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Junglist!Old Skool Ragga, D&B, Jungle 1993-95Soul Jazz Records
Kelan Phil Cohran & LegacyAfrican SkiesListening Position
Jeff Parker ETA IVtetThe Hard Way In to The Way Out of EasyInternational Anthem
Jeff MillsLive At Liquid RoomAxis
Freddie McKayA Lonely ManOnlyroots Records
The HeptonesBetter DaysReal Rock
GaudiJazz Gone DubDubmission Records
The Roots RadicsOuternational RiddimBurning Sounds
Ranking DreadRanking Dread In DubReal Rock
Ijahman LeviAfricaTree Roots Records
Dub ConfrontationWarrior vs KillerStudio 16
Massive DreadMassive DreadBurning Sounds
Bob Marley & The WailersNice TimeLagoon
Ambush (feat. Tito Puente, The Bronx Horns & Mitch Frohman)Various ArtistsIn The Woods
Horace AndySkylarking (Studio One)Studio One
Jay DeeWelcome To Detroit: Instrumentals (Special Edition)BBE
Syphax70s Kabyle DiscoShakshouka
JasminBite The Hand That Feeds YouHessle Audio
Kenneth JordanExcitementAthens Of The North
The OlympiansIn Search Of A RevivalDaptone
Iron MaidenLive After Death (40th Anniversary Edition)Warner
Dennis O'Keith GarnerMigraineAthens Of The North
Lance FergusonRare Groove Spectrum Vol. 3Tru Thoughts
Levitation OrchestraSanctuary5DB
Jimi TenorSelenites, Selenites!Bureau B
Eduardo Araujo & SilvinhaSou Filho Desse ChaoMr Bongo
Tim MaiaTim MaiaVampisoul
Alan VegaAlan VegaSacred Bones
Alan VegaAlan Vega (Deluxe Remastered Edition)Sacred Bones
Danny RedBaldheadAbba Jahnoi
Sound IrationC.T.U.F.B. Dubplate Part 1 / 2Partial
Alan VegaCollision DriveSacred Bones
Gregory Isaac & Mudies All StarsGone Is The LoveMoodisc
Sergio CañoGood TreatmentGatzara
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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!
Rebel SoundsMusic as Resistance
'Empathy is the currency of all music and Joe Mulhall does a great job of explaining how that quality has been used to generate solidarity for the struggle...
- Book (350g) 9781804442241£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Nikki GiovanniPoems: 1968-2020
Nikki Giovanni's poetry has dazzled and inspired readers for more than sixty years. When she first emerged from the Black Arts Movement in the late 1960s,...
- Book (600g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jamie Lidell & Luke SchneiderA Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams
Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider have created a kind of sonic tool to navigate a liminal state of mind. Their new collaborative LP, A Companion For The...
- New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 0309272740004£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
Punk: The Last WordBy Chris Sullivan and Stephen Colegrave
'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face
'From the shabby stowaways of the...
- Book (900g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Freedom Rhythm and Sound Chapter 2 EVENTThu 18 Dec 2025
Gilles Peterson + Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) + Special GuestsAn evening of conversation, music and visuals 7.30-10pm Thu 18 Dec 2025 at The American...
- Event E-Ticket£17.50In stockAdd to Bag
Machito and his Afro Cuban Jazz EnsembleWith Flute To Boot!
- New LP 8435307616937£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
Up the Youth Club : Illuminating a Hidden Historyby Emma Warren
'A timely reminder of what we all truly crave as human beings - connection.' Doc Brown'Warren hows why youth spaces matter - not just for young people,...
- Book (650g) 9780571389216£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Other Side : A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World
In an illuminating blend of memoir and art history, The Other Side explores the lives and work of a group of extraordinary women artists. From the twelfth-century...
- Book (350g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Soul Jazz Records hoodie (navy)
Brand new Soul Jazz Records Functional Outer Wear Product #1
Exclusive to Sounds of the Universe
Limited edition navy hoodie (large) with design.
- Sweatshirt£40.00In stockAdd to Bag
Susan SontagNotes on 'Camp'
These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary...
- Book (100g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Second Sex (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)by Simone de Beauvoir
Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNESWhen this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage...
- Book (250g)£6.99In stockAdd to Bag
Beneath the UnderdogBy Chalrles Mingus
Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Art of DancehallPosters and Flyers of Soundsystem Culture
Wicked book!
Combining the energy and vibrancy of vernacular Jamaican art with the cultural insight that only original ephemera can bring, the flyers...
- Book (1.1kg)£38.95In stockAdd to Bag
Revolutionary Letters
By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy presents 'Balearic Breakfast' Volume 4
“There are curators, and then there's Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy.” - Resident Advisor
The sun has finally come out. It’s the first time something...
- 2×LP HVNLP237£32.99In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×CD HVNLP237CD£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Talking to Women
In 1964, Nell Dunn spoke to nine of her friends over a bottle of wine about men, sex, work, money, babies, freedom and love. The Pop Artist Pauline Boty...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
The Blood of OthersSimone de Beauvoir
Potent and vividly emotional, Simone de Beauvoir’s captivating novel questions freedom and individual responsibility in the face of brutality‘These...
- Book (350g) 9780241696453£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Salsa Y Ache
- Original CD£4.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Alice Coltrane - Monument Eternal (DELUXE HARDBACK)By Ann Philbin, Franya J. Berkman
Rashid Johnson, Cauleen Smith and others pay tribute to a truly extraordinary figure in 20th-century American jazz. This volume unpacks the cultural legacy...
- Book (1.3kg)£50.00In stockAdd to Bag
My Grandmother's Hands : Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodiesby Resmaa Menakem
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Insightful, thought-provoking and profound. I can't recommend highly enough' Sunny Singh'A revolutionary work of beauty,...
- Book (350g) 9780141996479£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Nova Scotia House : A Novel
Nova Scotia House takes us to the heart of a relationship, a community and an era. It is both a love story and a lament; bearing witness to the enduring...
- Book (450g)£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
This Woman's Work : Essays on Music
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel...
- Book (600g) 9781474621472£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
- Book (1.1kg) 9780300266573£25.00In 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
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- 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
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- 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
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
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- 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
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- 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£30.00 £24.00In 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
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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
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- 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£12.00Out of stock 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
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£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock