Ace's Wild! The Complete Solo Sides and Sessions
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Johnny Ace
Ace's Wild! The Complete Solo Sides and Sessions
[ Fantastic Voyage / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 22 August 2011
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Johnny Ace, one of R&B's brightest but most short-lived supernovas, is celebrated on Ace's Wild!, two discs roping together all his solo singles along with sublime piano sessions for the likes of B.B. King and Bobby "Blue" Bland.
Compiled and annotated in intricate detail by Dave Penny, the set is high on the lower elements of the battered soul, running the gamut from yearning to regret, highlights including his inimitable grasp of the 'heart-ballad' on hits including "My Song", "The Clock" and "Please Forgive Me", but also jumping R&B outings such as "Never Let Me Go". Ace carried all the credentials of a short-lived R&B legend, from lucky studio break leading to huge hit debut, success accompanied by ruthless music business skulduggery, escalating alcohol relieving pressure and dramatically tragic death, in this case dressing room jinx with a pistol resulting in fatal Russian roulette-style death on Christmas Day, 1954.
Tracks:
CD1
1 Mid Night Hours Journey (Johnny Ace)
2 My Song (Johnny Ace)
3 Follow The Rule (Johnny Ace)
4 Angel (Johnny Ace)
5 Aces Wild (Johnny Ace)
6 Cross My Heart (Johnny Ace)
7 Burley Cutie (Johnny Ace)
8 The Clock (Johnny Ace)
9 Please Forgive Me (Johnny Ace)
10 Saving My Love For You (Johnny Ace)
11 Yes, Baby (Johnny Ace and Willie Mae Thornton)
12 Still Love You So (Johnny Ace)
13 Anymore (Johnny Ace)
14 So Lonely (Johnny Ace)
15 You've Been Gone So Long (Johnny Ace)
16 Pledging My Love (Johnny Ace)
17 Never Let Me Go (Johnny Ace)
18 Don't You Know (Johnny Ace)
19 No Money (Johnny Ace)
20 How Can You Be So Mean (Johnny Ace)
21 I'm Crazy, Baby (Johnny Ace)
22 Anymore - overdubbed version (Johnny Ace)
23 Pledging My Love - overdubbed version (Johnny Ace)
24 Johnny Ace's Last Letter (Frankie Ervin and Johnny Moore's Blazers)
25 Johnny Has Gone (Varetta Dillard)
26 Salute To Johnny Ace (The Rovers)
27 Why, Johnny, Why? (Linda Hayes and Johnny Moore's Blazers)
28 Johnny's Still Singing (The Five Wings)
CD2
1 Whole Heap Of Mama (Earl Forest)
2 Someday, Somewhere (B.B. King)
3 Sad And Lonely (Earl Forest)
4 Shake It Up And Go (B.B. King)
5 Rumpus Romp (Earl Forest)
6 My Own Fault, Darlin' (B.B. King)
7 Trouble And Me (Earl Forest)
8 Gotta Find My Baby (B.B. King)
9 I Cried (Earl Forest)
10 I Got A Gal (B.B. King)
11 Drifting From Town To Town - take 1 (Bobby Bland)
12 Low Down Dirty Baby (B.B. King)
13 Love My Baby (Bobby Bland and Junior Parker)
14 I'm So Glad (B.B. King)
15 Drifting From Town To Town - take 2 (Bobby Bland)
16 I Wronged A Woman (Earl Forest)
17 IOU Blues (Bobby Bland)
18 I Can't Forgive You (Earl Forest)
19 Baby, Baby (Earl Forest)
20 Lovin' Blues (Bobby Bland)
21 Rock The Bottle (Earl Forest)
22 Wise Man Blues (Bobby Bland)
23 Pretty Bessie (Earl Forest)
24 Army Blues (Bobby Bland)
25 Whoopin' And Hollerin' (Earl Forest)
26 No Blow, No Show (Bobby Bland)
27 Johnny Ace's Last Letter (Johnny Fuller)
