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    Attack The Dancefloor Vol. 15Various ArtistsZ Records
    Mac MillerBest Day EverRostrum Records
    Garfield FlemingDon't Send Me Away (7" Version)Beckett
    Billy CobhamDrum 'N Voice Remixed (inc. Motor City Drum Ensemble, Villalobos & Danny Krivit remixes)Rebirth
    Junior DelgadoGim Mi Your LoveIntelitec Muzik
    StormzyHeavy is the HeadAtlantic
    Paketo WilsonImmigrationArchive Recordings
    Aaron SilkLosing BattleArchive Recordings
    White MiceMr Bossman (Acetate mix)Intelitec Muzik
    White MiceStep By StepIntelitec Muzik
    AishaWar On CrackArchive Recordings
    Reggae Regular ft. Allan KingpinWhere Is Jah / Black Star LinerArchive Recordings
    12 Bombazos BailablesVarious ArtistsVampi Soul
    Flørist4 Letter WordThe Trilogy Tapes
    Throbbing GristleA Souvenir Of Camber SandsMute
    Fela KutiArmy ArrangementKnitting Factory Records
    Bells Of KyotoBells Of KyotoMitsuko & Svetlana Records
    Fela KutiCoffin For Head Of StateKnitting Factory Records
    Apiento feat. Harriet BrownDown That RoadWorld Building
    Underground ResistanceInspiration / TransitionUnderground Resistance
    Fela KutiJ.J.D (Johnny Just Drop!!) Live!! At Kalakuta RepublikKnitting Factory Records
    Hugh Masekela and CompanyLive in LesothoMatsuli Music
    London Is The Place For Me 7&8Various ArtistsHonest Jon's
    London Is The Place For Me 7: Calypso, Mento, Joropo, Steel & String BandVarious ArtistsHonest Jon's
    London Is The Place For Me 8: Lord Kitchener in England, 1948-1962Various ArtistsHonest Jon's
    Leon Thomas ‎Love Each Other / L.O.V.ESoul Brother Records
    Mogadisco: Dancing Mogadishu, Somalia 1972-1991Various ArtistsAnalog Africa
    Throbbing GristlePart Two - The Endless Not / TG NowMute
    Sassy JPatchworkRush Hour
    KoffeeRapture E.P.Columbia
    Jai HoShort Story from Tabla, Drums & Trumpet / Oye MaiaJazzman
    Shanti CelesteTangerinePeach Discs
    Jeff MillsThe Director's Cut Chapter 6Axis
    Theatre WestTheatre WestBackatcha Records
    I Marc 4Thrilling MortaleVampi Soul
    Fela KutiV.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power)Knitting Factory Records
    Night ScoopsFalse Robotics / No WaterRiddim Chango Records
    Augustus PabloFeeling MoodyAndy's
    The ParagonsLeft With A Broken HeartAndy's
    The ParagonsQuiet PlaceAndy's
    Time UnlimitedRight Time ComeFruits Records
    Augustus Pablo & The AggrovatorsRockers StyleThird World
    Rudolph "Garth" DennisSlow CoachAndy's
    Oscar WeathersWe're Running out of Time / CountdownFantasy Love Records
    Donovan King JayChantingRailroad Records
    Timothy Fife & Repeated ViewingRepeated Viewing And Timothy Fife Explore Paranormal Sounds Of The SynthesizerBurning Witches Records
    The FrightnrsSharon / AdmirationThe Full Hundred
    Akae Beka / Fikir AmlakStability / Walk With JahAkashic Records
    Hugh MundellJacquelineVP Records
    Vincent TaylorJah ChildrenRiver Bank Records

    How Music Works By David Byrne

    Post-Punk, Books, New York Scene Books, Punk
    • Book (400g) 9780857862525£16.99
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    How Music Works is David Byrne's bestselling, buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. Drawing on his own work over the years with Talking Heads, Brian Eno, and his myriad collaborators - along with journeys to Wagnerian opera houses, African villages, and anywhere music exists - Byrne shows how music emerges from cultural circumstance as much as individual creativity. It is his magnum opus, and an impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.

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    Roots RadicsJunjo Presents 12 Inches Of Dub+ General Echo 12" Of Pleasure CD
    Roots Radics 12 Inches Of Dub; mixed by Scientist saw a limited vinyl only Record Store Day pressing in 2019. This previously unreleased crucial dub set...
    Reggae, Roots, Dub
    • 12" Of Dub – Young Banana Dub
    • Roots Radics – Set Your Dub On Fire
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    • Roots Radics – Tribulation Dub
    • General Echo 12" Of Pleasure – Lorna She Love Young Boy Banana
    • Roots Radics – It's My Desire To Set Your Crutches On Fire
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    Diana Ross: A Legend in Focus (2000)by Sharon Davis
     
    Funk/Soul, Books
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      Large format secondhand hardback book
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    Stevie WonderBy John Swenson
    Great pics and bio!
    Funk/Soul, Books
    • Original Book (500g)£10.00
      Secondhand paperback in great condition​
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    The Folk Music Encyclopaediaby Kristin Baggelaar And Donald Milton (1977)
     
    Folk, Books, Rock
    • Original Book (1kg)£15.00
      Secondhand out of print hardback book ex-library with stamps in good condition
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    A Simple Brazilian SongJames Woodall
     
    Brazilian, Books
    How To DJ Properly: The Art And Science Of Playing Recordsby Frank Broughton & Bill Brewster
     
    House Music, Books
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    Let's Visit NigeriaBy Nicholas Freville
    Very groovy small hardback book 1968, republished 74. Secondhand hardback
    African , Books
    Dusty : An intimate Portrait Of Dusty Springfield (2008)by Sharon Davis
     
    Funk/Soul, Books
    If I Can Dream: Elvis's Own Storyby Larry Geller And Joel Spector (1989)
    A long-time confidante of Elvis Presley reveals intimate details of the legendary performer's dreams and disillusionments, showing his disintegration due...
    Rock, Books
    Scientists of Sound: Portraits of a UK Reggae Sound Systemby Simon Jones & Paul Pinnock
    New large format paperbackThis book provides a snapshot of UK reggae sound system culture during its 1980s heyday. Scientists of Sound is a documentary...
    Reggae, Books
    Kyle Dixon & Michael SteinStranger Things Volume 3
    Third sound instalment from the most recent series of the popular Netflix show 'Stranger Things'
    Soundtracks, Electronic
      The "Rolling Stones" Off the Recordby Mark Paytress
      This book is in diary form, but it is so much more than just a band diary. It's a bit of social history with all the social and political comings and goings...
      Rock, Books
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        s/hand hardback book w/dustjacket, sticker on side in good condition
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      Transformer: The Lou Reed Story
       
      Rock, Books
      • Original Book (800g)£10.00
        Out of print edition USA hardback book in good condition
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      Frequency SynthesizerTheory and Design
      Rare book on synthesizers. Hardback secondhand w/dustjacket in plastic, ex library w/stamps
      Books
      OctavianEndorphins
      23 year old Angolan / French / British rapper Octavian continues his meteoric rise with the release of a brand new mixtape. Titled Endorphinsit his second...
      Hip-Hop, Grime, Bass/Dubstep
      • Octavian – Gangster Love Intro
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      • Octavian – Risking Our Lives >> AAA + Interlude
      Emeli SandeReal Life
      Fourth album release from pop/soul singer, Emeli Sande!
      Funk/Soul, Indie Rock / Pop
        Sex Pistols: 90 Days At EMIby Brian Southall
        'As new' secondhand book
        Punk, Books
        In The Spiritby Michael P Smith
        Wicked New Orleans pix!
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        The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Musicby Richard Williams
        s/hand book
        Jazz, Books
        The Bluesman: The Musical Heritage of Black Men and Women in the Americasby Julio Finn
        Examines the spiritual, social, and anthropological roots of the blues, discussing African animist religion, the slave trade, Voodoo, Hoodoo, and the early...
        Black America/Black Power Books
        • Original Book (500g)£10.00
          Original USA paperback in good condition
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        Reggae and Caribbean Musicby Dave Thompson
        Big book!
        Reggae, Books
        • Original Book (1.1kg)£10.00
          Original USA paperback in good condition
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        Roy HeathThe Murderer (1979)
        A very good short story about flawed characters and evocative of a time and place in Guyana.  secondhand paperback
        Black Britain
        • Original Book (200g)£7.00
          Sleeve condition: VG+Original UK paperback in good condition
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        Black Music in the United States: an Annotated Bibliographyby Samuel A. Floyd Jr & Marsha J. Reisser
        Includes section on Bibliographies of bibliographies and Bibliographies on biographies (!) and 'records and record collections'
        Black America/Black Power Books
        • Original Book (650g)£20.00
          Sleeve condition: VG+Original USA hardback, ex library , w stamps, no dustjacket
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        The OutsiderAlbert Camus
        It's a classic
        Motown - Artist by Artistby Pat Morgan
         
        Motown, Books, Funk/Soul
        • Original Book (600g)£7.00
          Original UK hardback small tear on front
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        Scooby: The Glory of the Rideby Stuart 'Scooby' Cochrane
        More Ibiza madness
        House Music, Books
        • Original Book (400g)£8.00
          Original secondhand book in ok condition
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        Warrior & His Oriental Brothers InternationalMy Success (1981)
        Original Nigerian Vinyl! Vinyl/sleeve VG Lots of surface scratches plays well /sleeve F/G- +High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
        African
          From the heat of the Dayby Roy Heath
           
          Caribbean Books
          • Original Book (200g)£6.00
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          Angelique KidjoCelia
           
          African , Funk/Soul
            Changing JamaicaAdam Kuper
            Original secondhand hardback first edition (laminated dust jacket, ex library w/stamps)
            Books, Caribbean Books
            The Vice LordsWarriors of the Streets
            Rare USA small secondhand book in good condition - cultural anthropology case studies about the legendary street gang. This is 1978 edition with different...
            Black America/Black Power Books
            The Wire+ The Wire Tapper
            The Wire magazine, with features on the great minds of the music industry, reviews on SOTU favourites and more! Also includes a free wire tapper cd!
            Magazines, Music
            The BuzzcutsDead or Alive (Extended Mix)
            Previously only released on CD, the extended mix of a cult party classic - a key staple in a DJ Harvey set! Very limited copies in circulation- don't sleep...
            New Disco and re-edits, Disco
              Gerald McCauleyWondering
              "Wondering" that came as a result was brought to life by the singer and industry insider Gerald McCauley, who turned his soul inside out for the performance....
              Funk/Soul
                The Rolling StonesHonkThe Very Best Of
                Disc One 1. “Start Me Up”2. “Brown Sugar”3. “Rocks Off”4. “Miss You”5. “Tumbling Dice”6. “Just Your Fool”7. “Wild Horses”8....
                Rock
                LeewayLee Morgan Discography
                Excellent discography on man like Lee Morgan, every record session! "Roger Wernboe has done Jazz scholars, fans, and collectors a great favor. Thanks...
                Jazz, Books
                • Book (200g)£25.00
                  Out of print RARE paperback book. NEW, SEALED OPENED ONCE
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                Laviscount BrassJamarona / Push Ya Push Day
                VERY HEAVY & RARE CALYPSO TUNE - junp-up heavy percussion and brass instrumental cut 2-sider!
                Calypso
                • Laviscount Brass – Jamarona
                • Laviscount Brass – Push Ya Push Day
                • Original 7"£30.00
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                Contemporary Music: An Introductionby Francis Routh (1968)
                Neat secondhand small hardback book w/dustjacket. Varese, Schoenberg, Copland
                Books
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                Soul of a Nation (BOOK)Art in the Age of Black Power
                BACK IN STOCK!!!!In the period of radical change that was 1963-1983, young Black artists at the beginning of their careers in the USA confronted key questions...
                Jazz, Black America/Black Power Books, Art Books
                African Musics in Context. Institutions, Culture, Identityby Thomas Solomon
                African Musics in Context discusses the place of performing arts in Ugandan society, archiving music and music sources, performing archival music, performing...
                African , Books
                Namba RoyNo Black Sparrows
                'A vivid portrait of Jamaica in the 1930s" Excellent social realist novel. Written by Jamaican Namba Roy in the 1950s in Britain. He died in 1961 and...
                Caribbean Books
                • Original Book (200g)£15.00
                  Secondhand out of print ex-library paperback copy, library stamp half removed on front page and small tear otherwise good
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                CoversRetracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London
                Superb deluxe hardback book. "Covers: Retracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London" is a project by photographer Alex Bartsch documenting reggae album covers...
                Books, Reggae
                Blood Posse (1994)by Phillip Baker
                Yardie stylee! 'This book follows the life of Danny, a young Jamaican growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s. At the age of 18, in the middle of a sectarian...
                Books, Reggae
                • Original Book (300g)£8.00
                  Secondhand out of print paperback in good condition
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                Just Above My Headby James Baldwin
                'This is the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers' Edmund White, Washington Post When Arthur Montana, world-renowned 'Emperor of Soul',...
                Cult Literature Classics
                • Original Book (900g)£20.00
                  UK 1st edition hardback w/dustjacket covered in plastic in great condition
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                Music in Africaby Adana Dzemila
                Africa is such a large and diverse continent. Outside Africa, there is often only talk about Africa as one country: For example Tunisia and Tanzania could...
                African , Books
                Lion SongsThomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe
                NEARLY 70% OFF ORIGINAL PRICE! LOVELY USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK! CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!! Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader...
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                R.I.P.: New York Spraycan Memorialsby Martha Cooper
                Nice book!
                Hip-Hop, Books
                Mars by 1980 - The Story of Electronic MusicBy David Stubbs
                New KILLER 100% essential MASSIVE 450+ pages book about the history of electronic music. 'Mars by 1980' is written by the very groovy David Stubbs, author...
                Electronic , Books
                The Philly Sound BOOKPhiladelphia Soul Music and its R&B Rootsby Dave Moore (UK) and Jason Thornton (US)
                B ABSOLUTELY MIND-BLOWING & STUNNING 700-page hardback book! FREE UK SHIPPING!!!!! Everything you ever wanted to know about the music of Philadelphia....
                Funk/Soul, Books
                Greatest Highlife Hits (1987)Various
                 
                African
                  • Original LP£18.00
                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: GOriginal Nigerian vinyl, has side spine wear

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