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Various Artists: Born to Be Together: The Songs of Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

CD / Ace (Label) / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Born to Be Together - The Ronettes (mono); Angelica - Scott Walker; Looking Through the Eyes of Love - Gene Pitney; You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers (mono); I'm Satisfied (The...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Mick Patrick.

Photographer: Michael Randolph.

A companion volume to Ace's 2009 collection Glitter & Gold: Words and Music by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil -- both belong...continue...

Del Shannon: The Complete UK Singles (And More) 1961-1966 *

CD / Ace (Label) / 2013-03-05

Tracks: Runaway - (mono); Snake, The - (mono); Jody; Hats Off to Larry; Don't Gild the Lily, Lily - (mono); So Long, Baby - (mono); Answer to Everything, The - (mono); Hey! Little Girl - (mono); You Never Ta...
Artists: Del Shannon

Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.

Photographers: John Clarke ; Ady Lupton; Tony Rounce.

An underappreciated fact in Del Shannon's career is how he wound up racking up more big hit singles ...continue...

Various Artists: Boppin' by the Bayou Again

CD / Ace (Label) / 2013-02-05

Tracks: You're Humbuggin' Me - Rocket Morgan; Bop and Rock Tonight - Pee Wee Trahan; B.O. Rock - Perry LaPointe/The Orange Playboys; Too Hot to Handle - Vince Anthony; Fine Fine Fine - Gene Terry; I Ain't Go...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Ian Saddler.

Ace's second collection of swinging rockabilly and Cajun rock & roll from the depths of southern Louisiana and southeastern Texas, Boppin' by the Bayou Again mai...continue...

Various Artists: The Ace (USA) Story, Vol. 5

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-12-04

Tracks: Well I Never Get Tired - Johnny Fairchild (mono); Educated Fool - (mono); Hey Hey Baby Come Home - Albert Scott (mono); Baby Say You Will - Jesse Allen (mono); Somebody Else is Taking My Place - Bobb...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Johnny Fairchild, Bobby Webb, Earl King, Bobby Woods, Charles Brown, Albert Scott, Calvin Spears.

Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.

Included are greasy teen ballads, ro...continue...

Dion: Yo Frankie

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-12-04

Tracks: King of the New York Streets; And the Night Stood Still; Yo Frankie (She's All Right with Me); I've Got to Get to You; Written on the Subway Wall/Little Star; Drive All Night; Always in the Rain; Lov...
Artists: Dion

Personnel: Dion DiMucci (vocals); Dave Edmunds (guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel, percussion, background vocals); Jim Horn (saxophone); Chuck Leavell (keyboards); Terry Williams (drums); Dave Charles (...continue...

Various Artists: These Ghoulish Things: Horror Hits for Halloween

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-10-09

Tracks: Legend of Sleepy Hollow - The Monotones; Screamin' Ball of Dracula Hall - Duponts; Feast of the Mau Mau - Screamin' Jay Hawkins; Creature, The (From Outer Space) - The Jayhawks; Monster Mash - Bobby ...
Artists: Various Artists

At last, the definitive Halloween compilation! This is a truly satisfying compilation which bears all the familiar Ace hallmarks of a fine track selection, attention...continue...
The cleverly titled These Ghoulish Things unearths more than two dozen Halloween-themed efforts from the golden age of rock & roll, a concept with extremely limited appeal that's nevertheless executed...continue...

Various Artists: Boppin' by the Bayou

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-09-04

Tracks: Tag Along - Tommy Todd; Kiss Me Baby - Al Ferrier; She's Mine - Johnny Jano; Linda Gail - Rod Bernard & the Twisters; Laura Lee - Jolly Rockers/Gil Giroy; My Need for Love - Jivin' Gene; Watch My Smo...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Ian Saddler.

Photographer: Johnnie Allan.

Pop music changed forever after Elvis Presley emerged as a huge star in the 1950s, and rock & roll suddenly found itself on t...continue...

Various Artists: Handy Man: The Otis Blackwell Songbook

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-09-04

Tracks: Make Me Know It - Elvis Presley; I Told Myself a Lie - Clyde McPhatter; Don't Be Cruel - Jerry Lee Lewis; My Pigeon's Gone - The Five Keys; Cool Baby - Charlie Gracie; Fever [With String Overdubs] - ...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.

Illustrators: Trevor Simpson; Bob Dunham ; Rob Finnis; Tony Rounce; Brian Nevill.

He might not have been a household name, but singer and songwriter Otis ...continue...

Various Artists: Action! The Songs of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-09-04

Tracks: I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight - Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart; Valleri - The Monkees; Action, Action, Action - Keith Allison; I'm Not Your Stepping Stone - The Flies; Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day - S...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Authors: Harvey Williams; Tommy Boyce; Mick Patrick; Bobby Hart.

Illustrators: Harvey Williams; Rob Hughes ; Stephen J. McParland; John Broven; Graham Welch; Simon White ; Phil Chapm...continue...

Priscilla Paris: Love, Priscilla: Her Solo 1960s Recordings

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-08-07

Tracks: He Noticed Me; Make Believe World; Stone Is Very, Very Cold; Help Me; I'm Home; Wandering; He Owns the World; My Window; I Can't Complain; Look What You Have Done to Me; By the Time I Get to Phoenix ...
Artists: Priscilla Paris

Liner Note Author: Alec Palao.

Photographers: Don Peake; Edan Epstein; Albeth Paris Grass; Alec Palao.

Most familiar to listeners as the lead singer for the Paris Sisters, Priscilla Pari...continue...

Sandy Nelson: Big Sixties Frat Party [Deluxe]

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-06-05

Tracks: Nothing's Too Good for My Baby; Casbah - (mono); Batman Theme; Mustang Sally; Sabre Dance; Let's Go Trippin' - (mono); Uptight (Everything's Alright); My World Is Empty Without You; Just Like Me; Ain...
Artists: Sandy Nelson

Liner Note Authors: Dave Burke ; Clive Poole.

Illustrators: Dave Burke ; Clive Poole; Richard Podolor; Bill Cooper....continue...

Various Artists: Ace Story, Vol. 4

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-05-08

Tracks: Teenage Wedding - Johnny Angel; Tee-Na-Na - Dicky Williams; Walk On - Red Tyler & the Gyros; I Wanna Know Why - Roland Cook; Wherever You May Be - Joe & Ann; Free, Single and Disengaged - Huey "Piano...
Artists: Various Artists

Performers include: Johnny Angel, Floyd Brown, Joe Tex, Huey "Piano" Smith, Roland Cooke, Eddie Bo, Dicky Williams, Jesse Allen.

This fourth entry in chronicling the story of Johnny Vincent's J...continue...

Various Artists: Da Doo Ron Ron: More from the Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry Songbook

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-05-08

Tracks: Baby I Love You - The Ronettes; Train from Kansas City, The - The Shangri-Las; Look of Love - Lesley Gore; She Hangs Out - The Monkees; Not Too Young to Get Married - Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans; I ...
Artists: Various Artists

Tributees: Ellie Greenwich; Jeff Barry .

Liner Note Author: Mick Patrick.

Following 2008's Do-Wah-Diddy collection on Ace Records, Da Doo Ron Ron offers up another installment of high po...continue...

The Roomates (U.K.): Dawning *

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-05-08

Tracks: Dawning; Ala-Men-Sy; In My Room; Music to Watch Girls By; Crazy Girl; Where or When; Little Miss America; Oh I Wonder Why; She Cried; Please Believe Me; Baby Stay Away from Me; I Promised; Tiny Cloud...
Artists: The Roomates (U.K.)

Personnel: Richard Barwell (piano); Gary Powell (double bass); Lance Larsen (drums).

Liner Note Author: Steve Webb.

Recording information: SRW Studios, England.

Photographers: Rob...continue...

Johnny Otis: On With the Show: The Johnny Otis Story, Vol. 2 1957-1974 *

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-02-07

Tracks: Johnny Otis Theme; Good Golly; Mumblin' Mosie; Cold Turkey - (featuring Jimmy Nolen); Castin' My Spell; I'm With You; New Bo Diddley, The; Jelly Roll, The; Crazy Country Hop; Baby, I Got News For You...
Artists: Johnny Otis

Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.

The second and final volume of the Ace label's overview of Johnny Otis recordings is an uneven but worthwhile look at the latter part of his career that, despite...continue...

Various Artists: Smash Boom Bang! The Songs and Productions of Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer

CD / Ace (Label) / 2012-02-07

Tracks: Night Time - The Strangeloves; Let's Stomp - Bobby Comstock; My Boyfriend's Back [Unedited Version] - The Angels; Hang On Sloopy [Unedited Version] - The McCoys; Hide & Seek - The Sheep; Girls Don't ...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Rob Finnis.

Photographers: William Randolph; Jerry Shatzberg; Eddie Smith .

Arranger: Bassett Hand.

A 1960s songwriting, production, and sometimes performing te...continue...

Various Artists: Further Mellow Cats 'n' Kittens: Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-1951

CD / Ace (Label) / 2011-12-06

Tracks: Rompin' the Boogie - Luke Jones & His Orchestra; I Was Too Blind to See - Ira Amos; Seven Days - Gory Carter; Happy Pay Day, Pt. 1 - Austin McCoy; Man That Comes to My House, The - Three Bits Of Rhyt...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.

The fifth and final volume in Ace Records' series of compilations centering on the deep catalog of R&B label Modern Records, originally founded by brothers Saul ...continue...

The Orlons: The Wah-Watusi/South Street

CD / Ace (Label) / 2011-11-15

Tracks: Dedicated To The One I Love; Tonight; Mashed Potato Time; Plea, The; Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes); I'll Be True; Wah-Watusi, The; He's Gone; Let Me In; Over The Mountain, Across The Sea; I Met Him ...
Artists: The Orlons

Liner Note Author: Gene Sculatti.

Arranger: Dave Appell.

This two-fer from Real Gone features a pair of out-of-print LPs by the Orlons, The Wah-Watusi and South Street. Originally issued...continue...

Various Artists: Rock Your Baby: Red Hot Rompers for Children of All Ages

CD / Ace (Label) / 2011-11-08

Tracks: Barnyard Boogie - Louis Jordan (mono); Boo Boo Song, The - King Coleman (mono); Monkey Monkey (You Do It Like This) - Wayne Cochran (mono); Jolly Green Giant - The Kingsmen (mono); Nasty Dan - Johnny...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Mark LaMarr.

Illustrator: Lamarr.

Photographer: Alec Palao.

British comedian and radio/TV presenter Mark LaMarr selected these 24 tracks, described on the back ...continue...

Fats Domino: The Imperial Singles, Vol. 4: 1959-1961

CD / Ace (Label) / 2011-06-07

Tracks: I'm Ready; Margie; I Want to Walk You Home; I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Some Day; Be My Guest; I've Been Around; Country Boy; If You Need Me; Tell Me That You Love Me; Before I Grow Too Old; Walking to New ...
Artists: Fats Domino

Liner Note Author: John Broven.

Illustrators: John Broven; Victor Pearlin; Brian Nevill.

Both sides of 13 singles, sequenced in chronological order, that Fats Domino issued between 1959 ...continue...

Charlie Rich: It Ain't Gonna Be That Way: The Complete Smash Sessions

CD / Ace (Label) / 2011-03-08

Tracks: It Ain't Gonna Be That Way; Party Girl; That's My Way; Just a Little Bit of You; Something Just Came Over Me; No Home; I Can't Go On; Dance of Love; Mohair Sam; Man About Town; Everything I Do Is Wro...
Artists: Charlie Rich

Liner Note Author: Dean Rudland.

Charlie Rich's stretch at Smash arrived in the mid-'60s -- just after he spent a few years at RCA's Groove subsidiary and just before he signed with Epic, where...continue...

Barrence Whitfield & the Savages: Barrence Whitfield and the Savages

CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-12-07

Tracks: Bip Bop Bip; Walking With Barrence; Mama Get the Hammer; Fat Mama; Cotton Pickin'; Go Ahead and Burn; Savage Sax; Georgia Slop; Walk Out; Miss Shake It; Whiskey Wagon; King Kong; Ship Sailed At Six; ...
Artists: Barrence Whitfield & the Savages

Personnel: Barrence Whitfield (vocals); Peter Greenberg (guitar, background vocals); Steve Lagrega (saxophone); Howard Ferguson (drums); Phil Lenker (background vocals).

Liner Note Authors: Joh...continue...

The Goodees: Condition Red: Complete Goodees

CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-12-07

Tracks: Condition Red; Sad Song for Harry; Little Bit of You, A; Double Shot; Worst That Could Happen; Girl Crazy; Jilted; Didn't Know Love Was so Good; My Boyfriend's Back; Promises; He's a Rebel; For a Lit...
Artists: The Goodees

Liner Note Authors: Alec Palao; Mick Patrick.

Illustrators: Sandra Jackson Hall; Alec Palao; Mick Patrick.

Photographer: Sandra Jackson Hall.

As a white trio from Memphis who owed...continue...

Various Artists: Theme Time Radio Hour 3 with Bob Dylan

CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-11-02

Tracks: 36-22-36 [From Show 85 "Numbers 11 & Up"] - Bobby "Blue" Bland (mono); Bring It on Home Grandma [From Show 96 "Family Circle"] - Cliff Bruner & The Texas Wanderers (mono); Payday [From Show 86 "Work"...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Authors: Colin Escott; Gavin Martin; Rick Coleman; David Grisman; Lavinia Greenlaw; Dean Rudland; Dick Shurman; Garth Cartwright; Malcolm Baumgart; Ken Hunt; Peter Silverton; Hal Willner; M...continue...

Various Artists: El Primitivo American Rock 'N' Roll & Rockabilly

2 CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-11-02

Tracks: Save It - Mel Robbins; Oh Yeah - Wally Jeffrey; I Wanna Dance All Night - Chuck Wiley; It's Love - Chuck Wiley; Bandstand - Cliff Nash/Rockaways; Times Is Tough - Chuck Wiley; Are You With Me? - Mel ...
Artists: Various Artists

EL PRIMITIVO AMERICAN ROCK 'N' ROLL & ROCKABILLY contains 24 tracks produced by Murray Nash for the Chess, Jax, Nash, and Do-Ra-Me labels between 1956 and 1964. 12 tracks are previously unreleased....continue...