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Kingston All Stars / Keith & TexBoss: Tribute To The Original SoundsJump Up! Records
Reggie Msomi's Hollywood Jazz BandMidnight Ska / Blue SkaUSA
Freedom EngineA Box Full Of MagicDekmantel
Nigeria Soul Power 70 (Expanded Double LP Set)Afro-Funk, Afro-Rock, Afro-DiscoSoul Jazz Records
Two ShellAccess EPLivity Sound
Hysear Don WalkerComplete Expression 2Demon Records
Floating PointsCrushNinja Tune
The Comet Is ComingDeath To The PlanetLeaf
Sidiku BuariDisco SoccerBBE
Jaimie BranchFly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of ParadiseInternational Anthem Recording Company
Escape RootsGanja SocksNice Up!
HannaI Needed / Intercession, On BehalfMelodies International
Carlton StephensonLook At The TimeTuff Scout
GoGo PenguinOcean In A DropBlue Note
The Comet Is ComingProphecyLeaf
Russ Winstanley's Northern Soul SurvivorsVarious ArtistsOutta Sight
Soul Togetherness 2019Various ArtistsExpansion
Riddim Punks ft. Exco LeviStranger In TownNice Up!
Angel Bat DawidThe OracleInternational Anthem Recording Company
Bremer/McCoyUtopiaLuaka Bop
Marvin GayeWhat's Going On (Live)Tamla Motown / UMC
Alton EllisWillow Tree / I Can't Stand ItTreasure Isle / Push Music
AplombWonderingWorld Building
Koichi Sakai feat. Afla SackeyWono (inc. Osunlade Yoruba Soul remix)Olindo Records
El KhatYa RaiyatBatov
Johnny ClarkeAfrican PeopleJackpot
JungleBack To Mine: JungleBack To Mine
VioletBed Of RosesDark Entries
ShorelightsBioluminescenceAstral Industries
Aux 88Direct Drive EPDetroit Bass Classics
Kyle HallFTC01Forget The Clock
Acid ArabJdidCrammed Discs
BlawanMany Many PingsTernesc
Ana MazzottiNinguem Vai Me SegurarFar Out Recordings
Complete WalkthruScrollsNumbers
Straight No Chaser #100Straight No Chaser
Elijah MinnelliI Hope The Goats Come BackBreadminster County Council
Scan 7Believe EPTransmat
Jon HesterDimensional EPTransmat
Vince WatsonDnAEverysoul
Ijahman LeviAfrica / Free GanjaGhetto Rockers
Gabriele PosoBatikSoundway
The SeshenDive / 4AMTru Thoughts
The Edwards GenerationDynastyCordial Recordings
The Conscious MindsGood Mood / Sweet StickOHM RECORDS INC.
Belén NataliLife Is A BoomerangRaggattack
Beth GibbonsOut Of SeasonGo! Beat / UMC
ChordiallyPresents: Amen BrotherCordial Recordings
AciamajTrench Town ConnectionRoots
Brixton Heights All Stars ft. Ital HornsRipe HornsBrixton Heights Records
- Original 7"£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed rare original CALYPSO 45. Deadstock poss few marks plays fine.
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VERY HEAVY & RARE CALYPSO TUNE - junp-up heavy percussion and brass instrumental cut 2-sider!
French-American cooking from New Orleans to Quebecby Morton G Clark
- Original Book (500g)£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Dusty : An intimate Portrait Of Dusty Springfield (2008)by Sharon Davis
- Original Book (600g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
If I Can Dream: Elvis's Own Storyby Larry Geller And Joel Spector (1989)
A long-time confidante of Elvis Presley reveals intimate details of the legendary performer's dreams and disillusionments, showing his disintegration due...
- Original Book (700g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Scientists of Sound: Portraits of a UK Reggae Sound Systemby Simon Jones & Paul Pinnock
New large format paperbackThis book provides a snapshot of UK reggae sound system culture during its 1980s heyday. Scientists of Sound is a documentary...
- Book (500g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Restaurants of New Orleans by Roy F. Gusteby Roy F. Guste, JR
Nice!s/hand hardback book w/dustjacket
- Original Book (800g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Kyle Dixon & Michael SteinStranger Things Volume 3
Third sound instalment from the most recent series of the popular Netflix show 'Stranger Things'
- 2×LP£26.99In stockAdd to Bag
Kurt CobainThe Last Session
66% OFF THIS SUPER DELUXE LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK!!CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!!
Kurt Cobain innit!
Frohmans 100-plus photographs, including contact sheets,...
- Book (1.7kg)£35.99 £12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Frequency SynthesizerTheory and Design
Rare book on synthesizers. Hardback secondhand w/dustjacket in plastic, ex library w/stamps
- Original Book (900g)£40.00In stockAdd to Bag
OctavianEndorphins
23 year old Angolan / French / British rapper Octavian continues his meteoric rise with the release of a brand new mixtape. Titled Endorphinsit his second...
- Octavian – Gangster Love Intro
- Octavian – King Essie
- Octavian – Molly Go Down
- Octavian – Take It Easy ft Smokepurpp
- Octavian – Bet ft Skepta & Michael Phantom
- Octavian – Feel It ft Theophilus London
- Octavian – Risking Our Lives >> AAA + Interlude
- 1. Gangster Love Intro
- 2. King Essie
- 3. Molly Go Down
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Emeli SandeReal Life
Fourth album release from pop/soul singer, Emeli Sande!
- LP + Download Code£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Musicby Richard Williams
- Original Book (300g)£6.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Bluesman: The Musical Heritage of Black Men and Women in the Americasby Julio Finn
Examines the spiritual, social, and anthropological roots of the blues, discussing African animist religion, the slave trade, Voodoo, Hoodoo, and the early...
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Original USA paperback in good condition
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Roy HeathThe Murderer (1979)
A very good short story about flawed characters and evocative of a time and place in Guyana.
secondhand paperback
- Original Book (200g)£7.00Sleeve condition: VG+Original UK paperback in good condition
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Black Music in the United States: an Annotated Bibliographyby Samuel A. Floyd Jr & Marsha J. Reisser
Includes section on Bibliographies of bibliographies and Bibliographies on biographies (!) and 'records and record collections'
- Original Book (650g)£20.00Sleeve condition: VG+Original USA hardback, ex library , w stamps, no dustjacket
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Motown - Artist by Artistby Pat Morgan
- Original Book (600g)£7.00Original UK hardback small tear on front
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Scooby: The Glory of the Rideby Stuart 'Scooby' Cochrane
More Ibiza madness
- Original Book (400g)£8.00Original secondhand book in ok condition
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Warrior & His Oriental Brothers InternationalMy Success (1981)
Original Nigerian Vinyl! Vinyl/sleeve VG Lots of surface scratches plays well /sleeve F/G- +High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
- Original LP£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
From the heat of the Dayby Roy Heath
- Original Book (200g)£6.00Sleeve condition: VG+Original UK paperback, pen mark inside
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Changing JamaicaAdam Kuper
Original secondhand hardback first edition (laminated dust jacket, ex library w/stamps)
- Original Book (400g)£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Vice LordsWarriors of the Streets
Rare USA small secondhand book in good condition - cultural anthropology case studies about the legendary street gang. This is 1978 edition with different...
- Original Book (200g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Wire+ The Wire Tapper
The Wire magazine, with features on the great minds of the music industry, reviews on SOTU favourites and more! Also includes a free wire tapper cd!
- Magazine (300g)£4.95In stockAdd to Bag
The BuzzcutsDead or Alive (Extended Mix)
Previously only released on CD, the extended mix of a cult party classic - a key staple in a DJ Harvey set! Very limited copies in circulation- don't sleep...
- 12"£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Gerald McCauleyWondering
"Wondering" that came as a result was brought to life by the singer and industry insider Gerald McCauley, who turned his soul inside out for the performance....
- 7"£6.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Rolling StonesHonkThe Very Best Of
Disc One
1. “Start Me Up”2. “Brown Sugar”3. “Rocks Off”4. “Miss You”5. “Tumbling Dice”6. “Just Your Fool”7. “Wild Horses”8....
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- 3×LP£34.99In stockAdd to Bag
Highlife Saturday NightPopular Music and Social Change in Urban Ghana
WICKED BOOK! USA IMPORT PAPERBACK 60% OFF!!!!
Highlife Saturday Night captures the vibrancy of Saturday nights in Ghana-when musicians took to the stage...
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LeewayLee Morgan Discography
Excellent discography on man like Lee Morgan, every record session!
"Roger Wernboe has done Jazz scholars, fans, and collectors a great favor. Thanks...
- Book (200g)£25.00Out of print RARE paperback book. NEW, SEALED OPENED ONCEIn stockAdd to Bag
Contemporary Music: An Introductionby Francis Routh (1968)
Neat secondhand small hardback book w/dustjacket. Varese, Schoenberg, Copland
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I Am Not Your NegroWritten by James Baldwin, Directed by Raoul PeckAltitude
Documentary narrated by Samuel L Jackson based on James Baldwin's book documenting race in America and the death of his close friends Martin Luther King,...
- DVD£6.99In stockAdd to Bag
Soul of a Nation (BOOK)Art in the Age of Black Power
BACK IN STOCK!!!!In the period of radical change that was 1963-1983, young Black artists at the beginning of their careers in the USA confronted key questions...
- Book (1.4kg)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
African Musics in Context. Institutions, Culture, Identityby Thomas Solomon
African Musics in Context discusses the place of performing arts in Ugandan society, archiving music and music sources, performing archival music, performing...
- Book (550g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
CoversRetracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London
Superb deluxe hardback book.
"Covers: Retracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London" is a project by photographer Alex Bartsch documenting reggae album covers...
- Book (850g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Blood Posse (1994)by Phillip Baker
Yardie stylee!
'This book follows the life of Danny, a young Jamaican growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s. At the age of 18, in the middle of a sectarian...
- Original Book (300g)£8.00Secondhand out of print paperback in good condition
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Music in Africaby Adana Dzemila
Africa is such a large and diverse continent. Outside Africa, there is often only talk about Africa as one country: For example Tunisia and Tanzania could...
- Book (200g)£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Lion SongsThomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe
NEARLY 70% OFF ORIGINAL PRICE! LOVELY USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK! CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!!
Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader...
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Mars by 1980 - The Story of Electronic MusicBy David Stubbs
New KILLER 100% essential MASSIVE 450+ pages book about the history of electronic music.
'Mars by 1980' is written by the very groovy David Stubbs, author...
- Book (700g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Philly Sound BOOKPhiladelphia Soul Music and its R&B Rootsby Dave Moore (UK) and Jason Thornton (US)
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ABSOLUTELY MIND-BLOWING & STUNNING 700-page hardback book!
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the music of Philadelphia....
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Greatest Highlife Hits (1987)Various
- Original LP£18.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: GOriginal Nigerian vinyl, has side spine wear
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High SocietyThe Real Voices of Club Culture
Intro by Billy Nasty.
It's youth culture, the real kids talk. It's raves, parties, drugs .....
- Original Book (200g)£10.00s/hand paperback original book in good cond
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Len DeightonWinter - A Berlin Family 1899-1945Limited edition uncorrected proof number 906 / 1000
Limited edition uncorrected proof number 906 / 1000.Yellowing cover. One crease. Box 1
- Original Book (350g)£40.00In stockAdd to Bag
Life And Death On The New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983By Tim Lawrence
Here we go .. massive NYC dancefloor 500+ page book by the excellent Tim Lawrence - who wrote Love Saves The Day and also has written for Soul Jazz...
- Book (900g)£22.99In stockAdd to Bag
Masterpieces of Music Before 1750by Carl Parrish and John F. Ohl (1973)
Secondhand paperback book
- Original Book (350g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
70 Years of Popular Music: The War YearsEdited by Peter Foss (1987)
Large format secondhand book/pamphlet
- Original Book (250g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsessionby Greil Marcus (1992)
- Original Book (600g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag