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Brown Spirits#1Soul Jazz Records
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Rebel Island SoulUnder the Influence: Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970sSoul Jazz Records
Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonBump Talkin’ (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonFeel The Music (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
KNEECAPFENIANHeavenly Recordings
Eccentric Sweet SoulVarious ArtistsNumero Group
Rickey KellyMy Kind of Music (1979)Jazzman
Fred JacksonHootin’ ‘N Tootin’Blue Note
Nightmares On Wax vs Adrian SherwoodIn A Space Outta DubWarp Records
Nightmares On WaxIn A Space Outta Sound [20th Anniversary Edition]Warp Records
Larry YoungMother ShipBlue Note
John Lee HookerThat’s My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings the BluesConcord
Fight The Fire: Digital Reggae, Conscious Roots and Dub in Nigeria 1986-91Various ArtistsSoundway Records
Stan Getz & Luiz BonfáJazz Samba Encore!Verve
Ryuichi SakamotoOPUSSony
Frank SinatraSongs for Swingin’ Lovers!Blue Note
Black Jazz RecordsThe Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971-75Soul Jazz Records
Doug CarnThe Best Of Doug CarnSoul Jazz Records
Astrud GilbertoThe Shadow Of Your SmileVerve
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Pharoah SandersElevationVerve
Mark RonsonLate Night FeelingsSony
Gabor SzaboSpellbinderVerve
Eddie PalmieriVamonos Pa'l MonteConcord
The ProdigyFirestarter [x30 Vinyl Edition]XL Recordings
John ColtraneThe Best Of John ColtraneConcord
Ranking BarnabasThe Cold CrusherJAMDUNG
The CJP BandYou're A StarSupa Jams
Flying LotusBIG MAMABrainfeeder
Jacques CoursilBlack SuiteBYG
Deep Soul CityVarious ArtistsCharly Records
- Original Book (800g)£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Paperback Book in Good ConditionIn 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
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
Punk: The Last WordBy Chris Sullivan and Stephen Colegrave
'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face
'From the shabby stowaways of the...
- Book (900g)£30.00In 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...
- 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)£38.95In 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
Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy presents 'Balearic Breakfast' Volume 4
“There are curators, and then there's Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy.” - Resident Advisor
The sun has finally come out. It’s the first time something...
- 2×LP HVNLP237£32.99In stockAdd to Bag
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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...
- 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
Nova Scotia House : A Novel
Nova Scotia House takes us to the heart of a relationship, a community and an era. It is both a love story and a lament; bearing witness to the enduring...
- Book (450g)£18.99In 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
Friedrich NietzscheAphorisms on Love and Hate
'We must learn to love, learn to be kind, and this from our earliest youth ... Likewise, hatred must be learned and nurtured, if one wishes to become a...
- Book (150g)£4.00In stockAdd to Bag
Music ManAhmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records and the Triumph of Rock'n'RollW. W Norton & Company
Good book about Ahmet Ertegun and Atlantic Records.
First edition USA hardback w/dustjacket.
- Original Book (600g)£18.00Original secondhand USA hardback
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Fania All StarsTribute To Tito RodriguezFania Records
- Original LP SLP 493£35.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Venezuelan VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Tabaco Y Sus MetalesTabaco Y Sus MetalesTop Hits
- Original LP THS - 1227£40.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print VENEZUELAN VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Luis Alva y Su OrquestaParaiso Instrumental (1975)Sono Radio
Rare crazy mix of Peruvian cumbia rhythms and latin wah wah funk meets orchestra lp from Venezuela. Some bit cheesy but with some good stuff. Bit like...
- – Hoy Y Siempre... Amor
- – ¡Oh, Cuanto Te Amo! / Rockin Soul
- 3. – Hoy Y Siempre... Amor
- 5. – ¡Oh, Cuanto Te Amo! / Rockin Soul
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- Original LP O.S. 1009£40.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Peruvian VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash: A MemoirBy Grandmaster Flash with David RitzBroadway
- Original Book (600g)£15.00Original out of print secondhand USA hardback w/dustjacket ex-library with stampsIn stockAdd to Bag
Fela KutiEverything Scatter / Noise For Vendor MouthKnitting Factory Records
The king of afro beat does it again! Two essential classic albums on one budget CD!
- CD KFR-1011£7.99 £7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Welcome to RioWelcome to RioItamaraty
Includes a wicked batucada track 'Ritmo do brasil' - heavy!
- Original LP ITAM 7044£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Brazilian VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Raphy Leavitt Y Su Orquesta La SelectaA Recorded InfernoBorinquen
- Original LP AD-1294£40.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print PUERTO RICAN Vinyl, die cut sleeveSold out Notify me when in stock
ToquinhoAquarelaAriola
- Original LP 813 458-1 4£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Brazilian VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
James Brown: Godfather of Soulby James Brown and Bruce TuckerSidgwick & Jackson
- Original Book (800g)£7.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK Different coverIn stockAdd to Bag
Tony AllenMaster Drummer of Afrobeat
50% OFF THIS USA PAPERBACK BOOK. That's £10 CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!!!!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tony...
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Julian "Cannonball" AdderleyJump For Joy (1958)Mercury Records
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- Original LP£40.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Elis ReginaTrem AzulSom Livre
- Original 2×LP 411.6006£25.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Brazilian vinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Wagner TisoProfissão: MúsicaPhilips
- Original LP 510 558-1£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print BRAZILIAN VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown : An Autobiography by Berry Gordy (1994)by Berry Gordy
- Original Book (800g)£25.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print 1st Edition Hardback Book in Good ConditionSold out Notify me when in stock
Don Cherry BOOKEternal Rhythm
The eternal rhythm is the vital conduit that links music through breath to life itself. Don Cherry certainly lived music. And his music is alive.When he...
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Joe Loco And His QuintetGoin' LocoTico Records
Original Tico Records
- Original LP LP 1006£40.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, spine wear/tapedSold out Notify me when in stock
Oscar D' LeónTributo A La Sonora MatanceraTop Hits
- Original LP EL D 02.31.1126£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print COLOMBIAN VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Wagner TisoCine BrasilPhilips
- Original LP 838 296-1£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print BRAZILIAN VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Black MusicBlack MusicHamlyn
Excellent hardback out-of-print secondhand 70s book featuring great articles and photos on James Brown, Ray Charles, Staple Singers, Maytals, John Holt,...
- Original Book (900g)£10.00Pre-Owned Out of print UK hardback no dustjacketSold out Notify me when in stock
MachitoMachito Goes Memphis (1968)RCA Victor
- – Hip Hug Her
- – Green Onions
- 2. – Hip Hug Her
- 8. – Green Onions
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- Original LP£50.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl. Vinyl is in great condition, sleeve is still in original shrinkwrap.Sold out Notify me when in stock
Wagner TisoAo Vivo Na EuropaAriola
Includes live version of the tough Brazilian fusion tune A-3 (written by Tiso)
- Original LP 813 306-1 2£25.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print BRAZILIAN VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Lokassa Ya MbongoLokassa Ya M'BongoCBS
- Original LP AICD 004£40.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Nigerian VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Baden PowellEstudosMPS Records
- Original LP ulx-8-p£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Japanese VinylIn stockAdd to Bag
Bill EvansHow My Heart Sings
This enthralling book is the first biography in English of Bill Evans, one of the most influential of all jazz pianists. Peter Pettinger, himself a concert...
- Book (450g) 9780300097276£16.99In stockAdd to Bag