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BADBADNOTGOODMid SpiralXL Recordings
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80Heavier Yet (Lays The Crownless Head)Record Kicks
Dorothy AshbyAfro-Harping (1968) NEW EXPANDED DELUXE EDITIONCadet
Ezra CollectiveDance, No One's WatchingPartisan Records
Bring Me The HorizonPOST HUMAN: NeX GEnRCA
Steve HiettDown On The Road By The BeachBe With
The Lijadu SistersHorizon UnlimitedNumero
Jamie xxIn WavesYoung
SadeLove DeluxeSony
SadeLovers RockSony Music
Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersArt Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (Verve by Request)Decca
Roots ManuvaBrand New Second HandBig Dada
Floating PointsCascadeNinja Tune
Lady BlackbirdSlang SpiritualsBMG
The Albarika Story (Vol. 1)Various ArtistsAcid Jazz
JaubiA Sound HeartRiaz Records
CandidoDancin' & Prancin'Real Gone Music
Nala SinephroEndlessnessWarp Records
Brian HardenInstinctive PleasureAll That Jelly
YellowmanKing YellowmanMusic On Vinyl
Rex Orange CountyThe Alexander TechniqueSony
The Doug Carn TrioThe Doug Carn Trio (All-Analog Vinyl Edition)Real Gone Music
Andrew Wasylyk & Tommy PermanAsh Grey and the Gull Glides OnClay Pipe Music
Sister NancyBam BamVP Records
Arthur RussellIn The Light Of The Miracle - RemixesBe With
Chocolate MilkAction Speaks Louder Than WordsMusic On Vinyl
The ProdigyAlways Outnumbered, Never OutgunnedXL Recordings
Private JoyDesire!Rhythm Section International
Patrice RushenPrelusionCraft Recordings
The Ballistic Brothers & The Eccentirc AfrosThe Ballistic Brothers Vs. The Eccentric Afros - Volume 1Acid Jazz
Cocteau Twins And Harold BuddThe Moon And The Melodies4AD
Wayne SmithYouthman SkankingVP Records
Dom SalvadorDom SalvadorMusic On Vinyl
Sonny RollinsEast Broadway Run DownDecca / Verve
Lee MorganThe GigoloDecca / Blue Note
- Book (450g) 9780714530666£9.99 £6.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
STILL ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ON BRAZILIAN MUSIC! Only £6!!!
Written by Claus Schreiner, this is an excellent book covering all aspects of Brazilian music from its roots through the 60s, 70s and onwards. Recommended!
Jelly Roll Morton's Last Night at the Jungle Innby Samuel ChartersMarion Boyars
- Original Book (300g) 9780714528977£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Brazilian JiveFrom Samba to Bossa and RapReaktion Books
£7.50 OFF!!! That's 50% OFF!!! UK PAPERBACKIn Brazilian Jive, David Treece uncovers the genius of Brazilian song, both as a sophisticated, articulate...
- Book (600g) 1780230850£14.95 £7.50Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Talking 'Bout Your MamaThe Dozens, Snaps, And The Deep Roots Of RapOxford University Press
ONLY £10 Import USA HARDBACK BOOK CHEAPER THAN AMAZON
From Two Live Crew's controversial comedy to Ice Cube's gangsta styling and the battle rhymes of...
- Book (350g) 9780199394043£15.00 £10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Bop ApocalypseJazz, Race, the Beats, and DrugsDa Capo
USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK OVER 50% OFF !!!!!
Having spent a lifetime immersed in the world where music and drugs overlap, Martin Torgoff reveals material...
- Book (700g) 9780306824753£17.99 £8.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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) 9780747568018£10.00Original out of print secondhand book in good cond,
100% guarantee on this and all original books at Sounds of the Universe.Sold out Notify me when in stock
Eyes On The PrizeAmerica's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 Penguin
25th Anniversary edition of the history of the civil rights movement, focusing on the unheralded activists who brought the movement to life.
- Book (600g) 9780143124740£15.00 £6.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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 LD-4017£20.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Brenda FassieBlack President (1990)Mercury
Rare Zimbabwe boogie
- – Street Girl
- – Bump Party Time
- 7. – Street Girl
- 8. – Bump Party Time
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- Original LP 4064851£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+
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!Sold out Notify me when in stock
Dundun: The Talking Drum of the Yoruba People of South-West Nigeriaby Oyeniyi OsundinaAustin Macauley
In Dundun, Niyi Osundina offers the reader the chance to dip into a key cultural component of the people of western Nigeria. Drumming is a vital tradition...
- Original Book (200g)£8.99Sold out Notify me when in stock
Banda Black RioMiss Cheryl / Melô Do Tagarela (Rapper's Delight) (Instrumental)Mr Bongo
'Miss Cheryll' is midtempo Brazilian disco-jazz-funk at it’s finest, from the masters - Banda Black Rio. Melô Do Tagarela was recorded in...
- 7" BRZ45.055£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Ocean Of Sound by David ToopAether Talk, Ambient Sound and Imaginary WorldsSerpent's Tail
Sun Ra, Brian Eno, Lee Perry, Kate Bush, Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Brian Wilson are interviewed in this extraordinary work of sonic history...
- Book (250g) 9781852427436£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
JazzEdited by Nat Hentoff and Albert McCarthyQuartet Books (1977)
- Original Book (350g)£12.00Secondhand out of print book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
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) 9781416558408£13.99 £7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
AmericaHoliday (1974)WB
- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOrig = Original secondhand USA vinyl copySold out Notify me when in stock
Young, Gifted & BlackThe Story of Trojan RecordsOmnibus Press
The inside story - gossipy and addictive!
- Original Book (500g) 9781787601178£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Friends From RioFar Out Presents: Friends From Rio Project 2014Far Out Recordings
Friends From Rio is a fresh take on the idea of recording music from Brazil, then to focus back on the dance floors of London and the continental...
- LP FAR0180£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Getting Together With The Jackson 5 (1971)Musico 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 MDS 1047£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
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 jazz...
- Original Book (600g)£15.00Secondhand USA hardback (ex-library, plastic covered)In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- – Carnival
- 3. – Carnival
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- Original LP NEMI (LP) 0530£25.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Marvin GayeMore TroubleTamla
Unreleased and alternate tracks from Marvin Gaye’s SEMINAL and CLASSIC blaxploitation soundtrack! Features an unedited version of the much sampled '“T”...
- – Main Theme From Trouble Man (2) (Alternate Take With Strings)
- – “T” Plays It Cool (Unedited)
- – Poor Abbey Walsh, Part 2 (Take 1)
- – Trouble Man (Extended Version)
- – Theme From Trouble Man (Vocal Version)
- 1. – Main Theme From Trouble Man (2) (Alternate Take With Strings)
- 2. – “T” Plays It Cool (Unedited)
- 3. – Poor Abbey Walsh, Part 2 (Take 1)
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- LP (180 gram) 848792£31.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Music Is The Weapon Of The FutureFifty Years Of African Popular MusicLawrence Hill Books
Secondhand book in good condition, stickers on cover, insides cleanFrom the unique voice of Salif Keita and the hard funk of Fela Kuti to the poignant...
- Book (450g) 9781556524509£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Secondhand book in good condition, stickers on cover, insides cleanSold out Notify me when in stock
Black RiotEarly Jungle, Rave and HardcoreSoul Jazz Records
VINYL FACTORY COMPILATION OF THE YEAR 2020!!!
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Soul...
- Rhythm For Reasons – The Smokers Rhythm
- Babylon Timewarp – Durban Poison
- The Terrorist – RK1
- DJ Dubplate – Tings A Go On
- Leviticus – Burial (Lovers Rock Mix)
- The Freaky – Time and Age
- Trip One – Snowball Remix
- DJ Krome & Mr. Time – Ganja Man
- New Vision – Way Of Life
- DJ Dubplate – Original Rubadubstyle
- Hi Fi Power – Chill Out (Raggafunks U)
- Nu Jacks featuring Ivory Ranks – House Sensation
- 1. Rhythm For Reasons – The Smokers Rhythm
- 2. Babylon Timewarp – Durban Poison
- 3. The Terrorist – RK1
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- 2xLP (+ Download Code) SJRLP452£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD plus Limited Edition Graphic story SJRCD452£13.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD452£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
AzucarThe Biography Of Celia CruzReed Press
Superb hard-back book!
Biography of the great female salsa legend from growing up in Cuba to her success throughout the world.
- Book (500g) 9781594290213£20.00 £10.00In 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) 9780822362029£26.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock