productions are showcased on this set, Lloyd Charmers.
'Reggae In Wonderland' collects the cream of Charmers' early output as an independent producer from a fascinating period in Jamaican music history, during which reggae underwent a series of transformations that commenced with the driving rhythms of boss reggae and closed with a more measured style that echoed the rock steady sound of the late 60s.
Among the recordings featured here are major hits and long forgotten rarities, performed by some of Jamaica's most accomplished artists, most notably Bob Andy, Ken Boothe, Dave Barker, Owen Gray, B.B. Seaton, Bobby Davis and of course Charmers himself. To quote the legendary Paul Nicholas, this is reggae like it used to be!
Tracklisting
DISC ONE
1 Long About Now - Bruce Ruffin
2 Real Real - Lloyd Robinson
3 Come See About Me - Lloyd Charmers & The Soul Stirrers
4 House In Session - Tommy Cowan
5 They Got To Move - Lloyd Robinson
6 Why Baby Why - Lloyd Charmers
7 Hot Shot - Karl Bryan
8 Trouble Trouble - Lloyd Robinson
9 Last Laugh - The Jokers
10 The Sweeter She Is - The Charmers
11 Doggone Right - Bobby Davis
12 Sindy - Lloyd Charmers
13 Since I Lost My Baby - Bob Andy
14 Colour Him Father - Lloyd Charmers
15 Going In Circles - Bobby Davis
16 Black Power - Lloyd & Dave
17 Baby I Need Your Loving - Bob Andy
18 Birth Control - Lloyd Charmers
19 I'm Gone - Lloyd & Hortense
20 I Can't Get Next To You - The Charmers
21 I Love You Madly - Busty Brown
22 Love I Madly - Bongo Tony
23 All Kinds Of Everything - Lloyd Charmers
24 California Dreaming - Lloyd Charmers *
25 Just As Long As You Need Me - Busty Brown
26 Just My Imagination (take 2) - Dave Barker
DISC TWO
1 Oh Me Oh My - Lloyd Charmers
2 What Should I Do - Dave Barker
3 Going In Circles - Lloyd Charmers
4 Cool and Easy - U Roy Junior
5 One Woman - Lloyd Charmers
6 Reggae In Wonderland - Lester Williams
7 I've Gotta Get A Message To You - The Charmers
8 Ever Strong - Bongo Tony
9 Skinhead Train - Lloyd Charmers
10 Life Of A Millionaire - Dave Barker *
11 Rock Steady - The Marvels
12 Travelling On - Lloyd Charmers *
13 Summertime - Dave Barker *
14 Humpty Dumpty - Bongo Tony
15 One Big Unhappy Family (Part One) - Lloyd Charmers
16 One Big Unhappy Family (Part Two) - Lloyd Charmers*
17 Harry's Mood - Lloyd Charmers
18 Be My Baby - The Marvels *
19 One, Two, Three - Roy Shirley *
20 Plus One - Roy Shirley
21 Shaft - Lloyd Charmers
22 Rasta Never Fails – Lloyd & Ken
23 Africa Is Paradise - Lloyd & B.B.
24 Owen Gray's Greatest Hits (Part 1) - Owen Gray *
25 Owen Gray's Greatest Hits (Part 2) - Owen Gray *
26 The End - Lloyd Charmers
27 Just My Imagination (take 1) - Dave Barker *
* New to CD,
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