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Alfa MistRouletteSekito
Sven WunderDaybreakPiano Piano Records
Chet BakerFive From '65: The Quintet Summer SessionsNew Land
Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient UndergroundVarious ArtistsFundamental Frequencies
Jackie MittooReggae MagicSoul Jazz Records
The Sabres Of ParadiseSabresonic (Remastered)Warp Records
SAULT10Forever Living Originals
Rotary ConnectionHey LoveCadet
Nick DrakeThe Making of Five Leaves LeftUMR
Captain SkyMoonchildPast Due Records
Donald ByrdStepping Into Tomorrow (1975)Blue Note
Constantine WeirContradictionItez
Annie & The CaldwellsI Made It / I'm Going to RiseLuaka Bop
Independent as F***Underground Hip-Hop 1995-2005
El BúhoCumbias Imaquinarias (inc. Auntie Flo remix)Earthly Measures
Freddie RoachDown To EarthBlue Note
Earthly Tapes 04Various ArtistsEarthly Measures
Kenny DopeEvery DJ Pt.1 & 2 - The Unreleased Kenny Dope ProjectKay-Dee Records
Byron The AquariusJamajama / Higher w. Steven KlavierStar Creature
Paul LoweLet's Work It Out / Make Things BetterStroom
Ron TrentLift OffRush Hour
SHOLTO, Abase & Dave BardonMetropolis / The Right OrchidDeep Matter
Kenny Dope feat. Daniel RojoQue Se Sepa Pt.1&2Kay-Dee Records
Queen Demfeat. Yaeji, Sudan Archives, Yaya Bey, COUCOU CHLOE, Georgia Anne Muldrow & moreSoul Jazz Records
Gabriele PosoRitmo Italiano 'Unspoken Sounds Of Italian Tamburo'Mr Bongo
'Baby Face' WilletteStop And ListenBlue Note
Alden ShumanThe Devil In Miss Jones (Original Soundtrack Recording)Real Gone Music
Laurie MillerTrue LovePresagi
ZEEZEE EPFriendly Recordings
A Mineral Compound Fountain Of YouthVarious ArtistsLight Sounds Dark
Edna Martinez Presents - Picó: Sound System Culture From The Colombian Caribbean (No. 1)Various ArtistsStrut
Juan Atkins Presents The Future EPVarious ArtistsMetroplex
Erika de CasierLifetimeIndependent Jeep Music
Omid GeadizadehLike The Sea Knows BlueWah Wah Wino
The TermitesLove Up Kiss Up / Soul RemedyTreasure Isle
- Original Book (400g) 9781873201152£20.00Orig ex-library paperback with stamps etc, plastic covering in good conditionSold out Notify me when in stock
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Independent as F***Underground Hip-Hop 1995-2005
Independent As F**: Underground Hip-hop from 1995-2005 explores how a generation of rap artists rebelled against the major record labels and made music...
- Book (500g) 978-1-913231-87-3£14.99Expected 26 MarPreorder
No Logo: An insightful examination of advertising's impact on society and youth cultureBy Naomi Klein
By the time you’re twenty-one, you’ll have seen or heard a million advertisements. But you won’t be happier for it. This is a book about that much-maligned,...
- Book (400g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
By Ian PenmanErik Satie Three Piece Suite
Composer, pianist and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Époque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit...
- Book (500g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Susan SontagOn Photography
Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs...
- Book (150g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jess Sah BiJesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas
Jesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas is Jess Sah Bi’s first and only gospel album. Fortunately, fans responded with enthusiasm: widespread radio airplay and concerts...
- Cassette Tape AFTA051CS£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Tribul'zationsMelody Babylon
The Tribulizations are a Brighton UK-based reggae vocal harmony duo living the rocker's life style! We pay homage to uk style lovers rock and spiritual...
- – Melody Babylon
- – Freedom Fighter
- – Politicians
- – Fade Away
- – Without You
- – One Step Forward
- – Just Let It Be
- – Fever
- – Social Riot
- – Rest In Love
- 1. – Melody Babylon
- 2. – Freedom Fighter
- 3. – Politicians
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Andy WarholFame
The legendary sixties New York pop artist Andy Warhol's hilarious and insightful vignettes and aphorisms on the topics of love, fame and beauty.
- Book (100g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
Brasil IndomitoBrasil Indomito
- Original LP 14-1627£12.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Colombian VinylIn stockAdd to Bag
Lizzy Mercier DesclouxDesiderata
NYC no wave/ze records scenester Descloux book of poetry, collages and moreIntroduction by Patti Smith
- Book (350g)£17.99In stockAdd to Bag
Louisiana CajunsTurner Browne
Excellent book - stunning black and white photography. Highly recommended
- Original Book (350g)£30.00Out of print Pre-Owned Original USA paperback bit of ageingIn stockAdd to Bag
Jackie DeshannonLove Forever - Demo Recordings 1966-1967
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon got her start singing gospel at home and in church as a child in her native Kentucky, and then singing...
- New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) RLGM18131PMI£35.99In stockAdd to Bag
Flip the Script: How Women Came to Rule Hip Hop
FLIP THE SCRIPT showcases some of the best rappers currently making music in the UK. It has taken a significant amount of time for women to get recognition...
- Book (150g)£7.50In stockAdd to Bag
Nasty Women
With intolerance and inequality increasingly normalised by the day, it's more important than ever to share real experiences and hold the truth to account...
- Book (250g)£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Audre LordeThe Black Unicorn
Filled with rage and tenderness, Audre Lorde's most acclaimed poetry collection speaks of mothers and children, female strength and vulnerability, renewal...
- Book (200g)£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
By John BergerWays of Seeing
John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the...
- Book (150g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit: Art, Feminism, and Digital Technology
In Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit, Judith K. Brodsky makes a ground-breaking intellectual leap by connecting feminist art theory with the rise...
- Book (2.4kg)£29.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Velvet Underground, New York 1965–66 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Adam Ritchie
Awesome small and beautiful new photo-zine of rare pix of the Velvet Underground in New York 1965-66. In the zone! Look there's Andy (hi Andy!), Lou,...
- Book (200g) ISSN 2752-5619£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Afro-American Short StoriesRichard Wright, James Baldwin, William Melvin Kelley, Langston Hughes, LeRoi Jones, Alice Walker
- Original Book (200g)£6.00Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Small Paperback Book in Good ConditionIn stockAdd to Bag
When I Dare to Be Powerful
Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of female...
- Book (300g)£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Letter From Birmingham Jail
This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects...
- Book (150g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
Los JinetesSin Me
- Original 7"£7.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Unplayed USA 45sIn stockAdd to Bag
Catarino LeosMandamiento
Mariachi
- Original 7"£7.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed Original USA 45In stockAdd to Bag
by Silvia FedericiCaliban and the Witch
A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition...
- Book (600g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
George OrwellDown And Out in Paris and London
George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld...
- Book (300g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
We Called It MusicEddie Condon
- Original Book (200g)£20.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback book, inside yellowing to pagesIn stockAdd to Bag
Miguel GallardoTu Amante O Tu Enemigo
- Original 7"£5.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed Original USA 45In stockAdd to Bag
William S. BurroughsJunky
A shocking exposé of the desperate subculture surrounding heroin addiction, William S. Burroughs' Junky is edited with an introduction by Oliver Harris...
- Book (200g)£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Letters to GilMalik Al Nasir
£12 OFF UK HARDBACK!Description'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure'...
- Book (600g) 9780008464431£20.00 £8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
When someone says, 'You have to know your history...' this is it. A pop culture classic for over two decades, now fully refreshed and updated as part of...
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There And Black Again
By Don Letts and Mal Peachey
Don Letts – filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father – has always defied conformity....
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JazzBy Freddy J. Angstmann
(in french). Nice photos
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Hardback Book in Good ConditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Dinosaurs in the MorningBy Whitney Balliett
- Original Book (400g)£25.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK 1st Edn. Hardback Book w/DustjacketIn stockAdd to Bag
A Little Feminist History of Art
Emerging in the late 1960s as women artists struggled to de-gender their work to compete in a male-dominated arena, the feminist art movement has played...
- Book (350g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Subcontinental SynthesisElectronic Music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969-1972
The history of India's first electronic music studio founded in 1969 at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad by David Tudor.Subcontinental Synthesis...
- Book (300g)£23.00In stockAdd to Bag
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel tells the extraordinary story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Published...
- Book (550g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
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£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
Black Music In Our CultureCurricular Ideas On The Subjects, Materials And ProblemsKent State University Press
Second-hand ex-library hardback book w/dustjacket in plastic covering
- Original Book (400g)£30.00Sleeve condition: VGOriginal USA hardback book,
100% Guarantee on this and all Original books & records at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!In stockAdd to Bag
Language In Jamaicaby Pauline ChristieArawak Publications
The author, as her life's work, has studied language in Jamaica. As a result of her extensive study and anaysis, she has determined that the best approach...
- Book (200g)£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Changing JamaicaAdam Kuper
Original secondhand hardback first edition w/dustjacket (sticker on side)
- Original Book (400g)£18.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Black Popular MusicIn Britain Since 1945Routledge
Black Popular Music in Britain Since 1945 provides the first broad scholarly discussion of this music since 1990. The book critically examines key moments...
- Book (450g) 9781138504875£39.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Colonial Immigrants In A British CityA Class Analysis By John Rex And Sally TomlinsonRKP
- Original Book (600g)£15.00Secondhand out of print hardback in good condition, inscription on 1st pageSold out Notify me when in stock
Shades Of BlackAssembling Black Arts In 1980s BritainDuke University Press
Import USA Paperback editionIn the 1980s - at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities - the...
- Book (1.2kg) 9780822334200£25.99 £15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Hurricane Hits England: An Anthology of Writing About Black Britainby Anyekachi WambuContinuum
- Book (600g)£10.00Like new USA paperbackIn stockAdd to Bag
This Is How We FlowRhythm In Black CulturesUniversity Of South Carolina Press
These essays explore the meaning, motif and theme of rhythm in black cultures throughout the USA and Africa. They discuss music and dance, the visual...
- Book (450g) 9781570031908£20.00 £10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Rave onGlobal Adventures in Electronic Dance MusicSerpents Tail
Electronic dance music was once the utopian frontier of pop culture. But three decades after the acid house 'summer of love', it has gone from subculture...
- Book (650g) 9781781254233£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Lee PerryDisco Devil Volume 3 (6 More Classics From The Black Ark Studio 1977-79)Studio 16
3rd instalment of the Disco Devil Black Ark series featuring Max Romeo, Jolly Brothers,Leroy Sibbles, Devon Irons and more.
- Jolly Brothers – Conscious Man (Seven Leaves 12" Mix 1977)
- Max Romeo – Norman (Upsetter 12" Mix 1978)
- Leroy Sibbles – Garden Of Life (Big Spanner Disco Ajax 12" Mix 1978)
- King Scratch – Dread Lion (Black Art 12" 1977)
- The Mistic – Forward With The Orthodox (Special 7" edit 2019)
- Devon Irons – When Jah Come (Special 7" edit 2019)
- 1. Jolly Brothers – Conscious Man (Seven Leaves 12" Mix 1977)
- 2. Max Romeo – Norman (Upsetter 12" Mix 1978)
- 3. Leroy Sibbles – Garden Of Life (Big Spanner Disco Ajax 12" Mix 1978)
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- LP STU 16LP 005£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Networks of Sound, Style and Subversion:by Nick CrossleyManchester
This book examines the birth of punk in the UK and its transformation, within a short period of time, into post-punk. Deploying innovative concepts of...
- Book (450g) 978-0-7190-8865-0£17.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Inside BabylonThe Caribbean Diaspora in BritainBy Winston James and Clive Harris (1993)
This collection aims to reflect the varied experience of the Caribbean diaspora in Britain. The contributors set out to show how employers and police,...
- Original Book (500g) 9780860916369£10.00secondhand paperback in good condSold out Notify me when in stock
Art of the South African TownshipsGavin YoungeThames and Hudson Ltd.
- Original Book (800g)£10.00Second-hand paperback bookSold out Notify me when in stock
Lee PerryMr Perry I PresumePressure Sounds
'Mr Perry I Presume' finds Pressure Sounds focusing on the rare music and exclusive mixes of the revered Upsetter himself, Lee 'Scratch' Perry. This 16-track...
- George Faith – Don’t Be Afraid (12” mix)
- The Gatherers – Word (Acapella Mix)
- Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Jah I
- Joy White – Lay Besides You
- The Upsetters – Big Bird Skank
- Noel Robinson – Along The Way
- The Upsetters – Along The Way (Version)
- The Upsetters – War and Peace
- The Upsetters – Sun is Shining
- Peter & Paul – Ethiopia Land
- Keith Rowe & The Upsetters – Groovy Situation
- Susan and Bunny – Keep On Trying
- The Upsetters – Police and Dub
- Keith Rowe & The Upsetters – Living My Life
- The Upsetters – Devils Dub Plate
- Augustus Pablo & The Upsetters – Keep On Moving
- 1. George Faith – Don’t Be Afraid (12” mix)
- 2. The Gatherers – Word (Acapella Mix)
- 3. Lee Perry & The Upsetters – Jah I
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- CD PSCD89£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
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The UpsettersScratch The Upsetter AgainAntarctica Starts Here
"The inventive record producer and vocalist Lee 'Scratch' Perry was involved in every musical shift of note in his native Jamaica, from the rhythm and...
- The Upsetters – Bad Tooth
- The Upsetters – The Dentis' (AKA The Dentist)
- The Upsetters – Outer Space
- The Upsetters – One Punch
- Dave Barker – Will You Still Love Me
- The Upsetters – Take One
- The Upsetters – Soul Walk
- The Upsetters – I Want To Thank You
- Count Prince Miller – Mule Train
- The Upsetters – Touch Of Fire
- Alva "Reggie" Lewis – She Is Gone Again
- The Upsetters – The Result
- 1. The Upsetters – Bad Tooth
- 2. The Upsetters – The Dentis' (AKA The Dentist)
- 3. The Upsetters – Outer Space
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- LP ASH708£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Family Television: Cultural Power and Domestic Leisure (1986)by David Morley/Stuart Hall
w/ introduction by Stuart Hall. Secondhand book ex-library fair cond
- Original Book (300g)£9.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Heart Of The Race: Black Women's Lives in Britainby Beverley BryanVirago
secondhand original print edition paperback
- Original Book (600g) 9780860683612£8.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
The UpsettersBuild The ArkTrojan Records / Music On Vinyl
This astounding collection bring together some incredibly rare tracks and artists that cannot be found on any other Reggae albums. Then there is of course...
- 3×LP Box Set PERRY 3£38.00Limited orange vinyl box set editionOut of stock Notify me when in stock
Black Homeland, Black Diaspora: Cross Currents of the African Relationshipby Jacob DrachlerNational University Press
hardback first edition w/dust jacket USA ex-library
- Original Book (600g)£18.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
James Baldwin: Artist on Fireby W.J. WeatherbyMichael Joseph
A portrait of James Baldwin tracing his development from the ghettos of Harlem to Paris and back to America where his active participation in civil rights...
- Original Book (900g) 9780718134037£20.00Out of print UK 1st edn. hardback w/dustjacketIn stockAdd to Bag
Running The Voodoo DownThe Electric Music Of Miles DavisBackbeat Books
£8 OFF UK PAPERBACK CHEAPER THAN AMAZONSTILL ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ON MILES! Classic Electric Miles book This book re-assesses Miles Davis' "electric...
- Book (450g) 9780879308285£16.00 £8.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Music Industry RawPirates, Clubs, House and GarageAuthorHouse
What you will go onto read is a part biography, part dissection and part educational book that start's at the very beginning with a young boy who was inspired...
- Book (250g) 9781425913021£7.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Ferdinand DennisBehind The Frontlines
'A journey into Afro-Britain'
- Original Book (300g)£30.00Out-of-print secondhand Hardback with dustjacket, both in clean solid orderIn stockAdd to Bag
Staying PowerThe History of Black People in BritainPluto Press
Staying Power is recognised as the definitive history of black people in Britain, an epic story that begins with the Roman conquest and continues to this...
- Book (700g) 9780745338309£16.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock