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NOW JAZZ NOW - 100 Essential Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings [1960-80]Writing from Thurston Moore, Byron Coley, Mats GustafssonPreface by Neneh Cherry. Afterword by Joe McPheeECSTATIC PEACE LIBRARY
The Bug vs Ghost DubsImplosionPressure
Carlos GarnettCosmos NucleusTime Traveler
Kenny BarronSunset To DawnTime Traveler
Roy BrooksThe Free SlaveTime Traveler
Tyler The CreatorCHROMAKOPIAColumbia
GILLES PETERSON and STUART BAKER (SOUL JAZZ RECORDS)FREEDOM, RHYTHM AND SOUND Chapter 2: Journeys To Enlightenment BOOKRevolutionary Jazz Original Cover ArtSoul Jazz Records
No One's Listening AnywayUK DIY Post Punk & Dubs 1978-1984 (Volume 2)Caroline True Records
Avril AHousewife SuperstarMemory Dance
Bop & The Beltones / Jackie MittooNot For A Moment / Man Pon SpotStudio One
Yazmin LaceyTeal DreamsAMF Records
Ronnie DavisBeware Of Evil MenWar
Joe Gibbs & The ProfessionalsDisco Love Dub - Joe Gibbs 12'' Dub Mixes 1978 to 1984Doctor Bird
Kabaka Pyramid / Buju BantonFaded AwayGhetto Youth / Buy Reggae
Dr. ObiBellsLion's Den
KreidlerEarly Recordings 1994-95Bureau B
Big Simon & General TKNo Hard DrugsRupa Rupa
Larry June & Harry FraudKeep GoingSRFSCHL
System OlympiaLove Language: A Collection Of Erotica ElectronicaMaterial Music
SquarepusherStereotypeWarp
Oneohtrix Point NeverTranquilizerWarp
DaveWe're All Alone In This TogetherNeighbourhood Recordings
Daft PunkHuman After All RemixesDaft Life
Nicola Conte Presents ViaggioFar Out
Sam FenderPeople Watching (Deluxe)Polydor
Phylipe Nunes AraujoPhylipe Nunes AraujoFar Out
Pure Garage 25th Anniversary Special Edition Part 1Various ArtistsPure Garage Records
Various ArtistsPure Garage 25th Anniversary Special Edition Part 2Pure Garage Records
Marvin Gaye & Studio RioSexual HealingMr. Bongo
The WeekndBeauty Behind the Madness (10th Anniversary Edition)Island Records
RubelBeleza. Mas Agora A Gente Faz O Que Com Isso?Mr. Bongo
Ice (Lafayette Afro-Rock Band)Disco FrankensteinStrut
Armin (Dub) & Saah KarimGive Jah The GloryArmin Dub Records
Benjammin / Roberto SanchezHate The SinSamuel
Don CarlosHog And GoatReal Rock
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A collection of photographs of the Latino musicians from 1930 - 1980's primarily in El Barrio, NY but features several from Los Angeles, CA and other parts of the country. In it are many great photographs.
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Punk: The Last WordBy Chris Sullivan and Stephen Colegrave
'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face
'From the shabby stowaways of the...
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Freedom Rhythm and Sound EVENTThu 18 Dec 2025
Gilles Peterson + Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records) + Special GuestsAn evening of conversation, music and visuals 7.30-10pm Thu 18 Dec 2025 at The American...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Soul Jazz Records hoodie (navy)
Brand new Soul Jazz Records Functional Outer Wear Product #1
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Namba RoyNo Black Sparrows
'A vivid portrait of Jamaica in the 1930s"
Excellent social realist novel. Written by Jamaican Namba Roy in the 1950s in Britain. He died in 1961 and...
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Revolutionary Letters
By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
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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...
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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...
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Wayne GorbeaCogele el Gusto
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Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10
Latin compilation
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Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
Latin compilation
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Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
Latin compilation
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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
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My Grandmother's Hands : Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodiesby Resmaa Menakem
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Insightful, thought-provoking and profound. I can't recommend highly enough' Sunny Singh'A revolutionary work of beauty,...
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Nova Scotia House : A Novel
Nova Scotia House takes us to the heart of a relationship, a community and an era. It is both a love story and a lament; bearing witness to the enduring...
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This Woman's Work : Essays on Music
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel...
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Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
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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...
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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:...
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Nettleblackby Nat Reeve
'To be blunt: I must escape.' 1893. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she'll be married off by her elder sister. But leaving the safety of her wealthy...
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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...
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Eros the Bittersweet : An Essayby Anne Carson
Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic...
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshopby Satoshi Yagisawa
The beloved Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, family, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book. When twenty-five-year-old...
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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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We Were There:How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain
We Were There is about a Black Britain that for too long has been unknown and unexplored – the one that exists beyond London. **An Esquire and GQ best...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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Talking 'Bout Your MamaThe Dozens, Snaps, And The Deep Roots Of RapOxford University Press
ONLY £10 Import USA HARDBACK BOOK CHEAPER THAN AMAZON
From Two Live Crew's controversial comedy to Ice Cube's gangsta styling and the battle rhymes of...
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Chuck DFight The Power: Rap, Race, and RealityPayback Press
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Chuck D, the creative force behind Public Enemy and one of the most outspoken, politically active and controversial rappers in music,...
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Highlife GiantsWest African Dance Band PioneersCassava Republic Press
As West Africa's oldest form of popular music, Highlife was the soundtrack of the independence era and its influence still resonates widely today. Highlife...
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Divine HorsemenThe Living Gods Of Haiti by Maya DerenDocumentext
First published in 1953, Maya Deren's famous account of the Haitian deities, practitioners and rituals of Voudoun was written with the special insight...
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The HaciendaHow Not To Run A ClubPocket Books
Peter Hook, as co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, has been shaping the course of popular music for thirty years. He provided the propulsive bass...
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Jazz PeopleBy Valerie WilmerAllison and Busby
Fantastic. Deep jazz all the way. w/ Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, Monk, Randy Weston and more.
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Talking HeadsOnce In A Lifetime - The Stories Behind Every SongHal Leonard
GROOVY USA PAPERBACK BOOK OVER 60% OFF!!!Talking Heads were arguably the most significant band to emerge from the late seventies' New York punk...
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The Drummer's PathMoving the Spirit with Ritual and Traditional DrummingDestiny Books
Drummer, dancer, folklorist, and researcher, Sule Greg Wilson studied drumming under Baba Ngoma as well as the premier students of Baba Ishangi, Ladji...
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Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Musicby Rob Young (2010)
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Northern Sun, Southern MoonEurope's Reinvention of JazzYale University Press
100% ESSENTIAL BOOK ON EUROPEAN JAZZUSA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK. 70% OFF!!!! £8 ONLY!Until the 1960s American jazz, for all its improvisational and rhythmic...
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Dundun: The Talking Drum of the Yoruba People of South-West Nigeriaby Oyeniyi OsundinaAustin Macauley
In Dundun, Niyi Osundina offers the reader the chance to dip into a key cultural component of the people of western Nigeria. Drumming is a vital tradition...
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Young, Gifted & BlackThe Story of Trojan RecordsOmnibus Press
The inside story - gossipy and addictive!
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Music Is The Weapon Of The FutureFifty Years Of African Popular MusicLawrence Hill Books
Secondhand book in good condition, stickers on cover, insides cleanFrom the unique voice of Salif Keita and the hard funk of Fela Kuti to the poignant...
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Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gayeby Steve TurnerMichael Joseph
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Message to Our Folks: The Art Ensemble of ChicagoPaul SteinbeckChicago University Press
This year marks the golden anniversary of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the flagship band of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians....
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Point From Which Creation Begins (2004)The Black Artist's Group Of St. LouisMissouri Historical Society Press
From 1968 to 1972, St. Louis was home to the Black Artists' Group (BAG), a seminal arts collective that nurtured African American experimentalists involved...
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Love Saves The DayA History Of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979Duke University Press
Essential, thorough book on the underground New York Disco scene of the 1970s written by Tim Lawrence (who also wrote the sleevenotes for Soul Jazz Records'...
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Kiss Me NeckThe Scratch Story In Words, Pictures And RecordsCherry Red Books
With more than 1,000 releases to Lee "Scratch" Perry's name in some form or other, there is a wealth of material for fans and collectors to immerse themselves...
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Lion SongsThomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe
Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo and his music came to represent his native country's anticolonial struggle...
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Nile Rodgers Le FreakNile RodgersOrion
Nile Rodgers is a founding member of Chic, and one of the world's most successful music producers. He wrote 'We are Family' for Sister Sledge and 'I'm...
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Wild DayzPhotos by BeezerTangent Books
As a photographer Beezer was in a unique position in Bristol in the 1980s. Close friends with the Wild Bunch (later to become Massive Attack) and other...
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VirginA History Of Virgin Records
Richard Branson was the publisher of a small alternative music magazine in London in the early 1970s when he founded Virgin Records with his partner Simon...
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Beats to the RhymeA Collection of Instrumental Hip-Hop Records for the Beat ConnoisseurGingko Press
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Running The Voodoo DownThe Electric Music Of Miles DavisBackbeat Books
£8 OFF UK PAPERBACK CHEAPER THAN AMAZONSTILL ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ON MILES! Classic Electric Miles book This book re-assesses Miles Davis' "electric...
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Make Some SpaceTuning Into Total Refreshment CentreSweet Machine Press
Shabaka Hutchings , Nubya Garcia, Sons of Kemet - read how the new jazz scene started in this wicked book about The Total Refreshment Centre.
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