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"utopian soft pop sounds of Vietnam-era America... As ever, a Bob Stanley compilation is sentimental education of the very best kind." ⭐⭐⭐⭐
MOJOmagazine
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"Don't Let Him Hurt You! Girl Group Sounds USA 1962-1968" will be released: 30.01.2026 🔥
From Ace Records’ early days, there’s always been a place in our hearts for music’s feminine side. A year having flown by since the release of our last compilation spotlighting the US girl group sound of the 60s – think castanets, anguished teen sirens, Svengali-esque producers and mini-sonatas about dreaming, dancing and moody boyfriends (sometimes deceased) – means the time has come for a new vinyl-only volume.
As 1968 drew to a close, the golden age of girl groups had seemingly been and gone: the Shangri-Las, Ronettes and Chiffons, for example, hadn’t had a hit record of note since 1966. Then along came ‘Condition Red’, a cleverly produced psychodrama performed by the Goodees, who grace the front cover and open the top side of this new comp in dramatic style. Over on the generally more soulful second side, Les Chansonettes are first up with ‘Don’t Let Him Hurt You’, a big production stomper written with Martha & the Vandellas in mind.
Elsewhere, Beverly Williams performs the very Lesley Gore-like ‘One Way Street’; ‘Go Away’ by the Murmaids (of ’66) is a lavishly produced number with a chamber pop vibe; ‘What Did You Do Last Night’ by the Drake Sisters was recorded in Phase-O-Phonic Sound; the lyrics of Denita James’ ‘Wild Side’ call to mind genre classics such as ‘He’s A Rebel’, ‘Out In The Streets’ and ‘Chico’s Girl’; and the Sweathearts close the show with a gorgeous harmony-filled update of the mid-50s oldie ‘Eddie My Love’. As usual in this series, the inner sleeve features a picture-packed 4,000-word track commentary by long-serving compiler Mick Patrick.
SIDE ONE
1. CONDITION RED - THE GOODEES
2. GO AWAY - THE MURMAIDS
3. WHERE IS THE BOY TONIGHT - THE CHARMAINES
4. ONE WAY STREET - BEVERLY WILLIAMS
5. WHAT DID YOU DO LAST NIGHT - THE DRAKE SISTERS
6. FORGET WHERE I LIVE - THE HALF-SISTERS
7. HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME - MISS CATHY BRASHER
SIDE TWO
1. DON'T LET HIM HURT YOU - LES CHANSONETTES
2. HE'S A LOVER - TUTTI HILL
3. ANYTHING WORTH HAVING (IS WELL WORTH WAITIN' FOR) - JOAN MOODY
4. I'LL COME RUNNING OVER - 2 OF CLUBS
5. HEY BOY - THE D.C. BLOSSOMS
6. WILD SIDE - DENITA JAMES
7. EDDIE MY LOVE - THE SWEETHEARTS

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Thanks to the Shindig! Magazine writers for awarding us Compilation of the Year (Single Artist) for Nina Simone "Let it All Out", Compilation of the Year (Various Artists) for "American Baroque" and Live Show of the Year for The Seeds UK tour. (Along with honourable mentions for: Kathy McCord, Gather In The Mushrooms, Safe in My Garden, Paul Weller's Sweet Sweet Music, Everybody is A Star and many other 2026 hatched Ace titles). 🙏

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It's Ace new release day! The following titles are all out today. 🙏

Link Wray/ Early Recordings
CH 6L
Our classic Link Wray compilation album “The Early Years” is released here on sunflower yellow vinyl and limited to 500 copies.


Motorhead
Motorhead
WIK 2L
The fledgling Ace records risked it all in financing this album back in 1977 that is now hailed as an all-time metal classic. This limited edition of 500 is pressed on silver vinyl.


Naz Nomad & The Nightmares
WIK 21L
The original version of “Give Daddy The Knife Cindy” released in 1984 was released on purple vinyl. We return to that colour on this limited edition of 500 copies.


The Damned
The Black Album
WIK2 334L
This Anniversary Edition of the Black Album is limited to 500 copies and is pressed on white vinyl.


The Damned
Machine Gun Etiquette
WIKD 333L
Produced by Ace legend Roger Armstrong, “Machine Gun Etiquette” was originally released in 1979. This limited edition of 500 copies is pressed on fuschia coloured vinyl.


Gil Scott-Heron
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
HIQLP 165
This compilation of the best of Gil Scott-Heron’s Flying Dutchman output was originally released in 1974. This version restores it to its original Flying Dutchman format in a gatefold sleeve.

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Check out Wax Poetics: waxpoetics.com/collections/the-ace-records-collect…

A curated selection of Ace Records archive items is now available through a special Wax Poetics auction, live 13–20 November.

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"..this is all California all the way, even when its geography doesn't agree. It's choral, it's orchestral, and it brings the US West Coast's version of summertime into your ears more than any Beach Boys song could do, if you can imagine such a thing." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‪@shindigmagazine2643‬

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If you missed it yesterday, here's the BBC iPlayer link for Ted Carroll and Roger Armstrong's guest spot on Cerys Matthews' BBC 6 Music show. Great stories and superb music as always.👌
"Cerys presents your Sunday sonic and cultural/social adventure. She chats to Roger Armstrong & Ted Carroll, founder members of Ace Records as they turn 50. Founded as Chiswick Records and later Ace Records, the label has been pivotal in shaping UK independent music from the 1970s onward. They're celebrating 50 years of the label, known for its genre-spanning catalogue, from Northern Soul to Rockabilly, Acid Jazz to World Music. Their legacy includes launching careers (Joe Strummer, Kirsty MacColl), reviving forgotten gems, and curating iconic compilations."
Starts 57.55mins in:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002ldr2

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The following new Ace titles are all released today! 🥂🍾

SAFE IN MY GARDEN – American Pop in the Shadows
1967-1972
CDTOP 1667/ XXQLP2 162
In the world of late 60s harmony pop, pacifism was a subtext. Outside the studio, America seemed to be imploding, and so the soft rockers created melancholic songs of escape and loss, dreamscapes in a minor key. With woodwinds, brass, orchestration and complex vocal harmonies, they gently, beautifully, sounded the alarm.

NINA SIMONE, LET IT ALL OUT - Selected Singles
1961-1978
CDTOP 1668/ XXQLP2 163
Two decades of the High Priestess Of Soul’s career on singles, with the emphasis on ‘Soul’.

IRMA THOMAS
WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE
HIQLP 157
Ace Records are delighted to reissue Irma Thomas’ classic debut album “Wish Someone Would Care”. As well as pressing the album on 180gm vinyl Ace are
delighted to feature an interview with Irma discussing this part of her career with writer Garth Cartwright.

Bobbie Gentry
Thunder in the Afternoon/ Slow Cookin'
NW 521
The latest cracking release on Bob Stanley's MEASURED MILE label pairs two long lost sides from Bobbie Gentry’s brief stay with Warner Brothers in the 1970s.

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"... a bona fide soul classic." ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Record Collector Magazine (Reissued tomorrow)!

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Spring Revisited - the highly anticipated album redefining soul, funk, and disco with a modern house edge. Out now on all digital platforms and Double-LP on Cosmos Music/Acid Jazz.

An eleven-track collection crafted by a standout lineup of artists and DJs, each reworking the timeless grooves of New York’s legendary Spring Records - the label behind Fatback Band, Millie Jackson, and Joe Simon.

Listen here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

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