R&B

UK collection. Having served time with Blues Incorporated, American-born vocalist Ronnie Jones was one of the most soulful singers on the British R&B scene of the 1960's. Ronnie set a template for R&B singers based in the UK, followed by Herbie Goins and...

UK collection. Having paid his dues as a recording artist in the '50s and early '60s, by 1964 Teddy Randazzo had turned his focus to writing for others. With sumptuously produced classics such as 'Goin' Out Of My Head', 'I'm On The Outside (Looking In)',...

UK collection. Having anthologized the early Stax singles of legendary soul man William Bell in the acclaimed collection Never Like This Before (2022), Ace is delighted to follow up with the second volume of Bell's solo singles for the label. It's...

UK collection. First ever appreciation of the Los Angeles based Tide Records. Founded in 1959 Tide Records and it's subsidiary Edit (Tide spelled backwards), was a small Los Angeles company with a relatively large output but marginal success. Features...

UK collection. Featuring 11 previously unissued recordings, this second and final volume of Jack Ashford's independent soul productions from 1967 to the mid-70s is an equal to the first well-received compilation. It opens with the now revered original...

UK collection. Detroit gave the world soul music through the success of Motown Records, who were scoring hits from 1959 onwards. That sound would be studied and aped by hundreds of acts around the city. Our Birth Of Soul - Detroit Special Edition has...

UK collection. Bob Thiele is one of the great producers. For his work with John Coltrane alone, where he gave free reign to the saxophone great's wildest musical visions including A Love Supreme, ignoring the usual cost consciousness of a major label, he...

UK collection. Between the late 1950s and the mid-80s Chet Ivey released nearly 30 singles, covering styles from R&B to early electro soul. This CD covers his funk recordings from 1971 through to the mid-70s recording for labels associated with Al Sears...

UK collection. Between 1966 and 1968, soul great Wilson Pickett recorded no less than 17 songs written by a young, up-and-coming singer/songwriter with whom he had much in common stylistically. Bobby Womack's own time as a regular hit-maker was still a...

UK collection. Al Hudson & the Soul Partners originated in '70s Detroit, had an international chart hit with 'You Can Do It' on becoming One Way with Alicia Myers in 1979, and continue to perform across the USA to this day. ATCO, a division of Atlantic...

UK collection. Admired by discerning Soul fans as a singer and a writer, it is Sam Dees compositions which have earned him the greatest admiration of his peer group singers and musicians over the last 40 years, interpreted by some of the biggest-selling...

UK collection. Ace's excavation of the Ric and Ron label catalogs continues, bringing the best of 1960s New Orleans R&B and soul back into circulation. This CD is devoted to the complete Ric/Ron catalogues of two R&B luminaries, neither of whom recorded...