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Jon Savage's Space: Light Years From HomeJon Savage's Space: Light Years From HomeCaroline True Records
Caetano VelosoCaetano VelosoLilith
Os MutantesOs MutantesLilith
Tropicalia Ou Panis Et CircensisVarious ArtistsLilith
SAULTActs Of FaithForever Living Originals
Big Bamboo SampleBig Bamboo Sample (Studio One USA)Studio One
Larry AtkinsAin't That Love Enough/Lighten UpKent
Asiko TitoVarious ArtistsThe Jazz Hole (Nig) Ltd
Echoes Of Italy: Artists In Wonderland - Early 90s House Vibes Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (Compiled By Don Carlos)Space Echo Italy
Hank JacobsElijah Rockin' With Soul/East SideKent
Faaji Agba: EroyaVarious ArtistsThe Jazz Hole (Nig) Ltd
Gimisum FamilyGimisum Family [RSD25]Now-Again Records
Tembo, Chrissy Zebby & Ngozi FamilyI'm Not Made Of Iron [RSD25]Now-Again Records
Shawn Lee's GPS BandLostLegere Recordings Germany
Kaidi TathamMiles AwayFirst Word
El Michels AffairMr Brew / KodakBig Crown Records
Alessandro AlessandroniPaesaggio BellicoFour Flies Records
Laurin Rinder & W. Michael LewisSeven Deadly Sins Be With Records
Sweet Rebels - The Golden Era of Algerian Pop-RaïVarious ArtistsWewantsounds
The Devonnes(You'd Better) Straighten Up And Fly Right / Doin' The Gittin' UpKent
Rob MazurekAlternate Moon CyclesInternational Anthem Recording Company
Pink FloydAnimals (2018 Remix)Pink Floyd Records
Vivian JonesCyaan Come A RootsReal Rock
DomEdge Of TimeSommor
Eli Roth's Red Light DiscoCam Sugar
Sandwell DistrictEnd BeginningsPoint Of Departure
Vaudou GameFintouHot Casa Records
Flora AdamsFire Fire333
Zombie ZombieFunk KrautBorn Bad Records
The EmpiricalsGhetto BreezeDMK Outernational
Lee Perry & Mad ProfessorI Am A Madman (12" Mix) / Mad Man DubwiseReal Rock
Eddie ParkerI'm Gone/Crying ClownKent
The Soul TopsKeep On MovingDuke Reid
Butcher BrownLetters From The AtlanticConcord
Kabaka Pyramid & Damian MarleyRed Gold & GreenGhetto Youths International
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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!
Independent as F***Underground Hip-Hop 1995-2005
Independent As F**: Underground Hip-hop from 1995-2005 explores how a generation of rap artists rebelled against the major record labels and made music...
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Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit: Art, Feminism, and Digital Technology
In Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit, Judith K. Brodsky makes a ground-breaking intellectual leap by connecting feminist art theory with the rise...
- Book (2.4kg)£29.99In stockAdd to Bag
Look & See: Collected Ephemera and Printed Material
Look & See offers a very personal insight into the idiosyncratic influences and inspirations behind the creativity of Anthony Burrill, designer and letterpress...
- Book (2.6 kg)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Velvet Underground, New York 1965–66 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Adam Ritchie
Awesome small and beautiful new photo-zine of rare pix of the Velvet Underground in New York 1965-66. In the zone! Look there's Andy (hi Andy!), Lou,...
- Book (200g) ISSN 2752-5619£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
When I Dare to Be Powerful
Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of female...
- Book (300g)£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
Mary Seacole left her native Jamaica to travel through the Caribbean, The Bahamas, Central America and to England. Keen to offer her services to English...
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William S. BurroughsJunky
A shocking exposé of the desperate subculture surrounding heroin addiction, William S. Burroughs' Junky is edited with an introduction by Oliver Harris...
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Reggae Disco 45 BOOKReggae Disco 45 BOOK
BACK IN STOCK LAST COPIES EVER!Reggae Disco 45 is a personal journey through author Martin Skyjuice's collection of 12" and 10" singles. A tribute to the...
- Book (700g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
When someone says, 'You have to know your history...' this is it. A pop culture classic for over two decades, now fully refreshed and updated as part of...
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Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital and Back
From acid-house to prog-rock, there is no form of modern popular music that hasn't been propelled forwards by the synthesizer. As a result they have long...
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There And Black Again
By Don Letts and Mal Peachey
Don Letts – filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father – has always defied conformity....
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Sensuous KnowledgeA Black Feminist Approach for Everyone
In Sensuous Knowledge, Minna Salami draws on Africa-centric, feminist-first and artistic traditions to help us rediscover inclusive and invigorating ways...
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A Little Feminist History of Art
Emerging in the late 1960s as women artists struggled to de-gender their work to compete in a male-dominated arena, the feminist art movement has played...
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Women In Revolt!Art and Activism in the UK 1970-90
A timely exploration of the work and lived experiences of a postwar generation of women artists that have largely been omitted from art historical narratives,...
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Subcontinental SynthesisElectronic Music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969-1972
The history of India's first electronic music studio founded in 1969 at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad by David Tudor.Subcontinental Synthesis...
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The Great Psychic OutdoorsEssays on Low Fidelity: Lo-Fi Music and Escaping Capitalism
Homemade records, tape-hiss worship and a taste for a very peculiar kind of psychedelia have carved themselves a weird niche in the contemporary musical...
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Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel tells the extraordinary story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Published...
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they built. Though little...
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Radio Phonics LaboratoryTelecommunications, Speech Synthesis & The Birth of Electronic Music
The Radio Phonics Laboratory delves into the intersection of technology and creativity that shaped the sonic landscape of the 20th century. This fascinating...
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A Messy History of Women in Printing and TypographyThe Natural Enemies of Books
'Natural Enemies of Books' is a response to the groundbreaking 1937 publication 'Bookmaking on the Distaff Side', which brought together contributions...
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The Women Who Changed Architecture
A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders.
Marion...
- Book (1.3kg)£35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Things Fall Apart
Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. But when he accidentally...
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August Blue
At the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance....
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A NovelGirls Against God
Welcome to 1990s Norway. White picket fences run in neat rows and Christian conservatism runs deep. But as the Artist considers her past, her practice...
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Wayward Lives, Beautiful ExperimentsIntimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queen Radicals
At the dawn of the twentieth century, black women in the US were carving out new ways of living. The first generations born after emancipation, their struggle...
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Satanic FeminismLucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture
According to the Bible, Eve was the first to heed Satan's advice to eat the forbidden fruit and thus responsible for all of humanity's subsequent miseries....
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Remembered for a WhileNick Drake
The authorised companion to the music of Nick Drake, compiled, composed and edited by Cally Callomon and Gabrielle Drake, with contributions from Nick's...
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Terminal Boredom
On a planet where men are contained in ghettoised isolation, women enjoy the fruits of a queer matriarchal utopia -- until a boy escapes and a young woman's...
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The Conspiracy of Art: Manifestos, Interviews, Essays
Cutting-edge theorist Jean Baudrillard on the complicitous dance of art, politics, economics, and media; includes "War Porn," on Abu Ghraib as a new genre...
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Weird WalkWanderings and Wonderings through the British Ritual Year
The first book by iconic zine creators and cultural phenomenon Weird Walk. This is a superbly designed guide to Britain's strange and ancient places, to...
- Book (1.4kg)£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
The In Crowd: The Story of the Northern and Rare Soul SceneBy Mike Ritson and Dave Godin
- Original Book (1.2kg)£40.00Original Pre-Owned First Edition UK Hardback Book, bit of creasingIn stockAdd to Bag
Don Cherry BOOKEternal Rhythm
The eternal rhythm is the vital conduit that links music through breath to life itself. Don Cherry certainly lived music. And his music is alive.When he...
- Book (450g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Faith, Hope and CarnageBy Nick Cave
Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave's inner life. Created from over forty hours of intimate conversations with Seán O'Hagan, it is a profoundly...
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A Book Of Days
With 365 photographs, taking you through a single year, A Book of Days is a new way to experience the expansive mind of the visionary poet, writer, and...
- Book (650g)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
FemalesBy Andrea Long Chu
“Everyone is female, and everyone hates it.”So begins Andrea Long Chu’s genre-defying investigation into sex and lies, desperate artists and reckless...
- Book (150g)£8.99In 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" SJR417-12£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
GQDisco Nights (1979)Arista
All-time disco boogie classic!
- Original LP£15.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Lee Perry & The UpsettersThe Trojan Albums Collection (1971-1973)Trojan Records
Collection of the four classic albums 'Africa's Blood', 'Battle Axe', 'Rhythm Shower', and 'Double Seven'.
- 2×CD TJDCD565£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Boombox 3POSTERSoul Jazz Records
Oh yes! 50 x 70cm KILLER poster!!
Choose "Poster Freepost" if you want this poster sent with any other vinyl order item (LP/12" vinyl only) at NO extra...
- Poster Freepost PosterB3£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
- Poster+Tube PosterB3£7.50In stockAdd to Bag
Basement Beehive: The Girl Group UndergroundNumero
Who do we become when we live our dreams? It’s all here - the high hairdos, the dreams and schemes, the tender camp, the wedding bell fantasias and chaste...
- The Four J’s – Will You Be My Love
- The Chantells With The Aqua Lads – I'll Never Know
- The Passionettes – My Fault
- The Tonettes – I Gotta Know
- Vickie & The Van Dykes – I Wanna Be A Winner
- The Vandelettes – A Love Of Mine
- The Devilettes – I'll Say Yes
- Dot & The Velvelettes – Searching For My Man
- 1. The Four J’s – Will You Be My Love
- 2. The Chantells With The Aqua Lads – I'll Never Know
- 3. The Passionettes – My Fault
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- 2×CD + Book NUM75CD£21.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
LabellePhoenix (1975)Epic
Classic funky uplifting soulful boogie
- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = Original UK Vinyl
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!Sold out Notify me when in stock
Black Fire! New Spirits! PosterSoul Jazz Records
Large deep, spiritual jazz poster for your bedroom wall, innit.
Oh yes! 50 x 70cm KILLER poster!!
Choose "Poster Freepost" if you want this poster sent...
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Donna SummerFour Seasons Of Love (1976)Casablanca Records
Produced by Giorgio Moroder
- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned UK vinylSold out Notify me when in stock
- CD AA8262362£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Instant FunkInstant Funk (1979)Salsoul
Includes "I Got My Mind Made Up"
- – I Got My Mind Made Up
- 1. – I Got My Mind Made Up
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- New LP (180g) SSL8513H£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
- Original LP£15.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl,Sold out Notify me when in stock
Understanding Jamaican PatoisAn Introduction to Afro-Jamaican GrammarLMH Publishing
This easy-to-understand introduction to Afro-Jamaican grammar explains clearly and simply the basics of Jamaican patois. Never again will u mix up your...
- Original Book (400g) 9789766101558£8.00Secondhand paperback in good conditionSold out Notify me when in stock
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£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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£7.00Vinyl condition: VG-Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA vinyl, VG- ONLYSold 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
- CD CORDCD002£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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 frontIn stockAdd to Bag
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
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- Original LP£25.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned USA vinyl, spine wearSold 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£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
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