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    LabyrinthBritish Jazz on Record 1960-75
    MASSIVE large format 375 page £3kg hardback book, quarter bound in cloth, debossed cover! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'This...
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      Power Pop! (RSD 2026)American Power Pop for the Now Generation 1977-1981
      One-off coloured pressing exclusive for RSD 2026 15 super-rare USA punk/power pop classics you never heard from bands you never knew! Soul Jazz Records’...
      • Ambulance – It's All Up To You
      • Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
      • Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
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      • Pointed Sticks – What Do You Want Me to Do?
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      • The Reactions – It's Our Turn Now
      • Puppet Rulers – Outta My Mind
      • Testors – Together
      • The Scruffs – You're No Fun
      • The Reruns – So So Alone
      • The Wigs – You Say Ono
      • The Fingers – Isolation
      • The Reactions – In Society
      Simon Fisher TurnerSTUFF
      After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of Tom Brown’s Schooldays and roles in films such as The Big Sleep (with Robert Mitchum) (1978),...
        Wayne Jarrett And The Bull Wackie AllstarsAfrican Woman
        DKR say..Six track 12" collecting all the cuts of Wayne's first recording for Wackie's, from 1976. A classic of raw underground vibes from the Sounds Unlimited...
        • Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
        • Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
        William S. BurroughsThe Finger
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          XzibitRestless
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            Emanuele CocciaMetamorphoses
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              Carol Ann DuffyFeminine Gospels
              n Feminine Gospels, Carol Ann Duffy draws on the historical, the archetypal, the biblical and the fantastical to create various visions – and revisions...
                • Book (200g) 9781035038565£10.99
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                Andy WarholA
                Part novel, part Pop artwork, Andy Warhol's a is an electrifying slice of life at his Factory studio'A work of genius' NewsweekIn the early 1960s, Andy...
                  BasquiatA Quick Killing in Art
                  “A smart, crackling chronicle of fast game, the ’80s art market, [and] the attraction of destruction.”— Village Voice A bold and vivid biography...
                    Straighten Up! BOOK Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
                    We got some more! BOMB REGGAE BOOK!! Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing...
                      Awopbopaloobop AlopbamboomBy Nik Cohn
                        • Original Book (300g)£12.00
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                        The West Indian Experience in British SchoolsBy Raymond Giles
                          • Original Book (350g)£15.00
                            Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback Book in good condition
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                          Nikki GiovanniPoems: 1968-2020
                          Nikki Giovanni's poetry has dazzled and inspired readers for more than sixty years. When she first emerged from the Black Arts Movement in the late 1960s,...
                            Jamie Lidell & Luke SchneiderA Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams
                            Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider have created a kind of sonic tool to navigate a liminal state of mind. Their new collaborative LP, A Companion For The...
                              • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 0309272740004£26.00
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                              I Hear Music In The StreetsNew York 1969-89
                              Capturing the energy of New York City's music subcultures—across hip-hop, punk and rap—through an array of snapshots by photographers including...
                                • Book (1.4kg) 9788410024687£48.00
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                                Don CherryHear & Now
                                  • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 0889397842512£17.00
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                                  Ellis ReginaO Bem Do Amor
                                    • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 7427255403500£18.99
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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...
                                          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...
                                            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.
                                              The Second Sexby Simone de Beauvoir
                                              Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex' GuardianSimone de Beauvoir famously wrote, 'One is not born, but rather...
                                                • Book (400g) 9780099595731£14.99
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                                                Beneath the UnderdogBy Charles Mingus
                                                Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated,...
                                                  The Art of DancehallPosters and Flyers of Soundsystem Culture
                                                  Wicked book! Combining the energy and vibrancy of vernacular Jamaican art with the cultural insight that only original ephemera can bring, the flyers...
                                                    Revolutionary Letters
                                                    By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
                                                      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
                                                            CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great condition
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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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