51463

    The Face of Black Music by Valerie Wilmer Introduction by Archie Shepp

    Original secondhand hardbook w/out dustjacket. Intro by Archie Shepp.  Wicked pics! G cond

    Other Releases on

    Freedom Rhythm and Sound EVENTThu 18 Dec 2025
    Gilles Peterson + Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) + Special GuestsAn evening of conversation, music and visuals 7.30-10pm Thu 18 Dec 2025 at The American...
      • EARLY BIRD Live Event E-Ticket£10.00
        In 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...
        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 £35.00
            In 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.
            Namba RoyNo Black Sparrows
            'A vivid portrait of Jamaica in the 1930s" Excellent social realist novel. Written by Jamaican Namba Roy in the 1950s in Britain. He died in 1961 and...
              • Original Book (200g)£15.00
                Original Pre-Owned Out of Print paperback copy in good condition
                In 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...
                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...
                  Wayne GorbeaCogele el Gusto
                    • Original CD£3.99
                      CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great condition
                      In stockAdd to Bag
                    Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10
                    Latin compilation
                      • Original CD£9.99
                        CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great condition
                        In stockAdd to Bag
                      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
                          In stockAdd to Bag
                        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
                            In 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£9.99
                              In stockAdd to Bag
                            Salsa Y Ache
                              • Original CD£4.99
                                CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great condition
                                In 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£10.99
                                  In 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...
                                  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£20.00
                                      In 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...
                                      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...
                                          Eros the Bittersweet : An Essayby Anne Carson
                                          Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic...
                                            Days at the Morisaki Bookshopby Satoshi Yagisawa
                                            The beloved Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, family, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book. When twenty-five-year-old...
                                              • Book (300g) 9781786583239£10.99
                                                In stockAdd to Bag
                                              Luke de NoronhaDeporting Black Britons : Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica
                                              Since the late nineties, the UK has deported thousands of people to Jamaica. Many of these ‘deportees’ left the Caribbean as infants and grew up in...
                                                Jacqueline CrooksFire Rush
                                                Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes....
                                                  We Were There:How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain
                                                  We Were There is about a Black Britain that for too long has been unknown and unexplored – the one that exists beyond London. **An Esquire and GQ best...
                                                    • Book (700g) 9781847927477£22.00
                                                      In stockAdd to Bag
                                                    Keith Gildart & Stephen CatterallKeeping the Faith : A History of Northern Soul
                                                    In the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s...
                                                      Margo JeffersonNegroland : A Memoir
                                                      'Jefferson's eye for details yields some devastatingly honest and painful insights' The Times'Captivating... Charm is this book's watchword' Colin Grant,...
                                                        Emanuele CocciaPhilosophy of the Home : Domestic Space and Happiness
                                                        A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological...
                                                          The Black Power Mixtape : 1967-1975
                                                          Featuring images recently discovered in the archives of Swedish television, The Black Power Mixtape shows the Black Power movement as never seen before....
                                                            Karl Marx, Friedrich EngelsThe Communist Manifesto
                                                            'The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.'Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working classes - one of the most important and...
                                                              Daft PunkWe Were The Robots: A Disco Pogo Tribute
                                                              Featuring a new foreword by David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as Soulwax and 2manydjs. Daft Punk featured often in the formative years of Jockey...
                                                                Woman Life Freedom
                                                                Jina Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of Iran’s Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to...

                                                                  People also bought

                                                                  Willie ColónWillie (1974)Fania Records
                                                                  Strictly hardcore nuyorican latin. Original copy Venezuelan vinyl with inner, sleeve has wear (G+/G+)
                                                                  • – La Murga
                                                                  The Stevie Wonder Scrapbookby James Haskins with Kathleen BensonCassell
                                                                  Great 1979 book about Stevie Wonder's life with loads (100s) of stunning black and white photos and text. Great!
                                                                    Africa O-Ye!A Celebration Of African MusicGuinness Publishing
                                                                    DESCRIPTION:The sounds of Africa have been infiltrating Western music and culture for some time. This book traces the development of the various musical...
                                                                      • Original Book (700g)£10.00
                                                                        Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Paperback Book in good condition
                                                                        In stockAdd to Bag
                                                                      Tim DavisPipe DreamMetromedia Records
                                                                      Original USA vinyl, tape on top spine, sleeve wear
                                                                        Cold SweatMy Father James Brown and MeChicago Review Press
                                                                        £10 OFF - That's 50% OFF!! USA HARDBACK BOOK - ONLY £10! Being the child of a global superstar is never easy. Being the daughter of the Godfather...
                                                                          Chick CoreaMad HatterPolydor
                                                                          With Joe Farrell, Harvey Mason, Eddie Gomez and the ever-present ethereal vocals of Gayle Moran
                                                                            • Original LP£12.00
                                                                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA Vinyl,
                                                                            Antonio Carlos Jobim: An Illuminated ManHelena JobimHal Leonard Books
                                                                            Charlie Byrd, Herbie Mann, and others brought in bags full of discs from a trip to Brazil in 1961. Stan Getz listened to them and recorded "Desafinado,"...
                                                                              Dwight DickersonSooner Or Later (1978)Discovery
                                                                              Tough west coast fusion on Trend/Discovery 1978. check the audio! MINT SEALED AND OPENED ONCE RARE.
                                                                              • – sooner or later
                                                                              From Jazz Funk & Fusion To Acid JazzThe History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene By SnowboyAuthorHouse
                                                                              This is the first time the history of the uniquely British 'Jazz Dance' scene has been documented in such depth, written over a period of 10 years by Mark...
                                                                                • Book (700g) 9781438973609£19.99
                                                                                  In stockAdd to Bag
                                                                                Linda HargroveMusic Is Your Mistress (1973)Elektra Records
                                                                                Nice folk funk, original USA gatefold vinyl
                                                                                  • Original LP£15.00
                                                                                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Secondhand original USA vinyl
                                                                                  WarThe Music Band 2 (1979)MCA
                                                                                  Includes the epic loft/garage classic disco version of "The World Is A Ghetto"!
                                                                                  • – the world is a ghetto
                                                                                  • Original LP£25.00
                                                                                    Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Japanese Vinyl
                                                                                  Rhythms of the WorldBy Francis Hanly BBC Books (1989)
                                                                                    • Original Book (500g) 9780563207900£10.00
                                                                                      Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Large Format Paperback Book in Good Condition
                                                                                      In stockAdd to Bag
                                                                                    Jackie WilsonDo Your Thing (1970)MCA Records International
                                                                                    Includes Jackie Wilson's awesome version of Light My Fire - using the same Young Holt backing track as on Erma Franklin's equally stunning version (all...
                                                                                    • – Light My Fire
                                                                                    • Original LP£40.00
                                                                                      Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl, minor writing on front
                                                                                    The Encyclopedia Yearbooks of Jazz:by Leonard FeatherDa Capo Press
                                                                                    secondhand paperback large format book (small tear top right cover)
                                                                                      Dr. Sir WarriorChi Awu Otu (1982)Afrodisia
                                                                                      Original AFRODISIA Nigerian Vinyl VG- (lot of surface marks some noise /Sleeve VG- (lot of wear) 100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds...
                                                                                      • – Ihe Onyeche
                                                                                      Nowhere to Run: Story of Soul MusicBy Gerri HirsheyPan Books
                                                                                      A portrait of soul music recounted by the voices of the people who were there, presenting the recollections of soul greats such as ray Charles, Ben E....
                                                                                        Joe Cuba SextetComin' At You (1965)Seeco Records
                                                                                        KILLER latin!
                                                                                        • – So What?
                                                                                        • Original LP SCLP 9268£30.00
                                                                                          Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: VGOriginal Venezuelan issue, surface marks plays well
                                                                                        Jackie WilsonThis Love Is Real (1970)Brunswick
                                                                                        Rare Jackie Wilson on Brunswick 1970, original vinyl
                                                                                          Armando Valdespí And His OrchestraLet's DanceRico Records
                                                                                          Very rare and obscure Latin LP on independent New York label Rico Records
                                                                                            Barbara McNairMore Today Than Yesterday (1969)Audio Fidelity
                                                                                            Love has a way - what a tune!
                                                                                            • – love has a way
                                                                                            • Original LP£20.00
                                                                                              Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA Vinyl
                                                                                            The 2 Live CrewThe Bomb Has Dropped (1989)Luke Skyywalker Records
                                                                                            Miami Bass 2 Live Crew do Trouble Funk. Original USA vinyl in shrink
                                                                                            • – The Bomb Has Dropped (Drop The Bomb Remix)
                                                                                            Lebron BrothersSalsa Y Control (1970)Cotique
                                                                                            RARE latin 1970 lp.
                                                                                            • – Sabor Tipico
                                                                                            • Original LP LP - 7708£30.00
                                                                                              Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: VGOriginal Venezuelan pressing Vinyl, clean vinyl but few background pops