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SaultAIRForever Living Originals
Hermeto PascoalHermetoFar Out Recordings
The ExplosionsGarden Of Four TreesSoul Jazz Records
Inell YoungThe Next Ball GameSoul Jazz Records
Inell YoungWhat Do You See In HerSoul Jazz Records
Kibrom BirhaneHere And ThereFlying Carpet Records
Brown SugarBlack PrideSoul Jazz Records
Soul Jazz Records hoodie (green)
Studio One Women 2Soul Jazz Records
The Cromagnon BandDismantleWe Stay True
Mr. FingersAround the Sun Pt.1Alleviated
Ras TeoBeholdJah Temple
Gaoulé Mizik & Michel LaurentExcursions In Gwoka Vol. 1: A Ka Titine / Kan Sizè SonnéBeauty & The Beat
Harry StylesHarry’s HouseErskine Records
ArcaKICK iiXL Recordings
ArcaKicK iiiXL Recordings
ArcakiCK iiiiiXL Recordings
Moxa Vol.1 | Follow The X (feat. Moodymann, Larry Heard & Osunlade)Various ArtistsRebirth
Tony AllenSecret Agent (2022 Remaster)World Circuit
Armando TrovajoliSessomattoFour Flies
Studio One Rockers (Black vinyl edition)Soul Jazz Records
Cliff and the DiamondsBring Back The Love / I Will NeverRevelation Records
Errol DunkleyFeel Good / Letter To Mommy And DaddyAmalgamated Records
Vivian JonesFire Bun / Final WarAgobun Riddim Section
Kitma & The Co-operatorsFlea BiteVedic Roots
FlockFlockStrut
Sir Lord Comic / Count Matchuki & The DestoryersFranco NeroVP Records
Keith & TexFreedomLiquidator Music
Prince AllaIGhetto Cornerstone
Echoboy ft. Danny Red & The HerbJahovah Remix EPMoonshine Recordings
Art BlakeyJazz Messengers with Thelonious MonkAtlantic
Le BirretteMarina / Cry Me A RiverAloevera Records
John ColtraneMy Favorite ThingsAtlantic
Daniel VillarrealPanama '77International Anthem Recording Company
Karl 'Canonball' BryanReggae Got Soul / Take My HandSpade Records
- Book (700g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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!
Soul Jazz Records hoodie (green)
Brand new Soul Jazz Records Functional Outer Wear Product #1Exclusive to Sounds of the Universe
Limited edition bottle-green hoodie (extra large) with...
- Sweatshirt£35.00Expected 31 MayPreorder
Neverending Songs Of Love
First compilation to focus on the final works of Duke Reid’s legendary label
35 tracks new to CD
Includes numerous Jamaican hits by some of reggae...
- 2×CD£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Julien DyneModes
MODES continues the forward thinking percussive jazz and afro-inspired house music soundscapes explored on Dyne's recent album Teal, and employs some of...
- LP£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
NEW BOOK! Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
DELUXE HARDBACK BOMB REGGAE BOOK!!Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing Jamaican...
- Book (550g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
A History of the Jamaican Recording IndustryBook Two: Rock Steady To Rockers From Treasure Isle To Channel One
Superb hardback 350-page book (nearly twice the size of the first one) with loads of text, photos, artefacts, record labels etc written by Noel Hawks....
- Book (800g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
Coming To BerlinGlobal journeys into an electronic music and club culture capital
The first up to date, post-pandemic, no-borders era book to cover Berlin’s role as an electronic music and cultural capital. Coming To Berlin breaks...
- Book (250g)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Punk, Post Punk, New WaveOnstage, Backstage, In Your Face, 1978-1991
Photographer and filmmaker Michael Grecco was in the thick of things, documenting the club scene in places like Boston and New York as punk rock morphed...
- Book (1.4kg)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Tina TurnerMy Love Story
£12 OFF!!! USA HARDBACKThe full, dramatic story of one of the most remarkable women in music history,!
- Book (600g)£20.00 £8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Letters to GilMalik Al Nasir
Description'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure' IRENOSEN OKOJIE...
- Book (600g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Tape Leaders : A Compendium Of Early British Electronic Music ComposersIan Halliwell
SORRY THIS PRE-ORDER IS NOW CLOSED
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Tape Leaders:...
- Book + CD (850g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
- Book (800g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Magic from Brazil: Recipes, Spells and RitualsMorwyn
Born in turn-of-the-century Brazil, the vibrant magical religions of Umbanda, Macumba, Spiritism, and Candomblé combined ecstatic African traditions with...
- Original Book (500g)£20.00Original out of print secondhand book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Popular Culture: Past and PresentBy Tony Bennett (1981)
Secondhand paperback in good condition
- Original Book (400g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
The New Grove Second Viennese School: Schoenberg, Webern, Berg (The New Grove Composer Biography)Paul Griffiths
Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Alban Berg comprise what is known as the 'Second Viennese School.' Their early 20th-century atonal and 12-tone composition...
- Original Book (350g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Consequences Of Class And Color. West Indian Perspectives
Secondhand out of print hardback book, exlibrary with stamps
- Original Book (350g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Away from the Light of Day - The Autobiography of Amadou and MariamBy Amadou Bagayogo
As new
- Original Book (250g)£6.00In stockAdd to Bag
Jazz Dance and Jazz Gymnastics: Including Disco DancingBy Uta Fischer-Munstermann (1979)
- Original Book (350g)£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Oh yes, oh yes!Carl Cox
DescriptionFrom warm up DJ at the birth of Acid House to global main stage headline artist today, Carl Cox continues to inspire and influence audiences...
- Book (650g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Joy Division: JuvenesKevin Cummins
***The definitive collection of the Joy Division photographs of Kevin Cummins, including interviews with Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris....
- Book (1.5kg)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Voodoo QueenBy Adam Turner
Description ... The Caribbean - a sweltering racial cauldron where white fought black in a violent atmosphere of mistrust and injustice. One man - Toussaint...
- Original Book (200g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Otu Ugodinma
- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: VG-Orig Nigerian vinylIn stockAdd to Bag
Kind of Blue": The Making of the Miles Davis MasterpieceAshley Khan
In the early spring of 1959, six musicians went into the 30th Street Studio in New York. Nine hours later, they had recorded one of the finest albums of...
- Original Book (600g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Up the Sides and Down the Middle: Traditional English Folk DanceBy Eddie Upton
Great A4 mini-book!
- Original Book (250g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Jazz: The Great American Art (The African-American Experience)By Gene Seymour
A history of jazz, from its roots in blues, ragtime, and swing to its various contemporary manifestations, discussing the major performers and the music's...
- Original Book (350g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Greenwich Village: A Primo Guide to Shopping, Eating, and Making Merry in True BohemiaBy Robert Heide
Nice book! Original secondhand paperback in good condition
- Original Book (350g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Old Time Dancing (Know the Game)By the imperial society of teachers and dancers
1964 pamphlet/book
- Original Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
British & Commonwealth LiteratureEdited by David Daiches
Secondhand paperback in ok condition
- Original Book (400g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Robert FranklSchumann Box set
- Original 2×LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+This is a box setIn stockAdd to Bag
The Unclosed Eye: The Music Photography of David RedfernBy David Redfern
Secondhand hardback book in good cond, bit of tearing to dustjacket
- Original Book (1.4kg)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Creole and Cajun Cooking (Foods of the World)By Deins Kelly
Tasty! Tall thin secondhand hardback in ok condition (exlibrary)
- Original Book (500g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Pele - His LIfe and TimesBy Harry Harris
Secndnhand hardback book in good condition w/dustjacket
- Original Book (700g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
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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- 12"£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
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£17.99
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£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = Original USA Vinyl V
- CD£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
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£9.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original USA Vinyl
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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)£19.99
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP£20.99
- CD£10.99
Ohio PlayersContradiction (1976)Mercury
Boogie funk, 76
- Original LP£12.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+ORIGINAL = Original USA Vinyl
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Brothers Johnson Look Out For #1 (1976)A&M Records
Classic jazz funking toons
- Original LP£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)£10.00Original UK paperback in good condition
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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£12.99
ChicChic (1977)Atlantic
Debut album from Chic with "Dance, Dance, Dance", "Everybody Dance" and more!
- LP£30.99
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
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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)£21.99
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". Original = Original USA Vinyl...
- – 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
- Reissue LP£11.99
- Original LP£20.00
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- New LP (180g)£32.00
- CD£7.99
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)£13.99 £7.50
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)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12"£9.99
Marlena ShawActing Up (1978)Columbia
Featuring her superb version of "I'm Back For More"!
Original USA Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG+
High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
100%...
- Original LP£12.00
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£17.99
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)£39.99
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. As always...
- – 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"£15.49
TavaresSky-High! (1976)Capitol Records
w/ Heaven Must Be Missing An AngelOriginal = Original UK Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG
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- Original LP£6.99
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×CD£17.00
- 2×LP£22.99
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£27.99
- 2×CD + Book£18.99
Two SistersB-Boys Beware (1983)Sugarscoop
- – B-Boys Beware
- 1. – B-Boys Beware
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£10.00