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Rebel Island SoulUnder the Influence: Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970sSoul Jazz Records
Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonBump Talkin’ (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonFeel The Music (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
KNEECAPFENIANHeavenly Recordings
Fred JacksonHootin’ ‘N Tootin’Blue Note
Nightmares On Wax vs Adrian SherwoodIn A Space Outta DubWarp Records
Nightmares On WaxIn A Space Outta Sound [20th Anniversary Edition]Warp Records
Larry YoungMother ShipBlue Note
John Lee HookerThat’s My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings the BluesConcord
Fight The Fire: Digital Reggae, Conscious Roots and Dub in Nigeria 1986-91Various ArtistsSoundway Records
Stan Getz & Luiz BonfáJazz Samba Encore!Verve
Ryuichi SakamotoOPUSSony
Frank SinatraSongs for Swingin’ Lovers!Blue Note
Black Jazz RecordsThe Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971-75Soul Jazz Records
Doug CarnThe Best Of Doug CarnSoul Jazz Records
Astrud GilbertoThe Shadow Of Your SmileVerve
YeBULLYgamma.
Pharoah SandersElevationVerve
Mark RonsonLate Night FeelingsSony
Gabor SzaboSpellbinderVerve
Eddie PalmieriVamonos Pa'l MonteConcord
The ProdigyFirestarter [x30 Vinyl Edition]XL Recordings
John ColtraneThe Best Of John ColtraneConcord
Ranking BarnabasThe Cold CrusherJAMDUNG
Flying LotusBIG MAMABrainfeeder
Neil YoungGreatest HitsReprise Records
ShabakaOf The EarthShabaka Records
Barbara MooreBright & ShiningBe With Records
The CabildosCross FireRedi Edizioni Musicali
Faze ActionDistant DreamsFaze Action Records
Charles StepneyEternal Journey - The Arrangements And Productions Of Charles StepneyVarious ArtistsBGP
Freestyle RewindVarious ArtistsReservoir
From The Archive Vol 3: Complied By VolcovVarious ArtistsBBE
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The Song Company - Burden of Truth: 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Gatefold 12" Transparent Red Vinyl LP Gavin Bryars' Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet + Antony Pitts' Transiens
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- The Song Company - Burden of Truth: 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Gatefold 12" Transparent Red Vinyl LP – Gavin Bryars' Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet
- The Song Company - Burden of Truth: 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Gatefold 12" Transparent Red Vinyl LP – Transiens
BACK IN STOCK!
500 copies only in the world! Superb hypnotic leftfield vocal modern classical LP - exclusive to Sounds of the Universe. Very limited copies!
Specially mastered and pressed on transparent red vinyl in the 50th anniversary year of Gavin Bryars's Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet with the world première recording of its choral a cappella version, alongside the world première recording of Antony Pitts's 25-part motet, Transiens, based on music by Robert Wylkynson from the Eton Choirbook. This Limited Edition Gatefold LP includes an 8-page booklet.
Andy WarholA
Part novel, part Pop artwork, Andy Warhol's a is an electrifying slice of life at his Factory studio'A work of genius' NewsweekIn the early 1960s, Andy...
- Book (500g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Kae TempestDivisible by itself and one
Divisible by Itself and One is the powerful new collection from our foremost truth-teller Kae Tempest. Ruminative, wise, with a newer, more contemplative...
- Book (200g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Straighten Up! BOOK Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
We got some more!
BOMB REGGAE BOOK!!
Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing...
- Book (500g)£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern AmericaBy Donald L. Miller
- Original Book (500g)£8.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
Awopbopaloobop AlopbamboomBy Nik Cohn
- Original Book (300g)£12.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
The West Indian Experience in British SchoolsBy Raymond Giles
- Original Book (350g)£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback Book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Rebel SoundsMusic as Resistance
'Empathy is the currency of all music and Joe Mulhall does a great job of explaining how that quality has been used to generate solidarity for the struggle...
- Book (350g) 9781804442241£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
UK Rave Flyers 1988 – 1989Phatmedia presents ...
Deluxe book showcasing original flyers from the breakthrough years of UK acid house. Sourced from the phatmedia archive and beyond, it captures the raw...
- Book (1.5kg)£45.00 £40.00In stockAdd to Bag
Nikki GiovanniPoems: 1968-2020
Nikki Giovanni's poetry has dazzled and inspired readers for more than sixty years. When she first emerged from the Black Arts Movement in the late 1960s,...
- Book (600g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jamie Lidell & Luke SchneiderA Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams
Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider have created a kind of sonic tool to navigate a liminal state of mind. Their new collaborative LP, A Companion For The...
- New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 0309272740004£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
I Hear Music In The StreetsNew York 1969-89
Capturing the energy of New York City's music subcultures—across hip-hop, punk and rap—through an array of snapshots by photographers including...
- Book (1.4kg) 9788410024687£48.00In stockAdd to Bag
Punk: The Last WordBy Chris Sullivan and Stephen Colegrave
'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face
'From the shabby stowaways of the...
- Book (900g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Machito and his Afro Cuban Jazz EnsembleWith Flute To Boot!
- New LP 8435307616937£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Other Side : A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World
In an illuminating blend of memoir and art history, The Other Side explores the lives and work of a group of extraordinary women artists. From the twelfth-century...
- Book (350g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Soul Jazz Records hoodie (navy)
Brand new Soul Jazz Records Functional Outer Wear Product #1
Exclusive to Sounds of the Universe
Limited edition navy hoodie (large) with design.
- Sweatshirt£40.00In stockAdd to Bag
Beneath the UnderdogBy Chalrles Mingus
Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Art of DancehallPosters and Flyers of Soundsystem Culture
Wicked book!
Combining the energy and vibrancy of vernacular Jamaican art with the cultural insight that only original ephemera can bring, the flyers...
- Book (1.1kg)£38.95In stockAdd to Bag
Revolutionary Letters
By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy presents 'Balearic Breakfast' Volume 4
“There are curators, and then there's Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy.” - Resident Advisor
The sun has finally come out. It’s the first time something...
- 2×LP HVNLP237£32.99In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×CD HVNLP237CD£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Talking to Women
In 1964, Nell Dunn spoke to nine of her friends over a bottle of wine about men, sex, work, money, babies, freedom and love. The Pop Artist Pauline Boty...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
The Blood of OthersSimone de Beauvoir
Potent and vividly emotional, Simone de Beauvoir’s captivating novel questions freedom and individual responsibility in the face of brutality‘These...
- Book (350g) 9780241696453£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Salsa Y Ache
- Original CD£4.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Alice Coltrane - Monument Eternal (DELUXE HARDBACK)By Ann Philbin, Franya J. Berkman
Rashid Johnson, Cauleen Smith and others pay tribute to a truly extraordinary figure in 20th-century American jazz. This volume unpacks the cultural legacy...
- Book (1.3kg)£50.00In stockAdd to Bag
My Grandmother's Hands : Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodiesby Resmaa Menakem
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Insightful, thought-provoking and profound. I can't recommend highly enough' Sunny Singh'A revolutionary work of beauty,...
- Book (350g) 9780141996479£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Nova Scotia House : A Novel
Nova Scotia House takes us to the heart of a relationship, a community and an era. It is both a love story and a lament; bearing witness to the enduring...
- Book (450g)£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
This Woman's Work : Essays on Music
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel...
- Book (600g) 9781474621472£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
- Book (1.1kg) 9780300266573£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
System OlympiaDelta Of VenusOkay Nature Records
NTS radio host System Olympia drops her album debut and, in turn, initiates her Okay Nature label. 'Delta Of Venus' takes elements of minimal synth/wave,...
- – Intro - The Only Way To Do It
- – Sirius Desire
- – Freak 4 You
- – Look With Your Eyes
- – Tommib
- – You Are Not Talking
- – Erotic Line
- – Possible Worlds
- – 6am Romance
- – Not Us - U
- 1. – Intro - The Only Way To Do It
- 2. – Sirius Desire
- 3. – Freak 4 You
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- LP OKNR02£29.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The J.B.'sFood For Thought (1972)People
Probably the best J.B's album in the world ! Full of great tracks.Every track on this album is a funk classic - 'Pass the Peas', 'Gimme Some More' 'Hot...
- Reissue LP PEOP5601£18.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
For The Love Of You, Vol. 2Athens Of The North
**CD release date - 26th November** Second volume in the essential 'For The Love Of You' series on Athens Of The North! An ESSENTIAL lovers rock/disco...
- – Lorna Fletcher - Just the Two of Us
- – Sonia - Easier to Love
- – Dave Barker - I'm Curious
- – Valerie Harrison - Fools Paradise
- – Chosen Few - Dont Keep Me Waiting
- – Sylvia Tella - You Might Need Somebody
- – Fallon Jennings - All Night Long
- – Pete Campbell - Holding Back the Years
- – Toyin Adekale - Smile
- – Derrick Cross - Never Too Much
- – Carl Johnson - I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much
- – Trevor Walters - Blood's Thicker Than Water
- 1. – Lorna Fletcher - Just the Two of Us
- 2. – Sonia - Easier to Love
- 3. – Dave Barker - I'm Curious
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP AOTNLP047£23.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD AOTNCD047£11.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Harry BeckettFlare Up (British Jazz Explosion Series)Decca
Harry Beckett’s Flare Up (1970) is a much talked about and sought-after album from an artist and composer who had a six-decade career in jazz. The album...
- – Flare-Up
- – Go West
- – Where Fortune Smiles
- – Scarlet Mine
- – Third Road
- – Flow Stream Flow
- – The Other Side
- – Rolli's Tune
- – Fools Play
- 1. – Flare-Up
- 2. – Go West
- 3. – Where Fortune Smiles
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- New LP 4539723£36.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Mighty Two'We Remember You' Vol. 2Studio 16
Six standout roots vocal cuts from the mid-late 70s featuring Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Sylford Walker, Mighty Diamonds and more.
- Ruddy Thomas – Keep It Down (Extended)
- Gregory Isaacs – Babylon Too Rough (Extended)
- Dhaima – Ina Jah Children (Extended)
- Dennis Brown – Repatriation (Extended)
- Sylford Walker – Jah Golden Pen (Extended)
- The Mighty Diamonds – Ghetto Living (Extended)
- 1. Ruddy Thomas – Keep It Down (Extended)
- 2. Gregory Isaacs – Babylon Too Rough (Extended)
- 3. Dhaima – Ina Jah Children (Extended)
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- 12" JGMLP 02£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
BDF All StarsItal Lion SerenadeItal Counselor
A wicked relick of Aswad's "Hey Jah Children" rhythm from the "Babylon" soundtrack. Four great versions from the BDF All Stars plus front cover sticker...
- – Ital Lion Serenade
- – Dub Serenade
- – Operation Swamp 81
- – Sus Dub
- 1. – Ital Lion Serenade
- 2. – Dub Serenade
- 3. – Operation Swamp 81
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" IC004£17.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
From The Streets Of Jamaica Vol. 1Studio 16
Wicked selection from J.A. producer Keeling Beckford featuring The Mighty Diamonds original cut of "Shame & Pride", Tony Brevitt's superb "Don't Get Weary"...
- Tony Brevett – Don't Get Weary
- I-Roy – Joe Frazier
- Tony Brevett – Don't Get Weary Version
- The Heptones – Let's Get It On
- Delroy Wilson – Money
- Pat Kelly – Whiter Shade Of Pale
- The Mighty Diamonds – Shame And Pride
- Pat Kelly – It's A Good Day
- Keeling Beckford – Slip Away
- Gregory Isaacs – Let's Dance
- 1. Tony Brevett – Don't Get Weary
- 2. I-Roy – Joe Frazier
- 3. Tony Brevett – Don't Get Weary Version
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" SP 1003£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
IC All-StarsRuby's TriumphItal Counselor
A musical tribute to Ruby Bridges featuring Chris Lane (Fashion Records) & Inyaki (BDF All Stars) At the tender age of six, Ruby Bridges advanced the cause...
- – Ruby's Triumph
- – 14 November 1960 Version
- – Arc of Justice
- – Justice Dub
- 1. – Ruby's Triumph
- 2. – 14 November 1960 Version
- 3. – Arc of Justice
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- 12" IC003£17.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Pursuance: Issue 2We Jazz
This is the second issue of the 'We Jazz' magazine. Includes inspiring stories on music including John Coltrane by Ashley Kahn, Irreversible Entanglements...
- Magazine (300g) WJMAG02£17.00128 pages 174 x 250 mm in size and printed on 140g Edixion paper with laminated 300g invercote covers.Out of stock Notify me when in stock
100 Days of DubBy Martin 'Skyjuice' Blomqvist
SORRY ALL GONE
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Fantastic small book - over 150...
- Book (400g)£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Vince Guaraldi TrioA Charlie Brown ChristmasCraft Recordings
Iconic score from 1965 by the great Vince Guaraldi! Inc. memorable moments such as 'Linus and Lucy' and 'Chistmas Time is Here'.
basiC realitieSSummer Love (inc. Gherkin Jerks aka Larry Heard remixes)Vibraphone Records
Chicago house legends operates under his old school Gherkin Jerks guise and offers up two killer acid remixes!
- – Summer Love
- – Summer Love (Gherking Jerks Tribute Mix 1)
- – Desert Valley
- – Deseret Valley (Gherking Jerks Tribute Mix 2)
- 1. – Summer Love
- 2. – Summer Love (Gherking Jerks Tribute Mix 1)
- 3. – Desert Valley
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- 12" VIBR023£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Levon VincentWe Will All Dance together Again / Bells PhaseNovel Sound
Another absolute monster release via Levon's own Novel Sound label! Simple and 100% deadly - deep, epic warehouse style house and techno music!
- – We Will All Dance Together Again
- – Bells Phase
- 1. – We Will All Dance Together Again
- 2. – Bells Phase
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- 12" NS-34£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
K-Hand / Claude YoungEverybody / You Give MeAcacia Records
**Two titans of the Detroit techno scene on this CLASSIC 12"!**
Legends Kelli Hand and Claude Young appeared together on this 12" from 1993, now seeing...
- Kelli Hand – Everybody
- Claude Young – You Give Me (Dub)
- Claude Young – You Give Me (Instrumental)
- 1. Kelli Hand – Everybody
- 2. Claude Young – You Give Me (Dub)
- 3. Claude Young – You Give Me (Instrumental)
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- 12" AR011£14.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Porter RicksBiokineticsMille Plateaux
Mille Plateaux re-issue this stand-out deep ambient / dub techno album! Originally issued on the legendary Basic Channel sub-label Chain Reaction in 1996...
- – Port Gentil
- – Nautical Dub
- – Biokinetics 1
- – Biokinetics 2
- – Port Of Call
- – Port Of Nuba
- – Nautical Nuba
- – Nautical Zone
- 1. – Port Gentil
- 2. – Nautical Dub
- 3. – Biokinetics 1
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- 2×LP MP26£31.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
SeekersinternationalPresents: Ragga Preservation Society - Worldwide SoundDiskotopia
The enigmatic Manila-via-British Columbia ensemble SeekersInternational returns to Tokyo-based label Diskotopia. 'Ragga Preservation Society' features...
- – Worldwide (feat. wzrdyAV)
- – Kill-A-Milli (feat. Papa Roger Robinson)
- – RingRingRiddim
- – SoundboyThunderbolt
- – TrussUBad (feat. Second Woman)
- – WatchuwannaDeuce (feat. Wundrkut)
- – DreadRunner (Can't Keep On)
- – JamFlexEdit, Pt. 1 & 2
- – ConsciousVybz
- – SoundTekOva
- 1. – Worldwide (feat. wzrdyAV)
- 2. – Kill-A-Milli (feat. Papa Roger Robinson)
- 3. – RingRingRiddim
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- LP DSK057£18.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Larry MalumaStaying In The World / Walking In The StreetTRS
Larry Maluma is an accomplished musician, composer and vocalist and sings a combination of English and his native languages, Nyanja, Bemba and Tonga,...
- – Staying In The World
- – Walking In The Street
- 1. – Staying In The World
- 2. – Walking In The Street
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- 7" TRS-ZM-1£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Harold BuddThe Pavilion Of DreamsSuperior Viaduct
Reissue of this Eno-produced ambient classic from 1978 by the legendary Harold Budd!
- – Bismillahi ’Rrahmani ’Rrahim
- – Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord / Butterfly Sunday
- – Rossetti Noise / The Crystal Garden And A Coda
- – Juno
- 1. – Bismillahi ’Rrahmani ’Rrahim
- 2. – Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord / Butterfly Sunday
- 3. – Rossetti Noise / The Crystal Garden And A Coda
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP SV162£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
If Music presents You Need This: Klinkhamer RecordsBBE
**Features the amazing gospel/boogie anthem 'Holy Ghost' by Eddie Holman!**
The latest in If Music's 'You Need This' series links with cult Dutch record...
- – Gianni Basso - Epitaph
- – Oasis Band - Don't Let Love
- – Don Jules' Pules Band - Kweenie
- – Eddie Holman - Holy Ghost
- 1. – Gianni Basso - Epitaph
- 2. – Oasis Band - Don't Let Love
- 3. – Don Jules' Pules Band - Kweenie
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP + 7" BBE620CLP£23.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Horace SilverTotal Response (1972)Blue Note
Essential Horace Silver 1972 on Blue Note. Very, very deep but still with Silver's characteristic soul jazz style. All Silvers late 60s/early 70s blue...
- Original LP BLUNT84368£50.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, 1975 blue label with Blue Note house inner, cut out top rightSold out Notify me when in stock