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Massive Attack & Tom WaitsBoots on the GroundPlay It Again Sam
Ariana GrandepetalIsland
Nia ArchivesEmotional JunglistIsland
William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol. 8Various ArtistsMr Bongo
MuseThe Wow!Warner Records
Labi Siffre1970-1971Edsel
Joe HisaishiA Big Bold Beautiful JourneyMutant
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (LP 1)Running Back
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (LP 2)Running Back
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (Mixed)Running Back
Your Brother’s Keeper & Gary BartzWhere Rivers MeetBrownswood
NY’s FinestDo You Feel MeBassline Records
Def LeppardGreatest HitsUMR
Jan JonesIndependent Woman (Parts 1 & 2)Celestial Echo
De La SoulThe Grind DateBMG
New African Orchestra / Lost Tymeez / USGThe Ron Trent Collection Vol.1Nite Grooves
Roy Ayers UbiquityVibrationsVampisoul
Jalen NgondaDoctrine of LoveDaptone Records
Os MutantesEverything Is Possible! The Best Of Os MutantesLuaka Bop
Fundido feat. Emma DufauxGet A GripDFA
Inner CityGood Life (inc. Carl Craig remix)KMS
Zed Bias x MJKKeep On Livin'/Late To CamberwellE Soul Cultura/Mr Bongo
MaxwellMaxwell's Urban Hang SuiteSony
Tara Clerkin TrioSomewhere GoodWorld of Echo
Matias AguayoAnenoaSerendeepity
Defected Classics Vol. 1Various ArtistsDefected
Defected Classics Vol. 2Various ArtistsDefected
Dragon Ball Hit Song CollectionVarious ArtistsNippon Columbia
Boards of CanadaInfernoWarp
Kaiso Power: Sound Revolution in TrinidadVarious ArtistsSoundway Records
King Street Sounds Sampler Vol. 6 (feat. Mood II Swing, Blaze & Dennis Ferrer)Various ArtistsKing Street Sounds
Minnie RipertonLes Fleur / Oh By The Way (Limited Purple Vinyl Edition)Selector Series
Léve Léve - Sao Tomé & Principe Sounds 70s-80sVarious ArtistsBongo Joe Records
Alan & Jan (Portable & Jan Jelinek)Take me, I’m yoursFaitiche
- 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'
LabyrinthBritish Jazz on Record 1960-75
MASSIVE large format 375 page £3kg hardback book, quarter bound in cloth, debossed cover!
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'This...
- Book (3.6kg)£70.00Expected 01 MayPreorder
Power Pop! (RSD 2026)American Power Pop for the Now Generation 1977-1981
One-off coloured pressing exclusive for RSD 2026
15 super-rare USA punk/power pop classics you never heard from bands you never knew!
Soul Jazz Records’...
- Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
- Nastyfacts – Drive My Car
- Pointed Sticks – What Do You Want Me to Do?
- The Normals – Hardcore
- Shoes – Tomorrow Night
- The Reactions – It's Our Turn Now
- Puppet Rulers – Outta My Mind
- Testors – Together
- The Scruffs – You're No Fun
- The Reruns – So So Alone
- The Wigs – You Say Ono
- The Fingers – Isolation
- The Reactions – In Society
- 1. Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- 2. Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- 3. Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
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- New LP SJRLP590C£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Simon Fisher TurnerSTUFF
After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of Tom Brown’s Schooldays and roles in films such as The Big Sleep (with Robert Mitchum) (1978),...
- New LP £25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Wayne Jarrett And The Bull Wackie AllstarsAfrican Woman
DKR say..Six track 12" collecting all the cuts of Wayne's first recording for Wackie's, from 1976. A classic of raw underground vibes from the Sounds Unlimited...
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
- 1. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- 4. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" DKR-315£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
William S. BurroughsThe Finger
'He felt a sudden deep pity for the finger joint that lay there on the dresser, a few drops of blood gathering around the white bone.'A deliberately severed...
- Book (150g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
XzibitRestless
It's only appropriate that Xzibit's highly anticipated, and often-delayed, Restless concluded hip-hop's millennial melting pot. After all, Xzibit's association...
- New 2×LP £39.99In stockAdd to Bag
Emanuele CocciaMetamorphoses
We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing...
- Book (350g)£15.99In stockAdd to Bag
Carol Ann DuffyFeminine Gospels
n Feminine Gospels, Carol Ann Duffy draws on the historical, the archetypal, the biblical and the fantastical to create various visions – and revisions...
- Book (200g) 9781035038565£10.99In 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
BasquiatA Quick Killing in Art
“A smart, crackling chronicle of fast game, the ’80s art market, [and] the attraction of destruction.”— Village Voice
A bold and vivid biography...
- Book (700g)£12.99In 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
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
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
The Second Sexby Simone de Beauvoir
Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex' GuardianSimone de Beauvoir famously wrote, 'One is not born, but rather...
- Book (400g) 9780099595731£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Beneath the UnderdogBy Charles 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)£3.00In 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
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
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£18.00Out 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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP SJRLP331£23.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD SJRCD331£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD331£6.99In 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£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- 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 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
- 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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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 VinylOut of stock Notify me when in stock
- New LP (Coloured Vinyl) CLDLP-7020£32.00Green VinylOut of stock Notify me when in stock
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
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- 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
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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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