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William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
MuseThe Wow!Warner Records
Labi Siffre1970-1971Edsel
Joe HisaishiA Big Bold Beautiful JourneyMutant
Dragon Ball Hit Song CollectionVarious ArtistsNippon Columbia
Kaiso Power: Sound Revolution in TrinidadVarious ArtistsSoundway Records
Brown Spirits#1Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#2Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#3Soul Jazz Records
Amyl and The SniffersGiddy Up / Big Attraction (10 Year Anniversary)Amyl and The Sniffers
Muddy WatersThe Real Folk BluesChess
Howlin' WolfThe Real Folk BluesVerve
YungbludIdols (Complete)Island
Rebel Island SoulUnder the Influence: Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970sSoul Jazz Records
Kenny DorhamWhistle StopBlue Note
Marcos ValleO Compositor E O CantorVampisoul
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANGPOMPEII // UTILITY10k & Tan Cressida & Surf Gang Records
Roy Ayers UbiquityRed, Black & GreenVampisoul
Marcos ValleSamba '68Verve
T.P. Orchestre Poly-RythmoWest African Beat: Rare 7s and EPs from Benin and NigerAcid Jazz
McCoy TynerAsante [Expanded Edition]Blue Note
Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Buena Vista Social ClubLost and FoundBMG
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Terry CallierAt The Earl Of Old TownTime Traveler
Paul JohnsonBump Talkin’ (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Darrow Fletcher Presents Jacklyn & Genna RecordsVarious ArtistsKent
Caetano Veloso & Gal CostaDomingoVerve
Elis ReginaElisVerve
Paul JohnsonFeel The Music (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
KNEECAPFENIANHeavenly Recordings
Roy Ayers UbiquityLive At The Montreaux Jazz FestivalUniversal Music Japan
Aesop Rock & Homeboy SandmanMiami Lice: Season FourRhymesayers Entertainment
CAVSSojournp(doom)
Spring OriginalsVarious ArtistsSpring
- Book (900g) 9780822362029£24.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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 Records' (Chantal Regnault's stunning Voguing book).
100% ESSENTIAL purchase! Buy now! Featuring Francois K, Fab 5 Freddy, Nicky Siano, Bambaataa, Keith Haring, Grandmaster Flash, Larry Levan discography - what are you waiting for!
"Tim Lawrence's powerfully pulsating and enthusiastically researched book Life and Times on the New York Dancefloor vividly captures the cultural revolution I took part in" FAB 5 FREDDY
"Tim Lawrence follows his now classic Love Saves The Day with a magnificent account of one of the most fertile and influential periods of NYC's long musical history. A must-read for anyone curious how modern dance music got to where it is." FRANCOIS KERVORKIAN
"As the 1970s gave way to the 80s, New York's party scene entered a ferociously inventive period characterized by its creativity, intensity, and hybridity. Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor chronicles this tumultuous time, charting the sonic and social eruptions that took place in the city's subterranean party venues as well as the way they cultivated breakthrough movements in art, performance, video, and film."
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)
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- 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
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
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
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£10.99In 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
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
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 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,...
- 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
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
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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
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
Disco 2Soul Jazz Records
This is a second selection of independent disco records featuring rare and classic tracks originally released in the USA between the halcyon years of 1977...
- Stevo – Pay The Price
- High Frequency – Summertime
- Dunn Pearson Jr. – Groove On Down
- Mad Dog Fire Department – Cosmic Funk
- Needa – Rock-A-Freak
- Cream De Coco – Disco Strut
- Anita Maldonado – What Can I Do To Make You Dance
- The Shades Of Love – Come Inside
- Skip Jackson – Micro Wave Boogie
- Jahneen – Everybody's Dancin'
- Montego Joe – Freestyle
- Timmy Thomas – Africano
- Paper Doll – Get Down Boy
- Jazz – I Feel Like Love
- Paco & Flaco & Coco – He's Here
- Ripple – Victorious
- Universal Love – Moon Ride
- Panache – Jam On
- Otis Brown's Grade A – Strut On
- 1. Stevo – Pay The Price
- 2. High Frequency – Summertime
- 3. Dunn Pearson Jr. – Groove On Down
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP Vol.1 SJRLP311-1£26.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- 2×LP Vol.2 SJRLP311-2£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×CD SJRCD311£13.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- MP3 Release SJRD311£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Back In The Days Photographs By Jamel ShabazzpowerHouse Books
Amazing, genius photographs of New York hip-hop fashion and culture taken by Jamel Shabazz between 1980 and 1989. Intro by Fab Five Freddy. As stylish...
- Book (700g) 9781576871065£30.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Stevie WonderBy John Swenson
- Original Book (500g) 9780859650762£12.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print paperback in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Don Shirley TrioDon Shirley Trio (1960)Cadence
Original 1960 textured sleeve original vinyl jazz trio quite deep
- Original LP CLP 3046£12.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
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
Om UnitThe CanopyZamZam Sounds
OM Unit makes his ZamZam Sounds debut with two tracks that flaunt plenty of power, weight and punch. A-side track 'Armageddon Style' wraps a prodding,...
- – The Canopy (Armageddon Style)
- – Mystik 808
- 1. – The Canopy (Armageddon Style)
- 2. – Mystik 808
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" ZAMZAM91£13.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Jazz Religion, The Second Line And Black New OrleansBy Richard Brent TurnerIndiana University Press
Great New Orleans music book! NEW EDITION DIFFT COVER
Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of the...
- Book (350g)£25.00(updated version)In stockAdd to Bag
Musica BrasileiraA History of Popular Music and the People of BrazilMarion Boyars
STILL ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ON BRAZILIAN MUSIC! Only £6!!!
Written by Claus Schreiner, this is an excellent book covering all aspects of Brazilian music...
- Book (450g) 9780714530666£9.99 £6.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Dakota StatonI Want A Country Man (1973)Groove Merchant
Original USA 1973 Groove Merchant reocrds w/ Frank Wess, Cecil Bridgewater, Bill Watrous produced by Sonny Lester
- Original LP GM 521£9.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Sold out Notify me when in stock
Dollar Bill Y'AllSpring Records And The First Decade Of Hip HopBGP
In 1979, Spring Records released the first hip-hop style rap record ‘King Tim III (Personality Jock)’ by The Fatback Band. The label, initially relegated...
- – Money (Dollar Bill Y'All) (Long Version) - Jimmy Spicer
- – King Tim III (Personality Jock) - Fatback
- – Charley Says! (Roller Boogie Baby) - King Tim III
- – Magic's Message (There Has To Be A Better Way) - Mr Magic
- – To Whoever It May Concern - DJ Hollywood
- – Go For What You Know - Bally Boys
- – I'm Hot - The Rangers
- – Cars (Zulu Club Mix) - Afrika & The Zulu Kings
- – Rockin' It - MC Flex & The FBI Crew
- – Tearin' It Up - D4
- – The Beach (Long Vocal Version) - Afrika & The Zulu Kings
- 1. – Money (Dollar Bill Y'All) (Long Version) - Jimmy Spicer
- 2. – King Tim III (Personality Jock) - Fatback
- 3. – Charley Says! (Roller Boogie Baby) - King Tim III
- View full info and tracklisting
- New 2×LP BGP2317£20.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD CDBGPD317£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Punk 45: The Singles Cover Art of Punk 1976-80Edited by Jon Savage and Stuart Baker with a new introduction by Bobbie GillespieSoul Jazz Books
Brand new edition of Soul Jazz Records’ massive deluxe 400-page Punk 45s cover art book edited and compiled by Jon Savage (author of the seminal book...
- Book (2.2kg) SJR526£35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Rhythms Of WonderStevie Wonder by Sharon DavisRobson Books
- Original Book (700g) 9781861059659£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK HardbackSold out Notify me when in stock
Aretha Franklin - Lady SoulBy Leslie CourseFranklin Watts
- Original Book (300g)£10.00Original Pre-Owned Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
Danny JohnsonIntroducing Danny Johnson (1978)First American
Chicago soul 78. Orig USA vinyl
- Original LP FA 7717£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
DJ Vadim & BlackstoneDouble SidedBBE
Long awaited full-length album from DJ Vadim & Blackstone. After providing a pair of stellar guest appearances on Vadim’s 2014 ‘Dubcatcher‘ album,...
- – Burning Love
- – Double Sided
- – Luv 2 Luv
- – Choose feat. Aima the Dreamer
- – No No No feat. Tiggy Tafari
- – Re Run
- 1. – Burning Love
- 2. – Double Sided
- 3. – Luv 2 Luv
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP BBE436ALP£23.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD BBE436ACD£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Peter Gordon & David Van TieghemWinter / SummerFoom
Two previously unreleased recordings from 1978 by Arthur Russell affiliate, Peter Gordon and David Van Tieghem who together we part of Love Of Life Orchestra...
- – Winter
- 1. – Winter
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- 12" FM006£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the MusicEdited by Leonard L. BrownOxford University Press
Edited by prominent musician and scholar Leonard Brown, John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music is a timely exploration...
- Book (450g) 978195328929£20.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Musicby Ian CarrGrafton Books
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Richie Ray & Bobby CruzEl Sonido De La Bestia (1980)Vaya Records
Hardcore salsa.
Vinyl VG, sleeve G (tape on spine)+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
Venezuelan vinyl
- – El Sonido De La Bestia
- 7. – El Sonido De La Bestia
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£19.99Sold out Notify me when in stock
ABRARoseNinja Tune
Atlanta based singer, songwriter and producer ABRA releases her critically acclaimed 2015 mixtape ‘Rose’ as a limited vinyl edition via Ninja Tune!
- 2xLP + Download Code ZEN246£19.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Bobby Williams GroupBoogaloo Mardi GrasSoul Jazz Records
EXCLUSIVE NEW 45rpm - ONLY available direct from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe.
This is another killer EDDIE BO...
- – Boogaloo Mardi Gras (Part 1)
- – Boogaloo Mardi Gras (Part 2)
- 1. – Boogaloo Mardi Gras (Part 1)
- 2. – Boogaloo Mardi Gras (Part 2)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" SJR356-7£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Small Axe Bookzine 6U RoyMuzik Tree
Great 50 page Bookzine with features on the original DJ Daddy U Roy. With photos, reviews and text
- Book (100g)£4.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jonesby Courtney RossWarner Books
- Original Book (1.1kg)£15.00Sold out Notify me when in stock