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    BOOK! Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
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      Rebel SoundsMusic as Resistance
      'Empathy is the currency of all music and Joe Mulhall does a great job of explaining how that quality has been used to generate solidarity for the struggle...
        • Book (350g) 9781804442241£10.99
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        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£26.00
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          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...
            Freedom Rhythm and Sound Chapter 2 EVENTThu 18 Dec 2025
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              Don CherryEternal Now
                • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 0889397842314£17.00
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                Don CherryHear & Now
                  • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 0889397842512£17.00
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                  Ellis ReginaO Bem Do Amor
                    • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 7427255403500£18.99
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                    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£18.99
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                      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...
                        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...
                          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.
                            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...
                              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,...
                                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...
                                  Revolutionary Letters
                                  By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
                                    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...
                                      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...
                                        Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
                                        Latin compilation
                                          • Original CD£9.99
                                            CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great condition
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                                          Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
                                          Latin compilation
                                            • Original CD£9.99
                                              CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great condition
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                                            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£9.99
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                                              Salsa Y Ache
                                                • Original CD£4.99
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                                                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£10.99
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                                                  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...
                                                    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...
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                                                      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...
                                                        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:...
                                                          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...

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