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Alfa MistRouletteSekito
Sven WunderDaybreakPiano Piano Records
Chet BakerFive From '65: The Quintet Summer SessionsNew Land
Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient UndergroundVarious ArtistsFundamental Frequencies
Jackie MittooReggae MagicSoul Jazz Records
The Sabres Of ParadiseSabresonic (Remastered)Warp Records
SAULT10Forever Living Originals
Rotary ConnectionHey LoveCadet
Nick DrakeThe Making of Five Leaves LeftUMR
Captain SkyMoonchildPast Due Records
Donald ByrdStepping Into Tomorrow (1975)Blue Note
Constantine WeirContradictionItez
Bob Stanley Presents: Chip Shop Pop: The Sound Of Denmark Street 1970-1975Various ArtistsAce
CandidoConga SoulDescarga!
Lee "Scratch" PerryCrucial Cuts From The Heart Of The Ark (1973-1978)Shanachie
Billy HawksHeavy Soul!Ace
Invictus: The Definitive CollectionVarious ArtistsDemon Records
Horace SilverThe Tokyo Blues (Tone Poet)Decca
Pink FloydA Foot In The Door (The Best Of Pink Floyd)Pink Floyd Records
Pink FloydA Momentary Lapse Of Reason (Reissue)Columbia
Ben WestbeechAll In YouAthens Of The North
The TopicsBooking Up BabyExpansion
The SpinnersI'll Always Love You / What More Could A Boy Ask ForOutta Sight Soul Essentials
Thee SinseersIf We TryColemine Records
Terry CallierLook At Me NowOutta Sight
Esther Marrow & Lynda McConnellMama I Want To SingReach Records (2)
The DellsRun For Cover / Over AgainOutta Sight
Francis BebeyThe Africa 7 EditsAfrica Seven
BDQThe Night / Tainted LoveBDQ Records
LordeVirginRepublic Records
Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ignVultures 1YZY
The DanceDance For Your DinnerGo Go Records
Jewel-TDriftin'Danger Zone Records (2)
The James Taylor QuartetKilling TimeUrban (2)
Lee RitenourMr. BriefcaseElektra
- Book (350g) 9780141974972£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Drawing on an amazing array of unusual and surprising sources, Clair Wills' wonderful new book brings to life the incredible diversity and strangeness of the migrant experience. She introduces us to lovers, scroungers, dancers, homeowners, teachers, drinkers, carers and many more to show the opportunities and excitement as much as the humiliation and poverty that could be part of the new arrivals' experience.
The EmperorDownfall Of An AutocratPenguin
After the deposition of Haile Selassie in 1974, which ended the ancient rule of the Abyssinian monarchy, Ryszard Kapuscinski travelled to Ethiopia and...
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Giovanni's RoomJames BaldwinPenguin
When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girlfriend's return to Paris destroys everything....
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Andy Warhol The Philosophy of Andy WarholPenguin
The autobiography of an American icon, Andy Warhol - American painter, filmmaker, publisher, actor and major figure in the Pop Art movement - was in many...
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Billie Holiday: Wishing On The Moonby Donald ClarkePenguin
- Original Book (350g)£10.00Secondhand out of print paperback in good condition, bit of spine creasingIn stockAdd to Bag
The Age Of ReasonBy Jean Paul-SartrePenguin
Set in the volatile Paris summer of 1938, The Age of Reason follows two days in the life of Mathieu Delarue, a philosophy teacher, and his circle in the...
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Gang Lands Brazilby Ross KempPenguin
Brazil gangs.
s/hand paperback
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Mr Stone And The Knights CompanionBy V. S. NaipulPenguin
Trinidadian writer VS Naipaul
Description:
Mr Stone likes to be known as Head Librarian with Excal, and dislikes the prospect of retirement. After a...
- Original Book (200g)£8.00Out of print edition Secondhand paperback bookIn stockAdd to Bag
Keith HaringJournalsPenguin
Keith Haring is synonymous with the downtown New York art scene of the 1980's. His artwork - with its simple, bold lines and dynamic figures in motion...
- Book (500g) 9780143105978£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Fire Next Time (1963)James BaldwinPenguin
Since it was first published, this famous study of the Black Problem in America has become a classic. Powerful, haunting and prophetic, it sounds a clarion...
- Book (100g) 9780140182750£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
The UpsettersBuild The ArkTrojan Records / Music On Vinyl
This astounding collection bring together some incredibly rare tracks and artists that cannot be found on any other Reggae albums. Then there is of course...
- 3×LP Box Set PERRY 3£38.00Limited orange vinyl box set editionOut of stock Notify me when in stock
Black Homeland, Black Diaspora: Cross Currents of the African Relationshipby Jacob DrachlerNational University Press
hardback first edition w/dust jacket USA ex-library
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James Baldwin: Artist on Fireby W.J. WeatherbyMichael Joseph
A portrait of James Baldwin tracing his development from the ghettos of Harlem to Paris and back to America where his active participation in civil rights...
- Original Book (900g) 9780718134037£20.00Out of print UK 1st edn. hardback w/dustjacketIn stockAdd to Bag
Running The Voodoo DownThe Electric Music Of Miles DavisBackbeat Books
£8 OFF UK PAPERBACK CHEAPER THAN AMAZONSTILL ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ON MILES! Classic Electric Miles book This book re-assesses Miles Davis' "electric...
- Book (450g) 9780879308285£16.00 £8.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Music Industry RawPirates, Clubs, House and GarageAuthorHouse
What you will go onto read is a part biography, part dissection and part educational book that start's at the very beginning with a young boy who was inspired...
- Book (250g) 9781425913021£7.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Ferdinand DennisBehind The Frontlines
'A journey into Afro-Britain'
- Original Book (300g)£30.00Out-of-print secondhand Hardback with dustjacket, both in clean solid orderIn stockAdd to Bag
Staying PowerThe History of Black People in BritainPluto Press
Staying Power is recognised as the definitive history of black people in Britain, an epic story that begins with the Roman conquest and continues to this...
- Book (700g) 9780745338309£16.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Gotta Go Gotta FlowLife, Love, and Lust on Chicago's South Side From the SeventiesCity Files Press
£20 OFF !!!! DELUXE IMPORT USA HARDBACK BOOK. MORE THAN 60% OFF. A GREAT BOOK!!!
AWESOME BACK - wicked photos Chicago black club life in the 1970s. Accompanied...
- Book (1.3kg) 0991541820£35.00 £15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Reggae SoundsystemOriginal Reggae Album Cover ArtSoul Jazz Books
Sorry. Out of Print.Reggae Soundsystem! is a new deluxe 200 page hard-back 12”x12” book featuring hundreds of stunning full size record cover designs...
- SJ Book (2.2kg)£25.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
RevivalLondon 1989 - 1993Hoxton Mini Press
Harlesden and Willesden has a rich history of multiculturalism. Roy Mehta's exquisite black and white photographs capture the daily rituals of its various...
- Book (600g) 9781910566954£25.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Black TestimonyVoices of Britain's West IndiansBy Thomas J. Cottle
- Original Book (400g)£40.00Hardback UK first edition 1978 with dustjacket in good cond, one line underlined in bookIn stockAdd to Bag
The UpsettersReturn Of The Super ApeMusic On Vinyl
Classic cult-favourite dub album from Lee Perry recorded at the Black Ark. Originally released in 1977 on Lion Of Judah / Upsetter records.
Check "Dyon...
- – Dyon Anaswa
- – Return Of The Super Ape
- – Psyche And Trim
- 1. – Dyon Anaswa
- 2. – Return Of The Super Ape
- 7. – Psyche And Trim
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- CD VPCD4239£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
SeenBlack Style UKBooth Clibborn Editiions
This volume explores the immeasurable impact of Black subculture on British streets, dance floors, wardrobes and beauty parlours over the past three...
- Original Book (1kg) 97818691542175£15.00Secondhand hardback in good condSold out Notify me when in stock
Full Crewby Karline SmithThe X Press
Yardie style. out of print uk paperback set in Manchester. Karline Smith is 'the first black British female crime writer'
- Original Book (300g)£9.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sold out Notify me when in stock
Cover Art of Studio One RecordsDeluxe Hardback 12x12" 200 page BookSoul Jazz Books
Available for limited period at special discount price!
100% Absolutely essential! Super-deluxe 12x12" hardback 200 page plus, hundreds of classic Studio...
- Book (2.2kg) SJR247£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
From Jazz Funk & Fusion To Acid JazzThe History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene By SnowboyAuthorHouse
This is the first time the history of the uniquely British 'Jazz Dance' scene has been documented in such depth, written over a period of 10 years by Mark...
- Book (700g) 9781438973609£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
Policing By Multi-Racial ConsentThe Handsworth Experience By John BrownBedford Square Press
- Original Book (250g) 0719910870£20.00Pre-owned out-of-print paperback in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Focus Music of South AfricaRoutledge
Great book, comes with free CD.
"Focus on Music of South Africa" provides an in-depth look at the full spectrum of South African music, a musical culture...
- Book (600g) 9780415960717£41.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Language In Jamaicaby Pauline ChristieArawak Publications
The author, as her life's work, has studied language in Jamaica. As a result of her extensive study and anaysis, she has determined that the best approach...
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Black Music In Our CultureCurricular Ideas On The Subjects, Materials And ProblemsKent State University Press
Second-hand ex-library hardback book w/dustjacket in plastic covering
- Original Book (400g)£30.00Sleeve condition: VGOriginal USA hardback book,
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Black Popular MusicIn Britain Since 1945Routledge
Black Popular Music in Britain Since 1945 provides the first broad scholarly discussion of this music since 1990. The book critically examines key moments...
- Book (450g) 9781138504875£39.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Changing JamaicaAdam Kuper
Original secondhand hardback first edition w/dustjacket (sticker on side)
- Original Book (400g)£18.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Shades Of BlackAssembling Black Arts In 1980s BritainDuke University Press
Import USA Paperback editionIn the 1980s - at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities - the...
- Book (1.2kg) 9780822334200£25.99 £15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Colonial Immigrants In A British CityA Class Analysis By John Rex And Sally TomlinsonRKP
- Original Book (600g)£15.00Secondhand out of print hardback in good condition, inscription on 1st pageSold out Notify me when in stock
This Is How We FlowRhythm In Black CulturesUniversity Of South Carolina Press
These essays explore the meaning, motif and theme of rhythm in black cultures throughout the USA and Africa. They discuss music and dance, the visual...
- Book (450g) 9781570031908£20.00 £10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock