(A2) KBB MIND OVER MATTER: The Myths & Mysteries of Detroit's Fortune Records (last copies)

I had been anticipating this book for years, but was not even remotely prepared for the result. Billy and Mike have unearthed more stories about Fortune, and Detroit music in general, than I ever thought possible. Well-written, authoritative, and loads of fun to hear the stories of the many (many!) characters involved with Fortune. A And then there are the graphics - WOW! Color label scans on almost every page, amazing photos of even some of the most obscure artists, gig flyers, and the famed studio in various states of decay. This book is a treasure - the best label history I've ever seen bar none.

Very enjoyable reading. Covers all aspects of Fortune/Hi-Q. A real asset. Recreates a fascination about Fortune and what it meant to Detroit and also about the music itself.

'Mind Over Matter' — years in the making and nearly the stuff of myth by the time of its publication — exceeds any and all of my expectations. 'Labor Of Love' only goes part of the way to describing this well-written, exhaustively researched and gorgeously mounted history of the Detroit label that seemed determined to elude historians in decades past. Congratulations both to the book's authors and to Kicks Books proprietor/editor Miriam Linna for releasing this essential text and doing so with style to burn.