Dr. Alimantado – Born For A Purpose / Reason For Living
Dr. Alimantado – Still Alive / Life All Over
1. Born For A Purpose / Reason For Living
2. Still Alive / Life All Over
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the original release in 1977 on Ital Sounds, Doctor Alimantado killer roots classic with full discomix gets a limited edition release with full colour sleeve. Don't delay...
'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...
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,...
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...
'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face
'From the shabby stowaways of the...
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...
'A timely reminder of what we all truly crave as human beings - connection.' Doc Brown'Warren hows why youth spaces matter - not just for young people,...
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...
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...
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...
Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNESWhen this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage...
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,...
Wicked book!
Combining the energy and vibrancy of vernacular Jamaican art with the cultural insight that only original ephemera can bring, the flyers...
By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
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...
Rashid Johnson, Cauleen Smith and others pay tribute to a truly extraordinary figure in 20th-century American jazz. This volume unpacks the cultural legacy...
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Insightful, thought-provoking and profound. I can't recommend highly enough' Sunny Singh'A revolutionary work of beauty,...
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...
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...
Official reissue of this rare and truly oddball gem from the eccentric mind of Lee "Scratch" Perry! Using the same rhythm as Max Romeo's classic "Chase...
The first version of his song, released a year before the version more well known by The Viceroys. Superb production by Augustus Pablo with full Rockers...
Coldcut and Adrian Sherwood return with a masterly 10” rework of the Hindi-Urdu love song ’Kajra Mohabbat Wala’. With the help of the late guitarist...
From the man who played trombone on the all time classic Studio 1 anthem "Real Rock" comes forward with the long over due reissue of his first solo album...
Killer heavyweight roots vocal cut originally released in 1983 on Suffering & Faith label using Jackie Mittoo's mighty "Drum Song" rhythm. Monster dub...
Killer early roots "Sidewalk Doctor" rhythm from 1970 recorded at Treasure Isle by Tommy McCook with I Roy's insanely catchy DJ version, then Phyllis Dillon's...
Another collector’s prize, this dangerous trombone instrumental from legendary trombonist Vin Gordon was produced by Jimmy Radway for his Fe Me Time...
Classic 1977 Freedom Sounds roots produced by the late Bertram Brown and utilising the ferocious Stone rhythm, replete with the previously unreleased...
One of two heavyweight Black Uhuru tunes get's a limited repress on 12". Late 70s roots at it's militant best with Michael Rose on lead vocals with Sly...
Third 10" release in the Joe Gibbs (Roots Archive Series) featuring Naggo Morris & Jacob Miller on their equally killer 70s roots vocal cuts with dubs...
Second of two new limited represses from Black Uhuru, this one featuring "Wood For My Fire" cut from the late 70s with Heavyweight dub and Ranking Joe's...
Names You Can Trust's long-running Swing-A-Ling party in Brooklyn has become an epic warm weather celebration of all classic styles of Jamaican sound system...
wicked 12 track compilation of singles from 1969 to 1977 recorded at dynamic, randy's, black ark, king tubby's and harry j's. check "maccabee the third"...
Wicked roots DJ album recorded in various studios in Jamaica and London, mainly 70s recordings check "go deh natty" "jah jah great" "love is" and many...
Soul Jazz Records’ new Studio One DJ Party is the latest instalment from the mighty Studio One Records catalogue, a wicked new collection of the finest...