The Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Original Lost Elektra Sessions

'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face 'From the shabby stowaways of the...

Gilles Peterson + Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) + Special GuestsAn evening of conversation, music and visuals 7.30-10pm Thu 18 Dec 2025 at The American...

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...

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...

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...

Brand new Soul Jazz Records Functional Outer Wear Product #1 Exclusive to Sounds of the Universe Limited edition navy hoodie (large) with design.

'A vivid portrait of Jamaica in the 1930s" Excellent social realist novel. Written by Jamaican Namba Roy in the 1950s in Britain. He died in 1961 and...

By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...

“There are curators, and then there's Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy.” - Resident Advisor The sun has finally come out. It’s the first time something...

Latin compilation

Latin compilation

Latin compilation

Potent and vividly emotional, Simone de Beauvoir’s captivating novel questions freedom and individual responsibility in the face of brutality‘These...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Insightful, thought-provoking and profound. I can't recommend highly enough' Sunny Singh'A revolutionary work of beauty,...

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...

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...

A thrilling and tumultuous, behind-the-scenes account of house music in NYC. The Beat, the Scene, the Sound follows DJ Disciple and his behind-the-scenes...

1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the bestselling jazz album of all time:...

'To be blunt: I must escape.' 1893. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she'll be married off by her elder sister. But leaving the safety of her wealthy...

'We must learn to love, learn to be kind, and this from our earliest youth ... Likewise, hatred must be learned and nurtured, if one wishes to become a...

Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic...

This gastronomic journey through Japan blends cultural touchpoints and authentic recipes to chronicle the myriad flavors, ingredients, and traditions that...

The beloved Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, family, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book. When twenty-five-year-old...

Since the late nineties, the UK has deported thousands of people to Jamaica. Many of these ‘deportees’ left the Caribbean as infants and grew up in...

Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes....

We Were There is about a Black Britain that for too long has been unknown and unexplored – the one that exists beyond London. **An Esquire and GQ best...

In the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s...

'Jefferson's eye for details yields some devastatingly honest and painful insights' The Times'Captivating... Charm is this book's watchword' Colin Grant,...

A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological...

Featuring images recently discovered in the archives of Swedish television, The Black Power Mixtape shows the Black Power movement as never seen before....

'The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.'Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working classes - one of the most important and...

Thurston Moore, Neneh Cherry, Mats Gustafsson and Joe Mcphee have put together this illustrated collector’s guide to Free Jazz records — 277-pages...

When Chuck D proclaimed "Bass, how low can you go?" on Public Enemy's anthemic 'Bring the Noise,' maybe he was pre-empting or inciting the 10,000 fathoms-deep,...

1976 album featuring the spiritual soul classic 'Mystery Of Ages'. Released at the height of his cosmic creative powers, Cosmos Nucleus finds Panamanian...

Originally released in 1973 on Muse Records, Sunset to Dawn marked Kenny Barron's stunning debut as a bandleader. Already a well-respected sideman with...

Originally released in 1972 on the iconic Muse label, The Free Slave captures Roy Brooks at the peak of his powers – a drummer of deep conviction and...

Tyler's eighth studio album is a twisted complex beauty of an album from the Creator who gives us a clear, damning portrait of his humanity—set...

PRE-ORDER NOW SPECIAL TO GET EXCLUSIVE SIGNED COPY (AND £5 OFF!). PRE-ORDER ONLY SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE SIGNED BOOK + LIVE EVENT TICKET BUNDLE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilles...

Take Brian Jackson and Gil Scott-Heron’s iconic track “The Bottle”, add a sublime vocal performance from UK soul legend Omar, and put it in the hands...

Previously unreleased Hi-NRG, synth-pop, wonky rock n' roll from a queer Manchester underground icon of the 80s and 90s. This release also features radio...

Yazmin Lacey returns with Teal Dreams - her soulful, fearless second album, rich with real-life storytelling and sonic flair. Following the breakout success...

Terry Hunter and James Poyser remix a previously unreleased track by Chicago producer/composer legend Charles Stepney (who worked on hits for EWF, Minnie...

The Weeknd's sophomore studio album 'Beauty Behind The Madness' was released in 2015 and features the #1 hits 'Can't Feel My Face' and 'The Hills'.

Beleza. Mas agora a gente faz o que com isso? which translates to "Beauty. But now what do we do with it?", was produced at home by Rubel and reconnects...

From the crypts of Parisian funk obscurity comes the long-lost Halloween holy grail, Disco Frankenstein from Ice AKA Lafayette Afro Rock Band. A teasing...

Hamburg-based multi-instrumentalist and producer The Offline offers an exclusive glimpse into his forthcoming album La grande evasion with this double...

London pianist and composer Greg Foat has a knack for translating place into sound and this new record distils six days spent in the Swiss village of Leysin...

'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face 'From the shabby stowaways of the...

UK Mande jazz meets Afro-Colombian marimba in transatlantic conversation. Balimaya Project link with Colombia's Discos Pacifico All Stars, 15 musicians...

Soul-Funk-Disco-grail officially reissued for the first time by Backatcha Records. Recorded and released in 1981, Stars' core line-upconsisted of the musicians...

Da Lata's 'Edge of Blue' marks a rebirth in the North London Tropicalia sound.Da Lata's nucleus is musician/producer Chris Franck (founder member of Smoke...

‘Find a Way’ is the new album from Manchester-based pianist, composer, and producer Matt Wilde, released via his own imprint Hello World Records. A...

Underground break-beat fuelled disco funk from 1978 by New York-based alliance Aura, a studio group that emerged from teenage live band, Hooker, who hailed...

Official 12" reissue of Freex Machine's sought-after discoid-funk burner. Two underground groove-led gems recorded and released in 1979 on the New York...

Island disco-soul... modern soul... tropical boogie... plus killer break-beats: Recorded in the Bahamas in 1980, Portia’s ‘I Wanna Thank You’ Club...

Matasuna Records digs into Miami's 70s underground once again, unearthing a forgotten Latin funk nugget from local outfit Adam's Apple. Originally released...

These unreleased 1970s sessions from legendary pianist/composer Michael Garrick, see him lead two groups of top Brit jazzers, who perform eight original...

In October 1995, as part of the annual Polar Music Festival, Geir Jenssen of Biosphere and Bobby Bird of The Higher Intelligence Agency, were commissioned...

Lorenzo Morresi and Tenderlonious reconnect on a new 7" for Terrasolare, following their 2023 full-length Cosmica Italiana on 22a. Though that album stretched...

The Best of the Black President is the 13 track guide to Fela Kuti’s massive and manifold creative career. Fela was a musician, arranger, producer, political...

Two previously unreleased gems from a Chain Reaction studio session recorded in London, in 1977 - now available back-to-back on this 7”single. ‘You...

Undoubtedly one of the most important and influential electronic artists to have emerged in popular music, the sonic misfit fromCornwall, the Aphex Twin,...

Third & Fourth release 10" in new subsidiary label from Studio 16 "Black Art Dubplate Style" featuring singers Carlton Jackson & George Faith both recorded...

Third & Fourth release 10" in new subsidiary label from Studio 16 "Black Art Dubplate Style" featuring singers Carlton Jackson & George Faith both recorded...

Essential Moodyman EP on Peacefrog released originally in 2004 as a companion release to the classic Black Mahogani album - essential reissue!