IN STOCK
RSD 2023
1LP - NOW-AGAIN RECORDS
1969 => 2023

IN STOCK
1LP - VAMPISOUL
1969 => 2023

IN STOCK
2LP - M3 RECORDS
2008 => 2022

PRE ORDER => 2022 02 04
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2022 02 04

1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
PRE ORDER => 2021 12 03

1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2020 12 04

1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2021 03 19

1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2020 12 04

LIMITED HAND NUMBERED - 1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS

1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS

IN STOCK
1LP - EVERLAND
2019

PRE ORDER => 2025 04 25
2LP - ACE / STAX
2025

TRACKLIST
SIDE ONE
1. THEME FROM THE MEN (Instrumental)
2. TYPE THANG
3. ROLLING DOWN A MOUNTAINSIDE
4. (IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT
5. JOY PT 1
SIDE TWO
1. JOY PT 2
2. WONDERFUL
3. SOMEONE MADE YOU FOR ME
4. TITLE THEME
5. HUNG UP ON MY BABY (Instrumental)
SIDE THREE
1. CHOCOLATE CHIP
2. CHOCOLATE CHIP (Instrumental)
3. COME LIVE WITH ME
4. BODY LANGUAGE
5. DISCO CONNECTION
SIDE FOUR
1. ST. THOMAS SQUARE
2. ROCK ME EASY BABY PT 1
3. ROCK ME EASY BABY PT 2
4. JUICY FRUIT (DISCO FREAK) PT 1
5. JUICY FRUIT (DISCO FREAK) PT 2

DESCRIPTION
The wonderfully favourable response to our first CD and double vinyl volume of the original A and B sides of the singles of the late great Isaac Hayes – as originally released on Stax’ Enterprise subsidiary between 1969 and 1972 – has forced us to bring forward, this month, the release of “Hot Buttered Singles 2” to cater for what Ace is sure will be just as great a level of popular demand.
This volume picks up where “Hot Buttered Singles Vol 1” left off with Hayes’ final 45 of 1972, and carries his seven inch story through to 1976 – by which time Stax was defunct, and Hayes’ was on his own Hot Buttered Soul label via ABC Records. It features eight US R&B chart hits including the much sampled ‘Hung Up On My Baby’ and ‘Chocolate Chip’, Hayes’ biggest hit of this period ‘Joy’ and the ever-popular 1976 instrumental ‘Disco Connection’, which finally gave Hayes’ his second UK Top 20 hit after ‘Shaft’.
All tracks match the original single edits, and wherever possible are taken from digital transfers of the original Enterprise singles masters. Where the original 45s came in two parts, they also do so here. And where original singles masters no longer exist, as was the case for two tracks, Ace’s engineers have re-created them beat for beat from the longer album versions. (Have fun guessing which two they were…)
As with “Hot Buttered Singles Vol 1”, the LP inners and CD booklet are packed with label shots, copious other images and an extensive sleeve note that gives deep detail about the featured songs. It also makes the package look as good as it sounds.

BIS => 2025 04 25
2LP - BGP
2000

BIS => 2025 04 18
1LP - VINILISSSIMO
1970 => 2017

BIS => 2025 04 25
2LP - ACE
2025

TRACKLIST
SIDE ONE
1. GOD MADE ME FUNKY - The Headhunters 2. SPANISH TWIST - The I. B. Special
3. BREAKAWAY - The Valentines
4. TOP OF THE STAIRS - Collins & Collins
5. DONT LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU - The Spinners 6. BLACK BALLOONS - Syl Johnson
SIDE TWO
1. SOULSHAKE - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson
2. I CAN'T MAKE IT ANYMORE - Richie Havens
3. YOU GOT TO HAVE MONEY - The Exits
4. PULL MY STRING (TURN ME ON) - The Joneses 5. RUN FOR COVER - The Dells
6. ON EASY STREET - O.C. Smith
7. IT AIN'T NO BIG THING - The Radiants
SIDE THREE
1. SUMMERTIME - Billy Stewart
2. IN THE BOTTLE - Brother To Brother
3. HARD TIMES - Baby Huey
4. MAGGIE - Johnny Williams
5. WHEN - Joe Simon
6. POURING WATER ON A DROWNING MAN - James Carr 7. THAT'S ENOUGH - Roscoe Robinson
SIDE FOUR
1. BLACKROCK “YEAH, YEAH” - Blackrock
2. GOLDEN RING - American Gypsy
3. SEARCH FOR THE INNER SELF - Jon Lucien
4. LIFE WALKED OUT - The Mist
5. IN THE MEANTIME - Betty Davis
6. BEAUTIFUL FEELING (SINGLE MIX) - Darrell Banks

DESCRIPTION
Soul music has always been in Paul Weller’s blood from early Jam covers of Martha & the Vandellas 1963 classic ‘Heatwave’. Along with other forms of music, soul found its way into Paul’s record collection, nourishing his ears and informing his own songwriting.
We don’t need to recap a questing musical career from the Jam to the Style Council which then blossomed into one of the most productive and revered careers of any UK solo artist. Paul has written anthems, standards and a songbook that have always developed from his own feelings.
Whilst Paul has talked about his love of soul music he has, before now, simply been too busy to sit down and curate a collection of his favourite tracks and get it into the record racks.
Ace Records are honoured and delighted to finally release that Paul Weller curated collection which he has aptly titled, “That Sweet Sweet Music”.
This 2-LP set and CD open the curtains on 26 tracks that are some of Paul’s favourite soul records most of which nestle on vinyl in his own collection. He can still recall paying £70 for his copy of Jon Lucien’s 1971 ‘Search For The Inner Self’ 7” at a record shop in Leicester in the 90s. Some of these tracks are soul classics like James Carr’s 1966 ‘Pouring Water On A Drowning Man’ and Brother to Brother's brilliant take on Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson’s ‘In The Bottle’ from 1975. Others are deliciously obscure wonderous gems like the A-side of Blackrock’s sole 1971 single ‘Blackrock “Yeah, Yeah”’, ‘Life Walked Out’ from the same year by The Mist or Syl Johnson’s ‘Black Balloons’ taken from his 1970 album “Is It Because I’m Black?”.
There are plenty of big vocal hitters such as Darrell Banks, Spinners, Joe Simon, O.C. Smith, the Dells and Betty Davis. Whilst the core is vocal soul the music does branch out with Paul selecting a wicked instrumental from the flipside of the Isley Brothers’ ‘Twist & Shout’ from 1962 and the funky jazz of the Headhunters ‘God Made Me Funky’, the A-side of their first 1975 seven-inch.
Paul has not only written an introduction but the way he has curated the music allows each side of the vinyl and the CD to flow like a river taking the listener on a journey through some of his favourite music.
It’s a Sweet Sweet collection indeed.

IN STOCK
2LP - NOW-AGAIN RECORDS
2012 => 2018

IN STOCK
2LP - TUFF KONG RECORDS
2014 => 2022

BIS => 2025 04 18
RSD 2023
1LP - LUV N' HAIGHT RECORDS
1977 => 2023

BIS => 2025 05 02
1LP - GET ON DOWN
1972 => 2014

IN STOCK
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1978 => 2022

IN STOCK
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1976 => 2021

IN STOCK
LIMITED NUMBERED
2LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1979 => 2021

IN STOCK
2LP - BBE
2021 05 28

IN STOCK
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1973 => 2021

IN STOCK
7 INCH - MR BONGO
2021 02 05

IN STOCK
LIMITED CLEAR - 1LP - TIDAL WAVES MUSIC
2020 11 27

IN STOCK
1LP - TIDAL WAVES MUSIC
2020 11 27

IN STOCK
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1969 => 2021

IN STOCK
LIMIITED NUMBERED
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1981 => 2020

SOLD OUT
BLACK ICE COLOR
1LP - COALMINE RECORDS
2011 => 2025

TRACKLIST

Side A:
A1. The Genesis
A2. Detroit State of Mind
A3. Halftime
A4. Memory Lane
A5. The World Is Yours

Side B:
B1. Represent
B2. Life’s a Bitch (feat. Royce Da 5’9”, Stokley Williams)
B3. One Love
B4. It Ain’t Hard To Tell
B5. Detroit State of Mind (Remix)


DESCRIPTION

Between paying his dues at Hip-Hop Shop, building a buzz from his Out of Focus EP, and enjoying more visible success after joining the renowned group Slum Village, Elzhi always had a one-of-a-kind penchant for lyrical wizardry. With multilayered rhyme schemes, uncanny metaphors, and inventive concepts, he persistently had a case as the most gifted rapper in his city — even when Eminem dominated the charts.

But even some of his most dedicated fans knew that he hadn’t crafted a legacy-defining album yet. Such records often come from pain, and in 2009, that’s exactly what he dealt with: his Slum Village groupmate Baatin suddenly died in July, longtime manager and Detroit rap impresario HexMurda suffered a nearly fatal stroke two months later, and he went through a messy public breakup with SV the following year.

In 2011, Elzhi fearlessly took on the biggest challenge of his career: remaking Nas’ GOATed debut album Illmatic in his own name. He enlisted four-piece band Will Sessions to put a live, vibrant spin to sounds originally crafted by producers like DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and Large Professor, and demonstrated lyrical wisdom about when to maintain the original spirit of a song and when to switch things up.

He conjures images of the blocks he grew up on with “Detroit State of Mind,” recounts a romance with a woman who had a traumatic childhood on “One Love,” and uses “Memory Lane” to take a nostalgic cruise through childhood connections before the pain from such reflections is too much to bear.

The technical proficiency was potent as always, but emotiveness made Elmatic blossom: the wistfulness of his mother’s flowing hair before chemotherapy took it from her, falling in love with a woman he met in the mall, the palpable pride in the peaks and valleys of his city.

It was a detailed, refined version of the introspection displayed on Out of Focus. Elmatic proved that Elzhi didn’t just have prodigious talent — he had a city to represent, and he had a story to tell. — William E. Ketchum III

BIS => 2025 02 14
PRESSED ON 'DUCK EGG' COLORED VINYL
1LP - DEF PRESSE / DEF PRESSE EDITIONS / KPM CRATE DIGGERS
2024

TRACKLIST
A1. Matriarch
A2. Sparks
A3. Stone Carving
A4. Le Grand
A5. Between Black & Green
B1. The Education
B2. Dot Matrix
B3. Heir Born
B4. Isaac’s Divine Image of Joy


DESCRIPTION
Peace of Action is the latest release from artist Earl “Damu the Fudgemunk” Davis, and also, the newest installment of Def Pressé’s series of projects made in partnership with KPM and associated music libraries.
“It’s a pleasure to present Peace of Action. So much excitement went into the initial venture to collaborate with KPM and become part of their history. When I listen to the final album, I hear all the excitement and passion I had for the music. Discovering things in their archive helped me discover and rediscover things about myself that I usually restrict in previous work. It was fun to break some rules and still maintain some limitations especially after 20 plus years of creating music. " says Damu.
Peace of Action features 9 all new tracks, however this album contains no guests or vocals and is fully instrumental. With dozens of titles under his belt over the past 2 decades highlighting his musicality and a reputation built on beats, it may be of a surprise to many that this is the Fudgemunk’s first official instrumental project in over 7 years.
Peace of Action makes a real statement from Damu. This is a Jazz record, made with Hip Hop production
techniques. The source material is a love of the records that came before it. Literally, digging into the Jazz catalogue at KPM, taking inspiration from the material, absorbing the imagination and talent of previous com- posers, and re-imaging it through a multifaceted lens.
“It certainly reflects the accelerated changes we’ve all experienced since we entered the 2020’s. I hope the music is able to take people’s imagination to different places. I won’t give away too much detail into my person- al messaging in each track because I prefer to leave that to the audience. But, I will say that there’s a common theme of transformation throughout. I’m sure there are a few people out there that’ll pick up on exactly where I’m going. And that’s the beauty of being able to share art with the world," says Damu.

BIS => 2025 05 02
GATEFOLD JACKET WITH A SIX PANEL INSERT
FULL ALBUM LINERS, SONG LYRICS
2LP - MATIC RECORDS / COALMINE REISSUES
1996 => 2024

IN STOCK
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1979 => 2022

IN STOCK
7 INCH - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2023

IN STOCK
1LP - 600 BLOCK RECORDS 
2023

BIS => 2024 09 27
GATEFOLD
1LP - MUNSTER
1982 => 2024

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - FULL PLATE
2024

BIS => 2025 01 24
7 INCH - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2024

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
DELUXE HARD-CARDBOARD SLEEVE COVER
180G VINYL + OBI
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2024

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
DOWNLOAD CARD INCLUDED
7 INCH - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2024

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
DELUXE HARD-CARDBOARD SLEEVE COVER
180g VINYL + OBI
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1980 => 2024

BIS => 2025 01 31
1LP - ACE RECORDS
1962 => 1988

BIS => 2025 01 31
1LP - KENT
1968 => 2003

IN STOCK
7 INCH - UBIQUITY RECORDINGS
2020

BIS => 2024 05 31
1LP - KENT
2023

SOLD OUT
2LP - BGP
2006

BIS => 2024 05 31
2LP - WESTBOUND
2018

BIS => 2025 04 25
2LP - BGP
2009

BIS => 2025 04 25
2LP - BGP
1999

IN STOCK
1LP - MUNSTER
2024

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
2LP - ACE RECORDS
2023

PRE ORDER => 2022 04 01
1LP - NOW AGAIN
1971 => 2022

PRE ORDER => 2024 02 23
7 INCH - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2024

PRE ORDER => 2024 02 23
DELUXE HARD-CARDBOARD SLEEVE COVER
180G VINYL
OBI
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1970 => 2024

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
2LP - ACE RECORDS
2018

BIS => 2025 01 24
LIMITED NUMBERED
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1971 => 2021

1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
PRE ORDER => 2021 11 05

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
2LP - WESTBOUND
2018

BIS => 2024 02 23
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1983 => 2023

BIS => 2024 02 23
7 INCH - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2023

IN STOCK
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1978 => 2020

SOLD OUT
1LP - FLY ALGARIC RECORDS
2018 => 2023

BIS => 2024 02 23
180G VINYL + HARD CARDBOARD COVER + OBI
DELUXE EDITION
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1979 => 2023

SOLD OUT
7 INCH - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1980 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1981 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1981 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1976 => 2023

PRE ORDER => 2023 02 03
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2022

SOLD OUT
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2021 => 2022

SOLD OUT
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1980 => 2022

PRE ORDER => 2022 02 25
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1975 => 2022 02 25

1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2021 06 04

SOLD OUT
LIMITED NUMBERED
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2020

SOLD OUT
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2021

SOLD OUT
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1971 => 2018

IN STOCK
1LP - SOUL BROTHER
1976 => 2001

IN STOCK
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1975 => 2020

IN STOCK
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORD
1975 => 2020

BIS => 2025 01 24
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1981 => 2022

IN STOCK
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1977 => 2021

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1CD - MR BONGO RECORDS
1974 => 2024

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - MR BONGO RECORDS
1974 => 2024

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
DELUXE EDITION 180g. VINYL + HARD CARDBOARD COVER + OBI
DOWNLOAD CARD INCLUDED
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1968 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
7 INCH - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
ORANGE
2LP - YOUNG HEAVY SOULS
2002 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
2LP - MR BONGO
2023

BIS => 2025 05 02
1LP - BELOW SYSTEM RECORDS
1999 / 2015 => 2023

BIS => 2024 02 23
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1973 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1981 => 2023

BIS => 2024 02 23
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1981 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1983 => 2023

BIS => 2023 12 01
2LP - ANALOG AFRICA
2019

SOLD OUT
2LP - BGP
2002

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - OLD MAID ENTERTAINMENT / ILEGALIA RECORDS
2022

PRE ORDER => 2023 11 23
BLACK FRIDAY 2023
SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION COLOR WAX
2LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1976 => 2023

BIS => 2 / 3 WEEKS
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1979 => 2023

BIS => 2023 10 20
2LP - BE WITH RECORDS
1993 => 2022

BIS => 2023 10 20
2LP - BE WITH RECORDS
1998 => 2022

BIS => 2023 10 20
1LP - BE WITH RECORDS
1973 => 2021