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Back in stock at A Nickel And A Nail - Robert Pruter’s Chicago Soul. Follow the link for blurb and ordering details https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/products/chicago-soul-robert-pruter

60s soul sales. Prices in GBP. Postage £3 UK, £8 Europe, £10 elsewhere. Paypal please. Sam & Bill I’ll try French Decca with pic cover ex 60 Dramatics Your love was strange Volt ex 15 Little Johnny Taylor True love Galaxy ex 15 Pic & Bill Gonna give it to you Blue Rock ex 20 PW Cannon Beating of my lonely heart Hickory ex 15 Ray Charles You’re gonna lose your clown (EP) Portugal HMV with pic cover ex 20 The Neptunes House of heartaches Instant ex 20 Gerry & Paul Cat Walk / Little Bit of Soul Fat Back vg + 15 Betty Everett Trouble over the weekend / Shoe don’t fit Vee Jay ex 20 The Outsiders Time wont let me (+3, EP) Japan Capitol 7” 33rpm with pic cover ex 20 PW Cannon Hanging out those tears to dry / Hey hey Hickory demo with company sleeve ex 15 Eddie Day Summers gone / For my girl Onyx ex 20 Leon Haywood Its got to be mellow Decca ex 15 Roosevelt Grier In my tenement (+3, mini LP / juke 7”) RIC Vg + ( couple of superficial scratches and some crackle does not distract) 50

This week’s new book releases and restocks at A Nickel And A Nail include Keith Rylatt’s Jerry O, Chicago Soul by Robert Pruter and the hardcover version of Harlem 69! Plus loads of quality condition pre-owned soul, gospel, blues and 50s. Follow the link https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/

Roosevelt Grier 7” / Juke / mini LP with half a dozen tracks from his LP. And yes, “In My Tenement” is there! Visually vg + (a few superficial marks and bit of crackle, but no jumps etc). Nice collectors piece. £50 secures. Postage UK £3, Europe £6, elsewhere £12

Ray Charles - About to lose your clown (+3) - Portugal 'A Voz Do Dono' (HMV) EP, with picture cover ex. condition £20 Johnny Nash - Strange feeling - 1965 UK Pye advance pressing acetate (destined for UK Chess release) ex. £40 Gerry and Paul - The catwalk / Little Bit of soul (labels reversed as with most / all) vg plus - marks on vinyl but plays as ex £20 The Neptunes - House of heartaches - Instant ex. (early R&B Nashville group take on same song as Hal Hardy - actually Hal was in them, along with PW Cannon on this) £20 Betty Everett - Trouble over the weekend / Shoe don't fit - Vee Jay ex great double sider £20 £3 UK post, bit more elsewhere. Paypal only please.

Sam and Bill - I’ll Try / I feel like cryin’ -French Decca with pic sleeve. In excellent condition £60 PW Cannon - Beating of my lonely heart - Hickory ex £15 Dramatics - Your love was strange - Volt ex £15 Pic and Bill - Gonna give it to you - Blue Rock ex £20 Little johnny Taylor - True love - Galaxy ex £15 Post £3 UK, Europe £8, elsewhere £10. Paypal only please.

The new book on this underrated and multitalented individual by Keith Rylatt now available to order at A Nickel And A Nail. Follow the link below for more blurb and ordering details https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/jerry-o-on-the-record-off-the-wall-keith-rylatt

Kings Go Forth - The Outsiders Are Back - Lukabop LP Ex £10 plus post, £4 UK, bit more elsewhere.

Good one here just published over the last couple of months - “Shake Your Hips: the Excello Records Story”. Covers the early days of Ernie Young’s record shop in the 1940s, through swamp blues, the 60s and 70s soul period right up AVI procurement of the label. Available via A Nickel And A Nail. https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/shake-your-hips-the-excello-records-story-randy-fox

With Nashville R&B receiving long overdue attention in the literature, it is impossible for authors to avoid reference to Excello Records. In "House of Broken Hearts" I touched on the relationship between Excello Records, Ernie Young and WLAC during the "soul years". Now, in "Shake Your Hips", Randy Fox undertakes a focussed exploration of the label's history, from Ernie Young's Record Mart origins in the late 1940s selling race music to both blacks and whites, to Excello's late '50s swamp blues period, the development of sister labels and the soul output of the following decade; finally tackling closure of the imprint and AVI acquisition of Young's assets including the label's catalogue in 1980. SHAKE YOUR HIPS is available to order now from A Nickel And A Nail. Order details and blurb via link https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/shake-your-hips-the-excello-records-story-randy-fox

Still after the West Trade Street Blues Association scan if anyone can help ? Seee notes above before doing anything cheers

Hi all, as part of World Book Day thought it would be appropriate / of interest to present an excerpt of the opening chapter of the upcoming Tempests biography. Publication this summer 2019. Meantime follow the link below for the taster: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/blogs/news/the-tempests-a-carolina-soul-story-world-book-day-excerpt-e-mark-windle

Come into my shop kind sir.....btw a freebie sneak peek at the new Tempests book on World Book Day (7 March) - will be posting up the opening chapter at A Nickel And A Nail on Thursday.

The Dells - I Touched a Dream - 20th Cent Fox Ex cover ex vinyl. Incs “All about the paper”, the once huge “Your Song” And others, nice LP £15 inc post in U.K. , bit more elsewhere. PayPal only please.

The Tempests biography is scheduled for a May / June release. Due a fresh update on the project in a month or so but here’s last years one https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/blogs/news/the-tempests-book-project-may-2018-update

Due to quite a few enquires of late regarding "House of Broken Hearts" book on the story of 1960s Nashville soul we've just done a print run of another 100 copies. Loads of northern soul interest - including biographies of the Paramount Four, Peggy Gaines, Frank Howard and the Commanders, Herbert Hunter, Earl Gaines, Spidells, Sound Stage 7 story - the list goes on. Order exclusively from A Nickel And Nail, follow the link for info and ordering details: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/house-of-broken-hearts-e-mark-windle-black-and-white-version

Some scans needed URGENTLY for The Tempests book project I’m working on at the moment. Any pals you may know who may have these please share as working to a strict deadline: West Trade Street Blues Association - Getting ready for the heartbreak - Ripete records 100% Pure Poison - Do whatcha do - Poison SORTED Fabulous Plaids - Ask the lonely - It Will Stand records SORTED Please note must be own copy, ideally clean copies, no internet trawl and message me before doing anything as have specific requirements for the scans. Will reference your help in captioning and acknowledgements. Cheers in advance Mark.

Spinning Around. History of the Soul LP. Volumes 1 and 2 by John Lias - both volumes currently in stock at A Nickel And A Nail, the UK's independent bookstore specialist for soul, blues and related literature. Follow the links for blurb and ordering: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/spinning-around-a-history-of-the-soul-lp-volume-1-a-k-john-lias

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Tamiko - Is it a sin - Checker SORTED Anyone? Please state condition, price and method of payment. No “what offering” scenarios please ! cheers

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More copies just arrived at A Nickel And A Nail of this evergreen Detroit reference book Groovesville USA: Detroit soul and R&B Index by Keith Rylatt. Pick your copy up now! Follow the link: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/groovesville-usa-the-detroit-soul-r-b-index-keith-rylatt Cheers Mark.

Hi folks, congratulations to Howard Earnshaw and co. for the ongoing success of Soul Up North! Issue 100 out now and available from A Nickel And A Nail - follow the link https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/fanzines-magazines/products/soul-up-north-issue-100-february-2019

Cash McCall - I’m in danger / SOS - Chess SORTED Easy one, both sides and labels ex. or better please, cheers pm.

Err guys, the Cheques story and how it links to Salt and Pepper is in one of my books, I posted the chapter up on my website here. Should answer most of your questions on the Cheques side. https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/blogs/news/deeper-the-cheques-e-mark-windle