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Rebel Island SoulUnder the Influence: Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970sSoul Jazz Records
Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonBump Talkin’ (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonFeel The Music (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
KNEECAPFENIANHeavenly Recordings
Eccentric Sweet SoulVarious ArtistsNumero Group
Fred JacksonHootin’ ‘N Tootin’Blue Note
Nightmares On Wax vs Adrian SherwoodIn A Space Outta DubWarp Records
Nightmares On WaxIn A Space Outta Sound [20th Anniversary Edition]Warp Records
Larry YoungMother ShipBlue Note
John Lee HookerThat’s My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings the BluesConcord
Fight The Fire: Digital Reggae, Conscious Roots and Dub in Nigeria 1986-91Various ArtistsSoundway Records
Stan Getz & Luiz BonfáJazz Samba Encore!Verve
Ryuichi SakamotoOPUSSony
Frank SinatraSongs for Swingin’ Lovers!Blue Note
Black Jazz RecordsThe Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971-75Soul Jazz Records
Doug CarnThe Best Of Doug CarnSoul Jazz Records
Astrud GilbertoThe Shadow Of Your SmileVerve
YeBULLYgamma.
Pharoah SandersElevationVerve
Mark RonsonLate Night FeelingsSony
Gabor SzaboSpellbinderVerve
Eddie PalmieriVamonos Pa'l MonteConcord
The ProdigyFirestarter [x30 Vinyl Edition]XL Recordings
John ColtraneThe Best Of John ColtraneConcord
Ranking BarnabasThe Cold CrusherJAMDUNG
Flying LotusBIG MAMABrainfeeder
Neil YoungGreatest HitsReprise Records
ShabakaOf The EarthShabaka Records
Earl Zero / Augustus PabloPlease Officer / Pablo In Moonlight CityGolden Gems Recordings
Sweater On PoloAlmighty Grand EssenceL.I.E.S.
Daniel WangAphroasia TechnubianBalihu Recordings
Rod ModellGrotto In The Sun13 / Silentes
The Morning KidsIn A Golden HazeBalihu Recordings
- Book (800g)£25.00 £12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Vinyl Age is the definitive record collecting guidebook for the digital era. Written by expert Max Brzezinski and his highly experienced colleagues at Carolina Soul, Vinyl Age combines an engaging narrative, incisive analysis, and a modern design to reveal the joys and explain the complexities of the contemporary vinyl scene.
Kae TempestDivisible by itself and one
Divisible by Itself and One is the powerful new collection from our foremost truth-teller Kae Tempest. Ruminative, wise, with a newer, more contemplative...
- Book (200g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Straighten Up! BOOK Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
We got some more!
BOMB REGGAE BOOK!!
Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing...
- Book (500g)£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern AmericaBy Donald L. Miller
- Original Book (500g)£8.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
Awopbopaloobop AlopbamboomBy Nik Cohn
- Original Book (300g)£12.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
The West Indian Experience in British SchoolsBy Raymond Giles
- Original Book (350g)£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback Book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Rebel SoundsMusic as Resistance
'Empathy is the currency of all music and Joe Mulhall does a great job of explaining how that quality has been used to generate solidarity for the struggle...
- Book (350g) 9781804442241£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
UK Rave Flyers 1988 – 1989Phatmedia presents ...
Deluxe book showcasing original flyers from the breakthrough years of UK acid house. Sourced from the phatmedia archive and beyond, it captures the raw...
- Book (1.5kg)£45.00 £40.00In stockAdd to Bag
Nikki GiovanniPoems: 1968-2020
Nikki Giovanni's poetry has dazzled and inspired readers for more than sixty years. When she first emerged from the Black Arts Movement in the late 1960s,...
- Book (600g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jamie Lidell & Luke SchneiderA Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams
Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider have created a kind of sonic tool to navigate a liminal state of mind. Their new collaborative LP, A Companion For The...
- New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 0309272740004£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
I Hear Music In The StreetsNew York 1969-89
Capturing the energy of New York City's music subcultures—across hip-hop, punk and rap—through an array of snapshots by photographers including...
- Book (1.4kg) 9788410024687£48.00In stockAdd to Bag
Punk: The Last WordBy Chris Sullivan and Stephen Colegrave
'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face
'From the shabby stowaways of the...
- Book (900g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Rock Against Racism 1976-1981By Syd Shelton
Rock Against Racism is a body of photographs that Syd Shelton produced for and about the British Rock Against Racism movement (RAR) of 1976–1981. For...
- Book (1.9kg)£15.00 £15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Greensleeves BOOKThe First 100 Covers
WICKED NEW HARDBACK BOOK!
Charts the story of Greensleeves Records —from its beginnings as a mid-1970s West London record shop to its rise as a...
- Book (2.1kg)£50.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Other Side : A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World
In an illuminating blend of memoir and art history, The Other Side explores the lives and work of a group of extraordinary women artists. From the twelfth-century...
- Book (350g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Soul Jazz Records hoodie (navy)
Brand new Soul Jazz Records Functional Outer Wear Product #1
Exclusive to Sounds of the Universe
Limited edition navy hoodie (large) with design.
- Sweatshirt£40.00In stockAdd to Bag
Susan SontagNotes on Camp
These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary...
- Book (100g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
Beneath the UnderdogBy Chalrles Mingus
Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Art of DancehallPosters and Flyers of Soundsystem Culture
Wicked book!
Combining the energy and vibrancy of vernacular Jamaican art with the cultural insight that only original ephemera can bring, the flyers...
- Book (1.1kg)£38.95In stockAdd to Bag
Revolutionary Letters
By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy presents 'Balearic Breakfast' Volume 4
“There are curators, and then there's Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy.” - Resident Advisor
The sun has finally come out. It’s the first time something...
- 2×LP HVNLP237£32.99In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×CD HVNLP237CD£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Talking to Women
In 1964, Nell Dunn spoke to nine of her friends over a bottle of wine about men, sex, work, money, babies, freedom and love. The Pop Artist Pauline Boty...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
The Blood of OthersSimone de Beauvoir
Potent and vividly emotional, Simone de Beauvoir’s captivating novel questions freedom and individual responsibility in the face of brutality‘These...
- Book (350g) 9780241696453£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Salsa Y Ache
- Original CD£4.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Alice Coltrane - Monument Eternal (DELUXE HARDBACK)By Ann Philbin, Franya J. Berkman
Rashid Johnson, Cauleen Smith and others pay tribute to a truly extraordinary figure in 20th-century American jazz. This volume unpacks the cultural legacy...
- Book (1.3kg)£50.00In stockAdd to Bag
My Grandmother's Hands : Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodiesby Resmaa Menakem
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Insightful, thought-provoking and profound. I can't recommend highly enough' Sunny Singh'A revolutionary work of beauty,...
- Book (350g) 9780141996479£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Nova Scotia House : A Novel
Nova Scotia House takes us to the heart of a relationship, a community and an era. It is both a love story and a lament; bearing witness to the enduring...
- Book (450g)£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
This Woman's Work : Essays on Music
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel...
- Book (600g) 9781474621472£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
- Book (1.1kg) 9780300266573£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Mighty RyedersHelp Us Spread The MessageP-Vine Records
The Mighty Ryeders' 'Help Us Spread The Message' is one of the ultimate rare groove albums.The details of the album are still shrouded in mystery, but...
- – The Mighty Ryeders
- – Let There Be Peace
- – Evil Vibrations
- 1. – The Mighty Ryeders
- 2. – Let There Be Peace
- 4. – Evil Vibrations
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP PLP-7695CB£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Cosey Fanni Tutti BOOKRe-Sisters
OVER £10 OFF!! CHEAPER THAN AMAZON UK HARDBACKEx-Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey artist Cosey Fanni Tutti wrote this book after a commission to write...
- Book (700g)£18.99 £8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Art Blakey QuintetA Night At Birdland, Volume 2Blue Note
- Original LP LNJ-70092£60.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA Vinyl, 1973 Blue label Liberty pressing in orig shrink!Sold out Notify me when in stock
Wagner TisoBranco E PretoBarclay
- Original LP 831029-1£15.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Brazilian VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Freddie GibbsYou Only Live 2wiceESGN
Now enjoying an ever more celebrated status in the hip hop world off the back of his albums with Madlib, Freddie Gibbs is back in solo mode with You Only...
- – 20 Karat Jesus
- – Alexys
- – Crushed Glass
- – Dear Maria
- – Amnesia
- – Andrea
- – Phone Lit
- – Homesick
- 1. – 20 Karat Jesus
- 2. – Alexys
- 3. – Crushed Glass
- View full info and tracklisting
- New LP (Coloured Vinyl) ESGN0014£29.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Penny GoodwinPortrait Of A Gemini (1974)P-Vine Records
Ultra-rare little label production from Richard Evans: beautifully orchestrated soul album featuring "Too Soon You're Old" and a great cover of Gil Scott-Heron's...
- – Today Is The First Day
- – Lady Day And John Coltrane
- – Too Soon You're Old
- – Slow Hot Wind
- 1. – Today Is The First Day
- 4. – Lady Day And John Coltrane
- 7. – Too Soon You're Old
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP PLP-7893£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Black Power 50Edited by Sylviane A. Diouf and Komozi Woodward
£10 OFF!!!! That's 50% OFF! WICKED USA large format paperback - nice pix, loads of text. Cheaper than Amazon!
Black Power burst onto the world scene...
- Book (650g) 1620971488£20.00 £10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Meirelles E Sua OrquestraBrazilian BeatLondon Records
Includes Mulhe Rendeira - wicked tune!
- Original LP SLLB-1086£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Colombian Vinyl, sleeve wear, spines taped, writing on labelSold out Notify me when in stock
Cortijo Y Su ComboBaile Con Cortijo Y Su ComboSeeco
- Original LP trlp5107£45.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Colombian VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Illa JNo TrafficBBE
J Dilla’s little brother Illa J makes his hotly anticipated debut on BBE music.
- 2×LP BBE732ALP£34.00In stockAdd to Bag
StarvueUpward BoundP-Vine Records
Official reissue of this superb, super-rare and highly sought-after disco / boogie LP from 1980. Features the essential tunes, 'Body Fusion' and 'Love...
- – Love Affair
- – Body Fusion
- 2. – Love Affair
- 3. – Body Fusion
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP PLP-7927£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Inner City PressureThe Story of Grime
£10 OFF UK HARDBACK - CHEAPER THAN AMAZON
Beginning at the start of the new millennium in the council estates of inner London, Inner City Pressure tells...
- Book (650g) 0008257132£20.00 £10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Cannonball Adderley QuintetIn ChicagoMercury
with John Coltrane in the group
- Original LP MG 20449£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Japanese VinylIn stockAdd to Bag
Marco Antonio AraujoQuando A Sorte Te Solta Um Cisne Na NoiteStrawberry Fields
- Original LP MAA 002£25.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Brazilian VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Dudley PerkinsExpressions (2012 A. U.)Stones Throw
As a vocal muse for Madlib’s creations, Dudley is unmatched; he’s earned first pick at Madlib’s prized beat collections. Just like Madvillain...
- – Funky Dudley
- – Come Here My Dear
- 1. – Funky Dudley
- 3. – Come Here My Dear
- View full info and tracklisting
- New LP (Coloured Vinyl) VMP2231-LP£30.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Roy PorterJessicaP-Vine Records
More killer funky Jazz originally released on the tinh Chelan label in Los Angeles in 1974. Rare as hen's teeth! Japanese re-issue of this rare groove...
- – Jessica
- – Drums for Daryl
- 1. – Jessica
- 5. – Drums for Daryl
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP + 7" P7LP-1/2£46.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)Sly Stone
One of the few indisputable geniuses of pop music, Sly Stone is a trailblazer who created a new kind of music, mixing Black and white, male and female,...
- Book (500g) 9781399601580£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
MiuchaMiucha & Tom JobimRCA Victor
- Original LP 103.0314£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Brazilian VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
SarabandaSarabandaCaballo Records
w/special guest Jose Mangual
- Original LP C.R.1661£40.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Colombian VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Marvin Peterson And The SoulmastersIn ConcertP-Vine Records
The intense live album played by 70's legendary trumpeter Marvin Peterson with a total of eight musicians is back! Enjoy a legendary night that transcends...
- – Groove For Otis
- – Our Groove
- 1. – Groove For Otis
- 4. – Our Groove
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP PLP-7181£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Songs of The UnsungBy Horace TapscottDuke University Press
£30 OFF !!!!! USA HARDBACK BOOK CURRENTLY £42 FOR THIS LOVELY HARDBACK ON AMAZON----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Songs...
- Book (600g) 9780822325314£45.00 £15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Pau BrasilPau BrasilContinental
w/ Nelson Ayres
- Original LP 1.33.404.002£18.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Brazilian VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Turma Da GafieiraTurma Da GafieiraMusidisc
- Original LP 607.6078£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal Pre-Owned Brazilian VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Roy Brooks And The Artistic TruthBlack Survival - "The Sahel Concert" at Town HallP-Vine Records
Ultimate spiritual jazz guided by high-purity blackness and a well-honed spirituality!
A spectacular live document of drummer Roy Brooks, who has had...
- – Black Survival
- – Black Survival - Here And Now
- – Sahel
- – Relief
- – Black Survival - Prologue
- 1. – Black Survival
- 2. – Black Survival - Here And Now
- 3. – Sahel
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP PLP-8059£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Making SambaA New History Of Race and Music in BrazilDuke University Press
OVER 50% OFF THIS GREAT BOOK!! USA NEW PAPERBACK NEARLY £10 CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!!!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Book (700g) 9780822354307£25.00 £12.00In stockAdd to Bag