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KNEECAPNo Comment **BANKSY ART**Heavenly Recordings
Junglist!Old Skool Ragga, D&B, Jungle 1993-95Soul Jazz Records
Kelan Phil Cohran & LegacyAfrican SkiesListening Position
Jeff Parker ETA IVtetThe Hard Way In to The Way Out of EasyInternational Anthem
NOW JAZZ NOW - 100 Essential Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings [1960-80]Writing from Thurston Moore, Byron Coley, Mats GustafssonPreface by Neneh Cherry. Afterword by Joe McPheeECSTATIC PEACE LIBRARY
Ambush (feat. Tito Puente, The Bronx Horns & Mitch Frohman)Various ArtistsIn The Woods
Horace AndySkylarking (Studio One)Studio One
Jay DeeWelcome To Detroit: Instrumentals (Special Edition)BBE
Syphax70s Kabyle DiscoShakshouka
JasminBite The Hand That Feeds YouHessle Audio
Kenneth JordanExcitementAthens Of The North
The OlympiansIn Search Of A RevivalDaptone
Iron MaidenLive After Death (40th Anniversary Edition)Warner
Dennis O'Keith GarnerMigraineAthens Of The North
Lance FergusonRare Groove Spectrum Vol. 3Tru Thoughts
Levitation OrchestraSanctuary5DB
Jimi TenorSelenites, Selenites!Bureau B
Eduardo Araujo & SilvinhaSou Filho Desse ChaoMr Bongo
Jodesha & Star RideStar RideAthens Of The North
Take VibeTake Vibe 500Jazz Room Records
Tim MaiaTim MaiaVampisoul
Alan VegaAlan VegaSacred Bones
Alan VegaAlan Vega (Deluxe Remastered Edition)Sacred Bones
Danny RedBaldheadAbba Jahnoi
Sound IrationC.T.U.F.B. Dubplate Part 1 / 2Partial
Hidden Sequence meets Aketi RayCall His NameMagistrate
Alan VegaCollision DriveSacred Bones
Gregory Isaac & Mudies All StarsGone Is The LoveMoodisc
Sergio CañoGood TreatmentGatzara
MBV & Mudies All StarsLorna's DanceMoodisc
Al CampbellNatty Dread Band WagonSunshot
Fish + Goat At The ControlsNo Man Curse - DubplatePartial
Eek A Mouse & Cultural WarriorsNo Wicked (Alt. Vocal Mix)Partial
Lee PerryPresents: Black Man's Time - The Jamaican Upsetters Singles 1972 - Chapter IDoctor Bird
Vivian JonesPunishment / Wop-A-Juby-WopWhite Rum
- Original Book (800g)£10.00Original 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
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
Freedom Rhythm and Sound Chapter 2 EVENTThu 18 Dec 2025
Gilles Peterson + Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) + Special GuestsAn evening of conversation, music and visuals 7.30-10pm Thu 18 Dec 2025 at The American...
- EARLY BIRD Live Event E-Ticket£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Machito and his Afro Cuban Jazz EnsembleWith Flute To Boot!
- New LP 8435307616937£18.99In 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
Susan SontagNotes on 'Camp'
These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary...
- Book (100g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Second Sex (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)by Simone de Beauvoir
Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNESWhen this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage...
- Book (250g)£6.99In 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
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£32.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- 2×CD HVNLP237CD£14.99In 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
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
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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 in good condition, dedication and signed by Grandmaster Flash himself insideSold out Notify me when in stock
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)£25.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK 1st Edn. Hardback Book w/DustjacketSold out Notify me when in stock
Tony AllenMaster Drummer of Afrobeat
50% OFF THIS USA PAPERBACK BOOK. That's £10 CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!!!!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tony...
- Book (650g)£20.00 £10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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...
- Book (450g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
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 dustjacketIn stockAdd to Bag
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£16.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock