New Book - Soul Music Of Illinois Via Numero Group

SOUL MUSIC OF ILLINOIS - Numero Group have just announced details of a new book that they are shipping, details including word about a bonus 45 follow below..

SOUL MUSIC OF ILLINOIS

An Illustrated Catalog Of Records

Compiled and Edited by Dante Carfagna

Release Notes

Numero Group is beyond excited to announce another insane addition to our literary output. A comprehensive overview of soul music from the great state (our home state) of Illinois, this 732-page, two volume set chronicles over 3200 artists, 1200 record companies, and 10,000 individual releases between the years of 1960 and 1990.

From Chicago to Cairo, East St. Louis to Kankakee, from The Accents to Ze-Majestiks; Soul Music Of Illinois; serves as discography, field manual, atlas, telephone directory, and coffee table book, all presented in glorious full-color and wrapped in premium woven linen. Meticulously researched and compiled by if-you-know-you-know, music historian and record acquirer Dante Carfagna, this is the 2nd state to receive the Soul Music deep dive after 2022's Soul Music Of Ohio.

This is an absolute must for every eccentric soul fan out there, or general music/record head, art and history appreciators. It's actually overwhelming but also kind of empowering having all this soul knowledge at your finger tips. So thick we had to break it into 2 volumes. It's more than double the size of the Ohio Book which is massive on its own. 

BONUS: As bonus, we've unearthed something that didn't make it into the book. Numerogroup.com site-exclusive bonus 45 sees a first time issue of Wind's 1980 previously unreleased Windy City modern soul monster "Best Things In Life," on the replica Eclipse label. This 7" is limited to 498 copies and will be sent to the first 498 pre-orders.

ADDITIONAL BONUS:  A few weeks ago while cleaning out the warehouse, we found a box of the unknown Ohio Soul white-label 45s that we gave away for pre-orders of that book back in 2022. For those that missed out, order the Soul Music of Ohio Soul book and we will ship throw in the bonus 45. 

PRE-ORDER:

SOUL MUSIC OF ILLINOIS + LTD. ED. BONUS 7"

https://numerogroup.com/products/soul-music-of-illinois

ORDER:

SOUL MUSIC OF OHIO + LTD. ED. BONUS 7"

https://numerogroup.com/products/ohio-soul-book

SHIPPING NOTES: This thing is massive so can be a bit heavy to ship. We are shipping this from both our US and UK Fulfillment locations so should save on shipping to UK addresses and help cut down on EU addresses. Additionally, we've partnered with some shops below that should be able to get a copy if you prefer local pick ups. 

UK: Norman, Stranger Than Paradise, Resident, Crash, Spindizzy, Piccadilly

France: Gibert Joseph, Pop Culture

Spain: Discos Marcapasos, El Genio Equivocado, Marilians

Germany: Dussmann, HHV

Japan: Disk Union 

New Zealand: Southbound 

Pre-order: Release date is April 18th - Orders will begin shipping in late March!