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SadeLove DeluxeSony
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beabadoobeeThis Is How Tomorrow MovesDirty Hit
Pat MethenyMoonDialModern Recordings
Thom YorkeConfidenza OSTXL Recordings
DJ QuikRhythm-al-ismBe With Records
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Gary Bartz NTU Troop / Gary BartzCelestial Blues / Gentle SmilesBGP
Tomorrow’s Fashions Library Electronica 1972-1987Various ArtistsAce
Gloria ScottWhat Am I Gonna DoSelector Series
Night Train: Transcontinental Landscapes 1968 – 2019Various ArtistsTwo-Piers
Sam MortonDaffodils & DirtXL Recordings
Will Gregory Moog EnsembleHeat Ray: The Archimedes ProjectMute
Only OnesOnly OnesMusic On Vinyl
David BowieRock ‘n’ Roll Star! (Half-Speed Master)Parlophone
Ike & Tina Turner'Nuff SaidMusic On Vinyl
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Arthur Baker presentsBreaker's RevengeOriginal B-Boy and B-Girl Breakdance ClassicsSoul Jazz Records
FixFlashRawax
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Banda Black RioSaci Perere (1980)Music On Vinyl
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Doug WatkinsWatkins At Large (Tone Poet)Decca (UMO) / Blue Note
ZANZANBDQ Records
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Down To The Sea & Back Vol Tres - Compiled by Balearic Mike & Kelvin AndrewsVarious ArtistsMusic For Dreams
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Parkway presents WPKY JamsVarious ArtistsParkway
Amon TobinPermutation (25 Year Anniversary)Ninja Tune
WarsawWarsawVinyl Passion
Paul Weller66Polydor
Sugar MinottBitter SweetMusic On Vinyl
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- Original Book (300g)£30.00Out-of-print secondhand Hardback with dustjacket, both in clean solid orderIn stockAdd to Bag
'A journey into Afro-Britain'
Ferdinand DennisThe Last Blues Dance
Good book! Exiled from his native Jamaica, Boswell Anderson, a reformed gambler and rake, is the proprieter of the run-down Caribbean Sunset Cafe in Hackney....
- Original Book (200g) 9780006497837£10.00s/hand out of print paperback in good condition,
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!In stockAdd to Bag
Conrad SchnitzlerSlow Motion
“Slow Motion” is an important document in Schnitzler’s oeuvre, seamlessly taking its place alongside his many other releases, whilst also highlighting...
- LP BB452LP£28.99In stockAdd to Bag
Beyond the Baseline: 500 Years of Black British MusicEdited by Paul Bradshaw
The story of Black British music is a five-hundred-year journey from the court of King Henry VIII to the ‘Ends’ of South London; from Africa to the...
- Book (1.2kg)£35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Future Mania: Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines & Tomorrow's Music TodaySimon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds's first book in eight years is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow. Sounds that prefigure pop music's future - the...
- Book (1.1kg)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Night MagicStudio 54: Night Magic
There has never been--and will never be--another nightclub to rival the sheer glamour, energy, and wild creativity that was Studio 54. This catalog accompanies...
- Book (1kg)£32.00In stockAdd to Bag
Neu KlangThe Definitive History of Krautrock
New 450 page hardback!The first ever oral-history of Krautrock, the sound that changed modern music.
West Germany, 1968. Like everywhere else in the Western...
- Book (800g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Unapologetic ExpressionThe Inside Story of the UK Jazz Explosion
New 430 page hardback!Drawing upon 80+ interviews – from Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia and Moses Boyd to Gilles Peterson, Courtney Pine and Cleveland...
- Book (750g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Arthur Baker in conversation at Sounds of the Universe6.30pm Thu 27 June 2024
************SPECIAL EVENT************
In conjunction with the new Arthur Baker presents Breaker's Revenge album on Soul Jazz Records there is a very special...
- Event Only E-Ticket - COLLECT IN PERSON AT EVENT Thu 27 June£8.00Expected 07 JunPreorder
Notify me when this item is released/available - Breaker's Revenge LP + Event E-Ticket - COLLECT IN PERSON AT EVENT Thu 27 June£33.00Expected 07 JunPreorder
Notify me when this item is released/available - Breaker's Revenge CD + Event E-Ticket - COLLECT IN PERSON AT EVENT Thu 27 June£17.00Expected 07 JunPreorder
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David Holmes ft. Raven VioletYeah x 3 - X-Press 2 & Rich Lane Remixes
On the Reason to Live mix, Belfast’s Balearic producer The Vendetta Suite turns back time and turns Yeah x 3 into a brilliantly shimmering ’80s pop...
- – X-Press 2 Remix
- – X-Press 2 Remix Dub
- – Rich Lane Remix
- – Rich Lane Remix Dub
- 1. – X-Press 2 Remix
- 2. – X-Press 2 Remix Dub
- 3. – Rich Lane Remix
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" HVN74012R£14.00In stockAdd to Bag
Rain JacketOriginal Clothing
- Original Clothing£20.00Original Pre-Owned Clothing
Label size S
Pit to Pit measurement 57cmIn stockAdd to Bag
Burgundy Yellow Baseball JacketOriginal Clothing
- Original Clothing£80.00No Label
Pit to Pit measure 61 cmIn stockAdd to Bag
Pepsi Baseball JacketOriginal Clothing
- Original Clothing£50.00label size xl
pit to pit measurement 64cmIn stockAdd to Bag
Setting the Tempo: Fifty Years of Great Jazz Liner NotesBy Tom Piaf
- Original Book (300g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
American Babel: Rogue Radio Broadcasters of the Jazz AgeClifford J. Doerksen
- Original Book (300g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Popular Music Volume 5: 1920-1929Nat Shapiro
- Original Book (700g)£25.00Original Out of print Pre-Owned 1st Edn USA hardback book in good condition, ex libraryIn stockAdd to Bag
Popular Music Volume 1: 1950-1959Nat Shapiro
- Original Book (700g)£25.00Original Out of print Pre-Owned 1st Edn USA hardback book in good condition, ex libraryIn stockAdd to Bag
Popular Music Volume 2: 1940-1949Nat Shapiro
- Original Book (700g)£25.00Original Out of print Pre-Owned 1st Edn USA hardback book in good condition, ex libraryIn stockAdd to Bag
Popular Music Volume 6: 1965-1969Nat Shapiro
- Original Book (700g)£25.00Original Out of print Pre-Owned 1st Edn USA hardback book in good condition, ex libraryIn stockAdd to Bag
Popular Music Volume 4: 1930-1939Nat Shapiro
- Original Book (700g)£25.00Original Out of print Pre-Owned 1st Edn USA hardback book in good condition, ex libraryIn stockAdd to Bag
Popular Music Volume 3: 1960-1964Nat Shapiro
- Original Book (700g)£25.00Original Out of print Pre-Owned 1st Edn USA hardback book in good condition, ex libraryIn stockAdd to Bag
Modern Jazz Vol. 2 D-HW. Bruyninckx
- Original Book (400g)£20.00Original Out of print Pre-Owned 1st Edn USA paperback book in good condition, name on frontIn stockAdd to Bag
Modern Jazz Vol. 6 Sm-ZW. Bruyninckx
- Original Book (400g)£20.00Original Out of print Pre-Owned 1st Edn USA paperback book in good condition, name on frontIn stockAdd to Bag
Telling Stories: Photographs of The FallKevin Cummins
From chaotic early gigs to their final years, NME photographer Kevin Cummins provides a definitive, unique perspective on cult favourites The Fall. In...
- Book (1.3kg)£35.00 £12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Vinyl AgeMax Brzezinski
Vinyl Age is the definitive record collecting guidebook for the digital era. Written by expert Max Brzezinski and his highly experienced colleagues at...
- Book (800g)£25.00 £12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Cableknit jumperOriginal clothing
- Original Clothing£10.00Label size M
Pit to pit measurement 50cmIn stockAdd to Bag
Cableknit jumperOriginal clothing
- Original Clothing£15.00Lable size S
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Cableknit jumperOriginal clothing
- Original Clothing£20.00Label size s
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Cableknit jumperOriginal clothing
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pit to pit measurement 42cmIn stockAdd to Bag
Cableknit jumperOriginal clothing
- Original Clothing£15.00Label size m
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Black Popular MusicIn Britain Since 1945Routledge
Black Popular Music in Britain Since 1945 provides the first broad scholarly discussion of this music since 1990. The book critically examines key moments...
- Book (450g) 9781138504875£39.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Changing JamaicaAdam Kuper
Original secondhand hardback first edition w/dustjacket (sticker on side)
- Original Book (400g)£18.00
Shades Of BlackAssembling Black Arts In 1980s BritainDuke University Press
Import USA Paperback editionIn the 1980s - at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities - the...
- Book (1.2kg) 9780822334200£25.99 £15.00Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Colonial Immigrants In A British CityA Class Analysis By John Rex And Sally TomlinsonRKP
- Original Book (600g)£15.00Secondhand out of print hardback in good condition, inscription on 1st pageIn stockAdd to Bag
This Is How We FlowRhythm In Black CulturesUniversity Of South Carolina Press
These essays explore the meaning, motif and theme of rhythm in black cultures throughout the USA and Africa. They discuss music and dance, the visual...
- Book (450g) 9781570031908£20.00 £10.00Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Hurricane Hits England: An Anthology of Writing About Black Britainby Anyekachi WambuContinuum
- Book (600g)£10.00Like new USA paperbackIn stockAdd to Bag
Lee PerryDisco Devil Volume 3 (6 More Classics From The Black Ark Studio 1977-79)Studio 16
3rd instalment of the Disco Devil Black Ark series featuring Max Romeo, Jolly Brothers,Leroy Sibbles, Devon Irons and more.
- Jolly Brothers – Conscious Man (Seven Leaves 12" Mix 1977)
- Max Romeo – Norman (Upsetter 12" Mix 1978)
- Leroy Sibbles – Garden Of Life (Big Spanner Disco Ajax 12" Mix 1978)
- King Scratch – Dread Lion (Black Art 12" 1977)
- The Mistic – Forward With The Orthodox (Special 7" edit 2019)
- Devon Irons – When Jah Come (Special 7" edit 2019)
- 1. Jolly Brothers – Conscious Man (Seven Leaves 12" Mix 1977)
- 2. Max Romeo – Norman (Upsetter 12" Mix 1978)
- 3. Leroy Sibbles – Garden Of Life (Big Spanner Disco Ajax 12" Mix 1978)
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP STU 16LP 005£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Rave onGlobal Adventures in Electronic Dance MusicSerpents Tail
Electronic dance music was once the utopian frontier of pop culture. But three decades after the acid house 'summer of love', it has gone from subculture...
- Book (650g) 9781781254233£10.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Changing Britannia: Life Experience with Britain
Includes Linton Kwesi Johnson
- Original Book (400g) 9781873201152£20.00Orig ex-library paperback with stamps etc, plastic covering in good condition
Networks of Sound, Style and Subversion:by Nick CrossleyManchester
This book examines the birth of punk in the UK and its transformation, within a short period of time, into post-punk. Deploying innovative concepts of...
- Book (450g) 978-0-7190-8865-0£17.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Inside BabylonThe Caribbean Diaspora in BritainBy Winston James and Clive Harris (1993)
This collection aims to reflect the varied experience of the Caribbean diaspora in Britain. The contributors set out to show how employers and police,...
- Original Book (500g) 9780860916369£20.00secondhand paperback in good cond
Art of the South African TownshipsGavin YoungeThames and Hudson Ltd.
- Original Book (800g)£10.00Second-hand paperback book
Lee PerryMr Perry I PresumePressure Sounds
'Mr Perry I Presume' finds Pressure Sounds focusing on the rare music and exclusive mixes of the revered Upsetter himself, Lee 'Scratch' Perry. This 16-track...
- George Faith – Don’t Be Afraid (12” mix)
- The Gatherers – Word (Acapella Mix)
- Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Jah I
- Joy White – Lay Besides You
- The Upsetters – Big Bird Skank
- Noel Robinson – Along The Way
- The Upsetters – Along The Way (Version)
- The Upsetters – War and Peace
- The Upsetters – Sun is Shining
- Peter & Paul – Ethiopia Land
- Keith Rowe & The Upsetters – Groovy Situation
- Susan and Bunny – Keep On Trying
- The Upsetters – Police and Dub
- Keith Rowe & The Upsetters – Living My Life
- The Upsetters – Devils Dub Plate
- Augustus Pablo & The Upsetters – Keep On Moving
- 1. George Faith – Don’t Be Afraid (12” mix)
- 2. The Gatherers – Word (Acapella Mix)
- 3. Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Jah I
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- CD PSCD89£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×LP PSLP089£23.00Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
The UpsettersScratch The Upsetter AgainAntarctica Starts Here
"The inventive record producer and vocalist Lee 'Scratch' Perry was involved in every musical shift of note in his native Jamaica, from the rhythm and...
- The Upsetters – Bad Tooth
- The Upsetters – The Dentis' (AKA The Dentist)
- The Upsetters – Outer Space
- The Upsetters – One Punch
- Dave Barker – Will You Still Love Me
- The Upsetters – Take One
- The Upsetters – Soul Walk
- The Upsetters – I Want To Thank You
- Count Prince Miller – Mule Train
- The Upsetters – Touch Of Fire
- Alva "Reggie" Lewis – She Is Gone Again
- The Upsetters – The Result
- 1. The Upsetters – Bad Tooth
- 2. The Upsetters – The Dentis' (AKA The Dentist)
- 3. The Upsetters – Outer Space
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- LP ASH708£18.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Family Television: Cultural Power and Domestic Leisure (1986)by David Morley/Stuart Hall
w/ introduction by Stuart Hall. Secondhand book ex-library fair cond
- Original Book (300g)£9.00
Heart Of The Race: Black Women's Lives in Britainby Beverley BryanVirago
secondhand original print edition paperback
- Original Book (600g) 9780860683612£8.00
The UpsettersBuild The ArkTrojan Records / Music On Vinyl
This astounding collection bring together some incredibly rare tracks and artists that cannot be found on any other Reggae albums. Then there is of course...
- 3×LP Box Set PERRY 3£38.00Limited orange vinyl box set editionOut of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Black Homeland, Black Diaspora: Cross Currents of the African Relationshipby Jacob DrachlerNational University Press
hardback first edition w/dust jacket USA ex-library
- Original Book (600g)£18.00In stockAdd to Bag
James Baldwin: Artist on Fireby W.J. WeatherbyMichael Joseph
A portrait of James Baldwin tracing his development from the ghettos of Harlem to Paris and back to America where his active participation in civil rights...
- Original Book (900g) 9780718134037£20.00Out of print UK 1st edn. hardback w/dustjacketIn stockAdd to Bag
Running The Voodoo DownThe Electric Music Of Miles DavisBackbeat Books
STILL ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ON MILES! Classic Electric Miles book OVER 50% - Just £6 squid!
This book re-assesses Miles Davis' "electric period" and...
- Book (450g) 9780879308285£12.99 £6.00Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Staying PowerThe History of Black People in BritainPluto Press
Staying Power is recognised as the definitive history of black people in Britain, an epic story that begins with the Roman conquest and continues to this...
- Book (700g) 9780745338309£16.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
The Music Industry RawPirates, Clubs, House and GarageAuthorHouse
What you will go onto read is a part biography, part dissection and part educational book that start's at the very beginning with a young boy who was inspired...
- Book (250g) 9781425913021£7.00Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Reggae SoundsystemOriginal Reggae Album Cover ArtSoul Jazz Books
Sorry. Out of Print.Reggae Soundsystem! is a new deluxe 200 page hard-back 12”x12” book featuring hundreds of stunning full size record cover designs...
- SJ Book (2.2kg)£25.00Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
RevivalLondon 1989 - 1993Hoxton Mini Press
Harlesden and Willesden has a rich history of multiculturalism. Roy Mehta's exquisite black and white photographs capture the daily rituals of its various...
- Book (600g) 9781910566954£25.00Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Gotta Go Gotta FlowLife, Love, and Lust on Chicago's South Side From the SeventiesCity Files Press
£20 OFF !!!! DELUXE IMPORT USA HARDBACK BOOK. MORE THAN 60% OFF. A GREAT BOOK!!!
AWESOME BACK - wicked photos Chicago black club life in the 1970s. Accompanied...
- Book (1.3kg) 0991541820£35.00 £15.00Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available