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Massive Attack & Tom WaitsBoots on the GroundPlay It Again Sam
Ariana GrandepetalIsland
Nia ArchivesEmotional JunglistIsland
Chez DamierI Never Knew LoveKMS
Cloud 9Do You Want Me BabyUnknown Ltd
William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
Soul Element aka Stacy KiddHow Bad I Want Ya feat Peven EverettDaybreakers
Mood II Swing / Jovonn / Roy Davis Jr. / OsuladeKing Street Sounds Sampler Vol. 7King Street Sounds
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol. 8Various ArtistsMr Bongo
MuseThe Wow!Warner Records
Labi Siffre1970-1971Edsel
Joe HisaishiA Big Bold Beautiful JourneyMutant
Marcia Griffiths / Dub SpecialistFeel Like Jumping / Feel Like Jumping Pt. 2Soul Jazz Records
MonolakeInterstateField Records
Lord Tanamo / Jackie MittooKeep On Moving / Totally TogetherSoul Jazz Records
Carlton and The ShoesLove Me Forever / Never Let GoSoul Jazz Records
Dawn Penn / Jackie MittooNo No No / Ghetto OrganSoul Jazz Records
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (LP 1)Running Back
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (LP 2)Running Back
Tony HumphriesRunning Back Mastermix: Kiss FM Zanzibar Years (Mixed)Running Back
Your Brother’s Keeper & Gary BartzWhere Rivers MeetBrownswood
NY’s FinestDo You Feel MeBassline Records
Def LeppardGreatest HitsUMR
Jan JonesIndependent Woman (Parts 1 & 2)Celestial Echo
Ben Salisbury & Geoff BarrowSteve (Soundtrack From The Netflix Film)Invada
De La SoulThe Grind DateBMG
New African Orchestra / Lost Tymeez / USGThe Ron Trent Collection Vol.1Nite Grooves
Roy Ayers UbiquityVibrationsVampisoul
Adrian Sherwood, African Head Charge & Speakers Corner QuartetBarbican HeightsOn-U Sound
LizzoBitchAtlantic
Jalen NgondaDoctrine of LoveDaptone Records
Os MutantesEverything Is Possible! The Best Of Os MutantesLuaka Bop
Fundido feat. Emma DufauxGet A GripDFA
Inner CityGood Life (inc. Carl Craig remix)KMS
Zed Bias x MJKKeep On Livin'/Late To CamberwellE Soul Cultura/Mr Bongo
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Unbelievably good photo-zine about Notting Hill Carnival 1974 -wicked and joyous photos! Know history - buy this!
Awesome small and beautiful photo-zine. 32 pages, staple-bound.
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LabyrinthBritish Jazz on Record 1960-75
MASSIVE large format 375 page £3kg hardback book, quarter bound in cloth, debossed cover!
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- Book (3.6kg)£70.00Expected 01 MayPreorder
Power Pop! (RSD 2026)American Power Pop for the Now Generation 1977-1981
One-off coloured pressing exclusive for RSD 2026
15 super-rare USA punk/power pop classics you never heard from bands you never knew!
Soul Jazz Records’...
- Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
- Nastyfacts – Drive My Car
- Pointed Sticks – What Do You Want Me to Do?
- The Normals – Hardcore
- Shoes – Tomorrow Night
- The Reactions – It's Our Turn Now
- Puppet Rulers – Outta My Mind
- Testors – Together
- The Scruffs – You're No Fun
- The Reruns – So So Alone
- The Wigs – You Say Ono
- The Fingers – Isolation
- The Reactions – In Society
- 1. Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- 2. Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- 3. Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
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- New LP SJRLP590C£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Simon Fisher TurnerSTUFF
After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of Tom Brown’s Schooldays and roles in films such as The Big Sleep (with Robert Mitchum) (1978),...
- New LP £25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Wayne Jarrett And The Bull Wackie AllstarsAfrican Woman
DKR say..Six track 12" collecting all the cuts of Wayne's first recording for Wackie's, from 1976. A classic of raw underground vibes from the Sounds Unlimited...
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
- 1. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- 4. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
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- 12" DKR-315£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
XzibitRestless
It's only appropriate that Xzibit's highly anticipated, and often-delayed, Restless concluded hip-hop's millennial melting pot. After all, Xzibit's association...
- New 2×LP £39.99In stockAdd to Bag
Emanuele CocciaMetamorphoses
We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing...
- Book (350g)£15.99In stockAdd to Bag
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
BasquiatA Quick Killing in Art
“A smart, crackling chronicle of fast game, the ’80s art market, [and] the attraction of destruction.”— Village Voice
A bold and vivid biography...
- Book (700g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Straighten Up! BOOK Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
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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
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
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
Clarks in JamaicaBy Al Fingers, includes photos by Adrian Boot, Dave Hendley, David Corio, Mark Read, Beth Lesser
Back in stock! Last copies!Superb brand new edition of this excellent deluxe 240 pages hardback, 100s and 100s of photos and text.
New edition includes...
- Book (1.5kg) 9780956777393£40.00 £35.00In 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...
- 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
The Second Sexby Simone de Beauvoir
Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex' GuardianSimone de Beauvoir famously wrote, 'One is not born, but rather...
- Book (400g) 9780099595731£14.99In 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
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...
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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
Sound System Culture Jamaica & UK 1986–88 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Wayne Tippetts
Excellent dancehall photos form the 1980s!Wayne Tippetts:
'It was at a ‘yard’ in the capital Kingston Jamaica on a hot and humid night, April 1986...
- Book (200g)£10.00In 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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Notting Hill Carnival 1983 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Peter Anderson
Wicked pictures from Notting Hill Carnival 1983 from photographer Peter Anderson!
A perfect accompaniment to the Notting Hill Carnival 1974 and Notting...
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Reggae in London 1980-2004 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by David Corio
Awesome small and beautiful photo-zine. 36 pages, staple-bound.
100% ESSENTIAL!
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- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Sir Coxon Dodd: His Musical MightynessJamaican Vinyl 1960-66
Stunning new book by Jeremy Collingwood charting the musical output of Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd during the period 1960-66.
As well as Studio One, this...
- Book (1.1kg)£25.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Jah Music The Evolution of the Popular Jamaican Song (1983) by Sebastian ClarkeHeineman
- Original Book (400g) JahMusBk£40.00Secondhand paperback in good condition, plastic coveredIn stockAdd to Bag
Dancehall BookThe Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall CultureSoul Jazz Books
New edition of the definitive cultural reference book for Jamaican dancehall and features hundreds of killer photographs, extensive text and interviews...
- Book (1.8kg) SJR540£40.00 £35.00In stockAdd to Bag
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 £25.00In stockAdd to Bag
London's Record ShopsGarth Cartwright, Quintina ValeroThe History Press
London’s Record Shops celebrates the greatest vendors of recorded music in the world's foremost record-shop-city. From Brixton dub shacks and Hackney...
- Book (800g) 9780750996044£20.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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
A History of the Jamaican Recording IndustryBook One: The Birth of Ska 'From Mento to Studio One'
Superb hardback 188-page book with loads of text, photos, artefacts, record labels etc written by Noel Hawks.
With contributions and quotes from (wait...
- Book (550g) Jam Bk 3£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Punk EthnographyThe Sublime Frequencies CompanionWesleyan University Press
USA PAPERBACK BOOK £25 reduced on offer to £18 ONLY!!! That's £17 OFF.
Excellent Book on SUBLIME FREQUENCIES label edited by Michael Veal (Fela Kuti...
- Book (700g) 0819576530£25.00 £8.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Soul Jazz Club Flyer #5100% Dynamite (at Blue Angel)Soul Jazz Records
Postcard-sized flyer from surely the best club in the world ever! Queues round the block to get in every night for about 15 years! Dynamite created its...
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Dollar Bill Y'AllSpring Records And The First Decade Of Hip HopBGP
In 1979, Spring Records released the first hip-hop style rap record ‘King Tim III (Personality Jock)’ by The Fatback Band. The label, initially relegated...
- – Money (Dollar Bill Y'All) (Long Version) - Jimmy Spicer
- – King Tim III (Personality Jock) - Fatback
- – Charley Says! (Roller Boogie Baby) - King Tim III
- – Magic's Message (There Has To Be A Better Way) - Mr Magic
- – To Whoever It May Concern - DJ Hollywood
- – Go For What You Know - Bally Boys
- – I'm Hot - The Rangers
- – Cars (Zulu Club Mix) - Afrika & The Zulu Kings
- – Rockin' It - MC Flex & The FBI Crew
- – Tearin' It Up - D4
- – The Beach (Long Vocal Version) - Afrika & The Zulu Kings
- 1. – Money (Dollar Bill Y'All) (Long Version) - Jimmy Spicer
- 2. – King Tim III (Personality Jock) - Fatback
- 3. – Charley Says! (Roller Boogie Baby) - King Tim III
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- New 2×LP BGP2317£20.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD CDBGPD317£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Bossa Nova and the Rise of Brazilian Music in the 1960sPosterSoul Jazz Records
Oh yes! slightly smaller than 50 x 70cm KILLER poster!!
Choose "Poster Freepost" if you want this poster sent with any other vinyl order item (LP/12"...
- Poster Freepost£5.00In stockAdd to Bag
- Poster+Tube£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
DancehallPOSTERSoul Jazz Records
Oh yes! 50 x 70cm KILLER poster!!
Choose "Poster Freepost" if you want this poster sent with any other vinyl order item (LP/12" vinyl only) at NO extra...
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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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Soul Jazz Club Flyer #2100% Dynamite Xmas Specials + Saturday Night Fish FrySoul Jazz Records
Double-sided flyer with two of our favourite clubs - 100% Dynamite and Saturday Night Fish Fry. 100% Dynamite was Saturdays every two weeks and Fish Fry...
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Cypherby Charles Peterson
Peterson takes a fresh look at the phenomenon of breakdancing with his own brand of fine art documentation. He focuses not only on some of the most radical...
- Book (650g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Soul Jazz Club Flyer #6Lone Ranger/Andrew Weatherall/David HolmesSoul Jazz Records
Dynamite flyer - Xmas special with Lone Ranger, New Year's eve special, followed by Andrew Weatherall in January and David Holmes in February - £5 to...
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Life Between IslandsSoul Jazz Records
Soul Jazz Records new ‘Life Between Islands’ collection is released in conjuction with Tate Britain’s exhibition of the same name. This landmark...
- Black Slate – Sticks Man
- Dee Sharp – Rising To The Top
- Asher Senator – One Bible
- Cymande – Fug
- Digital Mystikz – Misty Winter
- Winston Curtis – Be Thankful For What You've Got
- Trevor Hartley – It Must Be Love
- Shut Up and Dance featuring The Ragga Twins – Java Bass
- Brown Sugar – Black Pride
- The Terrorist – RK1
- Black Harmony – Don't Let It Go To Your Head
- Pebbles – Positive Vibrations
- The Ragga Twins – Ragga Trip
- Janet Kay and Alton Ellis – Still In Love
- Funk Masters – Love Money
- Cosmic Idren – Compelled
- Harry Beckett – No Time For Hello
- Sandra Reid – Ooh Boy
- Tabby Cat Kelly – Don't Call Us Immigrants
- Brown Sugar – I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks
- 1. Black Slate – Sticks Man
- 2. Dee Sharp – Rising To The Top
- 3. Asher Senator – One Bible
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- 3×LP SJRLP507£34.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- 2×CD SJRCD507£13.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD507£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Michael ProphetGates Of ZionVivian Jackson
Heavy late 70s roots vocal cut from Michael Prophet. 1st time on 7" single, check awesome dub version which had big plays from Jah Shaka back in the day..Play...
- – Gates Of Zion
- – Version
- 1. – Gates Of Zion
- 2. – Version
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- 7" YU703£11.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Bob MarleySelassie Is The ChapelJAD
"Selassie Is The Chapel" is a late sixties recording made by a young Bob Marley with just an acoustic guitar, nyahbingi drums & voices. It has to be up...
- – Selassie Is The Chapel
- – Lick Samba
- 1. – Selassie Is The Chapel
- 2. – Lick Samba
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- 7" SMAV935£11.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Michael ProphetMash Down RomeVivian Jackson
Killer ! Dubplate roots mix from 1979 with false start, studio talk, heavy dub..don't sleep..
Pure Fire!!
- – Mash Down Rome
- – Version
- 1. – Mash Down Rome
- 2. – Version
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" YU701£11.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock