This fine twofer is very much tied in with Ace’s history, especially with original Chiswick label. The first album on Chiswick in 1977 was 'Hollywood Rock’n’Rol'” which contained some tracks by Glen Glenn that attracted appreciative reaction from European fans. Ace founder Ted Carroll met Glen near Los Angeles soon after and was able to assemble a new album that included alternate takes of his best-known songs plus some radio and TV performances.
This was issued as 'The Glen Glenn Story' in 1982, once again to much acclaim around the UK and Europe, which spurred Glen to return to the studio to make a new album, 'Everybody’s Movin’ Again', released on Ace in 1984…
Glen Burtnick’s name is quite known in the AOR of the universe since the 80s, more especially the excellent “Talking In Code” , his first solo album. An incredibly melodic, well written AOR music from 1986 that unfortunately got lost in the incredible musical year that was 1986.The album features guitarists Dann Huff of Giant and former Starz and Fiona man Bobby Messano, ex-Eddie money keyboard player Alan Pasqua, ex-Journey man Steve Smith, ex-Pages bassist Neil Stubenhau and drums provided by David Prater while the production was by Richard Landis.
Heckstall-Smith was an active member of the London jazz scene from the late 1950s. He joined Blues Incorporated, Alexis Korner's groundbreaking blues group, in 1962, recording the album R&B from the Marquee. The following year, he was a founding member of that band's breakaway unit, The Graham Bond Organization. (The lineup also included two future members of the blues-rock supergroup Cream: bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker.)