VA - Heard Them Here First series [2008-2015] (12 x CDs)

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VA - Heard Them Here First series [2008-2015] (12 x CDs)

Ace Records’ Heard Them Here First series is a landmark in archival curation, an ongoing project that traces the original recordings behind some of pop and rock’s most iconic reinterpretations. Launched in 2008 with You Heard It Here First!, the series quickly established itself as a forensic celebration of musical transmission. Rather than compiling hits or covers, each volume focuses on the source material: the obscure 45s, regional soul cuts, garage stompers, and deep R&B sides that were later reimagined by artists like Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, The Ramones, Nick Cave, and Georgie Fame.

Ace’s curatorial approach is meticulous. Every track is selected for its historical significance, with liner notes offering full provenance, release dates, label details, and artist context. The result is a series that doesn’t just entertain; it educates, mapping the lineage of songs across genres and decades. For example, Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog” appears before Elvis made it a rockabilly staple. Joe Jones’ “California Sun” predates The Ramones’ punk rendition. The McCoys’ “Sorrow” is heard long before Bowie’s art-rock version. These aren’t just footnotes, they’re foundational texts.

The series includes volumes like Before The Fall, which documents the originals covered by The Fall, and Lipstick, Powder & Paint! , which explores the sonic palette that shaped The New York Dolls. 

Each release is a standalone archive, built for collectors, researchers, and sonic historians who value accuracy and context. The catalog numbers (CDCHD series) serve as reliable markers for documentation. Across its twelve volumes, Heard Them Here First remains one of the most rigorously assembled and culturally resonant reissue series in modern music history. (B)

Included in this set are the following:

VA - You Heard It Here First! Vol. 01 [2008]

VA - You Heard Them Here First, Rock's Icons Before They Were Famous [2009]

VA - You Heard It Here First! Vol. 02 [2010]

VA - Before The Fall (Originals Of Songs Covered By The Fall) [2011]

VA - Elvis, Heard Them Here First [2012]

VA - The Ramones, Heard Them Here First [2012]

VA - Cliff, Heard Them Here First [2013]

VA - Lipstick, Powder & Paint!, The New York Dolls Heard Them Here First [2013]

VA - Dusty, Heard Them Here First [2014]

VA - Bowie, Heard Them Here First [2014]

VA - Nick Cave, Heard Them Here First [2015]

VA - Georgie Fame, Heard Them Here First [2015]

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Track lists

VA - You Heard It Here First! Vol. 01 [2008]

01 Gloria Jones - Tainted Love 2:13

02 Mark James - Suspicious Minds 3:04

03 Wild Ones - Wild Thing 2:30

04 Crickets - I Fought The Law 2:14

05 Howlin' Wolf - The Red Rooster 2:29

06 Raindrops - Hanky Panky 2:23

07 Bessie Banks - Go Now 2:41

08 Priscilla Bowman; The Spaniels - A Rockin' Good Way 2:14

09 Sammy O. Ambrose - This Diamond Ring 2:32

10 John D. Loudermilk - Tobacco Road 2:45

11 Yvonne Fair - I Found You 2:26

12 Eddie Riff - Ain't That Loving You Baby 2:18

13 Richard Berry & The Pharaohs - Louie Louie 2:14

14 Barbie Gaye - My Boy Lollipop 2:18

15 Little Darlings - Little Bit O' Soul 2:18

16 Johnny Darrell - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town 2:17

17 Hoagy Lands - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand 2:38

18 Muddy Waters - You Need Love 2:43

19 Diane & Annita - A Groovy Kind of Love 2:01

20 Ian & Sylvia - You Were on My Mind 2:46

21 Tommy Hunt - I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself 2:51

22 Kingston Trio - Let's Get Together 2:39

23 Joe Jones - California Sun 2:22

24 Carson & Gaile - Something Stupid 2:05

25 Leaves - Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go? 2:43

26 Sunny Dae & The Knights - Rock Around The Clock 2:47

VA - You Heard Them Here First, Rock's Icons Before They Were Famous [2009]

01 Davie Jones With The King Bees (David Bowie) - Liza Jane 2:13

02 Lewis Reed (Lou Reed) - Your Love 2:00

03 Joe Cocker - I'll Cry Instead 1:43

04 Mynah Birds (Neil Young, Rick James) - It's My Time 2:13

05 Cherilyn (Cher) - Dream Baby 2:58

06 Danny Lee (Dan Penn) - Stop Calling Me Baby 2:28

07 Levon and The Hawks (The Band) - The Stones I Throw 2:04

08 Beefeaters (The Byrds) - Please Let Me Love You 2:21

09 Michael Blessing (Mike Nesmith) - The New Recruit 2:53

10 Herd (Peter Frampton) - I Can Fly 3:11

11 Pigeons (Vanilla Fudge) - In The Midnight Hour 2:54

12 J.J. Cale - Outside Lookin' In 2:14

13 Paramours (Bill Medley) - Prison Break 2:16

14 Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane) - You Made Me Fall 2:04

15 Arthur Lee and The L.A.G.'s (Love) - Rumble-Still-Skins 2:23

16 Lyme and Cybelle (Warren Zevon) - Follow Me 2:29

17 Link Cromwell (Lenny Kaye) - Crazy Like A Fox 2:18

18 Bo-Pete (Harry Nilsson) - Groovy Little Suzie 2:16

19 Mark Robinson (Lee Hazlewood) - Can't Let Her See Me Cry 3:15

20 Flip Sloan (P.F. Sloan) - Little Girl in The Cabin 2:19

21 International Submarine Band (Gram Parsons) - Truck Driving Man 2:35

22 Rockets (Crazy Horse) - Hole in My Pocket 2:31

23 Rising Sons (Ry Cooder, Jaj Mahal) - Candy Man 2:05

24 Long John Baldry and The Hoochie Coochie Men (Rod Stewart) - Up Above My Head I Hear Music in The Air 2:48

VA - You Heard It Here First! Vol. 02 [2010]

01 Billy Joe Royal - Hush 2:29

02 Four Preps - Love of The Common People 3:00

03 Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over 2:21

04 Barry Mcguire - California Dreamin' 2:38

05 Pino Donaggio - Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te) 2:59

06 Dells - Higher and Higher 2:33

07 James Brown - I Don't Care 2:53

08 Bobby Parker - You Got What it Takes 2:43

09 Tony Joe White - Old Man Willis 3:07

10 Dan Penn - I'm Your Puppet 2:47

11 Sir Mack Rice - Mustang Sally 3:06

12 Solomon Linda's Original Evening Birds - Mbube 2:43

13 James Ray - I Got My Mind Set on You Pts 1 & 2 3:25

14 McCoys - Sorrow 2:04

15 Corporation - Candida 2:46

16 Four Voices - Sealed With A Kiss 2:03

17 Fred Neil - Everybody's Talkin' 2:43

18 Outsiders - Bend Me, Shape Me 1:55

19 Hoyt Axton - Sing in The Sunshine 2:10

20 Great Society - Someone to Love 3:03

21 Don Cherry - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye 2:39

22 Greenbriar Boys - Different Drum 3:03

23 Don & Dewey - Leavin' it All Up to You 2:09

24 Chuck Berry - Come On 1:47

VA - Before The Fall (Originals Of Songs Covered By The Fall) [2011]

01 Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps - Rollin' Danny 2:08

02 Other Half - Mr Pharmacist 2:33

03 R. Dean Taylor - There'S A Ghost in My House 2:24

04 Kinks - Victoria 3:39

05 Lonnie Irving - Pinball Machine 3:41

06 Searchers - Popcorn Double Feature 2:57

07 Creators - Kimble 3:19

08 Sister Sledge - Lost in Music 4:39

09 Steve Bent - I'M Going to Spain 2:33

10 Sonics - Strychnine 2:16

11 Sir Gibbs - People Grudgeful 2:22

12 Henry Cow - War 2:26

13 Monks - Shut Up 3:16

14 Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Beatle Bones `N' Smokin' Stones 3:20

15 Bob McFadden & Dor - The Mummy 2:01

16 Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock 2:46

17 Pete Seeger - I Come and Stand at Every Door 2:27

18 Tommy Blake - $ F--Oldin' Money $ 2:31

19 Saints - This Perfect Day 2:12

20 Leadbelly - The Bourgeois Blues 3:49

21 Iggy Pop - African Man 3:34

22 Groundhogs - Strange Town 4:18

23 Nervous Norvus - Transfusion 2:26

24 Wanda Jackson - Funnel of Love 2:06

VA - Elvis, Heard Them Here First [2012]

01 Bobby Darin - I Want You with Me 2:19

02 Charlie Blackwell - The Girl of My Best Friend 2:24

03 Tippie & The Clovers - Bossa Nova Baby 2:04

04 Carl Mann - I'm Comin' Home 2:35

05 Ray Peterson - The Wonder of You 2:36

06 Thomas Wayne - Girl Next Door 2:11

07 Spidells feat. Billy Lockridge - Find Out What's Happening 2:33

08 Roger Douglass - Never Ending 2:00

09 Coasters - Girls Girls Girls 1:54

10 Vern Stovall - Long Black Linousine 2:36

11 Bobby Wood - If I'm A Fool for Loving You 2:30

12 Rick Nelson - Stop, Look and Listen 2:10

13 Bob Dylan - Tomorrow is A Long Time 3:03

14 Jerry Reed - Guitar Man 2:28

15 Brenda Lee - Always on My Mind 2:53

16 Jerry Butler - Only The Strong Survive 2:38

17 Bards - Goodtime Charlie's Got The Blues 2:23

18 Duane Dee - True Love Travels on A Gravel Road 2:29

19 Matthews' Southern Comfort - I've Lost You 2:29

20 T-Bone Walker - Three Corn Patches 3:06

21 Charlie Rich - Pieces of My Life 2:52

22 Tony Joe White - For Ol' Times Sake 3:48

23 Pointer Sisters - Fairytale 3:04

24 Mickey Newbury - An American Trilogy 4:56

VA - The Ramones, Heard Them Here First [2012]

01 Chris Montez - Let's Dance 2:27

02 Rivieras - California Sun 2:24

03 Trashmen - Surfin' Bird 2:23

04 Beach Boys - Do You Wanna Dance 2:21

05 Searchers - Needles and Pins 2:14

06 Ritchie Valens - Come On, Let's Go 2:02

07 Ronettes - Baby I Love You 2:50

08 Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe 3:07

09 Music Explosion - Little Bit o' Soul 2:21

10 Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today 4:53

11 1910 Fruitgum Co. - Indian Giver 2:35

12 Jan & Dean - Surf City 2:42

13 Troggs - I Can't Control Myself 3:05

14 Byrds - My Back Pages 3:12

15 Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari 2:18

16 Seeds - Can't Seem to Make You Mine 3:03

17 Max Frost & the Troopers - Shape of Things to Come 1:54

18 Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center of the Mind 3:17

19 Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love 3:00

20 Love - 7 and 7 Is 2:26

21 TomWaits - I Don't Wanna Grow Up 2:32

22 Motorhead - R.A.M.O.N.E.S. 2:13

23 Stooges - 1969 4:07

24 Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World 2:16

VA - Cliff, Heard Them Here First [2013]

01 Bobby Helms - Schoolboy Crush 2:28

02 Conway Twitty - I'll Try 2:17

03 Bill Haley & His Comets - Razzle Dazzle 2:43

04 Billy The Kid - Apron Strings 2:14

05 Jack Scott & The Chantones - Save My Soul 1:51

06 Gene Vincent - The Night is So Lonely 2:30

07 Carl Perkins - Pointed Toe Shoes 2:01

08 Ruth Brown - Somebody Touched Me 2:26

09 Jerry Lee Lewis - It'll Be Me 2:15

10 Pete Votrian - We Have it Made 2:14

11 Johnny Otis and Orchestra (Vocal By The Jayos) - Tough Enough 2:29

12 Richard Barrett - The Snake and The Bookworm 1:54

13 Peggy Lee - I'm Looking Out The Window 2:52

14 Curtis Lee - D in Love 2:12

15 Elvis Presley - Angel 2:43

16 Brian Hyland - I'm Afraid to Go Home 2:44

17 Little Stevie Wonder - La La La La La 2:18

18 Bobby Vee - A Forever Kind of Love 2:48

19 Jay & The Americans - Look in My Eyes Maria 2:23

20 Sonny James - The Minute You're Gone 2:33

21 Dick & Dee Dee - When Blue Turns to Grey 2:41

22 Gosdin Brothers - Hangin' On 2:52

23 Neil Diamond - I'll Come Running 3:02

24 Everly Brothers - It's All Over 2:20

VA - Lipstick, Powder & Paint!, The New York Dolls Heard Them Here First [2013]

01 Gary "U.S." Bonds - Seven Day Weekend 2:40

02 Bo Diddley - Pills 2:50

03 Otis Redding - Don't Mess With Cupid 2:31

04 Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' 2:35

05 Coasters - Bad Detective 2:40

06 Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man 2:47

07 Archie Bell & The Drells - "There's Gonna Be A" Showdown 2:43

08 Jayhawks - Stranded in The Jungle 2:50

09 Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else 2:08

10 Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There 2:57

11 Paul Revere and The Raiders - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone 2:47

12 Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business 2:56

13 Freddie Scott - Are You Lonely for Me 3:17

14 Elvis Presley - Crawfish 1:51

15 Chambers Brothers - Uptown (To Harlem) 2:53

16 Chanters - She Wants to Mambo 2:49

17 Wilson Pickett - International Playboy 2:28

18 Kinks - Alcohol 3:36

19 Bull Moose Jackson - Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style Again 2:24

20 Dave Bartholomew - Who Drank My Beer While I Was in The Rear? 2:51

21 Shangri-Las - Out in The Streets 2:48

22 Erma Franklin - Piece of My Heart 2:38

23 The Basin Street Boys - I Sold My Heart to The Junkman 3:02

24 Big Joe Turner - Lipstick, Powder and Paint 2:30

VA - Dusty, Heard Them Here First [2014]

01 The Velvettes - Needle in A Haystack 2:31

02 Margie Hendrix - Packin' Up 2:06

03 Aretha Franklin - Won't Be Long 3:09

04 Marie Knight - Nothing in The World 2:06

05 Marvin Gaye - Can I Get A Witness 2:49

06 The Chiffons - Now That You're My Baby 2:13

07 The Miracles - You've Really Got A Hold on Me 3:00

08 Baby Washington - Doodlin' 2:26

09 Garnet Mimms - Welcome Home 3:01

10 The Honey Bees - Some of Your Lovin' 3:13

11 Carla Thomas - Every Ounce of Strength 2:14

12 The City - That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho) 3:22

13 Norma Tanega - No Stranger 2:28

14 Dionne Warwick - Another Night 2:27

15 The 5th Dimension - The Magic Garden 2:50

16 The Honey Cone - Girls it Ain't Easy 3:14

17 Betty Wright - Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do 2:06

18 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Ain't No Shun Since You've Been Gone 2:44

19 Barbara Acklin - Am I The Same Girl 3:03

20 The Glass House - Crumbs Off The Table 2:47

21 Evie Sands - You Can Do It 3:58

22 Lesley Gore - Love Me By Name 5:05

23 Chi Coltrane - Turn Me Around 4:11

24 K.T. Oslin - Where is A Woman to Go 3:23

VA - Bowie, Heard Them Here First [2014]

01 Paul Revere and the Raiders - Louie-Go Home 2:43

02 Bobby “Blue” Bland - I Pity the Fool 2:41

03 Biff Rose - Fill Your Heart 3:11

04 Ron Davies - It Ain’t Easy 2:31

05 Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat 2:46

06 Mojos - Everything’s Alright 2:20

07 Easybeats - Friday on My Mind 2:42

08 Pretty Things - Rosalyn 2:21

09 Merseys - Sorrow 2:13

10 Kinks - Where Have All the Good Times Gone 2:50

11 Chuck Berry - Around and Around 2:39

12 Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood 3:09

13 Jacques Brel - Amsterdam 3:02

14 Johnny Mathis - Wild is the Wind 2:25

15 Lotte Lenya & The Four Admirals - Alabama Song 2:57

16 Tom Verlaine - Kingdom Come 3:41

17 Metro - Criminal World 5:25

18 Iggy Pop - Don’t Look Down 3:37

19 Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street 2:40

20 Roxy Music - If There is Something 6:34

21 Walker Brothers - Nite Flights 4:21

22 Pixies - Cactus 2:18

23 Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso 4:19

24 Legendary Stardust Cowboy - I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship 2:33

VA - Nick Cave, Heard Them Here First [2015]

01 Stooges - Fun House 7:49

02 Nina Simone - I Put A Spell on You 2:36

03 Johnny Cash - Muddy Waters 3:26

04 Lefty Frizzell - The Long Black Veil 3:08

05 Pilgrim Travelers - Jesus Met The Woman at The Well 2:30

06 Gene Pitney - Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart 3:35

07 Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Hammer Song 4:06

08 Leaves - Hey Joe 2:43

09 Tim Rose - Long Time Man 5:02

10 Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song 5:38

11 Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - Bedazzled 2:25

12 Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Je T'aime... Moi Non Plus 4:28

13 Bob Dylan - Death is Not The End 5:11

14 Louvin Brothers - KnoXVIlle Girl 3:49

15 Miss Toni Fisher - The Big Hurt 2:13

16 Harald Paulsen - Moritat 2:21

17 Pulp - Disco 2000 4:35

18 Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 2:47

19 J.B. Lenoir & His African Hunch Rhythm - I Feel So Good 2:12

20 Chad Morgan - There's No Night Out in The Jail 3:07

21 Blind Willie Johnson - John The Revelator 3:18

22 John Lee Hooker - Burnin' Hell 2:42

VA - Georgie Fame, Heard Them Here First [2015]

01 Spinners - Sweet Thing 2:39

02 Oscar Brown Jr. - Work Song 2:32

03 Major Lance - The Monkey Time 2:47

04 Rufus Thomas - The Dog 2:34

05 Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan - Yeh-Yeh 5:44

06 Ray Charles - Get on The Right Track Baby 2:17

07 Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - Pink Champagne 3:00

08 Joe Tex - Close The Door 3:01

09 Mose Allison Trio - I Love The Life I Live 2:21

10 Paul Anka - Eso Beso (That Kiss!) 2:26

11 Earl Curry and His Orch - One Whole Year Baby 2:58

12 Billy Stewart - Sitting in The Park 3:16

13 Marvin Gaye - Pride and Joy 2:06

14 Fats Domino - Sick and Tired 2:35

15 William Bell - Monkeying Around 2:10

16 Lord Kitchener - Dr Kitch 3:57

17 Shorty Billups - Bend A Little 2:04

18 Earl Van Dyke - Soul Stomp 2:34

19 Lee Dorsey - Do-Re-Mi 2:12

20 Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Gimme That Wine 2:58

21 Miracles - Shop Around 2:49

22 King Pleasure - Moody's Mood for Love 2:56

23 Sam Cooke - It’s Got The Whole World Shakin' 2:40

24 Joe Hinton - Funny How Time Slips Away 3:02

25 Jimmy McGriff - All About My Girl 2:54

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