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NOW JAZZ NOW - 100 Essential Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings [1960-80]Writing from Thurston Moore, Byron Coley, Mats GustafssonPreface by Neneh Cherry. Afterword by Joe McPheeECSTATIC PEACE LIBRARY
The Bug vs Ghost DubsImplosionPressure
StargazersStargazersNight Dreamer
Kenny BarronSunset To DawnTime Traveler
The Hamlins / Nora DeanTell Me That You Love Me / Mojo GirlStudio One
Roy BrooksThe Free SlaveTime Traveler
Trio TernuraA GiraVampisoul
Roland Alphonso with The Originals OrchestraABC RocksteadyKids Of Yesterday
Tammie LeeCopie DuppySunshot
Gladstone AndersonGlad SoundsKids Of Yesterday
Bebel GilbertoTanto Tempo (25th Anniversary)Crammed Discs
Manny Corchado & His Orchestra / Nelson Y Sus EstrellasChicken & Booze / Aguardiente Y PolloVampisoul
Elijah MinnelliClams As A Main MealBreadminster County Council
SanticFather Will Cut You OffMutual Life
Sis SanaeFree Jah ChildrenDeep Root
BabbajahFree Up The HerbsVibe Generator
Danny RedJah Beat ThemGuree Roots
Carlton LivingstonLonely ManDynamite Records
Kare / Infinite / Dub CreatorMarijuanaKing Shiloh Majestic Music
Susan CadoganMy Oh MyJump Up! Records
Sistah JahiaRebelFontoyard
Alpha & Omega meets Indica DubsRedeemer Dub / Inner SelfIndica Dubs
Earth-ToneRevelation Of The LightWisdom & Integrity
Linval ThompsonRun Ghetto YouthDubmill
Los Wembler's De IquitosSelvaVampisoul
Dixie Peach & The DiciplesTill Ah MorninBoom-Shacka-Lacka
Dixie Peach & The DisciplesWe Ah WarriorBoom-Shacka-Lacka
Flying VipersWorld InversionEasy Star Records
Vick Lavender ft. Ron CarrollAll I Got For You (Is Love)Cataleya Music
The PrizefightersCrazy in Love / Live ForeverJump Up! Records
Prince BusterFly Flying SkaKids Of Yesterday
Glenn DavisForma EPForma Music
Delroy WilsonHit After Hit After Hit (The Best Of)Lantern Rec.
E-DancerKMS Sampler Vol. 1KMS
The Mighty DiamondsLeft With A Broken HeartAC Music
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Black Power 50 Edited by Sylviane A. Diouf and Komozi WoodwardForeword by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
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Black Power burst onto the world scene in 1966 with ideas, politics, and fashion that opened the eyes of millions of people across the globe. In the United States, the movement spread like wildfire: high school and college youth organized black student unions; educators created black studies programs; Black Power conventions gathered thousands of people from all walks of life; and books, journals, bookstores, and publishing companies spread Black Power messages and imagery throughout the country and abroad.
"Black Power 50" includes original interviews with key figures from the movement, essays from today’s leading Black Power scholars, and over one hundred stunning images, offering a beautiful and compelling introduction to this pivotal movement.
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...
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Freedom Rhythm and Sound Chapter 2 EVENTThu 18 Dec 2025
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...
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Machito and his Afro Cuban Jazz EnsembleWith Flute To Boot!
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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...
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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...
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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.
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Revolutionary Letters
By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
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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...
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Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10
Latin compilation
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Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
Latin compilation
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Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
Latin compilation
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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...
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Salsa Y Ache
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
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DJ Disciple & Henry KronkThe Beat, the Scene, the Sound : A DJ's Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City
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...
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Nettleblackby Nat Reeve
'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...
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Eros the Bittersweet : An Essayby Anne Carson
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...
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Luke de NoronhaDeporting Black Britons : Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica
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...
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Jacqueline CrooksFire Rush
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....
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We Were There:How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain
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...
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Dr Maya AngelouI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows...
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WaxPoeticsWaxPoetics Journal 68Wax Poetics
'WaxPoetics Journal' series is back with its 68th edition! Features include Digable Planets (cover), P.M. Dawn, with other contents covering British synth-pop...
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The Kingdom of ZydecoBy Michael Tisserand
There’s a musical kingdom in the American South that’s not marked on any map. Stretching from the prairies of Louisiana to the oil towns of East Texas,...
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The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash: A MemoirBy Grandmaster Flash with David RitzBroadway
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MATstudio (Jonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft)MATstudio 3Melody As Truth
Jonny Nash and Suzanne Kraft in collusion once again as MATstudio with two lengthly album tracks that explore deep space ambience and droning, electronic...
- – Crushing Indifference
- – An Inn For Those Not Permitted
- 1. – Crushing Indifference
- 2. – An Inn For Those Not Permitted
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Kaidi TathamIn Search Of HopeFirst Word Records
Reissue of Kaidi Tatham's Japan-only album from 2008 via First Word! This infectious meld of fusion, broken beat and cosmic jazz vibes has made 'In Search...
- – In Search of Hope, Pt. 1
- – Swift Inspiration (Quick Kid)
- – Do What You Gotta Do
- – Could I Ever Know?
- – He Laughs She Cries
- – So Amazed
- – I'm High
- – Simiya
- – On a Vibe
- – These Things Will Pass
- – In Search of Hope, Pt. 2
- 1. – In Search of Hope, Pt. 1
- 2. – Swift Inspiration (Quick Kid)
- 3. – Do What You Gotta Do
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SubstanceInside New OrderDey St.
50% OFF =That's £15 OFF!!! LOVELY DELUXE OUT OF PRINT USA IMPORT EDITION HARDBACK BOOK!!!
Following on from his bestselling titles The Haçienda and...
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StarvueUpward BoundP-Vine Records
Official reissue of this superb, super-rare and highly sought-after disco / boogie LP from 1980. Features the essential tunes, 'Body Fusion' and 'Love...
- – Love Affair
- – Body Fusion
- 2. – Love Affair
- 3. – Body Fusion
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- LP PLP-7927£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Inner City PressureThe Story of Grime
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Beginning at the start of the new millennium in the council estates of inner London, Inner City Pressure tells...
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Bomb The SuburbsBy William Upski WimsattSubway & Elevated
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Dorothy AshbyDorothy's Harp (1969)Cadet
One of Dorothy Ashby's hardest records to find! Classic 1969 release produced by the legendary Richard Evans for Chess Records. Nice Brazilian cuts such...
- New LP (180g) MOVLP1977£26.99In stockAdd to Bag
Alton EllisI'm Still In LoveSoul Jazz Records
It's the bomb!Out today in all good record shops or direct from us right now here!STONE COLD CLASSIC STUDIO ONE ANTHEM ALERT !
Alton Ellis's original...
- Alton Ellis – I'm Still In Love
- The Soul Vendors – Just A Bit Of Soul
- 1. Alton Ellis – I'm Still In Love
- 2. The Soul Vendors – Just A Bit Of Soul
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People Get ReadyThe Future Of Jazz Is Now!Duke University Press
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In 'People Get Ready', musicians, scholars, and journalists...
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Roy PorterJessicaP-Vine Records
More killer funky Jazz originally released on the tinh Chelan label in Los Angeles in 1974. Rare as hen's teeth! Japanese re-issue of this rare groove...
- – Jessica
- – Drums for Daryl
- 1. – Jessica
- 5. – Drums for Daryl
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Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)Sly Stone
One of the few indisputable geniuses of pop music, Sly Stone is a trailblazer who created a new kind of music, mixing Black and white, male and female,...
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Edwidge DanticatAfter the Dance - A Walk Through carnival in Jacmel, HaitiCrown
If you've seen Soul Jazz Records' Kanaval book - here is an eye-witness look at the carinival in Haiti
- Original Book (300g)£10.00S/hand hardback US first edition bookSold out Notify me when in stock
Alice Coltrane & Carlos SantanaIlluminations (1974)Columbia
Alice 'Turiya' Coltrane is joined by Carlos 'Devadip' Santana on a transcendental musical trip!
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The Wailing SoulsTrouble Maker / Run My PeopleSoul Jazz Records
Seminal, uplifting, righteous, soulful roots anthem!
- The Wailing Souls – Trouble Maker
- The Wailing Souls – Run My People
- 1. The Wailing Souls – Trouble Maker
- 2. The Wailing Souls – Run My People
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- 12" SJR430-12£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Never Grow OldStudio One Discography & Rhythm Directory
This is the definitive new edition of Rob Chapman's 100% essential discography of Studio One. Rob Chapman has written sleevenotes for a number of our Soul...
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Marvin Peterson And The SoulmastersIn ConcertP-Vine Records
The intense live album played by 70's legendary trumpeter Marvin Peterson with a total of eight musicians is back! Enjoy a legendary night that transcends...
- – Groove For Otis
- – Our Groove
- 1. – Groove For Otis
- 4. – Our Groove
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- LP PLP-7181£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Language, Rhythm & Sound: Black Popular Culture into the 21 Century By Joseph K. Adjaye Uni of Pittsburgh (1997)
Focusing on expressions of popular culture among blacks in Africa, the United States and the Caribbean, this collection of 15 multidisciplinary essays...
- Original Book (500g)£12.00secondhand ex-library paperbackSold out Notify me when in stock
Ivan ContiKatmandu (inc. Jazzanova remix)Far Out Recordings
Killer house and broken beat vibes from Azymuth's percussionist, Ivan Conti! Features production and remixes from the likes of Daniel Maunick, Jazzanova,...
- – Katmandu (Orignal Mix)
- – Katmandu (Pablo Valentino Remix)
- – Katmandu (Jazzanova Remix)
- – Katmandu (Eddy Ramich Feat. Jan Kinčl & Regis Kattie Remix)
- 1. – Katmandu (Orignal Mix)
- 2. – Katmandu (Pablo Valentino Remix)
- 3. – Katmandu (Jazzanova Remix)
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- 12" EP JD048£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
LaraajiSun TransformationsAll Saints Records
An exclusive new RSD album comprising remixes and edits of material from Laraaji's recent 'Sun Gong' and 'Bring On The Sun' LPs.
The Album connects the...
- – Ocean Flow Zither (Mia Doi Todd Remix)
- – LaraajiCollaji (Carlos Nino EDIT + additions featuring Jamel Dean)
- 1. – Ocean Flow Zither (Mia Doi Todd Remix)
- 9. – LaraajiCollaji (Carlos Nino EDIT + additions featuring Jamel Dean)
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Black BritainA Photographic HistorySaqi Books
People of African and Caribbean descent have inhabited Great Britain for centuries. Paul Gilroy, renowned for his work exploring the social and cultural...
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Roy Brooks And The Artistic TruthBlack Survival - "The Sahel Concert" at Town HallP-Vine Records
Ultimate spiritual jazz guided by high-purity blackness and a well-honed spirituality!
A spectacular live document of drummer Roy Brooks, who has had...
- – Black Survival
- – Black Survival - Here And Now
- – Sahel
- – Relief
- – Black Survival - Prologue
- 1. – Black Survival
- 2. – Black Survival - Here And Now
- 3. – Sahel
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Drum and Candleby David St. ClairDoubleday & Company
Out-of-print book club edition secondhand hardback book w/dustjacket small tear
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