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Carlos GarnettCosmos NucleusTime Traveler
Kenny BarronSunset To DawnTime Traveler
Roy BrooksThe Free SlaveTime Traveler
Yazmin LaceyTeal DreamsAMF Records
MoodymannBlack MahoganiPeacefrog
MoodymannBlack Mahogani IIPeacefrog
Alfa MistRouletteSekito
Sven WunderDaybreakPiano Piano Records
Chet BakerFive From '65: The Quintet Summer SessionsNew Land
Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient UndergroundVarious ArtistsFundamental Frequencies
Constantine WeirContradictionItez
Sabrina CarpenterEmails I Can't SendIsland Records
Jackie MittooReggae MagicSoul Jazz Records
The Sabres Of ParadiseSabresonic (Remastered)Warp Records
Sabrina CarpenterShort N' SweetIsland Records
LordeSolar PowerUniversal Music New Zealand
Gracie AbramsThe Secret Of UsInterscope Records
Kid SublimeYou Got Me Runnin' feat. BakoNatural Element
Chouette Records meets Simon NyabinghiDecisionsChouette
Rivah JordanHard To WinRoom In The Sky
The DisciplesHigher Voltage / Toxic HazardRotterdub
Prince LivijahLightning and Thunder of Jah Army EpNyahbinghi Dub
Tippa LeeMeets The Naram Rhythm Section : Musically BadRed Robin
LucadreadWar On PovertyUntamed Sounds
Chet Baker & CrewChet Baker & CrewWaxTime In Color
Donnoya DrakeRocksteady BoyOriginal Gravity
Freddie ReddShades of ReddDecca / Blue Note
Sonny ClarkSonny’s CribDecca / Blue Note
Art Blakey & The Jazz MessengersThe Jazz MessengersWaxTime
Maxie, Scientist & BarnabasThree The Hard WayLantern Rec.
Josey WalesTime AgainNine Channel
Mulatu AstatkeMulatu Plays MulatuStrut
Stars Of The LidMusic for Nitrous Oxide (30 Year Anniversary Remastered)Diggers Factory
Osmar MilitoNem Paleto, Nem GravataElemental Music
Mansur BrownRihlaAMAI Records
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The Philly Sound BOOK Philadelphia Soul Music and its R&B Rootsby Dave Moore (UK) and Jason Thornton (US)
- Book (2.6 kg) 9789189136861£58.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
ABSOLUTELY MIND-BLOWING & STUNNING 700-page hardback book!
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the music of Philadelphia. This really is quite an incredible, heavyweight (in all senses) new book that has blown us away. Expensive but definitely worth every penny! A DEFINITIVE AND MASSIVE TEXTUAL GUIDE AND HISTORY!
Stunning in-depth investigation of how Philadelphia became the hottest city in the American pop music industry.! Thom Bell, Bobby Eli, John Madara, David White, The Harthon Team, Virtue's Sigma Sound Studio, Cameo-Parkway, Del Val, Merben, Arctic, The Intruders, The O´Jays, Billy Paul, Teddy Pendergrass, Eddie Holman, WDAS and so much more!
This meticulously researched book tells the remarkable story of the music entrepreneurs, record labels, radio stations, recording studios all of which contributed to what became known to the world as The Philly Sound, all beautifully presented in full, sumptuous, coloured detail including a multitude of rare Soul/R&B discs and loads of vintage photographs and memorabilia.
A quality point of reference and a magnificent book for all Soul music & Northern Soul music fans worldwide - the bomb!
In a quAre Time and PlacePost-Slavery Temporalities, Blaxploitation, and Sun Ra's Afrofuturism Between Intersectionality and Heterogeneity
'In this book Tim Stüttgen considers the paradigm of (post-)slavery as an important epistemological break within predominantely white Gender and Queer...
- Book (600g)£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
Scorcha!Skins, Suedes and Style from the Streets 1967-1973
Just £15!! That's 50% OFF !!! WICKED LARGE FORMAT HARDBACK BOOK!!!!! CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!!
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Levis,...
- Book (1kg)£30.00 £15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Alice ColtraneMonument Eternal
Alice Coltrane wrote this documentary on her spiritual life entitled Monument Eternal, which tells of her spiritual initiation, revelations, and austerities....
- Book (250g)£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
Kyle PrueHow to Piss Off Men
Have you ever been badgered by an annoying pick-up artist at the bar? Ever felt a burning desire to emotionally torture a friend's boyfriend in an act...
- Book (250g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Steve McQueenResistance
Resistance presents a century of activism, from the radical suffrage movement in 1903 through key moments including the Battle of Cable Street, the Black...
- Book (700g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
The princess of 72nd StreetBy Elaine Kraf
Ellen is a single artist living alone on New York’s Upper West Side in the 1970s. She is beset by old boyfriends, paint pigment choices, and, occasionally,...
- Book (250g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
All Foursby Miranda July
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTA BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS PICKA BEST SUMMER...
- Book (400g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
No Logo: An insightful examination of advertising's impact on society and youth cultureBy Naomi Klein
By the time you’re twenty-one, you’ll have seen or heard a million advertisements. But you won’t be happier for it. This is a book about that much-maligned,...
- Book (400g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Alayo AkinkugbeReframing Blackness
Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored.
In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt,...
- Book (650g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Dread, Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution
What is the relationship between poetry and social change? Standing at the forefront of political poetry since the 1970s, Linton Kwesi Johnson has been...
- Book (550g)£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
Mystical MushroomsDiscover the Magic and Folklore of Fantastic Fungi
Mystical Mushrooms defines the beauty of mushrooms by focusing on their magical connections and symbolic meanings through folkloric tales and superstitions...
- Book (600g)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Susan SontagOn Photography
Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs...
- Book (150g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jess Sah BiJesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas
Jesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas is Jess Sah Bi’s first and only gospel album. Fortunately, fans responded with enthusiasm: widespread radio airplay and concerts...
- Cassette Tape AFTA051CS£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Tribul'zationsMelody Babylon
The Tribulizations are a Brighton UK-based reggae vocal harmony duo living the rocker's life style! We pay homage to uk style lovers rock and spiritual...
- – Melody Babylon
- – Freedom Fighter
- – Politicians
- – Fade Away
- – Without You
- – One Step Forward
- – Just Let It Be
- – Fever
- – Social Riot
- – Rest In Love
- 1. – Melody Babylon
- 2. – Freedom Fighter
- 3. – Politicians
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP£22.00In stockAdd to Bag
Andy WarholFame
The legendary sixties New York pop artist Andy Warhol's hilarious and insightful vignettes and aphorisms on the topics of love, fame and beauty.
- Book (100g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
Brasil IndomitoBrasil Indomito
- Original LP 14-1627£12.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Colombian VinylIn stockAdd to Bag
Lizzy Mercier DesclouxDesiderata
NYC no wave/ze records scenester Descloux book of poetry, collages and moreIntroduction by Patti Smith
- Book (350g)£17.99In stockAdd to Bag
Louisiana CajunsTurner Browne
Excellent book - stunning black and white photography. Highly recommended
- Original Book (350g)£30.00Out of print Pre-Owned Original USA paperback bit of ageingIn stockAdd to Bag
Jackie DeshannonLove Forever - Demo Recordings 1966-1967
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon got her start singing gospel at home and in church as a child in her native Kentucky, and then singing...
- New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) RLGM18131PMI£35.99In stockAdd to Bag
Flip the Script: How Women Came to Rule Hip Hop
FLIP THE SCRIPT showcases some of the best rappers currently making music in the UK. It has taken a significant amount of time for women to get recognition...
- Book (150g)£7.50In stockAdd to Bag
By Truman CapoteIn Cold Blood
The chilling true crime 'non-fiction novel' that made Truman Capote's name, In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of...
- Book (200g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Perfume
In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable...
- Book (150g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Audre LordeThe Black Unicorn
Filled with rage and tenderness, Audre Lorde's most acclaimed poetry collection speaks of mothers and children, female strength and vulnerability, renewal...
- Book (200g)£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
By John BergerWays of Seeing
John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the...
- Book (150g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit: Art, Feminism, and Digital Technology
In Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit, Judith K. Brodsky makes a ground-breaking intellectual leap by connecting feminist art theory with the rise...
- Book (2.4kg)£29.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Velvet Underground, New York 1965–66 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Adam Ritchie
Awesome small and beautiful new photo-zine of rare pix of the Velvet Underground in New York 1965-66. In the zone! Look there's Andy (hi Andy!), Lou,...
- Book (200g) ISSN 2752-5619£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Jean-Paul SartreExistentialism and Humanism
Over the past sixty years the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre have probably been more influential in the West than those of any other philosopher and literary...
- Book (150g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Afro-American Short StoriesRichard Wright, James Baldwin, William Melvin Kelley, Langston Hughes, LeRoi Jones, Alice Walker
- Original Book (200g)£6.00Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Small Paperback Book in Good ConditionIn stockAdd to Bag
When I Dare to Be Powerful
Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of female...
- Book (300g)£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Arnold BlairTrying To Get Next To YouSoul Jazz Records
NEW LTD. FIRST EDITION 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe.
Stone-cold...
- – Trying To Get Next To You
- – I Won The Big Deal
- 1. – Trying To Get Next To You
- 2. – I Won The Big Deal
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" SJR347-7£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Betty HarrisThere's A Break In The RoadSoul Jazz Records
EXCLUSIVE NEW 45rpm - ONLY available direct from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe.All time-killer New Orleans heavyweight funk...
- – There's A Break In The Road
- – Show It
- 1. – There's A Break In The Road
- 2. – Show It
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" SJR343-7£13.00In stockAdd to Bag
Maurice WhiteMy Life With Earth, Wind & FireAmistad
USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK
My Life with Earth Wind, and Fire is an intimate, moving, and beautiful memoir from a man whose creativity and determination...
- Book (700g) 9780062329158£20.00 £15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Voodoo, Truth and Fantasy (aka Voodoo Search for the Spirit)By Laennec HurbonNew Horizons
A bit like the Rough Guide to Reggae - except for Voodoo. Recommended!
Out of Africa came the cult of spirits who could enter human beings and cross...
- Original Book (250g) 9780810928572£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback, sticker on frontSold out Notify me when in stock
Primal Scream An illustrated biographyby Stuart ColesOmnibus Press
- Original Book (350g)£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Punk 45: The Singles Cover Art of Punk 1976-80Edited by Jon Savage and Stuart Baker with a new introduction by Bobbie GillespieSoul Jazz Books
Brand new edition of Soul Jazz Records’ massive deluxe 400-page Punk 45s cover art book edited and compiled by Jon Savage (author of the seminal book...
- Book (2.2kg) SJR526£35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Satisfaction Guaranteed - Sound Of Philadelphia Vol. 2United Soul
**Celebrating the 50th Anniversary in 2021 of the hugely influential soul and disco label, Philadelphia International Records!**
Huge box set edition...
- 8xCD + 12" box set PIR5002£105.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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
Cover Art of Studio One RecordsDeluxe Hardback 12x12" 200 page BookSoul Jazz Books
Available for limited period at special discount price!
100% Absolutely essential! Super-deluxe 12x12" hardback 200 page plus, hundreds of classic Studio...
- Book (2.2kg) SJR247£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Sound of Philadelphia Tony Cummings (1975)Eyre Muthuen Ltd.
- Original Book (900g)£70.00Original out of print second-hand book in good condition bit of creasingIn stockAdd to Bag
Reggae Deep Roots MusicProteus Rocks
- Original Book (800g)£25.00Rare S/hand out-of-print large format paperback book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Disco: An Encyclopedic guide to the cover art of disco Presented by Disco Patrick and Patrick Vogt Soul Jazz Books
Sorry. Out of Print.New 400-page 12"x12" deluxe heavyweight book on Soul Jazz Records/Books.
Foreword by Tom Moulton and Nicky Siano (The Gallery).
Presented...
- SJ Book (3.6kg) SJR294£35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Larry LevanLarry Levan's Paradise Garage: The Legend of Dance Music Vol. 3Salsoul
Part 3 in the series with classic disco cuts from Skyy, The Salsoul Orchestra, Orlando Riva Sound, Instant Funk and more!
- Jimmy Castor – It's Just Begun
- Love Committee – Just As Long As I Got You
- Skyy – Here's To You
- 1. Jimmy Castor – It's Just Begun
- 2. Love Committee – Just As Long As I Got You
- 3. Skyy – Here's To You
- View full info and tracklisting
- 3×LP SAL-2015-1£21.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Larry Levan's Paradise Garage: The Legend of Dance Music Vol. 4Salsoul
Part 4 in the series with classic disco cuts from Sparkle, Instant Funk, Candido, First Choice and more!
- Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation
- First Choice – Double Cross
- Rafael Cameron – Let's Get It Off
- 1. Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation
- 2. First Choice – Double Cross
- 3. Rafael Cameron – Let's Get It Off
- View full info and tracklisting
- 3×LP SAL-2015-1£21.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Trojan - The Story of Trojan RecordsBy Laurence Cane-HoneysettTrojan
MASSIVE new book (300+ pages!)
A lavish, fully illustrated deluxe book, an official history, from the label’s archivist, historian Laurence Cane-Honeysett
Includes...
- Book (1.9kg)£30.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Betty HarrisMean Man / I'm Gonna Git YaSoul Jazz Records
EXCLUSIVE NEW 45rpm - ONLY available direct from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe.This is our second Betty Harris single...
- Betty Harris – Mean Man
- Betty Harris – I'm Gonna Git Ya
- 1. Betty Harris – Mean Man
- 2. Betty Harris – I'm Gonna Git Ya
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" SJR342-7£14.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Bettye LaVetteA Woman Like MeBlue Rider Press
Import USA Hardback edition 66% OFF!
Acclaimed R&B singer Bettye LaVette celebrates her storied career in show business with her stunning memoir, A Woman...
- Book (550g) 9780399159381£24.00 £8.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Can't Stop Won't StopA History of the Hip-Hop GenerationEbury Press
Absolutely essential book telling the story of hip-hop from an informed and informative point of view. Historical, cultural and social context gives this...
- Book (350g) 9780091912215£12.99 £6.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Terry ReidThe Other Side Of The RiverFuture Days Recordings
In 1973, Reid released "River", a near-flawless album of roots, blues, rock 'n' roll, folk and jazz that quickly became a collector's item. The...
- – Let's Go Down
- – Avenue (F# Boogie)
- – Things To Try
- – Country Brazilian Funk
- 1. – Let's Go Down
- 2. – Avenue (F# Boogie)
- 3. – Things To Try
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP FDR629LP£28.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD FDR 629£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Cake and the RainA Memoir by Jimmy WebbOmnibus Press
The Cake and the Rain promises to be a gripping tale of "sex drugs and rock'n'roll". Following Webb from the early 70s and across the whole of the preceding...
- Book (600g) 9781250058436£12.00 £12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Reggae SoundsystemOriginal Reggae Album Cover ArtSoul Jazz Books
Sorry. Out of Print.Reggae Soundsystem! is a new deluxe 200 page hard-back 12”x12” book featuring hundreds of stunning full size record cover designs...
- SJ Book (2.2kg)£25.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Homeward BoundThe Life of Paul SimonHenry Holt
NEW USA HARDBACK BOOK OVER 60% OFF!!!A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter...
- Book (650g) 9781627790345£20.00 £7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- Book (350g) 9781472125873£12.99 £5.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Reggae 45 SoundsystemThe Label Art of Reggae Singles, A Visual History of Jamaican Reggae 1959-79Soul Jazz Books
Reggae Soundsystem 45! is a new stunning deluxe 500 page flexibound book that features over 1000 full size record label 45 rpm single designs that...
- Book (2.4kg) SJR261£30.00In stockAdd to Bag