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William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
MuseThe Wow!Warner Records
Labi Siffre1970-1971Edsel
Joe HisaishiA Big Bold Beautiful JourneyMutant
De La SoulThe Grind DateBMG
MaxwellMaxwell's Urban Hang SuiteSony
Tara Clerkin TrioSomewhere GoodWorld of Echo
Dragon Ball Hit Song CollectionVarious ArtistsNippon Columbia
Kaiso Power: Sound Revolution in TrinidadVarious ArtistsSoundway Records
Alan & Jan (Portable & Jan Jelinek)Take me, I’m yoursFaitiche
Brown Spirits#1Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#2Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#3Soul Jazz Records
Amyl and The SniffersGiddy Up / Big Attraction (10 Year Anniversary)Amyl and The Sniffers
The Cool-NotesI Forgot How To Love YouCelestial Echo
Muddy WatersThe Real Folk BluesChess
Howlin' WolfThe Real Folk BluesVerve
YungbludIdols (Complete)Island
Silver ApplesOscillations Studio Mix / The Edge of Wonder (Andrew Weatherall Remix)Silver Apples Foundation
Rebel Island SoulUnder the Influence: Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970sSoul Jazz Records
Kenny DorhamWhistle StopBlue Note
Marcos ValleO Compositor E O CantorVampisoul
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANGPOMPEII // UTILITY10k & Tan Cressida & Surf Gang Records
Roy Ayers UbiquityRed, Black & GreenVampisoul
Marcos ValleSamba '68Verve
T.P. Orchestre Poly-RythmoWest African Beat: Rare 7s and EPs from Benin and NigerAcid Jazz
McCoy TynerAsante [Expanded Edition]Blue Note
Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Buena Vista Social ClubLost and FoundBMG
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
The Nathaniel X ProjectThe Resurface EPDaybreakers
Terry CallierAt The Earl Of Old TownTime Traveler
Paul JohnsonBump Talkin’ (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Darrow Fletcher Presents Jacklyn & Genna RecordsVarious ArtistsKent
Elis ReginaElisVerve
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Black Power 50 Edited by Sylviane A. Diouf and Komozi WoodwardForeword by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
- Book (650g) 1620971488£20.00 £10.00In stockAdd to Bag
£10 OFF!!!! That's 50% OFF! WICKED USA large format paperback - nice pix, loads of text. Cheaper than Amazon!
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.
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...
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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...
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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...
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Straighten Up! BOOK Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
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BOMB REGGAE BOOK!!
Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing...
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Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern AmericaBy Donald L. Miller
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Awopbopaloobop AlopbamboomBy Nik Cohn
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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
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...
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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...
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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.
- 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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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
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...
- Book (600g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (600g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Magazine (500g) ISSUE 68£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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,...
- Book (650g) 162872692X£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Bomb The SuburbsBy William Upski WimsattSubway & Elevated
- Original Book (250g)£8.00Original out of print secondhand book ex-library with stamps
100% guarantee on this and all original books at Sounds of the Universe.Sold out Notify me when in stock
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£26.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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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- 12" SJR433-12£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
People Get ReadyThe Future Of Jazz Is Now!Duke University Press
MORE THAN 50% OFF ORIGINAL PRICE! LOVELY USA IMPORT PAPERBACK BOOK! CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!!!
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP + 7" P7LP-1/2£46.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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!
- Original LP£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+ORIGINAL Pre-Owned USA vinyl (quad!)Sold out Notify me when in stock
- New LP (180g) MOVLP2367£21.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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...
- Book (300g)£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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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- LP WAST055LP£17.99 £10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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...
- Book (1.6kg) 9780863565403£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP PLP-8059£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Drum and Candleby David St. ClairDoubleday & Company
Out-of-print book club edition secondhand hardback book w/dustjacket small tear
- Original Book (400g)£15.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Tone B. NimbleSoul Is My Salvation Chapter 3Rain&Shine
Two crucial, dancefloor friendly gospel cuts featuring The Gospel Truth's 'He Can Do It' - a super rare cut - and, on the flip, the instrumental version...
- The Gospel Truth – He Can Do It
- McKinley Sanifer – I Am The Vine (Instrumental)
- 1. The Gospel Truth – He Can Do It
- 2. McKinley Sanifer – I Am The Vine (Instrumental)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" RSRSIMS003£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Comet Is ComingThe AfterlifeImpulse!
Limited edition last copies - from man like Shabaka - don't miss out!
- – All That Mathers Is The Moments
- – The Softness Of The Present
- – The Afterlife
- – Lifeforce Part I
- – Lifeforce Part II
- – The Seven Planetary Heavens
- 1. – All That Mathers Is The Moments
- 2. – The Softness Of The Present
- 3. – The Afterlife
- View full info and tracklisting
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Panther: a Pictorial History of the Black Panthers and the Story behind the Filmby Mario Van Peebles, Ula Y. Taylor, J. Tarika LewisNewmarket Press
- Original Book (600g)£10.00Secondhand large format paperback,Sold out Notify me when in stock
Weldon IrvineWeldon & The KatsP-Vine Records
This is the 7th album released on his own Nodlew label, after having worked for RCA and Strata-East! This is a crossover jazz masterpiece released in 1989,...
- – Music Is The Key
- – Mr. P.C.
- – Have You Met Miss Jones?
- 1. – Music Is The Key
- 5. – Mr. P.C.
- 6. – Have You Met Miss Jones?
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- LP PLP-7690£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Brothers Neville - An AutobiographyArt Neville, Aaron Neville, Charles Neville, Cyril Neville and David RitzLibrary of Congress
All you need to know about new Orleans finest funk brothers.
Secondhand paperback original book
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