Premier league soul man Z.Z. Hill's US Kent tenure did
not bring him huge commercial success, but the
recordings he made for the company provided the
catalyst for the R&B/Soul hits he would have during the
70s and his reinvention as a standard bearer for
'Bluesoul' in the early 80s.
He recorded prolifically for the label for four years,
issuing more than a dozen singles and two albums
containing soul music of the highest quality. Ace has
been reissuing Z.Z.'s repertoire on the UK Kent imprint
ever since we started representing Kent/Modern, more
than 30 years ago. We are delighted to kick off 2018
with "That's It!", a 2CD anthology that finally brings
everything the man recorded for the US Kent label
together in one place.
CD1 contains the A and B-sides of all of Z.Z.'s original
US Kent 45s in chronological order and in mono, as
they were heard at the time. Many of these mono mixes
are making their UK Kent debut. CD2 contains Z.Z.'s
'concept' album "A Whole Lot Of Soul" in stereo (again
released for the first time on CD in its entirety), plus
tracks and significant remixes released after Z.Z. left
the label - including a few that are also new to UK Kent
- again, mostly in stereo.
As well as the great music, the exhaustively researched
session-by- session annotation and extensive array of
label shots and rare photographs will ensure "That's
It!" will be welcomed by all collectors of quality 60s
soul and R&B. A great and sadly short-lived career
started here.