Britain's Ace family of labels is kicking off 2011 in a big way! Mike filled you in Tuesday about Kent's upcoming I'll Do Anything: The Doris Troy Anthology 1960-1996, and today we turn the spotlight on three more releases due in the U.K. on January 31.

Jackie DeShannon remains one of the most beloved voices of the 1960s. DeShannon not only broke barriers as a rare female songwriter in an era when it simply wasn't common, but she was equally comfortable in front of the microphone as a first-class interpreter of others' songs. Come and Get Me is the second volume of Ace's three-part series collecting all of DeShannon's singles for the Liberty and Imperial labels. Its 26 tracks include DeShannon's classic "When You Walk in the Room," "Splendor in the Grass," on which she is backed by The Byrds, and songwriting collaborations with Randy Newman. Also compiled are five remarkable Burt Bacharach/Hal David compositions. These sophisticated pop singles were produced by Bacharach at his lush peak, and include not only the first, definitive recording of "What the World Needs Now is Love" but underrated gems like the breezy "So Long, Johnny," haunting "Windows and Doors" and impassioned "Come and Get Me," the song which gives this collection its title. All singles are presented exactly as they originally appeared, whether in mono or stereo, with some mixes making first-time appearances on CD. Each volume in this series has been released with Jackie's full participation, and you can expect more illuminating quotes from her in the booklet, as well as original label scans and artwork.

DeShannon's songwriting catalogue has already been immortalized on a volume of Ace's long-running Songwriters and Producers series, recipient of our recent Gold Bonus Disc Award, and the series now turns its attention to a pair of mid-'60s soul men with Sweet Inspiration: The Songs of Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham. Penn and Oldham may not have the name recognition of Bacharach and David or Goffin and King, but who reading this isn't familiar with "I'm Your Puppet" or "Cry Like a Baby," just to name two of the team's most well-known songs? Sweet Inspiration's 24 tracks include many from the Atlantic, Chess and Goldwax vaults, those labels alone attesting to the high quality of the soul music contained. Penn and Oldham's first collaboration, "Let's Do It Over" as performed by Joe Simon in 1965, is here, as is Dionne Warwick's 1969 take on "I'm Your Puppet" and Arthur Alexander's 1970 "Cry Like a Baby." Other artists featured on this long-overdue tribute to the Penn/Oldham partnership are soul titans Percy Sledge (recipient of a new Rhino Handmade box set), Etta James, Irma Thomas, the late, great Solomon Burke, and the Sweet Inspirations themselves. Less likely artists on this eclectic set include Ronnie Milsap, Sandy Posey and Tommy Roe. Ace promises to follow up this volume with a disc of Penn's collaborations with others. This volume would presumably include a recording of "Dark End of the Street," arguably his masterwork, co-written with Chips Moman.

In 1970, Decca released a 12-track album comprising the best of Rick Nelson's stand at the legendary Troubadour. A CD reissue briefly appeared, only to go out-of-print. Ace has come to the rescue, however. Some 40 years after the original LP's release, the label delivers Rick Nelson: In Concert - The Troubadour, 1969, expanding the album's 12 tracks to a whopping 42 (!), all derived from the concerts which took place at the intimate club between October 29 and November 2, 1969. The first disc boasts the original 12 tracks plus 10 alternates, while the second disc premieres a complete live show of yet 20 more performances, with Nelson's spoken introductions and between-song commentaries intact. Nelson revisits many of his hits including "Poor Little Fool," "Travelin' Man" and "Hello, Mary Lou," alongside then-contemporary material by writers like Bob Dylan, Tim Hardin and Randy Newman. This release was prepared from the original eight-track masters, which have been remixed and newly mastered. Eagles and Poco fans should note that this concert marked the debut of Nelson's Stone Canyon band, with Randy Meisner on bass and backing vocals, plus Allen Kemp on lead guitar, Patrick Shanahan on drums and Tom Brumley on steel guitar.

Hit the jump for full track listings, pre-order information and full discographical details!

Jackie DeShannon's Come and Get Me: The Complete Liberty and Imperial Singles, Volume 2 is available for pre-order here, while you can find Rick Nelson In Concert: The Troubadour 1969 here and Sweet Inspiration: The Songs of Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham at this link.

Jackie DeShannon, Come and Get Me: The Complete Liberty and Imperial Singles, Volume 2 (Ace, 2011)

1. Oh, Boy!
2. I'm Looking For Someone to Love
3. Hold Your Head High
4. She Don't Understand Him Like I Do
5. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
6. It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)
7. When You Walk in the Room
8. Over You
9. Don't Turn Your Back on Me
10. Be Good Baby
11. What the World Needs Now is Love
12. A Lifetime of Loneliness
13. I Remember the Boy
14. Come and Get Me
15. Splendor in the Grass
16. Are You Ready for This
17. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
18. Windows and Doors
19. So Long Johnny
20. I Can Make It with You
21. To Be Myself
22. Come On Down (From the Top of That Hill)
23. Find Me Love
24. The Wishing Doll
25. Where Does the Sun Go?
26. I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do

Tracks 1-2 from Liberty single F-55678, 1964
Tracks 3-4 from Liberty single F-55705, 1964
Tracks 5-6 from Liberty single F-55730, 1964
Tracks 7-8 from Liberty single F-55735, 1964
Tracks 9-10 from Liberty (U.K.) single LIB 10175, 1964
Track 11 from Liberty single (cancelled) F-55787, 1965 and Imperial single 66110, 1965
Track 12 from Liberty single (cancelled) F-55787,1965
Track 13 from Imperial single 66110, 1965
Tracks 14-15 from Imperial single 66171, 1966
Tracks 16-17 from Imperial single (cancelled) 66194, 1966
Tracks 18-19 from Imperial single 66196, 1966
Tracks 20-21 from Imperial single 66202, 1966
Tracks 22-23 from Imperial single 66224, 1966
Tracks 24-25 from Imperial single 66236, 1967
Track 26 from Imperial single I-344, 1967

Rick Nelson, Rick Nelson: In Concert - The Troubadour, 1969 (Ace, 2011)

Disc 1

1. Come On In
2. Hello, Mary Lou
3. Violets Of Dawn
4. Medley - Who Cares About Tomorrow/Promises
5. She Belongs to Me
6. If You Gotta Go, Go Now
7. I'm Walkin'
8. Red Balloon
9. Louisiana Man
10. Believe What You Say
11. Easy to Be Free
12. I Shall Be Released
13. Violets of Dawn
14. Travelin' Man
15. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You
16. I'm Walkin'
17. Louisiana Man
18. She Belongs to Me
19. I Shall Be Released
20. Lady Came from Baltimore
21. Poor Little Fool
22. Hello, Mary Lou

Disc 2

1. Intro/Come On In
2. Hello, Mary Lou
3. I Shall Be Released
4. Don Everly Intro/Bye Bye Love
5. I'm Walkin'
6. Red Balloon
7. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
8. Easy to Be Free
9. Louisiana Man
10. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You
11. Travelin' Man
12. She Belongs to Me
13. Poor Little Fool
14. I Think It's Going to Rain Today
15. Believe What You Say
16. Medley - Who Cares About Tomorrow/Promises
17. Lady Came from Baltimore
18. Violets of Dawn
19. It's Late
20. If You Gotta Go, Go Now

Disc 1, Tracks 1-12 originally released as Decca DL 75162, 1970
All other tracks previously unreleased

Various Artists, Sweet Inspiration: The Songs of Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham (Ace, 2011)

1. Out of Left Field  - Percy Sledge
2. I'm Your Puppet - Dionne Warwick
3. Sweet Inspiration - The Sweet Inspirations
4. A Woman Left Lonely  - Charlie Rich
5. I Worship the Ground You Walk On - Etta James
6. I'm Living Good (Version 2)  - The Ovations
7. Take Me (Just As I Am) - Solomon Burke
8. Cry Like a Baby - Arthur Alexander
9. It Tears Me Up - Jeanne Newman
10. Slippin' Around - Art Freeman
11. I Met Her in Church - Tony Borders
12. Are You Never Coming Home - Sandy Posey
13. Let It Happen (Alternate Take) - James Carr
14. Everything I Am - The Box Tops
15. Feed the Flame - Ted Taylor
16. Watching the Trains Go By - Tony Joe White
17. In the Same Old Way - Arthur Conley
18. Denver - Ronnie Milsap
19. Dreamer  - Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles
20. Good Things Don't Come Easy - Irma Thomas
21. I Need Someone - The Wallace Brothers
22. He Ain't Gonna Do Right - Barbara Lynn
23. Wish You Didn't Have to Go - Tommy Roe
24. Let's Do It Over - Joe Simon

Track 1 from Take Time to Know Her, Atlantic LP SD-8180, 1968
Track 2 from Soulful, Scepter LP SPS-572, 1969
Track 3 from Atlantic single 2476, 1968
Track 4 from Epic single 10745, 1971
Track 5 from Cadet single 5606, 1968
Track 6 from Goldwax single 342, 1969
Track 7 from King Solomon, Atlantic LP 587105, 1968
Track 8 from Sound Stage 7 single SS7-2652, 1970
Track 9 origin unknown at present
Track 10 from Fame single 1008, 1966
Track 11 from Revue single 11040, 1969
Track 12 from MGM single K 13824, 1966
Track 13 from Goldwax single 323, 1967 (original version)
Track 14 from Mala single 580, 1967
Track 15 from Atco single 6481, 1967
Track 16 from Monument single 1053, 1968
Track 17 from Fame single 1007, 1966
Track 18 from Buckboard LP BSB-1026, 1976
Track 19 from Atlantic 8147, 1967
Track 20 recorded 1967, released on Something Good: The Muscle Shoals Sessions, Chess CD 93004, 1990
Track 21 from Jewel single 792, 1965
Track 22 from Atlantic single 2585, 1968
Track 23 from ABC single 10706, 1965
Track 24 from Vee-Jay single 694, 1965