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BLACK FRIDAY 2021
2LP - TIDAL WAVES MUSIC
2021 11 26

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BLACK FRIDAY 2021
1LP - NOW AGAIN
2021 11 26

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1LP - TOOTH FACTORY
1976 => 2021

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1LP - TOOTH FACTORY
1977 => 2021

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1LP - TOOTH FACTORY
1976 => 2021

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RED SPLATTER
1LP - MR BONGO
2021 11 05

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1LP - ALBINA MUST TRUST
2018

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1LP - THE JONES COLLECTION
2021 08 27

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1LP - MR BONGO
2021 09 10

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1LP - ALOHA GOT SOUL
2021 08 27

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1LP - ALOHA GOT SOUL
2021 08 27

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1LP - EVERLAND
1970 => 2022

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1LP - P-VINE
2021

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RED
1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1976 => 2021

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1LP - PLAINVILLE RECORDS
2021

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1LP - ACID JAZZ
1978 => 2020

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3LP - BBE
2017

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1LP - TIDAL WAVES MUSIC
2021 05 28

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1LP - TIDAL WAVES MUSIC
2021 05 28

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2LP - LUV N HAIGHT
1999

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DROP 1 - RSD 2021
1LP - TIDAL WAVES MUSIC
2021 06 12

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DROP 1 - RSD 2021
1LP - TIDAL WAVES MUSIC
2021 06 12

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1LP - ALBINA MUUST TRUST
2021 06 18

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1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1980 => 2021

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1LP - BBE
1978 => 2015

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1LP - BEAT BALL MUSIC
2021 03 05

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12 INCH - P-VINE
2021 05 28

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1LP - P-VINE
2021 06 25

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1LP - ESPACIAL DISCOS
1978 => 2021

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PURPLE CORNETTO
2LP - LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
2021 09 10

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1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
1976 => 2021

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2LP - NOW AGAIN RECORDS
2003 => 2022

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1LP - UBIQUITY RECORDINGS
2020 10 23

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1LP - BROC RECORDZ
2020

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2LP - BBE RECORDS
2021 01 22

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LIMITED - PINK COLORED 2LP - MR BONGO
2020 11 20

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1LP - MR BONGO
2020 11 13

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1LP - ALBINA MUSIC TRUST
2020

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1LP - TRAMP RECORDS
2020 11 13

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1LP - LITTLE BUTTERFLY RECORDS
1972 => 2020

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RSD 2020
RED COLORED - 2LP - FAR OUT
2020

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LIMITED - 1LP - JET RECORDS
1973 => 2020

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1LP - NOW AGAIN
2020

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1LP - NOW AGAIN
2020

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1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2020 08 28

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1LP - TIDAL WAVES MUSIC
2020

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1LP - TUFF KONG
2020

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1LP - MASS APPEAL
COLOR = BLACK AND RED MARBLE
2019

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2LP - BBE
2020

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2LP - STRUT
2019

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1LP - VAMPISOUL
1972 => 2023

SOLD OUT
2LP - NOW AGAIN
2011

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1LP - NOW AGAIN
2019

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1LP - EVERLAND
2019

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2LP - VAMPISOUL
2020

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1LP - MR BONGO
1980 => 2019

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1LP - TIDAL WAVES MUSIC
2019

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OPAQUE PURPLE COLORED - 1LP - MONDO
2020

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1LP - PIANO PIANO
2020

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1LP - ROUNDTABLE
2020

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2LP - DITC STUDIS
2020

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1LP - TIDAL WAVES MUSIC
2019

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1LP - ANALOG AFRICA
2017

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12 INCH - SOUNDWAY RECORDS
2020

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1LP - SOUNDWAY
1976 => 2016

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1LP - MAD ABOUT RECORDS
2019

BIS => 2025 07 04
1LP - MADLIB INVAZION
2020

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1LP - LUV N HAIGHT
2015

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1LP - UBIQUITY
2019

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1LP - NATURE SOUNDS
2020

PRE ORDER => 2025 04 25
7 INCH - KENT
2025

TRACKLIST
A. I’M THE MAN – Albert Washington & The Kings
B. CASE OF THE BLUES – Albert Washington

DESCRIPTION
Cincinnatian blues stalwart Albert Washington was a prolific recording artist from the 60s to the 90s. His ‘I’m The Man’ has become a New Breed R&B classic, which despite several US and UK releases, including our Kent one in 2003, is still eagerly sought out by people willing to pay whatever it takes.
‘Case Of The Blues’ is a similarly hip R&B dancer that was first issued on the Rye label in 1971. This slightly earlier Fraternity version is very similar.

PRE ORDER => 2025 04 25
7 INCH - KENT
2025

TRACKLIST
A. A BROKEN HEART CRIES – The Pretenders
B. FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS – The Pretenders

DESCRIPTION
When we accessed Joe Evans’ master tapes in the mid-90s we were pleased to find the superb ‘A Broken Heart Cries’ by the Pretenders as it had never been released. Over time enterprising Crossover DJs picked up on it from our CD, causing demand for a Kent Select release in 2007. Once that had sold out demand continued, making that original Kent 7” so in demand that prices are now into the low hundreds of pounds.
We took the opportunity to add the group’s beautiful harmony ballad ‘For The Rest Of My Days’ for its debut UK vinyl release.

PRE ORDER => 2025 04 25
7 INCH - KENT
2025

TRACKLIST
A. THAT’S WHAT LOVE IS – The Hesitations
B. SOUL SUPERMAN #2 – The Hesitations

DESCRIPTION
Last month’s Eddie Parker ‘I’m Gone’ 45 release reused the Pied Piper backing track from the Hesitations album-only recording ‘That's What Love Is’. Both versions of this great 60s Detroit soul stomper are adored on the northern soul scene; to see it on our Pied Piper label will be quite a buzz.
We’ve plundered another of the group’s LP-only tracks for the B side. ‘Soul Superman #2’ has never been on a 45, though its brother ‘Soul Superman’ was one of the few Pied Piper chart hits. #2 has a similar macho theme with a different, though recognisable, Pied Piper track.

PRE ORDER => 2025 04 25
7 INCH - KENT
2025

TRACKLIST
A. LOOK AWAY – Valerie Simpson
B. IT’S JUST LOVE – Valerie Simpson

DESCRIPTION
This is a previously unheard, Kent Records exclusive release from the great singer/songwriter Valerie Simpson. ‘Look Away’ by the Shirelles on Sceptre was a big 100 Club play in the 80s. Now we have found the original version by the song’s writer - complete with a sensitive girl backing group, no doubt featuring some of those legendary NYC studio vocalists.
The flip is possibly even more relevant. There has never been a known US production of ‘It’s Just Love’ which is adored by collectors and dancers through the UK’s John Andrews’ super-rare and expensive 1966 Parlophone release. To have a female version by the song’s co-writer is exciting and advance DJ plays of this have already built big demand.

PRE ORDER => 2025 04 25
7 INCH - KENT
2025

TRACKLIST
A. IN THE GROOVE – The Cheques
B. ARABIAN JERK – The Merits

DESCRIPTION
CITY 101 is a double dancer’s delight. The Cheques infectious ‘In The Groove’ comes with instructions over a pulsating organ-lead track. That singing Louisianian organist, Tony Nardi, would go on to form Salt & Pepper in Thailand where he recorded the funky ‘Man Of My Word’. This very 60s-style mover has crossed over from the mod scene to northern soul dancefloors and beyond.
‘Arabian Jerk’ by the Merits was a Goldwax production out of Memphis. It is a mod meets exotica gem; perfect for the belly-dancer in your life. Both of these tracks were issued at the time but now fetch very high prices – if ever available.

PRE ORDER => 2025 06 27
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 06 27
1LP - BGP
2025

TRACKLIST
SIDE ONE
1. MY LITTLE GIRL - Bobby Garrett
2. BABY, WITHOUT YOU - Danny Monday
3. LIGHTEN UP BABY - Ty Karim
4. YOU HIT ME (RIGHT WHERE IT HURT ME) – Alice Clark
5. CIGARETTE ASHES - Jimmy Conwell
6. (JUST A LITTLE) FAITH AND UNDERSTANDING -The Magicians
7. I CAN FEEL YOUR LOVE - Felice Taylor
SIDE TWO
1. GONE WITH THE WIND IS MY LOVE – Rita & The Tiaras
2. YOU TURNED MY BITTER INTO SWEET - Mary Love
3. WOULD YOU BELIEVE - Jackie Lee
4. TRY MY LOVE - Toni & The Showmen
5. THE SAME OLD THING - The Olympics
6. WHAT GOOD AM I WITHOUT YOU - Darrow Fletcher
7. WHAT SHOULD I DO - Little Ann

DESCRIPTION
Northern soul is in the news again, as once more this most resilient of dance floor cults is discovered by a new generation. For four decades now Ace Records has been a natural home for the music and using that experience we are bringing you our first ever all classics collection of some of the scene's greatest hits. All on one LP.
The recordings featured on this release are tried and tested, often in the hot forge of the scene's earliest day, when new discoveries were coming thick and fast, and only the strong survived. These did.
So we have 14 tracks which filled floors in Wigan, Blackpool, Cleethorpes, London's 100 Club and many other legendary venues. From West Coast Mirwood and Kent/ Modern label classics by Jackie Lee, Bobby Garrett, Mary Love and Danny Monday, to the big City Chicago soul of Darrow Fletcher via the super rare recordings by Rita & The Tiaras and Little Ann, which are now accepted standards of the scene.

BIS => 2025 06 27
1LP - VAMPISOUL
1966 => 2025

“Dame café”, originally released on Discos Fuentes in 1965 to meet the tropical music demand of the time, features a mix of traditional rhythms like vallenato and cumbia, alongside more experimental beats.
Los Gavilanes de la Costa, the band behind this album, had a brief existence but left a lasting impact, especially in Mexico's sonidero scene.
Over the years, pirate editions and elusive original copies have made it a highly sought-after collector’s item. The album’s lively sound, combining accordion melodies, deep bass, and vibrant guacharaca rhythms, continues to resonate in the tropical music scene.

TRACKLIST
Side A
1. DAME CAFÉ
2. NEGRA QUERIDA
3. PUES NO DA PA’ MÁS
4. PITIMBÁN
5. CUMBIA MILAGROSA
6. GALERAZAMBA
Side B
1. JOSÉ DOLORES
2. LOS GAVILANES
3. LA PREGUNTADERA
4. EDITH
5. CHARANGUERA
6. SE TE VE

DESCRIPTION
The vibrant musical scene of the 1960s in Colombia owes much to a group of versatile accordionists who blended genres such as cumbia, charanga, guaracha, vallenato, and Cuban-influenced rhythms. This group included notable figures like Andrés Landero, Aníbal Velásquez, Lisandro Meza, and Alfredo Gutiérrez, among others.
A prime example of their diverse musical styles is the album “Dame café”, released in November 1965, which features a mix of traditional rhythms like vallenato and cumbia, alongside more experimental beats such as paseaíto and pasaje. The album includes six previously released singles composed by José Castro, Policarpo Calle, and others. The album highlights the commercial strategy of Discos Fuentes, which often created short-lived studio bands to meet the tropical music demand of the time.
Los Gavilanes de la Costa, the band behind “Dame café”, had a brief existence but left a lasting impact, especially in Mexico's sonidero scene. The group’s creation was driven by the high demand for tropical music in the 1960s, with many musicians adjusting to market trends. Most of the members, including composers Campillo and Castro, vanished from the scene, while others, like Calle and Zambrano, went on to have notable careers in music. Calle, in particular, became a cumbia legend, later settling in Mexico City.
The album “Dame café” has gained cult status due to its rarity and the intrigue surrounding its origins. The album features a remarkable contribution from Colombian jazz legend Justo Almario, who, at just 16 years old, played tenor sax on the track ‘Pues no da pa’ más’. Over the years, pirate editions and elusive original copies have made it a highly sought-after collector’s item. The album’s lively sound, combining accordion melodies, deep bass, and vibrant guacharaca rhythms, continues to resonate in the tropical music scene.

BIS => 2025 06 27
7 INCH - VAMPISOUL
2025

Two awesome Latin jazz-funk gems for the dance floor, blazing with the rich brass section and percussion.
Both songs are taken from mega-rare Venezuelan LPs released in 1976.
Reissued on a 45 for the first time.

TRACKLIST
Side A
LA RETRETA MAYOR -TORTA DE PAN
Side B
PABLO SCHNEIDER -LA VENGANZA

DESCRIPTION
First time 45 reissue of these two awesome Latin jazz-funk gems from Venezuela.
La Retreta Mayor was founded and led by guitarist Alex Rodríguez. ‘Torta de pan’, reminiscent of recordings of classic US funk bands such as the JBs, was originally included in their only and hard-to-find LP. On the flip side of our 45 we find ‘La venganza’ that was part of a mega rare soundtrack written and recorded by Pablo Schneider for the obscure Venezuelan sexploitation film “Sobre la Hierba… Virgen”. Both songs were released on Discomoda in 1976 and the original records are almost impossible to find in any condition.
How cool and handy is to have both songs together on a DJ-friendly 45? First time 7” reissue.

BIS => 2025 06 27
1LP - BGP / FLYING DUTCHMAN
1977 => 2024

IN STOCK
2LP - ACE RECORDS
2022

IN STOCK
1LP - WESTBOUND
1979 => 2023

BIS => 2025 06 27
1LP - KENT
2017

IN STOCK
1LP - FLYING DUTCHMAN
1970 => 2023

BIS => 2025 06 27
1LP - BGP
1969 => 2022

IN STOCK
1LP - KENT
1970 => 2014

BIS => 2025 06 27
1LP - BGP
1971 => 1994

BIS => 2025 06 27
1LP - KENT
2002

BIS => 2025 06 27
3LP - WESTBOUND
2017

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2LP - BGP
2020

BIS => 2025 06 27
2LP - CHISWICK
1977 => 2025

DOUBLE VINYL LIMITED EDITION

TRACKLIST
SIDE ONE
1. MOTÖRHEAD
2. VIBRATOR
3. LOST JOHNNY
4. IRON HORSE / BORN TO LOSE
SIDE TWO
1. WHITE LINE FEVER
2. KEEP US ON THE ROAD 3. THE WATCHER
4. TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN'
SIDE THREE
1. CITY KIDS
2. BEER DRINKERS & HELL RAISERS 3. ON PAROLE
4. INSTRO
5. I'M YOUR WITCH DOCTOR
6. LOST JOHNNY (Mix 2)
SIDE FOUR
1. CITY KIDS (Mix 1)
2. I'M YOUR WITCH DOCTOR (Alternative Mix)
3. THE WATCHER (Mix 3)
4. WHITE LINE FEVER (Mix 7)
5. KEEP US ON THE ROAD (Mix 1)
6. MOTÖRHEAD (Alternative vocal & guitar solo)

DESCRIPTION
To kick off Ace Records 50th Anniversary we are delighted to offer up a 2-LP version of one of the most seminal and important heavy metal albums of all time.
Funded by and released on Chiswick Records in 1977, Motörhead’s debut album was a sonic blister of epic proportions capturing the musical lighting generated by Lemmy (bass/vocals), Phil Taylor (guitar) and Eddie Clarke (drums).
This 2-LP set not only offers up this classic first album featuring tracks like ‘White Line Fever’, ‘Violator’ and ‘Keep Us On The Road’ but also collates together, on sides three and four, ‘City Kids’ the “Beer Drinkers EP” as well as different mixed and alternative versions of ear-bleeding classics like ‘Motörhead’, ‘The Watcher’ and ‘Keep Us On The Road’.
The album cover features a silver hot foil replication Joe Petagno’s original Motorhead logo in all its glory. Sleeve notes are by Ted Carroll who takes the reader through the story of how Chiswick Records managed to scrape together the money to fund the recording and write themselves and Motörhead into rock and roll history.
It’s one hell of a way to kick off Ace’s 50th Anniversary re-issue schedule.

BIS => 2025 04 25
7 INCH - KENT
2025

TRACKLIST
True True Love
Instrumental Version

DESCRIPTION
Dean Chalkley’s Good For The Soul celebrates the joy of dancing to northern soul. This fast paced stylised short film plugs right into the emotional and cathartic nature of the music. Intricate and expressive dance moves are delivered by Durassie Kiangangu to a soundtrack of blistering rhythms and raw vocals from Tobi Lark’s rare soul track ‘True True Love’. The resulting combination is a fusion of dextrous dance moves and potent sounds that will turn your heartbeat up.
The film was originally presented at 50 Years On The Soul Stays Strong exhibition, that marked the 50th anniversary of the first legendary Wigan Casino Allnighters in 1973. Northern soul has a rich legacy and its devotees are very passionate about it, but this film focuses on the here and now, the energy, heat and wonder of being in your own dancing world.
The northern soul scene continues to attract devotees young and old all keeping the faith and letting the music move them.
‘True True Love’ was released as the first Kent Select single in 2006 and original copies sell for £300 plus − if you can find one. Ace are delighted to re-issue ‘True True Love’ on vinyl paired with an unreleased instrumental version by the Dave & Darrell Band.
The single comes in a picture sleeve featuring a still from Dean Chalkley’s amazing film along with liner notes written by Ady Crosdell.

BIS => 2025 04 25
7 INCH - BGP
2025

TRACKLIST
Just In Time To See The Sun
China Doll (Part 1)

DESCRIPTION
The latest selection of BGP 45s is the most diverse yet taking in the worlds of funk, soul, jazz and old school hip hop, as we continue in our mission to provide DJ weapons to the world…
Leon Thomas is of course famed as one of the most important voices to have emerged from the 1960s jazz scene. He worked alongside Pharoah Sanders and Lonnie Liston Smith, co-composing ‘The Creator Has A Master Plan’.
At Flying Dutchman some of his records took lessons from contemporary soul resulting in wonderful fusions. Here we present two of his very best reissue on 7-inch for the first time.

BIS => 2025 04 25
7 INCH - BGP
2025

TRACKLIST
Dollar Bill Y'All
Instrumental

DESCRIPTION
The latest selection of BGP 45s is the most diverse yet taking in the worlds of funk, soul, jazz and old school hip hop, as we continue in our mission to provide DJ weapons to the world…
New York rapper Jimmy Spicer was one of the first clients of behemoth rap management company RUSH, and recorded a handful of important singles in the early 1980s.
The best of the bunch was his sole outing for Spring ‘Money (Dollar Bill Y’All’) which rides of a crunch funk beat, and has become a much sampled classic. The original 7-inch mix is reissued here for the first time.

BIS => 2025 04 25
7 INCH - BGP
2025

TRACKLIST
Crazy Girl Part 1
Crazy Girl Part 2

DESCRIPTION
The latest selection of BGP 45s is the most diverse yet taking in the worlds of funk, soul, jazz and old school hip hop, as we continue in our mission to provide DJ weapons to the world…
Blind singer Freddie Love was from Baton Rouge and made two amazing 45s for Eddie Shuler’s ANLA label.
His debut is the two-sided dancer ‘Crazy Girl’ which is heavily influenced by James Brown and is another record that is having its first vinyl reissue.

BIS => 2025 04 25
7 INCH - BGP
2025

TRACKLIST
Nobody
It Cracks Me Up

DESCRIPTION
The latest selection of BGP 45s is the most diverse yet taking in the worlds of funk, soul, jazz and old school hip hop, as we continue in our mission to provide DJ weapons to the world…
West Coast based vocal group Hodges James & Smith’s ‘Nobody’ has long been a club classic for funk DJs and was championed by David Holmes. Hovering at around £100 for an original copy, we reissue it on 7-inch for the first time.
For extra pleasure we have included the previously only on CD ‘It Cracks Me Up’ on the flip.

BIS => 2025 06 27
1LP - KENT
1971 => 2025

TRACKLIST
Side 1
01 You Got The Love I Need
02 Save My Love For A Rainy Day
03 California Soul
04 Aquarius
05 Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
Side 2
01 Smiling Faces Sometimes
02 We've Got A Way Out Love
03 Since I've Lost You
04 Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone
05 I Heard It Through The Grapevine
06 Like A Rolling Stone

DESCRIPTION
Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield assembled The Undisputed Truth to further explore the psychedelic soul he had been developing with the Temptations on songs like ‘Cloud Nine’ and ‘Psychedelic Shack’.
Joe Harris, Billie Calvin and Brenda Evans were assembled as the vocal front line and their first single was ‘Save My Love For A Rainy Day’/’Since I’ve Lost You’ that was released on Gordy in February 1971 and got to #43 on the R&B Chart.
It was followed by ‘Smiling Faces Sometimes’/’You Got The Love I Need’ that was a massive hit single getting to #2 R&B and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their debut album “The Undisputed Truth” followed and not only contained all four tracks issued on 7” but an almost interstellar version of ‘Ball Of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today)’, ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’ as well as very soulful prowl through Bob Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone’. Tracks like ‘California Soul’ and ‘Aquarius’ also ticked the psychedelic soul box. All told it was a fantastic debut and sold strongly.
Amazingly this fantastic album has not been repressed since 1972. Thus Ace are delighted to put it back into the record racks pressed on 180gm black vinyl.
With the planet still a ‘Ball Of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today)’ records like speak to both an old and new generation. Good music never goes out of fashion.

BIS => 2025 06 27
1LP - BGP
1970 => 2025

TRACKLIST
Side 1
01 Rainbow Ride
02 I'm Leaving Home (She's Leaving Home)
03 Candle Waxing
04 Baby James
05 The Love Flow
Side 2
01 New York Good Sugar/Love Lyric #7
02 For You, Child
03 Jennipher
04 Take Away This Pain
05 Velvet Smile

DESCRIPTION
When Creed Taylor was setting up his CTI label one of his proposed signings was Billy Vera. This led to a deal for Vera’s younger sister Kathy McCord. In fact, McCord was the first artist signed and recorded by CTI. Her debut, “Kathy McCord” was released in 1970.
Although the label would go on to establish a fine reputation in jazz, Kathy McCord was a folk rock album. A gifted young poet the 17-year old McCord wrote many of the tracks on the album which were then interpreted in the studio by a crack team of jazz musicians that included Harvey Brooks (bass), Hubert Laws (flute), John Hall (guitar) and Wells Kelly and Ed Shaugnessy (drums). Musically and lyrically both the musicians and McCord stretched out on tracks like ‘Rainbow Ride’, ‘Jennipher’, ‘Candle Waxing’ and ‘Take Away This Pain’ to conjure up an amazing fusing of folk and jazz. The only cover on show was a version of Lennon and McCartney’s ‘She’s Leaving Home’ which McCord repurposed as I’m Leaving Home.
Upon release the album sold poorly. Creed’s expertise and contacts were in the jazz field and he had no idea how to market an album of folk jazz songs sung with fragile beauty by a good looking girl still in her late teenage years. Also, when Billy Vera did not sign to CTI McCord was dropped.
Over time “Kathy McCord” attracted a dedicated following amongst folk-rock collectors in America and the UK. In many respects it was an echo of something like Deena Webster’s 1968 folk rock LP, “Tuesday’s Child” that also came, went and is now sought after.
Ace are delighted to give the world the first vinyl reissue of “Kathy McCord” since 1970. Pressed on black 180gm vinyl it also includes liner notes from Billy Vera who, in conclusion, has this to say about his later beloved sister, “My sister had the goods. She could sing, she could write and she looked great. Like so many other talented people, she just failed to get lucky. Listen and enjoy her. I love her stuff”. You will too...

BIS => 2025 06 27
1LP - BGP
1978 => 2025

TRACKLIST

SIDE ONE
1. DISCO TO GO
2. WARSHIP TOUCHANTE
3. NAPPY
4. BIRDIE

SIDE TWO
1. JUST LIKE YOU
2. WHEN YOU'RE GONE
3. AMOROUS

DESCRIPTION

George Clinton’s imagination knew no bounds and, defying normal music industry convention, by 1978 had five bands signed to three different record labels. One of these comprised of three other Parliament/ Funkadelic female backing singers working under the name of Parlet, whose debut single, ‘Pleasure Principle’ was released on Casablanca Records in March 1978.

It was Clinton’s idea that two other backing singers, Lynn Mabry and Dawn Silva, become the Brides Of Funkenstein, a character he invented for the 1976 Parliament LP, “The Clones Of Dr Funkenstein”. “I have to be honest – at first, I hated the name and I thought George was kidding,” Mabry told Blues & Soul, “But I have gotten to like it – especially just the Brides.”

Clinton got the Brides signed to Atlantic Records and their first single was ‘Disco To Go’ / ‘ When You’re Gone’. The A-side was written and produced by Clinton and Bootsy Collins and had originally featured in live shows by Collins’ live band. Clinton was asked by Black Echoes why the song was recorded by the Brides rather than Bootsy. “He could, and it would have been a smash too,” he replied. “But we thought it sounded too much like James Brown, so we gave it to the girls. Now it don’t sound like James Brown.” It certainly did not and this electronic bass and horn-powered banger – complete with an Old MacDonald nursery rhyme refrain – debuted on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart at #80 on 30th September 1978. By the time the P-Funk crew were flying across the Atlantic in early November it had peaked at #7. Sadly for UK fans, ‘Disco To Go’ was only available on import although a Black Echoes review stated it was a “Slow chunky handclapper. It sounds not unlike Funkadelic’s own ‘Coming Round The Mountain’”.

‘Disco To Go’, went gold in America selling over 500,000 copies. It was the perfect springboard for the Brides debut LP, “Funk Or Walk” which quickly climbed into the upper reaches of the R&B chart and even saw the duo embark upon a signing tour of record stores. All of the songs on “Funk Or Walk” were written by legends of P-Funk, such as Bootsy Collins, Rodney Curtis, Bernie Worrell, Gary Shider and Clinton. “George has got thousands of tracks,” Mabry told Black Echoes. “When we go into the studio he says, ‘Like this track?” And we go‘Aaaaaahh naa.’ ‘Like this one?’ ‘Well, yeah.’ He’s got thousands of tracks. He’s got a whole cupboard full of them. He’s got enough tracks to keep him in albums for two years.” Clinton himself told Blues & Soul how his busy production line worked, “How do we do it? Real simple: we lay down rhythm tracks all the time and just decide who should have what.”

“Funk Or Walk” kicked off with the dancefloor filler Disco To Go’ while elsewhere the nine-minute ballad ‘Just Like You’ showed another musical side of the group. ‘Birdie’ was a prime slice of word-playful danceable horn-powered funk arranged by Fred Wesley. ‘Amorous’ and the ethereal intergalactic ‘War Ship Touchante’ splattered with electronic and vocal effects – a close encounter of the P-Funk kind – were released as the Brides’ second single and peaked at #76 on the Hot Soul Singles chart in February 1979. “I especially like ‘Amorous’ and ‘War Ship Touchante’”, Silva told Blues & Soul, “because they convey a real message and I like that. And that message is happy and it is important to us that people get happiness from us. We really get upset when we don’t win over an audience.”

“Funk Or Walk” peaked at #17 on the Billboard R&B album chart and #70 on the Hot 100. It was also released in the UK and Germany to tie in with UK and European dates at the end of 1978 and early in 1979. Blues & Soul gave it a positive review, “If you like Parliament/Funkadelic, then it’s easy – you’ll lap this up.”

The album has not been reissued on vinyl since 1976 and Ace are delighted to put it out again. It comes with an inner sleeve with notes written by Ace’s Ian Shirley.

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