Ace Is The Place

AS ACE ENTERS its 50th year, we’re excited to be giving away the first three months of 2025’s releases from this legendary reissue label. Highlights include Paul Weller’s new soul compilation That Sweet Sweet Music, a new all-analogue mastered version of Lonnie Liston Smith’s Expansions, two new compilations from Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and a double vinyl Motörhead reissue. Add in some Motown rarities, ’60s female pop, a George Clinton funk side-project and a neat selection of DJ-box-ready 45s and you should have enough music to last you the rest of the year!

It’s up for grabs in this month’s crossword. How to enter: complete the crossword and take the letters from each coloured square and rearrange them to form the name of a musician. Visit www. mojo4music.com/crossword and fill out the form, along with your answer, in the provided field. Entry is free and closes at midnight on May 2, 2025. Winners are selected at random. For the rules of the quiz, see www.mojo4music.com

For more info, go to: acerecords.co.uk

ANSWERS

MOJO 375

Across: 1 Jelly Roll Morton, 8 Radish, 9 Rewind, 10 Red, 11 Oxygene, 12 Eastbound, 14 Robot, 15 Vagabond 17 Middle Men, 18 Angel, 19 Candy, 20 Once, 21 YoYo, 22 Yeti, 24 Odeon, 27 Madonna, 28 Ween, 29 Voyeur, 31 Ass, 32 China 34 Dee, 35 Oriole, 36 Tie, 37 Blood, 38 Ann, 39 Macon, 40 Rio, 42 Gringo, 44 Era, 45 Utopia, 46 Ragga, 47 Ringtone, 49 Turtles, 50 Dion, 51 Hats, 54 Idiot, 55 ELO, 56 Wham, 57 Go, 58 VHS, 60 Road, 61 Gemini, 62 Other, 63 FKN.

Down: 1 Jerry Garcia, 2 Ledge, 3 Yesterday Once More, 4 Lonesome Town, 5 One Nation Under A Groove, 6 Twisted Nerve, 7 Ned Doheny, 11 Orange, 13 Need You Tonight, 16 Oingo Boingo, 22 Yeasayer, 23 T.M. Song, 25 DAH, 26 Neat Neat Neat, 30 Yellow Shark, 33 Incognito, 41 Outlaws, 43 Reg King, 48 Naomi, 52 Amon, 53 Sade, 57 GI, 59 H.R.

Anagram: Teddy Pendergrass

MOJO 373 Winners: Tony McGinty, John McAleese, Richard Bolton, Phil Clark all win Marshall Minor IV True Wireless earbuds.