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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...

Various Artists: Hey Beach Girls: Female Surf 'n' Drag

CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-10-05

Tracks: Pray for Surf - The Honeys; Cycle Set - Donna Loren; (Dance with The) Surfin' Band - Hal Blaine & the Young Cougars; Draggin' Wagon - The Surfer Girls; Shoot the Curl - The Honeys; He's My Surfin' Gu...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Authors: Malcolm Baumgart; Mick Patrick.

It wasn't just guys singing about surfboards and hot rods during the surf and drag boom in the early '60s; the girls were doing it, too, as t...continue...

Various Artists: Red Blue Jeans & Checkerboard Socks

CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-09-07

Tracks: Red Bluejeans and a Pony Tail - Gene Vincent/Blue Caps; Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins; Straight Skirt - Gene Summers & His Rebels; Dig Them Squeaky Shoes - Frank Starr & His Rock-Away Boys; Wash Ma...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Brian Nevill.

Illustrator: Brian Nevill.

Photographer: Joanna Thurston-Hopkins.

Rockin' platters from the mid- to late '50s based on hipster clothing is the nam...continue...

Various Artists: A Rocket in My Pocket

CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-09-07

Tracks: How Can You Be Mean To Me - Dale Vaughn; Mystery Train - Elvis Presley; Raging Sea, The - Gene Mattais; She's the One That's Got It - Allen Page; Put Your Cat Clothes On - Carl Perkins; Don't Be Gone...
Artists: Various Artists

Otis Williams & the Charms (Charms): It's a Treat: The King/De Luxe Recordings 1959-63 *

CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-07-06

Tracks: Wait a Minute Baby; Image of a Girl; Watch Dog; My Prayer Tonight; Just Forget About Me; So Can I; You Know How Much I Care; Wait; When We Get Together; Little Turtle Dove; Secret, The; Tears of Happ...
Artists: Otis Williams & the Charms (Charms)

Personnel: Otis Williams & the Charms (vocals).

Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.

Illustrators: Tony Rounce; Victor Pearlin.

Otis Williams & the Charms are mostly known for their re...continue...

Various Artists: You Baby: Words and Music by P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri

CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-06-08

Tracks: Another Day, Another Heartache - The 5th Dimension; Can I Get to Know You Better - The Turtles; Take Me for What I'm Worth - The Searchers; Where Were You When I Needed You - The Grass Roots; Kick Th...
Artists: Various Artists

Tributees: P.F. Sloan; Steve Barri.

Liner Note Authors: Frank M. Young; Mick Patrick.

Illustrators: Martin Roberts; Harvey Williams; Malcolm Baumgart; Jack Nitzsche, Jr.; Bill Tobelman; ...continue...

Phil Spector: Phil Spector: The Early Productions

CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-04-06

Tracks: I'm So Happy (Tra La La); Spanish Harlem; When You Dance; I Love How You Love Me; Be a Soldier; You Took Advantage of Me; Shang Shang; That's All Right Baby; Under the Moon of Love; You Said Goodbye;...
Artists: Phil Spector

2010 release, an installment in the Ace Records label's producer-based series. This successful series continues with a bumper collection devoted to the most famous record...continue...
Phil Spector really hit his commercial and artistic stride with the Crystals' "He's a Rebel," but the flurry of hits it ignited had been preceded by almost five years of fitful attempts to find a foot...continue...

Various Artists: The Birth of Surf, Vol. 2

CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-02-23

Tracks: Walk, Don't Run - The Ventures; Stampede - The Scarlets (mono); Shanghied - The Wailers (mono); Church Key - The Revels/Barbara Adkins (mono); Wild Weekend - The Rockin' Rebels (mono); Bust Out - The...
Artists: Various Artists

2010 collection, the second installment in the Birth Of Surf series from Ace Records. So, here we have 26 more of the same, a mix...continue...
Liner Note Author: Alan Taylor.

Recording information: 1961.

Like the first volume of this series on Ace Records, this might not be the very best surf rock compilation, but should be on ...continue...

Jackie DeShannon: You Won't Forget Me: The Complete Liberty Singles, Vol. 1

CD / Ace (Label) / 2009-10-27

Tracks: Teach Me; Lonely Girl; Heaven Is Being with You; Think About You; Wish I Could Find a Boy (Just Like You); I Won't Turn You Down; Ain't That Love; Baby (When Ya Kiss Me); Prince, The; That's What Boy...
Artists: Jackie DeShannon

2009 collection of digitally remastered recordings from the ultra-talented singer and songwriter. With the looks and voice of an angel and the songwriting chops that...continue...
Liner Note Authors: Peter Lerner; Tony Rounce; Mick Patrick.

Photographer: Ady Croasdell.

Jackie DeShannon has quite a musical legacy. Her early singles crafted doo wop to intelligent ly...continue...

Various Artists: A Solitary Man: The Early Songs of Neil Diamond

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2009-09-01

Tracks: Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow) [TV Mix] - The Monkees (remix); Boat That I Row, The; Red Red Wine - Tony Tribe; Kentucky Woman - Deep Purple; Just Another Guy - Cliff Richard; Sunday and Me; It Comes...
Artists: Various Artists

2009 collection of songs penned by Neil Diamond before he became a worldwide solo superstar. While he scored a few hits on his own in...continue...
Liner Note Authors: Ellie Greenwich; Tony Rounce; Mick Patrick; Carl Derrico.

Illustrators: Ian Graham; Laurence Cane-Honeysett; Tony Rounce; Mick Patrick.

Photographers: Ian Graham; Lau...continue...

Various Artists: Chartbusters USA: Sunshine Pop

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2009-06-30

Tracks: Happy Together - The Turtles; Younger Girl - The Critters; I Could Be So Good to You - Don & the Goodtimes; 98.6 - Keith; It's Getting Better - Cass Elliot; Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James & th...
Artists: Various Artists

2009 compilation, a themed installment in Ace Record's popular Chartbusters USA series which highlighting specific aspects of mid-late 60s American Popular music. This volume focuses...continue...
Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.

Sunshine pop is one of those generic designations that came into use long after the music in question had fallen out of popularity. Featuring sweet, upbeat melod...continue...

The Shirelles: Foolish Little Girl/Sing Their Hits from It's a Mad Mad Mad World

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2009-05-26

Artists: The Shirelles

As has been the case with our other volumes in this series, Ace has used the original Scepter album masters to create this CD, using...continue...
The Shirelles' fifth and sixth albums are combined onto one CD with this 2009 reissue, with the addition of historical liner notes. In keeping with the rest of Ace's extensive series of Shirelles two-...continue...

Various Artists: Honey and Wine: Another Gerry Goffin and Carole King Song Collection

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2009-04-28

Tracks: Every Breath I Take - Gene Pitney; Oh No, Not My Baby - Maxine Brown; Up On the Roof - The Drifters; Not Just Tomorrow, But Always [Mono Sigle Version] - Ben E. King; Tell Daddy - Ben E. King; He Kno...
Artists: Various Artists

2009 collection. Honey & Wine is the second foray into the songbook of Gerry Goffin and Carole King, one of the most lauded songwriting partnerships...continue...
Like the previous Ace compilation A Gerry Goffin & Carole King Song Collection 1961-1967, this CD has 26 vintage recordings of Goffin & King compositions, this one spanning the early '60s to the early...continue...

Various Artists: Destroy That Boy! More Girls with Guitars

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2009-04-07

Artists: Various Artists

2009 collection of '60s gems recorded by some of the finest (and oft-overlooked) female bands of the era. So you thought The Shangri-Las were a...continue...
A sequel to the 2004 Ace CD Girls with Guitars, this likewise focuses on guitar-oriented, girl-sung 1960s rock from the '60s, though to be technical one 1970 cut sneaks in. These aren't all self-conta...continue...

Various Artists: Where the Girls Are, Vol. 7

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2009-02-24

Tracks: Tears Come Tumbling - The Teardrops; Earthquake - The Fashionettes; How Fine Can One Guy Be - The Jelly Beans; He's My Boyfriend - Kriss Anderson; Trouble Child [Vocal Accompaniment] - Barbara Mason...
Artists: Various Artists

2009 release, the long-awaited seventh installment in this Girl Group series and the first in five years. The 26 tracks here span the years 1962-1967,...continue...
Twenty-six rare girl group tracks from 1962-1967, eight of them previously unreleased, are on the seventh volume of this long-running series. It's a fair representation of some of the innumerable non-...continue...

Various Artists: Glitter and Gold

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2009-01-27

Artists: Various Artists

2008 release, an addition to Ace Records' Songwriters and Producers series. This collection spotlights the compositions of husband and wife team Barry Mann and Cynthia...continue...
In common with Ace's numerous other anthologies devoted to compositions by major 1960s pop/rock songwriters, Glitter and Gold: Words and Music by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil is neither quite a best-of...continue...

Vince Taylor: Jet Black Leather Machine *

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2009-01-27

Tracks: Brand New Cadillac; Jet Black Machine; My Baby Left Me; My Babe; What'cha Gonna Do (When Your Baby Leaves You); I'll Be Your Hero; Move Over Tiger; Sweet Little Sixteen; Baby Let's Play House; Twenty...
Artists: Vince Taylor

2008 collection from the British '50s and '60s Rock 'N' Roller. This is the first time that all of the high points of Vince Taylor's...continue...
Liner Note Author: Kieron Tyler.

Author: David Bowie.

Photographers: Bill Francis; Herman Leonard.

Arrangers: Clifford Adams; Howard Barnes.

Vince Taylor is a legend of ear...continue...

Various Artists: Do-Wah-Diddy: Words and Music by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2008-10-07

Tracks: Can Hear Music - The Beach Boys; I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing - The Drifters; Out In the Streets - The Shangri-Las; Maybe I Know - Lesley Gore; He Ain't No Angel - The Ad Libs; I Have a Bo...
Artists: Various Artists

2008 compilation spotlighting the husband and wife songwriting team Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry. Although they wrote together for just three or four years, you'd...continue...
As part of its excellent ongoing series on major American pop/rock songwriters of the 1950s and '60s, Ace presents a couple dozen '60s recordings of tunes penned by Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry -- u...continue...

Various Artists: The Big Top Records Story: Classic New York Pop 1958-1964

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2008-09-30

Artists: Various Artists

2008 release, a great addition to Ace's series of label anthologies. The Big Top label was a classy affair run by Hill & Range, a...continue...
Run as a sideline by the owners of the heavyweight publishing company Hill & Range (most famous for supplying songs to Elvis Presley), the Big Top label never really established either an artistic ide...continue...

The Shirelles: Tonight's the Night/Sing to Trumpets and Strings

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2008-08-05

Artists: The Shirelles

2008 release, the first in a series that will restore to catalogue the original Scepter and Pricewise vinyl albums by the Shirelles, in the same...continue...
The Shirelles' first two albums are combined onto a single-disc CD on this reissue, with the addition of three non-LP cuts from their early singles. From 1960, Tonight's the Night was, in common with ...continue...

Little Caesar (Blues/Vocals): Your On-The-Hour Man: Modern, Dolphin and Downey Recordings

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2008-08-05

Artists: Little Caesar (Blues/Vocals)

2008 release from the West Coast R&B cult favorite, Harry "Little" Caesar, which incorporates almost everything he cut between 1952 and 1960. Caesar's description-defying R&B...continue...
Vintage R&B collectors will salivate at the first digital release of these rare sides by West coast soul singer Harry "Little" Caesar. YOUR ON-THE-HOUR MAN contains pretty much everything he recorded ...continue...

Various Artists: Always Something There: Burt Bacharach Collectors Anthology

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2008-07-08

Tracks: Once In A Blue Moon (Instrumental) - Nat King Cole; How About - Della Reese; Wild Honey - Cathy Carr; Last Time I Saw My Heart, The - Marty Robbins; Crazy Times - Gene Vincent; I Looked For You - Cha...
Artists: Various Artists

2008 release featuring collectors' pieces and original versions from the deep catalogue of one of the 20th century's greatest pop tunesmiths. It features a £400.00...continue...
For all the hits that Burt Bacharach wrote (usually though not always in partnership with Hal David) over the course of his long career, many records featuring his songwriting never got a wide hearing...continue...

Alan Freed Rock 'n' Roll Big Band/Alan Freed: A Stompin' Good Time

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2008-06-10

Tracks: Two Good Guys; Street With a Beat; Cool Papa; Night Flight; Tuxedo Junction; Homework; All Tore Up; Deep Down & Low; Tow Head; In a Little Spanish Town; Lady Whistlebait; Gosah; Fandango Rock; Shuffl...
Artists: Alan Freed Rock 'n' Roll Big Band/Alan Freed

2008 release, a collection of smokin' tracks from Alan Freed's rockin' big band. He was neither a singer nor a musician, but Alan Freed knew...continue...
In addition to being perhaps the most famous early rock & roll radio DJ of all, Alan Freed also promoted and presented many early rock & roll concerts, at which a house band was needed to play and bac...continue...

Claudine Clark: Ask the Girl Who Knows: The Best of 1958-1969 *

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2008-06-10

Tracks: Party Lights; Sometimes Thing, A; Gimme a Break; Telephone Game, The; Buttered Popcorn; Goodbye Mama; Hang It Up; Standing on Tip Toe; Easy to Love (Too Hard to Forget); Disappointed; (The Strength) ...
Artists: Claudine Clark

2008 compilation containing everything you wanted to hear by Philadelphia's multi-talented and mysterious Claudine Clark, including some alternate takes, great unissued tracks and a Northern...continue...
Known as a one-hit wonder for her 1962 girl group-styled classic "Party Lights," Claudine Clark recorded an entire LP and various other singles, a couple under pseudonyms. This 24-track CD has most of...continue...

Various Artists: Early Girls, Vol. 5

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2008-05-06

Tracks: It Hurts to Be Sixteen - Andrea Carroll; Baby, Baby (I Still Love You) - The Cinderellas; Don't Just Stand There - Patty Duke; Blue Summer - The Royalettes; Dusty - The Rag Dolls; Joey Baby - Anita A...
Artists: Various Artists

2008 release, the fifth and final installment in this popular series. Gone are the Debbie Reynolds, Rosemary Clooneys and Doris Days of the last volume...continue...
The fifth volume of this long-running series of girl group-styled music offers 28 singles from the early to mid-'60s, all of which managed to make the national Billboard chart. That doesn't mean, howe...continue...

Various Artists: The Golden Age of American Popular Music: The Folk Hits

1 CD / Ace (Label) / 2008-03-11

Tracks: Walk Right In - Rooftop Singers; If I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul and Mary; Where Have All the Flowers Gone - The Kingston Trio; Green, Green - The New Christy Minstrels; It Ain't Me, Babe - Johnny Ca...
Artists: Various Artists

2008 installment in Ace's popular Golden Age of American Popular Music series, The Folk Hits is a compendium of just about every Folk hit to...continue...
Liner Note Author: Rob Finnis.

Arrangers: Seeger, Petersen + Marsalis; Frank Hamilton; Frank Warner; Guy Carawan; John A. Lomax; Alan Lomax; Zilphia Horton.

Part of Ace Records' excellen...continue...