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SAULTActs Of FaithForever Living Originals
Steve ReichCollected WorksNonesuch
SecondoOver UnderWhat About Never
Jacob CollierDjesse Vol. 4 (Deluxe Edition)Decca
Studio One Showcase 45 (Expanded Edition)Feat. The Skatalites, The Heptones, Horace Andy, Bob Marley, Jackie Mittoo and moreSoul Jazz Records
Holy TongueAmbulanceTrule
Q LazzarusGoodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music from the Motion Picture)Sacred Bones
Joe BataanAftershower Funk / FinSoul Jazz Records
Joe BataanLatin Strut / Peace, Friendship and SolidaritySoul Jazz Records
A Love From Outer SpaceVarious ArtistsMaterial Music
Marshall AllenNew DawnWeek-End Records
DillingerReady Natty DreadieStudio One (USA)
QuasimotoYessir WhateverStones Throw Records
Femi KutiJourney Through LifePartisan
Echoes Of Italy: Artists In Wonderland - Early 90s House Vibes Vol. 1 (Compiled By Don Carlos)Various ArtistsJungle Fantasy
Echoes Of Italy: Artists In Wonderland - Early 90s House Vibes Vol. 2 (Compiled By Don Carlos)Various ArtistsJungle Fantasy
The AltonsHeartache in Room 14Daptone Records
Don HeartleyIrie MeditationNucleus Roots
Arlene BaileyLet’s Stay In Love / Closer To YouBackatcha
Johnny DavisLife’s A Party / Expand Your MindBackatcha
Damon LocksList Of DemandsInternational Anthem Recording Company
MadvillainMadvillainyStones Throw
MadvillainMadvillainy DemosStones Throw
Bonnie “Prince” BillyThe Purple BirdDomino
Vorsicht! Digital Themes From The Arcadia LibraryVarious ArtistsBuried Treasure Records
Time UnlimitedBack FireHornin' Sounds
Gerson King ComboGerson King ComboVampi Soul
Horse Meat Disco Presents: Disco & Boogie From Brazil Vol. 1Mr. Bongo
Hot Sauce Vol.5Harlem Shuffle
Violeta ParraLas Últimas Composiciones De Violeta ParraRCA Victor
Joseph Cotton & Earl HeptonesMisty MorningRoom In The Sky
Yami BoloRoots Pon Mi CornerYouth Promotion
Hans ZimmerThe World of Hans Zimmer - Part II: A New DimensionSony Classical
O.B.F.A Mes Youths / Babylon TrembleO.B.F. Records
The WailersBack Out / Can't You SeeBeverley's Records
- Original Book (400g) 9781873201152£20.00Orig ex-library paperback with stamps etc, plastic covering in good conditionSold out Notify me when in stock
Includes Linton Kwesi Johnson
August Blue
At the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance....
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The Haunted TrailClassic Tales Of The Rambling Wild
A remarkable blood-soaked stranger upends the lives of two Lake District ramblers; a lonely tavern offers its guests something much more disturbing than...
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A NovelGirls Against God
Welcome to 1990s Norway. White picket fences run in neat rows and Christian conservatism runs deep. But as the Artist considers her past, her practice...
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Wayward Lives, Beautiful ExperimentsIntimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queen Radicals
At the dawn of the twentieth century, black women in the US were carving out new ways of living. The first generations born after emancipation, their struggle...
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Satanic FeminismLucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture
According to the Bible, Eve was the first to heed Satan's advice to eat the forbidden fruit and thus responsible for all of humanity's subsequent miseries....
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Remembered for a WhileNick Drake
The authorised companion to the music of Nick Drake, compiled, composed and edited by Cally Callomon and Gabrielle Drake, with contributions from Nick's...
- Book (2.1kg)£45.00In stockAdd to Bag
Terminal Boredom
On a planet where men are contained in ghettoised isolation, women enjoy the fruits of a queer matriarchal utopia -- until a boy escapes and a young woman's...
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The Conspiracy of Art: Manifestos, Interviews, Essays
Cutting-edge theorist Jean Baudrillard on the complicitous dance of art, politics, economics, and media; includes "War Porn," on Abu Ghraib as a new genre...
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The Power Of Words
The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she writes, with honesty and moral clarity,...
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Art MonstersUnruly Bodies In Feminist Art
For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised...
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Weird WalkWanderings and Wonderings through the British Ritual Year
The first book by iconic zine creators and cultural phenomenon Weird Walk. This is a superbly designed guide to Britain's strange and ancient places, to...
- Book (1.4kg)£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
Notes on GriefBy Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
On 10 June 2020, the scholar James Nwoye Adichie died suddenly in Nigeria.
In this tender and powerful essay, expanded from the original New Yorker text,...
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The City and Its Uncertain WallsBy Haruki Murakami
When a young man’s girlfriend mysteriously vanishes, he sets his heart on finding the imaginary city where her true self lives. His search will lead...
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Empire Roller DiscoPhotographs by Patrick D. Pagnano
Brooklyn’s Empire Rollerdrome opened its doors in 1941 and soon became the borough’s premier destination for recreational and competitive roller skating....
- Book (950g)£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
Play It As It LaysBy Joan Didion
A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society...
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The Markets Of LondonAlec Forshaw and Theo Bergström
What a great book!Together with street maps (which pinpoint nearest bus and tube stops) and the superb photographs.
- Original Book (400g)£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK paperbackIn stockAdd to Bag
RevivalLondon 1989 - 1993Hoxton Mini Press
Harlesden and Willesden has a rich history of multiculturalism. Roy Mehta's exquisite black and white photographs capture the daily rituals of its various...
- Book (600g) 9781910566954£25.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Black TestimonyVoices of Britain's West IndiansBy Thomas J. Cottle
- Original Book (400g)£40.00Hardback UK first edition 1978 with dustjacket in good cond, one line underlined in bookIn stockAdd to Bag
The UpsettersReturn Of The Super ApeMusic On Vinyl
Classic cult-favourite dub album from Lee Perry recorded at the Black Ark. Originally released in 1977 on Lion Of Judah / Upsetter records.
Check "Dyon...
- – Dyon Anaswa
- – Return Of The Super Ape
- – Psyche And Trim
- 1. – Dyon Anaswa
- 2. – Return Of The Super Ape
- 7. – Psyche And Trim
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- CD VPCD4239£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
SeenBlack Style UKBooth Clibborn Editiions
This volume explores the immeasurable impact of Black subculture on British streets, dance floors, wardrobes and beauty parlours over the past three...
- Original Book (1kg) 97818691542175£15.00Secondhand hardback in good condSold out Notify me when in stock
Full Crewby Karline SmithThe X Press
Yardie style. out of print uk paperback set in Manchester. Karline Smith is 'the first black British female crime writer'
- Original Book (300g)£9.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sold out Notify me when in stock
Cover Art of Studio One RecordsDeluxe Hardback 12x12" 200 page BookSoul Jazz Books
Available for limited period at special discount price!
100% Absolutely essential! Super-deluxe 12x12" hardback 200 page plus, hundreds of classic Studio...
- Book (2.2kg) SJR247£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Lovers and StrangersAn Immigrant History of Post-War BritainPenguin
Drawing on an amazing array of unusual and surprising sources, Clair Wills' wonderful new book brings to life the incredible diversity and strangeness...
- Book (350g) 9780141974972£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Policing By Multi-Racial ConsentThe Handsworth Experience By John BrownBedford Square Press
- Original Book (250g) 0719910870£20.00Pre-owned out-of-print paperback in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Focus Music of South AfricaRoutledge
Great book, comes with free CD.
"Focus on Music of South Africa" provides an in-depth look at the full spectrum of South African music, a musical culture...
- Book (600g) 9780415960717£41.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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...
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Changing JamaicaAdam Kuper
Original secondhand hardback first edition w/dustjacket (sticker on side)
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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 pageIn stockAdd to Bag
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
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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...
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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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- 2×LP PSLP089£23.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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