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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
John SilasWater SignLove Injection 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
IZCOPOWERSCROFTBrownswood Recordings
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
The Nathaniel X ProjectThe Resurface EPDaybreakers
Terry CallierAt The Earl Of Old TownTime Traveler
Gnarls Barkley, CeeLo Green & Danger MouseAtlantaTenThousand Projects / Atlantic
- LP 5060672888554£17.99In stockAdd to Bag
- 1. A Portrait of Robert Thompson (as a young man)
- 2. Mama Too Tight
- 3. Theme for Ernie
- 4. Basheer
Recorded in the middle of Shepp's Impulse period, in 1966, with passion and fire from Roswell Rudd, Grachan Moncur and Howard Johnson in the brass section and the superb Charlie Haden on bass.
Archie SheppBlaseActuel
Great avant garde deep jazz featuring vocals from Jeanette Lee
- LP 5060767441091£27.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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Archie SheppOn Green Dolphin StreetDenon
- Original LP YZ-132-ND£25.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Japanese Vinyl, no ObiIn stockAdd to Bag
Archie SheppKwanza (Verve By Request Series)Verve
These 1969 recordings (released 5 years later) combine Shepp’s free jazz bonafides and a blend of blues and funk through an African lens, all in a big...
- LP (180 gram) 4847618£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
Archie SheppThe Magic Of Ju-Ju (1968)Impulse!
Heavyweight, check the bass-line on Sorry Bout Dat. Hardcore essential.
A must-have for anyone interested in '60's African-American avant-garde jazz....
- LP 7520088£31.99In stockAdd to Bag
Archie SheppPoem For Malcolm (1969)BYG Records
Deep jazz on BYG, recorded in Paris, 1969 - the sound of revoluton!
Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone, piano Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone...
- New LP 5060767441466£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD 5060767441473£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
Archie SheppYasmina, A Black WomanActuel
Great late sixties avant garde jazz, recorded in Paris for Actuel/BYG
- Reissue LP 5060767441121£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD 5060767441138£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
Wayne Jarrett And The Bull Wackie AllstarsAfrican Woman
DKR say..Six track 12" collecting all the cuts of Wayne's first recording for Wackie's, from 1976. A classic of raw underground vibes from the Sounds Unlimited...
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
- 1. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- 4. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" DKR-315£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
William S. BurroughsThe Finger
'He felt a sudden deep pity for the finger joint that lay there on the dresser, a few drops of blood gathering around the white bone.'A deliberately severed...
- Book (150g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (200g) 9781035038565£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (500g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (200g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Straighten Up! BOOK Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
We got some more!
BOMB REGGAE BOOK!!
Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing...
- Book (500g)£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern AmericaBy Donald L. Miller
- Original Book (500g)£8.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
Awopbopaloobop AlopbamboomBy Nik Cohn
- Original Book (300g)£12.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
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
Rebel SoundsMusic as Resistance
'Empathy is the currency of all music and Joe Mulhall does a great job of explaining how that quality has been used to generate solidarity for the struggle...
- Book (350g) 9781804442241£10.99In 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...
- Book (1.9kg)£15.00 £15.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (2.1kg)£50.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (350g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (350g) 9780241696453£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
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
MoodymannABCD: The AlbumKDJ
ABCD: The Album is an expanded version of the mini ABCD EP released earlier this year and promises slinky deep house on heat, with some co-production from...
- – Never Quite The Same
- – Desire
- – Come 2 Me
- – U look like Ice Cream in the Summertime
- – Sloppy Cosmic
- – Bonus 12 - Why do we feel
- 2. – Never Quite The Same
- 3. – Desire
- 7. – Come 2 Me
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD KDJ44CD£13.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Willie BoboBobo Motion (1967)Verve
Killer 60's latin jazz!
- – evil ways
- 7. – evil ways
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£35.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = USA Vinyl
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' money-back guarantee!Sold out Notify me when in stock
Rick WilhiteVibes 2: Part 2Rush Hour
KILLER exclusive collection compiled by 3 Chair's member Rick Wilhite -- gathering tracks from the most innovative and pioneering producers from New York,...
- Moodymann – Momma
- Sean Tate – A Matter Of Honor
- Gerald Mitchell – It's The Future
- Dj Stingray – Temporary Bond
- Tj Dumas & Raybone Jones – Runnin 2 U
- Rick Wilhite & Calvin Morgan – Memories Anailia
- Orlando Voorn – The Recipe
- K-Alexi Shelby – Head Banger
- 1. Moodymann – Momma
- 2. Sean Tate – A Matter Of Honor
- 3. Gerald Mitchell – It's The Future
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP RHM 010.2£13.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD RHM 010 CD£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Roberta FlackFirst Take (1969)Atlantic
This essential album includes the monster version of Les McCann's "Compared To What", the super deep "Tryin' Times" and more! (and of course The First...
- – Compared To What
- – The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
- – Tryin' Times
- 1. – Compared To What
- 6. – The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
- 7. – Tryin' Times
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Afrikan Sciences Circuitous PAN
Astral, afro-futurist cosmic electonic music from Eric Douglas Porter aka Afrikan Sciences on PAN! Taking elements of jazz, hip hop and techno re-imagined...
- – two in the chamber
- – reddin off
- – transient authority
- – evolved in twists
- 1. – two in the chamber
- 2. – reddin off
- 3. – transient authority
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD PAN54 (CD)£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- New 2×LP PAN54 (LP)£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Bill WithersUse Me (1972)Sussex
Classic funky soul tune
- – Use Me
- 1. – Use Me
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Gabriel Garzon-MontanoBishoune: Alma del Huila (Deluxe Edition)Styles Upon Styles
**DELUXE CD EDITION FEATURES NEW GATEFOLD ARTWORK AND REMIXES FROM LORD RAJA (GHOSTLY), BRENDON MOELLER (ECHOCHORD/PROLOGUE), ARCHIE PELAGO (MISTER SATURDAY...
- – 6 8
- – Everything Is Everything
- – Naeja
- 1. – 6 8
- 2. – Everything Is Everything
- 3. – Naeja
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD SUS002CD£9.99 £4.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Cannonball Adderley QuintetOh Babe / Games (1967)Capitol Records
1967 cut
- – Oh Babe
- 1. – Oh Babe
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Rahsaan Roland KirkRahsaan Rahsaan (1970)Atlantic
Rahsaan the Seeker, recorded in a house on xmas night, introduces us to Tongue Snatcher on 'Baby Let Me Shake Your Tree', and only he can play two horns...
- Reissue LP ATL1575£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD Obi Strip 0081227968595£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Ramsey LewisSalongo (1975)Columbia
Classic mid-70s boogie jazz fusion album featuring seminal rare groove classics such as 'Slick' (co-written by the great Charles Stepney) and 'Brazilica'....
- – slick
- – brazilica
- 1. – slick
- 5. – brazilica
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£35.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Archie Shepp and the Full Moon EnsembleLive In Antibes (Vol. 1) (1970)BYG Records
180 gm, original French BYG recordings - seminal deep jazz.
- New LP (180g) BYG38£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
WarAll Day Music (1971)United Artists
Includes classic tracks such as "Nappy Head", "Slipping Into Darkness" and a live version of "Baby Brother"!
- – nappy head
- – slipping into darkness
- 5. – nappy head
- 6. – slipping into darkness
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£25.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Archie SheppPoem For Malcolm (1969)BYG Records
Deep jazz on BYG, recorded in Paris, 1969 - the sound of revoluton!
Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone, piano Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone...
- New LP 5060767441466£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD 5060767441473£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
James BrownGet Up, Get Into It, Get InvolvedKing
Classic JB Funk! Killer tune. UNPLAYED USA original 45.
- – Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Past 1
- 1. – Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Past 1
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£15.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed original USA 45Sold out Notify me when in stock
Roland KirkThe Inflated Tear (1968)Atlantic
Crazy, deep jazz from 1968! 'The Inflated Tear' describes the incident where Roland was in hospital and a nurse gave him an injection which led to him...
- – the black and crazy blues
- 1. – the black and crazy blues
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP ATL1502£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD 8122736142£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- Original LP£15.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
James BrownSuper Bad (Part 1 & Part 2 & Part 3)King
Killer JB funk.
- – Call Me Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2)
- 1. – Call Me Super Bad (Part 1 & Part 2)
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£15.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Unplayed USA 45Sold out Notify me when in stock
Roland KirkLeft & Right (1969)Atlantic
Whilst one of the most commercially accesible and succesfull of artists, Rahsaan is also one of the most radical. Check out Mystery of the Black Notes...
- – black mystery has been revealed
- 1. – black mystery has been revealed
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP SD1518£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Tom Scott Rural Still Life (1968)Impulse
Tough deep jazz album. Original Impulse USA gatefold heavy vinyl - rare
- – Rural Still Life #26
- 1. – Rural Still Life #26
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£30.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Max RoachPercussion Bitter SweetVerve
Percussion Bittersweet from 1961 captures Max Roach at his most radical, both politically and emotionally, as well as sonically. The album was recorded...
- – Garvey's Ghost
- – Mama
- – Tender Warriors
- – Praise For A Martyr
- – Mendacity
- – Man From South Africa
- 1. – Garvey's Ghost
- 2. – Mama
- 3. – Tender Warriors
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP 7826289£27.99In stockAdd to Bag
Gil Scott-HeronThe Revolution Will Not Be Televised / Home Is Where The Hatred IsBGP
Killer double-sider reissued - with Gil at his radical best.
- – the revolution will not be televised
- – home is where the hatred is
- 1. – the revolution will not be televised
- 2. – home is where the hatred is
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" BGPS038£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Rahsaan Roland KirkNatural Black Inventions : Root StrataAtlantic
'Natural Black Inventions', from 1971, sees Rahsaan Roland Kirk excel on a whole host of instruments from tenor sax, clarinet and flute to the more esoteric...
- – Something For Trane That Trane Could Have Said
- 1. – Something For Trane That Trane Could Have Said
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£15.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Vinyl, UK vinyl/USA sleeveSold out Notify me when in stock
Wes MontgomeryMovin' Wes (1964)Verve
Guitarist Wes on fire with big band accompaniment. Check Caravan for an idea!
- – Caravan
- – Movin' Wes (Part I)
- 1. – Caravan
- 3. – Movin' Wes (Part I)
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Next Stop Soweto Presents Spirit Of MalomboMalombo, Jabula, Jazz Afrika 1966-1984 Strut
Following the label’s acclaimed ‘Next Stop Soweto’ compilation series, Strut returns to the rich music heritage of South Africa for another...
- Malombo Jazz Makers Plus 2 – Bahula Dithabeng
- Malombo Jazz Men – Abie's Mood
- Malombo Jazz Makers – Hleziphi
- Malombo Jazz Makers – Matshenyogo
- 1. Malombo Jazz Makers Plus 2 – Bahula Dithabeng
- 2. Malombo Jazz Men – Abie's Mood
- 3. Malombo Jazz Makers – Hleziphi
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP STRUT119LP£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- 2×CD STRUT119CD£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Conjunto Papa Upa El Jalabolismo / Aprietalo Music With Soul
El Jalabolismo opens with a direct dose of 60’s Sudamérica style surf-garage. An electrified combination of rock and roll, Guaguancó,...
- – El Jalabolismo
- – Aprietalo
- 1. – El Jalabolismo
- 2. – Aprietalo
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" MWS 007 £7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock