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Voguing: Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York City 1989-92Photographs and interviews by Chantal Regnault, Introduction by Tim LawrenceSoul Jazz Books
Alton MillerA Says Hello (inc. Chaos In The CBD remix)Release / Sustain
King Ende ShneaflietDimension Mix 01Artificial Dance
Stefan RingerFWM001FWM Entertainment
D.E.Giant StepInto The Light
Jesse RaeGlobal 95 EPSouthside Shuffle
RetireeHouse Or HomeRhythm Section International
Heavenly Music CorporationIn A Garden Of EdenAstral Industries
Dick DicksonIn The PocketBeauMonde Records
Olev MuskaLaulik-Elektroonik: Explorations In Estonian Electronic Folk Music - The First Years, 1979-1983Frotee
O/HMarket ValuesL.I.E.S.
Herbert BodzinRevival II: The Electronic Tapes 1979-1982The Artless Cuckoo
The Mansion Of I ft. Ras BoombaJah Protect I & IRoom In The Sky
Poor Boy RappersThe D.J. RapSoul Jazz Records
J Nile & SaluteWe Just Come To PartyRoom In The Sky
Ruffy & TuffyClimaxRoots Vibration
Winston McAnuffHypocrites & ParasitesRoots Vibration
Joseph HillPolice ManRoots Vibration
I.C.E.E.S.Public ProsecutionRoots Vibration
Doris NortonArtificial IntelligenceMannequin
Chaka KhanChaka (1978)Warner Bros
Al BrownDon't Turn AoundDub Store
Derrick MorganHold You JackDub Store
The UniquesI'm A Fool For YouDub Store
Ira JonesKettle WireTop Ranking Sound
MFSBLove Is The Message (1973)Philadelphia International
Matthew Larkin CassellMatt The CatOutsider
Matthew Larkin CassellPiecesOutsider
Cass.Postclub PrismInto The Light Records
Bruce HaackPreservation TapesTelephone Explosion Records
Brandon ColemanResistanceBrainfeeder
Alva LewisRevelationDub Store
Studio One Freedom SoundsStudio One In The 1960sSoul Jazz Records
Giant SwanWhities 016Whities
5th DegreeYou Got Me Hypnotized Pt. 1&2Backatcha
Sarah Webster Fabio Boss Soul: 12 Poems by Sarah Webster Fabio (1972)
Smithsonian Folkways
- CD FL9710£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Tough, tough, tough proto-female rap featuring raw percussion and super-funky accompaniment. This is like Gil Scott Heron's '125th and Lennox' album meets ESG! WICKED!!!
Includes Glimpses as featured on the recent Soul Jazz Records album Fly Girls!
Sarah Webster FabioJujus - Alchemy of the Blues (1976)Smithsonian Folkways
Super-tough funky, funky, funky female proto-rap poetry from Sarah Webster Fabio. Killer!
Armed with an incredible rhythm section this album is a classic...
- 2. Sweet songs
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
- LP£18.99
Sarah Webster FabioSoul Ain't Soul Is: Poems by Sarah Webster Fabio (1973)Smithsonian Folkways
Sarah Webster's black poetry. Some tracks feature conga accompaniment in a Gil Scott Heron/Last Poets stylee!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
- 1. Soul ain't: soul is
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sarah Webster FabioTogether To The Tune Of Coltrane's Equinox (1977)Smithsonian Folkways
Sarah Webster Fabio raps her poetry over some funky tunes and deep jazz (such as Coltrane's "Equinox"). Recommended.
- 1. Eclipse
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Steel Band ClashSteel Band ClashSmithsonian Folkways
Recorded in 1955, three sixteen-person steel bands—Big Shell, Brute Force and Hell's Gate—come together to provide a sampling of lively music...
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- CD£9.99
Lord InvaderCalypso (1955)Smithsonian Folkways
One of Calypso's finest exponents, recorded in 1955
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Big Bill BroonzyBig Bill Broonzy Sings Folk SongsSmithsonian Folkways
Cut in 1956, these tracks catch Broonzy in fine form near the end of his distinguished career. His powerful voice and guitar are showcased in a set which...
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Lead BellyLead Belly Sings Folk SongsSmithsonian Folkways
Vital 1940s recordings of 15 songs featuring Lead Belly performing solo and accompanied by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry.
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Esso Steel Band of Bermuda Bermuda HoneymoonSmithsonian Folkways
In the 1950s, steel pan and calypso, imported from Trinidad and Tobago, were hot in Bermuda. Lloyd Simmons and Hubert Smith, Jr. sing calypso with the...
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Lord MelodyCaribbean Limbo MusicSmithsonian Folkways
How low can you go? Chances are, you’ll laugh (or at least giggle) before you reach your limit. These largely instrumental pieces with limbo-appropriate...
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Classic African-American Ballads / Various ArtistsClassic African-American Ballads from Smithsonian FolkwaysSmithsonian Folkways
Classic African-American Ballads is a sampling of an important, historic, and engaging slice of America's Black music heritage. The heyday of the Black...
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Classic Sounds of New Orleans / Various ArtistsClassic Sounds of New Orleans from Smithsonian FolkwaysSmithsonian Folkways
From street parades to nightclubs, from church houses to dance halls, music is key to New Orleans' uniqueness. Drawn from the Smithsonian Folkways repository...
- CD£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Brute Force Steel BandMusic to Awaken the Ballroom BeastSmithsonian Folkways
In the streets of Antigua shortly following WWII, The Brute Force Steel Band began as one of the ensembles that would pioneer Caribbean steel pan music....
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The Champion Steel Bands of Trinidad / Various ArtistsThe Champion Steel Bands of TrinidadSmithsonian Folkways
Headliners at Carnival and pan competitions, these six champion steel bands from Trinidad offer listeners songs that hum gently or dance wildly. Participating...
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Creole Songs of Haiti / Various ArtistsCreole Songs of HaitiSmithsonian Folkways
This recording combines vocal interpretations of Vodou (an Afro-Haitian religion) ceremonial songs and popular secular melodies by legendary Haitian singer,...
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
J.D. Short and Son HouseJ.D. Short and Son House: Blues from the Mississippi DeltaSmithsonian Folkways
This album presents the distinctive blues born from the hardships of life—especially African-American life—in northern Mississippi. In addition...
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Louisiana Creole Music / Various ArtistsLouisiana Creole MusicSmithsonian Folkways
The French-speaking, black Creoles from the prairies of lower Louisiana produce a wide variety of music, from Cajun two-steps to the blues. This album...
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Music from the South / Various ArtistsMusic from the South Vol. 1: Country Brass BandsSmithsonian Folkways
The fieldwork for this album sought to explore sources that would lead listeners back to the decades between the emancipation of the slaves in 1863 and...
- CD£11.99In stockAdd to Bag
Music of Haiti / Various ArtistsMusic of Haiti: Vol. 1 - Folk Music of HaitiSmithsonian Folkways
Folklorist, ethnographer and ethnomusicologist Harold Courlander, known for his important early work documenting the “vast unwritten literature,...
- CD£11.99In stockAdd to Bag
Music of Haiti / Various ArtistsMusic of Haiti: Vol. 3 - Songs and Dances of HaitiSmithsonian Folkways
The Ayida Group, a troupe folklorique of Port-au-Prince that sprung (with many similar troops) out of a 1930’s—’40s social movement revaluing...
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Big Drum Dance of Carriacou / Various ArtistsThe Big Drum Dance of CarriacouSmithsonian Folkways
The Big Drum Dance is one of the most significant musical rituals on the island of Carriacou in the Grenadines. Really a long series of dances, the Big...
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McLeanElectro-Symphonic LandscapesSmithsonian Folkways
Composed by Priscilla McLean and Barton McLean, originally released in 1979
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Electronic Music From The OutsideFeaturing Barton McLean, Priscilla McLean, Kevin Hanlon & Reed HolmesSmithsonian Folkways
A narrative exploration, with examples, of how six major electronic music works are put together - from the University of Texas-Austin Electronic Music...
- 2×CD£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Seasons: Vermont For Magnetic Tape Collage & Instrumental EnsembleSmithsonian Folkways
Composed by Malcolm Goldstein, and originally released in 1983, the music consists of a magnetic tape collage of sounds recorded in Vermont during each...
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Rupert Clemendore and John Buddy WilliamsLe Jazz Primitif From TrinidadSmithsonian Folkways
Hardly "primitive," this is sophisticated jazz improv "with the Trinidad touch." The musical settings range from smooth lounge jazz with vibes, piano,...
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Dance Calypso Dance CalypsoSmithsonian Folkways
According to the liner notes, "Calypso is...a humor-coated pellet of uncamouflaged truth...taking the opportunity of saying something to somebody in song...
- CD£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Real CalypsoThe Real Calypso (1927-1946)Smithsonian Folkways
This compilation is an introduction to the golden age of calypso and to some of it's greatest exponents. The genre is known for its incisive social commentary,...
- 3. Louis-Schmeling Fight
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East New York Ensemble de MusicAt The Helm (1974)Smithsonian Folkways
Amazing deep, deep jazz as featured on our "New Thing!" compilation! Includes heavyweight African/Eastern styles and the out-there 13 minute version of...
- 3. Sun Flower
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
- New LP £13.99
Sarah Webster FabioJujus - Alchemy of the Blues (1976)Smithsonian Folkways
Super-tough funky, funky, funky female proto-rap poetry from Sarah Webster Fabio. Killer!
Armed with an incredible rhythm section this album is a classic...
- 2. Sweet songs
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
- LP£18.99
Folk Music and Ceremonies of EthiopiaFolk Music and Ceremonies of Ethiopia (1974)Smithsonian Folkways
Roots and folk music from the various tribes and regions of Ethiopia, including celebrations for Haile Selassie's 80th birthday
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Drums of Defiance (1992)Maroon Music from the Earliest Free Black Communities of JamaicaSmithsonian Folkways
Maroon communities in Jamaica are directly descended from escaped slaves brought over to Jamaica by the slave trade. Fiercely independent, these communities...
- CD£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Drums Of Haiti (1950)Music of Haiti, Vol 2Smithsonian Folkways
Heavy, heavy, heavy drum rhythms recorded in Haiti. Voodoo plus some Rara. This is like Soul Jazz Records' own "Voodoo Drums", only recorded in 1950! Produced...
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Music From The Villages Of Northeastern NigeriaRecorded In The FieldSmithsonian Folkways
Excellent recordings from the North-Eastern villages of Nigeria - varying from drums and voice to marimba type instruments and loads more. Double CD.
- 2×CD£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Rhythms of RaptureSacred Musics of Haitian Vodou (1995)Smithsonian Folkways
Excellent recordings of Haitian voodoo music in all its many forms and variations. Comes with superb booklet.
Cuts from live Vodou ceremonies are juxtaposed...
- CD£11.99In stockAdd to Bag
Roots Of Black Music In AmericaSome Correspondences Between The Music Of The Slave Areas Of West Africa, USA and CaribbeanSmithsonian Folkways
How the music of USA, the Caribbean and Western Africa is connected by the slave trade with comparisons between the various musics and instruments in the...
- 2×CD£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Drums Of TrinidadTribal Rhythms From CarriacouSmithsonian Folkways
Six man drum orchestra. This recording of hand drumming from Port of Spain demonstrates African-derived rhythms performed in Trinidad and the broader Caribbean...
- 1. Calypso in Drums
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- CD£11.99In stockAdd to Bag
Brazil: Songs of ProtestZelia Barbosa Sings of the Sertao & Favela (1968)Smithsonian Folkways
Killer, killer, killer 60s hard bossa! There are tough versions of 'Carcara' (check out the audio), Edu Lobo's 'Cheganca', 'Opiniao' and other protest...
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Mary Lou WilliamsBlack Christ of the Andes (1964)Smithsonian Folkways
Super-rare and highly sought-after classic modal jazz album finally reissued!HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
- 2. It Ain't Necessarily So
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sarah Webster FabioJujus - Alchemy of the Blues (1976)Smithsonian Folkways
Super-tough funky, funky, funky female proto-rap poetry from Sarah Webster Fabio. Killer!
Armed with an incredible rhythm section this album is a classic...
- 2. Sweet songs
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
- LP£18.99
Sarah Webster FabioTogether To The Tune Of Coltrane's Equinox (1977)Smithsonian Folkways
Sarah Webster Fabio raps her poetry over some funky tunes and deep jazz (such as Coltrane's "Equinox"). Recommended.
- 1. Eclipse
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Fly Girls!B-Boys Beware: Revenge Of The Super Female RappersSoul Jazz Records
‘Fly Girls!’ celebrates the 30th anniversary of female rap on record
This double-CD (and limited edition two volumes of super-loud double-vinyl)...
- 1. JJ Fad – Ya Goin' Down
- 2. Princess MC – Pump Up The Funk
- 3. Tanya Winley – Vicious Rap
- View full info and tracklisting
- Deluxe 2×CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release£9.99
Nathan DavisIfUniversal Sound
Soul Jazz Records continues its occasional re-issuing of seriously collectable deep jazz records from the 1970s, on their subsidiary Universal Sound...
- 1. Stick Buddy
- 2. If
- 3. Bahia
- View full info and tracklisting
- MP3 Release£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Mary Lou WilliamsBlack Christ of the Andes (1964)Smithsonian Folkways
Super-rare and highly sought-after classic modal jazz album finally reissued!HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
- 2. It Ain't Necessarily So
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sarah Webster FabioSoul Ain't Soul Is: Poems by Sarah Webster Fabio (1973)Smithsonian Folkways
Sarah Webster's black poetry. Some tracks feature conga accompaniment in a Gil Scott Heron/Last Poets stylee!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
- 1. Soul ain't: soul is
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Griots:Ministers of the Spoken Word (1975)Smithsonian Folkways
Super-deep music from Mali, Gambia and Senegal. A double CD featuring Griot Music, Africa's story tellers, also known as the ministers of the spoken word!...
- 2. Nege Sirimang
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×CD£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
East New York Ensemble de MusicAt The Helm (1974)Smithsonian Folkways
Amazing deep, deep jazz as featured on our "New Thing!" compilation! Includes heavyweight African/Eastern styles and the out-there 13 minute version of...
- 3. Sun Flower
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
- New LP £13.99
Mary Lou WilliamsMary Lou's MassSmithsonian Folkways
The long-awaited reissue of Mary Lou Williams's magnum opus of religious jazz: Mary Lou's Mass. Newsweek called the score "an encyclopedia of black music,...
- 1. Willis
- 2. O.W
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- CD£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Travis BiggsChallengeUniversal Sound
Following on from their recent New Thing album of Deep Jazz in USA (Sun Ra, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Alice Coltrane, Archie Shepp), Soul Jazz Records are...
- 1. I Wish
- 2. Autumn Jewel
- 3. Fly Like An Eagle
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£11.99In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release£7.99
The Montgomery MovementThe Montgomery Express (1974) (Reissue)Smithsonian Folkways / Numero Group
** Now available on vinyl **
Super rare funk album released on smithsonian folkways in the early 1970s. "The music of the Montgomery Express is a buried...
- 1. Montgomery Movement
- 2. Who
- 3. Steal away
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- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
- New LP £17.99
LukidFomaWerkdiscs
It's finally here!! After the success of his debut album Onandon, his discreet 12" on Thriller and a place at this year's RBMA, Lukid drops his second...
- 1. Ice nine
- 3. Veto
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- CD£11.99 £9.99
Sun Ra - Pathways to Unknown WorldsEl Saturn and Chicago's Afro-Futurist Underground 1954-68Whitewalls
Original drawings for record covers, concert tickets, drawings ... Amazing!!!!
Philosopher, Afro-futurist, and jazz legend Sun Ra (1914-93) constructed...
- Book (350g)£15.99
Moondog with Julie Andrews & Martyn GreenSongs Of Sense & Nonsense - Tell It AgainPoppy
Super rare album from legendary avant-garde composer Moondog with Julie Andrews!
Here now, finally, reissued on glorious vinyl and CD is perhaps one of...
- 1. favourite nursery rhymes
- 2. school days and learning songs
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£8.99
Brazil: Songs of ProtestZelia Barbosa Sings of the Sertao & Favela (1968)Smithsonian Folkways
Killer, killer, killer 60s hard bossa! There are tough versions of 'Carcara' (check out the audio), Edu Lobo's 'Cheganca', 'Opiniao' and other protest...
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Glenn BrancaSymphony Number 6 (devil Choirs At The Gates Of Heaven)Atavistic
1993 CD release and one of Mr. Branca's absolute masterworks: 10 guitars and bass & drums, beautifully studio-recorded. Originally released by Blast...
- CD£13.99
Dub Echoes - AlbumSonic Excursions In Dub and BeyondSoul Jazz Records
Soul Jazz Records' journey into Dub and beyond, released to coincide with the new DVD film. Featuring an array of both legendary and current artists and...
- 1. Roots Manuva – Witness (Walworth Road Rockers Dub)
- 2. Rebel MC / Congo Natty – Creation Rebel
- 3. Disrupt – Sega Beats
- View full info and tracklisting
- Deluxe 2×CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release£9.99
Roots Of Black Music In AmericaSome Correspondences Between The Music Of The Slave Areas Of West Africa, USA and CaribbeanSmithsonian Folkways
How the music of USA, the Caribbean and Western Africa is connected by the slave trade with comparisons between the various musics and instruments in the...
- 2×CD£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sabu Martinez and Sahib ShihabWinds & Skins: Swedish Radio Recordings 1978Mellotronen
Exclusive to Sounds of The Universe. This is the last ever recordings of Sabu Martinez from 1978. An amazing set with Sahib Shihab never before released....
- 1. Nus
- 3. A memo to art blakey
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- CD£11.99
- LP£11.99
Ramsey LewisUp Pops (1967)Cadet
Classic Richard Evans production at the mighty Chess Records from 1967. featuring mainstay of the label Ramsey Lewis in full flow along with Cleveland...
- Original LP£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
King Tubbys PresentsSoundclash Dubplate StyleTaurus
KILLER, KILLER, KILLER !
Released in approximately 1990 this is by far the best collection of "sound-boy" tunes. Live recordings from dubplates with...
- 2. Line Up - Johnnny Osbourne
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- New 2×LP £15.99In stockAdd to Bag
- CD£12.99
Making People's MusicMoe Asch and Folkways RecordsSmithsonian Books
During his nearly 40-year tenure with Folkways Records, Moe Asch, the company's founder, amassed a catalogue of almost 2,200 recordings that had expanded...
- Book (650g)£12.99 £6.99In stockAdd to Bag
Nancy DupreeGhetto Reality (1969)Smithsonian Folkways
Black poet Nancy Dupree accompanied by a group of young kids. Songs include tributes to, amongst others, James Brown.
- 2. James Brown
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- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sabu MartinezBurned Sugar (1973)Mellotronen
This is the heaviest Funky Afro Latin Jazz record you have ever heard, but not only that - it's never been released before! This is Sabu's band from...
- 1. Burned sugar
- 2. Mamabollo
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£11.99
- LP£11.99