Alec Palao

Alec's Top 10 All Time Albums (please note in no particular order)

GENE CLARK & THE GOSDIN BROTHERS same (Columbia, 1967)
PULP Different Class (Island, 1997)
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE Life (Epic, 1968)
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD Dusty In Memphis (Philips/Atlantic, 1968)
HOWARD TATE Get It While You Can (Verve, 1967)
THE CLASH same (CBS, 1977)
SCOTT WALKER Scott Four (Philips, 1969)
THE ZOMBIES Odessey & Oracle (CBS, 1968)
HERBIE HANCOCK Fat Albert Rotunda (Warners, 1971)
THE MILLENIUM Begin (Columbia, 1968)

Writer, musician and full-time rock'n'roll fanatic, and Ace's man on the west coast. As token 1960s expert, work for the label includes, amongst many others, critically-acclaimed collections on the Charlatans and Sly Stone, as well as the recent Zombies box set "Zombie Heaven". Intensely proud of his garage-psychedelic Nuggets From The Golden State series, but has been recently creeping into fellow consultants' territories with soul and 1950s rock packages: he loves it all. Enjoys fondling master tapes, and also regards performing with the likes of the Chocolate Watchband and Beau Brummels as an important part of the "archive research".