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It became James’ best-selling album, and in retrospect his most popular album amongst his fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original vinyl issue was missing two tracks that were on the CD and this 30th Anniversary Edition is released on double vinyl with those two tracks now included. The release includes picture sleeve inner sleeves with in-depth sleeve notes by Acid Jazz’s Dean Rudland and new pictures from the album sessions, housed in a wide-spine sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe CD and digital releases include two tracks from the album sessions – ‘Love Ballad’ and ‘Astral Plane’ – which only appeared on single releases. 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We at Acid Jazz have a long history with Chris Bangs (who coined the term ‘acid jazz’) and Mick Talbot (who appeared on one our earliest and rarest singles as ‘King Truman’ back in 1988). Following the pair’s 2022 collaboration album ‘Back To Business’, we are proud to release the their new collaboration album. Smokin’ Aces is an uplifting, contemporary fusion of an album that perfectly distils the sounds of acid jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMore Info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record has taken the best part of three years to come together and as Bangs puts it, “We made the album with so many great musicians out there and we wanted to try and get as much playing and as much human feel as we could into the songs. 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