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    Never Grow Old Studio One Discography & Rhythm Directory

    This is the definitive new edition of Rob Chapman's 100% essential discography of Studio One. Rob Chapman has written sleevenotes for a number of our Soul Jazz/Studio One releases is one of the most respected of all Studio One aficionados! This book is the bomb!



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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...
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    • 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
    • 2xLP (Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl) + Download Code SJRLP96C2£30.00
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    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
    Simon Fisher TurnerSTUFF
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      Wayne Jarrett And The Bull Wackie AllstarsAfrican Woman
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      • Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
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      William S. BurroughsThe Finger
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        XzibitRestless
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          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...
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            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...
              BasquiatA Quick Killing in Art
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                Awopbopaloobop AlopbamboomBy Nik Cohn
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                  The West Indian Experience in British SchoolsBy Raymond Giles
                    • Original Book (350g)£15.00
                      Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback Book in good condition
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                    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£10.99
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                      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,...
                        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£26.00
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                          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£48.00
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                            Don CherryHear & Now
                              • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 0889397842512£17.00
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                              Ellis ReginaO Bem Do Amor
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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...
                                  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 £35.00
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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...
                                      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...
                                        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.
                                          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...
                                            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...
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                                              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...
                                                Revolutionary Letters
                                                By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
                                                  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...
                                                    Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
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