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Blood Posse (1994) by Phillip Baker

Books, Reggae

Original Book (300g)£5.00
Secondhand out of print paperback in FAIR condition only.
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Yardie stylee!

'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'

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Mr. Green Last Of The Classic Beats

Famed hip-hop producer Mr. Green has worked with the likes of Snoop Dogg, A$AP Ferg, Freddie Gibbs, Talib Kwei, KRS-One, Bodega Bamz, Masta Ace, Deniro...

Hip-Hop

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LP£19.99
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The Wire+ The Wire Tapper

The Wire magazine, with features on the great minds of the music industry, reviews on SOTU favourites and more! Also includes a free wire tapper cd!

Magazines, Music

Magazine (300g)£4.95
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The Buzzcuts Dead or Alive (Extended Mix)

Previously only released on CD, the extended mix of a cult party classic - a key staple in a DJ Harvey set! Very limited copies in circulation- don't sleep...

New Disco and re-edits, Disco

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12"£10.99
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Gerald McCauley Wondering

"Wondering" that came as a result was brought to life by the singer and industry insider Gerald McCauley, who turned his soul inside out for the performance....

Funk/Soul

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7"£6.99
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The Rolling Stones HonkThe Very Best Of

Disc One 1. “Start Me Up”2. “Brown Sugar”3. “Rocks Off”4. “Miss You”5. “Tumbling Dice”6. “Just Your Fool”7. “Wild Horses”8....

Indie Rock / Pop

3×CD£14.99
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3×LP£34.99
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Highlife Saturday Night Popular Music and Social Change in Urban Ghana

WICKED BOOK! USA IMPORT PAPERBACK 60% OFF!!!! Highlife Saturday Night captures the vibrancy of Saturday nights in Ghana-when musicians took to the stage...

African , Books

Book (800g)£20.99 £7.99
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Leeway Lee Morgan Discography

Excellent discography on man like Lee Morgan, every record session! "Roger Wernboe has done Jazz scholars, fans, and collectors a great favor. Thanks...

Jazz, Books

Book (200g)£25.00
Out of print RARE paperback book. NEW, SEALED OPENED ONCE
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Iceberg Slim Mama Black Widow

Iceberg Slim keeps it real - so says Ice T

Original Book (200g)£5.00
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Stevie Wonder By John Swenson

Great pics and bio! Secondhand paperback in great condition

Funk/Soul, Books

Original Book (500g)£10.00
Secondhand paperback in great condition
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Words of Our Mouth, Meditations of Our Heart by Kenneth Bilby

This is the first book devoted to the studio musicians who were central to Jamaica's popular-music explosion. With color portraits and interview excerpts,...

Reggae, Books

Book (750g)£22.99
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African Musics in Context. Institutions, Culture, Identity by Thomas Solomon

African Musics in Context discusses the place of performing arts in Ugandan society, archiving music and music sources, performing archival music, performing...

African , Books

Book (550g)£20.00
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Music in Africa by Adana Dzemila

Africa is such a large and diverse continent. Outside Africa, there is often only talk about Africa as one country: For example Tunisia and Tanzania could...

African , Books

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Mars by 1980 - The Story of Electronic Music By David Stubbs

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...

Electronic , Books

Book (700g)£20.00
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An African treasury: Articles, essays, stories, poems by Black Africans (1961)by Langston Hughes

Out of print secondhand USA paperback (yellow pages etc)100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy...

Books

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Greatest Highlife Hits (1987)Various

African

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Original LP£18.00
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: GOriginal Nigerian vinyl, has side spine wear

High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
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Len Deighton Winter - A Berlin Family 1899-1945Limited edition uncorrected proof number 906 / 1000

Limited edition uncorrected proof number 906 / 1000.Yellowing cover. One crease. Box 1

Literary fiction - Rare 1st edition & uncorrected proofs

Original Book (350g)£40.00
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Life And Death On The New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983 By 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...

New York Scene Books

Book (900g)£20.99
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Large format secondhand book/pamphlet

Books

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Sandeeno / Johnny Clarke Zion Train / Dance

Double header from Dub Conductor Music on this new 10" featuring Sandeeno and the legendary Johnny Clarke on one vocal a piece plus dubs.

Reggae, Roots

Sandeeno – Zion Train
Sandeeno / Johnny Clarke – Dub
Johnny Clarke – Dance
Sandeeno / Johnny Clarke – Dub

1. Sandeeno – Zion Train
2. Dub
3. Johnny Clarke – Dance
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10"£8.49
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Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession by Greil Marcus (1992)

Secondhand paperback

Rock, Books

Original Book (600g)£10.00
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Reflections on Wagner's Ring by John Culshaw (1976)

Neat secondhand hardback book w/ dustjacket

Classical, Books

Original Book (400g)£12.00
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All American Music: Composition in the Late Twentieth Century by John Rockwell (1983)

Secondhand hardback book w/dustjacket, plastic covered. Features chapters on Cage, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Robert Ashley, Phillip Glass, Keith Jarrett,...

Books, Classical

Original Book (600g)£12.00
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Soviet Composers and the Development of Soviet Music by Stanley Dale Krebs (1970)

1st edition hardback w/dustjacket minor tears signature inside

Classical, Books

Original Book (650g)£20.00
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John Taverner: His Life and Music by Colin Hand (1978)

Secondhand paperback

Books, Classical

Original Book (250g)£12.00
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Edward Elgar: His life and music by Diana McVeagh (1955)

Secondhand Hardback book ex-libary

Books, Classical

Original Book (600g)£12.00
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History of Russian Music : Volume 1, From Its Origins to Dargomyzhsky by Dr Gerald R. Seaman (1967)

S/hand hardback book ex-library

Books, Classical

Original Book (650g)£10.00
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Music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance by F. W. Sternfeld (1973)

Secondhand hardback book w/ a badly damaged dustjacket

Books

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The Later Works of R. Vaughan Williams (The Musical Pilgrim)by Frank Howes (1937)

Small secondhand paperback book

Classical, Books

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Medieval Music (Oxford Topics in Music)by Joan Arnold (1982)

Nice information book/pamphlet

Books, Classical

Original Book (200g)£8.00
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The Purcell Companion by Michael Burden (1995)

Secondhand paperback book

Books, Classical

Original Book (700g)£9.00
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Backing into the Limelight: The Story of the Mike Sammes Singers by Mike Sammes (1994)

Easy now!Secondhand hardback book w/dustjacket

Books

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A Future for English Music and other Lectures by Sir Edward Elgar (1968)

Secondhand hardback book

Classical, Books

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Man and His Music: The story of musical experience in the West, Romanticism and the Twentieth Century Pt.4 by Wilfrid Mellers (1973)

Secondhand paperback

Books, Classical

Original Book (400g)£10.00
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Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continent by Bruno Nettl (1965)

Original secondhand hardback book w/ dustjacket in plastic covering ex-library w/stamps

Books, World Music Books

Original Book (500g)£20.00
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Patti Smith Collected Lyrics 1970-2015Ecco

USA HARDBACK BOOK OVER 60% OFF!!Patti Smith is a multi-disciplined artist and performer with her work rooted in poetry. Here is a revised and updated version...

Books, New York Scene Books

Book (600g)£19.99 £7.99
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Best of Jazz: Basin Street to Harlem - Jazz Masters and Masterpieces, 1917-30 by Humphrey Lyttelton (1978)

Secondhand 1st edition hardback book w/dustjacket. From Basin Street to Mornington Crescent ... no sorry, to Harlem.

Jazz, Books

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If I Can Dream: Elvis's Own Story by Larry Geller And Joel Spector (1989)

A long-time confidante of Elvis Presley reveals intimate details of the legendary performer's dreams and disillusionments, showing his disintegration due...

Rock, Books

Original Book (700g)£10.00
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Black Music in Britain: Essays on the Afro-Asian Contribution to Popular Music (Popular Music in Britain)by Paul Oliver (1990)

Secondhand paperback - "essays on the Afro-Asian contribution to popular music"

Books, Black Britain

Original Book (400g)£10.00
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Stravinsky (The Master Musicians Series)by Francis Routh (1975)

Compact hardback book, no dustjacket

Classical, Books

Original Book (350g)£10.00
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Strange Days: My Life With and Without Jim Morrison by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (1998)

An intimate and honest tale of the truth behind the Jim Morrison myth written by Jim Morrison’s lover and the only woman with whom he went through any...

Rock, Books

Original Book (400g)£8.00
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Elvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley (1985)

Million selling story of Elvis and PriscillaSecondhand hardback 1st edition book w/dustjacket

Rock, Books

Original Book (800g)£10.00
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The War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas Llosa

s/hand paperback - wicked book about Brazliian maroons rebellion, it's high-adrenaline bomb innit

Cult Literature Classics

Original Book (700g)£8.00
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Man On The Run Paul McCartney In The 1970s

USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK - OVER 50% OFF!!!!The most famous living rock musician on the planet, Paul McCartney is now regarded as a slightly cosy figure,...

Books

Book (800g)£18.99 £7.99
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Never Grow Old Studio One Discography & Rhythm Directory

BACK IN STOCK!This is the definitive new edition of Rob Chapman's 100% essential discography of Studio One. Rob Chapman has written...

Studio One, Books, Reggae

Book (300g)£15.00
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Loretta Lynn Honky Tonk Girl: My Life in Lyrics

OVER 66% off retial price!One of the most beloved country music stars of all time gives us the first collection of her lyrics and, in her own words, tells...

Country, Books

Book (950g)£22.99 £6.99
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Life After Dark A History of British Nightclubs & Music VenuesBy Dave Haslam

Nightclubs and music venues are often the source of a lifetime's music taste, best friends and vivid memories. They can define a town, a city or a generation,...

Books, Funk/Soul, House Music