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Jon Savage's Space: Light Years From HomeJon Savage's Space: Light Years From HomeCaroline True Records
SAULTActs Of FaithForever Living Originals
Big Bamboo SampleBig Bamboo Sample (Studio One USA)Studio One
Laurin Rinder & W. Michael LewisSeven Deadly Sins Be With Records
Ensemble PieceChristopher Hobbs, John Adams & Gavin BryarsDialogo
Tom Phillips, Gavin Bryars & Fred OrtonIrma - An Opera by Tom Phillips, Music by Gavin Bryars, Libretto by Fred OrtonDialogo
John White & Gavin BryarsMachine MusicDialogo
Angel ParraCanciones De Amor Y MuerteOrbe
Jimmy SmithStarring Jimmy Smith / Also Starring Dave "Baby" CortezPremier
Annie & The CaldwellsCan’t Lose My (Soul)Luaka Bop
William BeaverGlimpse: Interactive RemixedGlimpse
DeicideOnce Upon the Cross (30th Anniversary) [RSD25]Record Store Day
Gyedu-Blay AmbolleySimigwaStrut
Macie StewartWhen the Distance is BlueInternational Anthems
Celia WaFasadeHeavenly Sweetness
Force Of MusicFreedom Fighters DubTamoki Wambesi
TumblackTumblackBe With Records
Prince Far IUmkhonto We Sizwe (Spear Of The Nation)Tamoki-Wambesi-Dove
Junior Dell & The D-LitesCan't Stop The ReggaeOriginal Gravity
Junior Dell & The D-LitesCool Right DownOriginal Gravity
Soundboy DeadDeflagrationDubquake Records
Brother CultureGhetto Man / Ghetto VersionFruits Records
Junior Dell & The D-LitesJust Can't Get Enough / The Prince Of Port AntonioOriginal Gravity
The CoolmoodsLove Defender ft. Laura LeyaShubedu
Tony TuffMilitaryAbendigo
King GeneralMoney Run TingsPartial
Young Garvey & Mr WilliamzNice Up The DanceJafa Sound
Roots Rocking Zimbabwe - The Modern Sound Of Harare' Townships 1975-1980Various ArtistsAnalog Africa
Papa Dee and First LightShelter From The StormBlack Viking Records
Spiritual Jazz 18: Behind the Iron Curtain Part 1Various ArtistsJazzman
Ma-KayaTree Of LifeBlack Liberation Sound System
Independent as F***Underground Hip-Hop 1995-2005
Glen HutchinsonWe Need Some Satisfaction333
AmericaAmericaWarner Bros. Records
AzymuthArabutaFar Out Recordings
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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!
Independent as F***Underground Hip-Hop 1995-2005
Independent As F**: Underground Hip-hop from 1995-2005 explores how a generation of rap artists rebelled against the major record labels and made music...
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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...
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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...
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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
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...
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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
Mary Seacole left her native Jamaica to travel through the Caribbean, The Bahamas, Central America and to England. Keen to offer her services to English...
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Reggae Disco 45 BOOKReggae Disco 45 BOOK
BACK IN STOCK LAST COPIES EVER!Reggae Disco 45 is a personal journey through author Martin Skyjuice's collection of 12" and 10" singles. A tribute to the...
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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...
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Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital and Back
From acid-house to prog-rock, there is no form of modern popular music that hasn't been propelled forwards by the synthesizer. As a result they have long...
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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....
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Sensuous KnowledgeA Black Feminist Approach for Everyone
In Sensuous Knowledge, Minna Salami draws on Africa-centric, feminist-first and artistic traditions to help us rediscover inclusive and invigorating ways...
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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...
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An Almanac of Extreme GirlhoodAlien Daughters Walk Into the Sun
Compiled as a field guide, travelogue, essay collection, and weather report, Alien Daughters Walk into the Sun traces Jackie Wang's trajectory from hard...
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Women In Revolt!Art and Activism in the UK 1970-90
A timely exploration of the work and lived experiences of a postwar generation of women artists that have largely been omitted from art historical narratives,...
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Subcontinental SynthesisElectronic Music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969-1972
The history of India's first electronic music studio founded in 1969 at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad by David Tudor.Subcontinental Synthesis...
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The Great Psychic OutdoorsEssays on Low Fidelity: Lo-Fi Music and Escaping Capitalism
Homemade records, tape-hiss worship and a taste for a very peculiar kind of psychedelia have carved themselves a weird niche in the contemporary musical...
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Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel tells the extraordinary story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Published...
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they built. Though little...
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Radio Phonics LaboratoryTelecommunications, Speech Synthesis & The Birth of Electronic Music
The Radio Phonics Laboratory delves into the intersection of technology and creativity that shaped the sonic landscape of the 20th century. This fascinating...
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A Messy History of Women in Printing and TypographyThe Natural Enemies of Books
'Natural Enemies of Books' is a response to the groundbreaking 1937 publication 'Bookmaking on the Distaff Side', which brought together contributions...
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The Women Who Changed Architecture
A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders.
Marion...
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Things Fall Apart
Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. But when he accidentally...
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August Blue
At the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance....
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Discovering the Folklore of Plants
To primitive man the whisper and movement of leaves and the silent unfolding of flowers were proofs of life and power, and their regeneration was a promise...
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A NovelGirls Against God
Welcome to 1990s Norway. White picket fences run in neat rows and Christian conservatism runs deep. But as the Artist considers her past, her practice...
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Wayward Lives, Beautiful ExperimentsIntimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queen Radicals
At the dawn of the twentieth century, black women in the US were carving out new ways of living. The first generations born after emancipation, their struggle...
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Satanic FeminismLucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture
According to the Bible, Eve was the first to heed Satan's advice to eat the forbidden fruit and thus responsible for all of humanity's subsequent miseries....
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Remembered for a WhileNick Drake
The authorised companion to the music of Nick Drake, compiled, composed and edited by Cally Callomon and Gabrielle Drake, with contributions from Nick's...
- Book (2.1kg)£45.00In stockAdd to Bag
Terminal Boredom
On a planet where men are contained in ghettoised isolation, women enjoy the fruits of a queer matriarchal utopia -- until a boy escapes and a young woman's...
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The Conspiracy of Art: Manifestos, Interviews, Essays
Cutting-edge theorist Jean Baudrillard on the complicitous dance of art, politics, economics, and media; includes "War Porn," on Abu Ghraib as a new genre...
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The Power Of Words
The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she writes, with honesty and moral clarity,...
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Things I Don't Want To Know
Taking George Orwell's famous essay, 'Why I Write', as a jumping-off point, Deborah Levy offers her own indispensable reflections of the writing life....
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Weird WalkWanderings and Wonderings through the British Ritual Year
The first book by iconic zine creators and cultural phenomenon Weird Walk. This is a superbly designed guide to Britain's strange and ancient places, to...
- Book (1.4kg)£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
The In Crowd: The Story of the Northern and Rare Soul SceneBy Mike Ritson and Dave Godin
- Original Book (1.2kg)£40.00Original Pre-Owned First Edition UK Hardback Book, bit of creasingIn stockAdd to Bag
Don Cherry BOOKEternal Rhythm
The eternal rhythm is the vital conduit that links music through breath to life itself. Don Cherry certainly lived music. And his music is alive.When he...
- Book (450g)£30.00In 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£12.00In 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...
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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£35.00 £30.00In 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£26.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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