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Hey America! The Epic Story of Black Music and the White House (HARDBACK PRE-ORDER) - a new book by Stuart Cosgrove. ***Pre-order via link*** https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/hey-america-the-epic-story-of-black-music-and-the-white-house-hardback-stuart-cosgrove RELEASE DATE 4 AUGUST 2022. From Penderyn Music Book Prize winner Stuart Cosgrove, Hey, America! is the story of how black music came from the margins of American life in the early twentieth century through to the mainstream under Barack Obama’s presidency and then was mobilised as a force for radical opposition to Donald Trump’s presidency. Embedded in the story is the triumph of black music over the many forces that had held it back – racism, segregation, undercapitalised record labels, media discrimination and political anxiety. Opening with President Obama’s tribute to Prince, Stuart Cosgrove takes us through the spat between Louis Armstrong and President Eisenhower, Eartha Kitt’s encounter with Lady Bird Johnson, the Vietnam War’s influence on soul, James Brown’s flirtation with Nixon, the impact of Hurricane Katrina, Ice-T’s ‘Cop Killer’ scandal, Public Enemy and the rise of hip-hop, the Washington Wives versus ‘porn rock’, and many, many others. The book concludes with the dramatic stand-off between Trump and the Black Lives Matter movement (368 pages, hardback, 800g, new).

Friday soul sale. PM to reserve. Postage £3.50 any quantity. UK buyers only please. Greg Perry - It take heart / The Getaway - Alfa (Dutch) ex with picture cover £45 The Spinners - I just want to fall in love - Atlantic promo ex £30 The Moments - Nine times - Stang vg+ £10 Chuck Jackson - All over the world - UK Achievement ex £10

Thursday soul sales. Postage £3.50 any quantity, PM to reserve. Sorry, UK buyers only on these. Bobby Bland - With these hands - Duke vg+ (plays ex ) £15 Freddy Butler - I told you so - Star Maker vg++ £30 The Exciters - If love came your way - UK United Artists ex £30 Little Richard - sold Al Kent - Where do we go from here / You've got to pay the price - Ric Tic vg+ sticker marks on label, vinyl ex £5 Bill Harris - Am I cold, Am I hot - Soul Brother Recs (reissue) ex £10

Wednesday soul sales. PM to reserve. Postage £3.50 any quantity. UK buyers only, sorry. Whispers – Flying high – Soul Clock ex £30 Sam Cooke - Sugar dumpling - RCA Victor vg+ £15 Major Lance -Investigate / Ain't no soul – Dutch Epic (some light scratches, but plays fine, only a bit of noise in run in before Investigate starts) vg+ £40 Dusty Springfield - What's it gonna be - Belgium Philips ex £20 The Spinners - I'll always love/Tomorrow may never come – German Tamla Motown ex £20 Little Hank- Mr Bang bang man – French Monument ex £20 Sonny Knight – If you don’t want my love – Aura ex £20 The Holidays – I know she cares – Revilot ex £20

Saturday soul. Postage £3.50 UK any quantity. PM to reserve. Jackie Paine - Go go train - Jet Stream vg+ bit of noise at very start but bearable and plays loud. Give it a go for £10, you'll be surprised! Fred Hughes - You can't take it away - Vee Jay ex genuinely as fine as any of his others. £15 Bob and Earl - Baby, your time is my time - Mirwood ex £15 The Four Tops - Ask the lonely /Cant help / Something about you / Same old song - UK Tamla Motown EP with picture cover. Vg+ (scratch on ICHM, but thankfully ATL plays ex) £15

A few random LPs /12" here for sale, all ex condition vinyl, covers as shown. Just £10 each to clear, or the lot for £40 and FREE U.K. post. Can post up tracks if required, just shout. PM to reserve. Len Barry (RCA) Sam Dees 12" Bill Medley (MGM) Michael Henderson (Buddah) All Platinum artists (Various, incs. On The Real Side) Dorothy Moore (Contempo) Can give full track list on request. PM to reserve.

Wednesday soul sale. Postage £3.50 UK any quantity. PM to reserve. Mike and Michael - My neighborhood - Manhatttan ex £15 Billy Washington -What did you do to my baby / Do you really love me - D'Oro ex £30 Freddy Butler - I told you so - Star Maker vg+ £30 The Sonnettes - I've gotten over you - KO Records (WOL) vinyl ex £20 The Drifters - Chains of love - Atlantic ex £15 Eric and the Vibrations - Vibrations (both sides) - Soulhawk demo £20 Joe Wilson - Sweetness - Dynamo ex £10 The Manhattans- One life to live - DeLuxe ex £10 Brenton Wood - Gimme a little sign - Italian Belladisc ex vinyl (pic cover vg) £10

Tuesday Detroit soul. Postage UK FREE today, any quantity. PM to reserve. The Parliaments - I wanna testify / I can feel the ice melting - Revilot ex £20 The Holidays - I know she cares - Revilot ex £20 (2 copies available) Johnny Goode - Paypack (vocal / inst) - Solid Hit ex £20

Happy World Music Day / Fete de la Musique! To celebrate all our music related books are post free today! Quote WORLDMUSICDAY2022 at checkout! Like this.... Dreams To Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records and the Transformation of Southern Soul (hardback format) - by Mark Ribowsky. ***Order via link here*** https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/dreams-to-remember-otis-redding-stax-records-and-the-transformation-of-southern-soul-mark-ribowsky Back cover blurb: When he died in one of rock's string of tragic plane crashes, Otis Redding was only twenty-six. The beating heart of Memphis-based Stax Records, he had risen to fame belting out gospel-flecked blues in stage performances that seemed to ignite not only a room but an entire generation. If Berry Gordy's black-owned kingdom in Motown showed the way in soul music, Redding made his own way, going where not even his two role models who had preceded him out of Macon, Georgia—Little Richard and James Brown—had gone. New York Times Notable Book author Mark Ribowsky contextualizes his subject's short career within the larger cultural and social movements of the era, tracing the rise from preacher's son to a preacher of three-minute soul sermons. Soon he was playing at sold-out venues across the world, from Finsbury Park in London to his ultimate conquest, the 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival in California. Redding was not always the affable, big-hearted man's man the PR material painted him to be. Based on numerous new interviews and prodigious research, Dreams to Remember reintroduces an incredibly talented yet impulsive man, while that temperament masked a deep vulnerability that was only exacerbated by an industry that refused him a Grammy until he was in his grave—even as he shaped the other Stax soul men around him. This requiem is one of great conquest but also grand tragedy: a soul king of truth, a mortal man with an immortal voice and a pain in his heart. Now he, and the forces that shaped his incomparable sound, are reclaimed, giving us a panoramic of an American original who would come to define an entire era, yet only wanted what all men deserve—a modicum of respect and a place to watch the ships roll in and away again (hardback book, 336 pages).

Monday soul sales. PM to reserve. UK postage £3.50 any quantity. Pat Lewis - The loser / Baby I owe you something - Solid Hit ex £15 Garnet Mimms - It was easier to hurt her (+3) - UK United Artists EP ex £15 Lebaron Strings - Now she's gone / I'll keep coming back - Solid Hit ex £15 instrumental versions of JJ Barnes on Revilot The Exciters - If love came your way - UK United Artists ex £30 superb!

Original US gloss printed sheet music for Chris Bartley’s “Sweetest thing this side of heaven”. In superb condition especially given age. £10 plus U.K. post. PM to secure.

Friday soul sales. £3.50 postage any quantity. PM to reserve. Sorry, UK buyers only please on these. Charmaine - Send my baby back to me - Temple ex £60 fab Detroit. Dave Hamilton's daughter I believe? Ray Charles - I chose to sing the blues - ABC ex £15 Sonny Turner - If you want this love - Aura ex £20 Johnny Goode - Payback / Inst. - Solid Hit ex £25 Jerry Butler - Isle of sirens - Vee Jay ex £5 Gene Chandler - Everybody lets dance / You can't hurt me no more - Constellation vg+ plays ex £10

Thursday soul. PM to reserve. Postage £3.50 any quantity. Bobby Williams - Tell it to my face / I'm depending on you - Lupine vg+ there are a number of scuffs on vinyl but these are NOT scratches, and do not affect play £50 superb double-sider early Detroit The Tymes - Street talk - MGM ex £20 The Parliaments - I wanna testify / I can feel the ice melting - Revilot ex classic detroit double-sider ex £20 The Jive Five - A bench in the park - United Artists ex £20 superb!

That would be the ideal scenario, but a complete revision from an (author and) editorial perspective would be a mammoth undertaking and likely take years.

I was discussing this with Chris Jones a couple of nights ago who was involved in the converting the book, about options to make it more accessible to overseas (ie a straight digital download as you mentioned). There are a few issues around the size of the file for digital selling on platforms and one or two other issues. I suggested a couple of options and they are keen to work through the tech / logistics. In the meantime as you say it does mean more people should hopefully be able to access what is a fantastic reference book and won't take up the whole of people's shelf space as my daughter demonstrated a few years ago!

The Rise and Fall of EMI Records - a book by Brian Southall. ***IN STOCK. Order via link*** https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/the-rise-and-fall-of-emi-records-brian-southall Electric and Music Industries Ltd (EMI) first saw the light of day in the UK in 1931. In a visionary move for the gramophone age, it was a manufacturer of recording and playback equipment, records and tapes. For over half a century, EMI dominated these sectors, its music division eventually becoming the most successful in the world with a roster that at various times included some of the globe's most famous artists. Then in the 1990s, things started to go wrong... This book is the continuing saga of one of Britain's largest music companies as it faces an uncertain future under new ownership. EMI has broken new acts and sold millions of records but the massive debts incurred by its owners Terra Firma have finally taken it to the brink of a break-up. Music industry experts and executives, financiers and commentators plus artists' managers assess EMI's fortunes as the company celebrates its 80th birthday. Brian Southall pulls this analysis together via interviews with many key players including former EMI Group/EMI Music executives, music managers and journalists, financial analysts and rival record company heads (paperback, 340 pages).

ALL SOLD Tuesday soul / R&B sales - £5 cheapies plus £3.50 post any quantity, or take what's left here for £40 and free post. UK buyers only please on these, sorry. Ed Townsend - Who would deny me - MGM ex Josephine Taylor - What is love / I wanna know - Mar-v-lus ex George Torrence and the Dippers - Fine foxy frame - Duo Disc ex Dee Clark - TCB / It's impossible - Constellation ex Lucille Mathis - Somewhere out there - Abet DJ great deep ex David Knight - Hully Gully Baby - Jamco ex Jimmy Witherspoon - My baby's quit me - Verve ex Little Richard - Baby, what do you want me to do - Modern ex Otis Clay - Turn back the hands of time / Good lovin' - Elka ex Frankie Love - First star - La Rosa ex Leon Haywood - You and your moody ways / You know what - Evejim ex Tyrone Davis - You keep me holding on / We got a love - Dakar ex Bettye Swann - Make me yours / I will not cry - UK Contemporaries (is this the alt. version one?) vg+ bit of noise Jimmy Barnes - Baby I love you - Sharp promo ex Margaret and Carol - Larry / Oh no he's mine - Checker ex Bobby Marchan - Love is so good - Mass ex

Sunday soul bits. PM to reserve. Postage UK £3.50 any quantity. Billy Washington - What did you do (to my baby) / Do you really love me - D'oro ex £35 The Drifters - Chains of love - Atlantic ex £15 The Holidays - I know she cares - Revilot ex £20 Syl Johnson - I hear those love chimes - UK London ex £15

Up Jumped The Devil. The Real Life of Robert Johnson (hardback version) - a book by Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow ***Order via link*** https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/up-jumped-the-devil-the-real-life-of-robert-johnson-hardback-version-bruce-conforth-and-gayle-dean-wardlow WINNER OF THE 2020 PENDERYN BOOK PRIZE Robert Johnson is the subject of the most famous myth about the blues: he allegedly sold his soul at the crossroads in exchange for his incredible talent, and this deal led to his death at age 27. But the actual story of his life remains unknown save for a few inaccurate anecdotes. Gayle Dean Wardlow has been interviewing people who knew Robert Johnson since the early 1960s, and he was the person who discovered Johnson's death certificate in 1967. Bruce Conforth began his study of Johnson's life and music in 1970 and made it his mission to discover what was still unknown about him. In this definitive biography, the two authors relied on every interview, resource and document, most of it material no one has seen before. As a result, this book not only destroys every myth that ever surrounded Johnson, but also tells a human story of a real person. It is the first book about Johnson that documents his years in Memphis, details his trip to New York, uncovers where and when his wife Virginia died and the impact this had on him, fully portrays the other women Johnson was involved with, and tells exactly how and why he died and who gave him the poison that killed him. Up Jumped the Devil is a must for all blues fans (hardback version, 336 pages). Order at A Nickel And A Nail at https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/up-jumped-the-devil-the-real-life-of-robert-johnson-hardback-version-bruce-conforth-and-gayle-dean-wardlow

Thursday soul. PM to reserve. Postage £3.50 any quantity. The Astors - Candy / I found out - UK Atlantic red vg+ £15 The Jive Five - Bench in the park - United Artists ex £15 The Drifters - Chains of love - Atlantic ex £15 Garnet Mimms - It was easier to hurt her (+3) - UA EP with pic cover £15

BACK IN STOCK! I'll Be There: My Life With The Four Tops - a brand new book by Abdul "Duke" Fakir with Kathleen McGhee-Anderson. ***Order at A Nickel And A Nail via link below*** https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/ill-be-there-my-life-with-the-four-tops-duke-fakir-with-kathleen-mcghee-anderson-limited-signed-edition The blurb: Spanning over decades, this is the remarkable, heartfelt memoir from Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, the last surviving member of The Four Tops. Amidst a backdrop of Detroit, I’ll Be There features revealing anecdotes from the group’s formation, their early days as backup singers for the likes of Jackie Wilson, and their years working with Berry Gordy at the legendary Motown Records. With era-defining number ones like ‘I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)’ and ‘Reach Out I’ll Be There’ came stardom and also a more enduring reward: the love of four men who become tighter than brothers. Together they comprise one of the most celebrated R&B groups of all time. But remarkable musical success didn’t spare Fakir the pain of marital distress, soured investment deals, struggles with sobriety and the sudden loss of his brothers, all of which he covers in this confessional, unmissable book (hardback, 240 pages ).

Saturday 60s soul. Postage UK £3.50 any quantity. PM to reserve. UK buyers only please, sorry. Sonny Knight - You don't want my love - Aura ex £20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACJidhxNVRk Lee Rogers - Cra(c)ked up over you / How are you fixed for love - Wheelsville ex what a double sider! £35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_0KCJBjdSY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-aCSYrjoLs Billy Butler and the Chanters - Cant work no longer / Tomorrow.. - Okeh demo in company sleeve ex £20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjzioiC3oyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8ijH7pFees The Platters - The fear of losing you - Musicor ex great version of Scotty Williams £20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDKahqP5YXI

Thursday 60s soul. Postage £3.50 any quantity. PM to reserve. Joe Wilson - Sweetness / When a man cries - Dynamo ex £10 Ray Charles - I chose to sing the blues -ABC ex £15 Andre Williams - You got it, I want it - Ric Tic ex £20 Billy Washington - What did you do to my baby / Do you really love me - D'Oro ex £40 The Tymes - Street talk - MGM vg+ £20 Soul Brothers Six - Some kind of wonderful / Check yourself - UK Atlantic K series ex £10 Jerry Butler - Isle of sirens - Vee Jay ex £5

Joe Simon, 5 June 1966 original performance contract for sale, from the office estate of Phil Walden Artists and Promotions. Venue was the Adams Lounge in Macon, Georgia. Soul music history here, the contract dates from the same month he signed to Sound Stage 7.Lists artist fees, deposits, terms and arrangements for performance. £20 including U.K. postage. UK buyers only please. PM to reserve / for more pics.

A few random books for sale. These are all virgin stock, £10 each and will post free. PM if interested. If you need the backcover blurb, just ask.