Titles in Ace Records Mid-Price ‘HIP POCKET CD Series' - A List by Mark Barry (May 2016)...

The whole 'Hip Pocket' series is designed to ape those 4" multi-track mini records (played at 33 1/3) put out in the USA between 1967 and 1969 as a way for fans to get the music in a 'handy and portable' way (they issued about 60 titles). As you can see from the list below – most of these albums are either obscurities - or overlooked classics Ace feel you should pay attention to. Genres stretch from 50ts Jazz (Chuck Higgins) to Blues Piano and Vocals (Roosevelt Sykes and Hadda Brooks) to Afro-Funk (Donald Austin) to 70ts Metal (Motorhead) to Punk (Radio Stars) and 60ts Garage and Psych (Sonics and Zombies) and beyond...

Titles in Ace Records Mid-Price ‘Hip Pocket’ CD Series are:
(Artist - Title - Catalogue Number - UK Release Date)

1. DONALD AUSTIN – Crazy Legs (Ace/Westbound CDHP 016, Dec 2006)

2. HADDA BROOKS – Femme Fatale (Ace CDCHM 1129, Nov 2006)

3. THE CHAMPS – Go, Champs, Go! (Ace CDCHM 1126, Sep 2006)

4. THE DAMNED – Machine Gun Etiquette (Ace/Chiswick CDHP 027, July 2007)

5. THE ESCALTORS [ex Meteors] – Moving Staircases (Ace CDHP 017, Dec 2006)

6. THE EVERLY BROTHERS – The Everly Brothers (Ace CDCHM 1127, Sep 2006)

7. FUNKADELIC – Maggot Brain (Ace/Westbound CDHP 030, Aug 2007)

8. CHUCK HIGGINS – Pachucko Hop (Ace CDHP 024, April 2007)

9. B. B. KING – The Jungle (Ace/Kent CDHP 031, Nov 2007)

10. JOHNNY MOPED – Cycledelic (Ace/Chiswick CDHP 029, Oct 2007)

11. JACKIE LEE – The Duck (Ace/Kent CDHP 032, Dec 2010)

12. LONNIE MACK – The Wham Of That Memphis Man! (Ace CDCHM 1134, Nov 2006)

13. MOTORHEAD – Motorhead [1977 Debut LP] (Ace/Chiswick CDHP 021, Oct 2007)

14. THE OLYMPICS – Something Old, Something New (Ace/Kent CDHP 018, Dec 2006)

15. THE RADIO STARS – Songs For Swinging Lovers (Ace/Chiswick CDWIKM 5, June 2006)

16. THE SONICS – Here Are The Sonics! (Ace/Big Beat CDHP 022, Feb 2007)

17. THE SONICS – The Sonics Boom (Ace/Big Beat CDHP 023, April 2007)

18. ROOSEVELT SYKES [aka ‘The Honeydripper’] – Sings The Blues (Ace CDCHM 1132, Nov 2006)

19. VARIOUS – For Dancers Only [Kent’s 1st Reissue LP compilation] (Ace/Kent CDHP 019, Feb 2007)

20. VARIOUS – For Dancers Also [Kent’s 2nd Reissue LP compilation] (Ace/Kent CDHP 020, April 2007)

21. VARIOUS – Hollywood Rock ‘n’ Roll [80ts Rockabilly compilation] (Ace CDHP 026, July 2007)

22. VARIOUS – Fool’s Gold [70ts Punk compilation] (Ace/Chiswick CDHP 028, August 2007)

23. LINK WRAY – Early Recordings (Ace/Chiswick CDCHM 6, June 2006)

24. THE ZOMBIES – Odyssey And Oracle (Ace/Big Beat CDHP 025, June 2007)