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Black RiotEarly Jungle, Rave and HardcoreSoul Jazz Records
Cedric 'Congo' MytonA New RaceSouLove Records
Dan I LocksArmy In HelicopterBelleville International
Jimmy RanksDreamTana Studio
The Full ExperienceLee 'Scratch' Perry PresentsDoctor Bird
El FataMove ItBelleville International
All Aboard THE C.N. EXPRESSRock Steady And Boss Reggae Sounds 1967-1968Doctor Bird
Isiah MentorTake These HandsUniversal Melody Records
Country BoyThe Country Boy SongTobago
Dan I LocksWall StreetBelleville International
Pépé BradockDactilonomy IAtavisme
Basil KirchinEveryday MadnessTrunk Records
Ivan ContiKatmandu (inc. Jazzanova remix)Far Out Recordings
Mike WestbrookLove And Understanding: Citadel / Room 315 Sweden '74My Only Desire Records
Guasa, Cununo Y MarimbaVarious ArtistsVampisoul
ThundercatIt Is What It IsBrainfeeder
Jamie 3:26Jamie 3:26 presents: A Taste of ChicagoBBE
Gang StarrJazz ThingMr Bongo
Marcos ValleMarcos ValleVampisoul
MarumoModiehiMr Bongo
Yazmin LaceyMorning MattersOwn Your Own Records
Sasaki Hideto - Sekine Toshiyuki Quartet + 1Stop OverBBE
For The Love Of YouVarious ArtistsAthens Of The North
The SorcerersIn Search of the Lost City of the Monkey GodATA Records
Vivien GoldmanResolutionary (Songs 1979-1982)Staubgold
Weldon Irvine I Love YouAthens Of The North
Moses BoydDark MatterExodus Records
GQLies Athens Of The North
Talking HeadsRemain In Light - Unreleased OuttakesSire
Split Decision Band Watchin' Out Athens Of The North
BileoYou Can WinAthens Of The North
I-DavidChain Gang DubTotally Dubwise Recordings
Lee PerryDark MoonClocktower Records
Vin GordonWay Over YonderStudio 16
Matthew Tavares and Leland WhittyVisionsMr Bongo
Roger Eno & Brian EnoMixing ColoursDeutsche Grammophon
Trees SpeakOhmsSoul Jazz Records
OnipaWe No Be MachineStrut
Roland AlphonsoRoll On Charles Street / Raining OutsideRock A Shacka
Alex Attias presents: LillyGood Party Vol. 2Various ArtistsBBE
The Pop GroupAlien BloodMute
Hard RockFeel No WayCDT Records
ContoursForward Motion (feat. K15 remix)ANMA Records
Space GhostFree 2 BApron Records
Straight Jacket Greatest Part of Loving YouAthens Of The North
Conjunto Papa UpaLibre Para AmarNames You Can Trust
Tornado WallaceMidnight ManiaOptimo Music
KalabashPuur BabylonBash
Retour Au Club Meduse (Compiled by Charles Bals)Various ArtistsSpacetalk Records
Indigo Tracks (Ron Trent)Rites & Rituals: RemixedPrescription Underground
- 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!
Tony Allen & Hugh MasekelaRejoice
Two long-time associates of the legendary Fela Kuti come together on Rejoice. Afrobeat drumming pioneer Tony Allen and the (now sadly departed) South African...
- LP£25.99
- CD£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Miles' Diary: Life of Miles Davis 1947-1961by Ken Vail
- Original Book (700g)£12.00Secondhand out of print paperback in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
John Coltrane - A Sound SignatureJohn W. Selfridge
Out of print USA papaerback
- Original Book (300g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Coltrane - The Story Of A SoundBen Ratliff
Description:
No other jazz musician has proved so inspirational and so fascinating as Coltrane. Ben Ratliff, jazz critic for the New York Times, has...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Roots RadicsJunjo Presents 12 Inches Of Dub+ General Echo 12" Of Pleasure CD
Roots Radics 12 Inches Of Dub; mixed by Scientist saw a limited vinyl only Record Store Day pressing in 2019. This previously unreleased crucial dub set...
- 12" Of Dub – Young Banana Dub
- Roots Radics – Set Your Dub On Fire
- Roots Radics – Pum Pum Dub
- Roots Radics – Young Gal Dub
- Roots Radics – Tribulation Dub
- General Echo 12" Of Pleasure – Lorna She Love Young Boy Banana
- Roots Radics – It's My Desire To Set Your Crutches On Fire
- Roots Radics – Me Know Everything About She Pum Pum
- Roots Radics – Old Man Love Young Gal Vegie
- Roots Radics – This Are The Cockie Tribulation
- 1. 12" Of Dub – Young Banana Dub
- 2. Set Your Dub On Fire
- 3. Pum Pum Dub
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- 2×CD£15.49In stockAdd to Bag
The Good Auld Days: The Story of Scotland's Entertainers from Music Hall to Televisionby Gordon Irving
- Original Book (800g)£12.00Secondhand hardback book w/dustjacketIn stockAdd to Bag
Passion is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clashby Pat Gilbert
- Original Book (900g)£15.00Secondhand hardback book in good condIn stockAdd to Bag
Diana Ross: A Legend in Focus (2000)by Sharon Davis
- Original Book (1.4kg)£12.00Large format secondhand hardback bookIn stockAdd to Bag
The Folk Music Encyclopaediaby Kristin Baggelaar And Donald Milton (1977)
- Original Book (1kg)£15.00Secondhand out of print hardback book ex-library with stamps in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Stardust: The David Bowie Storyby Henry & Tony Zanetta
- Original Book (900g)£15.00Secondhand out of print first edition hardback with dust jacket in very good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
More Advanced Electronic Music Projectsby R.A. Penfold
- Original Book (200g)£3.00Secondhand book - sleeve very dirty!In 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
TransformerThe Lou Reed Story
- Original Book (800g)£10.00Out of print edition USA hardback book in good conditionIn 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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Afro-Brazilian Percussion Guide CandombleBy Kirk Brundage
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil is an important cradle of Afro-Brazilian culture, and home to musical styles that form the bedrock of much of today's popular sounds....
- Book (300g)£18.00In stockAdd to Bag
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+
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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 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
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
The Clash FAQAll That s Left to Know About the Clash City Rockers
OVER 50% OFF!!!Founded by guitarist Mick Jones and fronted by the legendary Joe Strummer, the Clash had the charisma of Elvis, the integrity of the Beatles,...
- Book (700g)£15.99 £6.99In stockAdd to Bag
Gypsy Music in European CultureFrom The Late 18th to the Early 29th CenturiesNortheastern University Press
USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK 65% OFF!!!! THAT's £17 OFF!!!!
Translated from the Polish, Anna G. Piotrowska's 'Gypsy Music in European Culture' details the...
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It Was Twenty Years Ago Todayby Derek Taylor (1987)
- Original Book (600g)£9.00S/hand paperback book in good condition
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Contemporary Music: An Introductionby Francis Routh (1968)
Neat secondhand small hardback book w/dustjacket. Varese, Schoenberg, Copland
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Justo Betancourt Y Su Conjunto BorincubaElla Esta En Otra Rumba (1979)
Heavy two-sider on Fania
- Justo Betancourt Y Su Conjunto Borincuba – Ella Esta En Otra Rumba
- 1. Ella Esta En Otra Rumba
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- Original 7"£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Unplayed Latin 45
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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...
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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
Namba RoyNo Black Sparrows
'A vivid portrait of Jamaica in the 1930s"
Excellent social realist novel. Written by Jamaican Namba Roy in the 1950s in Britain. He died in 1961 and...
- Original Book (200g)£15.00Secondhand out of print ex-library paperback copy, library stamp half removed on front page and small tear otherwise goodIn 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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Just Above My Headby James Baldwin
'This is the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers' Edmund White, Washington Post
When Arthur Montana, world-renowned 'Emperor of Soul',...
- Original Book (900g)£20.00UK 1st edition hardback w/dustjacket covered in plastic in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (750g)£29.99 £7.99In stockAdd to Bag