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Jon Savage is an author, filmmaker, journalist and broadcaster. His books include England’s Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock, Teenage: The Creation of Youth 1875-1945, and 1966: The Year The Decade Exploded. His film credits – as writer and consultant – include The Brian Epstein Story, Joy Division and Teenage. He writes regularly for the Guardian and Mojo and has released several compilations including “Meridian 1970”, “Dreams Come True: Classic First Wave Electro 1982-7”, “Black Hole: Californian Punk 1977-1980”, “The Shadows Of Love: Jon Savage’s Intense Tamla 1966-68” and “Perfect Motion: Jon Savage’s Secret History Of Second Wave Psychedelia 1988-93”.

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Lots of Jon Savage 1966 events in the next few days, including a reading at The Islington on 17th November, as part of the "Word in Your Ear" series:http://bit.ly/1ONe0IW

Jon will also be reading and signing at Rough Trade East on Thursday 18th November and Rough Trade Nottingham on Sunday 22nd November. http://bit.ly/1MMgBkg

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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.

We welcome you to the Ace podcast, lovingly presided over for us by journalist, record collector and broadcaster Pete Paphides. This occasional series will feature interviews with guests from many branches of the extended Ace family, detailing their own careers, the artists that have influenced their lives and the records that they love, all enjoyably explored over two microphones and plenty of cups of tea.

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

THE CELEBRATION WILL INCLUDE SHOWS FROM LEGENDS SPANNING THE LABEL’S EXTRAORDINARY CATALOGUE, INCLUDING FATBACK BAND, THE SEEDS AND THE STING-RAYS

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