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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
The Bug vs Ghost DubsImplosionPressure
Carlos GarnettCosmos NucleusTime Traveler
Kenny BarronSunset To DawnTime Traveler
Roy BrooksThe Free SlaveTime Traveler
Tyler The CreatorCHROMAKOPIAColumbia
GILLES PETERSON and STUART BAKER (SOUL JAZZ RECORDS)FREEDOM, RHYTHM AND SOUND Chapter 2: Journeys To Enlightenment BOOKRevolutionary Jazz Original Cover ArtSoul Jazz Records
Madala Kunene & Sibusile XabaKwantuMushroom Hour Half Hour
Techno Kayo Vol 1: Japanese Techno Pop 1981-1989Various ArtistsRush Hour
Kid SublimeThe Paradigm ShiftNatural Element
No One's Listening AnywayUK DIY Post Punk & Dubs 1978-1984 (Volume 2)Caroline True Records
Idjut Boys / Minjung Kate KimWTF: Further Adventures Of The WTF BandBite The Day
Mick HarrisCulvert Dub Sessions FourL.I.E.S.
Emilio SantiagoMais Que Um MomentoUniversal
Jonny NashOnce Was Ours ForeverMelody As Truth
Arp Frique & The Perpetual SingersSave Your SoulUnknownunknown
G.G. Grossett, Carl Bryan & The Mudie All StarsRun Girl / Run For Your LifeMoodisc Records
Harry Mudie & Dennis Walks with Mudies All StarsShe Pon Top / Black BeatMoodisc Records
Winston ReedyTurf War / Mr Boss ManRoom In The Sky
CoilBackwardsCold Spring
Crissin ft. ShaggyCall On Me / Vacation GirlC&I Jah Bless Records
J DillaDonuts (Audiophile Edition)Stones Throw Records
Maino ft. DirtsmanHotta This Year / Back It UpC&I Jah Bless Records
Maxi PriestIf I Made A Wish / Love AppleC&I Jah Bless Records
Freddie McKayIf You Must GoMelrose
Augustus PabloKing Selassie I CallingOnlyroots
Freddie McKayOur RendezvousJaguar
Frankie PaulStrange FeelingHornin' Sounds
Lily AllenWest End GirlBMG
Sun RaFate In A Pleasent MoodPan Am Records
Orchestra BaobabKelen Ati Leen / SouleymaneMr. Bongo
Kibrom BirhaneLISANE BAHIRFlying Carpet
Rick WadeNight Trackin'Rawax Motor CIty Edition
Elsio Mancuso & Berto PisanoNude Per L'AssassinoFour Flies
Sleaford ModsThe Demise Of Planet XRough Trade Records
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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 of the classic book about German Rock ('Future Days') as well as - more importantly - sleevenotes to our own Deutsche Electronische Musik albums!
From the beginnings of electronic music in the world of avant-classical composition, up to the cosmic funk of Stevie Wonder, Giorgio Moroder and others, on to 80s pioneers and a current trawl through underground electronic music this book is the bomb!
Featuring Kraftwerk, Suicide, Delia Derbyshire, Sun Ra, Steve Reich, Joy Division, Aphex Twin, Prince, Miles Davis, Brian Eno and about a squillion more!
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)£30.00Expected 30 NovPreorder
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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10
Latin compilation
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Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
Latin compilation
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Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
Latin compilation
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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£4.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn 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,...
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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...
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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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Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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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Dr Maya AngelouI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Jason OkundayeRevolutionary Acts
In this landmark work, Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage, charisma and good humour,...
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Alex Haley (Author) , Malcolm X (Author)The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy,...
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Daft PunkWe Were The Robots: A Disco Pogo Tribute
Featuring a new foreword by David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as Soulwax and 2manydjs.
Daft Punk featured often in the formative years of Jockey...
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Friedrich NietzscheWhy I Am so Clever
'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?'Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work...
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Woman Life Freedom
Jina Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of Iran’s Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to...
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Poor Boy RappersLow Rider RapSoul Jazz Records
NEW £1000+ KILLER LA low-rider electro rap groover.
MASSIVE tune + seriously hip twisted electro instrumental courtesy of the great Rich Cason. BUMPIN!
SUPER-RARE...
- Poor Boy Rappers – Low Rider Rap
- Poor Boy Rappers – Low Rider Rap (Instrumental)
- 1. Poor Boy Rappers – Low Rider Rap
- 2. Poor Boy Rappers – Low Rider Rap (Instrumental)
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Garfield FlemingGarfield FlemingCordial Recordings
Cordial Recordings release a mini-LP of new material from Philadelphia soul legend, Garfield Fleming!
- – Ain't Nothing Too Good For My Woman
- – Daddy's Home
- – Is That OK?
- – Grass Ain't Greener (Daft Funk's Funktion Creep Rub)
- – Is That OK?
- – Hustlin'
- 1. – Ain't Nothing Too Good For My Woman
- 2. – Daddy's Home
- 3. – Is That OK?
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- LP CORD12001£17.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Donna SummerBad Girls (1979)Casablanca
Disco classic double-album featuring "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls"...Toot toot, beep beep!
- – Bad Girls
- 2. – Bad Girls
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- Original 2×LP£12.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinylSold out Notify me when in stock
- CD 8225572£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Thelma HoustonAny Way You Like It (1976)Motown/EMI
- – don't leave me this way
- 2. – don't leave me this way
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- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Brian EnoVisual MusicChronicle Books
Visual Music is a one-of-a-kind guided tour through the visual art of creative polymath Brian Eno. Featuring more than 300 images of Eno's installation,...
- Book (800g) 9781452169361£19.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
AfrodisiaElephant SunriseCordial Recordings
Cordial reissue Afrodisia's sought-after 'Elephant Sunrise' album from 1980. A combination of US soldiers with local musicians from Worms, Germany, Afrodisia....
- – T.M.F.F.
- – Elephant Sunrise
- – Psychic Summers
- – Could It Only Be Me
- – Sugar Free
- – Good Thang
- – Wild Turkey
- – Goin' Down To The Disco
- – Zugabe (Encore)
- 1. – T.M.F.F.
- 2. – Elephant Sunrise
- 3. – Psychic Summers
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- LP CORDLP002£20.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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Ohio PlayersContradiction (1976)Mercury
Boogie funk, 76
- Original LP£8.00Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA vinyl VG ONLYSold out Notify me when in stock
Brothers Johnson Look Out For #1 (1976)A&M Records
Classic jazz funking toons
- Original LP SP-4567£9.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = Original USA Vinyl
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Voodoo, Truth and Fantasy (aka Voodoo Search for the Spirit)By Laennec HurbonNew Horizons
A bit like the Rough Guide to Reggae - except for Voodoo. Recommended!
Out of Africa came the cult of spirits who could enter human beings and cross...
- Original Book (250g) 9780810928572£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback, sticker on frontSold out Notify me when in stock
Pink RhythmIndiaBe With Records
Be With Records reissue of the essential, classic, Brit-funk EP from Pink Rhythm. Richly melodic, funk fuelled cruisers, with the added blue-eyed soul...
- – India
- – Trust Me
- – More And More
- – India (Instrumental)
- 1. – India
- 2. – Trust Me
- 3. – More And More
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- 12" EP BEWITH009TWELVE£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
ChicChic (1977)Atlantic
Debut album from Chic with "Dance, Dance, Dance", "Everybody Dance" and more!
- LP 0603497857135£30.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Creative SourceCreative Source (1973)Polydor
Superb soul album featuring the classic tracks: "You Cant Hide Love" & "Who Is He And What Is He To You". A must have album.
- – You Can't Hide Love
- – Who Is He And What Is He To You
- 1. – You Can't Hide Love
- 7. – Who Is He And What Is He To You
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal = Original USA Vinyl gatefold, some sleeve wear, sticker removal mark
surface marks plays fineSold out Notify me when in stock - CD SOL-CD-1207£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Afrobeat!Fela and the Imagined ContinentAFRICA WORLD PRESS
In the seventies, as signs of decay began to show in the capitalist experiment of the newly independent African countries, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti tore his...
- Book (500g) 9781592210752£21.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Young Holt UnlimitedSoulful Strut (1968)Brunswick
Seminal album. Features the party classics "Ain't There Something Money Can't Buy", "Soulful Strut" , "Who's Making Love".
- – Who's Making Love
- – Soulful Strut
- – Ain't There Something Money Can't Buy
- 1. – Who's Making Love
- 6. – Soulful Strut
- 11. – Ain't There Something Money Can't Buy
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£25.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinyl,Sold out Notify me when in stock
Alice ColtraneJourney In Satchidananda (1971)Impulse!
100% essential, C-L-A-S-S-I-C spiritual jazz album featuring Pharoah Sanders! Deep-as-it-gets, hypnotic, trance-like, spiritually uplifting music featuring...
- – Journey in Satchidananda
- – Stopover Bombay
- 1. – Journey in Satchidananda
- 3. – Stopover Bombay
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- New LP (180g) AAIMP228£36.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD IMP12282£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Flash Of The SpiritAfrican & Afro-American Art & PhilosophyVintage Books
NEARLY 50% OFF THIS BOOK!! CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!!
This is the BIBLE on African-American culture and art. Seminal text!
- Book (350g) 9780394723693£13.99 £7.50Out of stock Notify me when in stock
NightdoctorMenelik (original 1981 mix)
Nightdoctor's instrumental "Menelik" is a track that was originally recorded almost as an afterthought but in the years since, has become recognised as...
- – Menelik (original 1981 mix)
- – Menelik (Original 1981 Unreleased Alternative Mix)
- – Menelik (Original Dubplate Mix)
- – Return Of Menelik
- 1. – Menelik (original 1981 mix)
- 2. – Menelik (Original 1981 Unreleased Alternative Mix)
- 3. – Menelik (Original Dubplate Mix)
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- 12" RARC022V£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Marlena ShawActing Up (1978)Columbia
Featuring her superb version of "I'm Back For More"!
- Original LP£15.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinylSold out Notify me when in stock
StereolabSwitched OnDuophonic
Originally released in 1992, via Too Pure, this compilation collects together Stereolab's first three singles. A perfect entry point to the motorik soundworld...
- LP D-UHF-D37£24.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Black Popular MusicIn Britain Since 1945Routledge
Black Popular Music in Britain Since 1945 provides the first broad scholarly discussion of this music since 1990. The book critically examines key moments...
- Book (450g) 9781138504875£39.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
MonyakaRocking TimeHornin' Sounds
Taken from the original master tapes, rare roots reggae tune from 70s New York band Monyaka with extended vocal & Dub version plus dubplate mix.
- – Rocking Time (Extended)
- – Rocking Time (Vocal Dub)
- – Rocking Time (Dubwise)
- 1. – Rocking Time (Extended)
- 2. – Rocking Time (Vocal Dub)
- 3. – Rocking Time (Dubwise)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" HS-09£18.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
TavaresSky-High! (1976)Capitol Records
w/ Heaven Must Be Missing An AngelOriginal = Original UK Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG
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- Original LP ST-11533£6.99Sold out Notify me when in stock
Outro Tempo II: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil, 1984-1996Music From Memory
The second essential instalment of Music From Memory’s Brazilian, 'Outro Tempo' series! This volume focuses upon on a new wave of experimental pop and...
- May East – Maraka
- Dequinha e Zaba – Preposições
- Oharaska – A Fábula
- Fausto Fawcett – Shopping de Voodoos
- R.H. Jackson – O Gato de Schrödinger
- Edson Natale – Nina Maika
- Akira S – Tokei
- Low Key Hackers – Emotionless
- Chance – Samba do Morro
- Jorge Degas – Ilha Grande
- Priscilla Ermel – Americua
- Voluntários Da Pátria – Marcha
- Angel's Breath – Velvet
- Fausto Fawcett – Império Dos Sentidos
- Chance – Intro-Amazônia
- Tetê Espíndola – Quero-Quero
- Nelson Angelo – Harmonía de Água
- Jorge Mello – A Natureza Reza
- Júlio Pimentel – Gersal
- Sebastião Neto – Carrousel
- 1. May East – Maraka
- 2. Dequinha e Zaba – Preposições
- 3. Oharaska – A Fábula
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Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of SudanOstinato Records
Superb follow up to the essential 'Sweet As Broken Dates' and 'Synthesize the Soul', this gem, 'Two Niles to Sing a Melody' revives the enchanting harmonies,...
- Emad Youssef – Al Bareedo Ana (The One I Love)
- Abdel El Aziz Al Mubarak – Ma Kunta Aarif Yarait (I Wish I Had Known)
- Kamal Tarbas – Min Ozzalna Seebak Seeb (Forget Those That Divide Us)
- Madjzoub Ounsa – Arraid Arraid Ya Ahal (Love, Love Family)
- Khojali Osman – Malo Law Safeetna Inta (What If You Resolve What’s Between Us?)
- Zaidan Ibrahim – Ma Hammak Azabna (You Don’t Care About My Suffering) (Live)
- Saied Khalifa – Igd Allooli (The Pearl Necklace)
- Taj Makki – Ma Aarfeen Nagool Shino! (We Don’t Know What to Say!)
- Hanan Bulu Bulu – Alamy Wa Shagiya (My Pain And Suffering) (Live)
- Abdelmoniem Ekhaldi – Droob A Shoag (Paths To Love)
- Samira Dunia – Galbi La Tahwa Tani (My Heart, Don’t Fall in Love Again)
- محمد وردي – Al Sourah (The Photo)
- Abdullah Abdelkader – Al Zaman Zamanak (It’s Your Time)
- Mustafa Modawi & Ibrahim El Hassan – Al Wilaid Al Daif (The Youth Who Came as a Guest)
- Ibrahim El Kashif – Elhabeeb Wain? (Where is My Sweetheart?)
- محمد وردي – Al Mursal (The Messenger)
- 1. Emad Youssef – Al Bareedo Ana (The One I Love)
- 2. Abdel El Aziz Al Mubarak – Ma Kunta Aarif Yarait (I Wish I Had Known)
- 3. Kamal Tarbas – Min Ozzalna Seebak Seeb (Forget Those That Divide Us)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 3×LP OSTLP005£27.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- 2×CD + Book OSTCD005£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Two SistersB-Boys Beware (1983)Sugarscoop
- – B-Boys Beware
- 1. – B-Boys Beware
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7" YE-129£10.00Vinyl condition: NM-Sleeve condition: NM-Original Unplayed USA 45In stockAdd to Bag