James Brown For Goodness Sakes, Look At Those Cakes (1978)

Oh man this tune is a mover - the TUFFEST hammond organ instrumental with the JBs TIGHT in the background. Go JB!

JB tells it like it is 74 - It's bad! Nobody wants to walk everybody wants to fly - You can't get a reservation

Awesome Double-album live set with James and the JBs definitely on the one!

Includes "Soul Power", "Hot Pants" and "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved"!

A groovy tune with a rocksteady beat. It's not just for christmas kids! Original pic sleeve too!

MINT UNPLAYED USA ORIGINAL 45

funky - fair only

It's the Rapp Payback orig USA 45

Killer title track and more!

Killer funk

The super heavyweight minister of funk, 78, still on one.

Must-have JB album featuring the monster funk classic "Mother Popcorn"and many more !

Killer funk, late 60s, JB in the pocket. The Popcorn, In The Middle, Soul Pride, The Chicken, it's all good.....

Killer funky 60s JB album, includes the awesome 'Shhhhh' and many more

Original heavyweight funk on King.

ORIGINAL ISSUE UNPLAYED USA VINYL 45

Essential blaxploitation soundtrack from the 'Godfather'. Featuring the heavy weight funk numbers 'Blind Man Can See It' & 'Mama Feelgood'.

Wicked JB compilation that includes "Hot Pants", "Soul Power" and "Funky Drummer"!!

Despite their name and place of origin, created some of the finest Philly soul of the era. The opening number "I'm Doin' Fine Now" certainly stands as one of the great forgotten singles of the genre (and the '70s in general)

RSD 2021 DROP 1. Available online from 6pm Sat June 12

£42

LP (Yellow Vinyl)

Same tracklisting as original vinyl (16 tracks / 1 LP), Deluxe packaging - trifold vinyl jacket, 28 page LP sized book and 40 page fanzine, highlighter yellow coloured vinyl

RSD 2021 DROP 1. Available online from 6pm Sat June 12

£16

7"

Haim release a coloured vinyl 7" featuring a new version of the track Gasoline with Taylor S plus the original version.

Whilst Celeste’s earlier music was more jazz and soul focused, ‘Not Your Muse’ is much more pop. Her sound is polished and the production on the album is flawless; the album itself sounding like it has come from an international pop star. This comparison is especially stark when compared to the grittier sound of her earlier work, such as her ‘Lately’ EP.

James Brown, 72

JB tells it like it is 74 - It's bad! Nobody wants to walk everybody wants to fly - You can't get a reservation

Spectral pop/R&B/electronic music experiments from the one and only James Blake!

Louis Vuitton Creative Director, Off-White Founder and DJ, Virgil Abloh, remixes Michael Kiwanuka’s ‘Solid Ground’. Earlier in 2020, Abloh selected ‘Solid Ground’ to introduce his Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2020 Paris Fashion Week Show, and has extended his appreciation of the track with the remix.

Original Nigerian vinyl. Killer.

Original Nigerian Vinyl VG+ (some surface marks plays fine) /Sleeve VG (bit of creasing, pen mark on front and labels)

+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
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!

SEMINAL disco!

Tripped out calypso version of 'Love for Sale' and more.

Nice French LP!

Hmmm

UK soul sensation, Micheal Kiwanuka returns with his third studio album, 'KIWANUKA'. Similarly to his 'Love & Hate' album of 2016 this album has been blessed by the production alchemy of the one and only Danger Mouse. A future classic, make no mistake!

KILLER Early 1973 album from the seminal latin-funk group. Includes "Fencewalk"!

Psychedelic Tropicalista nirvana. Check the tripped out 'Ando Medio Desligado.'

Wicked boogie funk soul disco

Mercury award winner James Blake returns with his 4th studio album 'Assume Form'. The album features collaborations with Travis Scott, André 3000, Metro Boomin, Moses Sumney and Rosalía.

Strut continues its essential compilation series of Indian Ocean sounds with ‘Alefa Madagascar’, the first compilation to document the unique culture of salegy, soukous and soul music on the island during the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Utterly ESSENTIAL raw soulful monster of a 7" tune - no home should ever be without this record!

This stunning new release looks at the explosion of music that came out of the Congo in the years leading up to independence in 1960. Congolese rumba, a wild combination of African, Jazz and Latin influences, created future stars of its now legendary creators – Franco, Grand Kalle, Tabu Ley, Dr. Nico, Papa Wemba - and all feature here in their ground-breaking early groups such as O.K.Jazz, Brazzos, Rock-A-Mambo, African Jazz and The Beguen Band.

The Congo is in fact two countries – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, formerly Zaire) and the Republic of the Congo. Congo Revolution was first released as a sampler 7” box set for RSD, and this expanded release includes a 50-page booklet/double gatefold and inner sleeves containing extensive text explaining the evolution of the music and history of the two Congos, and how music, politics and popular culture intersected at the point of independence from the two Congos’ European colonisers – Belgium and France – through songs such as ‘Vive Patrice Lumumba,’ and ‘MNC Uhuru,’ which celebrated the Congolese independence leader prior to his political assassination.

Also included is the stunning images of the Congolese photographer Jean Depara who documented the Congo’s vibrant nightlife in the period 1955-65 as well as being the official photographer for the superstar Congolese artist Franco up until his death in 1989. Depara also documents the rise of the Bills (Congolese teenagers who dressed as cowboys) and sharp-suited évolués (which later gave rise to the fashion-conscious phenomenon of the Congolese ‘Sapeurs’). These superb images are reproduced in collaboration with Revue Noire in France.

This album comes as a deluxe heavyweight double vinyl with gatefold sleeve and individual inner sleeves, CD with slipcase and 50-page outsize booklet and as digital release.

NEW EXCLUSIVE SUPER LTD. edition of 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe.

KILLER, KILLER 100% Nu Yorican LATIN FUNK masterpiece just landed! Alongside 'Latin Strut' (also available on a ltd. edition 7") this is one of the toughest latin/funk tunes ever recorded in New York in 1974. THE BOMB!

THIS 7-inch can ONLY be bought directly here from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe websites and shop. Ships friday.

See all the EXCLUSIVE 45s titles only available here!

Flautist and SOTU favourite Chip Wickham follows up his critically acclaimed 2017 debut 'La Sombra' with another ace, 'Shamal Wind'. After the Latin and flamenco whispers on 'La Sombra', 'Shamal Wind' adds eastern influence and percussion into the mix. For fans of Tenderlonious, Sahib Shihab and Yusef Lateef - massive recommendation from us!

Outta Sight pairs Lee Moses' sought-after rarity, the Southern soul lilt of standard "Pouring Water On A Drowning Man" (which adds a few extra belts of bourbon to Drew Baker and Danny McCormick's standard), with the fat and funky roll of the Atlanta musician's 1967 debut 7" "Never In My Life".

Classic JB Funk! Killer tune. UNPLAYED USA original 45.

Seminal disco 45 - USA original copy