Ace was formed in December 1972 in Sheffield as 'Ace Flash and the Dynamos', but this name was quickly abbreviated to just Ace. The members were assembled from various other professional bands, and were all competent musicians.
Carrack and Comer had previously played with Warm Dust, and King with Mighty Baby, whose antecedents were the 1960s band The Action. Before the recording of their debut album, Five-A-Side, ex-Bees Make Honey drummer Fran Byrne replaced Witherington. The single "How Long?" (a song about one of the members leaving for another group) was taken from this record, and was a significant chart success, achieving a Top 20 place in the UK Singles Chart, and reaching number three in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. T
hese reissues of the long out of print albums come with a new updated booklet and notes by Michael Heatley and contains unreleased on CD BBC sessions from the time.
Time For Another
I Think It's Gonna Last / I'm A Man / Tongue Tied / Does It Hurt You / Message To You / No Future In Your Eyes / This Is What You Find / You Can't Lose / Sail On My Brother / I Ain't Gonna Stand For This No More
No Strings
Rock N Roll Singer / You're All That I Need / Crazy World / I'm Not Takin' It Out On You / Movin / Gleamimng In The Gloom / Let's Hang On / Why Did You Leave Me / Found Out The Hard Way / C'est La Vie
At The BBC:
Peel Session 31/03/1975 - Sail On My Brother / Get Ready / A'int That Peculiar / .I Ain't Gonna Stand For This No More / In Concert 14/01/1975 / I Ain't Gonna Stand For This No More / The Real Feeling / 24 Hours / I Know How It Feels / How Long / Ain't That Peculiar / In Concert 08/01/1976 / Sniffin' About / I Think It's Gonna Last / Sail On My Brother / This Is What You Find / I'm A Man
