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Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonBump Talkin’ (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonFeel The Music (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
KNEECAPNo Comment **BANKSY ART**Heavenly Recordings
Junglist!Old Skool Ragga, D&B, Jungle 1993-95Soul Jazz Records
Kelan Phil Cohran & LegacyAfrican SkiesListening Position
Gloria Scott(A Case Of) Too Much Lovemakin' / What Am I Gonna DoSelector Series
DaphniButterflyJiaolong
Dennis BovellcLOUD mUsIcBe With Records
Robert GlasperCode DerivationLoma Vista Recordings
Brandy DaltonFallen AngelDark Entries
Robert GlasperKey To The City Volume 1Loma Vista Recordings
Robert GlasperLet GoLoma Vista Recordings
NodegaOh NoNature Sounds
Subway feat. WaveTen Toes UpPast Due Records
AbacusThe Relics E.P.Clone Classic Cuts
Oh NoNodegaNature Sounds
Underground Wave Vol 7: Cassette Music From Belgium & The NetherlandsVarious ArtistsWalhalla
Dalston DubstarsDub WorksConscious Sounds
The Tokyo Cuban BoysEl CumbancheroRCA Victor
Miles Davis + 19Miles AheadFontana
Junior Walker & The All StarsRoad RunnerSoul
Basic ChannelBasic ReshapeBasic Channel
Isao Suzuki & New FamilyMongolian ChantJazz Room Records
Lloyd Charmers / The LyricsMr. Moses / Girls Like DirtStudio One
James StevensOST: They Came From Beyond SpaceBuried Treasure
Jackie Mittoo / Jackie OpelTrain To Skaville / Go WheyStudio One
Ambient WarriorWarrior VoicesIsle Of Jura
Amanda WhitingA Christmas CwtchFirst Word
Africa Shangazi: More Early 1980s Benga & Rumba From East AfricaVarious ArtistsNo Wahala Sounds
Beau WanzerBW 07BW
The PoolDance It Down EPDark Entries
Rick WadeFunctional Anger EPPhonogramme
Kutiman / Ouzo BazookaHarakaBatov
- Original Book (300g)£8.00Secondhand out of print paperbackSold out Notify me when in stock
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'
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)£28.00Expected 12 DecPreorder
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
Punk: The Last WordBy Chris Sullivan and Stephen Colegrave
'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face
'From the shabby stowaways of the...
- Book (900g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Machito and his Afro Cuban Jazz EnsembleWith Flute To Boot!
- New LP 8435307616937£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
Up the Youth Club : Illuminating a Hidden Historyby Emma Warren
'A timely reminder of what we all truly crave as human beings - connection.' Doc Brown'Warren hows why youth spaces matter - not just for young people,...
- Book (650g) 9780571389216£18.99In 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)£42.99 £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
Susan SontagNotes on 'Camp'
These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary...
- Book (100g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Second Sex (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)by Simone de Beauvoir
Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNESWhen this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage...
- Book (250g)£6.99In 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
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
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
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
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
Reggae SoundsystemOriginal Reggae Album Cover ArtSoul Jazz Books
Sorry. Out of Print.Reggae Soundsystem! is a new deluxe 200 page hard-back 12”x12” book featuring hundreds of stunning full size record cover designs...
- SJ Book (2.2kg)£25.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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
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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
- 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
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- 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
- 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
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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