Mary Lou Williams – Black Christ of the Andes (1964)

Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou's Mass Smithsonian Folkways

The long-awaited reissue of Mary Lou Williams's magnum opus of religious jazz: Mary Lou's Mass. Newsweek called the score "an encyclopedia of black music,...

Jazz

– Willis
– O.W
– Credo

1. – Willis
2. – O.W
12. – Credo
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CD SFW40815£11.99
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Sarah Webster Fabio Boss Soul: 12 Poems by Sarah Webster Fabio (1972)Smithsonian Folkways

Tough, tough, tough proto-female rap featuring raw percussion and super-funky accompaniment. This is like Gil Scott Heron's '125th and Lennox' album meets...

Funk/Soul

– Work it out
– Glimpses

1. – Work it out
4. – Glimpses
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CD FL9710£11.99
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East New York Ensemble de Music At The Helm (1974)Smithsonian Folkways

Amazing deep, deep jazz as featured on our "New Thing!" compilation! Includes heavyweight African/Eastern styles and the out-there 13 minute version of...

Jazz

– Sun Flower

3. – Sun Flower
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CD FTS33867£12.99
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New LP FW33867£13.99
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Rhythms of Rapture Sacred Musics of Haitian Vodou (1995)Smithsonian Folkways

Excellent recordings of Haitian voodoo music in all its many forms and variations. Comes with superb booklet. Cuts from live Vodou ceremonies are juxtaposed...

Deep Cult and Roots Music

Port-Au-Prince Zepol – Vye Gran O (Song for Ezili)

6. Port-Au-Prince Zepol – Vye Gran O (Song for Ezili)
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CD SFCD40464£11.99
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Sarah Webster Fabio Jujus - Alchemy of the Blues Smithsonian Folkways

Super-tough funky, funky, funky female proto-rap poetry from Sarah Webster Fabio. Killer! Armed with an incredible rhythm section this album is a classic...

Funk/Soul Jazz

– The hand that rocks
– Sweet songs
– Juju for Grandma
– Chromo
– Still, a Red Hot Axe
– If we come as soft rain
– Jujus/Alchemy of the blues
– Jujus/Alchemy of the blues (instrumental)

1. – The hand that rocks
2. – Sweet songs
3. – Juju for Grandma
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LP VMP1224-LP£30.99
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Sarah Webster Fabio Together To The Tune Of Coltrane's Equinox Smithsonian Folkways

Sarah Webster Fabio raps her poetry over some funky tunes and deep jazz (such as Coltrane's "Equinox"). Recommended.

Funk/Soul Jazz

– Eclipse
– Interrogation
– Together/To the Tune of Coltrane's "Equinox"
– A Black Gal's Mean Ol' Low Down Blues
– Tribute To Duke Ellington
– Black Is

1. – Eclipse
2. – Interrogation
3. – Together/To the Tune of Coltrane's "Equinox"
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LP FW09715LP£21.99
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Making People's Music Moe Asch and Folkways Records Smithsonian Books

During his nearly 40-year tenure with Folkways Records, Moe Asch, the company's founder, amassed a catalogue of almost 2,200 recordings that had expanded...

Deep Cult and Roots Music Books

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Book (650g) 9781560983705£12.99 £6.99
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Photodementia Figure 4 Photodementia

Limited to just 500 copies only. Unreleased material from '90's cult techno/electro outfit Photodementia. Seven futuristic techno tracks running just under...

House Music

– Drux
– Letech
– Postpre
– ATP4

1. – Drux
2. – Letech
3. – Postpre
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12" FIG04£11.99
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Mark Pritchard Wind it Up Hyperdub

Wicked 12" on the ace Hyperdub label from Mark Pritchard AKA Harmonic 313! Features Om' Mas Keith - check the 'Freaks' mix! Bootylicious! Check it...

– Wind it Up
– Wind it Up (Freaks Mix)

1. – Wind it Up
2. – Wind it Up (Freaks Mix)
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12" hdb022£5.99
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King Midas Sound Waiting For You Hyperdub

After making their debut on Soul Jazz Records 'Box Of Dub 2' and two well received singles for Kode9's Hyperdub, King Midas Sound finally drop their highly...

– cool out
– waitng for you
– one thing
– Dahlin
– Goodbye Girl

1. – cool out
2. – waitng for you
3. – one thing
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CD HDBCD003£13.99
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2×LP HDBLP003£13.99
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Street and Gangland Rhythms Beats And Improvisations By Six Boys In Trouble (1959)Smithsonian Folkways

Street percussion, drumming, songs and chants recorded in New York in 1959 by a group of street kids. Kind of like a prototype Haryou Percussion Group...

– Ole

6. – Ole
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CD FD5589£11.99
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Sarah Webster Fabio Soul Ain't Soul Is: Poems by Sarah Webster Fabio (1973)Smithsonian Folkways

Sarah Webster's black poetry. Some tracks feature conga accompaniment in a Gil Scott Heron/Last Poets stylee! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

Funk/Soul

– Soul ain't: soul is

1. – Soul ain't: soul is
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CD FL9711£11.99
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Joe Gibbs Dub Serial (1972)Greensleeves

Great dub album from producer Joe Gibbs - one of the 'holy grails' of 1970s dub reggae!

Dub Reggae

– Satta Amassa Gana Version
– He Prayed Version

1. – Satta Amassa Gana Version
12. – He Prayed Version
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LP 0601811202616£16.00
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Carnival Music Of Eastern Cuba Conga De Los Hoyos Soul Jazz Records

CONGA DE LOS HOYOS, founded in 1902, is one of the oldest and best-known carnival groups in Santiago, Cuba today. Group members are exclusively from the...

Deep Cult and Roots Music Latin World/Global Sounds

– Un Solo Golpe
– Apertura
– Ahora Si !
– Vereda Tropical (Version 1)
– La Invacion / Viene El Cocoye
– Hasta Santiago A Pie
– Vereda Tropical (Version 2)
– Recordando Viejos Tiempos

1. – Un Solo Golpe
2. – Apertura
3. – Ahora Si !
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CD WAF1£12.00
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MP3 Release£7.99
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James Blake Overgrown Atlas

James Blake is back with a stronger follow up to his acclaimed self-titled debut, tending to both his classically-trained roots and love of gospel, hip-hop,...

Electronic

– overgrown
– i am sold
– life round here
– retrograde
– dlm
– digital lion

1. – overgrown
2. – i am sold
3. – life round here
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CD ATLAS10CD£12.99
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Brother Jack McDuff & David Newman Double Barrelled Soul (1968)Atlantic

Monster funky-jazz-organ from 1968! 'But It's Alright' BIG jazz dance tune! Original USA vinyl copy

Jazz

– But Its Alright

1. – But Its Alright
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Original LP£40.00
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Orig = Original USA vinyl in orig shrink, small cutout, Atlantic inner
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Reissue LP ATL1498£9.99
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Caribbean Dances Caribbean Dances (1953)Smithsonian Folkways

Cruise the Caribbean during the mid-twentieth century heyday of "the society ballroom and the honky-tonk [music] of the West Indies." Stop by Martinique,...

Deep Cult and Roots Music

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CD FW6840£9.99
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MF Doom MM.. Food (20th Anniversary Edition)Rhymesayers

**New artwork - 20th anniversary edition!** Originally released in 2004, MF DOOM's MM..FOOD is hailed as a classic hip-hop album full of inventive production,...

Hip-Hop

– Beef Rapp
– Hoe Cakes
– Potholderz Feat Count Bass D
– One Beer
– Fillet-o-rapper
– Guinnesses

1. – Beef Rapp
2. – Hoe Cakes
3. – Potholderz Feat Count Bass D
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New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) RSE400LPC1£36.00
• Case wrapped tip-on gatefold vinyl jacket
• 3-colour sweetart marble effect coloured double vinyl, with white dust sleeves
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CD RSE400CD£13.00
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Hyperdub 5 Years Of Hyperdub Hyperdub

Overdue repress for this excellent 32 track double CD marking Hyperdub’s first five years of life as a record label, comprised of one disc of prior...

Kode9 & The Spaceape Feat. Cha Cha – Time Patrol
Black Chow – Purple Smoke
Cooly G – Weekend Fly
Ikonika – Sahara Michael
Joker & Ginz – Stash
Kode9 vs LD – Bad
The Bug Feat. Warrior Queen – Money Honey (Remix)
Samiyam – Return
2000f & J Kamata – You Don't Know What Love Is
Joker – Digidesign

2. Kode9 & The Spaceape Feat. Cha Cha – Time Patrol
6. Black Chow – Purple Smoke
8. Cooly G – Weekend Fly
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2×CD HDBCD005£14.99
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Brazil: Songs of Protest Zelia Barbosa Sings of the Sertao & Favela (1968)Smithsonian Folkways

Killer, killer, killer 60s hard bossa! There are tough versions of 'Carcara' (check out the audio), Edu Lobo's 'Cheganca', 'Opiniao' and other protest...

Brazilian

– Carcara (The Vulture)

7. – Carcara (The Vulture)
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CD MFS717£11.99
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McCoy Tyner Song For My Lady (1972)Milestone

Early 70s deep jazz from John Coltrane's main manOriginal UK Vinyl VG+/Sleeve VG (wear)100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe...

Jazz

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Original LP£15.00
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