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2015 · 4898 — <p><strong>Charleston: The History Press an imprint of Arcadia Publishing 2015. Purchased New. F/F. Exclusive First Edition Hardcover. Signed by Blake Ells on the title page. The unread book is tight with solid hinges good tips and black cloth boards. The textblock is clean with no writing bookplate or markings and not BCE ex-library or remaindered. Black and white photos throughout. The dust jacket without a price as issued is Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 138 pages. 6¼ x 9¼" tall. Book will be bubble wrapped and shipped in a box.</strong></p><p><em><strong>FAME Publishing first opened in 1959 and produced hits for great musicians like Etta James Clarence Carter and Aretha Franklin. Not long after the city of Muscle Shoals became known as the "Hit Recording Capital of the World." FAME was the foundation that produced Muscle Shoals Sound Studio the Nutthouse and Sundrop Sound at Single Lock Records - studios that gave a voice to artists like Drive-By Truckers Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and John Paul White. A new generation including the Pollies and Doc Dailey & the Magnolia Devil continues to carry the tradition of great music. </strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Through extensive research and enriched with interviews from those who lived it local author Blake Ells chronicles the epic story that started with FAME.</strong></em></p> The History Press hardcover