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SAULTActs Of FaithForever Living Originals
Laurin Rinder & W. Michael LewisSeven Deadly Sins Be With Records
Steve ReichCollected WorksNonesuch
SecondoOver UnderWhat About Never
Jacob CollierDjesse Vol. 4 (Deluxe Edition)Decca
Secret Superstar SoundsScraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80 : Punk - Powerpop - New Wave - DIYSoul Jazz Records
Studio One Showcase 45 (Expanded Edition)Feat. The Skatalites, The Heptones, Horace Andy, Bob Marley, Jackie Mittoo and moreSoul Jazz Records
Fred SpiderChakalaka Jazz (A Selection Of South African Gems)Heavenly Sweetness
Victoria PortDid It AgainFirst Word Records
Martin CircusEvolution Française 1969-1985Born Bad Records
Q LazzarusGoodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (Music from the Motion Picture)Sacred Bones
Leo VidalHaunted By Your LoveSymphonical
Great AreaLight DeclineRelaxin Records
Nyron HigorNyron HigorFar Out Recordings
Praise Poems Volume 10 (A Journey Into Deep, Soulful Jazz & Funk From The 1970s)Various ArtistsTramp Records
Reggae Disco 45 BOOKReggae Disco 45 BOOKBy Matin 'Skyjuice' Blomqvist
Tim HeckerShardsKranky
Themba MokoenaThembaAfrodelic
Vincent ArthurTravel With The MusicSweet Free Association
Ocean MoonWays To The Deep MeadowMusic From Memory
Joe BataanAftershower Funk / FinSoul Jazz Records
Arp Frique & The Perpetual SingersAnother Taste ReworksSpace Grapes
BlawanBouQXL Recordings
Igor JadraninContemporary Outdoors EP (inc. Byron The Aquarius remix)Star Creature
J Dilla / The Jimi Entley SoundGeek Down / Charlies ThemeFriendly Records
Joe BataanLatin Strut / Peace, Friendship and SolidaritySoul Jazz Records
VisioneersRaidOmniverse Records
Tokyo BlissVarious ArtistsWewantsounds
VisioneersWhat It Mean (Battle Cut)Omniverse Records
A Thousand ThreadsBy Nenah Cherry
BugleApexEvidence Music
Jah Matty & King Bee ft. El IndioChange is gonna comePeace Foundation Music
Archie WonderCruisingWooligan Recordings
Tes Fa SiyonDifferent Type of EducationMeditative Sounds
Courtney SinclairDiffuse The VibesSilver B
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The Philly Sound BOOK Philadelphia Soul Music and its R&B Rootsby Dave Moore (UK) and Jason Thornton (US)
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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!
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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A Thousand Threads
Top of the Pops, December 1988. The world sat up as a young woman made her debut: gold bra, gold bomber jacket, and proudly, gloriously, seven months pregnant....
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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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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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The South London Cultural Review Volume 2On Feminist Films
This collection of essays celebrates the work of international feminist filmmakers from the 1950s to the present. Featuring contributions from leading...
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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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The Haunted TrailClassic Tales Of The Rambling Wild
A remarkable blood-soaked stranger upends the lives of two Lake District ramblers; a lonely tavern offers its guests something much more disturbing than...
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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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Is It My Body?
Throughout the 1980s and early 90s, Kim Gordon-widely known as a founding member of the influential band Sonic Youth - produced a series of writings on...
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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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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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What Is Existentialism?
How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth century's great philosophers explore the absurdity...
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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...
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A Book Of Days
With 365 photographs, taking you through a single year, A Book of Days is a new way to experience the expansive mind of the visionary poet, writer, and...
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Women, Art and IdeologyOld Mistresses
Why is everything that compromises greatness in art coded as 'feminine'? Has the feminist critique of Art History history yet effected real change? With...
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The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJWelcome To The Club
Featuring a foreword from Annie Mac In Welcome to the club, Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of a thirty-year music career,...
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SassieThe Life Of Sarah Vaughan
- Original Book (400g)£8.00Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Paperback Book in Good ConditionIn 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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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£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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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
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- 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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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- 2×LP SHNT2£20.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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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...
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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
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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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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