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José MauroA Viagem Das HoraFar Out Recordings
Shamek Farrah And FolksLa Dee La LaJazz Room Records
Cold WaveSoul Jazz Records
Sons Of KemetBlack To The FutureImpulse!
Michel MagneLe Monocle Rit JauneJazz Room Records
Tony AllenThere Is No End (Indies only Edition)Blue Note
Rockers BookThe Making of Reggae’s Most Iconic FilmTheodoros (Ted) Bafaloukos, Seb Carayol, Cherry Kaoru Hulsey, Eugenie BafaloukosGingko
Ultramagnetic MC'sCritical Beatdown (Expanded Edition)Music On Vinyl
Trees SpeakPostHumanSoul Jazz Records
Khan JamalInfinityJazz Room Records
Medical Grade MusicSteve Davis and Kavus Torabi
TenderloniousTek-88Dennis Ayler Music
Benji B presents: Deviation ClassicsVarious ArtistsDeviation
Craven FaultsErratics & UnconformitiesLeaf
Roy Davis Jr. & Peven EverettGabriel (Limited White Vinyl Edition)Large Records
Tina BrooksThe Waiting Game (Tone Poet Edition)Blue Note
Steve ReidNova (1976)Soul Jazz Records
Amanda WhitingAfter DarkJazzman
Marc MacJA-MAYE-KAOmniverse Records
Whatitdo Archive GroupThe Black Stone AffairRecord Kicks
The Boys From Nairobi: Benga & Rumba from 1980s KenyaVarious ArtistsNo Wahala Sounds
Caoilfhionn RoseTrulyGondwana Records
The RevolutionariesAddis Ababa VersionArchive Recordings
Willi WilliamsFreedom Time / Armagideon TimeSoul Sounds
The SkatalitesFugitive DubArchive Recordings
Earth & StoneGive MeArchive Recordings
Holy HiveI Don't Envy Yesterdays / Color It EasyBig Crown Records
WitchIn The Past (Limited Green Vinyl Edition)Now-Again Records
Beverly Glenn-CopelandKeyboard FantasiesTransgressive
Jordan RakeiLate Night TalesLate Night Tales
Hughie IzachaarLittle TreeRaspect Muzik
FKJ & Tom MischLosing My WayFKJ
Raf RundellO.M. DaysHeavenly Recordings
Jahari Massamba Unit (MADLIB!)Pardon My FrenchMadlib Invazion
The VersatilesStronger StrongSoul Sounds
Satin FinishTook A Chance On Love / Don't Wanna Lose Your LoveFantasy Love Records
Vivian JonesBank RobberyRoots Vibration
Tobias Bernstrup27Dark Entries
Peder MannerfeltAnd The Band Played OnVoam
Roger WebbAu Pair Girls (Original Unreleased Soundtrack)Trunk Records
CV VisionElementePatience
Equiknoxx and Feel Free Hi FiEquiknoxx meets Feel Free Hi FiDigital Sting
TacumahFear Culture ShowcaseA-Lone Ark Productions
Marcia GriffithsFeel Like JumpingSoul Jazz Records
Gary Bartz, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed MuhammadJazz Is Dead 006Jazz Is Dead
Proc FiskalLothian Buses EPHyperdub
David FendahMore DifferencesBass Lee Music
OutlinesVarious ArtistsANMA Records / Cognitiva Records
A.R.T WilsonOverworld Numero
Feel Free Hi Fi feat. Eddie Hill and Manic TimesProphet NoirDigital Sting
- Reissue LP KUDU5£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
- 1. Home Is Where The Hatred Is
- 2. From A Whisper To A Scream
- 3. To Lay Down Beside You
- 4. That's All Right With me
- 5. 'Till My Back Ain't Got No Bone
- 6. Sweet Touch Of Love
- 7. Baby, I'm For Real
- 8. Your Love Is So Doggone Good
- 9. Scarred Knees
This is a killer funky soul fusion album on Kudu featuring Phillips' great version of the Gil Scott-Heron classic "Home Is Where The Hatred Is". Line-up includes Airto, Pretty Purdie, Pee Wee Ellis, Hank Crawford and more.
Esther PhillipsFor All We Know (1976)Kudu
Following on from "What A Diff'rence A Day Makes" a year earlier, Esther continues with disco-boogie arrangements by guitarist Joe Beck, updating standards...
- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = USA Vinyl
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!In stockAdd to Bag
Grover Washington JrFeels So Good (1975)Kudu
All-time killer funk jazz produced by Creed Taylor. Includes the seminal breaks-and-sampled to death cuts 'Hydra" and 'Knucklehead' and more. Seminal stuff!
- Grover Washington Jr – It Feels So Good
- Grover Washington Jr – Hydra
- Original LP£20.00Vinyl condition: NM-Sleeve condition: NM-Original USA vinyl mint unsealed opened once
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! - CD£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dave MatthewsYou Keep Me Hanging On (1976)Kudu
- Dave Matthews – You Keep Me Hanging On (Part 1)
- 1. You Keep Me Hanging On (Part 1)
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- Original 7"£7.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = Original UNPLAYED USA 45In stockAdd to Bag
Esther PhillipsFor All We Know (1976)Kudu
Following on from "What A Diff'rence A Day Makes" a year earlier, Esther continues with disco-boogie arrangements by guitarist Joe Beck, updating standards...
- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = USA Vinyl
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!In stockAdd to Bag
Idris MuhammadBoogie To The Top (Look Up) (1978)Kudu
Uplifting soulful LOFT/GARAGE disco bomb! 1978 Idris Muhammad gem ‘Boogie To The Top’. Released a year after, arguably, Idris’ most well-known anthem,...
- Idris Muhammad – Boogie To The Top (Look Up) (Part 1)
- 1. Boogie To The Top (Look Up) (Part 1)
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£8.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original USA pressing unplayed 45In stockAdd to Bag
Johnny HammondThunder & Lightning (1973)Kudu
HEAVY organ funk on CTI/Kudu , arranged by Pee Wee Ellis, produced by Creed Taylor
Original = USA Unplayed 45 Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG+
100% Guarantee on...
- Johnny Hammond – Thunder & Lightning (Part I)
- 1. Thunder & Lightning (Part I)
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Dorothy AshbyAfro-Harping (1968)Cadet
Definitive deep funky album from harpist Dorothy Ashby. Excellent late 60's soulful jazz harp recorded for Chess with arrangements by Richard Evans and...
- Dorothy Ashby – Soul Vibrations
- Dorothy Ashby – Come Live With Me
- 1. Soul Vibrations
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP£14.99
Dorothy AshbyThe Rubaiyat Of Dorothy AshbyCadet
Classic album from jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby, originally released in 1970 on the Cadet label, and produced by Richard Evans! Her funkiest album...
- Dorothy Ashby – The Moving Finger
- Reissue LP£16.00
Paul JacksonBlack Octopus (1978)Eastworld
Absolutely seminal album of rare groove funk jazz from Headhunters' bass player Paul Jackson. All-star line-up featuring Herbie Hancock, Bernie Maupin,...
- Paul Jackson – Tiptoe Thru The Ghetto
- New LP £13.99
Chocolate MilkAction Speaks Louder Than WordsRCA
Essential rare groove masterpiece!
- Reissue LP£16.00
- CD£10.99
Ray BarrettoAcidFania
100% Essential album includes the classic Acid and The Soul Drummers!
This is perhaps the single most famous latin album there is, featuring the classic...
- Ray Barretto – El Nuevo Barretto
- Ray Barretto – Acid
- Ray Barretto – Soul Drummers
- Ray Barretto – Sola Te Dejare
- Ray Barretto – Espiritu Libre
- 1. El Nuevo Barretto
- 3. Acid
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP£13.99
The Ramsey Lewis TrioAnother Voyage (1969)Cadet
Amazing, super-funky album supervised by Charles Stepney with the classic trio line-up of bassist Cleveland Eaton and EWF's Maurice White on drums! Includes...
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – If You've Got It, Flaunt It (Part 1)
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Do What You Wanna
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Bold And Black
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Uhuru
- 1. If You've Got It, Flaunt It (Part 1)
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- New LP £16.00In stockAdd to Bag
Weldon IrvineLiberated Brother (1972)Nodlew Music
Words cannot describe the beauty of Weldon Irvine's music. 'Liberated Brother' (later covered by Horace Silver) is one of two seminal albums released on...
- Reissue LP£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
Bernard WrightNard (1981)Arista
Rare groove classic! Bernard Wright was part of the Tom Browne/Don Blackman crew that emerged from a musical academy in Queens NY in the late seventies...
- Bernard Wright – Haboglabotribin'
- Bernard Wright – Music Is The Key
- 3. Haboglabotribin'
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- Reissue LP£16.00
James MasonRhythm of Life (1977)Chiaroscuro
Absolutely essential jazz funk album! A rare groove classic and the only album James Mason recorded. Every track's a winner but look out for "Sweet Power...
- James Mason – sweet power your embrace
- James Mason – free
- 1. sweet power your embrace
- 3. free
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- CD£12.99
- Reissue LP£13.99
Sun RaLanquidityPhilly Jazz
The best Sun Ra album! Super-deep, funky odd-ball jazz with spooky whispered vocals! Cult classic deep experimental jazz with an outer-space alien groove!...
- Reissue LP£16.00
Roy Ayers UbiquityRed, Black & Green (1976)Polydor
Classic Roy Ayers album featuring deep jazz legend Harry Whitaker on keyboards alongside Strata East musicians Charles Tolliver and Sonny Fortune! Funky...
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Henceforth
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Red, Black, & Green
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Cocoa Butter
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Rhythms of Your Mind
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Papa Was a Rolling Stone
- 2. Henceforth
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- Reissue LP£13.99
Studio One Black Man's Pride 3 : None Shall Escape The Judgement Of The AlmightySoul Jazz Records
This is the latest new installment of Soul Jazz Records’ on-going collection of Rastafarian music at Studio One, featuring classic material from legendary...
- Horace Andy – Conscious Dread Lock
- The Gladiators – A Prayer To Thee
- Freddie McGregor – Beat Down Babylon
- The Manchesters – Selassie Bandman
- The Mellodies – Dread Oppression
- Big Joe – Jah Jah Help Us
- Horace Andy – Oh Lord Why Lord
- Lloyd Jones & The Super Natural Six – Get Up and Try
- The Wailing Souls – Can't Catch Me
- The Nightingales – Jehovah
- Alphanso Stewart – It's No Secret
- Errol Dunkley – Satisfaction
- Mr Manchester – Give Natty Dread Glory
- Lincoln (Sugar) Minott – Wrong Doers
- Noel Campbell & The Gladiators Band – Sufferation
- African Brothers – No Cup No Brock
- Zoot Simms – When The Time Comes
- Glen Miller – Whey No Dead
- 1. Horace Andy – Conscious Dread Lock
- 2. The Gladiators – A Prayer To Thee
- 3. Freddie McGregor – Beat Down Babylon
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2xLP + Download Code£23.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Rotary ConnectionHey LoveCadet
BACK IN PRINT - LONG OUT!Essential psychedelic soul/rock Rotary Connection album featuring the legendary "I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun", "Love Has Fallen...
- Rotary Connection – I Am The Blackgold Of The Sun
- 3. I Am The Blackgold Of The Sun
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- Reissue LP£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
Esther PhillipsAlone Again, Naturally (1972)Kudu
- Esther Phillips – Use Me
- 1. Use Me
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- Reissue LP£12.99
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian JacksonWinter In AmericaStrata-East
Classic, classic album originally on Strata East and featuring 'The Bottle'. Gil Scott Heron is a legendary soul/jazz/spoken word hero and this is one...
- New LP (180g)£14.99
Marvin GayeI Want You (1976)Motown
Sexy mellow soul masterpiece, produced by Leon Ware
- Marvin Gaye – I Want You (Vocal)
- Marvin Gaye – Come Live With Me Angel
- 1. I Want You (Vocal)
- 2. Come Live With Me Angel
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP + Download Code£16.99
- New LP £16.00In stockAdd to Bag
Leroy DuncannChicken Burrito / LollypotNot On Label
Leroy Duncann is back, channelling the more oddball style library music funk of labels such as KPM. Tough breakbeats and haunting arrangements Alan Hawkshaw...
- Leroy Duncann – Chick Burrito
- Leroy Duncann – Lollypot
- 1. Chick Burrito
- 2. Lollypot
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£12.00
Somewhere In Advance Of NowhereBy Jayne CortezHigh Risk Books (1997)
Singer and vocalist Cortez (who was married to Ornette Coleman) book of poetry.
"Jayne Cortez's Blues speak of a poet who knows where she is coming from...
- Original Book (200g)£15.00
New York In The 70sSoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic DiaryOverlook Duckworth
NEARLY 50% OFF. DELUXE LARGE FORMAT USA IMPORT PAPERBACK. KILLER!
100s of Wicked New York pix - From Studio 54 & The Mud Club disco, early CBGBs punk...
- Book (1.2kg)£18.99 £10.00
Studio One SoulSoul Jazz Records
More classic Reggae from Jamaica's most important label ever .
Studio One Soul tracks the link between American Funk and Soul and Jamaican Reggae at...
- Leroy Sibbles – Express Yourself
- Norma Fraser – Respect
- Leroy Sibbles – Groove Me
- Sound Dimension – Time Is Tight
- The Heptones – Message From A Black Man
- Otis Gayle – I'll Be Around
- Jerry Jones – Still Water
- Sound Dimension – Soulful Strut
- Richard Ace – Can't Get Enough
- The Eternals – Queen Of The Minstrels
- Ken Parker – How Strong
- Ken Boothe – Set Me Free
- Senior Soul – Is It Because I'm Black
- Jackie Mittoo – Deeper And Deeper
- Willie Williams – No One Can Stop Us
- 1. Leroy Sibbles – Express Yourself
- 2. Norma Fraser – Respect
- 3. Leroy Sibbles – Groove Me
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP£23.00
- CD£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Leroy DuncannToo Late / Tough LoveNot On Label
Leroy Duncann is back, channelling the more oddball style library music funk of labels such as KPM. Tough breakbeats and haunting arrangements Alan Hawkshaw...
- Leroy Duncann – Too Late
- Leroy Duncann – Tough Love
- 1. Too Late
- 2. Tough Love
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- 7"£12.00Limited white label edition. Hand-numbered copies of 350In stockAdd to Bag
Queen Omega / Gladys RightTrample / See The LightCounterAction
Great new release for 2021 from Leicester's forward looking Counteraction label featuring Queen Omega & Gladys Right and producer I-mitri. Limited 250...
- Queen Omega – Trample
- I-Mitri – Trample Dub
- Gladys Right – See The Light
- I-Mitri – Dub The Light
- 1. Queen Omega – Trample
- 2. I-Mitri – Trample Dub
- 3. Gladys Right – See The Light
- View full info and tracklisting
- 10"£16.00
The Record Players: DJ RevolutionariesBy Bill Brewster and Frank BroughtonVirgin Books
OVER 60% OFF RETAIL PRICE - ESSENTIAL BOOK!From the writers of 'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life', Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton have come up trumps again...
- Book (1.1kg)£16.95 £8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Don BlackmanDon BlackmanGRP
This has to be the greatest rare groove album ever: it's brimming with classic tracks such as the 2 step perfection of Heart's Desire, Holding You Loving...
- Don Blackman – Hearts Desire
- Don Blackman – Holding You Loving You
- Don Blackman – Let Your Concience Be Your Guide
- Don Blackman – Since Youve Been Away So Long
- Don Blackman – Never Miss A Thing
- 2. Hearts Desire
- 3. Holding You Loving You
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£10.99
- Reissue LP£13.99
Nate MorganJourney Into NigritiaOuternational
Reissued and available again on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 1983, Outernational Sounds release this major statement from a crucial...
- Nate Morgan – Mrafu
- Nate Morgan – Morning Prayer
- Nate Morgan – Mother
- Nate Morgan – Journey Into Nigritia
- Nate Morgan – He Left Us A Song
- Nate Morgan – Study In C.T.
- 1. Mrafu
- 2. Morning Prayer
- 3. Mother
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP£18.99