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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!
FREE UK SHIPPING!!!!!
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!
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
By Ian PenmanErik Satie Three Piece Suite
Composer, pianist and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Époque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit...
- Book (500g)£12.99In 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
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- 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
Nasty Women
With intolerance and inequality increasingly normalised by the day, it's more important than ever to share real experiences and hold the truth to account...
- Book (250g)£8.99In 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
Look & See: Collected Ephemera and Printed Material
Look & See offers a very personal insight into the idiosyncratic influences and inspirations behind the creativity of Anthony Burrill, designer and letterpress...
- Book (2.6 kg)£25.00In 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
Letter From Birmingham Jail
This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects...
- Book (150g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
Claire DedererMonsters: What Do We Do with Great Art by Bad People?
Pablo Picasso beat his partners. Richard Wagner was deeply antisemitic. David Bowie slept with an underage fan. But many of us still love Guernica and...
- Book (200g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Fernando AlbuerneLos Mejor De Fernando Albuerne
Cuban singer who lived in Argentina and Venezuela
- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Colombian VinylIn stockAdd to Bag
by Silvia FedericiCaliban and the Witch
A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition...
- Book (600g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
George OrwellDown And Out in Paris and London
George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time living among the desperately poor and destitute, Down and Out in Paris and London is a moving tour of the underworld...
- Book (300g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
We Called It MusicEddie Condon
- Original Book (200g)£20.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback book, inside yellowing to pagesIn stockAdd to Bag
William S. BurroughsJunky
A shocking exposé of the desperate subculture surrounding heroin addiction, William S. Burroughs' Junky is edited with an introduction by Oliver Harris...
- Book (200g)£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Letters to GilMalik Al Nasir
£12 OFF UK HARDBACK!Description'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure'...
- Book (600g) 9780008464431£20.00 £8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
When someone says, 'You have to know your history...' this is it. A pop culture classic for over two decades, now fully refreshed and updated as part of...
- Book (700g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
There And Black Again
By Don Letts and Mal Peachey
Don Letts – filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father – has always defied conformity....
- Book (400g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
JazzBy Freddy J. Angstmann
(in french). Nice photos
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Hardback Book in Good ConditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Dinosaurs in the MorningBy Whitney Balliett
- Original Book (400g)£25.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK 1st Edn. Hardback Book w/DustjacketIn stockAdd to Bag
A Little Feminist History of Art
Emerging in the late 1960s as women artists struggled to de-gender their work to compete in a male-dominated arena, the feminist art movement has played...
- Book (350g)£12.99In 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
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
Lick MeHow I Became Cherry VanillaChicago Review Press
BAD GIRL CHERRY! USA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK 60% OFF!Cherry Vanilla's memoir takes us from the birth of rock to the explosion of punk, with memorable detours...
- Book (600g) 9781556529436£17.99 £6.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Highlife GiantsWest African Dance Band PioneersCassava Republic Press
As West Africa's oldest form of popular music, Highlife was the soundtrack of the independence era and its influence still resonates widely today. Highlife...
- Book (600g) 9781911115298£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
John GordonErotica SuiteEverland Jazz
Everland Jazz reissue John Gordon's 1978 LP 'Erotica Suite'. This is super rare, deep, spiritual, modal jazz - one of the rarest albums to...
- – 1st Movement - Desire
- – 2nd Movement - Fulfillment
- – 3rd Movement - Aftermath
- – 4th Movement - Consequences
- – Ora Lee Tingle
- – Neleh
- – Blue Na
- 1. – 1st Movement - Desire
- 2. – 2nd Movement - Fulfillment
- 3. – 3rd Movement - Aftermath
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP ELJ006£21.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Jordan RakeiCloakSoul Has No Tempo
Debut album from rising Australian, UK based soul star Jordan Rakei. 'Cloak' picks up from where his excellent 'Groove Curse' EP left off and...
- – Midnight Mischief
- – Snitch
- – Blame It On The Youth
- – The Light
- – Talk To Me
- – Still (Interlude)
- – Rooftop
- – Lost Myself
- – Toko
- – Cupid's Cheese
- – Theta State
- – Sworn Enemy
- – Tawo
- 1. – Midnight Mischief
- 2. – Snitch
- 3. – Blame It On The Youth
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP SHNT2£20.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD SHNT2CD£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Black Fire! New Spirits! BOOKImages of A Revolution : Radical Jazz in the USA 1960-75Soul Jazz Books
Sorry. Out of Print.
Featuring: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Roland Kirk, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Alice...
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
Lady WraySmiling / Make Me OverBig Crown Records
Gritty soul music from Lady Wray! 'Smiling' is a raw, uptempo cut backed with the deeper ballad of 'Make Me Over'.
- – Smiling
- – Make Me Over
- 1. – Smiling
- 2. – Make Me Over
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- 7" BC002-7£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Secrets of VoodooBy Milo RigaudCity Lights
Secrets of Voodoo traces the development in Haiti and the Americas of this complex religion from its sources in Africa. the book represents a straightforward...
- Book (350g) 9780872861718£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- Original Book (300g)£15.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Lorraine JohnsonLorraine Johnson The More I Get, The More I Want / Feed The Flame (Lime Coloured Edition)Unidisc
Reissue of the rare, extended version of disco version of Lorraine Johnson's 'The More I Get, The More I Want' on cult NYC label, Prelude. Backed with...
- – The More I Get, The More I Want (Rafael Charres Mix)
- – Feed The Flame
- 1. – The More I Get, The More I Want (Rafael Charres Mix)
- 2. – Feed The Flame
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" (Coloured Vinyl) SPEC-1825£14.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Johnny Adams Feel The Beat, Feel The Heat Sounds Of The Universe / Soul Jazz Records
NEW ORLEANS funky boogie soul disco bomb 45!
Latest Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe SOUL 7-inch series - after the now sold out...
- – Feel The Beat, Feel The Heat
- – Spanish Harlem
- 1. – Feel The Beat, Feel The Heat
- 2. – Spanish Harlem
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- 7" SJR308-7£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
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
The TrammpsHooked For Life / Soul Searchin' Time (The Mike Maurro Remixes)Brookside
Two disco classics from The Trammps get a tasteful remix overhaul from NYC producer, Mike Maurro - extended intros, instrumental passes and breakdowns!
- 12" BRDSK001£17.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Marilyn Barbarin and The Soul FindersRebornSoul Jazz Records
Surely one of the TUFFEST New Orleans Funk tunes ever made! The intensity of Marilyn Barbarin’s vocals are only matched by the super-tightness of Eddie...
- – Reborn
- – Believe Me
- 1. – Reborn
- 2. – Believe Me
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" SJR303-7£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
What We WoreA People's History Of British StylePrestel
Filled with images culled from the personal photo albums of the British public, What We Wore provides a visual timeline of UK fashion since the 1950s....
- Book (500g) 9783791348988£20.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
LatimoreGoodbye Heartache / We Got To Hit It Off (1979)T.K. Disco
Promo USA 12"
- – Goodbye Heartache
- 1. – Goodbye Heartache
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 12" 400£9.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original USA vinyl
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
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 frontIn stockAdd to Bag
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