Ace Records - Cheat Sheet - December 2019

Latest releases for December 2019 from Ace Records        

Everything Is Gonna Be Alright     
Funk
Various Artists (Westbound)
CD £11.50

Launched in 1969, Westbound Records was the last great Detroit indie.

Reconsider Me - The RAM Singles & More Southern Gems       
Rhythm & Blues
Margaret Lewis
CD £11.50

Highlighting the original RAM singles by the soulful Shreveport singer and songwriter, with 13 tracks new to Ace CD. Features the bluesy guitar of Grace Tennessee.
       

Tim Burgess & Bob Stanley Present TIM PEAKS - Songs For A Late-Night Diner
Pop
Various Artists (Saint Etienne)
CD £11.50
LP £29.01
The Pacific North West and the English North West are damp, mossy, riddled with steep, unexpected valleys, dotted with abandoned mills, and frequently cloaked in mist. Most of the year you’d be wise to wear waterproofs. David Lynch set Twin Peaks in the former; it’s not a great leap to imagine it being re-cast and set in the latter. Paddy Considine would probably be involved; Yorkshire Tea, too. As for the soundtrack? Well, that’s what this album is about.
 

The London American Label Year By Year 1967   
Rock'n'Roll
Various Artists (London American)
CD £11.50

1967 as documented by the releases of the UK’s most famous source for US rock’n’roll, pop and R&B.
    

She Came From Liverpool! Merseyside Girl-Pop 1962-1968
Girls
Various Artists (Beat Girls)
CD £12.92

Male beat groups ruled the mid-60s Merseyside roost but the area was also home to its fair share of female talent.
    
  

Vinyl 45s

 I'm A Happy Man B/W Whatever I Am, I'm Yours
Modern Soul
Various Artists (Kent singles)
7" £10.68

Kent issued ‘I’m A Happy Man’ on CD in 1999. It is coupled here with Bill Brandon’s permanently in-demand modern soul classic.

Gonna Spread The News B/W That's All I Got
Northern Soul
Various Artists (Kent singles)
7" £10.68

First time on 45 for Unique Blend’s ‘Gonna Spread The News’. The flip has that chugging, toe-tapping beat so beloved by Emeralds fans and is also on vinyl for the first time.

Trippin' On Your Love B/W That's Why I Love You
Modern Soul
Various Artists (Kent singles)
7" £10.68

‘Trippin’ On Your Love’ is a modern soul anthem and gets its first single release here. The flip is a very good Temprees number, unissued until its Kent CD release.

She Wrote It, I Read It B/W Fall In These Arms Of Mine
Deep Soul
Various Artists (Dave Godin)
7" £10.68

‘She Wrote It, I Read It’ is a magnificent ballad written and produced by Charles Spurling. The flip was recorded in the southern USA and produced by Bobby Smith.

 (Love Is My) Secret Weapon B/W It's No Mistake
Modern Soul
Darrow Fletcher
7" £8.79

Darrow Fletcher’s ‘(Love Is My) Secret Weapon’ is paired here with the longer unedited version of his Crossover modern dancer ‘It’s No Mistake’.

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