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Nick WaltersAwakening featuring The Paradox Ensemble22a
The JamaicansBa Ba BoomGet On Down
Roc MarcianoBehold A Dark HorseMarci Enterprises
CzarfaceDog Days of TomorrowSilver Age
Run DMCDown With The KingDinked Records
Bubbha Thomas & The Lightmen Plus OneEnergy Control CenterNow-Again Records
Monks Road Social (feat Wonderfulsound)Golden DayWonderfulsound
Mighty RyedersHelp Us Spread The MessageUbiquity
B.B. SeatonI Love The Reggae / Whey She Do NowSoul Beat
Andrew Tosh / Frankie WilmottLick A Shot / SensimillaTop Ranking Sound
Eva KeyesLight Shining / Shining DubPartial Records
Key & ClearyLove Is The WayNow-Again Records / Now-Again Reserve
Dub The Earth ft. Steve SwannNo BarriersPartial Records
SymaripSkinhead Moon StompGet On Down
Sabrina RichSmooth OperatorCultures Of Soul
George AllisonTen To One / Hard TimesCartridge
R. LyleThe Tempest EPHomemade Music
Creation StepperAfricaTribes Man Records
Didier BocquetEclipseCameleon Records
BremenEnter SilenceBlackest Ever Black
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Las Vegas Grind Vol. 7Various ArtistsJazzman
Sampology / Sam Stosuur / Megan ChristensenMiddle Name Dance Tracks Vol. 1Middle Name Records
Bernard XolotlMusic by XolotlWah Wah Records
Barry BrownUnity Is Strength / Higher RegionTribes Man Records
James BlakeAssume FormPolydor
Kev BrownBrown Album: (Black Album Remixes)KB Records
Sleep D presents DJ Mind Leaf & The Herbalist & DJ Fett Birger & Sleep DBSR20.5Butter Sessions
Rai ScottDetached ObservationChurch
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Roy AyersHe's Coming: 45s CollectionDynamite Cuts
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Solomon CitronKampu-China (Original Soundtrack)KingUnderground
Midnight In Tokyo Vol. 3Various ArtistsStudio Mule
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DJ MuggsSoul Assassins: Dia Del AsesinatoSoul Assassins
Paul NiceSure Shot Drum Series Vol. 1Sure Shot
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Talib Kweli x Styles PThe SevenJavotti Media
Victor DéméVictor DéméHeavenly Sweetness
GASZauberbergKompakt
Ruby AndrewsEverybody Saw YouEverland
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Rough Trade Shops Presents: Counter Culture 2018Various ArtistsRough Trade Shops
Clydie KingRushing To Meet YouEverland
Dhafer YoussefSounds Of MirrorsAnteprima
Jeff MillsStr MrkdStr Mrkd
Street FeetStreet FeetEverland
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."
Highlife Saturday NightPopular Music and Social Change in Urban Ghana
WICKED BOOK! USA IMPORT PAPERBACK 60% OFF!!!!
Highlife Saturday Night captures the vibrancy of Saturday nights in Ghana-when musicians took to the stage...
- Book (800g)£20.99 £7.99In stockAdd to Bag
LeewayLee Morgan Discography
Excellent discography on man like Lee Morgan, every record session!
"Roger Wernboe has done Jazz scholars, fans, and collectors a great favor. Thanks...
- Book (200g)£25.00Out of print RARE paperback book. NEW, SEALED OPENED ONCEIn stockAdd to Bag
The Clash FAQAll That s Left to Know About the Clash City Rockers
OVER 50% OFF!!!Founded by guitarist Mick Jones and fronted by the legendary Joe Strummer, the Clash had the charisma of Elvis, the integrity of the Beatles,...
- Book (700g)£15.99 £6.99In stockAdd to Bag
Rolling Stones: The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1985)by Stanley Booth
- Original Book (500g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Contemporary Music: An Introductionby Francis Routh (1968)
Neat secondhand small hardback book w/dustjacket. Varese, Schoenberg, Copland
- Original Book (300g)£10.00100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' money-back guarantee!In stockAdd to Bag
Iceberg SlimMama Black Widow
Iceberg Slim keeps it real - so says Ice T
- Original Book (200g)£5.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Black Power Imperative (1985)by Theodore Cross
Large USA secondhand paperback in ok condition
- Original Book (1.4kg)£15.00Large USA secondhand paperback in ok conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Stevie WonderBy John Swenson
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Secondhand paperback in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Words of Our Mouth, Meditations of Our Heartby Kenneth Bilby
This is the first book devoted to the studio musicians who were central to Jamaica's popular-music explosion. With color portraits and interview excerpts,...
- Book (750g)£22.99In stockAdd to Bag
African Musics in Context. Institutions, Culture, Identityby Thomas Solomon
African Musics in Context discusses the place of performing arts in Ugandan society, archiving music and music sources, performing archival music, performing...
- Book (550g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Ferdinand DennisThe Last Blues Dance
S/hand paperback in good condition.100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your...
- Original Book (200g)£8.00s/hand paperback in good condition.
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Chester HimesRun Man Run
Secondhand paperback (slightly difft cover) in ok condition100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy...
- Original Book (200g)£7.00secondhand paperback (slightly difft cover) in ok condition
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Music in Africaby Adana Dzemila
Africa is such a large and diverse continent. Outside Africa, there is often only talk about Africa as one country: For example Tunisia and Tanzania could...
- Book (200g)£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Lion SongsThomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe
NEARLY 70% OFF ORIGINAL PRICE! LOVELY USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK! CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!!
Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader...
- Book (750g)£29.99 £7.99In stockAdd to Bag
R.I.P.: New York Spraycan Memorialsby Martha Cooper
- Original Book (400g)£9.00Secondhand paperback in good condition (name written inside)In stockAdd to Bag
An African treasury: Articles, essays, stories, poems by Black Africans (1961)by Langston Hughes
Out of print secondhand USA paperback (yellow pages etc)100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy...
- Original Book (200g)£15.00100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' money-back guarantee!In stockAdd to Bag
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)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Orfeo Negro (Black Orpheus)The Original Soundtrack
KILLER Brazilian soundtrack. 100% essential!
Original USA Vinyl VG+/Sleeve VG+ (in shrink)
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of...
- Original LP£15.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' money-back guarantee!In stockAdd to Bag
Len DeightonWinter - A Berlin Family 1899-1945Limited edition uncorrected proof number 906 / 1000
Limited edition uncorrected proof number 906 / 1000.Yellowing cover. One crease. Box 1
- Original Book (350g)£40.00In stockAdd to Bag
70 Years of Popular Music: The War YearsEdited by Peter Foss (1987)
Large format secondhand book/pamphlet
- Original Book (250g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Sandeeno / Johnny ClarkeZion Train / Dance
Double header from Dub Conductor Music on this new 10" featuring Sandeeno and the legendary Johnny Clarke on one vocal a piece plus dubs.
- Sandeeno – Zion Train
- Sandeeno / Johnny Clarke – Dub
- Johnny Clarke – Dance
- Sandeeno / Johnny Clarke – Dub
- 1. Sandeeno – Zion Train
- 2. Dub
- 3. Johnny Clarke – Dance
- View full info and tracklisting
- 10"£8.49In stockAdd to Bag
Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsessionby Greil Marcus (1992)
- Original Book (600g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
All American Music: Composition in the Late Twentieth Centuryby John Rockwell (1983)
Secondhand hardback book w/dustjacket, plastic covered. Features chapters on Cage, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Robert Ashley, Phillip Glass, Keith Jarrett,...
- Original Book (600g)£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Soviet Composers and the Development of Soviet Musicby Stanley Dale Krebs (1970)
- Original Book (650g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Zoot Suits and Secondhand Dresses: Anthology of Fashion and Music (Youth questions)by Angela McRobbie (1989)
Youth culture clothes innit. Secondhand paperback book
- Original Book (500g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
History of Russian Music : Volume 1, From Its Origins to Dargomyzhskyby Dr Gerald R. Seaman (1967)
- Original Book (650g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissanceby F. W. Sternfeld (1973)
Secondhand hardback book w/ a badly damaged dustjacket
- Original Book (1.1kg)£7.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Later Works of R. Vaughan Williams (The Musical Pilgrim)by Frank Howes (1937)
- Original Book (200g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Medieval Music (Oxford Topics in Music)by Joan Arnold (1982)
- Original Book (200g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
In Search of the Blues: Black Voices, White Visionsby Marybeth Hamilton (2007)
- Original Book (400g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Backing into the Limelight: The Story of the Mike Sammes Singersby Mike Sammes (1994)
Easy now!Secondhand hardback book w/dustjacket
- Original Book (600g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
A Future for English Music and other Lecturesby Sir Edward Elgar (1968)
- Original Book (600g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continentby Bruno Nettl (1965)
Original secondhand hardback book w/ dustjacket in plastic covering ex-library w/stamps
- Original Book (500g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Patti SmithCollected Lyrics 1970-2015Ecco
USA HARDBACK BOOK OVER 60% OFF!!Patti Smith is a multi-disciplined artist and performer with her work rooted in poetry. Here is a revised and updated version...
- Book (600g)£19.99 £7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Best of Jazz: Basin Street to Harlem - Jazz Masters and Masterpieces, 1917-30by Humphrey Lyttelton (1978)
Secondhand 1st edition hardback book w/dustjacket. From Basin Street to Mornington Crescent ... no sorry, to Harlem.
- Original Book (500g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Whitney Houston 1963-2012 We Will Always Love Youby James Robert Parish (2012)
This comprehensive biography chronicles the full dramatic narrative of Houston’s rollercoaster ride from her troubled childhood days in New Jersey to...
- Original Book (300g)£6.00In stockAdd to Bag
If I Can Dream: Elvis's Own Storyby Larry Geller And Joel Spector (1989)
A long-time confidante of Elvis Presley reveals intimate details of the legendary performer's dreams and disillusionments, showing his disintegration due...
- Original Book (700g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Black Music in Britain: Essays on the Afro-Asian Contribution to Popular Music (Popular Music in Britain)by Paul Oliver (1990)
Secondhand paperback - "essays on the Afro-Asian contribution to popular music"
- Original Book (400g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Stravinsky (The Master Musicians Series)by Francis Routh (1975)
- Original Book (350g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Strange Days: My Life With and Without Jim Morrisonby Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (1998)
An intimate and honest tale of the truth behind the Jim Morrison myth written by Jim Morrison’s lover and the only woman with whom he went through any...
- Original Book (400g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Elvis and Meby Priscilla Beaulieu Presley (1985)
Million selling story of Elvis and PriscillaSecondhand hardback 1st edition book w/dustjacket
- Original Book (800g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
The War of the End of the Worldby Mario Vargas Llosa
s/hand paperback - wicked book about Brazliian maroons rebellion, it's high-adrenaline bomb innit
- Original Book (700g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Man On The RunPaul McCartney In The 1970s
USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK - OVER 50% OFF!!!!The most famous living rock musician on the planet, Paul McCartney is now regarded as a slightly cosy figure,...
- Book (800g)£18.99 £7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Disco 2A Further Fine Selection of Independent Disco, Modern Soul and Boogie 1976-80Soul 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×CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×LP Vol.1£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×LP Vol.2£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Inner City Beat !Detective Themes, Spy Music and Imaginary ThrillersSoul Jazz Records
Soul Jazz Records new release Inner City Beat! Detective Themes, Spy Music and Imaginary Thrillers is a unique CD (and 2LP)...
- Peter Reno & Barry Stoller – Sparks
- Syd Dale – Danger Musicians At Work
- Clive Hicks – Drums In Transit
- Norrie Paramor – Theme From New Scotland Yard
- Francis Coppetiers – Funky Chimes
- Dave Richmond – Gotta Getaway
- Dave Richmond – Heavy Lead
- Reg Tilsley – Ode To A Stone
- Ernest Copley – Fuel Injection
- Brass Incorporated – On A Bicycle Made For Three
- Tilsley Orchestral – The Ratcatchers
- Ernest Copley – Dynamic Patterns
- David Lindup – Men Of Action
- Brass Incorporated – Come One, Come All
- Francis Coppetiers – Crosstalk
- The International Studio Group – High Diplomacy
- Syd Dale – The Hell Raisers
- Johnny Pearson – Product Efficiency
- Johnny Hawksworth – Conveyor Belt
- The International Studio Group – Police Five
- Johnny Pearson – Grand Prix
- David Lindup – Superformance
- Ernest Copley – Crossflow
- Johnny Hawksworth – Workshop
- 1. Peter Reno & Barry Stoller – Sparks
- 2. Syd Dale – Danger Musicians At Work
- 3. Clive Hicks – Drums In Transit
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£11.99In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Aretha Franklin - Lady SoulBy Leslie CourseFranklin Watts
- Original Book (300g)£20.00Out of print secondhand USA paperback ex-library with stamps and sticker on frontIn stockAdd to Bag
Danny JohnsonIntroducing Danny Johnson (1978)First American
Chicago soul 78. Orig USA vinyl
- Original LP£10.00
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,...
- DJ Vadim & Blackstone – Burning Love
- DJ Vadim & Blackstone – Double Sided
- DJ Vadim & Blackstone – Luv 2 Luv
- DJ Vadim & Blackstone – Choose feat. Aima the Dreamer
- DJ Vadim & Blackstone – No No No feat. Tiggy Tafari
- DJ Vadim & Blackstone – Re Run
- 1. Burning Love
- 2. Double Sided
- 3. Luv 2 Luv
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP£23.99
- CD£10.99
Punk 45: The Singles Cover Art of Punk 1976-80Edited by Jon Savage and Stuart BakerSoul Jazz Books
Back in print!!!Soul Jazz Records’ massive deluxe 400-page Punk 45s cover art book edited and compiled by Jon Savage (author of the seminal book on punk,...
- Book (1.75kg)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
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)£20.99
Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Musicby Ian CarrGrafton Books
- Original Book (500g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
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
- Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz – El Sonido De La Bestia
- Original LP£19.99
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£19.99
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...
- Peter Gordon & David Van Tieghem – Winter
- 1. Winter
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12"£8.99
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)£4.99
The Funky 16 CornersVarious ArtistsStones Throw
Excellent funk album from the Stones Throw camp.
- – Intro
- Ernie And The Top Notes – Dap Walk
- James Reese and The Progressions – Let's Go (It's Summer Time)
- Bad Medicine – Trespasser
- 1. Intro
- 2. Ernie And The Top Notes – Dap Walk
- 3. James Reese and The Progressions – Let's Go (It's Summer Time)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP£18.99
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...
- The Bobby Williams Group – Boogaloo Mardi Gras (Part 1)
- The Bobby Williams Group – Boogaloo Mardi Gras (Part 2)
- 1. Boogaloo Mardi Gras (Part 1)
- 2. Boogaloo Mardi Gras (Part 2)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
PrinceInside the Music and the MasksSt Martin's Griffin
NEW USA IMPORT PAPERBACK £6 BARGAIN!
Prince is the first book to give full treatment to his thirty-five-year career. Acclaimed music journalist Ronin...
- Book (450g)£12.99 £6.00
Miriam MakebaMy StoryBloomsbury
Autobiography of the South African singer.
S/hand paperback book in ok cond only (difft cover)
- Original Book (700g)£6.00S/hand paperback book in ok cond only (difft cover)
Love And KissesHow Much, How Much I Love You (1978)Casablanca
Disco epic-ness produced by Alec Costandinos
- Original LP£10.00
The Complete Guide ToDisco DancingWarner Books
- Original Book (400g)£10.00100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' money-back guarantee!
Untouchable Machine ShopMachine Shop Part 1 / Part 2Soul Jazz Records
EXCLUSIVE NEW 45rpm - ONLY available direct from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe.
KILLER rare groove funk bomb! This...
- Untouchable Machine Shop – Machine Shop Part 1
- Untouchable Machine Shop – Machine Shop Part 2
- 1. Machine Shop Part 1
- 2. Machine Shop Part 2
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Brazilian JiveFrom Samba to Bossa and RapReaktion Books
60% off RRP!In Brazilian Jive, David Treece uncovers the genius of Brazilian song, both as a sophisticated, articulate art form crafted out of the dialogue...
- Book (600g)£14.95 £6.00
Theory of African MusicVolume 1
Taken together, these comprehensive volumes offer an authoritative account of the music of Africa. One of the most prominent experts on the subject, Gerhard...
- Book (800g)£24.99
The Mighty Clouds Of JoyTruth Is The Power (1977)ABC Records
Uplifting gospel soul. Original USA Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG (in orig shrink)
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if...
- Original LP£12.00