Sam Don focuses on the sound of underground UK street soul music from the early 90s. Mega-rare tunes and quality throughout — don’t miss this essential compilation release on Athens Of The North!
Jon Savage's Space : Light Years From Home - An amazing musical voyage through the theme and idea of Space - music for Space - Space - Music - Through...
Give bread and circuses to Brazilians in 1968, and they'll turn it into an anthem. Under the yoke of a monstrous dictatorship, this foundational album...
Record Store Day 2025 is approaching and there are 3 x Soul Jazz Records titles released on the day 12 Apr 2025 in all good independent record stores wordwide.
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Unreleased Nigerian music, produced by the iconic record shop from Lagos, Jazzhole, covering afro-funk, afrobeat, palm wine, juju and highlife.
Asiko...
Italian house was the first, anticipating the irruption of the digital scenarios that have forever changed 'making art', to redefine, to redraw a map that...
A compilation of unreleased Nigerian music, produced by the iconic record shop from Lagos, Jazzhole, covering afro-funk, afrobeat, palm wine, juju and...
Djenia, Raï songs would talk about love and social hardship in direct and often crude ways. The style evolved after the war and it was revolutionized...
American Director & actor Eli Roth takes you on a forbidden journey across the vaults of legendary Italian soundtrack label CAM Sugar. Setting the mood...
This is sixth in the series of the Brazil 45 boxset from the Mr Bongo label. In volume six BadBadNotGood take the reigns and curate a boxset of Brazilian...
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Sofia Coppola’s directorial debut, The Virgin Suicides. The soundtrack consists of Todd Rundgren, Heart, Al Green,...
Collection of jazz favourites from the Dutch jazz label Timeless Records (which celebrates its 50th Anniversary in 2025) compiled by world reknown jazz...
It was a time of wild experimentation before established genres had crystallised. Rock, rumba, soul and traditional grooves all collide beautifully in...
Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind The Iron Curtain Pts 1 & 2 Gatefold 2LP with pictures, liner notes & download code Sounds Beyond Barriers One of the most politically...
Strut introduces the highly anticipated third volume in the Disques Debs International series, diving deeper into the archives of one of the greatest French...
Soul Jazz Records’ new Secret Superstar Sounds brings together a wealth of punk/power pop tunes from late-70s/early-80s British group’s that you have...
In Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit, Judith K. Brodsky makes a ground-breaking intellectual leap by connecting feminist art theory with the rise...
Look & See offers a very personal insight into the idiosyncratic influences and inspirations behind the creativity of Anthony Burrill, designer and letterpress...
From Trudy Pitts to Duke Payne, from Roy Ward to Sounds Of Synanon, we’ve got Soul meets Funk 1968-style. There’s Club Sounds, Funk Guitar Groovers,...
A couple of years back, UK-based House DJ Jerry Frempong’s wife Katie was doing a spring clean at the family home. At the bottom of the garden, amongst...
Brand new expanded double album edition of Showcase 45 includes 8 bonus tracks!
Soul Jazz Records' Studio One Showcase 45 features a roll call of classic...
This compilation features a diverse range of tracks from various artists, each contributing to the unique atmosphere of the soundtrack. The album takes...
Two-Piers brings you their latest killer compilation in the shape of Richard Norris Presents ‘Weird Scenes from the Hangout (Psychedelic & Freakbeat...
Second instalment of this wonderful compilation of gems from the 60s and 70s Singapore music scene, focused on the amazing ladies that helped make it so...
Praise Poems Vol.10 presents sixteen (almost) forgotten rare groove gems, all released between the years 1970 and 1984. One of the many highlights is...
When someone says, 'You have to know your history...' this is it. A pop culture classic for over two decades, now fully refreshed and updated as part of...
By Don Letts and Mal Peachey
Don Letts – filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father – has always defied conformity....
The historical origins of cumbia are nebulous and imprecise. The mythology surrounding it suggests an ancient past when Amerindian, African and European...
Since its inception in 2010, A Love from Outer Space (ALFOS) has been a steady presence in the underground music scene, fostering a close-knit community...
King Street Sounds continues to deliver deep house classics with the third various artist sampler in the series. This release taps into the essence of...
Ralph Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel tells the extraordinary story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Published...
Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they built. Though little...
A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders.
Marion...
We have been waiting for this full length to drop ever since we were tased by the lead single a month or so ago. There was already no doubting James Alexander...
Leonard Grandsons'The Sands of Zanziibar' is a classy, extremely rare soulful floater from ’77which has remained extremely elusive despite having a sound...
AOTN proudly present a new solo outing from long time friend & contributor to Athens of the North, Other Lands aka Gavin L.Sutherland.
Channelling his...
Arthur Ponder, a life long Macon, Georgia resident, started his singing career in the 60s replacing Otis Redding in Johnny Jenkins & The Pinetoppersafter...
Unreleased soul music from William Stuckey - pure class - backed with an alternate 7" mix of 'Hold Me Close' from his mega-rare 1979 album of the same...
Athens Of The North reissue Judy Pollak's extremely rare, soul / funk / folk masterpiece 'In Togetherness'. Originals of this beauty exchange for big sums...
The Great Escape is the debut collaborative album from San Francisco Legend, Larry June and prolific super producer, The Alchemist. Through a process that...
New 20th anniversary edition of Soul Jazz Records' long out-of-print Miami Sound: Rare Funk and Soul from Miami, Florida, 1967-74.
This album had been...
MASSIVE drop on Freestyle Records, in the form of this impossible rare single recorded by early UK street soul act Pause. Dating from the late 80s these...
Originally released in Canada in the early eighties featuring Scientist's deep & heavy mixes of Bunny Lee produced riddims featuring some of Jamaica's...
Rare late 80s reggae/dancehall heat coming yet again on DINTE sub-label 333. This time it's the turn of Hugh Maddo's Pop Style LP. Recorded in Jamaica...
Amsterdam based Mausovic Dance Band make madcap music intent on expanding musical universes. Powered by elastic rhythms and some potent dub wizardry, the...
Mind Maze is, amazingly, Trees Speak’s FIFTH album to be released on Soul Jazz Records in the space of little over two years– an output matched only...
When it comes to legendary albums, very few can match the cult status achieved on the international jazz and funk scene, by Alice Clark's eponymous album,...
This album is released in three formats: Indies-only One-Off Special Limited Edition Sun Yellow coloured vinyl gatefold double LP + download, black vinyl...
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Visionary artist Augustus Pablo is among the most important figures in reggae history. Widely credited with popularizing the melodica...
Originally released as a white label 12" in 2020, limited edition of 500 only, now gets LIMITED repress with full colour sleeve featuring killer disco...
With a career that spanned twelve years including the entire 1980s, Cool Runnings were one of Bristol's longest lasting bands, yet their failure to gig...
10 song LP in two sided hand silkscreened jacket, collecting the best '70s roots productions from producer Lloydie Slim - the first ever compilation of...
One of two superb 12” slabs of rare South London British Jazz-Funk both originally released in the UK in 1984 by Jamaican-born producer Tony Williams,...
'The word timeless is applied way too often in music, but here it is entirely justified.' Fact
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Four rare ska 7" singles recordings from the mid sixties featuring The Slivertones, LynTaitt, The Melodians & The Sensations on Treasure Isle records....
Found MINT! copies (record & sleeve) of ORIGINAL 12" from London's Grove Music label featuring The Prophets (Yabby You) Trinity & Tommy McCook 1978. Two...
Four rare ska 7" singles recordings from the mid sixties featuring The Slivertones, LynTaitt, The Melodians & The Sensations on Treasure Isle records....
Original Grove Music 12" from Yabby You with two wicked deep roots vocal disco mixes of "Lady Lady" & "Stop Your Quarelling". Hard too find King Sounds...