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KNEECAPNo Comment **BANKSY ART**Heavenly Recordings
Junglist!Old Skool Ragga, D&B, Jungle 1993-95Soul Jazz Records
Kelan Phil Cohran & LegacyAfrican SkiesListening Position
NOW JAZZ NOW - 100 Essential Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings [1960-80]Writing from Thurston Moore, Byron Coley, Mats GustafssonPreface by Neneh Cherry. Afterword by Joe McPheeECSTATIC PEACE LIBRARY
Ambush (feat. Tito Puente, The Bronx Horns & Mitch Frohman)Various ArtistsIn The Woods
Horace AndySkylarking (Studio One)Studio One
From The Basement With Love (feat. Suburban Knight)Various ArtistsDetroit Techno Records
eMMplekzGloomy Leper Techno (Mongrel Versions)Castles In Space
Hi TechHoneypaqq Vol. 1Loma Vista
The Bug vs Ghost DubsImplosionPressure
Roger WebbLike A FriendDe Wolfe Music
MerleLikes 2 Dance EPStill Music
RosaliaLuxColumbia
Rebel SoundsMusic as ResistanceBy Joe Mulhall
Theo ParrishOrganic Hardware Part 2Sound Signature
UK Rave Flyers 1988 – 1989Phatmedia presents ...
Trinidadian DeepSonic VibrationsFatsouls Records
K-LoneSorry I Thought You Were Someone ElseIncienso
Subway feat. WaveTen Toes UpPast Due Records
Alison LimerickWhere Love LivesArista
Jimmy Jules & The Nuclear Soul SystemXmas Done Got FunkyNumero
Kerri ChandlerDowntown EP Pt.1Kerri Chandler
HieleEmo InhalerStroom
Yusef LateefGolden Flower (Live In Sweden)Elemental Music
Bushman meets Ashanti SelahHands Of MosesSpiritual Vibes
Duke Reid GroupJoannie, I Need You / You Can Depend On MeDuke Reid's
PsychotropicOnly For the HeadstrongSea Birds International / All City
PeverelistPulse Remixes EPLivity Sound
El Sabor De NachoQue Se SepaPanorama
Mike Grant / Trackmaster LouRe Entry EPWe Play House
FRQNCY LDNThe White EditionFRQNCY LDN Live from St Matthias Church, Hackney, London 25.10.24PRAH
Hu VibrationalVibe RideNew Dawn
Nikki GiovanniPoems: 1968-2020
Discotheque CreditsForgiveness Not Permission EP 1Forgiveness Not Permission
Discotheque CreditsForgiveness Not Permission EP 2Forgiveness Not Permission
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
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!
Ships in about a week
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
UK Rave Flyers 1988 – 1989Phatmedia presents ...
Deluxe book showcasing original flyers from the breakthrough years of UK acid house. Sourced from the phatmedia archive and beyond, it captures the raw...
- Book (1.5kg)£45.00 £40.00Expected 30 NovPreorder
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
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
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...
- EARLY BIRD Live Event E-Ticket£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Machito and his Afro Cuban Jazz EnsembleWith Flute To Boot!
- New LP 8435307616937£18.99In 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)£42.99 £15.00In 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...
- 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£35.00In 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£32.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- 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
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£35.00In 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...
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
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)
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- Indies Only 3 x LP + Limited Edition 7" + Download Code SJRLP530-7£36.00In stockAdd to Bag
- 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
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 bookOut of stock Notify me when in stock
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 Rockers (Black vinyl edition)Soul Jazz Records
Soul Jazz Records classic Studio One Rockers available once more on black vinyl edition + download code.
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- 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 SJRLP553£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
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- 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
Disco PogoIssue 3
Disco Pogo is the new, bi-annual, electronic music magazine from the original founders of seminal 90s title Jockey Slut.
Issue 3 is a heavyweight 220...
- Magazine (300g) Grace Jones£15.00Grace Jones coverOut of stock Notify me when in stock
- Magazine (300g) Roisin Murphy£15.00Roisin Murphy coverExpected 10 May Notify me when in stock
Augustus PabloKing Tubbys Meets Rockers UptownYard Music
A stone cold classic dub album from two heavyweights of the Jamaican music scene in the 70s, Augustus Pablo and King Tubby, featuring a legendary line-up...
- – Keep On Dubbing
- – Stop Them Jah
- – Young Generation Dub
- – Each One Dub
- – 555 Dub Street
- – Braces Tower Dub
- – King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
- – Corner Crew Dub
- – Say So
- – Skanking Dub
- – Frozen Dub
- – Satta
- 1. – Keep On Dubbing
- 2. – Stop Them Jah
- 3. – Young Generation Dub
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- LP ORLP18£23.00In stockAdd to Bag
Kibrom BirhaneHere And ThereFlying Carpet Records
His third and most adventurous record to date, 'Here And There' is a conscious exploration and deep dive into the waters of life; complex yet harmonious...
- – Merkato
- – Weleta
- – Enate
- – Ethiopia
- – Mender
- – Digis
- – Maleda
- – Pendulum
- – Tinish Tinish
- – Circles
- – Abetu
- 1. – Merkato
- 2. – Weleta
- 3. – Enate
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- 2×LP FLYC108£45.00Deluxe gatefold "tip-on" style sleeveOut of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD FLYC108CD£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Notting Hill Carnival 1974 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Chris Miles
Unbelievably good photo-zine about Notting Hill Carnival 1974 -wicked and joyous photos! Know history - buy this!
Awesome small and beautiful photo-zine....
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Rockers Almighty DubStudio 16
A flawless collection of timeless dubs from King Tubby's late night blues 70s studio sessions featuring versions of Bunny Lee hardcore rhythms of the day....
- – Rocker's Almighty Dub
- – Dunza Dub
- – Storm & Lighting
- – Something Nice About Dub
- – I & I Land
- – Ten Pieces In One
- – Freedom Joy Dub
- – Upful & Positive Dread
- – Hold This Dub
- – 21 Gun Salute To Brother Marcus
- 1. – Rocker's Almighty Dub
- 2. – Dunza Dub
- 3. – Storm & Lighting
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- LP K.B.09£16.00In stockAdd to Bag