Well researched, well written and entertaining from start to finish. "Harlem 69: The Future of Soul" by music and sub-culture journalist Stuart Cosgrove is a comprehensive look at the year that was. The book is a month by month account of the major musical and cultural events in Harlem in 1969, covering the influence of drug dealers, small record labels, the Black Panthers, the moon landing, jazz, blues, disco, funk, pop, blacksploitation movies, and of course the Apollo theatre. I learned a lot about some of my favourite artists and how certain pieces were developed. (I found myself humming Bobby Womack's "Up on 110th Street" - even thought this was released in 1972). The book is the third in a series (designed to read in chronological order) and I scrambling through our vast pile of unread books to see if we had the other two. But we don't, and I need to order them through Book Depository and will have to wait until the COVID-19 restrictions are listed). A brilliant book which I thoroughly recommend for all lovers of music. ( )