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A Nickel And A Nail is looking for soul or northern scene related book collections (big or small). Forward your lists for a quick decision. PM here please or via the contact us form on A Nickel And A Nail’s website at https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/pages/contact-us

Tour programmes for sale (see pics below) '69 Four Tops, early 70s Four Tops and Detroit Spinners, and 1978 Millie Jackson (with concert ticket) £10 each including post within the UK, or the lot for £25. Paypal only please.

Saturday R&B/ soul list Postage UK £3, Europe £6, elsewhere £10. Payment via Paypal please. Jimmy Hanna and the Blues band – Baby, don’t you lose your cool – Seafair Bolo ex £70 Lance Le Gault – I’m breaking through – Palomar ex £30 Betty Lavette – Witchcraft in the air – Lupine ex £35 Earl Gains – Its worth anything – HBR vg-/+ £10 (2 copies available) Mongo Santamaria – Mongo’s boogaloo – Columbia demo ex £15 BB King – The Hurt – ABC Paramount ex £20 Al “TNT” Braggs – Home in that rock – Peacock ex £15 Bobby Bland – Call on me – Duke ex £15 Bobby Bland – Gotta get to know you – Duke ex £15 Bobby Bland – With these hands, small but mighty – Duke ex £15 Bobby Bland – You’re all I need – Duke ex £5 Bobby Bland – Aint nothing you can do – Duke ex £10

Friday classic 70s/80s / modern soul sales Postage UK £3, Europe £6, elsewhere £10. Payment via Paypal please. Bobby Womack – How could you break my heart / Give it up – Arista 12” ex £15 Bobby Womack – Daylight – UA ex £10 The Dells – All about the paper / I touched a dream – 20th Century ex £10 SOLD Al Wilson – Show and Tell – Bell ex £10 with company sleeve Archie Bell and the Drells – You never know what’s on a woman’s mind / Ain’t nothing for a man in love – Glades ex £10 Robin Salter etc. Natural Four – You bring out the best in me – Curtom demo short / long versions ex £10 12"s Jackson Sisters – I believe in miracles – UK Urban 12” ex £15 Clarence Carter – Mussing with my mind – UK Certain 12” ex £10 LPs: James Taylor Quartet “In the hand of the inevitable” Acid Jazz LP (“Love will keep us together" etc) ex £10 Terry Callier "Turn you to love" (Elektra LP) - contains the fab '79 rework of "Ordinary Joe" ex £10 Reuben Howell - Same - (Motown LP) - incs. "Can't stop a man in love" ex £10

Thursday 60s soul sales Postage UK £3, Europe £6, elsewhere £10. Payment via Paypal please. Walter Jackson - One heart lonely - Okeh ex £15 one of his finest Jimmy Hughes – Man of action – FAME ex white demo £10 Bobby Bland – Gotta get to know you – Duke ex £15 Marv Johnson – I’m not a plaything – Gordy ex- £15 Betty Taylor – You’re a winner – Nola vg plus £15 Sam and Bill – I’ll try / I feel like cryin’ - French Decca ex with picture cover £40 Roy Hamilton – Don’t come cryin’ to me – Epic ex with picture cover £15 Pic & Bill – All I want is you / It’s not you – French Soul Record ex with picture cover £10 Joe Simon – Long hot summer – German Monument ex with picture cover £10 Geraldine Hunt – Never, never leave me – Roulette French ex with picture cover £15 Bobby Moore – Chained to your heart – French Chess ex with picture cover £15

Buy any publication from the new book section at A Nickel And A Nail, and get the Bobby Womack autobiography "My Story 1944-2014" FREE!! Just quote BOBBYFREE at checkout. While stocks last. Follow the link to books: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books

Wednesday 60s soul sales Postage UK £3, Europe £6, elsewhere £10. Payment via Paypal please. The Exciters – If love came your way – United Artists vg plus £20 fantastic track, one of their lesser known and among their best Joe Stubbs – Keep on loving me – Lupine ex £25 Johnny Nash – Understanding – Canadian Allied £15 felt on label Roscoe Shelton – As soon as darkness falls – Sound Plus ex £10 PW Cannon – Hanging out my tears to dry – Hickory demo with company sleeve. Great deep / ballad ex £10 Barbara Lewis – Mini / 7” Juke LP – 6 tracks inc Hello stranger, Snap your fingers, Puppy love etc – Atlantic with picture cover £25 nice collectors piece Garnet Mimms – My baby / Keep on smiling – Dutch United Artists ex with picture cover £15 Ray Charles – 4 track EP inc About to lose your clown – Portuguese HMV with pic cover ex £20 James Royal – call my name – French CBS with picture cover ex £15 Chuck Jackson – Candy / Shame on me – French Scepter - Discques Vogue ex with pic cover £15

AND The Tempests book coming out in July....

Here are a couple of guides!!! Not exclusively North Carolina, but they do have a heavy NC focus and surrounding states - Virginia, TN, etc. https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/products/copy-of-its-better-to-cry-colour-version-e-mark-windle https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/products/rhythm-message-e-mark-windle Loads of chapter excerpts from the above books posted on my bookstore website,

Tuesday 60s soul / R&B Postage UK £3, Europe £6, elsewhere £10. Payment via Paypal please. B.B. King – The Hurt – ABC Paramount ex with company sleeve £15 Rodge Martin – Close my eyes (and open my mind) / Wasted nights – Newark ex £15 Betty Wrigley – Selfish one – Hit ex £20 Dusty Springfield – Whats it gonna be – Philips ex £15 Betty Everett – tell me darling / I’ll weep no more – Dottie £15 Elmore James – Hurts me too / Bleeding heart – Enjoy ex £15 Bobby Bland – You’re worth it all – Duke ex £15 Charles Brown – I don’t Know – Jewel ex £10 Jimmy Hughes – The loving physician – FAME ex £10 Jimmy Hughes – Shot of Rhythm and Blues / Worship the ground you walk on – FAME £10 The Holidays – Watch out girl / No greater love – Golden World ex £10

Groovesville USA: The Detroit Soul and R&B Index, a book by Keith Rylatt. Detroit’s soul and R&B scene was not just about Motown. Berry Gordy’s company may have cast a mighty shadow over the city, but there were hundreds of singers, musicians, producers and songwriters who gave the giant a run for its money. Their story has remained a footnote in Detroit’s music history until now, with the publication of Keith Rylatt’s Groovesville USA. This 320-page paperback is packed with a depth of information Motor City freaks can only dream about. Available to order from A Nickel And A Nail. Quote FREEPOST1 for free UK delivery (and this is a heavy one!). Follow link for blurb and ordering: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/groovesville-usa-the-detroit-soul-r-b-index-keith-rylatt

60s soul Postage UK £3, Europe £6, elsewhere £10. Payment via Paypal please. Fabulous Impact (Moments on Hog) – Baby, Baby I want you / Hamptons – No, no no not my girl – Kent 6Ts 11th Anniversary Special ex £60 The Majestics – Strange world – Linda label grubby / worn, but vinyl ex £15 The Five C’s – Love is a tricky thing / If you’re looking for a man – Goldwax ex £20 Don and Juan – What I really meant to say – Big Top ex felt pen on label £25 Bobby Brooks – Wise like Solomon – Hit ex £25 Dusty Springfield – What’s it gonna be – Philips ex with company sleeve £15 Jackie Wilson and Lavern Baker – Think twice – Brunswick ex £15 Leon Haywood – Its got to be mellow – Decca ex £15 Lee LaMont – I’ll take love / The crying man – Back Beat vg plus £10 Eddie Day – Summers gone / For my girl – Onyx ex £20 Jackie Wilson – I believe I’ll love on – Brunswick ex Eddie Singleton penned / production ex £15 Mitty Collier – I can’t lose – Peachtree ex £20

1960s soul LP sales at A Nickel And A Nail - O'Jays (Imperial), Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (New Voice), Vibrations (Okeh), Chuck Jackson (Wand), Little Anthony and the Imperials (Veep) and more! Follow the link below. Quote FREEPOST1 at checkout for free UK delivery.... https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/soul-lps

60s soul Postage UK £3, Europe £6, elsewhere £10. Payment via Paypal please. Johnny Nash – Understanding / Lets move and groove together – Allied ex £15 Great! Written by Sam (of Sam and Bill). Canadian issue, a change from Joda. Jimmy Hanna and the Blues band – Don’t you lose your cool – Bolo Seafair ex £80 Little Milton – Don’t leave her – Checker ex £7 Dusty Springfield – What’s it gonna be – Philips ex with company sleeve £15 Righteous Brothers – Bring your love to me – Moonglow ex £15 Bobby Bland – Call on me – Duke ex £10 Lee Shot Williams – I hurt myself / I like your style – Shama ex £7 Roscoe Robinson – As soon as darkness falls – Sound Plus ex £7

At A Nickel And a Nail we stock magas and fanzines as well as books and vinyl. We have current and most of the last 4-5 years of back issues of Soul Up North in stock, and also several copies of B&S from the 1970s. Quote FREEPOST1 for free UK delivery. Link here: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/fanzines-magazines

60s soul sales – additions and reductions. Post UK £3, Europe £6, elsewhere £10. Paypal please. Major Wiley - One more heartache - Verve Forecast great uptempo intense version of Marvin Gaye ex £20 Mitty Collier - I can't lose - Peachtree ex £15 highly recommended! Solomon Burke - Save it - Atlantic ex £15 same as Lee Rogers (Sock some...), OV Wright (I love the way...) etc all great in their own right The Magictones - Together we shall overcome / Its better to love Mah's ex £10 Pic and Bill - Gonna give it to you - Blue Rock ex £15 Betty Lavett(e) – Witchcraft in the air – Lupine ex £25 Don and Juan – What I really meant to say – Big Top (some writing on label, vinyl ex) £20 superb big city feel to this early one, among their best! The Jarmels – Keep your mind on me – Laurie promo vg plus. Their last Laurie 45 and their hardest and least known. Doowop meets northern! £25 Chuck Bernard – Indian giver – Satellite ex white demo £15 the earliest and best take on this compared to the later Maverick recording Lee Lamont – I’ll take love – Backbeat vg/vg plus £10 plays well Ty Hunter – Bad loser – Chess ex £25 Bobby Bland – With these hands (small but mighty) – Duke ex one of his best £15 Human Beinz – Nobody but me – Capitol vg a single feelable scratch but surprisingly doesn’t affect play £10 Herbert Hunter – The big oak tree -Poncello ex £70 Peggy Woods – Love is gonna get you – Kent 6Ts 9th Anniversay vg plus – superficial scratch (not feelable and doesn’t affect play) £60 bargain! Vickie Royal – That don’t make you the boss / Normas Blues – Valtone ex great R&B track and inst. £15 Jackie Wilson – I believe I’ll love on – Brunswick Eddie Singleton produced / penned ex £15 Wilson Pickett – 4 track Atlantic EP - incs She’s lookin’ good / Jealous love / We’ve got to have love / I’ve come a long way ex £10 Ivory Joe Hunter - Every little bit hurts me - Goldwax vg++ £25 less seen Goldwax outing. Superb! Eddie Day - Summers gone / For my girl - Onyx ex £20 Earl Gains - It's worth anything - HBR 2 copies ex £15, vg++ £10 Walter Jackson - One heart lonely - Okeh ex £15 one of his finest The Holidays – Never alone / Loves creeping up on me – Revilot ex £15 great double sider Richard Brown – Sweet and kind / Don’t listen to the grapevine – Steeltown ex £20 Carter Brothers – So glad she’s mine – Jewel vg+ plays ex £15 Al TNT Braggs – Home in that rock – Peacock ex £15 William Bell - Born under a bad sign – Stax ex really taking off, superb version £10

The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard A book by Peter Benjaminson, available from A Nickel And A Nail. In the months before she died, recorded on tape, Flo shed light on all areas of her life, the details of her love-hate relationship with Berry Gordy, her drinking problem and pleas for help, a never-ending desire to be the Supremes’ lead singer, and her attempts to get her life back on track after being expelled from the group. The heart-breaking story of a world-famous performer whose life ended at the age of 32 as a lonely mother of three who had only recently recovered from years of poverty and despair. More info and ordering details via the link: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/the-lost-supreme-the-life-of-dreamgirl-florence-ballard-peter-benjaminson

60s soul Postage UK £3, Europe £7, elsewhere £10. Paypal please. Betty Lavett(e) – Witchcraft in the air – Lupine ex £25 The Holidays – Never alone / Loves creeping up on me – Revilot ex £15 great double sider Richard Brown – Sweet and kind / Don’t listen to the grapevine – Steeltown ex £20 Marv Johnson – I’m not a plaything – Gordy ex £10 Bobby Bland – With these hands (small but mighty) – Duke ex one of his best £15 Carter Brothers – So glad she’s mine – Jewel vg+ plays ex £15 Al TNT Braggs – Home in that rock – Peacock ex £15 William Bell - Born under a bad sign – Stax ex really taking off, superb version £10 Human Beinz – Nobody but me – Capitol single feelable scratch but DNAP plays as vg+ / ex- £10

70s / 80s Sales Postage UK £3, Europe £7, elsewhere £10. Paypal please. Bobby Womack - How could you break my heart - Arista 12" ex £15 Jackson Sisters - I believe in miracles - UK Urban 12" ex £10 Clarence Carter - Messing with my mind - UK Certain 12" £10 Al Wilson – Show and tell – Bell ex £10 in company sleeve Doris Duke – Feet start walking – Canyon label minor wear, but vinyl ex £5 Bobby Womack – Daylight – UA ex £10 superb, up there with “Give me something for my head” etc The Dells – All about the paper – 20th Century ex £10 Omni – Keys to the city - - Fountain ex £10 General Johnson and the Chairmen – Don’t walk away – Surfside ex great version of the earlier General Johnson song on Arista. £10 The Natural Four – You bring out the best in me – Curtom ex £10 David Ruffin – Walk away from love – Motown vg ++ £8 Sam Dees – Child of the street – Atlantic vg grade as the flip has marks ++ good news is this side plays much better vg plus or better £5 Bobby Womack – Nobody wants you when you’re down and out – UK UA £5 first class Bobby for next to nothing – recommended! …..and one LP....Reuben Howell - Same - Motown (LP) incs cant stop a man in love etc.. ex £15

There's some real interest these days in uncovering the history of the Nashville R&B industry. "Shake Your Hips! The Excello Records Story" is a book by Randy Fox available to order from A Nickel And A Nail. A label synonymous with Nashville R&B and Louisiana lease-ins - this is the first book to dig deep into the label history from Ernie Young's 1940s record store, development of Excello through late 50s R&B phase, the soul explosion in the 60s and beyond, label spin offs, the buy-out by Crescent / AVI, reissue series and final demise. Something in here for everybody - whether you are into swamp blues, R&B or 60s / 70s soul. Highly recommended. Order "Shake Your Hips!" and take advantage of free UK delivery by quoting FREEPOST1. Follow the link for blurb and order info: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/products/shake-your-hips-the-excello-records-story-randy-fox

60s Soul Postage UK £3, Europe £6, elsewhere £10. Paypal only please. Ivory Joe Hunter - Every little bit hurts me - Goldwax vg++ £25 less seen Goldwax outing. Superb! SOLD Helen Shapiro - Look over your shoulder - UK Columbia ex £20 with company sleeve. A nice version of Chuck Jackson on Wand, less well known than some of her others. SOLD Rufus Thomas - Memphis Train - Stax ex £20 Wilson Pickett - Baby call on me - Double L vg+ £10 Eddie Day - Summers gone / For my girl - Onyx ex £20 Earl Gains - It's worth anything - HBR 2 copies ex £15, vg++ £10 Walter Jackson - One heart lonely - Okeh ex £15 one of his finest SOLD PW Cannon - Beating of my lonely heart - Hickory ex with company sleeve - harder issue copy £15 Charles Brimmer - Show and tell - Hayley ex £10 SOLD Ted Taylor - Steal away - Pye acetate (destined for Contempo release) ex £15

The Soul of New Orleans: A Legacy of Rhythm and Blues - Jeff Hannusch In stock at A Nickel And A Nail A book by Jeff Hannusch in stock now at A Nickel And Nail. A comprehensive exploration of the rise and fall of New Orleans rhythm and blues. It presents scores of colourful and important profiles as it investigates activities of the N.O. clubs, musicians, record companies, recording studios, and much more. Artists discussed include Tommy Ridgley, Chuck Carbo, Danny White, Robert Parker and labels like Ric and Ron Frisco and Hep' Me. Contains over a hundred photographs and illustrations and a full appendix including a selected discography. A must for fans of New Orleans rhythm and blues. The author is a life long R&B and soul fan, having lived in New Orleans since 1978. Follow the link for more info and ordering details: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/the-soul-of-new-orleans-jeff-hannusch Have a great week Mark.

60s soul sales Postage UK £3, Europe £7, elsewhere £10. Paypal please. Human Beinz – Nobody but me – Capitol vg a single feelable scratch but surprisingly doesn’t affect play £15 Herbert Hunter – The big oak tree -Poncello ex £75 Don and Juan – What I really meant to say – Big top writing on label as shown otherwise ex. Fantastic early one and among their best £25 Peggy Woods – Love is gonna get you – Kent 6Ts 9th Anniversay vg plus – superficial scratch (not feelable and doesn’t affect play) £65 bargain! Vickie Royal – That don’t make you the boss / Normas Blues – Valtone ex great R&B track and inst. £20 The Orlons – I aint comin’ back – cameo white demo ex £25 Jackey Beavers – Hold on – Sound Stage 7 white demo ex £12 Jackie Wilson – I believe I’ll love on – Brunswick Eddie Singleton produced / penned ex £15 Wilson Pickett – 4 track Atlantic EP - incs She’s lookin’ good / Jealous love / We’ve got to have love / I’ve come a long way ex £15

60s soul sales Postage UK £3, Europe £7, elsewhere £10. Paypal please. Don and Juan – What I really meant to say – Big Top (some writing on label, vinyl ex) £25 superb big city feel to this early one, among their best! Cash McCall – Im in danger -/ SOS – Checker ex £35 ON HOLD The Jarmels – Keep your mind on me – Laurie promo vg plus. Their last Laurie 45 and their hardest and least known. Doowop meets northern! £30 Marv Johnson – I’m not a plaything – Gordy ex £15 Chuck Bernard – Indian giver – Satellite ex white demo £15 the earliest and best take on this compared to the later Maverick recording Lee Lamont – I’ll take love – Backbeat vg/vg plus £10 plays well Solomon Burke – Save it – Atlantic ex same as Lee Rogers / OV Wright £15 Mitty Collier – I can’t lose – Peachtree ex £20 what a record! Sounds great out loud and highly rec. Ty Hunter – Bad loser – Chess ex £30 Eddie Carlton – It will be done / Inst. – Cream Acetate - one of only a few acetates associated with the UK Cream outing, vocal version with inst. version on the flip (not on the Swan release). Looks and plays ex. Interesting historical piece £35

There’s a live / sync’d version of her singing Sad Girl maybe from Soultrain / similar on youtube . Had a quick look but been removed now since I last watched it.