*PREORDER* VA – Richard Hawley’s Jukebox – Ace UK CD

Ace are thrilled to be working with seminal singer-songwriter, toast of this year’s Olivier Awards and all-round Sheffield legend Richard Hawley on this, the first volume of a compilation series of some of his favourite singles. These are a choice selection of 28 7”s that Richard has collected on his travels around the globe, through friends, family, collectors, word of mouth, thrift shop finds, pub jukebox gems and all that’s in-between. Richard refers to the glue that joins these selections together as ‘Little Bangers’ as they are all mini hand grenades, bright lights that explode and fizzle out, some big names, some rarities, some lost souls, some obscurities, some by artists he actively enjoys knowing almost nothing about other than they want to get him on his feet and dance. Many are garage instrumentals, exposing the guitar-line as lead melody and the art of telling a story without lyrics.

tracklist:

01 Hornet’s Nest – Curtis Knight & The Squires feat. Jimi Hendrix
02 Nasty – The Timekeepers
03 Path Through The Forest (Version) – The Factory
04 Get On This Plane – The Premiers
05 Scotch On The Socks – The Shadows
06 Quasimoto – The Road Runners
07 Lazy Rebel – Twangy Rebels
08 Swinging Drums – Ronny Kae
09 Cuttin’ Out – Rockin’ Ronald & The Rebels
10 Honky – The Ho-Dads
11 Black Night – Cheryl Thompson
12 Long Line Rider – Bobby Darin
13 Poppin’ Popeye – Link Wray & The Ray Men
14 Hot-Rod – King Curtis
15 Feels Like A Woman – The Troggs
16 Cuttin’ Out – The Pirates
17 Where You Gonna Go – Art Guy
18 Neb’s Tune – Ahab & The Wailers
19 Buzzzzzz – Jimmy Gordon
20 Jungle Walk – The Dyna-Sores
21 Surfin’ & Swingin’ (Shorter Version) – Les Brown Jr
22 Tahiti – Jimmy & Stan
23 Bawana Jinde – Al Duncan
24 Dead End Part 1 – The Executioners
25 Requiem For Love – Bobbie Gentry & Jody Reynolds
26 3/4 Mash – The Champs
27 El Gato – The Chandelles
28 It’s Nothing To Me – Sanford Clark