BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - KENT / FAME
1972 => 2024

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1LP - SOUTHBOUND
1975 => 2018

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1LP - BGP
1971 => 2014

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2LP - STAX
1974 => 1999

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1LP - BGP
1971 => 1992

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1LP - WESTBOUND
1972 => 2020

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1LP - STAX
1973 => 2017

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2LP - VAMPISOUL
2010

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1LP - BGP
2025

TRACKLIST
SIDE ONE
1. SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN THEME – Richard "Groove" Holmes
2. SUPER STRUT - Cookin' Bag
3. WORK SONG - The Pazant Brothers
4. PEACE & LOVE - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
5. SKULL SESSION - Oliver Nelson
SIDE TWO
1. MAMA SOUL - Harold Alexander
2. HEAD START - Bob Thiele Emergency
3. THEME FROM THE MEN - Joe Bataan
4. PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT - Pretty Purdie
5. DRIFTING - Chucky Thurmon & Pharris Wheel

DESCRIPTION
What it is, is funky! When the acid jazz scene ruled the world it looked for its inspiration in places that other jazz fans tended to overlook. The soul jazz of the late 60s and early 70s. The music of lounge bars and small clubs that fuelled the night life of black America. This compilation brings together ten examples of the sound and is a high quality listen from start to finish.
In the post-bebop world jazz was often condemned as an intellectual music aimed at the head not the feet, but a strain of the music was always for dancing, coming straight from the legacy of the big bands, and always tipping its head to what was going on in the R&B charts. The tracks included here all stay true to that legacy.
So whether we have Lonnie Liston Smith’s plea for 'Peace & Love' with its Bob Marley echoing horn lines, or Joe Bataan as band leader covering Isaac Hayes' 'Theme From the Men', this is music allied with the contemporary sounds of the day. Oliver Nelson's synth heavy 'Skull Session' or his TV hit 'Theme From The Six Million Dollar Man' covered by Richard ‘Groove’ Holmes show this. At the heart of these recordings are the rhythms − and as such Bernard Purdie is the star either as a solo artist or simply as the man behind the kit with Harold Alexander.
This is Funky Jazz is an entry ticket to a party that everyone should want to be invited to.

BIS => 2025 08 29
BLUE COLORED
1LP - WESTBOUND
1970 => 2020

BIS => 2025 08 29
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.

BIS => 2025 08 29
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.

BIS => 2025 08 29
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.

BIS => 2025 08 29
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.

BIS => 2025 08 29
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.

BIS => 2025 08 29
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.

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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 08 29
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.

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1LP - BGP / FLYING DUTCHMAN
1977 => 2024

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - KENT
2017

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3LP - WESTBOUND
2017

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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.

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2LP -STAX
2024

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1LP - BGP
2024

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1LP - BGP
2024

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1LP - ACE RECORDS
2024

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - BGP / FLYING DUTCHMAN
1973 => 2024

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1LP - SOUTHBOUND
1977 => 2024

BIS => 2025 08 29
7 INCH - ACID JAZZ
1975 => 2024

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - BGP
2024

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - WESTBOUND
1975 => 2023

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - BGP
1972 => 2022

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - BGP
1978 => 2002

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - BGP
1974 => 2017

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - VAMPISOUL UMG
1971 => 2025

Reissued here for the first time, "Cartão Postal" is one of the best and most sought-after Brazilian funk-soul albums from the early ’70s.
It includes some outstanding uptempo gems like Marcos and Paulo Sergio Valle’s ‘Que bandeira’, and the stellar ‘Esperar Prá Ver’, co-written by Evinha’s brother Renato Corrêa who also happened to be a member of the Golden Boys.
This is a classic Brazilian soul-funk title, right up there with all the greatest albums of the genre.
Remastered from the original tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl. This release is part of a new reissue series that will include many other outstanding Brazilian classics.

TRACKLIST
Side A
1.QUE BANDEIRA
2.FEIRA MODERNA
3.CARTÃO POSTAL
4.OLHA O FUTURO
5.DE TANTO AMOR
6.ESPERAR PRÁ VER
Side B
1.TEMA DE ADÃO
2.SÓ QUERO
3.RICO SEM DINHEIRO
4.ENCONTRO
5.POR MERA COINCIDÊNCIA
6.ONZE E QUINZE

DESCRIPTION
We are thrilled to reissue for the first time one of the best and most sought-after Brazilian funk-soul albums from the early ’70s.
"Cartão Postal" was originally released on Odeon Brazil in 1971, a few years after Evinha started her solo career. From 1961 to 1968 she was a member of Trio Esperança, alongside her brothers Mário and Regina. In 1969 Evinha won first prize at the Festival Internacional da Cançao Popular and her discography for Odeon took off.
"Cartão Postal", her third solo album, comprises some outstanding gems. Songs like ‘Que bandeira’, by Marcos Valle, Paulo Sérgio Valle and Mariozinho Rocha, that moves between funk/soul and bossa/MPB grooves; the stellar ‘Esperar Prá Ver’, co-written by Evinha’s brother Renato Corrêa who also happened to be a member of the Golden Boys, is a mid-tempo funk soul number that features stunning arrangements and an epic bassline that is hard to be forgotten… ‘Só Quero’ emanates samba soul sounds while songs like ‘Por Mera Coincidência’ or ‘Rico Sem Dinheiro’ resemble what Trio Esperança was doing at the time: vocal-driven groovy jams spiced with celestial strings arrangements and heavy-duty drums and basslines, which is not surprising since they both worked with the same producers and arrangers, as they were all Odeon artists.
Ridiculously rare and expensive now, and at the top of many collectors’ wants lists for decades, it’s finally reissued here after years unavailable.

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - MUNSTER
1968 => 2025

Seminal and highly influential album in the history of Venezuelan rock. “Ladies W.C.” (1968) is innovative in many aspects: from its stunning psychedelic guitars, loaded with fuzz and wah-wah effects, to its repertoire - made up of original songs - or even the graphics featured on the cover of the album.
As in the case of “Love Depression”, this album has become one of the most sought-after and collectible recordings of Venezuelan rock.
Our reissue includes remastered sound from the original tapes, 180g vinyl and liner notes.

TRACKLIST
Side A
1. PEOPLE
2. I CAN’T SEE STRAIGHT
3. TO WALK ON WATER
4. HEAVEN’S COMING UP
5. AND EVERYWHERE I SEE THE SHADOW OF THAT LIFE
Side B
1. SEARCHING FOR A MEETING PLACE
2. PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT
3. THE TIME OF HOPE IS GONE
4. W.C. BLUES
5. I’M GONNA BE

DESCRIPTION
Adib founded Ladies W.C. with his friends Jose Maria Arria “Chema” (bass, vocals), Wolfgang Vivas (lead vocals), and Frank Rojas (drums). Their sound was so innovative that it was not conducive to getting many bookings and they barely managed to play a single concert. As a result, all the original line-up, except Adib, upped and left. Soon after, Stephen Scott and Mario and Jaime Seijas replaced them, seamlessly complementing Adib's playing and his growing interest in blues and psychedelic hard rock.
The group’s first and only album, released by the Venezuelan label Souvenir, was recorded at Continente Studios in just 10 days. Ricardo Landaeta acted as technician, while Adib and Stephen worked out all the structures and arrangements of the songs, as well as the lyrics. They were very intense recording sessions in which they spent full days locked inside the studio. Hector Fuenmayor is the only guest musician on the recording (flute on 'To Walk on Water'). All the songs are their own compositions, which was unusual on the Venezuelan scene, as groups’ repertoires tended to be cover versions of international hits. The sleeve art, displaying a striking illustration instead of the classic covers showing a photo of the band, was also a novel ingredient in Venezuela, as was the distorted sound of the guitars which made great use of the wah-wah pedal, the extensive harmonica playing, and creative use of sound effects, all of which gave the album a unified conceptual feel.
The band were only active for only a couple of years from 1968 to 1969. Mario and Jaime left Venezuela to study in the United States, and although Adib spent a summer there with them playing as Ladies W.C. on the Allentown college circuit, the group was destined to split up.
Adib joined Sky White Meditation after he returned home and remained as a band member until 1972. Meanwhile Jaime Seijas played on another equally seminal record in the history of Venezuelan rock, The Love Depression album, also released by the Souvenir label.

BIS => 2025 08 29
2LP - VAMPISOUL
2025

TRACKLIST
A1 Carlos Pickling– Cumbia Morena
A2 Los Chicoques– Olguita
A3 Los Demonios De Corocochay– Cumbia en Dominante
A4 Los Felcas– La Blanquiñosa
A5 Sonora Casino– Chinita
A6 Sam Brasil– La Pollera Amarilla
A7 Volada 5– Anita
B1 Otto De Rojas Y Su Orquesta– Cumbia Pueblerina
B2 Carlos Pickling– Yolanda
B3 Silvestre Montez Y Sus Guantanameros– Arequipeñita
B4 Ñiko Estrada– Lucerito
B5 Freddy Roland Y Su Orquesta– Cumbia Sabrosa
B6 Los Avileños– La Cumbia del Burro
B7 Los Demonios Del Mantaro– Cumbia 73
C1 Carlos Pickling Y Orquesta– Que Siga la Cumbia
C2 Joe Di Roma y su Conjunto– Chin Chin
C3 Los Rumberos Del Solar– Ritmo de Cumbia
C4 Los Pavos Reales– Ac Cha Chau
C5 Nilo Espinosa Y Su Orquesta– Cumbia Bonita
C6 Volada 5– Oh Condor
C7 Tito Chicoma Y Su Orquesta– Cumbia de Color
D1 Los Demonios De Corocochay– Cumbia y Amor
D2 Nelson Ferreyra Y Su Sonora– Negrita Linda
D3 Carlos Pickling Y Orquesta– Baila Mi Cumbia
D4 Los Kintos– Tierra Linda
D5 Manzanita (4)– Pochita
D6 Los Felcas– La Colocha
D7 Los Belking's*– La Celosa

DESCRIPTION
Tras excavar hasta lo más profundo de los abrumadores archivos de Discos Fuentes y Codiscos en nuestros anteriores volúmenes, esta tercera entrega de la serie “Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!!” reúne 28 bombazos de cumbia peruana orientados a la pista de baile extraídos de los archivos de Discos MAG, todos ellos publicados originalmente entre 1964 y 1987.
“Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!!” combina clásicos muy conocidos con rarezas que son difíciles de conseguir en su formato original. Una invitación para disfrutar y dejarse sorprender, al margen y por encima de aproximaciones académicas y etnográficas a la cumbia.
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After digging deep into the overwhelming archives of Discos Fuentes and Codiscos in our previous volumes, this third instalment in the series “Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!!” comprises a selection of 28 Peruvian cumbia bangers for the dance floor from the deep vaults of Discos MAG, all of them originally released between 1964 and 1987.
“Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!!” combines well-known classics and rarities that are difficult to find in their original formats. An invitation to enjoy and be amazed, above and beyond ethnographic and academic concerns.

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - VAMPISOUL UMG
1976 => 2025

"Cuban Soul-18 Kilates" is Cassiano's third studio album, released in 1976, and stands as a milestone in Brazilian soul music. It combines Brazilian rhythms with classic American soul elements, creating a unique fusion.
Cassiano's smooth, soulful vocal style and the album’s larger-than-life arrangements, reminiscent of Tim Maia's sound, give it a rich, deep feel.
The standout track, ‘Onda,’ is a relaxing anthem evoking beach vibes that has become a DJ’s favorite in recent years and also made it into several compilations.
"Cuban Soul-18 Kilates" has earned cult status over the years, securing its place as one of the most coveted Brazilian records of all time. Remastered from the original tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl. This release is part of a new reissue series that will include many other outstanding Brazilian classics like Evinha “Cartão Postal” or Gerson King Combo.

TRACKLIST
Side A
1. HOJE É NATAL
2. COLEÇÃO
3. ANA
4. ONDA
Side B
1. CENTRAL DO BRASIL
2. SAIA DESSA FOSSA
3. DE BAR EM BAR
4. SALVE ESSA FLOR
5. A LUA E EU

DESCRIPTION
"Cuban Soul-18 Kilates" is Cassiano's third studio album, released in 1976, and stands as a milestone in Brazilian soul music. Influenced by artists like Otis Redding, Eddie Kendricks, Stevie Wonder, and others, it combines Brazilian rhythms with classic American soul elements, creating a unique fusion.
The album features 9 tracks, with ‘A Lua e Eu’ becoming a major commercial hit and the theme song for the soap opera “O Grito”. Cassiano's smooth, soulful vocal style and the album’s larger-than-life arrangements, reminiscent of Tim Maia's sound, give it a rich, deep feel. The standout track, ‘Onda,’ is a relaxing anthem evoking beach vibes, with its captivating bassline, subtle percussion, and natural sounds of the sea, making it perfect for moments of relaxation. This song, along with the album’s other tracks, showcases Cassiano's mastery of Brazilian soul, making “Cuban Soul-18 Kilates” a definitive and cherished record in the genre.
This album has earned cult status over the years, securing its place as one of the most coveted Brazilian records of all time. Once incredibly rare and expensive, it's now at the top of every serious collector's wishlist. After not being available outside of Brazil for years, it’s finally been reissued – don’t miss your chance to own this legendary piece of music history.

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1LP - VAMPISOUL
1972 => 2024

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - MUNSTER
1968 => 2007

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - VAMPISOUL
1973 => 2018

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - WESTBOUND
1980 => 2025

TRACKLIST
SIDE ONE
1. YOUR LOVE IS MY DESIRE
2. SHE SHINED A LIGHT
3. FEELIN’ HIGHER
4. THINK POSITIVELY
SIDE TWO
1. STUCK IN THE MUDD
2. JUST ME AND YOU
3. FUNK PERMIT
4. SUPERFUNK
5. WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW

DESCRIPTION
Eramus Hall formed in the late 70s and, christened by Funkadelic’s George Clinton, signed to Westbound Records. They released their first single - ‘Do The Rock/Think Positively’ – in 1979 and - ‘She Shined A Light/Stuck In The Mudd’ – in 1980.

Their debut album was also released in 1980 and served up a sublime blend of soul shot through with elements of P-Funk. Only waxed in America, the album sold poorly, but over time it has been hailed as a classic with original copies sought after by collectors worldwide and now sell for hundreds of pounds. For the record, a second album “Gohead” followed in 1984 on Capitol.

Although Ace have reissued “Eramus Hall” in the past this edition has long sold out. Now, this new remastered edition replicates the original US 1980 pressing with yellow Westbound labels and the original lyric inner sheet.

Snap them up, as this one will fly. No ‘Funk Permit’required.

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1LP - KENT
1970 => 2023

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1LP - BGP / FLYING DUTCHMAN
1973 => 2023

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - FLYING DUTCHMAN / BGP
1971 => 2023

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - SOUTHBOUND
1975 => 1991

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2LP - FLYING DUTCHMAN
1971 => 2022

BIS => 2025 08 29
7 INCH - BGP
2022

BIS => 2025 08 29
2LP - BGP
2001

BIS => 2025 08 29
2LP - BGP
1975 => 2015

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - FLYING DUTCHMAN
1974 => 2022

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - MUNSTER
1970 => 2024

BIS => 2025 08 29
2LP - VAMPISOUL
2024

BIS => 2025 08 29
2LP - VAMPISOUL
2023

BIS => 2025 08 29
2LP - KENT
2024

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - TRES SELOS / EAEO
1978 => 2022

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - TRES SELOS / EAEO
1972 => 2022

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - BGP
2024

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - KENT
1968 => 2003

BIS => 2025 08 29
2LP - STAX
2001

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - BGP
1974 => 1999

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - BGP
1976 => 2016

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1LP - ACE RECORDS
2011

BIS => 2025 08 29
2LP - ACE
2023

BIS => 2025 08 29
1CD - ACE
2004 => 2025

TRACKLIST
1. CORN RIGS - Magnet & Paul Giovanni
2. MORNING WAY - Trader Horne
3. NOTTANUM TOWN - Oberon
4. GRAVEYARD - Forest
5. THE SKATER - Midwinter
6. WINTER WINDS - Fotheringay
7. LORD AND MASTER - Heron
8. FLY HIGH - Bridget St John
9. SHEEP SEASON - Mellow Candle
10. THE SEAGULLS SCREAM - Christine Quayle
11. FOREST AND THE SHORE - Keith Christmas
12. ROSEMARY HILL - Fresh Maggots
13. FINE HORSEMAN - Anne Briggs
14. THE WEREWOLF - Barry Dransfield
15. ANOTHER DAY - Roy Harper
16. WINDOW OVER THE BAY - Vashti Bunyan
17. ELEVEN WILLOWS – C.O.B. (Clive's Original Band)
18. THE HERALD – Comus

DESCRIPTION
Compiled by Bob Stanley to document the acid folk scene, “Gather In The Mushrooms” was first issued in 2004 on Sanctuary as a CD-only release; it proved popular enough for a sequel entitled “Early Morning Hush” two years later.
This new edition of “Gather In The Mushrooms” contains the cream of both long-deleted compilations with a few additions – COB, Roy Harper, Fotheringay – that weren’t available to Sanctuary at the time. Though they aren’t traditional, these songs have an authenticity of their own, an autumnal atmosphere and a naivety which proved influential in the 00s neo-folk boom (Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Alasdair Roberts, Tunng et al) but impossible to replicate. For many of these acts at the end of the 60s, folk music and the hippy world that surrounded them was a way of life, a way of opting out from the Vietnam war, Angry Brigade and three-day-week early 70s. Anne Briggs lived in a caravan in Suffolk, Shelagh McDonald lived in a tent, Vashti Bunyan eschewed electricity; they weren’t part-timers. Listening to “Gather In The Mushrooms”, we are transported to a time when no one used the term post-modernist.
It may not have resonated with dyed-in-the wool political folkies, but over five decades later this music sounds very evocative of an England of yore – not necessarily one of poachers and pedlars, but one of long-haired youths in tie-dye T-shirts, bikers and hippies, acoustic guitars played in white stone cottages. Groups like Stone Angel (Bonus Track), Midwinter and Oberon made primitive, privately recorded folk albums; today they sound as distant and mystical as the field recordings of Alan Lomax. The sincerity and folk knowledge of a group like Forest becomes irrelevant once you hear something as eerie and evocative as ‘Graveyard’. Home-made, homely, warm as soup or chilling as a hoar frost, this is music of innocence and rare beauty.

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - VAMPISOUL
1972 => 2025

Brooklyn Sounds legendary second album from 1972, full of heavy Nuyorican underground salsa dura propelled by raw trombones, off-kilter piano and in-your-face percussion.
A perfect blend of barrio attitude and Caribbean swing, the album proves Brooklyn has sabor y salsa!
Pressed on 180 g vinyl, our reissue includes liner notes featuring never-before seen photos.

TRACKLIST
Side A
1. LIBRE SOY
2. CHANGO SANTERO
3. LÁGRIMAS NEGRAS CON LOIZA ALDEA
4. ESTA VIDA SWEET MY WOMAN
Side B
1. GUAGUANCÓ TROPICAL
2. HA LLEGADO EL MOMENTO
3. LAS MARGARITAS
4. CALMA TU LLANTO

DESCRIPTION
“Libre – Free” is the now legendary second album by the short-lived Brooklyn Sounds and is arguably even better than their self-titled debut, displaying a more mature and practiced sound, no doubt honed by their experiences playing more gigs in support of their first record.
Brooklyn Sounds were one of a handful of garage salsa bands from the independent scene that was gathering steam in the early 1970s in the New York boroughs, despite little support or exposure in the mainstream Latin music industry from more dominant labels like Fania, Mericana, Cotique and Alegre. As with many others, Brooklyn Sounds briefly fluoresced in a burst of creativity and defiance, yet flamed out shortly thereafter, dying like a flower among the ruins of burned-out apartment blocks in the barrios of its home city.
Though the band only cut two LPs and a couple singles in their brief half-decade of existence, and never really broke out of the cuchifrito circuit in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, their music gradually spread far and wide, eventually becoming a sought-after global commodity by the late 1990s.
In contrast to the first album “Libre – Free” is uptempo and ebullient, with fewer slow songs and more confident, creative arrangements, full of heavy Nuyorican underground salsa dura propelled by raw trombones, off-kilter piano and in-your-face percussion. Standout tracks include the uplifting, anthemic ‘Libre soy’, and ‘Ha llegado el momento’, with its minor key ‘Moliendo café’ quote at the beginning—both of which have become dance floor anthems over the years. Another mid-tempo killer is ‘Guaguancó tropical’, a favorite in Colombia since the 1970s.
A perfect blend of barrio attitude and Caribbean swing, the album proves Brooklyn has sabor y salsa!

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - VAMPISOUL UMG
1971 => 2025

Marcos Valle is one of the few artists you cannot miss if you have the slightest interest in Brazilian music. Whether your taste is focused on bossa jazz, samba, psych folk or soul, Valle has surely recorded a great album for you.
“Garra” was originally released in 1971 and brought us Valle’s classics such as ‘Com Mais De 30’, ‘O Cafona’, ‘Vinte E Seis Anos De Vida Normal’ and the rare groove classic ‘Wanda Vidal.’
Remastered from the original tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl. This release is part of our new reissue series that comprises many other outstanding Brazilian classics by the likes of Evinha, Cassiano, Gerson King Combo, Hyldon...

TRACKLIST
Side A
1. JESUS MEU REI
2. COM MAIS DE 30
3. GARRA
4. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
5. AO AMIGO TOM
6. PAZ E FUTEBOL
Side B
1. QUE BANDEIRA
2. WANDA VIDAL
3. MINHA VOZ VIRÁ DO SOL DA AMÉRICA
4. VINTE E SEIS ANOS DE VIDA NORMAL
5. O CAFONA

DESCRIPTION
Marcos Valle is one of the few artists you cannot miss if you have the slightest interest in Brazilian music. Whether your taste is focused on bossa jazz, samba, psych folk or soul, Valle has surely recorded a great album for you. By the late 60s he had already put out enough quality records to secure a place within the top Brazilian songwriters of all time, but his career luckily did not stop there and he continued releasing amazing music over the following decades until this day.
By the dawn of the 1970s, the multi-talented Valle was entering a new era, ready to test the government censors (Brazil was under strict military rule since a coup d’état in 1964) and express a socially aware stance and a playful hodge-podge of musical styles including samba, bossa nova, baião (a rhythmic beat from the rural northeast of Brazil), black American music, and rock.
“Garra” was originally released in 1971 and maintains the same socially conscious content as in his previous album while also combining diverse musical styles and influences. Recorded amongst sessions for a steady stream of popular TV soap opera soundtracks, it brought us Valle’s classics such as ‘Com Mais De 30’, ‘O Cafona’, ‘Vinte E Seis Anos De Vida Normal’ and the rare groove classic ‘Wanda Vidal.’

BIS => 2025 08 29
2LP - ACE
2004 => 2025

TRACKLIST
SIDE ONE
1. CORN RIGS - Magnet & Paul Giovanni 2. MORNING WAY - Trader Horne
3. NOTTANUM TOWN - Oberon
4. GRAVEYARD - Forest
5. THE SKATER – Midwinter
SIDE TWO
1. WINTER WINDS - Fotheringay
2. LORD AND MASTER - Heron
3. FLY HIGH - Bridget St John
4. SHEEP SEASON - Mellow Candle
5. THE BELLS OF DUNWICH - Stone Angel *
SIDE THREE
1. THE SEAGULLS SCREAM - Christine Quayle
2. FOREST AND THE SHORE - Keith Christmas
3. ROSEMARY HILL - Fresh Maggots
4. FINE HORSEMAN - Anne Briggs
5. THE WEREWOLF - Barry Dransfield
SIDE FOUR
1. ANOTHER DAY - Roy Harper
2. WINDOW OVER THE BAY - Vashti Bunyan
3. ELEVEN WILLOWS - C.O.B. (Clive's Original Band)
4. THE HERALD - Comus

* LP BONUS TRACK

DESCRIPTION
Compiled by Bob Stanley to document the acid folk scene, “Gather In The Mushrooms” was first issued in 2004 on Sanctuary as a CD-only release; it proved popular enough for a sequel entitled “Early Morning Hush” two years later.
This new edition of “Gather In The Mushrooms” contains the cream of both long-deleted compilations with a few additions – COB, Roy Harper, Fotheringay – that weren’t available to Sanctuary at the time. Though they aren’t traditional, these songs have an authenticity of their own, an autumnal atmosphere and a naivety which proved influential in the 00s neo-folk boom (Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Alasdair Roberts, Tunng et al) but impossible to replicate. For many of these acts at the end of the 60s, folk music and the hippy world that surrounded them was a way of life, a way of opting out from the Vietnam war, Angry Brigade and three-day-week early 70s. Anne Briggs lived in a caravan in Suffolk, Shelagh McDonald lived in a tent, Vashti Bunyan eschewed electricity; they weren’t part-timers. Listening to “Gather In The Mushrooms”, we are transported to a time when no one used the term post-modernist.
It may not have resonated with dyed-in-the wool political folkies, but over five decades later this music sounds very evocative of an England of yore – not necessarily one of poachers and pedlars, but one of long-haired youths in tie-dye T-shirts, bikers and hippies, acoustic guitars played in white stone cottages. Groups like Stone Angel (Bonus Track), Midwinter and Oberon made primitive, privately recorded folk albums; today they sound as distant and mystical as the field recordings of Alan Lomax. The sincerity and folk knowledge of a group like Forest becomes irrelevant once you hear something as eerie and evocative as ‘Graveyard’. Home-made, homely, warm as soup or chilling as a hoar frost, this is music of innocence and rare beauty.

BIS => 2025 08 29
1CD - ACE / STAX
2025

TRACKLIST
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
6. JOY PT 2
7. WONDERFUL
8. SOMEONE MADE YOU FOR ME
9. TITLE THEME
10. HUNG UP ON MY BABY (Instrumental)
11. CHOCOLATE CHIP
12. CHOCOLATE CHIP (Instrumental)
13. COME LIVE WITH ME
14. BODY LANGUAGE
15. DISCOCONNECTION
16. ST. THOMAS SQUARE
17. ROCK ME EASY BABY PT 1
18. ROCK ME EASY BABY PT 2
19. JUICY FRUIT (DISCO FREAK) PT 1
20. 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 08 29
2LP - BGP
2025

TRACKLIST
SIDE ONE
1. LOS CONQUISTADORES CHOCOLATÉS - Johnny Hammond
2. BRAZILIAN SKIES - Bill Summers
3. QUIET FIRE - Roy Haynes
SIDE TWO
1. NUTHER'N LIKE THUTHER'N - Willis Jackson
2. SENTIDO EN SEIS (SIX FEELING) – Louie Bellson & Walfredo De Los Reyes
3. VERA CRUZ (EMPTY FACES) - Flora Purim
SIDE THREE
1. VISIONS OF A NEW WORLD (PHASE II) - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
2. NO MATTER WHAT - Pleasure 3. NJIA WALK - Fatback Band
4. GUNKY - Johnny Lytle
SIDE FOUR
1. JUBILATION - Patrice Rushen
2. MAMBO MINDORO - Cal Tjader
3. YATRA-TÁ - Tania Maria
4. BRAUN-BLEK-BLU - Dom Um Romao

DESCRIPTION
Why ask Chris Bangs to do a compilation for Ace?
Maybe because of my long, varied and unusual musical career. I started off as a failed guitarist with space rockers the Mighty Om, then went on to become a club DJ playing jazz, funk and soul across London and the south of England six nights a week. I then diversified to play more varied DJ sets that featured modern soul, rare groove, Baptist beat, Brazilian samba, bossa and beyond.
As I got established, I was offered DJ residencies. My first was playing five nights a week at Bogarts in West London which had the first Technics SL1200 record decks in the UK, previously only found in swish American venues like Studio 54. Then there was two years playing every Saturday at the Exeter Bowl, Bournemouth, where I also teamed up with DJ/promoter, Bob Masters to run the legendary Bournemouth soul weekenders through most of the 80s.
In 1982 I met 16-year old Gilles Peterson, playing his first DJ gigs in a local wine bar. This led to a partnership that spanned the best part of a decade. Our first sets were in a tiny function room above the Derby Arms near the Belvedere Arms in Sheen, West London where, in the late 80s, Gilles played his celebrated DJ sets. There were one-off nights culminating in our Mambo Madness parties and the Original Jazz Bops, promoted in tandem with Gilles’ Mad On Jazz show on Radio London. Just imagine 1,600 hardcore jazz clubbers dancing to class tunes and live acts at the Town & Country Club in Kentish Town.
My musical journey as a DJ peaked in the mid- to late 80s with the legendary Cock Happy and Special Branch nights and Doos At The Zoo, spread across various venues in London. There were other joint one-offs, including a memorable night dropping tuff jazz tunes from the likes of Art Blakey and Charles Earland surrounded by giant Victorian machine generators at Kew’s Museum of Steam where instead of our usual banners and posters, we decorated the room with toilet paper. I also guested fortnightly on Gilles’ Monday jazz night at the Wag Club getting home at 5am and at work, in body if not in mind, at 8am.
There were also Special Branch holidays in Ibiza and Corfu, Rockley Sands, Prestatyn and Caister weekenders, dropping jazz dance, funk, rare groove and even a bit of Cliff Richard on the holidays and playing classic Blue Note jazz and Santana at Cafe Del Mar.
I was credited with inventing acid jazz after a particularly wild night in early 1988 DJ-ing at a Nicky Holloway Special Branch Doo in Brentford, London. We were playing hard Latin jazz tunes while the words “Acid... Acid... Acid...” were projected onto the giant screens behind where Gilles and I were DJing. We stopped the music , I said “acid jazz” on the microphone and we both collapsed laughing. Acid jazz was never meant to be more than a mild piss-take and really was just a reaction to the hype that acid house was getting in clubland. We never intended it to be that specific, but acid jazz went on to become a genre that conquered the world. It gave me the freedom to play Jimi Hendrix, psychedelic poetry and early hip-hop tracks alongside hard bop and tough Latin tunes.
As time marched on, many of the DJs I had been working with such as Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold, Trevor Fung, Simon Dunmore and Johnny Walker got involved in the world-leading UK dance scene, raking in cash by making records. I thought ‘I’ll Have some of that!’ This led to my first foray into the studio creating the proto-acid jazz classic 12”, ‘Psychedelic Jack (That’s Where It’s At)’, which cheekily sampled Frank Zappa, Soft Machine and Gong. With me and Gilles on vocals, it got us signed to Acid Jazz Records, who released in 1988 under the name of Extasis.
That was just the start and nearly 35 years later (gulp!) I’ve had a ball, producing Galliano and Paul Weller, working with Mick Talbot, Roy Ayers, Linda Clifford and Sharon Redd, remixing Will Downing, Ce Ce Rogers and Blaze. I’ve made house tunes with Faith’s Terry Farley, run the legendary Dadhouse Records label with Dave Jarvis. I also set up my own studio and released music under a variety of names, both for my own labels and Acid Jazz Records. Recent releases include my solo albums “Firebird” (2023) and “Dream World” (2024). There was also “Back To Business” with Mick Talbot, released in 2023.

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - KENT
2025

TRACKLIST
Side 1
01 Don't Try To Tell Me - Berna-Dean
02 This Mornin' - The Jesse Stone Singers
03 All Around The World - Vermettya Royster with James Brown's Band
04 What's On Your Mind - The Four Bars
05 Don't Look Now - Wilbur "Hi-Fi" White & King Kolax Band
06 Money Talks - Kenny Smith
07 Hey Little Girl Pt 1 - Roosevelt Lee
Side 2
01 Goin' Away Baby (Round Like An Apple) - Smokey Wilson
02 Hey Hey Baby - T-Bone Walker
03 I'm A Good Woman - The Afterglows
04 You Make Me Mad - Johnny Madara
05 Money Talks (Tell Me What I Say) - The Citations
06 Tell Me Why - Richard Berry
07 Mary Don't You Weep - The Delights

DESCRIPTION
New R&B discoveries continue to emerge and entertain the many followers of the New Breed musical cult; nobody finds more than the Kent connoisseurs.
Berna Dean’s two previously unheard recordings are by far her best. They were laid down at Cosimo Matassa’s New Orleans’ studios by GNP Crescendo but eschewed in favour of two relatively average sides. The great 50s R&B songwriter Jesse Stone provides a rocker for the much-admired Jimmy Breedlove and a super-catchy ‘This Morning’ for an unknown mixed vocal group that has a joyous gospel feel. Jesse also penned ‘Private Eye’, a classic early 60s story-song, for Buddy Wilkins which was issued on Al Sears’ Tri-Ess imprint.
The title track is used twice, on two very different Fraternity recordings. Kenny Smith’s version was issued in 1964 and has many followers, but the equally meritorious Coasters-inspired composition by the Citations is newly discovered. Win Menifee’s ‘I’m Runnin’ Around’ from the same Cincinnati label comes complete with a fascinating back-story.
There are three cover versions. Vermettya Royster’s ‘All Around The World’ is backed by James Brown’s 1961 band, while Roosevelt Lee 1970 update of the 1947-originated ‘Hey Little Girl’ funks the tune up a la Godfather of soul. The cover that will make the biggest noise is undoubtedly west coast band the Afterglows’ version of Barbara Lynn’s evergreen dancer ‘I’m A Good Woman’ – this is a future monster.
Golden Crest provides two fabulous male vocal group sides – the swinging ‘What’s On Your Mind’ by Eddie Daye’s Four Bars and the delightful harmonies of the appropriately-named, but unknown Delights ‘Mary Don’t You Weep’.
Blues still thrived into the 70s as Albert Washington’s mean and moody ‘Case Of The Blues’ proves. Smokey Wilson took the music into the late 70s with the storming ‘Goin’ Away Baby (Round Like An Apple)’, which benefits here from a 45-style edit. His Pioneer Club on 88th Street in South Central L A provides the atmospheric photo for this collection.
More early 60s movers come from Wilbur “Hi-Fi” White with ‘Don’t Look Now’, future hit songwriter Johnny Madara’s raucous ‘You Make Me Mad’ and Big Boy Groves ‘Bucket O’ Blood’ which brilliantly describes the kind of club these tracks would fit right into.
The LP version loses a few tracks, but so many collectors have strong preferences we’ve thrown the vinyl junkies a lifeline.

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - KENT
1970 => 2025

TRACKLIST
Side 1
01 From A Whisper To A Scream
02 The Chokin' Kind
03 Sweet Touch Of Love
04 What Is Success
05 Working In The Coalmine
Side 2
01 Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
02 Pickles
03 Louie
04 Either
05 Cast Your Fate To The Wind

DESCRIPTION
Allen Toussaint’s debut as a solo artist, “The Wild Sound Of New Orleans” was released in 1958 under the name of Tousan. In the 60s, he established himself as a songwriter, producer and arranger for a number of labels and generated hits like ‘Working In The Coal Mine’ for Lee Dorsey that got to #8 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. Other classic tracks that Toussaint either wrote, produced or arranged included ‘Fortune Teller’, Lipstick Traces’ and ‘Ooh Poo Pah Do’.
It was only in 1970 that he found time to record another solo album, aptly entitled “Toussaint”. As well as serving up his own version Of ‘Working In The Coal Mine’, Toussaint recorded other originals like ‘From A Whisper To A Scream’ and ‘Everything I Do Is Gonna Be Funky’. There were also four instrumental tracks – ‘Pickles’, ‘Louie’, ‘Either’ and a sublime version of ‘Cast Your Fate To The Wind’ listed as ‘Allen Toussaint at the piano’.
The original version of Toussaint was released in 1970 on Scepter records and is now hailed as a soulful classic. Ace were delighted to first reissue it in 1985 as “From A Whisper To A Scream” with the addition of a bonus track and with a slightly different running order.
On “Toussaint” we present the original album as Allen Toussaint intended it to be heard. Remastered to perfection this is an essential purchase.

BIS => 2025 08 29
7 INCH - VAMPISOUL
2025

Here it is, for the first time on a 45, ‘Drug Story,’ the lost track by Joe Bataan. Pure Latin soul, recorded at the peak of the artist's career and released 50 years later!
A must-purchase for those into Latin soul and funk.

TRACKLIST
Side A
DRUG STORY (Part 1)
Side B
DRUG STORY (Part 2)

DESCRIPTION
Joe Bataan's extensive discography was expanded in 2022 with the release of some old recordings from the King of Latin Soul that had never been previously published.
After the success of his album "Riot!" (1968), Bataan had easy access to a studio whenever inspiration struck to record a new song sketch or even a complete track. Sometimes, he would finish the recording entirely and offer it in its final version to Fania for release. This usually worked, although on some occasions, the song was rejected.
In the case of ‘Drug Story,’ the track was recorded without a clear final purpose, even though Bataan hoped it would become part of an album. When the Fania executives heard the result, they immediately rejected it, thinking it promoted drug use. The tapes were filed away and lost in oblivion until they ended up in a thrift store in New York. From there, they were rescued by a Latin music specialist and later sold, eventually making their way to the Vampisoul archives.
The song was finally released in its entirety in 2022 on the LP "Drug Story" by Now Again. It features a long, slow vocal intro that evolves into a more uptempo track with two very distinct parts, to the point that it almost feels like two different songs. It transports us to the best moment of Joe Bataan's career, with all of his classic ingredients, delivering a track as good as his most famous songs. Bataan himself takes on the lead vocals and piano, Bobby Rodríguez handles the flute, sax, and bass, Pete ‘Choki’ Quintero plays the drums, and William Howes Jr. plays the electric guitar with wah-wah effects.
We thought that the song deserved to be released as a single as well, and that its structure was perfect for each side to have a separate identity. So here it is, for the first time on a 45, ‘Drug Story,’ the lost track by Joe Bataan. Pure Latin soul, recorded at the peak of the artist's career!

BIS => 2025 08 29
2LP - ACE RECORDS
2025

TRACKLIST
Side One
1. HELLO, HELLO, HELLO - STORMY PETREL
2. MELANIE MAKES ME SMILE - TONY BURROWS
3. TIP OF MY TONGUE - BROTHERLY LOVE
4. LOST AND FOUND - WHISKEY MAC
5. ON A PLANE TO NOWHERE - BARRACADE
6. LEAVE A LITTLE LOVE - CANDLEWICK GREEN
Side Two
1. LADY PEARL - CURRANT KRAZE
2. ON THE RUN - SCORCHED EARTH
3. I WANT TO BE WHERE YOU ARE - SCARECROW
4. TELLTALE - PATCHES
5. RUSTY HANDS OF TIME - PETER DOYLE
6. A LITTLE THING LIKE LOVE - RIVER
Side Three
1. DREAMS ARE TEN A PENNY - JOHN KINCADE
2. IN THE MORNING - BITTER ALMOND
3. EVERY LITTLE MOVE SHE MAKES - WHITE PLAINS
4. SCHOOLGIRL NOTION - JANIE & THE MARLETTES
5. HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN - FORTUNES
6. YELLOW BIRD (HAVE YOU NO HOME) - DESIGN
Side Four
1. CLOVELLY - ROGER HOLMAN & SIMON MAY
2. I NEED YOUR EVERLASTING LOVE - LIBERTY HELM
3. BYE GOODBYE - SILVER LINING
4. IT'S GETTING SWEETER ALL THE TIME - SHORTY
5. CATERPILLAR - COLD FLY
6. THIS IS MY LIFE - WEI WEI WONG

DESCRIPTION
At the turn of the 70s, songwriters like Tony Macaulay (‘Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes’), Cook and Greenaway (‘Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart’), Lynsey De Paul and Barry Blue (‘Storm In A Teacup’) and John Carter (‘Beach Baby’) were bossing the singles charts and Radio 1 while more serious acts like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd concentrated on album sales.
“Chip Shop Pop” is a stellar collection of super-melodic, expertly crafted songs; it gathers two dozen of the songs that got away, all potential hits written by these Denmark Street-schooled songwriters. You might have only heard these records once or twice before, coming out of a passing kid's transistor radio, or in the background in a cafe, or a chippie, and then they disappeared into the ether never to be heard again - until now.
Aside from the Fortunes, Marty Wilde and Candlewick Green, very few of these names will be at all familiar but the harmonies, the string and brass arrangements and top session musician playing will all be familiar to anyone who loves the sound of ‘My Baby Loves Lovin'’, ‘Silver Lady’ or ‘(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice’. They are all incredibly catchy.
Compiled by Bob Stanley from his sizeable collection of 70s 7" singles, ”Chip Shop Pop” revives records on Bell, UK, Young Blood and Bradley's, labels that were home to these unabashed radio-friendly sounds that would disappear when first disco, then punk, came along later in the 70s.
Dormant for decades, many unavailable for more than fifty years, here is a perfect collection of sunshine-friendly pop with a capital P.

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - BGP
1971 => 2025

TRACKLIST
Side 1
1. IF I SING MY SONG
2. THE SEA & SHE
3. I AM THE BLACK GOLD OF THE SUN
4. HANGING ROUND THE BEE TREE
5. HEY, LOVE
Side 2
1. LOVE HAS FALLEN ON ME
2. SONG FOR EVERYMAN
3. LOVE IS
4. VINE OF HAPPINESS

DESCRIPTION
When Marshall Chess decided to combine a rock group with some of the best voices he could get his hands on he invented a stream of psychedelic rock that was quite different from the one that emerged in Detroit with the help of George Clinton and Norman Whitfield.
Partly this was Marshall’s hippy sensibility, but it was one that fused perfectly with vocalist Minnie Riperton’s own word-view and the musical genius – “no other word for it”: Marshall Chess − of Charles Stepney.
Working across a cleverly arranged mix of originals and cover versions, the recordings featured some of the finest musicians that you could find in Chicago including drummer Morris Jennings, bass players Louis Satterfield and Phil Upchurch, and revolutionary guitarist Pete Cosey, who would later join Miles Davis’ group. Cosey’s guitar playing on their fourth album “Songs”, released in 1969, is incendiary and unparalleled. The vocals were arranged as a perfect choir with a series of leads most notably Minnie, Sidney Barnes and Mitch Aliota.
True success − rather than doing well enough − eluded them, with some bad decisions being made and bad luck also dogging them. When Chess left the company and Barnes the group it looked as if the writing was on the wall for Rotary Connection, but Charles Stepney wanted one more go. The New Rotary Connection came together with a refreshed vocal line up featuring Minnie, Kitty Haywood and Shirley Wahls and songs by Stepney, Minnie’s husband Richard Rudolph and Terry Callier.
“Hey Love” was the album that appeared and it is a gem, that features the astounding ‘I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun’ - later a UK hit in 1997 for Nuyorican Soul, ‘Love Has Fallen On Me’ - later recorded as a tribute to Stepney by Chaka Khan, the beautiful title track and Callier’s stunning ’Song For Everyman’. However the album failed to sell and there was no more records.
As time passed the late 60s and early 70ws productions of Charles Stepney became some of the best loved and most influential of the ear, influencing UK groups such as 4 Hero, Radiohead and more recently Jessie Ware, and “Hey, Love” has been considered one of the peaks of his work.

BIS => 2025 08 29
1LP - BGP
1968 => 2025

TRACKLIST
Side 1
1. O'BABY (I BELIEVE I'M LOSING YOU)
2. DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS
3. WHIP IT ON ME
4. WHAT MORE CAN I DO?
5. HEAVY SOUL
Side 2
1. YOU'VE BEEN A BAD GIRL
2. I'LL BE BACK
3. I CAN MAKE IT
4. THAT'S YOUR BAG

DESCRIPTION
As part of Ace 50 BGP has hooked up with our old friends at Concord Music to reissue one of the most important albums in our story. In 1987 as the dance jazz scene morphed into acid jazz Billy Hawks ‘Oh Baby (I Believe I’m Losing You)’ was filling the dance floors where either Gilles Peterson or Baz Fe Jazz were playing.
The Prestige Records album that featured the track ‘Heavy Soul!’ was impossible to find, and frustrated DJs were desperately trying to find a copy. BGP - the Ace label that the two DJs helmed - reissued the album and put the in-demand track onto a 12 inch single. With supply sufficient it became a club smash, crossing over to become a mod classic and one of the most important cuts from our scene.
In the ensuing years the tracks status has remained undimmed and the album has never turned up in significant numbers, and yet it has never been reissued since. With an attention to detail that has always been the Ace way, we have carefully mastered the record to be as close to the sound of the original Van Gelder mastering of 1967, and created and accurate representation of the album and label cover art.
Hawks never lived to be rediscovered, but through our musical detective work we tracked down his brother and found out as much of his story as possible, and also unearthed a couple of pictures. The Virginian born organist with the amazing voice was a fixture on the North Eastern lounge bar circuit, which was the entertainment backbone off Black American music at the time, and his full story is told on the illustrated inner sleeve that comes with this release.

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7 INCH - KENT
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TRACKLIST
Side 1
Don't Tear Me Down
Side 2
Hotels And Motels

DESCRIPTION
Country singer Charlie Rich has previous on the rare soul dance scene with ‘Love Is After Me’, the Hayes/Porter track recorded in Memphis for Hi Records, being popular in mod-frequented soul discos of the 60s. ‘Don’t Tear Me Down’ was recorded around the same time, but was unissued until a 1988 LP collection of Rich’s Hi-recorded tracks. Astute DJ Dean Anderson picked up on the powerful beat ballad and played it in the 90s, making it very popular - leading to a Kent 45 release in 2007. That pressing is long-gone and the record continues to be spun at northern soul venues, thereby causing this second issue of the superlative soul song.
We have coupled it with ‘Hotels, Motels’, another great soul dance track from the same sessions; it debuts on 45 here.

BIS => 2025 08 29
7 INCH - KENT
2025

TRACKLIST
I'm A Good Woman
Open The Door To Love

DESCRIPTION
West Coast producer Bill Silva had a whole LP of soul/rock from the little-known outfit the Afterglows in his vaults. Among the tracks was a killer cover of Barbara Lynn’s ‘I’m A Good Woman’. Any version of this song is popular, but the female lead on this number takes it to another level. This will crossover to many soul scenes.
The flip, ‘Open The Door To Love’, is a northern soul-oriented dancer that is both catchy and atmospheric and will be greeted as a great “new” release by collectors of this esoteric genre.

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1LP - JACKPOT RECORDS
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INDIES EXCLUSIVE GOLDEN SUNSHINE COLOURED VINYL.

TRACKLIST
A1 One Step Forward
A2 Uptown Babies
A3 Chase The Devil
A4 War Ina Babylon
B1 Norman
B2 Stealing In The Name Of Jah
B3 Tan And See
B4 Smokey Room
B5 Smile Out A Style

DESCRIPTION
Jackpot Records is extremely proud to announce our reissue of the revered reggae album 1976's War Ina Babylon by Max Romeo & The Upsetters. Originally released on Island Records, the album is considered one of the greatest Reggae albums of all time and was a massive influence on the UK punk movement that was just starting to bubble to the surface. The record's incredible power belies an unlikely partnership between one of the world's greatest producers (and experimenters in sound), Lee "Scratch" Perry, and vocalist Max Romeo (who by 1976 had performed on over 120 7" singles) Romeo had been transforming from his "rude" records to writing lyrics with social themes as the era in Jamaica was rife with poverty, gangs, and politically motivated killings. As he was looking to produce protest music at it's most powerful alongside music that would never leave the listener's souls, Lee Perry and Max Romeo started collaborating together. Recorded in two weeks in 1976, utilizing Lee Perry's kitchen sink production, War Ina Babylon is considered part of Lee Perry's 'holy trinity' Black Ark produced LPs released by Island Records (Junior Murvin's Police and Thieves and The Heptones' Party Time being the other classics LPs in the trinity), this LP continues to find new fans with every passing generation.