"Candles" by HEATWAVE (November 2010 UK Big Break Records (BBR) Expanded Edition CD Reissue and Remaster with Nine Bonus Tracks) - A Review by Mark Barry...

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"…We’re The Syndicate Of Soul…Gonna Take Control…"

Like many Soul and Funk fans, I’ve been noticing Big Break Records (BBR) and their steady stream of interesting reissues turn up in the racks of better record shops in the West End of London (Sister Ray, Sounds Of The Universe and Reckless).

"Candles" was the kind of early 80's album that boasted 2 or 3 great tracks and the rest was filler – like so many records of the time. But what lifts this reissue above the ordinary is the wad of bonus tracks attached – and especially the truly fabulous remastered sound. Here's the posin' details…

Released 25 November 2010 in the UK - "Candles: Expanded Edition" by HEATWAVE on Big Break Records CDBBR 0024 (Barcode 5013929032422) offers the 1980 LP with nine Bonus Tracks and breaks down as follows (79:34 minutes):

1. Gangsters Of Groove [Side 1]

2. Jitterbuggin' 

3. Party Suite 

4. Turn Around 

5. Posin' 'Til Closin' [Side 2] 

6. All I Am 

7. Dreamin' You 

8. Goin' Crazy 

9. Where Did I Go Wrong 

Tracks 1 to 9 are the album "Candles" first released in December 1980 in the USA on Epic FE 36873 (charted at number 24) and then February 1981 in the UK on GTO Records GTOLP 0047 (charted at number 29).

BONUSES:
10. Gangsters Of The Groove (Single Version) [4:02 minutes, Edit]
11. Jitterbuggin' (UK Single Version) [4:00 minutes, Edit]
12. Where Did I Go Wrong (US Single Version) [3:47 minutes, Edit]
13. Posin' 'Til Closin' (UK Single Version) [3:40 minutes, Edit]
14. Turn Around (US Single Version) [3:59 minutes, Edit]
15. Find Someone Like You - a non-album B-side to "Gangsters Of The Groove" 7" single credited on the record as "Someone Like You" [3:58 minutes]
16. Wack That Axe - a non-album B-side to the UK 12" single of "Jitterbuggin'" [3:45 minutes]
17. Gangsters Of The Groove (UK 12" Remix) [5:48 minutes – album version is 4:22 minutes]
18. Posin' 'Til Closin' (UK 12" Version) [5:10 minutes – album version is 5:00 minutes]

In one of those new rounded-corner jewel cases, the booklet has 12-pages of colour photos, album sleeves, GTO and Epic singles and informational liner notes by HAYDEN JONES. The albums credits also include the bonus tracks – it’s very well done. But the big news is the sound…

The original tapes have been digitally remastered by ALAN WILSON at Western Star Studios and he’s done a truly stunning job. Every instrument is full on – and not in a loudness-for-loudness sake kind of way – the remaster is clear, muscular & an absolute blast to listen to.

The record’s big secret was soul/funk songwriter ROD TEMPERTON – he penned 5 of the album’s 9 tracks and more famously went on to write “Rock With You”, “Off The Wall”, “Baby Be Mine”, “The Lady In My Life” and “Thriller” for Michael Jackson. Temperton had been with them in the beginning in 1977, but by this time had long since left, but was still sufficiently involved with the group to arrange and contribute much of this album.

His signature winner “Gangster Of The Groove” opens the proceedings very nicely – it’s soul/disco/funk genius – an irresistible floor-filler even to this day. The problem with the album is that it never reaches that dizzy height again. “Posin’ Til Closin’” and “Turn Around” are good funky tunes and “Dreamin’ You” features that superb bass playing of Derek Bramble, but the soppy Lynsey De Paul cover “All I Am” is hard to listen to now. The finishers “Goin’ Crazy” and “Where Did I Go Wrong” are good too, but never really great. The 12”-only B-side "Wack That Axe" however is a superb bonus track.

The liner notes dedicate the release to band-member and co-producer Johnnie Wilder, Jnr. who died in 2006 – his brother Keith fronts a form of the band to this day. It has to be said that BBR have done his memory proud.

To sum up - "Candles" by Heatwave is a 3-star album given a 5-star treatment by Big Break Records (BBR) - and if you have any affection for it, then you need this superb remaster in your life.

The quality way this CD has been presented is going to make me investigate more of their releases. And at just under seven quid from many online retailers, it's cheap too. Recommended.

PS: Big Break Records (BBR) CD Remasters 

I've reviewed to October 2015

1. Is It Still Good To Ya – ASHFORD and SIMPSON (1978)

2. Stay Free – ASHFORD and SIMPSON (1979)

3. Central Heating – HEATWAVE (1977)

4. Hot Property - HEATWAVE (1979)

5. Candles - HEATWAVE (1980)

6. Turnin' On - HIGH INERGY (1977)

7. Harvest For The World - THE ISLEY BROTHERS (1976)

8. Go For Your Guns - THE ISLEY BROTHERS (1977)

9. In The Heart – KOOL & THE GANG (1983)

10. I Hope We Get To Love On Time - MARILYN McCOO & BILLY DAVIS (1976)

11.  I Miss You - HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES (1972) [known as "Harold Melvin The Blue Notes" in the UK]

12. Black & Blue - HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES (1973)

13. Love Is The Message - MFSB (1973)

14. Universal Love – MFSB (1975)

15. All The Faces Of... - BUDDY MILES (1974)

16. For The First Time – STEPHANIE MILLS (1975)

17. I Can See Clearly Now - JOHNNY NASH (1972)

18. In Philadelphia - O'JAYS (1969)

19. Back Stabbers - O'JAYS (1972)

20. Ship Ahoy - O'JAYS (1973)

21. Down To Love Town – THE ORIGINALS (1977)

22. Ebony Woman - BILLY PAUL (1970 and 1973)

23. 360 Degrees Of Billy Paul - BILLY PAUL (1972)

24. War Of The Gods - BILLY PAUL (1973)

25. Platinum Hook – PLATINUM HOOK (1978)

26. Love For What It Is - ANITA POINTER (of The Pointer Sisters) (1987)

27. Live: Stompin’ At The Savoy – RUFUS and CHAKA KHAN (1983)

28. Summernights – SILVER CONVENTION (1977)

29. Smoked Sugar - SMOKED SUGAR (1975)

30. Soul Master – EDWIN STARR (1968)

31. Involved - EDWIN STARR (1971)

32. Switch - SWITCH (1978)

33 Watercolors – THE WATERS (1980)

34. Just As I Am - BILL WITHERS (1971 Debut LP on Sussex/A&M Records)

35. Heartbeats – YARBROUGH & PEOPLES (1983)

"It Ain’t Gonna Be That Way – The Complete Smash Sessions" by CHARLIE RICH. A Review Of The 2011 Ace Records CD Compilation.

"…Who Is The Coolest Guy…"

Mercury Records of the USA released a CD compilation by Charlie Rich called “The Complete Smash Sessions” in 1992 – I’ve had it a while now to have the music. This new 28 February 2011 reissue CD by Ace Records of the UK is that 29-song US title with a slightly re-jiggered track list. But the real reason for fan-joy here is that Rich’s truly great musical content has finally gotten the superior remastered sound its always deserved (and a nicely expanded booklet too).

Let’s get to the details first because there’s a lot - Ace CDCHD 1298 (69:34 minutes) will allow you to sequence his 2 Sixties albums on Smash Records as follows:

“The Many New Sides Of Charlie Rich”, 1965 USA LP on Smash MGS-27070 [Mono] and SRS-67070 [Stereo]

Side 1:
1. Mohair Sam [9]
2. I Can't Go On [7]
3. Dance Of Love [8]
4. A Field Of Yellow Daisies [15]
5. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water [20]
6. Everything I Do Is Wrong [11]
Side 2:
1. She's A Yum Yum [24]
2. It Ain't Gonna Be That Way [1]
3. Just A Little Bit Of You [4]
4. Moonshine Minnie [26]
5. Down And Out [21]
6. Lonely Weekends [A Smash Re-Recording Of His 1960 Hit on Phillips] [28]

“The Best Years”, 1966 USA LP on Smash MGS-27078 [Mono] and SRS-67078 [Stereo]

Side 1:
1. No Home [6]
2. So Long [16]
3. The Best Years [14]
4. Party Girl [2]
5. You Can Have Her [19]
6. Have I Stayed Away Too Long [12]
Side 2:
1. Hawg Jaw [27]
2. Something Just Came Over Me [5]
3. Double Dog Dare Me [25]
4. Just A Little Bit Of Time [17]
5. Blowin' Town [18]
6. Tear's A Go-Go [13]

The remaining 5 tracks are made up of the following:
“Man About Town” [10], “Let The Party Roll On” [22] and “Santa Claus’ Daughter” [29] were all previously unreleased outtakes which first appeared on the American 1992 compilation mentioned above - while “That’s My Way” [3] and “When My Baby Comes Home” [23] are the non-album A & B-sides of a 1966 USA 7” single on Smash 2060.

As you can see from the above LPs, they were issued in ‘both’ Mono and Stereo – this CD uses only the STEREO mixes on ALL tracks except 3 on the 2nd LP – “Party Girl”, “Just A Little Bit Of Time” and “Hawg Jaw” – these are Mono mixes.

The original US booklet was a barely illustrated skimpy 8-pages in black and white – here we get 16-pages with both album sleeves featured in full colour plates, pictured US 7” singles (stock and demo), trade newspaper reviews and black & white publicity and family photos. It’s very nicely done and features knowledgeable and affectionate liner notes by renowned British writer and music lover DEAN RUDLAND.

The remastered sound is by NICK ROBBINS at Sound Mastering in London and the difference is HUGE. Think Sixties Presley meets Roy Orbison on Monument - catchy tunes with top production values.
Best sound ever is on the fantastically hip “Mohair Sam” (lyrics above), the lovely ballad “A Field Of Yellow Daisies” (written by his wife Margaret Ann) and the jaunty piano of “She’s A Yum Yum” is so clear now too. The low down and gritty “I Washed My Hands In Muddy Waters” is the kind of Bluesy Sixties song I adore - can’t get enough of it.

Then we get what I consider to be a genuine Sixties masterpiece – “It Ain’t Gonna Be That Way”. I play this sucker to death – and it sounds just awesome here. The Monkees-pop-vibe of “Just A Little Bit Of You” has fantastic audio too – even if he does ape Roy Orbison’s growl on the chorus. “Down And Out” is as ludicrously catchy as a Sixties’ tune gets – just great - while “Something Just Came Over Me” is near-perfect pop.

And as if this isn’t riches' enough, the 3 outtakes are all uptempo crackers – a cover of Joe South’s “Let The Party Roll”, a cover of William Young’s “Man About Town” and a happy bopper from his wife Margaret Ann – “Santa Claus’ Daughter”. The B-side of “That’s My Way” is the rare but brilliant “When My Baby Comes” and it will be gracing a cool 60ts comp of mine as soon as possible.

Niggles – the 3 mono mixes are a puzzle – I say this because the original 1992 US CD doesn't even hightlight them as such (at least the Ace title does) - but where are the 'Stereo' versions of these 3 tracks? But these are minor irritations on a CD that has genuinely put a smile on my weary mug.

To sum up – this is a brilliant and timely reissue. Charlie Rich had the voice, he wrote most of the songs and he even looked the part – yet it would take the Seventies and his Silver Fox Country ballads period before he finally got the credit he so obviously deserved. Charlie Rich (like Eden Kane and Terry Reid) is the kind of artist who needs rediscovery – and this CD is a superb starting block.

A fabulous job-done by Ace (yet again) and already one of my reissues of 2011.

"Who’s Blue? Rare Chess Recordings Of The 60s And 70s" by ETTA JAMES. A Review Of The 2011 Ace/Kent Soul UK CD Compilation.

Etta James is part of my "SOUNDS GOOD: Exceptional CD Remasters Soul, Funk & Jazz Fusion" Download Book available to buy on Amazon to either your PC or Mac (it will download the Kindle software to read the book for free to your toolbar). Click on the link below to go my Author's Page for this and other related publications:

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“…When You Talk That Sweet Talk…I Burn Like Oil On Fire…”

Across the 24 cuts on "Who’s Blue?" 18 sides are rare B-sides/album tracks new to CD - with one song (track 8) being a previously unreleased outtake from 1964. There’s a lot on here, so let’s get to the details…

Released in the UK on 28 February 2011, Ace/Kent Soul CDKEND 345 breaks down as follows (67:49 minutes):

1. Only A Fool
(From “Etta James”, 1973 USA LP on Chess 50042
Also 1974 USA 7” on Chess CH 2148, B-side of “Leave Your Hat On”)

2. Take Out Some Insurance
(From “Losers Weepers”, December 1970 USA LP on Cadet 847
Also 1971 USA 7” single on Chess CH 2112, A-side
Also 1975 USA 7” single on Chess CH 2171, B-side of “Lovin’ Arms”)

3. I’m So Glad (I Found A Love In You)
(From “Call My Name”, January 1967 USA LP on Cadet 4055
Also 1967 USA 7” single on Cadet 5552, B-side of “I Prefer You”)

4. (I Don’t Need Nobody To Tell Me) How To Treat My Man
(A Previously Unreleased Track That First Appeared On The 2000 Universal 3CD set “Etta James - The Chess Box”)

5. Fire
(1968 USA 7” single on Cadet 5620, A-side)

6. I’ve Been A Fool
(From “Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!”, 1976 USA LP on Chess 19003
Also USA 1976 7” single on Chess ACH-30001, B-side of “Jump Into Love”)

7. You’re The Fool
(From "Losers Weepers", December 1970 USA LP on Cadet 847)

8. Can’t Shake It
(Previously Unreleased 1964 Argo/Chess Recording, Released Here For 1st Time)

9. Do Right
(From "Queen Of Soul", 1964 USA LP on Argo 4040)

10. Nobody But You
(From “Etta James”. 1962 USA LP on Argo 4013)

11. Seven Day Fool
(From “The Second Time Around”, 1961 USA LP on Argo 4011)
(Also 1961 USA 7” single on Argo 5402, A-side)

12. That Man Belongs Back Here With Me
(From “Queen Of Soul”, 1964 USA LP on Argo 4040
Also 1964 USA 7” single on Argo 5477, B-side of “Breaking Point”)

13. Look Who’s Blue
(1964 USA 7” single on Argo 5465, Non-Album Track, B-side of Loving You More Every Day”)

14. You Can Count On Me
(From “Etta James”. 1962 USA LP on Argo 4013)

15. It Could Happen To You
(From “Sings For Lovers”. 1962 USA LP on Argo 4018)

16. Street Of Tears
(1962 USA 7” single on Argo 5418, B-side of “Stop The Wedding”)

17. Don’t Pick Me For Your Fool
(From “Call My Name”, January 1967 USA LP on Cadet 4055
Also 1967 USA 7” single on Cadet 5564, A-side)

18. Are My Thoughts With You
(From “Funk”, January 1970 USA LP on Cadet 832)

19. My Man Is Together
(From “Funk”, January 1970 USA LP on Cadet 832)

20. I’m Sorry For You
(1966 USA 7” single on Cadet 5526, Non-Album Track, B-side of “Only Time Will Tell”)

21. I Worry ‘Bout You
(From “Queen Of Soul”, 1964 USA LP on Argo 4040
Also 1963 USA 7” single on Cadet 5452, B-side to “Two Sides (To Every Story)”)

22. Let Me Know
(From “Etta James”. 1962 USA LP on Argo 4013)

23. What Fools We Mortals Are
(From “Funk”, January 1970 USA LP on Cadet 832)
24. Sweet Memories
(From “Funk”, January 1970 USA LP on Cadet 832)

The 24-page booklet is beautifully done – jam-packed with full colour plates of rarely seen album sleeves, pictured US 7” singles on Argo, Cadet and Chess, Sixties trade adverts for Cashbox and black & white publicity photos – a typically top job done by Ace. As well as the cleverly laid out pictorials - each song is broken down into properly detailed liner notes done by MICK PATRICK. The audio quality is great throughout too – full of life and presence – your speakers rattling with the bass and drums (remastering and audio restoration has been done by NICK ROBBINS and ROB SHREAD at the Sound Mastering Studios in London).

Proceedings open strongly with a brass floor-filler from 1973 called “Only A Fool”. But ‘funk’ isn’t really what’s on offer here overall (mores the pity). The not-so-aptly titled “Funk” LP from 1970 is a good example – it’s featured here by 4 tracks, but they’re pleading ballads and not kick-ass stuff the album title suggests. “What Fools We Mortals Be” and “My Man Is Together” are the better two.
Far cooler is the lone track from 1976 called “I’ve Been A Fool”. It features the ‘All Platinum’ label house band The Rimshots– and is a guitar-driven low down and dirty rock-funk tune (a great choice by compiler Mick Patrick - both as an album track and as a forgotten B-side).

As a listen, it’s a fascinating delve into the different styles her career pumped out into the public domain. There’s the crooner side of Etta in “It Could Happen To You”, a tune popularized by Jo Stafford and Dinah Washington before her. A slightly pop-country tip on “Look Who’s Blue” an old Don Gibson standard and the consummate balladeer on great unfairly forgotten B-sides like “I’m Sorry For You” and “I Worry ‘Bout You”.

Special praise has to go to Ace for the ‘previously unreleased’ nugget uncovered in some tape box somewhere “Can’t Shake It” – it may be a loner on here, but man is it good. Other highlights for me are the hard-hitting dancer “Don’t Pick Me For Your Fool” and the Stax Otis Redding sounding “Fire” – a Willie Dixon song sung originally by Koko Taylor (lyrics above).

To sum up –as a voracious collector of the Chess label, “Who’s Blue” is a winner for me. And speaking of Ace Records, they’re a little like great Woody Allen films (they come and go without enough people noticing them) - we are perhaps in danger of taking for granted how good Ace has become at these kind of compilations.

Lovely stuff and a job well done boys.

“Easy-A”. A Review Of The 2010 Film Now On A 2011 BLU RAY.

"…If You Hear A Rumour That I Have Chlamydia…Just Ignore It…"

"Easy-A" is a superb, witty and incredibly fresh coming-of-age flick with a razor-sharp script.

Olive Penderghast is an intelligent twenty-something woman (Emma Stone). Olive is articulate, grounded and quick with a retort - and definitely not a loose woman who goes with any boy behind the bike shed. In fact her virginity is still 'secretly' intact. Her best friend however is Marianne who hasn't had any part of her anatomy intact for quite some time (a scene-stealing part for Alison Michalka). Marianne has temptress hair, an ample bosom and tight blouses that show you her credentials in no uncertain terms. Possessed of a trashy mouth and practically the campus trollop, Marianne can't wait for her friend Olive to lose her cherry. So in an attempt to alleviate her constant vocal pressurizing, Olive tells Marianne that she has done 'it' at the weekend. She gives Marianne all the necessary details. Big mistake...

Next day, Olive's gay friend Brandon (Dan Byrd) hears the delicious news and is thrilled. He spots an opportunity. Brandon can't stand the pretence any more and asks Olive (in her new found waywardness) to fake making out with him so he can be accepted by all the fit hetro guys in collage. Olive agrees because she feels for Brandon. They stage a hysterically funny make out scene in a bedroom at a party with everyone listening at the door. He emerges as the male stud and hero to the lads. Soon the rumour mill starts and via the net and mobile phones, Olive attains a reputation as sleep-around-central. But then her goer status escalates, bringing down the religious nuts on her immoral ass (a great performance by Amanda Bynes) which causes Olive all sorts of grief - including even losing Todd (Penn Badgley) her childhood pal and real love. So what started out as a harmless joke in a toilet and a helping hand given to a friend in need - turns into a cottage industry that escalates out of control. It's very funny, spunky and consistently entertaining.

To hold your own as a lead in something like "Easy-A" takes real gumption and dare we say it - starpower - and Emma Stone has it. She is just gorgeous in this film - funny, playful and luminous in a way that an actress hasn't been in a very long time. It's a breakthrough part for her. Throw in a great supporting cast like Stanley Tucci (her father), Thomas Haden Church (her teacher), Patricia Clarkson (her mother), Lisa Kudrow (the collage councillor) and Malcolm McDowell (the collage Principal) to name but a few, genuinely cool jokes and one-liners and a jab or two at the tyrants who want to run our lives - and you have a winner on your hands.

The BLU RAY image is beautiful too - and there are some great extras with the cast and crew.

I loved "Easy-A" - it's young, it's funny, it's ballsy and sexy too.

Do yourself a favour and put it high on your rental/to buy list.

"The Duck" by JACKIE LEE (2010 Ace/Kent Soul 'Hip Pocket' CD Remaster in 6" Card Repro Artwork) - A Review by Mark Barry...

This review is part of my "SOUNDS GOOD: Exceptional CD Remasters Soul, Funk & Jazz Fusion" Download Book available to buy on Amazon to either your PC or Mac (it will download the Kindle software to read the book for free to your toolbar). Click on the link below to go my Author's Page for this and other related publications:

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"...There’s A Dance Going Around From Coast To Coast…They’re Calling It The Most…"

Back in August 2008 I did a Listmania on Amazon called "Ace Records Hip Pocket Series..." – it pictured 22 of 25 releases - 6" card repros in the British label’s eclectic and varied reissue series (covers many genres – see full list below).

This December 2010 CD of "The Duck" by JACKIE LEE on Ace/Kent Soul CDHP 032 (Barcode 0029667044226) is also on that ‘Hip Pocket’ list and features a CD transfer/remaster into a 6” Card Repro Sleeve. It plays out as follows (30:05 minutes):

1. The Duck

2. Hully Gully

3. The Shotgun And The Duck

4. Do The Temptation Walk

5. The Neighborhood

6. Land Of 1000 Dances

7. The Duck (Part 2) [Side 2]

8. Dancing In The Street

9. The Bounce

10. Do You Love Me

11. Everybody Jerk

12. Harlem Shuffle

Tracks 1 to 12 are a straightforward reissue of Jackie Lee's ultra-rare soul album called "The Duck" on Mirwood Records MW-7000. It was released in early 1966 in the USA and this 2010 CD features the original MONO tapes digitally remastered by NICK ROBBINS at Ace’s Sound Mastering studios in London. Being mid Sixties Soul and on a minor label - this is not exactly audiophile territory – but don’t let that put you off. These are the real tapes used here and the sound is just great – big, clear and full of vim and vigor.

Musically it’s wonderfully evocative stuff. The vibe is very uptempo mid-Sixties Motown – Jackie Lee’s lead vocal supporting by girly vocals, pinging vibes, brass and an incessant bass and drums backbeat – all of it done with an almost Wall-Of-Sound production. None of the tunes push past two minutes thirty seconds – they come in – do the business – and exit again. It’s proper Northern Soul territory and easy to see why Soul fans adore him on the dancefloors of the UK and Europe.

The title track on 7” was a huge hit the USA charts in December 1965 and the album charted too in February of the following year - 1966. The same irresistible beat infests "Hully Gully" (lyrics above) and as you can see from the track list, there are plenty of Atlantic and Motown covers tapping into the same territory.

The 5" card sleeve is dinky looking. The rear sleeve contains the original liner notes (not exactly readable I’m afraid) and the inner card sleeve reproduces the original Mirwood Records label on both sides (a nice touch). 

Apart from Ace's superb 2009 28-track CD "The Mirwood Records Masters", there’s been precious little of Jackie Lee in the marketplace. So if you already own that great CD, then you won’t need this. But if you don’t, then this is a very cool place to start appreciating the man’s mojo - and start practising those talcum-powder floor-filling moves…

Recommended like your baby doing the 'Temptation Walk' in hot pants...

Titles in Ace Records Mid-Price 'Hip Pocket' CD Series are:

1. DONALD AUSTIN – Crazy Legs (Ace/Westbound CDHP 016, Dec 2006)

2. THE BISHOPS – Cross Cuts (Ace/Chiswick CDWIKM 256, June 2005)

3. HADDA BROOKS – Femme Fatale (Ace CDCHM 1129, Nov 2006)

4. THE CHAMPS – Go, Champs, Go! (Ace CDCHM 1126, Sep 2006)

5. THE DAMNED – Machine Gun Etiquette (Ace/Chiswick CDHP 027, July 2007)

6. THE ESCALATORS [ex Meteors] – Moving Staircases (Ace CDHP 017, Dec 2006)

7. THE EVERLY BROTHERS – The Everly Brothers (Ace CDCHM 1127, Sep 2006)

8. FUNKADELIC – Maggot Brain (Ace/Westbound CDHP 030, Aug 2007)

9. CHUCK HIGGINS – Pachucko Hop (Ace CDHP 024, April 2007)

10. B. B. KING – The Jungle (Ace/Kent CDHP 031, Nov 2007)

11. JOHNNY MOPED – Cycledelic (Ace/Chiswick CDHP 029, Oct 2007)

12. JACKIE LEE – The Duck (Ace/Kent CDHP 032, Dec 2010)

13. LONNIE MACK – The Wham Of That Memphis Man! (Ace CDCHM 1134, Nov 2006)

14. MOTORHEAD – Motorhead [1977 Debut LP] (Ace/Chiswick CDHP 021, Oct 2007)

15. THE OLYMPICS – Something Old, Something New (Ace/Kent CDHP 018, Dec 2006)

16. THE RADIO STARS – Songs For Swinging Lovers (Ace/Chiswick CDWIKM 5, June 2006)

17. THE SONICS – Here Are The Sonics! (Ace/Big Beat CDHP 022, Feb 2007)

18. THE SONICS – The Sonics Boom (Ace/Big Beat CDHP 023, April 2007)

19. ROOSEVELT SYKES [aka 'The Honeydripper'] – Sings The Blues (Ace CDCHM 1132, Nov 2006)

20. VARIOUS – For Dancers Only [Kent's 1st Reissue LP compilation] (Ace/Kent CDHP 019, Feb 2007)

21. VARIOUS – For Dancers Also [Kent's 2nd Reissue LP compilation] (Ace/Kent CDHP 020, April 2007)

22. VARIOUS – Hollywood Rock 'n' Roll [80ts Rockabilly compilation] (Ace CDHP 026, July 2007)

23. VARIOUS – Fool's Gold [70ts Punk compilation] (Ace/Chiswick CDHP 028, August 2007)

24. LINK WRAY – Early Recordings (Ace/Chiswick CDCHM 6, June 2006

25. THE ZOMBIES – Odyssey And Oracle (Ace/Big Beat CDHP 025, June 2007)