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Massive Attack & Tom WaitsBoots on the GroundPlay It Again Sam
William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
MuseThe Wow!Warner Records
Labi Siffre1970-1971Edsel
Joe HisaishiA Big Bold Beautiful JourneyMutant
Your Brother’s Keeper & Gary BartzWhere Rivers MeetBrownswood
De La SoulThe Grind DateBMG
Roy Ayers UbiquityVibrationsVampisoul
MaxwellMaxwell's Urban Hang SuiteSony
Tara Clerkin TrioSomewhere GoodWorld of Echo
Dragon Ball Hit Song CollectionVarious ArtistsNippon Columbia
Boards of CanadaInfernoWarp
Kaiso Power: Sound Revolution in TrinidadVarious ArtistsSoundway Records
Alan & Jan (Portable & Jan Jelinek)Take me, I’m yoursFaitiche
Brown Spirits#1Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#2Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#3Soul Jazz Records
Fairfield Ethio-Jazz ProjectBath KetamaSevern Songs
King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardFrom Demos To DemonsBeat Generation
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
Silver ApplesOscillations Studio Mix / The Edge of Wonder (Andrew Weatherall Remix)Silver Apples Foundation
Rebel Island SoulUnder the Influence: Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970sSoul Jazz Records
John SilasWater SignLove Injection 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
Gil Scott-HeronReflectionsL.M.L.R
McCoy TynerAsante [Expanded Edition]Blue Note
Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
- 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."
LabyrinthBritish Jazz on Record 1960-75
MASSIVE large format 375 page £3kg hardback book, quarter bound in cloth, debossed cover!
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- 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
Jocelyn BrownSomebody Else's Guy
Released in 1984 and a top 20 hit in the UK, Somebody Else’s Guy is a Bonafide classic disco record that everyone knows! Now back in the spotlight more...
- 12" (Coloured Vinyl)£19.99In 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
Allen GinsbergTelevision Was A Baby Crawling ...
'Wives in the avocados, babies in the tomatoes!-and you, García Lorca, what were you doing by the watermelons?'Profane and prophetic verses about sex,...
- Book (150g)£3.00In 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
Nicola ConteNAQUELA BASE
An RSD vinyl only exclusive of a track from Nicola Conte's next album. A cover of Joao Donato's dancefloor jazz classic Naquela Base. The track will only...
- 7"£13.00In 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
TroublemanTIME OUT OF MIND
An expanded edition of a long out of print Far Out classic. This double vinyl edition will include the track 'Strikehard' for the first time, which was...
- New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl)£26.00In 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
Kae TempestDivisible by itself and one
Divisible by Itself and One is the powerful new collection from our foremost truth-teller Kae Tempest. Ruminative, wise, with a newer, more contemplative...
- Book (200g)£10.99In 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
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
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
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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
Eric MercuryEric Mercury (1975)Mercury
Boogie funk 75
- Original LP£9.99Sold out Notify me when in stock
The Funky 16 CornersStones 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 I-STH2038£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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...
- – Machine Shop Part 1
- – Machine Shop Part 2
- 1. – Machine Shop Part 1
- 2. – Machine Shop Part 2
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" SJR358-7£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
PrinceInside the Music and the MasksSt Martin's Griffin
Prince is the first book to give full treatment to his thirty-five-year career. Acclaimed music journalist Ronin Ro traces Prince's rise from anonymity...
- Book (450g) 9781250127549£15.00 £10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Miriam MakebaMy StoryBloomsbury
- Original Book (700g) 9780747501466£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback,Sold out Notify me when in stock
Love And KissesHow Much, How Much I Love You (1978)Casablanca
Disco epic-ness produced by Alec Costandinos
- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original USA LP Vinyl in original shrink
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!Sold out Notify me when in stock
The Complete Guide ToDisco DancingWarner Books
- Original Book (400g)£12.00Second-hand original paperback book 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' money-back guarantee!Sold out Notify me when in stock
Brass HorizonHorizon's Theme Pt. 1& 2Minda Mark / Super Disco Edit
Brass Horizon only ever had one effort put out onto vinyl. The much sought after 'We Want To Play" on the Minda Mark label. Currently commanding big bucks...
- – Horizons Theme (Part 1)
- – Horizons Theme (Part 2)
- 1. – Horizons Theme (Part 1)
- 2. – Horizons Theme (Part 2)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" SDE21£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Brazilian JiveFrom Samba to Bossa and RapReaktion Books
£7.50 OFF!!! That's 50% OFF!!! UK PAPERBACKIn Brazilian Jive, David Treece uncovers the genius of Brazilian song, both as a sophisticated, articulate...
- Book (600g) 1780230850£14.95 £7.50Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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) 9780226456911£24.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Mighty Clouds Of JoyTruth Is The Power (1977)ABC Records
Uplifting gospel soul.
Original USA Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy...
- Original LP AB-986£12.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
The Vice LordsWarriors of the Streets
Rare USA small secondhand book in good condition - cultural anthropology case studies about the legendary street gang. This is 1978 edition with different...
- Original Book (200g)£25.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Charles EarlandComing To You Live (RSD 2017 Reissue)Columbia
Official Sony / Columbia reissue of Charles Earland's Coming To You Live another one of those rare infectious 12" releases which has grown...
- – Coming To You Live
- – I Will Never Tell
- 1. – Coming To You Live
- 2. – I Will Never Tell
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" 180gm AS 885P£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Roots Of The Bluesby Samuel ChartersDa Capo Paperback
- Original Book (300g)£10.00Secondhand out-of-print edition paperback exlibrary w/stampsSold out Notify me when in stock
Theory of African MusicVolume 2
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) 9780226456942£24.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock