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Vivian Copeland / The Poindexter BrothersChaos (In my Heart) / What I Did In The Streets (I Should Have Done At Home)Soul Junction
Radioactive ManDoors To Manual 1999-2019Asking For Trouble
Pablo GadBeggerman's ChildNo Label
Aba-AriginalsOne Massive Horn / WarRuff Stereo Records
Derdiyoklar İkilisiOyun Havaları Ve HalaylarTürküola
The Soulites, Youth Man Erron & African SonRise & Shine ShowcaseHornin'Sounds
Satoshi & MakotoSemi-VintageSound Of Speed
Raspberry BulbsBefore The Age Of MirrorsRelapse Records
CollocutorContinuationOn The Corner Records
Robert GlasperFuck Yo FeelingsConcord / Loma Vista
StormzyHeavy is the HeadAtlantic
Prince BusterHigh Blood PressureRock A Shacka
King KruleMan Alive!XL Recordings
GrimesMiss Anthropocene4AD
Tony TuffThank you Jah JahLegsman
Omar-SYou WantFXHE Records
Marcos ValleBraziliance!Mr Bongo
Fred A.De Angst VoorbijStroom
MillsartEvery Dog Has Its Day Vol. 5Axis
Movements Vol. 10Various ArtistsTramp Records
Andriao o o o oPhase Group
Ryu TsuruokaOmaePeoples Potential Unlimited
Priscilla ErmelOrigens Da LuzMusic From Memory
KutimanSaluf / BadaweeSiyal Music
SandozSandozSecond Circle
MinosSorry I'm Late (inc. Claude Young remix)Don't Be Afraid
Maximum JoyStation M.X.J.Y.1972
TimelineThe Conscious Dream EPUnderground Resistance
The JammersThe JammersPast Due
Timmion Records Singles Box, Vol. 5Various ArtistsTimmion Records
Village Of The Sun (feat. Binker and Moses)Village Of The SunGearbox Records
Tabansi Studio BandWakar Alhazai Kano / Mus’en SofoaBBE
Weeks & Co.Weeks & Co.Past Due
LolinaWho Is Experimental Music?Not On Label
Omar-SYou WantFXHE Records
Lee ‘Scatch’ PerryDisco Devil Vol. 4 (6 More Classic Discomixes From The Black Ark Studio 1977-9)Studio 16
Lee PerryDisco Devil Vol. 5 (6 More Classic Discomixes From The Black Ark Studio 1977-80)Studio 16
CallistoGuidance Is Internal (Part 3)Guidance Recordings / Above Board Projects
Elements Of Life feat. Jasper Street CompanyStand On The Word (Remixes)Vega Records
30 Years Of Strictly Rhythm Part TwoVarious ArtistsStrictly Rhythm
CallistoGuidance Is Internal (Part 1)Guidance Recordings / Above Board Projects
CallistoGuidance Is Internal (Part 2)Guidance Recordings / Above Board Projects
Alhaji Chief Kollington Ayinla & His Fuji '78 OrganizationBlessing (Nigeria, 1978)Soul Jazz Records
Sons Of SlumFunky MusicCordial Recordings
The Soul LadsFunny / I Am Yours ForeverTreasure Isle / Push Music
AfrodisiaSugar FreeCordial Recordings
Air Texture Vol. VII (Compiled by Rrose and Silent Servant)Various ArtistsAir Texture
HappaBlue 07Whities
Moses BoydDark MatterExodus Records
Cross IslandEast Of The AppleKalita
- Original Book (700g) 9780747501466£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Autobiography of the South African singer.
S/hand hardback book with dust cover
Miriam MakebaPata PataStrut
Strut reissue an all-time classic of South African music, the definitive remastered edition of Miriam Makeba’s ‘Pata Pata’, her first album recorded...
- Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata (Mono Version)
- Miriam Makeba – Ha Po Zamani (Mono Version)
- Miriam Makeba – What Is Love (Mono Version)
- Miriam Makeba – Maria Fulo (Mono Version)
- Miriam Makeba – Yetentu Tizaleny (Mono Version)
- Miriam Makeba – Click Song Number One (Mono Version)
- Miriam Makeba – Ring Bell, Ring Bell (Mono Version)
- Miriam Makeba – Jol’Inkomo (Mono Version)
- Miriam Makeba – West Wind (Mono Version)
- Miriam Makeba – Saduva (Mono Version)
- Miriam Makeba – A Piece Of Ground (Mono Version)
- 1. Pata Pata (Mono Version)
- 2. Ha Po Zamani (Mono Version)
- 3. What Is Love (Mono Version)
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- 2×LP£20.99In stockAdd to Bag
- CD£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
A Prince Among Stones: That Business with The Rolling Stones and Other Adventuresby Prince LoewensteinBloomsbury
- Original Book (300g)£7.00s/hand paperback book in good condition plastic coveredIn stockAdd to Bag
Grandma's Recordsby Eric VelasquezBloomsbury
Nice kids book about a child seeing the Puerto Rican salsa artist Cortijo in New York. Nice illustrations too. This is our kind of book!
- Original Book (200g)£7.00Sleeve condition: VG+Original UK paperback
100% Guarantee on this and all Original books & records at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!In stockAdd to Bag
Tropical TruthBy Caetano VelosoBloomsbury
Utterly illuminating autobiography by Caetano Veloso. If you want a better understanding of Tropicalia, Bossa Nova and Brazilian music in general then...
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Original out of print secondhand book in good cond, some spine creasing.
100% guarantee on this and all original books at Sounds of the Universe.In stockAdd to Bag
Memphis Rent PartyThe Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's HometownBloomsbury
WICKED BOOK!!!USA HARDBACK BOOK NEARLY 50% OFF!!!!The fabled city of Memphis has been essential to American music--home of the blues, the birthplace of...
- Book (650g)£18.99 £10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Personal StereoObject LessonsBloomsbury
Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow investigates the walkman’s influence on public space, our relationship to electronic personal devices, and the fears and exhilaration...
- Book (150g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Snow Falling on Cedarsby David GutersonBloomsbury
Unproofed copys/hand paperback
- Original Book (600g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Mr Mojo: A Biography of Jim Morrisonby Dylan JonesBloomsbury
AMERICAN IMPORT PAPERBACKFound dead in his bathtub aged only 27 having achieved worldwide stardom as lead singer of The Doors, Morrison...
- Book (200g)£8.99 £5.00In stockAdd to Bag
InfernoBy Patricia MeloBloomsbury
For eleven-year-old Kingie, there are lessons to be learned from drug trafficking. His first job is as a lookout, working on the hillside slums of Rio...
- Book (300g)£6.99In stockAdd to Bag
Respect YourselfStax Records And The Soul ExplosionBloomsbury
More than 50% OFF!!!The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a record company that becomes a monument to...
- Book (800g)£14.99 £6.99In stockAdd to Bag
High On The HogA Culinary Journey from Africa to AmericaBloomsbury
Acclaimed cookbook author Jessica B. Harris weaves an utterly engaging history of African American cuisine, taking the reader on a harrowing journey...
- Book (500g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Jazz StylesHistory And AnalysisPrentice Hall
America’s most widely used introduction to jazz, it teaches the chronology of jazz by showing students how to listen and what to notice in each style.
Secondhand...
- Original Book (900g)£9.00
A Good Looking CorpseThe World of Drum - Jazz and Gangsters, Hope and Defiance in the Townships of South Africa (1995)Minerva
- Original Book (800g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Pete CondéEste Negro Si Es Sabroso (1976)Fania Records
Rare salsa on Fania. Original vinyl, has sleeve wear
- Original LP£15.00
Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of "Run-D.M.C." and Jam Master Jayby Ronin RoAmistad
Hip-hop fans of all ages will delight in this gripping tale of sex, drugs and rock n'rap. Secondhand USA paperback book ex library w/stamps.
- Book (500g)£7.00
Brook BentonDo Your Own Thing (1969)Cotillion
Hard to find soul LP. Orig. USA 1969 Cotillion/Atlantic Records
- Original LP£20.00
Yes Yes Y'all: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip Hop's First Decadeby Jim Fricke and Charlie AhearnThe Perseus Press
WICKED oral history of early rap. Essential! Secondhand out of print paperback in good condition
- Original Book (1kg)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
UptownPortrait of a Chicago Neighborhood in the Mid-1970sChicago's Book Press
Wicked photogrpahy book.
This book of striking black and white photographs forms a fascinating time capsule. The photos, taken during the mid 1970s,...
- Book (1.6kg)£30.00 £14.00
Kris OkotieI Need Someone (1980)Phonodisk
Afro-Disco Boogie Funk
Original Nigerian Vinyl G ONLY/Sleeve G ONLY+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+100% Guarantee on this and...
- Kris Okotie – I Need Someone
- Kris Okotie – You Are My Woman
- 1. I Need Someone
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- Original LP£10.00
Black Music Of Two Worlds (1972)John Storm RobertsOriginal Music
Essential music book about African and New World Afro-musics of the Caribbean and US.
S/hand original out of print well groovy paperback in good condition
- Original Book (600g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Bunny MackLet Me Love You (1980)Win Records
Rare independent Nigerian boogie funk.
Original Nigerian vinyl.Vinyl G only , sleeve Fair only so cheap £40 to £10+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine...
- Bunny Mack – Let Me Love You
- Bunny Mack – Love You Forever
- 1. Let Me Love You
- 2. Love You Forever
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£10.00
Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe & His Nigeria Sound Makers InternationalJim´s SpecialSposa
Quality album of Igbo highlife.Rare Original Nigerian vinyl.Vinyl VG, sleeve F (wear)+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
- Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe & His Nigeria Sound Makers International – Jim´s Special
- 1. Jim´s Special
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£25.00
Talking 'Bout Your MamaThe Dozens, Snaps, And The Deep Roots Of RapOxford University Press
Import USA Paperback edition book
From Two Live Crew's controversial comedy to Ice Cube's gangsta styling and the battle rhymes of a streetcorner cypher,...
- Book (350g)£13.99 £6.99In stockAdd to Bag
Pablo MilanésPablo Milanés Canta A Nicolás Guillén (1975)Areito
Original Cuban vinyl!Vinyl VG , sleeve GHigh-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
- Original LP£20.00
Brenda FassieBlack President (1990)Mercury
Rare Zimbabwe boogie
- Brenda Fassie – Street Girl
- Brenda Fassie – Bump Party Time
- Original LP£35.00 £10.00Vinyl condition: VG-Sleeve condition: VG-ORIGINAL NIGERIAN VINYL MARK ON SIDE TWO TRACK 1, sleeve damage
+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
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JazzEdited by Nat Hentoff and Albert McCarthyQuartet Books (1977)
- Original Book (350g)£10.00Secondhand out of print book in good condition
The Last SultanThe Life And Times Of Ahmet ErtegunSimon & Schuster
Import USA Paperback edition book 40% Off Original price!
The Last Sultan is the definitive biography of a man who changed popular culture throughout...
- Book (550g)£13.99 £7.99In stockAdd to Bag
AmericaHoliday (1974)WB
- Original LP£8.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal = Original USA Vinyl
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Art BlakeyA Night In Tunisia (1958)BMG
Features one of the best recordings by the second version of the Jazz Messengers, and it is the only time that Blakey featured both altoist Jackie McLean...
- New LP £11.99
Getting Together With The Jackson 5 (1971)VariousMusico Records
Original = USA Original Vinyl G+ /Sleeve VG-
+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl...
- Original LP£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Jazz Masters Of New OrleansBy Martin WilliamsMacMillan (1979)
Good book! Did you know why the drummers of New Orleans jazz have always been underrecorded? Did you know that Orson Welles was a big New Orleans...
- Original Book (600g)£15.00
Sonny OkosunThe Gospel Of Ozziddi (1981)EMI International
Afro-Disco funk.
Original Nigerian Vinyl VG, sleeve G- (lot of wear)
+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+100% Guarantee on this...
- Sonny Okosun – Carnival
- 3. Carnival
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Oneness Of JujuSpace Jungle Luv (1976)Black Fire
Amazing sought-after record from the brainchild of one J. Pluncky Branch and one of the greatest underground jazz groups. Space Jungle Luv goes...
- LP£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Life And Death On The New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983By Tim Lawrence
Here we go .. massive NYC dancefloor 500+ page book by the excellent Tim Lawrence - who wrote Love Saves The Day and also has written for Soul Jazz...
- Book (900g)£22.99
Old School Rap and Hip-HopChris Woodstra, John Bush, Stephen Thomas ErlewineBackbeat Books
- Original Book (350g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
- Book (350g)£12.99 £6.00