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This Bell Still Rings. My Life of Defiance and Song - an autobiography by Barbara Dane in stock . Order details 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 book). 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

Artist performance contracts for sale Long overdue, but I'm now sorting out the ton of performance contracts I have into keepers for the archives versus those to move on. Some are already earmarked for donation to various organisations (the Stax Foundation / Museum in Memphis as I did before is the most obvious, given the nature of the contracts). Re those left for sale (individually or as a job lot), I have the likes of ZZ Hill, Garnet Mimms, Roscoe Shelton, Clarence Carter, Solomon Burke, Kelly Brothers, Joe Simon, Otis Clay, Jimmy Hughes, Arthur Conley and many more. Virtually all US performance bookings 1966 to 1973, mainly via Phil Walden A&P, and the Paragon Agency, both out of Macon, Georgia. One or two UK ones from Global. The list provides artist, year, and venue. Because of the number of pages of some of the contracts its not practical to provide the images in a list. The easiest way to do this is if genuinely interested in specific items, PM me and I'll send pics. Some are single original contracts, others are original top copies plus (bonus!) office duplicates. The vast majority will be £10 per contract so very affordable for these unique pieces of soul music history. Exceptions are Garnet Mimms, Solomon Burke, Van Dykes at £20. Post extra, UK buyers only please, sorry.

Wednesday List #14 Motown picture cover 45s from around the globe available. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a very decent vg+ or above. Many are actually ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. Prices as shown or job lot for £60. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Four Tops - Reach out I’ll be there / Until you love someone - Rozenblit-Motown Brazil (plays at 33rpm) £15 V/A - Golden R&B 5 -track EP / mini-LP - Temps - My girl / Stevie Wonder - Uptight / Supremes - You can’t hurry love / Four Tops - Reach out I’ll be there / Martha Reeves and Vandellas - dancing in the street - TM Japan £20 Little Stevie Wonder - Fingertips / pt. 2 - Stateside Sweden vg- label wear £5 Stevie Wonder - Yester me etc - TM Hong Kong £10 The Temptations - Run away child, running wild / I need your lovin’ - TM France £10 The Temptations - Papa was a rolling stone / Inst - TM France £10 Stevie Wonder - I was made to love her / Hold me - TM Holland (cover worn) £10 The Temptations - It’s you that I need / Don’t send me away - Rozeblit-Gordy Brazil (plays at 33rpm) £20 Little Stevie Wonder - 4-track EP - Fingertips / pt. 2 / Sunset / Contract on love - Barclay 707 vg vinyl fine, background noise / lo-fi £5 Little Stevie Wonder - 4-track EP - Workout / Money talk / I call it pretty music / Pt. 2 - Barclay 707 France vg- rough vinyl, does play through OK £5

Tuesday List #13 Motown picture cover 45s from around the globe available. Supremes theme today. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a very decent vg+ or above. Many are actually ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. As priced or £80 job lot including postage. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Supremes - You keep me hanging on / Remove this doubt - TM Germany £10 The Supremes - mini 7” LP - I hear a symphony / Nothing but heartaches / Cupid / He’s seventeen - TM Japan (plays at 33rpm) £10 Supremes - I hear a symphony / Who could ever doubt my love - Fermata Brazil £15 Supremes - Everybody’s got the right to love / But I love you more - TM Spain £10 Diana Ross and Supremes - 4-track EP - Refelctions / You keep me hanging on / Ode to Billie Joe / Time changes things - Rozenblit (plays at 33rpm. Radio station sticker on label) £20 Diana Ross and the Supremes - The composer / No matter what sign you are - TM Spain £10 The Supremes - The happening / All I know about you - TM Italy £15 Diana Ross and Supremes with the Temptations - 4-track EP - Impossible dream / I’m gonna make you love me / Ain’t no mountain high enough / A place in the sun - TM Mexico £15 Diana Ross and Supremes - Someday we’ll be together / he’s my sunny boy - RTB Yugoslavia £10 Diana Ross and Supremes - Aquarius / Let the sunshine in / No matter what sign you are - RTB Yugoslavia £10

Monday List #12 Motown picture cover 45s from around the globe available. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a very decent vg+ or above. Many are actually ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. As priced or a job lot will also be considered on whatever is left. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Four Tops - You keep running away / If you don’t want my love - TM Germany £15 Little Stevie Wonder - Fingertips / Pt. 2 - US Tamla £15 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - I second that emotion / You must be love - Rozenblit - Tamla Brazil (plays at 33rpm) £20 Edwin Starr - Stop the war now / Gonna keep on tryin’ till I win your love - TM Sweden £10 The Temptations - Ball of confusion /It’s summer - TM Spain £10 Four Tops - It’s all in the game / Love is the answer - TM Holland (no centre) £5 Diana Ross and the Supremes - I’m gonna make you love me / A Place in the sun - TM France £10 Four Tops - 4-track EP - Reach out I’ll be there / Until you love someone / Shake me, wake me , when its over / Loving you is sweeter than ever - TM France £15 The Supremes - Where did our love go / He means the world to me - CBS Germany £10 The Supremes - 4-track EP - The Happening / I guess I’ll always love you / All I know about you / Mother you. Smother you - TM France £15

Cheers Peter, appreciate the words. To be honest this stuff is part of the day job, and so is usually destined for writer forums elsewhere. Because of the (related) subject matter though I thought it’d make sense to share here for anyone who might find it of interest.

Sunday List #11 Motown picture cover 45s from around the globe available. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a very decent vg+ or above. Many are actually ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Four Tops - 4-track EP - Baby I need your loving / Standing in the shadows of love / Reach out I’ll be there / Loving you is sweeter - TM Australia (don’t be fooled - uses similar cover image to the UK EP but entirely different tracks £30 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - 4-track EP - If you can want / When the words from your heart get caught up in your throat / I second that emotion / Save me - TM Portugal £20 Diana Ross and the Supremes - In and out of love / I guess I’ll always love you - Rozenblit Brazil (plays at 33rpm) £20 Diana Ross and the Supremes - In and out of love / Guess I’ll always love you - TM Spain £15 Temptations - I can’t get next to you / Running away - TM Germany £15 Temptations - I’m losing you / All I need - TM Italy £20 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Come see about me / Sweet soul - TM Holland £20 Stevie Wonder - Uptight / Purple rain drops - TM Holland (cover worn) £15 Stevie Wonder - Yester me etc / I’d be a fool right now - TM Spain £10 Stevie Wonder - 4-track EP - Heaven help us all / You can’t judge a book by its cover / I gotta have a song / Something to say - TM Portugal £20

ALL PLATINUM. THE MAKING OF A SOUND - a book by Steve Guarnori. Blurb and ordering below. All Platinum: The Making of a Sound is the long overdue detailed history of All Platinum Records from 1967-1979. This essential mammoth-sized reference source deals with each year in the company’s history as well as exploring the stories of its artists and the musicians who signed for the company each year. With quotes from many of the surviving artists, a fascinating insight as provided into how Joe and Sylvia Robinson’s record label started operating from a small basement and grew to become one of the most important black owned record labels of the '70s. This was no ordinary record company. The creative talent that passed through All Platinum’s doors was phenomenal and the way the business operated was unusual to say the least. All Platinum: The Making of a Sound also covers the acquisition of Chess, the once mighty Chicago label, as well as the company’s successful expansion into the UK and Europe in 1975. Additionally, the book contains the most comprehensive (and fully illustrated) discography on the releases from All Platinum and its related imprints, as well as those records it distributed nationally for other record labels. The discography includes several records not documented elsewhere (534 pages, softcover, colour illustrated). Order here https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/all-platinum-the-making-of-a-sound-steve-guarnori

An extract from one of my side-projects; basically a collection of reflections and histories of the African American South. Might be of interest to some on here, particularly if the Mississippi Delta, juke joints and blues are your thing. Link https://windlefreelance.com/2024/02/25/juke-joint/

Saturday List #10 Motown picture cover 45s from around the globe available. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a very decent vg+ or above. Many are actually ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Four Tops - Reach out I’ll be there - Motown Japan £15 Gladys Knight and the Pips - Heard it through the grapevine / It’s time to go now - Soul Brazilian £15 VA- That Motown Sound - 4-track EP inc. Martha and the Vandellas “You’ve been in love too long” + 3 others. Fermata Brazil (note South Am. releases play at 33rpm) £25 Supremes - I hear a symphony / Who could ever doubt my love - TM Holland £15 Four Tops - Do what you gotta do / Can’t seem to get you out of my mind - TM Germany £15 Four Tops - 7 rooms of gloom / Mame - TM Spain £15 Jimmy Ruffin - I’ve passed this way before / What becomes of the broken hearted - TM Spain £20 Smokey Robinson - Tears of a clown / I’ll take you anyway that you come - TM Germany (grim picture cover but worth it for the great flip - only available on this format as a 45 as far as I know) £10 Diana Ross and Supremes - Reflections / Going down for the third time - TM Holland £15 Diana Ross and the Supremes - You keep me hanging on / Reflections - TM Spain (stain on cover as shown) - TM Spain £15

Friday List #9 Motown picture cover 45s from around the globe. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a decent vg+ or above. Many are ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Marvin Gaye - That’s the way love is / Gonna keep on trying to win your love - TM Holland (no centre) £10 Marvin Gaye - That’s the way love is / Gonna keep on trying to win your love - TM Germany 15 Jimmy Ruffin - I’ll say forever my love / Everybody needs love - TM Germany £15 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Who’s gonna take the blame / I gotta thing for you - TM Germany £10 Four Tops - Standing in the shadows / Since you’ve been gone - TM Holland £15 Four Tops - Reach out, I’ll be there / Until you love someone - TM Holland £15 Four Tops - Walk away Renee / If I were a carpenter - Radio Televizija Beograd (RTB; Yugoslavia) £15 The Supremes - Come see about me / Always in my heart - CBS Germany (weird bubbling to surface, hit and miss whether playable on all decks - try it for £2 and at least you have the cover!) Diana Ross and Supremes - Forever came today / Ode to Billie Jo - TM Spain £10 Temptations - It’s you that I need / Don’t send me away - TM Holland £15

Thursday List #8 Motown picture cover 45s from around the globe available. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a decent vg+ or above. Many are ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. The Temptations - All I need / Sorry is a sorry word - TM Holland £20 Edwin Starr - Stop the war / Gonna keep on lovin’ till I win your love - TM France £15 Jr. Walker and All Stars - Shake and finger pop / Do the boomerang / Cleo’s back / Shotgun - 4 track EP TUK TM £25 Diana Ross and Supremes with Temps - I second that emotion / The way you do the things you do - TM Denmark £20 The Supremes - Stop in the name of love / I’m in love again - TM Holland £15 Diana Ross and Supremes - Love child / I can’t help myself / Get ready / Will this be the way - 4 track EP TM Singapore £20 Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - Honey love / Dancing in the street - TM Spain £15 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Doggone right / Here I go again - TM France £15 The Four Tops - Don’t bring back memories / What is a man - TM Germany £15 The Four Tops - Bernadette / Brenda / I got a feeling / Then - 4 track EP TM France £20

Wednesday List #7 Motown picture cover 45s from around the globe available. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a decent vg+ or above. Many are ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Jimmy Ruffin - What becomes of the broken hearted / Baby I’ve got it (classic and a superb flip) TM Holland £20 Marvin Gaye - Try it baby / If my heart could sing - US Tamla £15 Four Tops - I can’t help myself / Sad souvenirs (another quality flip) - Motown, tri-centre intact £20 Four Tops - I can’t help myself / Ask the lonely / Something about you / It’s the same old song - UK TM 4-track EP, minus centre £20 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - The tears of a clown / Promise me - TM Spain (label tear on Promise me side) £15 Gladys Knight and the Pips - Friendship train / Nitty gritty - TM Germany £15 The Supremes - Love child / Misery makes its home in my heart - TM Holland £15 (felt pen mark on one label) Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Hip City / Pt. 2 - TM France £15 Edwin Starr - War / He who picks a rose - TM Germany £15 The Supremes - Where did our love go / I’m giving you your freedom / Run, run, run / He means the world to me - TM France (don’t mistake this for the “Where did our love go” 45, even though it uses the same cover image - this is the French Columbia-distributed 4-track EP) £20

This one just landed. A 1972 pre-publication press photo of NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins; teed up to accompany an article concerning the passage of an "anti" bus(s)ing section in the Education Bill. The general concept behind funded transportation for school pupils from outside districts was to assist in racial integration and aid equal access to education, but the bill that was passed under the Nixon administration actually blocked the use of federal money for this purpose.

Cheers Mick, got em.

Cheers Mick sounds fab, I'll PM.

Can anyone point me in the direction of an easily downloadable copy of the entire UK Tamla demo catalogue (both R&W and G&W) ? Trying to faff with 45cat and a Word doc and it's, well, a faff. Thanks in advance.

Tuesday List #6 Motown picture cover 45s from around the globe available. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a decent vg+ or above. Many are ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Stevie Wonder - I’m wondering / Everytime I see you I go wild - TM Holland (cover a little worn as shown) £10 Bobby Taylor - Does your mama know about me / Fading away - TM Holland (vinyl vg) £10 The Temptations - Psychedelic shack / That’s the way love is - TM Holland (label sticker) £15 The Temptations - Cloud Nine / Why did she have to leave me - TM (Sweden) £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - These eyes / What does it take - TM (Germany) £15 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Ain’t that the truth - TM (Spain) £20 SOLD R.Dean Taylor - Gotta see Jane / Don’t fool around - TM (Holland) £10 The Supremes - Stop in the name of love / I’m in love again - Motown (US) £15 Four Tops - Standing in the shadows of love / Since you’ve been gone - TM (Germany; some cover wear as shown) £15 The Supremes - Nothing but heartaches / He holds his own - TM (Holland) £15

Monday List #5 Motown picture cover 45s from around the globe available. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a decent vg+ or above. Many are ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Tears of a clown / Second that emotion - TM Holland £10 Jimmy Ruffin - Don’t you miss me a little bit / I want her love - TM Holland £15 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Baby baby don’t cry / Your mother’s only daughter - TM Germany £15 The Four Tops - 7 rooms of gloom / I’ll turn to stone - TM Holland (centre removed, slight tear to front cover) £15 The Four Tops - You keep running away / If you don’t want my love - TM France £15 cover ring wear The Supremes - Love child / Will this be the day - Motown Japan £15 The Supremes - Baby love, Come see about me, Where did our love go, When the lovelight starts shining through his eyes - UK TM 4 track EP £20 Mary Wells - My guy / Oh little boy - Motown Holland £20 The Temptations - My baby, Since I lost my baby, It’s growing, The way you do the things you do - TM UK 4-track EP £30 The Temptations - I can’t get next to you / Running away - TM France £15

List #4 More Motown picture cover 45s from around the globe available. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a decent vg+ or above. Many are ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. The Four Tops - Shake me, wake me when it’s over / You keep running away - TM Spain £20 Jr. Walker and the All Stars - What does it take / Roadrunner - TM France £20 Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers - Does your mama know / fading way - TM France (cover a little worn) £15 Edwin Starr - 25 miles / Love is my destination - TM Spain £20 Diana Ross and the Supremes - I’m living in shame / I’m so glad I got somebody - TM Germany £15 Martha Reeves and Vandellas - Taking my love / Heartless - TM Germany (label sticker, can prob be peeled off) £15 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Special occasion - TM Holland £15 Gladys Knight and the Pips - Everybody needs love / Take me in your arms and love me - TM Holland £20 Marvin Gaye - I heard it through the grapevine - TM Holland £15 R. Dean Taylor - Ghost in my house - Rare Earth Germany £15

I'm interested in picking some of these up. I'm aware of what's already on the net, but if anyone else has any that they'd like to move on please PM with price and condition. Must stress I'm after clean copies with nil, or very minimal writing on the labels, UK sellers only, and I'm not after a "what are you offering" kind of transaction. Thanks in advance.

List #3 More Motown picture cover 45s available. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a decent vg+ or above. Many are ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Edwin Starr - Twenty-five miles / Way over there - TM Holland £30 David Ruffin - I lost everything I’ve ever loved / We’ll have a good thing going on - TM Germany £20 Brenda Holloway - When I’m gone / I’ve been good to you - US Tamla (cover and label are quite frankly shocking, label has wear and writing but vinyl surprisingly OK) £10 Four Tops - Bernadette / Same old song - TM Spain £20 Four Tops - Reach Out / Until you love someone - TM Spain (white demo) £20 Martha Reeves and Vandellas - I gotta let you go / You’re the loser now - TM Germany £20 Marvin Gaye - Lonely lover / World is rated X - UK Motown (note: 1986 mix of Lonely lover) £20 Jimmy Ruffin - What becomes of the broken hearted / Baby I’ve got it - TM Germany (flip is superb) £10 Martha Reeves and Vandellas - Honey love / I’m in love - TM Holland £20 Smokey Robinson and Miracles - Baby baby don’t cry / Your mother’s only daughter - TM Spain £15

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.

So, 1st March. Welcome to Women's History Month. This commentary I did for a cultural museum blog a few years ago gets its annual airing, with a soul music industry slant of course, but ever relevant. Link here: https://windlefreelance.com/2020/07/26/r-e-s-p-e-c-t-that-womans-got-soul/

Some more Motown picture cover 45s up for grabs. Vinyl and labels are virtually all at least a decent vg+ or above. Many are ex. Any less than vg+ will be as described. Covers are as shown in pics. UK buyers and PayPal only please, sorry. Postage £5 any quantity. PM to reserve. Edwin Starr - Time / War - TM Spain £50 The Supremes - Nothing but heartaches - TM Germany (some staining to cover) £20 Marv Johnson - I miss you baby / Bad girl - TM Germany (slight cover wear) £15 Marv Johnson - I miss you baby / Bad Girl. TM Holland £15 David Ruffin - My whole world ended / Got to find myself a brand new baby - TM Germany £15 ON HOLD Gladys Knight - Nitty gritty / Got myself a good man - TM Germany £15 ON HOLD Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby / Wherever I lay my hat - TM France £15 ON HOLD Four Tops - I'm in a different world / Remember when - TM France £15 David Ruffin - Walk away from love - TM Holland £15 (writing on cover) Four Tops - Reach out I'll be there / It's the same old song - Japan Motown Golden Couple Series (have 2 copies, one with tri-centre £10, one with tri-centre removed £5)