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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 (300g)£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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!
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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 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
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
A History of the Jamaican Recording IndustryBook Two: Rock Steady To Rockers From Treasure Isle To Channel One
Superb hardback 350-page book (nearly twice the size of the first one) with loads of text, photos, artefacts, record labels etc written by Noel Hawks....
- Book (800g) Jam Bk 2£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Earthquake on Orange StreetBuster's Jamaican Singles Story
New book/zine - Full discography, nice pics, wicked label scans - a work of love - it's the bomb! Only 10 squid!A4 55 pages
- Book (300g)£10.00Expected 30 Nov Notify me when in stock
Reggae Masterpiece, Expanded EditionDoctor Bird
Originally released in 1976, ‘Reggae Masterpiece’ demonstrated the growing authority of Jamaican producer Joe Gibbs. Over the preceding nine years,...
- – I’m A Natty – Jacob Miller
- – I Was In Love – Beverley Bailey
- – Slave Driver – Horace Andy
- – Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – Lloyd Parks
- – Burn Babylon – Silford Walker
- – No Man’s Land – Cornel Campbell
- – We’re Gonna Fight – Scotty
- – Am I That Easy To Forget – Jimmy London
- – For The Love Of You – Lloyd Parks
- – It Won’t Be Long – Lone Ranger
- – BONUS TRACKS - Knotty Knots – I Roy
- – The End Of The World – Gregory Isaacs
- – I Will – Jackie Brown
- – Fire Burn – I Roy
- – Dreader Mafia – Wally & Snuffy
- – Natty Roots – John Tom
- – A Win Them – Leo Graham
- – News Carrier – I Roy
- – Hooligan – The Fantells
- – Send Me The Pillow – Jackie Brown
- – Big Man Bed – Shorty The President
- – Not Giving Up – Leo Graham
- – I’ve Made Up My Mind – Enos McLeod
- – Sufferer’s Psalm – I Roy
- 1. – I’m A Natty – Jacob Miller
- 2. – I Was In Love – Beverley Bailey
- 3. – Slave Driver – Horace Andy
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD DBCD109£13.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Bass, Mids, TopsAn Oral History of Sound System CultureStrange Attractor Press
KILLER book!
An oral history of the UK’s soundsystem culture, featuring interviews with MALA, Dennis Bovell, SKREAM, Youth, Norman Jay, Krust, Dego...
- Book (1.1kg) 9781907222771£25.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Original Silk Screen PrintLee Perry ( brown recycled card)
New hand-numbered editionUnbelievably groovy and very limited hand-printed, individually numbered silkscreen A4 prints by Jeremy Collingwood. All...
- Original Silk Screen Print£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Meditation / Charlie ChaplinStranger In Love / Anne MarieWambesi
Limited Mint Original 12" copies of The Meditations "Stranger In Love" from the early eighties with full wicked disco mix plus DJ Charlie Chaplin's extended...
- Meditation – Stranger In Love
- Charlie Chaplin – Anne Marie
- 1. Meditation – Stranger In Love
- 2. Charlie Chaplin – Anne Marie
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" TW 001£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The UpsettersBuild The ArkTrojan Records / Music On Vinyl
This astounding collection bring together some incredibly rare tracks and artists that cannot be found on any other Reggae albums. Then there is of course...
- 3×LP Box Set PERRY 3£38.00Limited orange vinyl box set editionOut of stock Notify me when in stock
Bobby OrozaStrange Girl / Down On My KneesBig Crown Records
In the wake of his album classic 'This Love', Bobby Oroza drops 'Strange Girl / Down On My Knees'. This is something of a Big Crown family affair as they...
- 7" BCR092£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Steam DownFive FruitDecca
**Highly anticipated mini-LP on Decca from London jazz collective, Steam Down!**
"After years of building a truly engaged community - and taking London’s...
- – Empower
- 3. – Empower
- View full info and tracklisting
- New LP (Coloured Vinyl) 3581540£22.00Limited clear vinyl editionOut of stock Notify me when in stock
The ShacksThe ShacksBig Crown Records
Debut EP from one of the most interesting young bands coming out of New York City today.
- 10" BC046-10£15.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
BlotoKwasy i zasadyAstigmatic Records
Highly-anticipated album from Polish quartet Bloto via the unstoppable Astigmatic Records! The band combine heavy, instrumental hip-hop/rap inspired drums...
- – Chryja
- – Prostactwo
- – Hipokryzja
- – Farmazon
- – Mitomania
- – Autentyzm
- 1. – Chryja
- 2. – Prostactwo
- 3. – Hipokryzja
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP (180 gram) AR016LP£22.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD AR016CD£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Black Power 50Edited by Sylviane A. Diouf and Komozi Woodward
£10 OFF!!!! That's 50% OFF! WICKED USA large format paperback - nice pix, loads of text. Cheaper than Amazon!
Black Power burst onto the world scene...
- Book (650g) 1620971488£20.00 £10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Black BritainA Photographic HistorySaqi Books
People of African and Caribbean descent have inhabited Great Britain for centuries. Paul Gilroy, renowned for his work exploring the social and cultural...
- Book (1.6kg) 9780863565403£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dub Shepherds & JahnoHeavy MannersHappy People
An undoubtedly massive roots dub killer from France. Inspired by the Jamaican studio works of the late 70's era, only 200 pressed!
- – Heavy Manners
- – Heavy Manners Riddim
- 1. – Heavy Manners
- 2. – Heavy Manners Riddim
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" HPR55-7£11.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Panther: a Pictorial History of the Black Panthers and the Story behind the Filmby Mario Van Peebles, Ula Y. Taylor, J. Tarika LewisNewmarket Press
- Original Book (600g)£10.00Secondhand large format paperback,Sold out Notify me when in stock
Studio One Rocksteady Volume 2 : Rocksteady, Soul and Early Reggae at Studio OneSoul Jazz Records
Soul Jazz Records’ new journey into the mighty vaults of Clement Dodd’s Studio One steps once more into the fertile musical environment of Jamaican...
- Hortense Ellis – Sitting In The Park
- The Termites – Rub Up Push Up
- Carlton and The Shoes – Never Let Go
- Alton Ellis – I'm Still In Love With You
- Owen Gray – Give Me A Little Sign
- The Bassies – Big Mistake
- Hortense and Alton Ellis – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
- Slim Smith – Born To Love
- Cannon and The Soul Vendors – Bad Treatment
- John Holt – Strange Things
- The Actions – Giddy Up
- Larry Marshall – It Makes Me Feel
- The Paragons – Change Your Style
- Jerry Jones – Trying Times
- The Heptones – I Shall Be Released
- The Gaylads – The Soul Beat
- Delroy Wilson – Run Run
- The Soul Two – Puppy Love
- Delroy Wilson – Riding For A Fall
- 1. Hortense Ellis – Sitting In The Park
- 2. The Termites – Rub Up Push Up
- 3. Carlton and The Shoes – Never Let Go
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2xLP (+ Download Code) SJRLP367£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD SJRCD367£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- MP3 Release SJRD367£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Michel Legrand & CoLe Jazz Grand (1978)Gryphon
Killer Dingwalls jazz dance essential!
- – la pasionaria
- 2. – la pasionaria
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP£15.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Studio One RocksteadySoul Jazz Records
Get ready ..
With excellent sleevenotes by Lloyd Bradley (author of the classic book Bass Culture - When Reggae Was King (Penguin)) this album is dedicated...
- The Eternals – Stars
- John Holt – Fancy Make Up
- Cecille Campbell – Whisper To Me
- The Heptones – Party Time
- The Gaylads – Joy In The Morning
- Marcia Griffiths – My Ambition
- The Heptones – Love Won't Come Easy
- Alton Ellis – Hurting Me
- The Wailing Souls – Row Fisherman Row
- Ken Boothe – Home Home Home
- Jackie Mittoo – Our Thing
- Ken Boothe – When I Fall In Love
- Larry & Alvin – Throw Me Corn
- Duke Morgan – Lick It Back
- Carlton and The Shoes – Me and You
- Dennis Brown – Easy Take It Easy
- The Classics – Pack Up
- Ken Boothe – Moving Away
- 1. The Eternals – Stars
- 2. John Holt – Fancy Make Up
- 3. Cecille Campbell – Whisper To Me
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP SJRLP277£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD SJRCD277£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- MP3 Release SJRD277£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Alice ColtraneKIRTAN: TURIYA SINGSImpulse!
Deep, spiritual material from 1982 by Alice Coltrane!!!! INCREDIBLE LOST ALBUM!!
'Kirtan: Turiya Sings' features Alice Coltrane at peak spirituality and...
- – Krishna Krishna
- 3. – Krishna Krishna
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP 3593976£31.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD 3593975£16.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Johnny ValutiLater Than Sooner / Swiss Ska FeverTip-A-Top Records
Following up from their awesome "Covid 19" ska tune come Switzerland's finest live/studio band Sir Jay & Ska-Ta-Nauts with two fresh nuggets to keep things...
- Johnny Valuti – Later Than Sooner
- Sir Jay & The Skatanauts – Swiss Ska Fever
- 1. Johnny Valuti – Later Than Sooner
- 2. Sir Jay & The Skatanauts – Swiss Ska Fever
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" TAT-003£13.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
WrigglersThe CoolerStudio 1
AWESOME ROCKSTEADY BOMB on Studio One!
Originally only ever released in UK. One for sale on Discogs for £700!!
Rocksteady floorfiller - don't miss...
- – The Cooler
- – You Cannot Know
- 1. – The Cooler
- 2. – You Cannot Know
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" CLD4503£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock