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Little SimzNO THANK YOUForever Living Originals
Alfa MistVariablesANTI
David AxelrodHeavy AxeCraft Recordings
Gabor SzaboThe SorcererImpulse
SAULT11Forever Living Originals
SAULTAIIRForever Living Originals
Bleeps, Breaks + BassVarious ArtistsMusique Pour La Danse
Brandee YoungerBrand New LifeImpulse!
De La SoulDe La Soul Is DeadChrysalis Records
SAULTEarthForever Living Originals
Tito PuentePara Los RumberosCraft Recordings
SAULTToday & TomorrowFoever Living Originals
SAULTUNTITLED (God)Forever Living Originals
Alice ColtraneJourney in Satchidananda (Acoustic Sounds Series)Decca / Verve
London BrewLondon BrewDowntown Music
Donald ByrdStreet Lady (1973)Blue Note
ShabakaAfrikan CultureImpulse!
Chris & CoseyElemental 7CTI International
Louie VegaExpansions In The NYC: The 45sNervous Records
Chris & CoseyFeral Vapours Of The Silver EtherCTI International
Funk MastersLove MoneySoul Jazz Records
Chris & CoseyMuzik Fantastique!CTI International
Nancy Sinatra & Lee HazlewoodNancy & Lee AgainLight In The Attic
System OlympiaNew Erotica CollectionOkay Nature Records
Angel Bat DawidRequiem For JazzInternational Anthems Recording Co.
Johnny and The Self AbusersSaints and Sinners / Dead VandalsSoul Jazz Records
Studio One Space-Age Dub SpecialIntergalactic Dub From Studio OneSoul Jazz Records
The Kevin Fingier CollectiveEl Sonido de Fingier RecordsFingier
Winston ReedyGreatest HitsCherry & Reid
DJ ShepdogParty Breaks & BullshitMuscle Cuts
ORIGINAL CLOTHING THREADBARE Bomber jacket
ORIGINAL CLOTHING T Shirt (Jack Wills)
Fripp & EnoNo PussyfootingDGM PANEGYRIC
SurgeonCrash RecoilTresor
Sharon LittleDont Mash Up CreationTEK2 Productions
- Book (350g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
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.
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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KraftwerkFuture Music from GermanyPenguin
'We are not artists nor musicians. We are workers.' Ignoring nearly all rock traditions, experimenting in near-total secrecy in their Düsseldorf studio,...
- Book (250g)£9.99 £6.00In stockAdd to Bag
I Put a Spell on YouThe Autobiography of Nina SimonePenguin
- Original Book (250g)£8.00Secondhand paperback in ok conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Traditional African And Oriental Musicby Otto KarolyiPenguin
- Original Book (300g)£8.00Original UK original paperback
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JunkyBy William S. BurroughsPenguin
- Original Book (200g)£6.00Sleeve condition: VG+Original UK paperback
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Signifying RappersBy David Foster Wallace & Mark CostelloPenguin
Signifying Rappers is an old-school classic from David Foster Wallace and his friend and room-mate Mark Costello, first published in 1990, long out of...
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Come Back Charleston Blueby Chester HimesPenguin
Our of print edition secondhand paperback in good cond. (sticker on spine)100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if...
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The Scarlet Letter and Selected Talesby Nathaniel HawthornePenguin
s/hand paperback
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George OrwellDown And Out In Paris And LondonPenguin
George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld...
- Book (200g)£8.99 £5.00In stockAdd to Bag
Waging Heavy PeaceThe Autobiography of Neil YoungPenguin
Neil Young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall...
- Book (400g)£9.99 £6.00In stockAdd to Bag
Andy Warhol and Pat HackettPOPism: The Warhol SixtiesPenguin
Anecdotal, funny, frank, POPism is Warhol’s personal view of the Pop phenomenon in New York in the 1960s and a look back at the relationships...
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Gang Lands Brazilby Ross KempPenguin
Brazil gangs.
s/hand paperback
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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)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
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)£15.00Secondhand hardback in good cond
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+
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)£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)£19.99
Policing By Multi-Racial ConsentThe Handsworth Experience By John BrownBedford Square Press
- Original Book (250g)£10.00Secondhand paperback in ok condition ex library with stamps, some wear to cover
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)£41.99
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...
- Book (200g)£9.99
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)£39.99
Changing JamaicaAdam Kuper
Original secondhand hardback first edition w/dustjacket (sticker on side)
- Original Book (400g)£18.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
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Colonial Immigrants In A British CityA Class Analysis By John Rex And Sally TomlinsonRKP
Secondhand out of print paperback in good condition
- Original Book (500g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
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)£20.00 £10.00
Hurricane Hits England: An Anthology of Writing About Black Britainby Anyekachi WambuContinuum
New USA paperback
- Book (600g)£10.00
Lee PerryDisco Devil Volume 3 (6 More Classics From The Black Ark Studio 1977-79)Studio 16
3rd instalment of the Disco Devil Black Ark series featuring Max Romeo, Jolly Brothers,Leroy Sibbles, Devon Irons and more.
- Jolly Brothers – Conscious Man (Seven Leaves 12" Mix 1977)
- Max Romeo – Norman (Upsetter 12" Mix 1978)
- Leroy Sibbles – Garden Of Life (Big Spanner Disco Ajax 12" Mix 1978)
- King Scratch – Dread Lion (Black Art 12" 1977)
- The Mistic – Forward With The Orthodox (Special 7" edit 2019)
- Devon Irons – When Jah Come (Special 7" edit 2019)
- 1. Jolly Brothers – Conscious Man (Seven Leaves 12" Mix 1977)
- 2. Max Romeo – Norman (Upsetter 12" Mix 1978)
- 3. Leroy Sibbles – Garden Of Life (Big Spanner Disco Ajax 12" Mix 1978)
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- LP£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Rave onGlobal Adventures in Electronic Dance MusicSerpents Tail
Electronic dance music was once the utopian frontier of pop culture. But three decades after the acid house 'summer of love', it has gone from subculture...
- Book (650g)£10.99In 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 condition
Networks of Sound, Style and Subversion:by Nick CrossleyManchester
This book examines the birth of punk in the UK and its transformation, within a short period of time, into post-punk. Deploying innovative concepts of...
- Book (450g)£17.99
Inside BabylonThe Caribbean Diaspora in BritainBy Winston James and Clive Harris (1993)
This collection aims to reflect the varied experience of the Caribbean diaspora in Britain. The contributors set out to show how employers and police,...
- Original Book (500g)£10.00secondhand paperback in good cond
Art of the South African TownshipsGavin YoungeThames and Hudson Ltd.
- Original Book (800g)£10.00Second-hand paperback bookIn stockAdd to Bag
Lee PerryMr Perry I PresumePressure Sounds
'Mr Perry I Presume' finds Pressure Sounds focusing on the rare music and exclusive mixes of the revered Upsetter himself, Lee 'Scratch' Perry. This 16-track...
- George Faith – Don’t Be Afraid (12” mix)
- The Gatherers – Word (Acapella Mix)
- Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Jah I
- Joy White – Lay Besides You
- The Upsetters – Big Bird Skank
- Noel Robinson – Along The Way
- The Upsetters – Along The Way (Version)
- The Upsetters – War and Peace
- The Upsetters – Sun is Shining
- Peter & Paul – Ethiopia Land
- Keith Rowe & The Upsetters – Groovy Situation
- Susan and Bunny – Keep On Trying
- The Upsetters – Police and Dub
- Keith Rowe & The Upsetters – Living My Life
- The Upsetters – Devils Dub Plate
- Augustus Pablo & The Upsetters – Keep On Moving
- 1. George Faith – Don’t Be Afraid (12” mix)
- 2. The Gatherers – Word (Acapella Mix)
- 3. Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Jah I
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- CD£12.00
- 2×LP£23.00
The UpsettersScratch The Upsetter AgainAntarctica Starts Here
"The inventive record producer and vocalist Lee 'Scratch' Perry was involved in every musical shift of note in his native Jamaica, from the rhythm and...
- The Upsetters – Bad Tooth
- The Upsetters – The Dentis' (AKA The Dentist)
- The Upsetters – Outer Space
- The Upsetters – One Punch
- Dave Barker – Will You Still Love Me
- The Upsetters – Take One
- The Upsetters – Soul Walk
- The Upsetters – I Want To Thank You
- Count Prince Miller – Mule Train
- The Upsetters – Touch Of Fire
- Alva "Reggie" Lewis – She Is Gone Again
- The Upsetters – The Result
- 1. The Upsetters – Bad Tooth
- 2. The Upsetters – The Dentis' (AKA The Dentist)
- 3. The Upsetters – Outer Space
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- LP£18.99
Family Television: Cultural Power and Domestic Leisure (1986)by David Morley/Stuart Hall
w/ introduction by Stuart Hall. Secondhand book ex-library fair cond
- Original Book (300g)£9.00
Heart Of The Race: Black Women's Lives in Britainby Beverley BryanVirago
secondhand original print edition paperback
- Original Book (600g)£8.00
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£38.00Limited orange vinyl box set edition