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Carlos GarnettCosmos NucleusTime Traveler
Kenny BarronSunset To DawnTime Traveler
Roy BrooksThe Free SlaveTime Traveler
Yazmin LaceyTeal DreamsAMF Records
MoodymannBlack MahoganiPeacefrog
MoodymannBlack Mahogani IIPeacefrog
Soul JamaicaFeat. Alton Ellis, Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, Sound Dimension and more!Soul Jazz Records
Bobby HutchersonMontaraBlue Note
Alfa MistRouletteSekito
Sven WunderDaybreakPiano Piano Records
Winston Matthews / The PurpleitesSun Is Shining / The Pressure Is OnStudio One
Roy Ayers UbiquityChange Up The GrooveVampisoul
Latin Fire!Tropical Dance Music from Discos Fuentes, Colombia 1956-83Cumbia-Salsa-Afro-FunkSoul Jazz Records
Ashanti Selah & Joe AriwaLive Up RightAriwa
URThe Final FrontierUnderground Resistance
Tony Benjamin / Mad ProfessorTrod OnAriwa
Ze IbarraAFIMMr Bongo
Prince And The RevolutionAround The World In A DayWarner
LeilaCourtesy of Choice ۲۵ … asides and besidesXL Recordings
Nightmares On WaxEcho45 Sound SystemWarp
TroubadoursEverything Is Being Recorded All The TimeFew Crackles
Joseph KamaruHeavy CombinationDisciples
ZopelarPrimal Vision EPForbidden Dance
I Am An InstrumentReceiveand another and
Cal TjaderRitmo CalienteDescarga!
Peven Everett & InkswelStrongerInner Tribe Records
Spinal TapThe End ContinuesInterscope Records
GorillazThe MountainKong
Terry CallierThe New Folk Sound of Terry CallierConcord
AirThe Virgin Suicides ReduxAircheology
Armand Hammer & The AlchemistHaramBackwoodz Studioz / Rhymesayers
Armand Hammer & The AlchemistMercyBackwoodz Studioz / Rhymesayers
Mr. GMy Friends EPPhoenix G.
AshraNew Age Of EarthProper Records
Los ZherosPsychedelic Cumbia PartyVampisoul
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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!
Ships in about a week
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
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In a quAre Time and PlacePost-Slavery Temporalities, Blaxploitation, and Sun Ra's Afrofuturism Between Intersectionality and Heterogeneity
'In this book Tim Stüttgen considers the paradigm of (post-)slavery as an important epistemological break within predominantely white Gender and Queer...
- Book (600g)£16.00In 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
James Kaplan3 Shades of Blue : Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans & The Lost Empire of Cool
1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the bestselling jazz album of all time:...
- Book (300g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Lorraine HansberryA Raisin in the Sun
A revised Student Edition of Lorraine Hansberry's iconic 1959 play - the first play produced on Broadway to be written by a Black woman. Alongside the...
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Friedrich NietzscheAphorisms on Love and Hate
'We must learn to love, learn to be kind, and this from our earliest youth ... Likewise, hatred must be learned and nurtured, if one wishes to become a...
- Book (150g)£4.00In stockAdd to Bag
Luke de NoronhaDeporting Black Britons : Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica
Since the late nineties, the UK has deported thousands of people to Jamaica. Many of these ‘deportees’ left the Caribbean as infants and grew up in...
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Jacqueline CrooksFire Rush
Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes....
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Dr Maya AngelouI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows...
- Book (350g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Keith Gildart & Stephen CatterallKeeping the Faith : A History of Northern Soul
In the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s...
- Book (650g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Margo JeffersonNegroland : A Memoir
'Jefferson's eye for details yields some devastatingly honest and painful insights' The Times'Captivating... Charm is this book's watchword' Colin Grant,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Kae TempestOn Connection
An authentically soothing, powerful, thought-provoker.'MATT HAIG'On Connection is medicine for these wounded times.'MAX PORTER'On Connection came to me...
- Book (250g)£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Emanuele CocciaPhilosophy of the Home : Domestic Space and Happiness
A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological...
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Jason OkundayeRevolutionary Acts
In this landmark work, Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage, charisma and good humour,...
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Alex Haley (Author) , Malcolm X (Author)The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy,...
- Book (500g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Black Power Mixtape : 1967-1975
Featuring images recently discovered in the archives of Swedish television, The Black Power Mixtape shows the Black Power movement as never seen before....
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Karl Marx, Friedrich EngelsThe Communist Manifesto
'The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.'Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working classes - one of the most important and...
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Daft PunkWe Were The Robots: A Disco Pogo Tribute
Featuring a new foreword by David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as Soulwax and 2manydjs.
Daft Punk featured often in the formative years of Jockey...
- Book (2.1kg)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Friedrich NietzscheWhy I Am so Clever
'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?'Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work...
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Woman Life Freedom
Jina Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of Iran’s Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to...
- Book (550g)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Michael E. VealLiving Space
Examines John Coltrane's "late period" and Miles Davis's "Lost Quintet" through the prisms of digital architecture and experimental photography Living...
- Book (800g)£20.99In stockAdd to Bag
Alice ColtraneMonument Eternal
Alice Coltrane wrote this documentary on her spiritual life entitled Monument Eternal, which tells of her spiritual initiation, revelations, and austerities....
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The princess of 72nd StreetBy Elaine Kraf
Ellen is a single artist living alone on New York’s Upper West Side in the 1970s. She is beset by old boyfriends, paint pigment choices, and, occasionally,...
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No Logo: An insightful examination of advertising's impact on society and youth cultureBy Naomi Klein
By the time you’re twenty-one, you’ll have seen or heard a million advertisements. But you won’t be happier for it. This is a book about that much-maligned,...
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Alayo AkinkugbeReframing Blackness
Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored.
In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt,...
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Charles M. SchulzThe Philosophy of Snoopy
The world's most beloved beagle shares his philosophy on life in this beautifully produced gift book for all generations. In his inimitable style,...
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Dread, Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution
What is the relationship between poetry and social change? Standing at the forefront of political poetry since the 1970s, Linton Kwesi Johnson has been...
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Mystical MushroomsDiscover the Magic and Folklore of Fantastic Fungi
Mystical Mushrooms defines the beauty of mushrooms by focusing on their magical connections and symbolic meanings through folkloric tales and superstitions...
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Aphex Twin - A Disco Pogo Tribute
The next instalment in the Disco Pogo Tribute series is the legendary electronic artist Aphex Twin.
This follows the hugely successful Disco Pogo Tribute...
- Book (2.4kg)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Susan SontagOn Photography
Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs...
- Book (150g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jess Sah BiJesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas
Jesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas is Jess Sah Bi’s first and only gospel album. Fortunately, fans responded with enthusiasm: widespread radio airplay and concerts...
- Cassette Tape AFTA051CS£14.99In 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...
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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...
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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£36.00In 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...
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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...
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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)£40.00Secondhand paperback in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
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 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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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
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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
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP ORLP18£23.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock