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Another hard to find gem of an album from 1970, Lloyd Charmers & The Hippy Boys - House In Session.
Released on the Pama Label, this album has never received a re-issue or re-release since!

The late Lloyd Charmers, born Lloyd Tyrell in Kingston 1938, started in the Jamaican music industry at the very beginning. During the late 50's he teamed with vocalist Roy Willis and the duo went by the name of The Charmers and they cut a number of Jamaican R'n'B singles before splitting in the early 60's just as Ska and Rocksteady was fast becoming the music of the day.
Lloyd then joined up with Slim Smith and Jimmy Riley to form The Uniques and went on to work with producer Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd cutting singles for the Studio One label including his early hit "Jeannie Girl". He also very briefly joined the supergroup The Messengers with Ken Boothe, B.B Seaton and Busty Brown.
Lloyd was enjoying a high profile between 1962 and 1967, it was during this time that, under the guidence of Alton Ellis, he began to learn the piano, read music and write songs.

In 1966 Lloyd began working with the instrumental group The Hippy Boys, made up of guitarist Alva "Reggie" Lewis and the Barrett brothers, Carlton (Drums) and Aston (Bass).
The group began working with producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee who briefly renamed them The Bunny Lee Allstars and together they recorded a number of hit singles with singers including John Holt, Ken Parker, Max Romeo and Pat Kelly. 

Lloyd and the Hippy Boys also found time to record their own tunes during this period and released them on the albums "Reggae Charm", "Reggae Is Tight" and this very offering "House In Session".
All of which became harder and harder to find as time passed and apart from the compilation "Psychedelic Reggae" released in 1998, the full albums have yet to be given a re-release.


The band quickly became highly sought after by the islands other producers including Sonia Pottinger, Harry Johnson and Lloyd Daley but the group chose to work next with Lee "Scratch" Perry.
Perry of course renamed them The Upsetters and the producer and the group went on to record some of Perry's finest creations of the late 60's and early 70's.