Marty Cooper - I Wrote a Song: Complete 1970's RecordingsMany Ace fans will be familiar with Marty Cooper from the songs he wrote in the 60s including the Marathons' 'Peanut Butter, Little Stevie Wonder's 'Hey Harmonica Man' and Jack Nietzsche's symphonic epic 'The Lonely Surfer' or the records he made as a member of the Shackleford's with Lee Hazelwood. Now there's a chance to catch up with Marty's career as a country tinged singer songwriter via this first time reissue of his complete 1970s recordings.

' comments Mario Brunello

Each of the five works on this recording shows off the unique character of the harp/guitar combination in general

nor will he be fighting alone

the man behind Half-Handed Cloud

won't and shouldn't be pigeonholed

Neal Hefti

Gene Vincent and The Band

Lorenzo Coppola

As badly as we want our trajectory to be linear and to make logical sense

steely-eyed gaze into the future

as well as being championed at blues radio worldwide

Saskia Reeves (Wolf Hall)