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Right On Time: Trojan Rock SteadyVarious ArtistsMusic On Vinyl
Tougher Than Tough: Trojan Rude Boy SoundsVarious ArtistsMusic On Vinyl
Cold WaveSoul Jazz Records
Roy AyersEverybody Loves the SunshineDynamite Cuts
Fire Over Babylon: Dread, Peace and Conscious Sounds at Studio OneSoul Jazz Records
Jaubi feat. TenderloniousNafs At PeaceAstigmatic Records
Trees SpeakPostHumanSoul Jazz Records
Sons Of KemetBlack To The FutureImpulse!
Wendy LavoneSerenity / Pertubation (Co-produced by Molinaro)An1ma
The Emotional, Cosmic & Occult World Of Joe MeekVarious ArtistsMississippi Records
Tony CrockettQueen Of HeartsDiggers Dozen
Manu DibangoAfrovisionSoul Makossa
Joe MorganBasement SessionBullwackie
Albert MalawiChildren Of The Emperor (Dubplate Mix)Uprising/DKR
The InvadersConquering LionUjama
Ron PreyerDiary Of A YoungheartIndustry Music Group
Earth & StoneFree Black Man (Dub Plate Style)Channel 1 Lost & Found / DKR
Delroy WilsonGive Me Your LoveSir Collins
Andrew BeesLife In The GhettoNew Name
Androo vs. Bony FlyLove AffairLes Disques Magnétiques
Ronny Douglas & Bobby LoneroMary's Party / Baby Take My HandColumbia
Silk Satin Velvet & WoolNatty Burry (Dubplate Mix)Uprising
Unknown ??Rocks And MountainsChannel One
Studio One Roots20th Anniversary special ltd.edn. coloured vinyl editionSoul Jazz Records
Tony AllenThere Is No EndBlue Note
Amy WinehouseAt The BBCUMC/Island
Christos ChondropoulosAthenian Primitivism12th Isle
Jozef Van Wissem / SQÜRLOnly Lovers Left Alive (OST)Sacred Bones
Sampled JazzVarious ArtistsWagram Music
Ziad RahbaniBennesbeh Labokra...Chou?Wewantsounds
Carl MeeksBig And BroadTRS
Jeb Loy NicholsCan't Cheat The DanceTimmion
The Chosen BrothersChild Of Slave / I Love YouWackie's
Lionel MarchettiLa Grande Vallée / Micro-ClimatRecollection GRM
Super BeagleLong TimeTRS
Kyle HallMPC DreamsForget The Clock
The Harlem Gospel TravelersNothing But His LoveColemine Records
Chester ThompsonPowerhouseBlack Jazz Records
Michèle BokanowskiRhapsodia / Battements SolairesRecollection GRM
GoGo PenguinRMXBlue Note
Jimmy Preacher EllisSince I Fell for YouTramp Records
The ResonairesStanding With YouColemine Records
ItopiaSunshine Love / Keep A Rocking / Get OverWackie's
DJ Black LowUwamiAwesome Tapes From Africa
The Grassella Oliphant QuartetThe Grass Roots (1965)Atlantic
Donna SummerI Remember Yesterday (1977)Casablanca
Out Takes(The Forgotten & Disguarded) Volume One (1989)Fourth Floor Records
Rare ArtsBoriqua Posse (1991)Strictly Rhythm
Club IdolBus Stop (1990)Cutting Records
Gene PageClose Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)Arista
Out-of-print - as new
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil is an important cradle of Afro-Brazilian culture, and home to musical styles that form the bedrock of much of today's popular sounds. In this book, author Kirk Brundage gives the reader a special and intimate glimpse into the sacred rhythms of the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, providing context, a historical overview, and practical information on playing the rhythms.
Medical Grade MusicSteve Davis and Kavus Torabi
The story of two outsiders and obsessives whose collision prompted an evangelistic alliance on the furthest frontiers of underground music.Steve Davis...
- Book (650g)£20.00 £18.00In stockAdd to Bag
PUNK 45 The Bizarros/Rubber City RebelsRubber City Rebels/White Screen Movies
Seminal punk from Akron, Ohio. Two KILLER tracks of early raw punk from the rubber city packaged in miniature 7" replica of the Bizarros/Rubber City Rebels...
- PUNK 45 The Bizarros/Rubber City Rebels – Rubber City Rebels
- PUNK 45 The Bizarros/Rubber City Rebels – White Screen Movies
- 1. Rubber City Rebels
- 2. White Screen Movies
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Laviscount BrassJamarona / Push Ya Push Day
VERY HEAVY & RARE CALYPSO TUNE - junp-up heavy percussion and brass instrumental cut 2-sider!
- Laviscount Brass – Jamarona
- Laviscount Brass – Push Ya Push Day
- 1. Jamarona
- 2. Push Ya Push Day
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed rare original CALYPSO 45. Deadstock poss few marks plays fine.
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The Secret DJ: Book Two
Through four decades of dance music and club culture, how capitalism bought and sold the utopian dreams of the Acid House generation. Essential reading...
- Book (450g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
John Coltrane - A Sound SupremeJohn W. Selfridge
- Original Book (350g)£15.00Out of print USA ex-library hardbackIn stockAdd to Bag
Flesh EatersDisintegration Nation E.P.
INSANE and awesome record from one of the first and finest San Francisco punk bands ever! Originally released in 1978 on Chris D's own Upsetter Records....
- Flesh Eaters – Disintegration Nation
- Flesh Eaters – Agony Shorthand
- Flesh Eaters – Radio Dies Screaming
- Flesh Eaters – Twisted Road
- 1. Disintegration Nation
- 2. Agony Shorthand
- 3. Radio Dies Screaming
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Ferdinand DennisThe Last Blues Dance
Exiled from his native Jamaica, Boswell Anderson, a reformed gambler and rake, is the proprieter of the run-down Caribbean Sunset Cafe in Hackney. When...
- Original Book (200g)£8.00s/hand paperback in good condition, bit of creasing.
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PUNK 45 The ScabsAmory Building E.P. (1979)
Superb independent UK DIY punk from 1979 - unbelievably hard to find an original copy.
Crazy fold-out sleeve bespoke exact replica DIY PUNK 45!
- PUNK 45 The Scabs – Amory Building
- PUNK 45 The Scabs – Leave Me Alone
- PUNK 45 The Scabs – Don't Just Sit There
- PUNK 45 The Scabs – U.R.E.
- 1. Amory Building
- 2. Leave Me Alone
- 3. Don't Just Sit There
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Hollywood SquaresHillside Strangler
Surely one of the best punk records ever! Los Angeles 1978 double-sider - KILLER indeed!
- The Hollywood Squares – Hillside Strangler
- The Hollywood Squares – Hollywood Square
- 1. Hillside Strangler
- 2. Hollywood Square
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Dancing (Know the Game)by Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing
Nuff moves, selectah!
- Original Book (250g)£10.00Secondhand small pamphlet/bookletIn stockAdd to Bag
Stevie WonderBy John Swenson
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Secondhand paperback in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Signed Sealed and DeliveredBy Sue Steward and Sheryl Garratt
Describes the experiences of women in popular music since the fifties, discusses the importance of style, and looks at how women have overcome the industry's...
- Original Book (400g)£15.00Original book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Just for a Thrill: Lil Hardin Armstrong, First Lady of JazzJames L Dickerson
- Book (750g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
English Folk DancingKTG (Know the Game)
Let's do the do-si-do. Can on u nutters get on one!
- Original Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Free Jazz Black PowerPhilippe Carles
- Original Book (350g)£10.00 £10.00Secondhand book in German in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Bob MarleyThe Illustrated Disco/Biographyby Observer Station
- Original Book (300g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
The ModernsEdited by LeRoi Jones
w/ Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs & more, intro by LeRoi Jones
- Original Book (500g)£30.00UK 1st edition hardback ex-library w/stamps, writing on title page, discoloured plastic cover around dust jacketIn stockAdd to Bag
Long and Winding Road: History of the "Beatles" on RecordStannard
- Original Book (700g)£10.00Secondhand paperback in ok conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Snacky Tunes: Music is the Main Ingredient, Chefs and Their Music
- Book (400g)£16.95In stockAdd to Bag
The South was Only the Beginning: Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler!
Cajun food innit
- Book (500g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend
- Original Book (400g)£6.00Secondhand paperbackIn stockAdd to Bag
Practical Electronic Music ProjectsBy R.A. Penfold
- Original Book (300g)£30.00Original small book in great condition one crease on front coverIn stockAdd to Bag
Changing Britannia: Life Experience with Britain
Includes Linton Kwesi Johnson
- Original Book (400g)£20.00Orig ex-library paperback with stamps etc, plastic covering in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George JacksonGeorge Jackson
Penguin original paperback in good condition (sticker on side)
- Original Book (250g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
New BohemiaJohn Gruen
A history of the artistic movements in the East Village of New York in the early and mid 1960s, focusing on such individuals as Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg,...
- Original Book (300g)£15.00Secondhand book in good condition some pen note markings on some pagesIn stockAdd to Bag
BAMN (By Any Means Necessary): Outlaw Manifestos and Ephemera,ed. by Peter Stansill
Orig Penguin paperback in good condition
- Original Book (500g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
From Satchmo to MilesLeonard Feather
- Original Book (400g)£10.00Earlier edition paperback bookIn stockAdd to Bag
The Scarman Report: The Brixton Disorders 10-12 April 1981Lord Scarman
- Original Book (300g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Oscar Peterson (Jazz Masters)Richard Palmer
- Original Book (300g)£10.00Original hardback book in good condIn stockAdd to Bag
Stones Touring Party: Journey Through America with the "Rolling Stones"By Robert Greenfield
- Original Book (500g)£20.00Secondhand 1st edn. UK hardback w/dustjacket sticker on backIn stockAdd to Bag
Hallelujah!The extraordinary story of Shaun Ryder and Happy Mondays
- Original Book (350g)£5.00Secondhand paperback in ok condition onlyIn stockAdd to Bag
Uncommon People: Resistance, Rebellion and JazzEric Hobsbawn
- Original Book (400g)£7.00In stockAdd to Bag
Latin JazzJohn Storm Roberts
- Original Book (800g)£40.00Original hardback first edition ex library with stamps, dustjacket in covering all in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Virginia Piedmont Blues: The Lives and Art of Two Virginia BluesmenBarry Lee Pearson
Documents the journey of two black American bluesmen, Archie Edwards and John Cephas, as they carry their musical heritage to the world.
- Original Book (500g)£20.00Orig USA paperback ex-library with stamps, laminated cover, in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Black Youth, Rastafarianism and the Identity Crisis in BritainLen Garrison
Rare small book nice pix and info
- Original Book (250g)£25.00Sticker on side, cover is red not green. In good condition but spine is split so need to be careful when opened as pages may become unglued, minor creasing on sleeveIn stockAdd to Bag
The Rock File: Making it in the Music BusinessNorton York
- Original Book (500g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Logic of RacismE. Ellis Cashmore
- Original Book (400g)£5.00Secondhand paperback FAIR ONLYIn stockAdd to Bag
Dizzy Gillespie: Life and TimesBarry McRae
- Original Book (350g)£10.00Orig book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Why No Beethoven?: Diary of a Vagrant MusicianHumphrey Lyttleton
- Original Book (400g)£12.00Orig hardback with dustjacket in good condIn stockAdd to Bag
The Skull Talks BackZora Neale Hurston
- Original Book (400g)£15.00Orig hardback book ex library with stamps, plastic covering over dust jacket in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Reggae: The Story of Jamaican MusicLloyd Bradley, Dennis Morris
- Original Book (400g)£15.00Secondhand large paperback ex-library with stamps and writing on title page, plastic covering to coverIn stockAdd to Bag
Billie Holiday (Jazz Masters)Burnett James
- Original Book (300g)£10.00Small hardback book in great condIn stockAdd to Bag
BackbeatEarl Palmer's StorySmithsonian Institute Press
USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK 50% OFF. INTERESTED IN NEW ORLEANS FUNK - 100%read about New Orleans finest drummer!There he is, drumming on "Tutti Frutti," "You've...
- Book (600g)£19.99 £10.00
The BerimbauSoul Of Brazilian MusicUniversity Press Of Mississippi
The berimbau, a musical bow, is most commonly associated with the energetic martial art/dance/game of capoeira. This study explores the berimbau's stature...
- Book (400g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Chief Dr. Sikiru Ayinde BarristerLove (1983)Siky Oluyole Records
Rare Nigerian vinyl.HEAVY! Quality Fuji sounds!Vinyl VG, sleeve G+(lot of wear)+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+100% Guarantee...
- Chief Dr. Sikiru Ayinde Barrister – Ife
- Original LP£20.00
The Music of Black Americans: A Historyby Eileen SouthernW.W Norton & Company
- Original Book (800g)£20.00Original USA out of print edition paperback, wear to top of spine, ageing.
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Lee MorganThe Sixth Sense (1968)Blue Note
RARE & KILLER. Wicked tunes. Seminal Blue Note 1968. Lee Morgan, Jackie McClean, Frank Mitchell, Cedar Walton, Victor Sproles and Billy Higgins. Recorded...
- Lee Morgan – The Sixth Sense
- Lee Morgan – Short Count
- Lee Morgan – Afreaka
- 1. The Sixth Sense
- 2. Short Count
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP£16.00
Ray CharlesLiving For The City / Then We'll Be Home (1975)Crossover Records (3)
Nice moody version of Stevie's classic played by Ray Charles mid-70s. Funky!Unplayed/mint but few crackles at beginning.
- Ray Charles – Living For The City
- 1. Living For The City
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£7.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+UNPLAYED Original USA 7"Vinyl
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Giants of Black Musicby Pauline Rivelli & Robert LevinA Dacapo
Original 1970 Interviews with Alice Coltrane, Horace Tapscott, John Coltrane, Leon Thomas, Gary Bartz and more! Beat that!
- Original Book (250g)£15.00Original USA hardback, no dust jacket, ex-library w/stamps
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Miles DavisLive-Evil (1971)Columbia
Original = Original USA Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG (wear/top&bottom spine taped/non-gatefold)
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- Original 2×LP£35.00
Art Blakey And The Jazz MessengersLike Someone In LoveBlue Note
An album resulting from exactly the same 1960 sessions as the better-known 'A Night in Tunisia'
Original =B1-84245 1988 pressing
Original = Original...
- Original LP£20.00
- CD£7.99
- New LP (180g)£19.99
I Know What I KnowThe Music Of Charles Mingus By Todd S. JenkinsPraeger
s/hand hardback book w/dustjacket ex libraryFrom the mid-1940s until his death in 1979, Charles Mingus created an unparalleled body of recorded work, most...
- Original Book (600g)£12.00
ShadowReturn Of De BassmanStraker's Records
Rare LP from the great tropical and funky Shadow
Original = Original USA Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG+ (in shrink)
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- Original LP£50.00
Harvey MasonMarching In The Street (1975)Arista
It's a classic ...
- Harvey Mason – Marching In The Street
- 1. Marching In The Street
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£10.00Vinyl condition: NM-Sleeve condition: VG+UNPLAYED Original USA 7"Vinyl
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Voguing: Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York City 1989-92Photographs and interviews by Chantal Regnault, Introduction by Tim LawrenceSoul Jazz Books
BACK IN PRINT!!! The ESSENTIAL book about Voguing featuring 200+ photographs, interviews and text on the LEGENDS of the House Ballroom Scene of New York...
- Book (1.3kg)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
African RhythmsThe Autobiography of Randy WestonDuke University Press
OVER 60% OFF ORIGINAL PRICE !!! LOVELY USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK! ONLY £10 SQUID - CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!!!
Essential book - buy me!
The pianist, composer,...
- Book (800g)£34.00 £10.00
Duke PearsonThe Right TouchBlue Note
Super killer dance jazz classic Blue Note. 'Chilli Peppers' is one of the toughest tunes ever and the album is solid.
Rare blue/black Liberty original...
- Duke Pearson – Chili Peppers
- 1. Chili Peppers
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£50.00
King Sunny Ade & His African BeatsDestiny (1988)Atom Park
RARE Original Nigerian Vinyl VG lot of surface marks plays fine listen actual audio/Sleeve VG- (lot of wear)High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine...
- King Sunny Ade & His African Beats – Destiny
- 1. Destiny
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£15.00
White Line FeverLemmy: The AutobiographyPocket Books
Lemmy’s name was synonymous with notorious excess. His blood would have killed another human being. This is the up-to-date story of the heaviest drinking,...
- Book (200g)£8.99 £5.00
Cumbia!Scenes of a Migrant Latin American Music GenreDuke University Press
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Cumbia is a musical form that originated in northern Colombia and then...
- Book (500g)£20.99 £7.99
The Soulful StringsThe Soulful Strings Play Gamble-Huff (1970)Cadet
Killer - rarest Soulful Strings LPOriginal = Original USA Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG (wear,cutout)
High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
100%...
- Original LP£30.00
King Sunny Ade & His African BeatsExplosion! (1984)Sunny Alade
RARE Original Nigerian Vinyl VG+ few marks /Sleeve VG- (wear)High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+100% Guarantee on this and all Original...
- King Sunny Ade & His African Beats – Kirakira
- 1. Kirakira
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£15.00
The Evolution of MannHerbie Mann and the Flute in JazzHal Leonard
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More than any other musician, Herbie Mann was responsible for establishing...
- Book (450g)£14.99 £6.00In stockAdd to Bag
Raimundo FagnerRaimundo Fagner (1976)CBS
Deep 70s roots Brazil 70 Original Brazilian pressing Vinyl VG+/Sleeve VG- (top spine part split/wear)
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- Raimundo Fagner – ABC
- Original LP£20.00
Junior ManceHoly Mama (1979)Inner City Records
Moody trio business - check the audio. Recorded in Japan
Original European Vinyl VG+/Sleeve VG+ (cutout top right)
- Junior Mance – That Mellow Feeling
- 3. That Mellow Feeling
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£15.00
People Apart1950s Cape Town RevisitedBlack Dog Publishing
People Apart: 1950s Cape Town Revisited offers a rich and fascinating insight into South Africa at the very beginning of the apartheid era through Bryan...
- Book (1.3kg)£19.95 £10.00In stockAdd to Bag