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Donna SummerThe Casablanca YearsDriven By Music
Ezra CollectiveHere Because of HopePartisan Records
Adrian YoungeAfro-Disco MakossaLinear Labs
Ibibio Sound MachineChopping MountainMerge Records
Soul ReviversHolding It DownAcid Jazz
A Certain RatioThe Joy of SextetMute
Eccentric Soul: The Magic Touch Label Vol. 1Various ArtistsNumero
The Womack SistersThe Womack SistersDaptone Records
OvermonoPure DevotionXL Recordings
Massive Attack & Tom WaitsBoots on the GroundPlay It Again Sam
Isaiah CollierJOYBrownswood Recordings
Ariana GrandepetalIsland
Curio CurioCurio CurioMr Bongo
Nia ArchivesEmotional JunglistIsland
Charli XCXMusic, Fashion, FilmAtlantic
Orquesta AkokánAmerica!Daptone Records
RobynComplete Body TalkUMR
Gracie AbramsDaughter From HellInterscope
Yoko OnoSeason of GlassSecretly Canadian
Chez DamierI Never Knew LoveKMS
Living For The City: Soul Reggae ClassicsVarious ArtistsTrojan
Wet LegMoisturizer (Deluxe)Domino
Gil EvansThe Individualism Of Gil EvansVerve
The Sound Of Slip 'n' Slide, Vol. 1 (feat. Blaze, Cassio Ware & more)Various ArtistsSlip 'n' Slide
Satoshi TomiieThursday, 2am – Ron Trent RemixesAbstract Architecture
TenderloniousAfrica / Brass Live22a
Tomo Katsurada & Jonny NashAt The Emerald PoolMelody As Truth / Future Days Radio
New York NoiseDance Music from The New York Underground 1978-82Feat. Liquid Liquid, The Contortions, Bush Tetras, Mars, Alan Vega, Theoretical Girls and more.Soul Jazz Records
Cloud 9Do You Want Me BabyUnknown Ltd
Big John PattonGot A Good Thing Goin’Blue Note
Sun RaSomewhere Over The RainbowStrut
Barry GrayThunderbirdsSilva Screen
Exotic GardensAfternoon DubsPinchy & Friends
William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
ScrimshireBring Our Light To Every CornerAlbert’s Favourites
- 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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Soul Jazz Records presentsStudio One Classics
Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of FIVE of their best-selling CLASSIC Studio One...
- The Skatalites – El Pussycat Ska
- Carlton & The Shoes – Love Me Forever
- Sound Dimension – Rockfort Rock
- Johnny Osbourne – Sing Jah Stylee
- The Heptones – Pretty Looks Isn't All
- Slim Smith – Rougher Yet
- Lone Ranger – Automatic
- Horace Andy – Fever
- Prince Jazzbo – School
- The Wailers – Simmer Down
- Burning Spear – Rocking Time
- Alton Ellis – I'm Just A Guy
- Sugar Minott – Oh Mr Dc
- Jennifer Lara – Consider Me
- Don Drummond – Confucious
- Michigan & Smiley – Rub A Dub Style
- Sound Dimension – Full Up
- Dennis Brown – No Man Is An Island
- 1. The Skatalites – El Pussycat Ska
- 2. Carlton & The Shoes – Love Me Forever
- 3. Sound Dimension – Rockfort Rock
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- 2xLP (Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl) + Download Code SJRLP96C2£30.00Expected 05 JunPreorder
- CD SJRCD96B£12.00Expected 05 JunPreorder
- MP3 Release SJRD96£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Power Pop!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
William S. BurroughsThe Finger
'He felt a sudden deep pity for the finger joint that lay there on the dresser, a few drops of blood gathering around the white bone.'A deliberately severed...
- Book (150g)£3.00In 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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...
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
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
Wayne JarrettCome Let's GoCity Line
New pressings of DKR very first two Wackie's releases from over a decade ago, first released by us in February 2013. Back then, these Joe Axumite & Wayne...
- Wayne Jarrett – Come Let's Go
- Jerry Johnson – Zion Rock
- 1. Wayne Jarrett – Come Let's Go
- 2. Jerry Johnson – Zion Rock
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- 7" DKR-125RE£11.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Joe AxumiteNo Equal Rights In BabylonCity Line
New pressings of DKR very first two Wackie's releases from over a decade ago, first released by us in February 2013. Back then, these Joe Axumite & Wayne...
- Joe Axumite – No Equal Rights In Babylon
- Bullwackie's All Stars – Version
- 1. Joe Axumite – No Equal Rights In Babylon
- 2. Bullwackie's All Stars – Version
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" DKR-124RE£11.00In stockAdd to Bag
Marlena ShawMarlena Shaw EPJazzman Special Products
Four absolute CLASSICS from jazz and soul legend, Marlena Shaw, who made several LPs for respected labels such as Cadet and Blue Note in the 60s and 70s....
- – California Soul
- – Liberation Conversation
- – Let's Wade in the Water
- – Woman of the Ghetto
- 1. – California Soul
- 2. – Liberation Conversation
- 3. – Let's Wade in the Water
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×7" JMANSP003£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Junior MurvinTime StiffStudio 16
Four top notch 7" roots rockers from Joe Gibbs / Studio 16 originally released in the late 70s & early 80s. Featuring Sylford Walker, Junior Murvin, Naggo...
- Junior Murvin – Time Stiff
- Joe Gibbs & The Professionals – Better Times Ahead
- 1. Junior Murvin – Time Stiff
- 2. Joe Gibbs & The Professionals – Better Times Ahead
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- 7" JGM 7-004£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Joe BataanDrug StoryNow Again
Rare and unreleased material from Joe Bataan and his Ghetto Records vaults, including an entire side of Bataan’s never-before-issued Latin Funk that...
- New LP NA5235-LP£28.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Cornell CampbellTwo TimerStudio 16
Superb roots vocal cut from Cornell Campbell originally released in 1980 with The Professionals in effortless form on the stripped down B-side. Comes in...
- Cornell Campbell – Two Timer
- Joe Gibbs & The Professionals – Chatter Box
- 1. Cornell Campbell – Two Timer
- 2. Joe Gibbs & The Professionals – Chatter Box
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- 7" JGM7-005£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Derrick HarriottThe Sensational Derrick Harriott Sings Jamaica ReggaeDub Store Records
Repress of this sought after 1969 reggae LP.. a few hundred quid for a J.A. or U.K. original version..yours on a limited Japanese press for considerable...
- – Sitting On Top
- – Been So Long
- – Close To Me
- – Long Time
- – Standing In
- – Have Some Mercy
- – The Girl's Alright With Me
- – You Really Gotta Hold On Me
- – I'm Not Begging
- – It's Alright
- 1. – Sitting On Top
- 2. – Been So Long
- 3. – Close To Me
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- LP DSRLP618£26.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD DSRCD618£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Keeling BeckfordLet Your Love Come (Tumbling Down On Me)Studio 16
Wicked early roots vocal cut originally released in 1974 from Singer & Producer Keeling Beckford produced by Lloyd F. Campbell with great instrumental...
- Keeling Beckford – Let Your Love Come (Tumbling Down On Me)
- The Thing Music Company – Instrumental
- 1. Keeling Beckford – Let Your Love Come (Tumbling Down On Me)
- 2. The Thing Music Company – Instrumental
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- 7" KB 001£10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Studio One Records Official - white with redT-ShirtStudio One/Soul Jazz Records
Exclusive Studio One Official T-shirt!
- Extra Large SJRTS35£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
- Large SJRTS34£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
- Medium SJRTS33£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
- Small SJRTS32£25.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Studio One KingsSoul Jazz Records
Soul Jazz Records’ new one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition coloured vinyl pressing + download code exclusively for Black Friday 2024...
- Larry Marshall – I've Got To Make It
- Horace Andy – Every Tongue Shall Tell
- Alton Ellis – The Well Run Dry
- Johnny Osbourne – Water More Than Flour
- Anthony Rocky Ellis – I'm The Ruler
- Cornell Campbell – Pretty Looks Isn't All
- Alexander Henry – Please Be True
- Burning Spear – Them A Come
- Joe Higgs – Change Of Plan
- Devon Russell – Roots Natty
- Ken Boothe – Be Yourself
- Freddie McGregor – I Shall Be Released
- Freddie McKay – Father Will Cut You Off
- The Ethiopian – Locust
- George Philip – One One
- John Holt – I Don't Want To See You Cry
- Delroy Wilson – Won't You Come Home
- 1. Larry Marshall – I've Got To Make It
- 2. Horace Andy – Every Tongue Shall Tell
- 3. Alton Ellis – The Well Run Dry
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2xLP (Coloured Vinyl) + Download Code SJRLP156C£32.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD156£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
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)£28.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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...
- Club Flyer ADD ON (freepost)£1.00In stockAdd to Bag
- Club Flyer (postage applied)£1.00In stockAdd to Bag
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- New 2×LP BGP2317£20.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD CDBGPD317£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock