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It’s always sad to hear of the death of anyone whose music has been such a huge part of one’s life. 

2018 has begun with the loss of Rick Hall, founder of Florence, Alabama Music Enterprises  - or FAME, as it’s known throughout the world. Ace has represented the Fame catalogue exclusively for many years, and is proud to do so to this day. It goes without saying that we are all greatly saddened that the gregarious and immensely likeable Mr. Hall will no longer be sitting in his big chair in his office above his studios, running his company in a hands-on capacity.  He may have been getting up there in years, but Rick had the energy and enthusiasm of a man half his age. Although nobody and nothing lasts forever, you always felt Rick had a better chance than most of making that happen.

My baby sister, better known to fans of her early music as Kathy, was beautiful and talented and possessed a good heart. We were born eight years apart, making us of different generations; I, a war baby and she a boomer.

TO FURTHER CELEBRATE ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR, ACE RECORDS ANNOUNCES A WEEK OF GIGS AT LONDON’S KOKO TAKING PLACE 4^TH – 10^TH AUGUST

THE CELEBRATION WILL INCLUDE SHOWS FROM LEGENDS SPANNING THE LABEL’S EXTRAODINARY CATALOGUE, INCLUDING BOOKER T. JONES, FATBACK BAND, THE SEEDS AND THE STING-RAYS, POLISHED OFF WITH A NORTHERN SOUL AND FUNK ALL-DAYER

THE SAME WEEK ACE WILL BE RETURNING TO ITS CAMDEN ROOTS, RUNNING ACE AT ROCK ON, A SEVEN-DAY POP-UP SHOP STOCKED WITH THOUSANDS OF LP’S & MERCH, STAFFED BY SOME OF THE ORIGINAL ROCK ON SHOP TEAM INCLUDING ACE CO-FOUNDER TED CARROLL, WITH RESIDENT DJ’S SPINNING GEMS FROM THE LABEL’S CATALOGUE

It was 40 years ago this September, give or take, that the team behind Ace Records first made a record. We have been going in and out of style ever since and hopefully over the years have contributed in some measure to the business of human happiness.

SHEL TALMY, the man behind ‘You Really Got Me’, ‘My Generation’, ‘Friday On My Mind’ and countless other touchstone records of the 1960s, the American whose impact upon British rock can never be discounted, has left the building. His friend Alec Palao offers final thoughts on the late, great producer.