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Alfa MistRouletteSekito
Sven WunderDaybreakPiano Piano Records
Chet BakerFive From '65: The Quintet Summer SessionsNew Land
Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient UndergroundVarious ArtistsFundamental Frequencies
Jackie MittooReggae MagicSoul Jazz Records
The Sabres Of ParadiseSabresonic (Remastered)Warp Records
SAULT10Forever Living Originals
Rotary ConnectionHey LoveCadet
Captain SkyMoonchildPast Due Records
Donald ByrdStepping Into Tomorrow (1975)Blue Note
Constantine WeirContradictionItez
Jamaican Ska OrchestraA Recording Tribute To The SkatalitesTip-A-Top Records
Roll & RecordAlgoriddimRoll & Record
Pedrito InternationalArisePedrito International
Dexter GordonLandslideBlue Note
Afrikan SimbaMissionReality Shock
ThorpidoRasta Rude BoyKaos Family
Sally ShapiroReady To Live A LieItalians Do It Better
Kae TempestSelf TitledEMI
Mark De Clive-LoweSix DegreesUniversal Jazz
Too Slow To Disco Neo: The Sunset Manifesto Volume 2Various ArtistsHow Do You Are?
Nat BirchallLiberated SoundsNa-Bi Records
Vivian JonesCrazy BaldheadElemental
Tafari SyndicateGot To Be FreeTafari
Freddie McGregorHand In A De FireElemental
Lee MorganHere’s Lee MorganConcord
The Chosen FewIn The Rain / Rain DropsPlanets
Jackie McLeanJacknifeDecca / Blue Note
Sabrina CarpenterMan’s Best FriendPolydor
Melody BeecherOnly One YouPlanets
African BrothersParty NightDukie's
Desmond RileySkinheads A Message To You / If I Had WingsHarlem Shuffle
Spiritual SoulVarious ArtistsNumero
The PretendersThe SinglesWarners
TribesmanThe Tribe / Finsbury ParkReggae Archive Records
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Yes Yes Y'all: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip Hop's First Decade by Jim Fricke and Charlie Ahearn
The Perseus Press
- Original Book (1kg) 9781903985571£40.00Original Pre-Owned Out of Print USA paperback in good condition, sticker on frontIn stockAdd to Bag
WICKED oral history of early rap. Essential!
Old School Rap and Hip-HopChris Woodstra, John Bush, Stephen Thomas ErlewineBackbeat Books
Only £8 IMPORT USA PAPERBACK BOOK The real old school! More than 500 reviews plus artist bios and the true tales of the birth of the art form
- Book (350g) 9780879309169£14.00 £8.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Last SultanThe Life And Times Of Ahmet ErtegunSimon & Schuster
Import USA Paperback edition book 40% Off Original price!
The Last Sultan is the definitive biography of a man who changed popular culture throughout...
- Book (550g) 9781416558408£13.99 £7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Pablo MilanésPablo Milanés Canta A Nicolás Guillén (1975)Areito
Original Cuban vinyl!Vinyl VG , sleeve GHigh-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
- Original LP LD-4017£20.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Brenda FassieBlack President (1990)Mercury
Rare Zimbabwe boogie
- – Street Girl
- – Bump Party Time
- 7. – Street Girl
- 8. – Bump Party Time
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- Original LP 4064851£35.00 £10.00Vinyl condition: VG-Sleeve condition: VG-ORIGINAL NIGERIAN VINYL MARK ON SIDE TWO TRACK 1, sleeve damage
+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
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
In the Fascist Bathroom: writings on Punk 1977-1992by Greil MarcusViking
- Original Book (650g)£8.00secondhand hardback book in good condSold out Notify me when in stock
JazzEdited by Nat Hentoff and Albert McCarthyQuartet Books (1977)
- Original Book (350g)£12.00Secondhand out of print book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Jazz Masters Of New OrleansBy Martin WilliamsMacMillan (1979)
Good book! Did you know why the drummers of New Orleans jazz have always been underrecorded? Did you know that Orson Welles was a big New Orleans jazz...
- Original Book (600g)£15.00Secondhand USA hardback (ex-library, plastic covered)In stockAdd to Bag
AmericaHoliday (1974)WB
- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Gypsy Music in European CultureFrom The Late 18th to the Early 29th Centuries
USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK £10 off
Translated from the Polish, Anna G. Piotrowska's 'Gypsy Music in European Culture' details the profound impact that...
- Book (500g) 9781555538378£25.00 £15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Professionals (Madlib & Oh No)The ProfessionalsMadlib Invazion
Hip hop production hero Madlib and rapper Oh No collaborate as The Professionals on their self-titled album. Marking their first full length album as The...
- – My House
- – The Pros
- – Payday
- – Give N Take
- – Superhumans
- – Buggin
- – CDP Smackdown
- – Timeless Treasure
- – I Jus Wanna
- – Away Too Long
- – Make Due
- – Tired Atlas
- – Dishonored Valor
- 1. – My House
- 2. – The Pros
- 3. – Payday
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- LP MMS034-LP£30.99Embossed jacketIn stockAdd to Bag
- 2×CD MMS034-CD£14.992xCD issue with a bonus disc containing the Madlib instrumentalsIn stockAdd to Bag
Getting Together With The Jackson 5 (1971)Musico Records
Original = USA Original Vinyl G+ /Sleeve VG-
+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl...
- Original LP MDS 1047£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Sonny OkosunThe Gospel Of Ozziddi (1981)EMI International
Afro-Disco funk.
Original Nigerian Vinyl VG, sleeve G- (lot of wear)
+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+100% Guarantee on this...
- – Carnival
- 3. – Carnival
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- Original LP NEMI (LP) 0530£25.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin': The Authorised Story Of Public EnemyBy Russell Myrie Cannongate
Russell Myrie has had unprecedented access to the group, conducting extensive interviews with Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Terminator X, Professor Griff, the...
- Original Book (300g) 9781847671264£7.00Secondhand paperbackSold out Notify me when in stock
The AwakeningHear, Sense And FeelBlack Jazz Records
The Awakening are the heaviest of all the groups to release on Black Jazz Records - this is simply a spiritual jazz classic album - every track is superb....
- – Awakening - Prologue Spring Thing
- – Convulsions
- – Kera's Dance
- – Brand New Feeling
- 1. – Awakening - Prologue Spring Thing
- 3. – Convulsions
- 4. – Kera's Dance
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP RLGM10851PMI£26.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD RLGM10872PMI£17.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Life And Death On The New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983By Tim Lawrence
Here we go .. massive NYC dancefloor 500+ page book by the excellent Tim Lawrence - who wrote Love Saves The Day and also has written for Soul Jazz...
- Book (900g) 9780822362029£24.00In stockAdd to Bag
Stevie WonderBy John Swenson
- Original Book (500g) 9780859650762£12.00Secondhand paperback in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Don Shirley TrioDon Shirley Trio (1960)Cadence
Original 1960 textured sleeve original vinyl jazz trio quite deep
- Original LP CLP 3046£12.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash: A MemoirBy Grandmaster Flash with David RitzBroadway
- Original Book (600g)£15.00Original out of print secondhand USA hardback w/dustjacket in good condition, dedication and signed by Grandmaster Flash himself insideSold out Notify me when in stock
Yo! The Early Days of Hip-Hop 1982-84Photography by Sophie BramlySoul Jazz Books
Yo! The Early Days of Hip-Hop 1982-84 is a new book published by Soul Jazz Books/Records that features 300+ pages of stunning photographs documenting the...
- Book (1.9kg) SJR506£35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Back In The Days Photographs By Jamel ShabazzpowerHouse Books
Amazing, genius photographs of New York hip-hop fashion and culture taken by Jamel Shabazz between 1980 and 1989. Intro by Fab Five Freddy. As stylish...
- Book (700g) 9781576871065£30.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Musica BrasileiraA History of Popular Music and the People of BrazilMarion Boyars
STILL ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ON BRAZILIAN MUSIC! Only £6!!!
Written by Claus Schreiner, this is an excellent book covering all aspects of Brazilian music...
- Book (450g) 9780714530666£9.99 £6.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Dakota StatonI Want A Country Man (1973)Groove Merchant
Original USA 1973 Groove Merchant reocrds w/ Frank Wess, Cecil Bridgewater, Bill Watrous produced by Sonny Lester
- Original LP GM 521£9.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Sold out Notify me when in stock
Bomb The SuburbsBy William Upski WimsattSubway & Elevated
- Original Book (250g)£8.00Original out of print secondhand book ex-library with stamps
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Rap and Hip HopExamining Pop CultureGreenhaven Press (2003)
Explores the history and social aspects of rap music and hip hop culture, which emerged underground through African American artistic expressions in the...
- Original Book (350g)£20.00Original secondhand book ex library with stamps in good condition
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Jazz Religion, The Second Line And Black New OrleansBy Richard Brent TurnerIndiana University Press
Great New Orleans music book! NEW EDITION DIFFT COVER
Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of the...
- Book (350g)£19.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock