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William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
MuseThe Wow!Warner Records
Joe HisaishiA Big Bold Beautiful JourneyMutant
Dragon Ball Hit Song CollectionVarious ArtistsNippon Columbia
Brown Spirits#1Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#2Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#3Soul Jazz Records
Amyl and The SniffersGiddy Up / Big Attraction (10 Year Anniversary)Amyl and The Sniffers
YungbludIdols (Complete)Island
Rebel Island SoulUnder the Influence: Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970sSoul Jazz Records
Marcos ValleO Compositor E O CantorVampisoul
Roy Ayers UbiquityRed, Black & GreenVampisoul
T.P. Orchestre Poly-RythmoWest African Beat: Rare 7s and EPs from Benin and NigerAcid Jazz
McCoy TynerAsante [Expanded Edition]Blue Note
Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Buena Vista Social ClubLost and FoundBMG
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Terry CallierAt The Earl Of Old TownTime Traveler
Paul JohnsonBump Talkin’ (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonFeel The Music (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
KNEECAPFENIANHeavenly Recordings
Roy Ayers UbiquityLive At The Montreaux Jazz FestivalUniversal Music Japan
Marcos ValleSamba '68 (Verve Vault)Verve
CAVSSojournp(doom)
Macho/Millie JacksonSpring Revisited vs. Kenny Dope: The 45 RemixesAcid Jazz/Ace Records
Donald ByrdThe Cat WalkBlue Note
Muddy WatersThe Real Folk BluesChess
Howlin' WolfThe Real Folk BluesVerve
The Young LionsThe Young LionsConcord
Bobby TimmonsThis Here Is Bobby TimmonsConcord
Kenny DorhamWhistle StopBlue Note
Bulayo: Guitar Songs from Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, and DR CongoVarious ArtistsMississippi Records
Adrian YoungeYoungLinear Labs
Eccentric Sweet SoulVarious ArtistsNumero Group
SquarepusherKammerkonzertWarp
- Original Book (300g)£8.00Secondhand out of print paperbackIn stockAdd to Bag
Yardie stylee! Similar vein to Victor Headley - nice!
'This book follows the life of Danny, a young Jamaican growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s. At the age of 18, in the middle of a sectarian war, he gets his hand on a gun and his life completely changes he becomes a vigilante, leads a gang, and starts making money by dealing in drugs'
Nucleus Roots ft. Don HartleyDeep Roots
Very limited repress of this deep roots 10" from 10 years ago featuring Nucleus Roots and singer Don Hartley with four excellent mixes to chose from.
- – Deep Roots
- – Blood Thicker Than Water Dub
- 1. – Deep Roots
- 3. – Blood Thicker Than Water Dub
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- 10" PRTL1001£14.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (500g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Kae TempestDivisible by itself and one
Divisible by Itself and One is the powerful new collection from our foremost truth-teller Kae Tempest. Ruminative, wise, with a newer, more contemplative...
- Book (200g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (500g)£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern AmericaBy Donald L. Miller
- Original Book (500g)£8.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
Awopbopaloobop AlopbamboomBy Nik Cohn
- Original Book (300g)£12.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
The West Indian Experience in British SchoolsBy Raymond Giles
- Original Book (350g)£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback Book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
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,...
- Book (600g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
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£48.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (1.9kg)£15.00 £15.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (2.1kg)£50.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (350g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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.
- Sweatshirt£40.00In stockAdd to Bag
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,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (1.1kg)£38.95In stockAdd to Bag
Revolutionary Letters
By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- 2×LP HVNLP237£32.99In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×CD HVNLP237CD£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
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£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Salsa Y Ache
- Original CD£4.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (1.3kg)£50.00In stockAdd to Bag
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,...
- Book (350g) 9780141996479£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (600g) 9781474621472£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
- Book (1.1kg) 9780300266573£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (600g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Sugar MinottMurderBlack Roots
Mid 80s jump up roots with version on the flip, nice & clean new represses on Black Roots.
- – Murder
- – Version
- 1. – Murder
- 2. – Version
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- 7"£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Shaggy: Dogamuffin Styleby Micah LocilentoECW Press
- Original Book (300g)£15.00Out of print Secondhand paperback copy in good conditionSold out Notify me when in stock
Well Pleased And SatisfiedOpen The Gate Bobby BoyTotal Sounds
Killer roots 12" repressed with a repro sleeve & label of the original issue. Heavyweight vocal roots rhythm from early eighties with added extra...
- – Open The Gate Bobby Boy
- – Zion Version
- – Open Version
- 1. – Open The Gate Bobby Boy
- 3. – Zion Version
- 4. – Open Version
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- 12" none£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Dread, Beat and Bloodby Linton Kwesi JohnsonBogle-L'Ouverture Publications
Seminal Independently published collection of poetry from Linton Kwesi Johnson- First edition 1975 paperback, children on front cover
Secondhand original...
- Original Book (200g)£40.00First pressing (1975). Rare. Secondhand out of print small book in good condition, some ageing.
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Horace AndySkylarking (Studio One)Studio One
Out of print for many, many years this is the seminal CLASSIC 1972 album by Horace Andy for Studio One.
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STONE-COLD...
- – Where The Children Play
- – Just Say Who
- – Love Of A Woman
- – Skylarking
- – Mamie Blue
- – Please Don't Go
- – Every Tongue Shall Tell
- – Something On My Mind
- – See A Man's Face
- – Don't Go
- – I'll Be Gone
- – Got To Be Sure
- – Oh Youth Man
- – Night Owl
- 4. – Where The Children Play
- 4. – Just Say Who
- 4. – Love Of A Woman
- View full info and tracklisting
- New LP CLD-7020£30.00Black VinylIn stockAdd to Bag
- New LP (Coloured Vinyl) CLDLP-7020£32.00Green VinylIn stockAdd to Bag
Steelbands & ReggaeBy Pail FarmerLongman (1981/88)
- Original Book (200g)£15.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Mkwaju EnsembleKi-MotionWe Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records
Official reissue of legendary album 'KI-Motion' by Japanese percussionist Midori Takada’s Mkwaju Ensemble. A highly creative and transcendental fusion...
- – Wood Dance
- – Maximum
- – Ki-Motion
- – Angwora Steps
- – Hot Air
- – Zindo Zindo
- 1. – Wood Dance
- 2. – Maximum
- 3. – Ki-Motion
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP WRWTFWW026£24.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD WRWTFWW026CD£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Inna LiverpoolBenjamin ZephaniahAK PRESS (1995)
- Original Book (200g)£20.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Black Man's Pride 2 (Studio One)Soul Jazz Records
This is the second installment of deep roots Rastafarian reggae at Studio One and features classic music from some of the most important figures in reggae...
- Horace Andy – Illiteracy
- The Heptones – Be A Man
- The Manchesters – Natty Gone
- The Gladiators – Down Town Rebel
- Willie Williams – Calling
- Roland Alphonso & Brentford All Stars – Sir D Special
- Keith Wilson – God I God I Say
- Alton Ellis – Almost Anything
- Bobby Kalphat & The New Establishment – Adis A Wa Wa
- Peter Broggs – Sing A New Song
- Mystic Revelations Of Rastafari – Let Freedom Reign
- Larry & Alvin – Free I Lord
- Ernest Wilson & The Sound Dimension – Freedom Fighter
- Jackie Mittoo – Happy People
- Prince Lincoln – Daughters Of Zion
- High Charles – Zion
- Winston Jarrett – Love Jah Jah
- 1. Horace Andy – Illiteracy
- 2. The Heptones – Be A Man
- 3. The Manchesters – Natty Gone
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- 2xLP + Download Code SJRLP414£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD SJRCD414£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD414£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Gangsta RapBy Benjamin ZephaniahBloomsbury (2004)
Ray has given up school. He sees no point in education and despises authority. And then he has no choice about school as he is excluded. But Ray also has...
- Original Book (300g)£8.00Original secondhand hardback out of print edition
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Norris ReidThe Kingston Sessions 1978-1985Onlyroots
2XLPs Best Of Norris Reid released many singles under the aegis of producer Augustus Pablo that he later covered as a member of the Viceroys. With them...
- – Poverty
- – Got To Return
- – Give Jah The Praise
- – Entrance To Jah World
- – Black Forces
- – Feel Good
- – Protect Them
- – Rise In The Strength Of Jah
- 1. – Poverty
- 2. – Got To Return
- 3. – Give Jah The Praise
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- 2×LP ORLP12£22.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Johnny ClarkeCreation RebelVP Records
Only Johnny Clarke would come close to challenging Bob Marley & Dennis Brown for reggae’s crown, his unequaled run of hit songs, powered by Striker’s...
- – Play Fool Fe Get Wise
- – Live Up Jah Man
- – Dread A Dread
- – Time Will Tell
- – Blood Dunza
- – King In The Arena
- – Fire And Brimstone A Go Burn The Wicked
- – African People
- 1. – Play Fool Fe Get Wise
- 2. – Live Up Jah Man
- 3. – Dread A Dread
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- New 2×LP VPRL4220£32.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- 2×CD£17.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Earthquake on Orange StreetBuster's Jamaican Singles Story
New book/zine - Full discography, nice pics, wicked label scans - a work of love - it's the bomb! Only 10 squid!A4 55 pages
- Book (300g)£10.00Expected 30 Nov Notify me when in stock
Betty HarrisThe Lost Queen Of New Orleans SoulSoul Jazz Records
Betty Harris’ The Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul features all of her classic deep soul, sister funk and northern soul songs recorded in New Orleans in...
- Betty Harris – There's A Break In The Road
- Betty Harris – 12 Red Roses
- Betty Harris – Mean Man
- Betty Harris – I'm Gonna Git Ya
- Betty Harris – Ride Your Pony
- Betty Harris – Show It
- Betty Harris – I Don't Wanna Hear It
- Betty Harris – Bad Luck
- Betty Harris – Hook, Line 'n' Sinker
- Betty Harris – Lonely Hearts
- Betty Harris – What A Sad Feeling
- Betty Harris – What'd I Do Wrong
- Betty Harris – Trouble With My Lover
- Betty Harris – Sometime
- Betty Harris – I'm Evil Tonight
- Betty Harris – Nearer To You
- Betty Harris – All I Want Is You
- 1. Betty Harris – There's A Break In The Road
- 2. Betty Harris – 12 Red Roses
- 3. Betty Harris – Mean Man
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- 2×LP SJRLP345£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
Lament For Rastafari and Other Playsby Edgar WhiteMarion Boyars
Lament for Rastafari is part-ritual, part-panoramic vision of black/white relations within the confines of Rastafarian consciousness. It begins in the...
- Original Book (300g) 9780714527567£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Black EchoesD.E.B. Music
Superb Dennis Brown produced compilation originally released in 1978, mainly recorded at Joe Gibbs Studio featuring Bob Andy, The Heptones, Junior Delgado...
- Bob Andy – War In The City
- Dennis Brown – Africa
- Lennox Brown – Frozen Soul
- Dennis Brown – The Half
- Junior Delgado – Famine
- 1. Bob Andy – War In The City
- 2. Dennis Brown – Africa
- 3. Lennox Brown – Frozen Soul
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- LP DEBLP 02£16.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Bob MarleyConquering Lion Of ReggaePlexus Publishing
Rebel, visionary and uncompromising champion of human rights, Robert Nesta Marley rose from the slums of Kingston, Jamaica to become a spiritual and political...
- Original Book (600g)£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback book, large handwritten inscription on insideSold out Notify me when in stock
Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of RastafariTales Of MozambiqueSoul Jazz Records
Following on from the recent super-deluxe box set edition of The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari's 'Grounation', Soul Jazz Records are releasing a new edition...
- – Sam's Intro
- – Tales Of Mozambique
- – Selam Nna Wadada (Peace & Love)
- – No Night In Zion
- – I Am A Warrior
- – Wicked Babylon
- – Let Freedom Reign
- – Lock, Stock And Barrel
- – Nigerian Reggae
- – Run One Mile
- – Rasta Reggae*
- – Samia*
- 1. – Sam's Intro
- 2. – Tales Of Mozambique
- 3. – Selam Nna Wadada (Peace & Love)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2xLP (+ Download Code) SJRLP325C£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD (Limited Edition Coloured CD) SJRCD325C£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD325£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Dead YardA Story Of Modern JamaicaFaber and Faber
Jamaica used to be the source of much of Britain's wealth, a tropical paradise for the planters, a Babylonian exile for the Africans shipped to the Caribbean....
- Original Book (500g)£15.00Pre-Owned USA Out-of-Print Edition paperbackIn stockAdd to Bag
- Book (300g) 9780571227624£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
RastafariThe Dreads Enter BabylonSoul Jazz Records
Classic release ‘Rastafari – The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83’ in a new one-off pressing limited edition blue coloured double vinyl edition. The...
- Count Ossie & The Rasta Family – Africa We Want Fe Go
- Johnny Clarke – None Shall Escape The Judgement
- Laurel Aitken – Haile Selassie
- Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari – Tales of Mozambique
- Mutabaruka – Say
- Bongo Herman & Jah Lloyd – African Drums
- Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari – Sam's Intro
- Bongo Herman, Les and Bunny – Salaam
- Winston and Ansell – Zion I
- Techniques All Stars – Zion I Version
- Lord Lebby & The Jamaican Calypsonians – Ethiopia
- Hugh Mundell – One Jah, One Aim, One Destiny
- The Heaven Singers – Rasta Dreadlocks
- Count Ossie & Leslie Butler – Soul Drums
- Cornel Campbell – Conscious Rastaman
- QQ – Betta Must Come
- Roy Shirley – Israelites Leave Babylon
- Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari – Narration
- Ronald Downer & Count Ossie – A Ju Ju Wa
- 1. Count Ossie & The Rasta Family – Africa We Want Fe Go
- 2. Johnny Clarke – None Shall Escape The Judgement
- 3. Laurel Aitken – Haile Selassie
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- 2xLP (Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl) + Download Code SJRLP544C£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD544£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Kiss Me NeckThe Scratch Story In Words, Pictures And RecordsCherry Red Books
With more than 1,000 releases to Lee "Scratch" Perry's name in some form or other, there is a wealth of material for fans and collectors to immerse themselves...
- Book (700g) 9781901447965£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Count Ossie & The Rasta FamilyMan From Higher HeightsSoul Jazz Records
This album is a strictly 1000-copies only worldwide digitally remastered exact repro LP+ download code. Also available as a very limited...
- – Africa We Want Fe Go
- – Cruisng Down The Line
- – Misfits
- – Crossing River Jordan
- – Mystic Memories
- – Drums For Wise Man
- – Chanting Higher Heights
- 1. – Africa We Want Fe Go
- 2. – Cruisng Down The Line
- 3. – Misfits
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- LP SJRLP331£23.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD SJRCD331£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD331£6.99In stockAdd to Bag