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Massive Attack & Tom WaitsBoots on the GroundPlay It Again Sam
Ariana GrandepetalIsland
Nia ArchivesEmotional JunglistIsland
William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol. 8Various ArtistsMr Bongo
MuseThe Wow!Warner Records
Labi Siffre1970-1971Edsel
Joe HisaishiA Big Bold Beautiful JourneyMutant
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (LP 1)Running Back
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (LP 2)Running Back
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (Mixed)Running Back
Your Brother’s Keeper & Gary BartzWhere Rivers MeetBrownswood
NY’s FinestDo You Feel MeBassline Records
Def LeppardGreatest HitsUMR
Jan JonesIndependent Woman (Parts 1 & 2)Celestial Echo
De La SoulThe Grind DateBMG
New African Orchestra / Lost Tymeez / USGThe Ron Trent Collection Vol.1Nite Grooves
Roy Ayers UbiquityVibrationsVampisoul
Jalen NgondaDoctrine of LoveDaptone Records
Os MutantesEverything Is Possible! The Best Of Os MutantesLuaka Bop
Fundido feat. Emma DufauxGet A GripDFA
Inner CityGood Life (inc. Carl Craig remix)KMS
Zed Bias x MJKKeep On Livin'/Late To CamberwellE Soul Cultura/Mr Bongo
MaxwellMaxwell's Urban Hang SuiteSony
Tara Clerkin TrioSomewhere GoodWorld of Echo
Matias AguayoAnenoaSerendeepity
Defected Classics Vol. 1Various ArtistsDefected
Defected Classics Vol. 2Various ArtistsDefected
Dragon Ball Hit Song CollectionVarious ArtistsNippon Columbia
Boards of CanadaInfernoWarp
Kaiso Power: Sound Revolution in TrinidadVarious ArtistsSoundway Records
King Street Sounds Sampler Vol. 6 (feat. Mood II Swing, Blaze & Dennis Ferrer)Various ArtistsKing Street Sounds
Minnie RipertonLes Fleur / Oh By The Way (Limited Purple Vinyl Edition)Selector Series
Léve Léve - Sao Tomé & Principe Sounds 70s-80sVarious ArtistsBongo Joe Records
Alan & Jan (Portable & Jan Jelinek)Take me, I’m yoursFaitiche
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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.
LabyrinthBritish Jazz on Record 1960-75
MASSIVE large format 375 page £3kg hardback book, quarter bound in cloth, debossed cover!
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- Book (3.6kg)£70.00Expected 01 MayPreorder
Power Pop! (RSD 2026)American Power Pop for the Now Generation 1977-1981
One-off coloured pressing exclusive for RSD 2026
15 super-rare USA punk/power pop classics you never heard from bands you never knew!
Soul Jazz Records’...
- Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
- Nastyfacts – Drive My Car
- Pointed Sticks – What Do You Want Me to Do?
- The Normals – Hardcore
- Shoes – Tomorrow Night
- The Reactions – It's Our Turn Now
- Puppet Rulers – Outta My Mind
- Testors – Together
- The Scruffs – You're No Fun
- The Reruns – So So Alone
- The Wigs – You Say Ono
- The Fingers – Isolation
- The Reactions – In Society
- 1. Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- 2. Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- 3. Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
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- New LP SJRLP590C£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Simon Fisher TurnerSTUFF
After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of Tom Brown’s Schooldays and roles in films such as The Big Sleep (with Robert Mitchum) (1978),...
- New LP £25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Wayne Jarrett And The Bull Wackie AllstarsAfrican Woman
DKR say..Six track 12" collecting all the cuts of Wayne's first recording for Wackie's, from 1976. A classic of raw underground vibes from the Sounds Unlimited...
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
- 1. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- 4. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
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- 12" DKR-315£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
William S. BurroughsThe Finger
'He felt a sudden deep pity for the finger joint that lay there on the dresser, a few drops of blood gathering around the white bone.'A deliberately severed...
- Book (150g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
XzibitRestless
It's only appropriate that Xzibit's highly anticipated, and often-delayed, Restless concluded hip-hop's millennial melting pot. After all, Xzibit's association...
- New 2×LP £39.99In stockAdd to Bag
Emanuele CocciaMetamorphoses
We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing...
- Book (350g)£15.99In stockAdd to Bag
Carol Ann DuffyFeminine Gospels
n Feminine Gospels, Carol Ann Duffy draws on the historical, the archetypal, the biblical and the fantastical to create various visions – and revisions...
- Book (200g) 9781035038565£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
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
BasquiatA Quick Killing in Art
“A smart, crackling chronicle of fast game, the ’80s art market, [and] the attraction of destruction.”— Village Voice
A bold and vivid biography...
- Book (700g)£12.99In 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
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
Rock Against Racism 1976-1981By Syd Shelton
Rock Against Racism is a body of photographs that Syd Shelton produced for and about the British Rock Against Racism movement (RAR) of 1976–1981. For...
- Book (1.9kg)£15.00 £15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Clarks in JamaicaBy Al Fingers, includes photos by Adrian Boot, Dave Hendley, David Corio, Mark Read, Beth Lesser
Back in stock! Last copies!Superb brand new edition of this excellent deluxe 240 pages hardback, 100s and 100s of photos and text.
New edition includes...
- Book (1.5kg) 9780956777393£40.00 £35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Greensleeves BOOKThe First 100 Covers
WICKED NEW HARDBACK BOOK!
Charts the story of Greensleeves Records —from its beginnings as a mid-1970s West London record shop to its rise as a...
- Book (2.1kg)£50.00In 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
The Second Sexby Simone de Beauvoir
Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex' GuardianSimone de Beauvoir famously wrote, 'One is not born, but rather...
- Book (400g) 9780099595731£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Beneath the UnderdogBy Charles 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)£3.00In 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
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
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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
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- 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