Mark Lamarr's Ace Is Wild (2000)

About this title: And just who is Mark Lamarr, an American audience asks? Well, Lamarr is a highly successful comedian/presenter/emcee from Britain who also happens to be a record collector of renown in that country. This collection of his favorite Ace recordings is the British equivalent to Jay Leno professing to be an expert on Sun Records and putting together a compilation for Rhino. Besides having excellent taste, Lamarr also writes a great set of liner notes, full of wisecracks and off-kilter humor and a sense that you're sitting around spinning records with the guy in his living room. Although ... read more

Tracks:

1. Don't You Just Know It [Smith/Vincent]
2. Please Don't Tell 'Em [Smith]
3. Walkin' With Frankie [Sims/Vincent]
4. My Love Is Here to Stay [Myers]
5. High Blood Pressure [Smith/Vincent]
6. Josephine
7. Don't Leave Me Here to Cry [Supremes/Fuffino]
8. Cut It Out [Willis]
9. Is Everything Alright [King]
10. That Moves Me (Things I Don't Like)
11. She Likes to Boogie Real Low [Jordan]
12. Roberta [Smith/Vincent]
13. Saturday Night Fish Fry [Jordan/Walsh]
14. You Can Fly High [King/Vincent]
15. You Little Baby Faced Thing [Arrington]
16. You Can't Stop Her [Smith]
17. Rock & Roll Bells [Take 4] [Seacrest]
18. Let's Get It On [Almond]
19. I Love My Baby [Mangini]
20. Looking for a Woman
21. Love Me [Ray/Gibson]
22. I Love You Baby
23. Baby It's Love [Holly/Montgomery]
24. Cheatin' Woman [Dale]
25. Dearest Darling [Smith]
26. I Kneel at Your Throne

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.