RECORDS
It all started with a humble market stall selling secondhand records back in 1975, but it didn’t take future Ace Records MD’s Ted Carroll and Roger Armstrong long to get the urge to release records on their own label. ‘We were inspired by indie labels such as Chess and Modern Records,’ recalls Armstrong. ‘Our first label was Chiswick, and although it was more of a pop label we always had one foot in the past.’