Lloyd Charmers: Moody And Blue - The Best Of Lloyd Charmers 1973-1979, 2CD

• Overdue release of a classic long-lost 1974 album.

• With 26 tracks new to CD.

• From one of reggae music’s most popular and influential music-makers.

Having made his name as one of Jamaica’s most versatile singer-songwriters with leading vocal acts, The Charmers and The Uniques, Lloyd ‘Charmers’ Tyrell set about creating an equally long-lasting legacy as a record producer.

By the mid-1970s, he had scored numerous Jamaican best-sellers and was widely acclaimed as one of the island’s most accomplished music-makers.

In recognition of his success, leading UK-based reggae music company Trojan Records scheduled the ‘Moody & Blue’ LP, comprising a dozen of the best of Charmers’s recent works as both a performer and producer. Yet, for reasons lost in the mists of time, the album never saw issue.

Now, almost 50 years on, the collection finally receives its long overdue release with this 2CD set, which also showcases the cream of Charmers’s recordings as an artist from 1973 through to the close of the decade, with 26 tracks in total making their CD debut.

Track Listing:

DISC ONE
MOODY & BLUE
1 Sweet Harmony
2 Loving Her Was Easier
3 Life Is Just For Living
4 Play Me *
5 Mr Bojangles
6 Love Is The Song
7 To Be With You *
8 Bring Back The Love *
9 I Stand Accused *
10 Stoned Out Of My Mind *
11 Save The People
12 Sweet Organ
Bonus tracks
13 For The Good Times
14 White Rum And Salvation *
15 Father Mary
16 Let’s Get It On *
17 Dreadful Piano *
18 I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More, Baby
19 A Lover's Question
20 My Own Version

DISC TWO
RHYTHM IN RHAPSODY, 1974 – 1979
1 Darker Than Blue
2 Pure Fire
3 Run Joe *
4 Skin Tight *
5 Slavery *
6 Hello Africa *
7 Love Connection *
8 R.O.C.K.
9 Rhythm In Rhapsody *
10 Stay *
11 Rock On *
12 Love Charm *
13 Easy *
14 I’m Not In Love *
15 Let’s Straighten It Out *
16 Dreaming As One *
17 Joanna *
18 Thank You Lord *
* previously unissued on CD