Our latest volume in this critically acclaimed and best selling series moves us backwards, for the first time, into the 1950s and offers another stunn..
• It has been some time since Kent has championed a soul ballad collection. Southern soul has been well served but the general great soul ballad has u..
This time last year we were busy preparing for the release on Big Beat International of “Nippon Girls”, a collection of female vocalists from Japan. I..
Ace's highly acclaimed year-by year overview of the great American music that came out in the UK (and elsewhere) on the London label continues apace. ..
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the birth of surf volume 2
So here we have 26 more of the same, a mix of hits and rarities, compiled and annotated by the boys from Pipeline. Six of the tracks are new to CD ent..
esther marrow
sister woman
Nowadays known as "Queen" Esther Marrow, her gospel and stage performances have made her a worldwide concert draw. She recorded two sought-after funk ..
Bob Shad was one of the quiet music men. Unlike those such as Leonard Chess, Sam Phillips and Ahmet Ertegun, he was not the sort of independent label ..
To no one's surprise, the "London American Year By Year" series has proven to be an instant success for Ace. The combination of nostalgia for both the..
black girl
original soundtrack
One of the rarest and most obscure of the soundtracks for black movies from the 70s, "Black Girl" is also a very interesting proposition musically, wi..
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london street jazz 1988-2009
The 1980s saw a great jazz revival. In the United States a new generation gave it a focus that was reflected in acres of press coverage illustrated wi..
In September 2007 Acid Jazz Records will score a Top 40 hit with the Andy Lewis and Paul Weller single 'Are You Trying To Be Lonely'. It will be a fin..
• The 6Ts 100 Club all-nighters are about to celebrate their 30th anniversary, an unsurpassed event in discotheque and youth cult history, as these ni..