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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
McCoy TynerAsante [Expanded Edition]Blue Note
Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Buena Vista Social ClubLost and FoundBMG
- Book (550g)£18.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Learn history - buy this book! AWESOME collection of house flyers from Chicago's halycon days in the 1980s! RON HARDY, HOT MIX 5, FRANKIE KNUCKLES & MORE.
Also included in the mix are promoters, record stores, labels, and an assortment of party crews and dance groups who contributed to the growth and atmosphere of house music in Chicago.
Great designs, legendary house DJs - it's almost like you're there!
94 pages ships end of the week
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
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
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
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
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
BasquiatA Quick Killing in Art
“A smart, crackling chronicle of fast game, the ’80s art market, [and] the attraction of destruction.”— Village Voice
A bold and vivid biography...
- Book (700g)£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
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 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
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
WavejumpersThe Sunken Treasure EPUnderground Resistance
Awesome release via the Detroit techno militants - sub-aquatic, deadly electro beats from the Wavejumpers. Could it be.....?
- – The Sound
- – Aquatic Justice
- – Cetacean Nation
- – Decoding The Maps
- – Sunken Treasure
- 1. – The Sound
- 2. – Aquatic Justice
- 3. – Cetacean Nation
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" UR-097£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
DJ Stingray 313Molecular Level SolutionsMicron Audio
Cold, spacey Detroit electro-technofunk from Drexciyan DJ, Stingray!
- – Bioplastics
- – Construction Materials From Organic Waste
- – Carbon Neutral Fuels
- – Enzymatic Detergents
- 1. – Bioplastics
- 2. – Construction Materials From Organic Waste
- 3. – Carbon Neutral Fuels
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" MCR00003£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Japanese TelecomVirtual GeishaClone Aqualung Series
Reissue of the long out of print Virtual Geisha album by Japanese Telecom (aka Dopplereffekt / Der Zyklus) first released in 2001. A further exploration...
- – The Making Of Ultraman
- – Beta Capsule
- – Cigarette Lighter
- – Enter Mrs. Suzuki
- – Pagoda Of Sin
- – Virtual Origami
- – Virtual Geisha (She Interacts)
- – Japanese Matrix
- – Remote Transmitter
- – Mounting Yoko
- 1. – The Making Of Ultraman
- 2. – Beta Capsule
- 3. – Cigarette Lighter
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP CAL017LP£26.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
S.O.N.SThe EscapeS.O.N.S
S.O.N.S first album, an O.S.T for a movie which does not exist... the story of Anna and her escape from Earth... to planet Seylanide. And yes, this time,...
- – Garden
- – Upside Down
- – Identity (Shattered Dreams)
- 4. – Garden
- 5. – Upside Down
- 9. – Identity (Shattered Dreams)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP SO-10SL-NS£27.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Terrence DixonRelinked EPKynant Records
Utterly alien sounding techno minimalism from Detroit's Terrence Dixon - essential release!
- – Relinked
- – Transcend
- – Change
- – Relentlessly
- – Unstoppable
- – No Smoking In The Green Room
- 1. – Relinked
- 2. – Transcend
- 3. – Change
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" EP KYN018£13.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Schoolly DCuz Schoolly D Is CrazyWienerworld Music
Deemed a “pioneer” by Jay-Z (Decoded, 09) and credited by Ice-T as releasing the first gangsta rap record (Props Magazine), Schoolly D’s career has...
- – The S The C The H (It’s Schoolly)
- – Real Rhymes And Real Raps
- – Oh Shit
- – Jordan's Dream
- – The Epic (Featuring Chuck D)
- – These Rhymes Are Dedicated (To All The B-Boys B-Girls All Over The World)
- – The Real Hardcore (Featuring Ice-T)
- – 82,83,84,85 (Watcha Young Brother Come Alive)
- 1. – The S The C The H (It’s Schoolly)
- 2. – Real Rhymes And Real Raps
- 3. – Oh Shit
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP RN1001£28.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Wax Poetics (Patrice Rushen cover)
NEW! 148 pages of musical niceness with Patrice Rushen on the front and interview
+ A feature and interviews on the history of Detroit techno, from Juan...
- Magazine (250g)£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Detroit Rave Flyers 1993 -1999
Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, Jeff Mills, Stacy Pullen, Robert Hood, Eddie Fowlkes, Cajmere. Richie Hawtin .... blimey!Detroit Rave Flyers...
- Book (300g)£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Mutant Beat DanceNo Comfort For ControlNation
**One per customer!**
Chicago’s Melvin Oliphant, Beau Wanzer and Jason Letkiewicz release proto-house, EBM and darkwave under their Mutant Beat Dance...
- – Tote Kammer
- – Tuning Within The Maze
- – Spy Vs Spy
- – Prayer 4 Heaven
- – Drug Psychedelik
- – Vibrational Nature (The Spirit Center)
- – Sinister
- – Water Vapor
- – Whutz Punk
- – Water Vapor Funk Dubb
- 1. – Tote Kammer
- 2. – Tuning Within The Maze
- 3. – Spy Vs Spy
- View full info and tracklisting
- 3×LP NAT 020£37.00One per customer!Out of stock Notify me when in stock