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All excellent condition: Hytones - Good news - 100 Club Anniversary £100 SOLD San Franciscan TKOs - Make up your mind b/w Peggy Gaines "When the boy that you love is loving you" - 6Ts 19th Anniversary £100 ON HOLD Rodge Martin - They say - Dot promo £50 Spidells - If it ain't one thing -Coral £70 Rufus Hunter - Hold on - Reforee £40 fantastic and tough Interpreters - Pretty little thing - Abet £30 Little Johnny Truitt - Bring my baby on home - Abet £20 All ex condition. PayPal only. Post £3 UK, £5 Europe, £10 elsewhere

Now arrived at A Nickel And A Nail, Stuart Cosgrove's long awaited Memphis 68 ! - order details here... cheaper than Amazon and get it quicker, no brainer really! Link: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/memphis-68-the-tragedy-of-southern-soul-stuart-cosgrove

I'm in dealings with the publisher / distributor of Florida Soul, will be getting some of these in as stock within the next couple of weeks at A Nickel And A Nail.

Now arrived at A Nickel And A Nail, Stuart Cosgrove's long awaited Memphis 68 - order details here... https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/memphis-68-the-tragedy-of-southern-soul-stuart-cosgrove

The Jades - I know the feelin - Poncello £200 Dan Folger - The way of the crowd - Elf promo £90 Rodge Martin - They say - Dot promo £75 Spidells - If it ain't one thing -Coral £70 Roscoe Shelton - As soon as darkness falls - Sound stage 7 demo £30... Rufus Hunter - Hold on - Reforee £40 Interpreters - Pretty little thing - Abet £30 Little Johnny Truitt - Bring my baby on home - Abet £20 All ex condition. PayPal only. Post £3 UK, £5 Europe, £10 elsewhere

Novas Nine Pain / Why Listen (acetate) Excellent condition. £90 plus post (UK £5, Europe £8, Elsewhere £10). Paypal only please.

Calling all self publishing authors with a soul / blues or related scene interest! Let us know of your completed projects or even work in progress. As the UK's #1 bookstore for these genre specific titles we'd love to hear from you. We are an established platform for showcasing and promoting soul and related literature to a targeted market. Contact me here via PM or via the "Contact Us" tag on the website, link here https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/pages/contact-us

Have just posted up a chapter excerpt from House of Broken Hearts to the blog section at A Nickel And A Nail, folks may find of interest, the story of the Southern City label, Paramount Four and the Poodles: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/blogs/news/southern-city-hal-and-jean-the-paramount-four-and-the-poodles-e-mark-windle-excerpt-from-house-of-broken-hearts Cheers Mark

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Taking pre-orders at A Nickel An A Nail now for Stuart Cosgrove's eagerly awaited book Memphis 68; the second part of his planned trilogy. Just follow the link below. A very competitive £14.99 and to take the edge of anticipation of the publication date of 5 Oct I'll be sending out a little piece of Memphis to all UK orders (whilst stocks last!). Get in there... https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/memphis-68-the-tragedy-of-southern-soul-stuart-cosgrove Whilst at the website check out our other books in stock - and more besides - fanzines / mags, pic cover 45s, original music sheet memorabilia, and our frequent blogs, review articles, author interviews, and chapter excerpts. Your no. 1 stop for all your soul related literary needs!

Still a chance to pick up a free Stax 45 (if a UK address and whilst stocks last) with all pre-orders on Stuart Cosgrove's up-coming book "Memphis 68" from A Nickel And A Nail. Hardback version, comes in at a very competitive £14.99 plus post. Follow the link here: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/memphis-68-the-tragedy-of-southern-soul-stuart-cosgrove Whilst there have a look at our other titles, new and used books, 60s soul pic cover 45s, sheet music memorabilia and fanzines. Sign up too for alerts / discounts etc. Have a great weekend whatever you're up to! Mark.

A Nickel And A Nail now taking pre-orders - see General Sales section here for details. BTW publishers are telling me release date is now 5 Oct not 12th.

Great news! A Nickel And A Nail is now open for pre-orders for the book Memphis 68, part two in Stuart Cosgrove's soul trilogy. Release date 5 Oct - all pre-orders will be despatched on or within the first week of release. Blurb and ordering link below. £14.99 plus post. I'll also send out a little piece of Memphis (a Stax 45) to the first 20 UK orders to take the edge off whilst you are waiting for the release date! https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/memphis-68-the-tragedy-of-southern-soul-stuart-cosgrove

Another couple of book promo opportunities for "House of Broken Hearts", taken in Nashville : Photo 1 from left: Ed Salamon (radio executive), Peggy Gaines, Michael Gray (Editor, Country Music hall of Fame and Museum, Nashville), and Mac Gayden (legendary singer / songwriter, and writer of "Everlasting Love" by Robert Knight / Love affair and Herbert Hunter's "I was born to love you", and Valentines on SS7) Photo 2 from left: Jimmy Church, Michael Gray and Frank Howard (of Frank Howard and the Commanders)

The King Casuals were Nashville based (though did have Atlanta based recordings for Peachtree). Certainly no Toledo connection as far as I am aware.

Not the best version, but for completeness, the Spontanes reunion version (also included the link for the flipside) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U46PnN6GMc

Also on their 60s released Hit LP track listing in the story here: https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/blogs/news/the-spontanes-e-mark-windle

Can I echo this, spot on post here re Scotty Todd. Certainly a staple part of a vast number of 60s Carolina / Va bands live and recording repertoire (Todd, Spontanes, Embers, Tempests etc). No doubt due to local plugging of the Radiants by local stations like Big Ways / similar or Nashville's WLAC.

Around 30 more soul related book title arrivals at A Nickel And A Nail this week. Bios on Jackie Wilson, Johnny Otis, Ruth Brown, Jerry Butler, Jack Ashford, and others; also histories on the Brill Building and the Apollo. https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/only-the-strong-survive-memoirs-of-a-soul-survivor-hardback-jerry-butler Have a great week. Site will be down for a while for maintenance and upgrades from Sunday 23 July onwards so get your orders in quick please if there's anything you fancy to pack in your holiday suitcase for plane and poolside reading maybe.... Cheers, Mark.

Available now in A Nickel And A Nail; Florence Ballard's story by Peter Benjaminson £9.99 Link here https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/the-lost-supreme-the-life-of-dreamgirl-florence-ballard-peter-benjaminson Have a browse whilst you're there Cheers, Mark.

PM'd you Rob...

Chicago Soul by Robert Pruter, available now at A Nickel And A Nail the UK's specialist independent bookstore for soul, blues and jazz related literature. Link to blurb and ordering Chicago Soul here https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/chicago-soul-robert-pruter Whilst there why not have a browse at our other soul bio / northern scene related titles. Also sign up for alerts, discounts etc.

Now available at A Nickel And A Nail £14.99 link here https://a-nickel-and-a-nail.myshopify.com/collections/books/products/a-house-on-fire-the-rise-and-fall-of-philadelphia-soul-john-a-jackson

Paramount Four - You don't know / I've made up my mind - Southern City ex Two incredible sides for northern and deep fans and pretty topical at the moment £450.00 free post - sorry but this particular sale is for delivery within UK only. PayPal please.

Certainly did mate https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/house-broken-hearts