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OvermonoPure DevotionXL Recordings
Massive Attack & Tom WaitsBoots on the GroundPlay It Again Sam
Ariana GrandepetalIsland
Nia ArchivesEmotional JunglistIsland
Gracie AbramsDaughter From HellInterscope
Yoko OnoSeason of GlassSecretly Canadian
Chez DamierI Never Knew LoveKMS
Living For The City: Soul Reggae ClassicsVarious ArtistsTrojan
Gil EvansThe Individualism Of Gil EvansVerve
New York NoiseDance Music from The New York Underground 1978-82Feat. Liquid Liquid, The Contortions, Bush Tetras, Mars, Alan Vega, Theoretical Girls and more.Soul Jazz Records
Cloud 9Do You Want Me BabyUnknown Ltd
Big John PattonGot A Good Thing Goin’Blue Note
Barry GrayThunderbirdsSilva Screen
William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
Soul Element aka Stacy KiddHow Bad I Want Ya feat Peven EverettDaybreakers
Mood II Swing / Jovonn / Roy Davis Jr. / OsuladeKing Street Sounds Sampler Vol. 7King Street Sounds
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol. 8Various ArtistsMr Bongo
MuseThe Wow!Warner Records
Labi Siffre1970-1971Edsel
Joe HisaishiA Big Bold Beautiful JourneyMutant
Marcia Griffiths / Dub SpecialistFeel Like Jumping / Feel Like Jumping Pt. 2Soul Jazz Records
MonolakeInterstateField Records
Lord Tanamo / Jackie MittooKeep On Moving / Totally TogetherSoul Jazz Records
Carlton and The ShoesLove Me Forever / Never Let GoSoul Jazz Records
Dawn Penn / Jackie MittooNo No No / Ghetto OrganSoul Jazz Records
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (LP 1)Running Back
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (LP 2)Running Back
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (Mixed)Running Back
Your Brother’s Keeper & Gary BartzWhere Rivers MeetBrownswood
NY’s FinestDo You Feel MeBassline Records
Def LeppardGreatest HitsUMR
Jan JonesIndependent Woman (Parts 1 & 2)Celestial Echo
Master Wilburn BurchetteOccult ConcertNumero
Ben Salisbury & Geoff BarrowSteve (Soundtrack From The Netflix Film)Invada
Ricardo Villalobos & Mohammad Reza MortazaviSwamp (Ricardo Villalobos Version)Latency
- 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
- CD 5060767441107£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
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
LabyrinthBritish Jazz on Record 1960-75
MASSIVE large format 375 page £3kg hardback book, quarter bound in cloth, debossed cover!
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'This...
- Book (3.6kg)£70.00Expected 01 MayPreorder
Power Pop! (RSD 2026)American Power Pop for the Now Generation 1977-1981
One-off coloured pressing exclusive for RSD 2026
15 super-rare USA punk/power pop classics you never heard from bands you never knew!
Soul Jazz Records’...
- Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
- Nastyfacts – Drive My Car
- Pointed Sticks – What Do You Want Me to Do?
- The Normals – Hardcore
- Shoes – Tomorrow Night
- The Reactions – It's Our Turn Now
- Puppet Rulers – Outta My Mind
- Testors – Together
- The Scruffs – You're No Fun
- The Reruns – So So Alone
- The Wigs – You Say Ono
- The Fingers – Isolation
- The Reactions – In Society
- 1. Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- 2. Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- 3. Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
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- New LP SJRLP590C£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Simon Fisher TurnerSTUFF
After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of Tom Brown’s Schooldays and roles in films such as The Big Sleep (with Robert Mitchum) (1978),...
- New LP £25.00In 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
XzibitRestless
It's only appropriate that Xzibit's highly anticipated, and often-delayed, Restless concluded hip-hop's millennial melting pot. After all, Xzibit's association...
- New 2×LP £39.99In stockAdd to Bag
Emanuele CocciaMetamorphoses
We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing...
- Book (350g)£15.99In 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
BasquiatA Quick Killing in Art
“A smart, crackling chronicle of fast game, the ’80s art market, [and] the attraction of destruction.”— Village Voice
A bold and vivid biography...
- Book (700g)£12.99In 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
Nikki GiovanniPoems: 1968-2020
Nikki Giovanni's poetry has dazzled and inspired readers for more than sixty years. When she first emerged from the Black Arts Movement in the late 1960s,...
- Book (600g)£12.99In 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
Clarks in JamaicaBy Al Fingers, includes photos by Adrian Boot, Dave Hendley, David Corio, Mark Read, Beth Lesser
Back in stock! Last copies!Superb brand new edition of this excellent deluxe 240 pages hardback, 100s and 100s of photos and text.
New edition includes...
- Book (1.5kg) 9780956777393£40.00 £35.00In 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
The Second Sexby Simone de Beauvoir
Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex' GuardianSimone de Beauvoir famously wrote, 'One is not born, but rather...
- Book (400g) 9780099595731£14.99In 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
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
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 £7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dollar BrandBlack Lightning (1976)Chiaroscuro Records
- New LP CHIRS2005£23.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Everything Is EverythingSuncutSuncut
Exclusive live mix full of cherry-picked tunes from one of our favourite DJ's (as heard on Ben UFO's Rinse Fm show). Excellent sequencing of little-known...
- – sample one
- – sample two
- – sample three
- – sample four
- 1. – sample one
- 2. – sample two
- 3. – sample three
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Dubkasm Feat. YT / Dubkasm Feat. Rudey LeeHigher MedsDubkasm
Dennis Brown's eighties Two Friends classic 'No More Walls' gets a fresh rework courtesy of Dubkasm. YT and Rudey Lee weigh in on vocal dutys plus a dub...
- Dubkasm Feat. YT – Higher Meds
- Dubkasm Feat. Rudey Lee – Coming In Ruff (Discomix)
- 1. Dubkasm Feat. YT – Higher Meds
- 3. Dubkasm Feat. Rudey Lee – Coming In Ruff (Discomix)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" DUBK026£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Art Ensemble Of ChicagoMessage To Our FolksActuel
More from the AEC's phenomenal creative period in Paris in the summer of '69
- New LP 5060767449653£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
ArcaXenMute
BACK IN STOCK
After a string of EPs, collaborations with FKA twigs, and contributions to Yeezus, Venezuelan artist Arca releases his debut album for...
- – Now You Know
- – Held Apart
- – Xen
- – Sad Bitch
- – Sisters
- – Family Violence
- 1. – Now You Know
- 2. – Held Apart
- 3. – Xen
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP STUMM374£16.99 £10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Gil Scott-Heron / Cesar 830Lady Day And John Coltrane / See-Saw AffairKent
Two bullets from the Flying Dutchman label - one of Gil Scott-Heron's masterpieces backed with a rare, funky latin cut from Cesar 830.
- 7" town 147£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Keysound RecordingsKeysound Recordings presents: Certified ConnectionsKeysound Recordings
The compilation features many members of the Keysound family, including Logos, Dusk + Blackdown, previous Dummy Mix masters Parris and Wen, Murlo, and...
- Logos – Metropolis
- Parris – Pressure
- Dusk + Blackdown – Do You Mean?! (dub)
- Aphix – King
- Caski – Tunnel Music
- Etch – Champion Dancehall
- Wen – It's Alot
- Balistiq Beats – The Machine (Yardman Riddim) (feat. Riko) (Sully remix)
- Murlo – Broken Arrow
- DLVRY – Guilt
- E.m.m.a. – Light Years
- Facta – Quince
- Epoch – Aerospace
- Luke Benjamin – Asha
- 1. Logos – Metropolis
- 2. Parris – Pressure
- 3. Dusk + Blackdown – Do You Mean?! (dub)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×12" LDN050£13.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD LDN050CD£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Fontella BassThe New Look Checker (1966)
Seminal 60's Fontella Bass album on Chess with "Rescue Me".
Original USA first stereo Checker pressing vinyl. Lots of visual scratches...
- – Rescue Me
- 4. – Rescue Me
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£14.99Sold out Notify me when in stock
Cooly G Wait Til NightHyperdub
Cooly G is one of the best artists in the UK and we love this album. Cooly's second album release for Hyperdub hints at R’n'B, reggae sound system...
- – Wait til Night
- – Like a Woman Should
- – Your Sex
- – I Like
- 1. – Wait til Night
- 2. – Like a Woman Should
- 3. – Your Sex
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP HDBLP023£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD HDBCD023£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Jimmy Smith & Wes MontgomeryJimmy & Wes - The Dynamic Duo Verve (1966)
USA original gatefold sleeve, 1966.
- – Down By The Riverside
- 1. – Down By The Riverside
- 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
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