Ace Records is thrilled to be working with seminal singer-songwriter, toast of this year's Olivier Awards and all-round Sheffield legend Richard Hawley on this, the first volume of a compilation series of some of his favorite singles.

This is a selection of 28 7''s that Richard has collected on his travels around the globe, through friends, family, collectors, word of mouth, thrift shop finds, pub jukebox gems and everything in between.

Richard refers to the glue that joins these selections together as 'Little Bangers' as they are all mini hand grenades; bright lights that explode and fizzle out, some big names, some rarities, some lost souls, some obscurities, some by artists he actively enjoys knowing almost nothing about other than they want to get him on his feet and dance.

Many are garage instrumentals, exposing the guitar-line as lead melody and the art of telling a story without lyrics. As Richard puts it, 'I’m fascinated by the 7-inch single because of the discipline of it. A 7-inch single can only contain a certain amount of information... So, you have to learn the discipline of cramming all that information and craft into a short space of time. If you imagine this album as a piece of bacon, there’s absolutely no fat on it at all. It’s just juicy meat. There aren’t flabby recordings, they are very nimble.'

We're extra proud that the Hendrix Estate have allowed us to include Curtis Knight and The Squires' ferocious and never previously licensed 'Hornet's Nest' which naturally we proudly kick off with.

We feature the five-minutes-plus long version that has never been released before. The pace never slackens, taking in the Shadows, Link Wray, the Troggs, the Champs, Jimmy Gordon and so many more besides. It's joyful, it's relentless, and you can listen to it on repeat for a thousand miles.

01 Hornet's Nest - Curtis Knight & The Squires feat. Jimi Hendrix
02 Nasty - The Timekeepers
03 Path Through The Forest (Version) - The Factory
04 Get On This Plane - The Premiers
05 Scotch On The Socks - The Shadows
06 Quasimoto - The Road Runners
07 Lazy Rebel - Twangy Rebels
08 Swinging Drums - Ronny Kae
09 Cuttin' Out - Rockin' Ronald & The Rebels
10 Honky - The Ho-Dads
11 Black Night - Cheryl Thompson
12 Long Line Rider - Bobby Darin
13 Poppin' Popeye - Link Wray & The Ray Men
14 Hot-Rod - King Curtis
15 Feels Like A Woman - The Troggs
16 Cuttin' Out - The Pirates
17 Where You Gonna Go - Art Guy
18 Neb's Tune - Ahab & The Wailers
19 Buzzzzzz - Jimmy Gordon
20 Jungle Walk - The Dyna-Sores
21 Surfin' & Swingin' (Shorter Version) - Les Brown Jr
22 Tahiti - Jimmy & Stan
23 Bawana Jinde - Al Duncan
24 Dead End Part 1 - The Executioners
25 For Love - Bobbie Gentry & Jody Reynolds
26 3/4 Mash - The Champs
27 El Gato - The Chandelles
28 It's Nothing To Me - Sanford Clark