Big Beat
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Of all the labels in the wild and wonderful Ace Records galaxy, none encompass more stylistic variance than Big Beat. Over the years, it has mostly our home for rock'n'roll and pop recorded since the mid-1960s, though the label's roster also encompasses folk, country, easy listening and other genres of yesterday or today - that are not instantly identifiable candidates for Ace, Kent or BGP. That's not to say that Big Beat is the repository for everything that doesn't fit specifically on our other labels - quite the opposite. In fact, if you had to use one word to sum up the Big Beat label, it's eclectic and willfully so. Read more
It should be noted however that 1960s rock is the stock in trade of Big Beat, and our humble imprint is in fact renowned the world over for treating 1960s vintage pop, garage and psych with the loving respect it deserves. The label's release schedule has verged from acts exemplary (Zombies, Sonics, Big Star) to underrated (Dan Hicks, Gosdin Brothers, Sharon Tandy) to terminally obscure (She, Dean Carter, Frumious Bandersnatch), but we love it all, and the wilder and woolier, the better. There's heavy emphasis on the US with regionally-focused series such as Nuggets From The Golden State and Northwest Battle Of The Bands, but make a note of our Big Beat International sideline, which showcases vintage sounds from Japan, Iceland, Australia, and beyond, that are all well worth investigating. More chronologically up-to-date sounds on Big Beat comes from Ace/Chiswick punk stalwarts the Damned, and the best of the garage rock revival crop like the Prisoners, Billy Childish's Milkshakes and the Hammersmith Gorillas, amongst many others. On the other end of the spectrum, we have folk legends Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, vintage loonies the Fugs, not to mention Mahogany Rush. As we said, eclectic. |
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The Ace Of Cups
3 releases
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Albania
2 releases
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Phil Alvin
1 release
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The Bambi Molesters
1 release
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The Beau Brummels
1 release
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Big Star
1 release
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Blackburn And Snow
2 releases
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The Bugs
2 releases
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Dean Carter
3 releases
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The Charlatans
2 releases
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Alex Chilton
3 releases
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The Chocolate Watch Band
4 releases
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Clear Light
1 release
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Marty Cooper
2 releases
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The Corporation
2 releases
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Count Five
1 release
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The Cramps
13 releases
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The Damned
24 releases
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The Dave Davani Four
1 release
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The Deadbeats
1 release
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The Delmonas
1 release
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Denise
2 releases
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Willy DeVille
3 releases
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Bonnie Dobson
4 releases
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Dr Strangely Strange
2 releases
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The Escalators
2 releases
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Fifty Foot Hose
2 releases
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The Flaming Stars
1 release
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The Fugs
3 releases
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Mac Gayden
1 release
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GOLD
2 releases
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The Gosdin Brothers
1 release
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Guilbeau & Parsons
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H.D.Q.
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Dorris Henderson/John Renbourn
1 release
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Dan Hicks
1 release
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Masaaki Hirao And His All Stars Wagon
2 releases
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Howlin' Wilf & The Vee-Jays
2 releases
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Bert Jansch
3 releases
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The Jesters
1 release
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Johnny And The Roccos
3 releases
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Kak
1 release
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Klondike Pete & The Huskies
1 release
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The Knickerbockers
1 release
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Lawson & 4 More
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Bob Lind
5 releases
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The Liverbirds
1 release
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Jackie Lomax & The Undertakers
1 release
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Love
1 release
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Mahogany Rush
2 releases
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Makin' Time
3 releases
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Kathy McCord
2 releases
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The Meteors
3 releases
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Mighty Baby
2 releases
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The Milkshakes
4 releases
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The Mojo Men
1 release
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Motorhead
9 releases
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The Music Machine
3 releases
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The Mystery Trend
2 releases
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The Nightcrawlers
1 release
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Nips 'n' Nipple Erectors
3 releases
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Naz Nomad And The Nightmares
3 releases
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The Oxford Circle
1 release
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Pacific Gas & Electric
2 releases
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The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
2 releases
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The Phantom Chords
2 releases
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The Pink Fairies
2 releases
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Planet
1 release
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Powder
2 releases
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The Prisoners
15 releases
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Randy & The Radiants
1 release
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The Rationals
8 releases
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Leon Russell
1 release
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The Scottsville Squirrel Barkers
2 releases
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The Seeds
10 releases
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Phil Seymour
1 release
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She
3 releases
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PF Sloan
1 release
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The Soft Machine
1 release
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The Solarflares
7 releases
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The Sonics
6 releases
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The Sons Of Champlin
2 releases
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The Spiders
1 release
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The Stained Glass
1 release
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The Standells
3 releases
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The Sting-Rays
2 releases
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Stoney & The Jagged Edge
2 releases
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Strawberry Alarm Clock
1 release
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Tall Boys
2 releases
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Sharon Tandy
1 release
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Takeshi Terauchi
2 releases
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Thor's Hammer
1 release
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The Wailers
4 releases
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We Five
2 releases
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The Wheels
3 releases
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The Wild Oats
2 releases
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Link Wray
21 releases
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The Zakary Thaks
2 releases
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The Zombies
13 releases