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Time to thin out the Motown picture cover 45s a little, so will be posting a few lists for those interested. I'd rate all vinyl and labels as at least a decent vg+ or above, many ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. Prices as listed or will consider a job lot on what's left. PM if interested. UK buyers and paypal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. San Remo Strings - Hungry for love / Festival Time - TM Belgium (brown cover format) £30 San Remo Strings - Festival Time / Hungry for love - TM Belgium (pink format, cover has writing and slight tear as shown) £15 Chuck Jackson - Honey come back / What am I gonna do without you - TM Germany £20 Marvin Gaye - Chained / At last (I found a love - TM French £20 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Going to a Go-Go - TM Portugal EP 4 track also incs Baby baby don't cry, Beauty is only skin deep, Your mothers only daughter £20 Four Tops - Don't bring back memories / What is a man - TM Holland £15 The Originals - Baby, I'm for real - TM Spain £20 Marvin Gaye - Inner city blues - TM Italy £15 Jr. Walker and All Stars - Road runner / Shotgun - TM Holland / Benelux £15 Diana Ross and Supremes - Reflections / Going down for a third time - TM Sweden (slight tear to cover below logo) £20

Hi, after this one. Must be a decent vg+ to NM condition vinyl and labels on both sides: Four Tops - I'll turn to stone / Feels like fire - UK Tamla Motown Green & White Demo TMG 829 PM please with condition, a couple of pics and asking price. Sorry no "what are you offering" responses, Cheers.

There was a job lot which did include some of the really early numbers, about 2 weeks ago on ebay.

SOLD Clearing the shelves today to make way for incoming stock. Since Brexit scuppered any future dealings with my former print company I no longer sell physical copies of The Tempests: A Carolina Soul Story and House of Broken Hearts: The Soul of 1960s Nashville. Only ebook. That said, a couple of proof paperback copies of both titles have surfaced this morning, so if anyone wants them they are on the site. Heck, I'll even sign 'em if you like! These were first draft copies to check print quality but not far off the final version (other than the cover, as that was added later). A bit of minor author notation next to some images but nothing too obtrusive. Links here: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books-used/products/house-of-broken-hearts-the-soul-of-1960s-nashville-author-colour-proof https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books-used/products/the-tempests-a-carolina-soul-story-author-b-w-bound-proof-copy-e-mark-windle https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books-used/products/the-tempests-a-carolina-soul-story-colour-proof-e-mark-windle

Cheers, and glad you enjoyed it. Nice to know I’m in the company of like-minded folk!

Deals here on a few overstocks. These book titles are just £5 each plus £5 postage (regardless of quantity). UK buyers only please. DM here to reserve (as are full price on the website).

If anyone's of my generation, you may be interested in this commentary just up on my blog. Basically a celebration of one of the biggest movies (and pulp books) of the 1970s https://windlefreelance.com/2024/02/15/a-toast-to-childhood-spielberg-and-spanish-ladies/

NOW SOLD Clearing out the loft out this morning. Anybody need an ADDA Supercase, this model holds 400 45s according to site (but more like 300+ I reckon with covers and inserts etc.). This one is scuffed on the bottom (see second pic), though the top lid is fine. Keys are long gone, but otherwise in perfectly good condition for storage purposes etc. £20 all in with post (new ones are around £65). PM me if interested. UK buyers only please.

ALL PLATINUM: THE MAKING OF A SOUND by Steve Guarnori. After a complete sell out over Christmas, more of this excellent publication now in stock at A Nickel And A Nail.Full blurb and ordering details via this link: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/all-platinum-the-making-of-a-sound-steve-guarnori

Wanted: Jr Walker "How sweet it is / Nothing but soul" ONLY on Dutch Artone-distributed Tamla Motown (GO 45.254). I already have the picture cover (below) but just need the actual 45! PM please with price / condition. Thanks in advance.

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Cheers, appreciated. You're probably referring to one of these https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/search?q=new+windle

Aside from records, I'm a memorabilia collector of the music industry and US civil rights. A couple of NAACP membership cards I was talking about last week over on Facebook have just arrived via Hermes, with note from Nancy Compton, the lady who sent them. I'll precis things very briefly here, but her late husband's grandmother was quite a woman: "Maggie Perry Shipman was born in 1903 in Ellaville, Georgia, before moving north to Johnstown, Pensylvania. Her grandparents were slaves in the South. I believe her activity with NAACP most likely began when the mayor attempted to banish all Blacks from Johnstown after a policeman was killed. Maggie refused to leave. She became a minister for the NAACP (the Johnstown Chapter opened in 1961), led very active life here and was well known and regarded. She was a member of Jobs Daughters, and loaned money to neighbours for those who couldn't afford to borrow from banks. She was a major role model for many in the community, but especially for my husband and her grandchildren. Maggie Shipman died May 14, 1989, age 85."

Various non-US / UK 45s, all somewhere between decent vg+ and ex. only £10 each plus £4 post any quantity - or £80 job lot on whats left. Needless to say some incredible bargains here. PM if you need any more details (I have others). UK buyers only, and paypal only on these please. PM to reserve. Cheers, Mark. Spencer Wiggins - Soul City USA - French Stateside Jackie deShannon - What is this / Put a little love in your heart - German Liberty Lou Rawls - Carryin on (4 track juke mini LP) - US Capitol Billy Young - A year, month, day - US Mercury Brenton Wood - Two time loser - Spanish Hispa Vox Eddie Floyd - Knock on wood - Japanese Atlantic Tyrone davis - Undying love - Germnan Atlantic Aaron Neville - Tell it like it is / Why worry - Spanish Stateside The Righteous Brothers - He will break your heart - South African Verve (complete with tricentre) The Soul Clan - Soul meeting (various artists) - Spanish Atlantic Tony Orlando - Chills - US Epic (popcorn) Righteous Brothers - Little latin Lupe Lu (+3 others) - Japanese Verve EP / mini LP Four Tops - Reach out / Shake me wake me / Until you love someone / Loving you is sweeter - French Tamla Motown The Packers - Hole in the wall / Go head on - Belgium Ronnex Otis Clay - Flame in your heart / A lasting love - Spanish Espectra

This Bell Still Rings. My Life of Defiance and Song - a book by Barbara Dane (hardback version). Order via link below. "Barbara Dane is someone who is willing to follow her conscience. She is, if the term must be used, a hero."- Bob Dylan. The publisher's synopsis: The autobiography of a courageous singer-songwriter, activist, and American icon. A renowned folk, blues, and jazz singer who performed with some of the twentieth century's most celebrated musicians, from Louis Armstrong to Bob Dylan. A proud progressive who has tirelessly championed racial equality and economic justice in America, and who has traveled the world to sing out against war and tyranny. An organizer, a venue owner, a record label founder, and a woman who has charted her own creative and political path for more than ninety years. Barbara Dane has led an epic, trailblazing life in music and activism, and This Bell Still Rings tells her story in her own adventurous voice. Dane's memoir charts her trajectory from singing in union halls and at factory gates in World War II-era Detroit, to her rise as a respected blues and jazz singer, to her prominence as a folk musician frequently performing at and participating in civil rights and peace demonstrations across the US and abroad-from post-revolutionary Cuba to wartime Vietnam. This Bell Still Rings illuminates "one of the true unsung heroes of American music" (Boston Globe), and it offers a wealth of inspiration for artists, activists, and anyone seeking a life defined by courage and integrity (473 pages, hardback). Order here https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/this-bell-still-rings-my-life-of-defiance-and-song-barbara-dane

Yet more original 1960s / early 70s performance contracts from the Phil Walden Artists and Promotions estate based in Macon, Georgia, and the slightly later related Paragon Agency, managed by Otis Redding's wife, Zelma Redding. All contain details on event booking dates and times, terms and conditions, artist fees etc. Each one is a truly unique piece of historical interest, and great for research - or framing in the record room! Postage £5 each. PM to enquire. UK buyers only please. 1. The Van Dykes - drawn up June 1967 for an appearance at a TBC venue in North Carolina. Within months of them recording "Save My Love for a Rainy Day". Top copy £20, two original office carbon copies £15 each. Or the package at £40. 2. Denise Laselle - Top copy and rider (will send pics of rider on enquiry) drawn up 1972 for an appearance at Club Highlander, St. Louis, Missouri. For package £20. 3. Roscoe Shelton - Top copy drawn up June 1966. £15

Up for grabs: Original performance booking contracts for Mark IV, the New York group who recorded their self-titled Mercury LP in 1973 and who were also responsible for the now in-demand OTB and Cordial releases. The 4 contracts are dated 1973 and so presumably part of the plan to push their Mercury LP. All southern venues: Club Capri (Dothan, Alabama); Paladium Club (Atlanta, stamped as a cancelled booking); Peacock Lounge (Goldsboro NC) and ILA Hall (Southport, NC). Contracts also come with deposit riders attached. There are 4 separate contract packages, with each package containing top copy, plus between 1 and 4 original office carbon copies and additional rider agreements. £10 per contract package plus £5 post (UK buyers only please), or £30 all in, including postage. PM if interested.

As some folks will know, as well as collecting soul music I’m a big original memorabilia fan, and buy and sell various bits of interest. Offering this artist performance contract; a real name dropper here. And a bit of a history lesson. So: this one references a 1972 ZZ Hill performance at the New Era Club (misspelled slightly on the docs) in Nashville where just about every soul, R&B and blues artist played during the 1960s and 1970s. As you’ll see from the detail it outlines terms, conditions and fees. Signed by Matt Hill (ZZ Hill’s older brother who as an aside owned MH Recs and Mesa imprints that ZZ appeared on). Matt was essentially ZZ Hill’s manager at the time. If that isn’t enough, it’s also signed by Rogers Redding for the Paragon agency - run by Zelma Redding (Otis Redding’s wife). Rogers is Otis’ brother. I could go on but the pics do the talking. Anyway I have this for sale which includes the top copy, an office carbon copy and two riders, one signed by Rogers Redding and the other also by Matt Hill. Selling as a package for £40 ONO. PM to enquire. U.K. interested parties only please on this one.

Soul Up North - issue 118 (December 2023). Order here https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/fanzines-magazines/products/soul-up-north-issue-118-december-2023 This month's contents: OPENING PAGE : CONTENTS – EDITORIAL & INFO GOOD TUNES & GREAT GROOVES Dave Halsall ISSUE CD TRACK LISTING – ‘HOUSE OF MYSTERY’ Adam Strange FUNK IN YO’ FACE – WARDELL QUEZERGUE - “MR BIG STUFF’ Howard Priestly JESSE JAMES ARRIVES AT NORTH BROAD STREET. James O’Connor PICTURE ME GONE (BUT NOT FORGOTTEN) PT. 6 Martin Scragg SOUL IN A DIGITAL AGE John Farrar SOULFUL SEVENTIES SPINS aka ‘COSBY’S CHESTNUTS Bob Cosby SOUL SPOTLIGHT – THE BRY-WEK LEGACY PART ONE Steve Guarnori HOT OFF THE VINYL PRESS (1) Howard E SOUL IN PRINT – MAGAZINES & FANZINES (Part 21) Iain McCartney ALL PLATINUM -THE MAKING OF A SOUND – BOOK REVIEW HFE + STEVE GUARNORI GLOBAL RECORDS – SWAN/CREAM/PEACHTREE Rick Cooper HOT OFF THE VINYL PRESS (2) Howard E THE LADIES CHOICE – COLLECTING RARE SOUL Julie Molloy MD RECORDS – LOOK BACK AND WONDER Mark Anderson/Jordon Wilson FEET TO THE BEAT (1) Geoff Green CHICAGO SOUL Shane Cox JEAN KNIGHT - RIP JACKIE WILSON - LIVE ! John Smith VINYL PRESS EXTRA Howard E VIEW FROM THE APE HOUSE Tim Brown COLLECTING BRITISH Lord Snooty AND FINALLY – DEEP SOUL CORNER Mike Finbow

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I discussed the wider issue of "digital versus physical" book popularity in another article that might be of interest, which I guess echoes the preference for something tangible https://windlefreelance.com/2023/08/08/physical-to-digital-to-dust-the-future-of-books-in-our-hands/

As it says on the can, a commentary on the challenges of preserving and accessing soul music history in the written word. One for all frustrated writers, researchers and bookworms! Link here: https://windlefreelance.com/2023/11/10/holding-on-to-the-past-the-challenge-of-preserving-and-accessing-soul-music-history-in-the-written-word/

Songwriter / producer Bob Johnson might well have written, or at least co-written, this one. In fact, he could have written a number of songs which were credited to his wife Joy Byers, including some on Elvis, Timi Yuro and others. Bob was freelancing for Dot in the early 60s, and the Rodge Martin version was first. Problem is Joy was a songwriter too. Bob and Joy are both no longer with us now so relative contributions will always remain a mystery. I tried to clarify things with Mac Gayden a while back but these Nashville cats stick together! As an aside, you listen to other Byers-credited compositions like Freddie North / Jimmy Church / BB King's The Hurt, or Rodge Martin or Susan Rewis' They Say etc, or Timi Yuro's What's a Matter Baby, or Elvis' Let Yourself Go etc. there are structural similarities to greater or lesser degrees. All great songwriting regardless. Another random bit of info - I'm pals with Nat Speir, founder of the (Carolina) Rivieras - around 1963/64 he was involved in a series of sessions in New York to play on some of the Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs recordings for Herald. As it's the same time and label as the Jimmy Parker, I'll ask if he remembers him at all. The Jimmy Parker version is best left alone of course, but in the scheme of things it is at least historically relevant. Bob Johnson also ended up head of Columbia's Nashville operations, so no surprise the song was recycled (yet again) for Susan Rewis.

Congratulations Steve. As I've said elsewhere, anyone who has Scepter Wand Forever will know how heavily researched this one will be. Spreading the news, and can't wait to read it.

UPDATE - SORTED THANKS. NOW IN TOUCH. Wondering if anyone knows if Nigel Brant is on here, or if not, if anybody knows him and is currently in contact with him? If so please contact me via PM. Cheers in advance, Mark Windle.