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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
Black Jazz RecordsThe Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971-75Soul Jazz Records
Doug CarnThe Best Of Doug CarnSoul Jazz Records
ShabakaOf The EarthShabaka Records
Pan Afrikan People's ArkestraLive At Widney High December 26th, 1971The Village
The GladiatorsBongo Red / VersionSoul Jazz Records
600% DynamiteSka, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk and Dub in Jamaica NEW EDITION 2026Soul Jazz Records
Gal CostaGal CostaVampisoul
Jackie MittooGet Up and Get It / Keep On DancingSoul Jazz Records
IntertotoSiccar PointWhat About Never
Jerry JonesThere's A Chance For Me / Trying TimesSoul Jazz Records
KNEECAPNo Comment **BANKSY ART**Heavenly Recordings
The Soul VendorsSwing Easy / Ringo RockSoul Jazz Records
Lo BorgesLo BorgesVampisoul
Junglist!Old Skool Ragga, D&B, Jungle 1993-95Soul Jazz Records
Kelan Phil Cohran & LegacyAfrican SkiesListening Position
BTSARIRANGInterscope
Harry StylesKiss All The Time. Disco, OccasionallySony
Abel MillerEverytime I See My BabyMelodies International
Michael JacksonNumber OnesSony
StanrickCool And DeadlyRoof International
Yeza, Blackout JA, Parly B & Escape RootsDeadly / Leff The GunSUPERCHIP
Prince AllaDrift AwayTime To Roots
Singing MelodyDubplate To A SoundboyRoof International
Susan CadoganFeverHarlem Shuffle
Dean Fraser & Matic HornsLiberationInfini-T Music
Mudies ALL Stars with Freddie McKayMommy Pot Pon FireMoodisc Records
Phyllis DillonPerfidia / Love The One You’re With RemixDutchess
WendsRoots Gal Party / Rootsman RiddimSUPERCHIP
Mudies All Stars with Don PeartStop Your CryingMoodisc Records
Marcia GriffithsThe First Time I Saw Your FaceHarlem Shuffle
Stonewall JacksonWarRoof International
- Original Book (350g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
- Book (350g) 9780879309169£14.00 £8.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The real old school! More than 500 reviews plus artist bios and the true tales of the birth of the art form
Stan GetzNobody Else But MeBackbeat Books
Stan Getz's mellifluous sound on the tenor saxophone made him a famous and much-loved performer. His musical career ranged from big bands and small...
- Book (500g) 9780879307295£20.00 £8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Yes Yes Y'all: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip Hop's First Decadeby Jim Fricke and Charlie AhearnThe Perseus Press
- Original Book (1kg) 9781903985571£40.00Original Pre-Owned Out of Print USA paperback in good condition, sticker on frontIn stockAdd to Bag
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£16.00 £10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Beats to the RhymeA Collection of Instrumental Hip-Hop Records for the Beat ConnoisseurGingko Press
£10 off this wicked book! Cheaper than Amazon!
USA IMPORT DIE CUT, SHRINK-WRAPPED COVER HARDBACK BOOK 40% OFF Original price! COMES WITH FREE CD! THE...
- Book (700g) 9781584235385£22.00 £12.00New USA hardback includes CD!Out 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
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Rap and Hip HopExamining Pop CultureGreenhaven Press (2003)
Explores the history and social aspects of rap music and hip hop culture, which emerged underground through African American artistic expressions in the...
- Original Book (350g)£20.00Original secondhand book ex library with stamps in good condition
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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: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Vinyl LondonA Guide to Independent Record ShopsACC Art Books
Loads of excellent pix, descriptions, info etc. Limited edition independently published book.
Why anyone would ever need to go anywhere except Sounds...
- Book (600g) 9781788840156£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Rap-UpThe Ultimate Guide To Hip-Hop and R&BGrand Central Publishing
All you ever needed to know! USA IMPORT OUT OF PRINT PAPERBACK. A New one currently costs you £40 on Amazon!
- Original Book (1kg) 9780446178204£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
Getting Together With The Jackson 5 (1971)Musico Records
Original = USA Original Vinyl G+ /Sleeve VG-
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- 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
Babylon NYC: From Beat to Punkby Victor BockrisOmnibus Press
Hell, Ginsberg, Warhol, Debbie harry, Patti Smith ... interviews and photos - groovy NYC.
Out-of-print edition edition secondhand paperback
- Original Book (650g)£10.00Original UK paperback
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Gangsta RapBy Benjamin ZephaniahBloomsbury (2004)
Ray has given up school. He sees no point in education and despises authority. And then he has no choice about school as he is excluded. But Ray also has...
- Original Book (300g)£8.00Original secondhand hardback out of print edition
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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£24.00In stockAdd to Bag
Stevie WonderBy John Swenson
- Original Book (500g) 9780859650762£12.00Secondhand paperback in great conditionSold out Notify me when in stock
Don Shirley TrioDon Shirley Trio (1960)Cadence
Original 1960 textured sleeve original vinyl jazz trio quite deep
- Original LP CLP 3046£12.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
The Manual: Ministry Of Soundby Bill Brewster & Frank BroughtonHeadline
- Original Book (500g)£8.00Sleeve condition: VG+Original UK paperback
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Rap Attack 2African Rap To Global Hip Hop by David ToopSerpent's Tail (1991)
The roots of rap music are traced from video arcades to bebop, and crucial influences such as prison and army songs, West African chants and tap dancing...
- Original Book (500g)£25.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Book in good conditionSold out Notify me when in stock
Back In The Days Photographs By Jamel ShabazzpowerHouse Books
Amazing, genius photographs of New York hip-hop fashion and culture taken by Jamel Shabazz between 1980 and 1989. Intro by Fab Five Freddy. As stylish...
- Book (700g) 9781576871065£30.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Musica BrasileiraA History of Popular Music and the People of BrazilMarion Boyars
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...
- Book (450g) 9780714530666£9.99 £6.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Dakota StatonI Want A Country Man (1973)Groove Merchant
Original USA 1973 Groove Merchant reocrds w/ Frank Wess, Cecil Bridgewater, Bill Watrous produced by Sonny Lester
- Original LP GM 521£9.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Sold out Notify me when in stock
Keith HaringThe World Of Keith HaringSoul Jazz Records
In collaboration with Tate Liverpool, Soul Jazz Records release this stunning new collection entitled The World of Keith Haring featuring music influential...
- B Beat Girls – For The Same Man
- Damon Harris – It's Music
- Pylon – Danger
- The Jonzun Crew – Pak Man (Look Out For The OVC)
- Funk Masters – Love Money
- John Sex – Bump and Grind It
- Sylvester – Over And Over (12" Disco Mix)
- The Girls – Jeffrey I Hear You
- Johnny Dynell and New York 88 – Jam Hot (Rhumba Rock)
- Talking Heads – I Zimbra (on CD version only)
- Art Zoyd – Sortie 134 (Part 2)
- Class Action – Weekend (Larry Levan Mix)
- Adiche – Chuka-Ja (Get Ready)
- The Girls – The Elephant Man
- The Golden Flamingo Orchestra – The Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us
- Gray – Cut It Up High Priest
- Extra T’s – E.T. Boogie
- Convertion – Let's Do It
- Yoko Ono – Walking On Thin Ice
- Fab 5 Freddy – Change The Beat
- 1. B Beat Girls – For The Same Man
- 2. Damon Harris – It's Music
- 3. Pylon – Danger
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- 3×LP + Download Code SJRLP444£34.00In stockAdd to Bag
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