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    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...
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      Freedom Rhythm and Sound 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...
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        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...
          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 £35.00
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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...
              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.
                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...
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                    Original Pre-Owned Out of Print paperback copy in good condition
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                  Revolutionary Letters
                  By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
                    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...
                      Wayne GorbeaCogele el Gusto
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                          CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great condition
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                        Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10
                        Latin compilation
                          • Original CD£9.99
                            CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great condition
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                          Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
                          Latin compilation
                            • Original CD£9.99
                              CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great condition
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                            Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
                            Latin compilation
                              • Original CD£9.99
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                              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...
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                                Salsa Y Ache
                                  • Original CD£4.99
                                    CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great condition
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                                  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£10.99
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                                    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...
                                      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...
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                                        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...
                                          James Kaplan3 Shades of Blue : Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans & The Lost Empire of Cool
                                          1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the bestselling jazz album of all time:...
                                            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...
                                              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...
                                                Eros the Bittersweet : An Essayby Anne Carson
                                                Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic...
                                                  Japan : A Culinary Travel Diaryby Clemence Leleu
                                                  This gastronomic journey through Japan blends cultural touchpoints and authentic recipes to chronicle the myriad flavors, ingredients, and traditions that...
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                                                    Days at the Morisaki Bookshopby Satoshi Yagisawa
                                                    The beloved Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, family, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book. When twenty-five-year-old...
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                                                      Luke de NoronhaDeporting Black Britons : Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica
                                                      Since the late nineties, the UK has deported thousands of people to Jamaica. Many of these ‘deportees’ left the Caribbean as infants and grew up in...
                                                        Jacqueline CrooksFire Rush
                                                        Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes....
                                                          We Were There:How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain
                                                          We Were There is about a Black Britain that for too long has been unknown and unexplored – the one that exists beyond London. **An Esquire and GQ best...
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                                                            Keith Gildart & Stephen CatterallKeeping the Faith : A History of Northern Soul
                                                            In the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s...
                                                              Margo JeffersonNegroland : A Memoir
                                                              'Jefferson's eye for details yields some devastatingly honest and painful insights' The Times'Captivating... Charm is this book's watchword' Colin Grant,...
                                                                Emanuele CocciaPhilosophy of the Home : Domestic Space and Happiness
                                                                A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological...
                                                                  The Black Power Mixtape : 1967-1975
                                                                  Featuring images recently discovered in the archives of Swedish television, The Black Power Mixtape shows the Black Power movement as never seen before....
                                                                    Karl Marx, Friedrich EngelsThe Communist Manifesto
                                                                    'The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.'Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working classes - one of the most important and...

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                                                                                • 1. Jolly Brothers – Conscious Man (Seven Leaves 12" Mix 1977)
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