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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)£10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
First time ever in print for this new second selection of Janette Beckman's amazing hip-hop photography. Featuring Roxanne Shante, Rakim, Bambaataa, Scott La Rock, Cash Money, Flavor Flav, EPMD, Kurtis Blow, Joey Badass, Stetasonic, Keith Haring, Cash Money ... and more!
Awesome small and beautiful photo-zine. 36 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
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
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
NYC Hip Hop Years 1982-92 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Janette Beckman
Excellent photozine from legendary NYC Hip-hop photographer Janette Beckman who moved there from Britain at the start of the 1980s. Beckman alongside Jamal...
- Book (200g)£10.00In 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
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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
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
Viktor Vaughn (MF Doom)Vaudeville Villain Rhymesayers
This concept album evokes plenty of high comedy, street technology, and hijinks. Next-school beats by King Honey, Heat Sensor, and Max Bill move freely...
- – Overture (Introlude)
- – Vaudeville Villain
- – The Drop
- – 5. Lactose And Lecithin
- 1. – Overture (Introlude)
- 2. – Vaudeville Villain
- 4. – The Drop
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- New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) RSE370LP£36.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD RSE370CD£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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
Curtis Mayfield: People Never Give Upby Peter BurnsSanctuary
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Out of print Secondhand UK paperback in good cond,Sold out Notify me when in stock
Vibrate Higher: A Rap Storyby Talib KweliPicador Paper
£10 CHEAPER THAN AMAZON! USA HARDBACK BOOK!From one of the most lyrically gifted and socially conscious rappers of the past twenty years, Vibrate Higher...
- Book (600g) 9781250787386£22.00 £10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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
The UpsettersScratch And Company - Chapter 1 The UpsettersStudio 16
Originally released in 1981 on USA label Clocktower, wicked compilation of mainly mid 70s Black Ark recordings apart from great early Scratch versions...
- The Upsetters – Stratch The Dub Organizer
- Johnny Lover – Who You Gonna Run To
- Lee Perry – Tighten Up
- Val Bennett – Serious Joke
- Brad Osborne – Little Flute Chant
- Devon Irons – When Jah Comes (Extended Version)
- The Upsetters – Stratch Walking
- Lee Perry – Come Along
- Bunny & Ricky – Bush Weed Corn Trash
- The Upsetters – Curly Dub
- 1. The Upsetters – Stratch The Dub Organizer
- 2. Johnny Lover – Who You Gonna Run To
- 3. Lee Perry – Tighten Up
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- LP LPCT 0114£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
Studio One Records Official Black/YellowT-ShirtStudio One/Soul Jazz Records
Exclusive Studio One Official T-shirt!
- Extra Large SJRTS23£25.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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- Large SJRTS22£25.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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Prince JammyUhuru In DubCSA Records
Killer Dub versions of Black Uhuru's album "Black Sounds of Freedom" (1981), Prince Jammy's horn, harmonica and percussion mix of Black Uhuru's first album...
- – Eden Dub
- – Mystic Mix
- – His Imperial Majesty
- – Weeping Willow
- – Bad Girls Dub
- – Tonight Is The Night
- – Firehouse Special
- – African Culture
- – Crisis Dub
- – Sound Man Style
- 1. – Eden Dub
- 2. – Mystic Mix
- 3. – His Imperial Majesty
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- LP CSLP 2£26.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoirby Daniel R Day
MORE THAN £10 OFF THIS SUPERB NEW USA HARDBACK BOOK!! £8 CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!!
The man who dressed hip-hop superstars!
With his now-legendary store...
- Book (700g)£23.00 £12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The VultureBy Gil Scott-HeronCanongate
Gil-Scott Heron's book was first published in 1970. THE VULTURE is a hip and fast-moving thriller. It relates the strange story of the murder of a teenage...
- Book (200g) 9781847678836£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
David HockneyA ChronologyTASCHEN
Pop artist, painter of modern life, landscape painter, master of color, explorer of image and perception―for six decades, David Hockney has been known...
- Book (1.6kg) 9783836582490£20.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Last Holiday - A MemoirGil Scott-HeronCanongate
Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream. And Stevie Wonder had a dream. This is a book about dreams.' In the autumn of 1980, Stevie Wonder invited Gil Scott-Heron...
- Book (450g) 9781786890252£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
The life and works of Andy WarholTerwin Copplestone
Secondhand hardback book
- Original Book (600g)£8.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
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
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
Black RefractionsThe Studio Museum in HarlemRizzoli International Publications
The artists featured in Black Refractions, including Kerry James Marshall, Faith Ringgold, Nari Ward, Norman Lewis, Wangechi Mutu, and Lorna Simpson, are...
- Book (1.6kg) 9780847866380£32.50Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Edmond GladstonUntrue LoverTRS
Passion is momentary, love is enduring. This is the next cut to "Untrue Love" recorded one year later in 1985 and this time updating it to "Untrue Lover"...
- – Untrue Lover
- – Untrue Lover (Version)
- 1. – Untrue Lover
- 2. – Untrue Lover (Version)
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- 7" TRS-EG-2£10.00 £5.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Brasilby Kristin CappDamiani
Brasil is a photographic exploration of culture, landscape and light by the photographer Kristin Capp. Shooting in black-and-white film with a Rolleiflex...
- Book (850g) 8862084552£25.00 £15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Michael ProphetCease FireLive & Learn Records
Top mid 80s roots vocal album from Michael Prophet, produced by Delroy Wright. Includes "Haul And Pull"
- – Trouble Me
- – If You Try
- – Wicked Ago Feel It
- – Emanuel Road
- – Precious
- – Haul And Pull
- – Cease-Fire
- – Sexy-Mama
- – Chief On Staff
- – Come Inn
- 1. – Trouble Me
- 2. – If You Try
- 3. – Wicked Ago Feel It
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- LP LL LP 013£25.00In stockAdd to Bag