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    O.C. PF CuttinOpium
    After decades in the game, it's safe to say that legendary D.I.T.C member O.C. along side east NY dj & producer Pf Cuttin have always been constant at...
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    Andy WarholA
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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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          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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              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...
                Don CherryEternal Now
                  • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 0889397842314£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...
                      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.
                            Beneath the UnderdogBy Chalrles 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...
                                  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...
                                    Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
                                    Latin compilation
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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. 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...
                                          • Book (350g) 9780241696453£9.99
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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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                                            Alice Coltrane - Monument Eternal (DELUXE HARDBACK)By Ann Philbin, Franya J. Berkman
                                            Rashid Johnson, Cauleen Smith and others pay tribute to a truly extraordinary figure in 20th-century American jazz. This volume unpacks the cultural legacy...
                                              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...
                                                  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...
                                                      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...

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