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Remembering Ray Topping
3rd January 2024
Remembering Ray Topping who died 15 years ago on 3rd January and was the first consultant to work for Ace. Known as the Blues Detective, he had an academic approach to his subject, and pursued the careers of many of his favourite musicians. -
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'Fast' Eddie Clarke: 1950 – 2018
15th January 2018
We were very sad to lose the last surviving member of Motörhead; a group that was on the verge of breaking up when we signed them to a record deal and released their first single and LP way back in 1977.
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Vicki Fox Tributes
22nd August 2016
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Ace Records History Part 10
6th January 2016
2014
We continued exploring Bob Thiele’s fascinating Flying Dutchman label, putting out Gil Scott-Heron’s second and third albums on CD and vinyl. Those records were as important as Marvin Gaye’s and Curtis Mayfield’s in the new wave of black awareness and commentary emerged in the US in the early 70s. Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong may not be the names that immediately spring to mind when talking about this surge of black politically inspired music but the albums they made for Flying Dutchman were, in their own way, part of this new movement. Ellington’s album was a live celebration of a century of inspirational black figures. Armstrong’s was a celebration of the jazz pioneer himself, including ‘Give Peace A Chance’ and a re-cut of ‘What A Wonderful World’ - which Thiele co-wrote.
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