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To be born blonde might be a good indication of bloodline but not necessarily of character. To dye one’s hair blonde, or to don a blonde wig, on the other hand, can be statement of intent – blonde ambition. To quote Heidi Klum, “Going blonde is like buying yourself a light bulb.” It worked a treat for the some of the former brunettes here, for sure.

Black blondes are not unusual on the music scene of today but it was a different story in the 1950s and 60s. The first was likely Joyce Bryant, the steamy “Black Marilyn”, who, in a bid to stand out above the competition, resorted to upending a tin of silver radiator paint over her head. “Joyce caught all kinds of hell for having blonde hair,” wrote Etta James in her memoir. “I dug her and copied her style.” Other black women singers followed suit, including a number of those in the James Brown Revue.

There again, a change can be as good as a rest. “I felt depressed and had to do something about it,” the newly blonde Dionne Warwick told the press in 1965. “It’s a lovely honey shade. Next time I get depressed I may change to a redhead.” Today they’d call it reinvention.

In any event, the hair colour, natural or otherwise, of the women featured in this article is of no real significance. What is important is they all have recordings available on Ace … because they’re worth it. 

Vinyl, disc, wax or platter - it really doesn’t matter what you call it, be it seven-inches across or 12, it feels good, looks good, plays good and would probably taste good under the right circumstances. It has to be the only inert object that arouses such passion, such adoration and its appeal is enduring.

Ace plan to spread some vinyl-related joy on a weekly basis throughout 2014 , with an exciting new competition called Test Pressing Tuesday,

Check into our social media sites at around midday GMT every Tuesday for details of the latest competition. Each week we will be giving away ultra-rare test pressings for our forthcoming EP, 7” and LP releases, simply like, share and/or comment on the competition post to get your name entered into the cyber hat.

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Robin Ince is co-presenter of Radio 4's Sony Gold winning Infinite Monkey Cage with Brian Cox. He is currently touring the UK and is off to the USA and Australia in the spring with his shows about science, music and fury. He also presents a weekly music podcast called Vitriola Music with Michael Legge. He has recently written and presented documentaries on comedians and melancholy, the history of self-help, Schrodinger's cat, and Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds.

Bob Stanley is a writer, musician, DJ and film producer. Since founding influential pop group Saint Etienne, Bob has enjoyed a parallel career as a music journalist, contributing to publications such as the The Times, Smash Hits, NME, the Guardian and The Face. A former artist-in-residence at the Southbank Centre, his films have been shown at the ICA and Royal Festival Hall, and he has curated several seasons for the Barbican.

Bob's chronological story of modern pop "Yeah Yeah Yeah" has just been published by Faber & Faber and is highly recommended by the Ace Records Book Club.

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Ace will be closed between the 20^th December 2013 and the 2^nd January 2014. We will leave the online shop open over Christmas with all orders being fulfilled on the 2^nd January.

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