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William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
MuseThe Wow!Warner Records
Labi Siffre1970-1971Edsel
Joe HisaishiA Big Bold Beautiful JourneyMutant
De La SoulThe Grind DateBMG
MaxwellMaxwell's Urban Hang SuiteSony
Tara Clerkin TrioSomewhere GoodWorld of Echo
Dragon Ball Hit Song CollectionVarious ArtistsNippon Columbia
Kaiso Power: Sound Revolution in TrinidadVarious ArtistsSoundway Records
Alan & Jan (Portable & Jan Jelinek)Take me, I’m yoursFaitiche
Brown Spirits#1Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#2Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#3Soul Jazz Records
Amyl and The SniffersGiddy Up / Big Attraction (10 Year Anniversary)Amyl and The Sniffers
The Cool-NotesI Forgot How To Love YouCelestial Echo
Muddy WatersThe Real Folk BluesChess
Howlin' WolfThe Real Folk BluesVerve
YungbludIdols (Complete)Island
Silver ApplesOscillations Studio Mix / The Edge of Wonder (Andrew Weatherall Remix)Silver Apples Foundation
Rebel Island SoulUnder the Influence: Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970sSoul Jazz Records
Kenny DorhamWhistle StopBlue Note
Marcos ValleO Compositor E O CantorVampisoul
Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE & SURF GANGPOMPEII // UTILITY10k & Tan Cressida & Surf Gang Records
Roy Ayers UbiquityRed, Black & GreenVampisoul
Marcos ValleSamba '68Verve
T.P. Orchestre Poly-RythmoWest African Beat: Rare 7s and EPs from Benin and NigerAcid Jazz
McCoy TynerAsante [Expanded Edition]Blue Note
Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Buena Vista Social ClubLost and FoundBMG
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
The Nathaniel X ProjectThe Resurface EPDaybreakers
Terry CallierAt The Earl Of Old TownTime Traveler
Paul JohnsonBump Talkin’ (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Darrow Fletcher Presents Jacklyn & Genna RecordsVarious ArtistsKent
Elis ReginaElisVerve
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Excellent photozine from legendary NYC Hip-hop photographer Janette Beckman who moved there from Britain at the start of the 1980s. Beckman alongside Jamal Shabazz and Sophie Bramly are the queens and kings of NYC hip-hop photography!
Features stunning portraits of .... Stetsasonic, Futura, Rocksteady Crew, Roxanne, KRS-One, Chuck D and loads more! Nuff seminal images here!
Awesome small and beautiful photo-zine. 32 pages, staple-bound.
100% ESSENTIAL!
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Carol Ann DuffyFeminine Gospels
n Feminine Gospels, Carol Ann Duffy draws on the historical, the archetypal, the biblical and the fantastical to create various visions – and revisions...
- Book (200g) 9781035038565£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Andy WarholA
Part novel, part Pop artwork, Andy Warhol's a is an electrifying slice of life at his Factory studio'A work of genius' NewsweekIn the early 1960s, Andy...
- Book (500g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Kae TempestDivisible by itself and one
Divisible by Itself and One is the powerful new collection from our foremost truth-teller Kae Tempest. Ruminative, wise, with a newer, more contemplative...
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Straighten Up! BOOK Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
We got some more!
BOMB REGGAE BOOK!!
Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing...
- Book (500g)£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern AmericaBy Donald L. Miller
- Original Book (500g)£8.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
Awopbopaloobop AlopbamboomBy Nik Cohn
- Original Book (300g)£12.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
The West Indian Experience in British SchoolsBy Raymond Giles
- Original Book (350g)£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback Book in good conditionIn 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
I Hear Music In The StreetsNew York 1969-89
Capturing the energy of New York City's music subcultures—across hip-hop, punk and rap—through an array of snapshots by photographers including...
- Book (1.4kg) 9788410024687£48.00In stockAdd to Bag
Rock Against Racism 1976-1981By Syd Shelton
Rock Against Racism is a body of photographs that Syd Shelton produced for and about the British Rock Against Racism movement (RAR) of 1976–1981. For...
- Book (1.9kg)£15.00 £15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Greensleeves BOOKThe First 100 Covers
WICKED NEW HARDBACK BOOK!
Charts the story of Greensleeves Records —from its beginnings as a mid-1970s West London record shop to its rise as a...
- Book (2.1kg)£50.00In 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...
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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
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)£3.00In 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
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
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
DJ Disciple & Henry KronkThe Beat, the Scene, the Sound : A DJ's Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City
A thrilling and tumultuous, behind-the-scenes account of house music in NYC. The Beat, the Scene, the Sound follows DJ Disciple and his behind-the-scenes...
- Book (600g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Nettleblackby Nat Reeve
'To be blunt: I must escape.' 1893. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she'll be married off by her elder sister. But leaving the safety of her wealthy...
- Book (600g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Yo! The Early Days of Hip-Hop 1982-84Photography by Sophie BramlySoul Jazz Books
Yo! The Early Days of Hip-Hop 1982-84 is a new book published by Soul Jazz Books/Records that features 300+ pages of stunning photographs documenting the...
- Book (1.9kg) SJR506£35.00 £30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Wu-Tang Clan 1994-2004 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Eddie Otchere
'Of Wu Tang and things…I’d say off the bat it’s the Ol' dirty bastard, asking me to destroy the negatives, that will never leave me. Meth showing...
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The Madchester Years 1989–91 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Richard Davis
Unbelievably good photo-zine document of Manchester's MADCHESTER music scene (1989-91) where punk met rave and everything went baggy - includes A Certain...
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Factory Records 1979-80 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Daniel Meadows
Unbelievably good photo-zine about early Factory Records (79/80) includes Joy Division, ACR, Durutti Column, The Buzzcocks, Martin Hannett, Jon Savage,...
- Book (200g) ISSN 2752-5619£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Black Power Black Panthers 1969 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Janine Wiedel
Excellent photo-zine about Black Panther movement at its height in 1969. Righteous images, excellent clothes and styles - what's not to love! Striking...
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Hotshoe MagazineWest African Portrait
Stunning photographs in this new nearly 200-page magazine
Hotshoe Magazine presents A West African Portrait. This beautifully produced publication explories...
- Magazine (500g)£16.00Expected 23 Jul Notify me when in stock
Yo! BoomboxSoul Jazz Records
Yo! Boombox is the new instalment of Soul Jazz Records’ Boombox series on the early days of hip-hop on vinyl and features some of the many innovative...
- Carver Area High School – Get Live '83
- Mike T – Do It Any Way You Wanna
- Chapter III – Real Rocking Groove (Rap & Breaks)
- Sinister Two – Rock It, Don't Stop It
- Sangria – To The Beat Y'all
- Funky Four Plus One More – Rappin' and Rocking The House
- The Just Four – Girls Of The World (Genius Rap & Breaks)
- Eye Beta Rock – Super Rock Body Shock
- Funky Constellation – Street Talk (Madam Rapper)
- Kool Kyle The Starchild – Do You Like That Funky Beat (Ahh Beat, Beat)
- The Just Four – Jam To Remember
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – Super Rappin' No. 2
- Silver Star – Eei Eei O
- Magic's Trick – Magic's Rap
- 1. Carver Area High School – Get Live '83
- 2. Mike T – Do It Any Way You Wanna
- 3. Chapter III – Real Rocking Groove (Rap & Breaks)
- View full info and tracklisting
- Indies Only 3 x LP + Limited Edition 7" + Download Code SJRLP530-7£36.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- 3×LP + Download Code SJRLP530£34.00In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×CD Deluxe SJRCD530£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD530£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Notting Hill Sound Systems PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Brian David Stevens
Unbelievably good photo-zine featuring Notting Hill Carnival soundsystem speakers. Speaker box porn, speakers as surreal ghost in the machine monsters!
Awesome...
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Janette Beckman — Hip Hop Years The B Sides 1982-2020 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Janette Beckman
First time ever in print for this new second selection of Janette Beckman's amazing hip-hop photography. Featuring Roxanne Shante, Rakim, Bambaataa, Scott...
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Voices of the Windrush Generation:The real story told by the people themselves
- Original Book (700g)£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Hardback in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Deep Blues 1960–1988 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Val Wilmer
Val Wilmer's seminal photographs documenting of the avant-garde jazz scene in the USA in the 60s and 70s are revered everywhere. Her book As Serious As...
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
History of HouseChris KempsterSanctuary Publishing Ltd.
Includes interviews with Lil Louis, Marshall Jefferson, Larry Heard, Derrick May, Carl Craig, Juan Atkins and more.Rare book! ESSENTIAL HISTORY!
- Original Book (900g)£30.00Secondhand paperback in good conditionSold out Notify me when in stock
Run DMCRun DMCProfile Records
Future archaeologists will discuss two periods in 1980s: before Run-DMC and after Run-DMC. It’s no exaggeration to say that the group changed the course...
- – Hard Times
- – Rock Box
- – Jam-Master Jay
- – Hollis Crew (Krush-Groove 2)
- – Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1)
- – It's Like That
- – Wake Up
- – 30 Days
- – Jay's Game
- 1. – Hard Times
- 2. – Rock Box
- 3. – Jam-Master Jay
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- LP 19658846461£26.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Notorious B.I.G.Greatest HitsBad Boy Records
Greatest hits compilation from the East Coast rapper which was originally released in 2007, three days before the tenth anniversary of his death. The album...
- New 2×LP 0603497859245£42.00In stockAdd to Bag
Street BeatSugar Hill Records
- Original 2×LP SUH9228£15.00Vinyl condition: NM-Sleeve condition: NM-Mint deadstock unplayed vinylIn stockAdd to Bag
A Time Before CrackJamel Shabazz Photographs from the 1980sPowerhouse Books
Best book ever of hip-hop photos by the great Jamel Shabazz. 100% essential and awesome book. New enlarged edition
- Book (1.1kg) 9781648230059£37.99New USA hardback bookIn stockAdd to Bag
Delroy WilsonGood All OverStudio One
LONG-OUT-OF-PRINT Essential Studio One release!
Seminal 60s rocksteady album from one of Studio One’s strongest vocalists, teenage wonder Delroy Wilson....
- – Can't Stand It
- – I Love The Way You Walk
- – Rain From The Skies
- – Who Cares
- – Money Love
- – Your Love Is Amazing
- – Once Upon A Time
- – I Don't Know Why
- – Feel Good All Over
- – I'm Not A King
- – How Can I Love Someone
- – Funky Broadway
- 1. – Can't Stand It
- 2. – I Love The Way You Walk
- 3. – Rain From The Skies
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- LP CLDLP7010£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
There Ain't No Black In The Union Jack (1987)By Paul GilroyTaylor & Francis
This classic book is a powerful indictment of contemporary attitudes to race. By accusing British intellectuals and politicians on both sides of the political...
- Book (500g) 9780415289818£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Studio One Downbeat Special extended editionStudio One Downbeat Special (Expanded Edition)Soul Jazz Records
Soul Jazz Records’ Down Beat Special is a roller-coaster ‘greatest hits’ ride through many of the all-time classic tunes hand-picked from across...
- The Eternals – Queen Of The Minstrels
- Michigan & Smiley – Nice Up The Dance
- The Mad Lads – Ten To One
- Jackie Mittoo – Totally Together
- Horace Andy – Just Say Who
- The Skatalites – Addis Ababa
- Sugar Minott – Live Loving
- Lone Ranger – Can't Stand It
- Wailing Souls – I've Got A Burning Fire
- Bob Marley and The Wailers – Simmer Down
- Dub Specialist – Hooligan
- Alton Ellis – Your Heart Is Gonna Pay
- Roland Alphonso – Do It Good
- Wailing Souls – You Should Have Known
- Dawn Penn – No, No, No
- Freddie McKay – You'll Be Sorry
- Alton Ellis – We Need Love
- Cornel Campbell – Best To Be Free
- 1. The Eternals – Queen Of The Minstrels
- 2. Michigan & Smiley – Nice Up The Dance
- 3. The Mad Lads – Ten To One
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- 2xLP + Download Code SJRLP548£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD SJRCD548£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD548£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Black AlbinoBy Namba RoyLongman
Roy was born in Accompong Jamaica, settled in South London after WW2. In his writing, Roy was conscious of his Caribbean-African heritage especially...
- Original Book (200g)£18.00Secondhand out of print original paperback book in good conditionSold out Notify me when in stock
Studio One RockersSoul Jazz Records
Owned and founded by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, Studio One's output serves as a comprehensive guide to the history of Reggae music. The music on Studio One...
- Sound Dimension – Real Rock
- Marcia Griffiths – Feel Like Jumping
- Freddy Mcgregor – Bobby Babylon
- Horace Andy – Skylarking
- Lennie Hibbert – Village Soul
- Brentford All-Stars – Greedy G
- Johnny Osbourne – Truth And Rights
- Ernest Ranglin – Surfin
- Michigan & Smiley – Eye Of Danger
- Dawn Penn – No, No, No
- The Skatalites – Phoenix City
- Prince Jazzbo – Crabwalking
- Jackie Mittoo – Hot Milk
- Lone Ranger – Badder Dan Dem
- Cedric Brooks – Ethiopia
- 1. Sound Dimension – Real Rock
- 2. Marcia Griffiths – Feel Like Jumping
- 3. Freddy Mcgregor – Bobby Babylon
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- 2xLP (+ Download Code) SJRLP451-BLK£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD SJRCD048£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD048£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jacob MillerGirl Name PatRockers
One off stock ..solo 7" overstocks from Jacob Miller's boxset of the classic Augustus Pablo sessions 1974-75 featuring "False Rasta" "Each One Teach...
- Jacob Miller – Girl Name Pat
- Augustus Pablo – Pat Version
- 1. Jacob Miller – Girl Name Pat
- 2. Augustus Pablo – Pat Version
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- 7" VPGS7038-6£14.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Charles StepneyStep on StepInternational Anthem Recording Company
UNBELIEVEABLE!International Anthem release 'Step on Step', a collection of newly unearthed solo home recordings created by enigmatic producer, arranger,...
- – Daddy's Diddies
- – That's The Way Of The World
- – Look B4U Leap
- 3. – Daddy's Diddies
- 8. – That's The Way Of The World
- 12. – Look B4U Leap
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- New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) IARC55LPI£31.00Limited gold coloured vinyl editionOut of stock Notify me when in stock
- 2×LP IARC55LP£29.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD IARC55CD£13.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Arthur Baker presentsBreaker's RevengeSoul Jazz Records
Compiled by legendary producer Arthur Baker, ‘Breakers Revenge’ is a near-definitive collection of original Funk, Soul, Latin, Disco and Electro classic...
- Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band – Scorpio
- The Jimmy Castor Bunch – It's Just Begun
- B.T. Express – Energy Level
- James Brown – Get On The Good Foot
- Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock
- Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa
- Esther Williams – Last Night Changed It All
- The Mohawks – The Champ
- Herman Kelly & Life – Dance To The Drummer’s Beat
- Spanky Wilson – Sunshine of Your Love
- James Brown – Give it Up Or Turnit A Loose
- Candido – Soulwanco
- Arthur Baker – Breaker's Revenge
- Manu Dibango – The Panther
- Abaco Dream – Life and Death in G & A
- The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine
- Mongo Santamaria – Cloud Nine
- Edwin Starr – I Just Wanna Do My Thing
- Badder Than Evil – Hot Wheels
- Johnny Bristol – Lusty Lady
- 1. Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band – Scorpio
- 2. The Jimmy Castor Bunch – It's Just Begun
- 3. B.T. Express – Energy Level
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- New 2×LP SJRLP*553£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×CD Deluxe SJRCD553£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD553£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Makaya McCravenIn These TimesXL Recordings
In These Times is a collection of polytemporal compositions inspiredas much by broader cultural struggles as McCraven’s personalexperience as a product...
- – The Fours
- – Dream Another
- – Seventh String
- 2. – The Fours
- 4. – Dream Another
- 8. – Seventh String
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- New LP (Coloured Vinyl) XL1271LPE£22.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD XL1271CD£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock