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The Bug vs Ghost DubsImplosionPressure
Carlos GarnettCosmos NucleusTime Traveler
Kenny BarronSunset To DawnTime Traveler
Roy BrooksThe Free SlaveTime Traveler
Avril AHousewife SuperstarMemory Dance
Yazmin LaceyTeal DreamsAMF Records
MoodymannBlack MahoganiPeacefrog
MoodymannBlack Mahogani IIPeacefrog
Soul JamaicaFeat. Alton Ellis, Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, Sound Dimension and more!Soul Jazz Records
Sound Dimension / Merlene WebberSing A Simple Song / How Nice It IsStudio One
Coco Maria presents: New Dimensions In Latin MusicVarious ArtistsClub Coco
SLICKnBOBBY & Liam BaileyDance Affi Nice / Juicy BubbleTouching Bass
FeltFelt 2: A Tribute To Lisa BonetRhymesayers Entertainment
Theo ParrishFirst Floor Pt. 1Peacefrog
Theo ParrishFirst Floor Pt. 2Peacefrog
Ghana Special: HighlifeVarious ArtistsSoundway
helen islandlast liasseKnekelhuis
Beverly Glenn-CopelandLaughter In SummerTransgressive
Tim Reaper / DrumskullNew Town Dub #001Suburban Architecture
DaveThe Boy Who Played The HarpNeighbourhood
Miles DavisThe Complete Plugged Nickel Live 1965Sony
Taylor SwiftThe Life Of A ShowgirlRepublic
Thembi: Issue 16We Jazz
SamiyamUnprecedented Violent ShiftSamiyam
Bobby HutchersonMontaraBlue Note
Alfa MistRouletteSekito
50 Reggae HitsDoctor Bird
Arca@@@@@XL Recordings
Mr. GBlack JammiesNDATL
Carlos Dafé & Adrian YoungeCarlos Dafé JID025Jazz Is Dead
Byron The AquariusGlobal Caress #4Star Creature
The BongolianIndian Summer of LoveBlow Up
Wez Whynt & Moresoul / Prefix One feat. NambiLondon vs Chicago Vol. 1Househead London
The NavigatorMount ZionBlackstarline
Linval ThompsonNegrea Love DubJAMDUNG
- 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'
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...
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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 £35.00In 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£35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Namba RoyNo Black Sparrows
'A vivid portrait of Jamaica in the 1930s"
Excellent social realist novel. Written by Jamaican Namba Roy in the 1950s in Britain. He died in 1961 and...
- Original Book (200g)£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out of Print paperback copy in good conditionIn 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£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Talking to Women
In 1964, Nell Dunn spoke to nine of her friends over a bottle of wine about men, sex, work, money, babies, freedom and love. The Pop Artist Pauline Boty...
- Book (350g)£13.99In 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
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...
- Book (450g)£18.99In 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
James Kaplan3 Shades of Blue : Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans & The Lost Empire of Cool
1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the bestselling jazz album of all time:...
- Book (300g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (600g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (150g)£4.00In stockAdd to Bag
Eros the Bittersweet : An Essayby Anne Carson
Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Japan : A Culinary Travel Diaryby Clemence Leleu
This gastronomic journey through Japan blends cultural touchpoints and authentic recipes to chronicle the myriad flavors, ingredients, and traditions that...
- Book (1.6kg) 9783791393001£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Days at the Morisaki Bookshopby Satoshi Yagisawa
The beloved Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, family, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book. When twenty-five-year-old...
- Book (300g) 9781786583239£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Luke de NoronhaDeporting Black Britons : Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica
Since the late nineties, the UK has deported thousands of people to Jamaica. Many of these ‘deportees’ left the Caribbean as infants and grew up in...
- Book (400g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jacqueline CrooksFire Rush
Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes....
- Book (700g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dr Maya AngelouI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows...
- Book (350g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Keith Gildart & Stephen CatterallKeeping the Faith : A History of Northern Soul
In the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s...
- Book (650g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Margo JeffersonNegroland : A Memoir
'Jefferson's eye for details yields some devastatingly honest and painful insights' The Times'Captivating... Charm is this book's watchword' Colin Grant,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Emanuele CocciaPhilosophy of the Home : Domestic Space and Happiness
A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological...
- Book (250g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jason OkundayeRevolutionary Acts
In this landmark work, Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage, charisma and good humour,...
- Book (350g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Alex Haley (Author) , Malcolm X (Author)The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy,...
- Book (500g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Black Power Mixtape : 1967-1975
Featuring images recently discovered in the archives of Swedish television, The Black Power Mixtape shows the Black Power movement as never seen before....
- Book (550g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
Daft PunkWe Were The Robots: A Disco Pogo Tribute
Featuring a new foreword by David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as Soulwax and 2manydjs.
Daft Punk featured often in the formative years of Jockey...
- Book (2.1kg)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Friedrich NietzscheWhy I Am so Clever
'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?'Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work...
- Book (200g)£4.00In stockAdd to Bag
Woman Life Freedom
Jina Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of Iran’s Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to...
- Book (550g)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Michael E. VealLiving Space
Examines John Coltrane's "late period" and Miles Davis's "Lost Quintet" through the prisms of digital architecture and experimental photography Living...
- Book (800g)£20.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Power of Now : The Global Phenomenon: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenmentby Eckhart Tolle
"A book to cherish. Every sentence rings with truth and the power to bring deep serenity, stillness, and a sacred Presence." Deepak Chopra The international...
- Book (300g) 9780340733509£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dennis BrownLove's Gotta Hold On MeStudio 16
Great upbeat 1984 roots reggae album recorded at Joe Gibb's studio with We The People Band and produced by the Mighty Two Errol Thompson & Joe Gibbs. Check...
- – Souls Keep Burning
- – Let Love In
- – Your Love Gotta Hold On Me
- – Right Fight
- – Hoolingan
- – I Can't Stand It
- 1. – Souls Keep Burning
- 2. – Let Love In
- 3. – Your Love Gotta Hold On Me
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP JGML-60079£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
6th & 7th Book Of Moses, And The Magical Uses Of The P6th & 7th Book Of Moses, And The Magical Uses Of The PsalmsLushena Books
It is unknown when these magical books were written, but we know they were translated from the ancient Hebrew.
- Book (250g) 9781930097742£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Vodou Drums in Haiti 2: The Living Gods Of HaitiSoul Jazz Records
LIsten on SPOTIFY here
Soul Jazz Records’ new album features the truly intense, hypnotic and fascinating Vodou drums of Haiti, a stunning collection...
- – Bolero
- – Adaptation
- – Kod Kout
- – Pastorelle
- – Ti Mole
- – Doki
- – Rara
- – Mazoune
- – Tichampet
- – Chay-O-Pye
- – Kokoplim
- – Raboday
- – Indien
- – Ti Jocelin
- – Kalipso
- – Banda
- 1. – Bolero
- 2. – Adaptation
- 3. – Kod Kout
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP SJRLP371£26.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD SJRCD371£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- MP3 Release SJRD371£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Ken BootheArtibellaSunshot
- – Artibella
- 3. – Artibella
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" SS26£9.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Horace AndyDancehall Stylewackies
One of the best and well known Wackies albums from the States. Includes wicked versions of 'Money Money', 'Cuss Cuss', and 'Spying Glass'!! NEW REPRESS..
- Reissue LP WRLP1383A£14.49Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD WACKIES1383£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Ninja ManThe Last Of Flourgan (1990)Blue Mountain
Digital dancehall, sound bwoy murderation ...original vinyl
- Original 12"£8.99Sold out Notify me when in stock
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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 conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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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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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×CD£17.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- New 2×LP VPRL4220£32.99Out 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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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 insideIn stockAdd to Bag
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