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Alfa MistRouletteSekito
Sven WunderDaybreakPiano Piano Records
Chet BakerFive From '65: The Quintet Summer SessionsNew Land
Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient UndergroundVarious ArtistsFundamental Frequencies
Jackie MittooReggae MagicSoul Jazz Records
The Sabres Of ParadiseSabresonic (Remastered)Warp Records
SAULT10Forever Living Originals
Rotary ConnectionHey LoveCadet
Captain SkyMoonchildPast Due Records
Donald ByrdStepping Into Tomorrow (1975)Blue Note
Constantine WeirContradictionItez
Adrian SherwoodThe Collapse Of EverythingOn-U Sound
Jamaican Ska OrchestraA Recording Tribute To The SkatalitesTip-A-Top Records
Dexter GordonLandslideBlue Note
Afrikan SimbaMissionReality Shock
ThorpidoRasta Rude BoyKaos Family
Sally ShapiroReady To Live A LieItalians Do It Better
Kae TempestSelf TitledEMI
Mark De Clive-LoweSix DegreesUniversal Jazz
Too Slow To Disco Neo: The Sunset Manifesto Volume 2Various ArtistsHow Do You Are?
Nat BirchallLiberated SoundsNa-Bi Records
Vivian JonesCrazy BaldheadElemental
Tafari SyndicateGot To Be FreeTafari
Lee MorganHere’s Lee MorganConcord
The Chosen FewIn The Rain / Rain DropsPlanets
Jackie McLeanJacknifeDecca / Blue Note
Sabrina CarpenterMan’s Best FriendPolydor
Melody BeecherOnly One YouPlanets
African BrothersParty NightDukie's
Desmond RileySkinheads A Message To You / If I Had WingsHarlem Shuffle
Spiritual SoulVarious ArtistsNumero
The PretendersThe SinglesWarners
TribesmanThe Tribe / Finsbury ParkReggae Archive Records
L. HarrisTrouble In The WorldSmall Axe Records
Verve RemixedVarious ArtistsDecca / Verve
- Book (300g)£10.00Expected 30 Nov Notify me when in stock
New book/zine - Full discography, nice pics, wicked label scans - a work of love - it's the bomb! Only 10 squid!
A4 55 pages
Independent as F***Underground Hip-Hop 1995-2005
Independent As F**: Underground Hip-hop from 1995-2005 explores how a generation of rap artists rebelled against the major record labels and made music...
- Book (500g) 978-1-913231-87-3£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Nova 1965-1975David Hillman & Harri Peccinotti
A MASSIVE £25 OFF THIS AMAZING DELUXE HARDBACK BOOK! £10 CHEAPER THAN AMAZON!
"Nova: 1965-1975" is a celebration of the British style magazine of the...
- Book (2.1kg)£40.00 £15.00In stockAdd to Bag
No Logo: An insightful examination of advertising's impact on society and youth cultureBy Naomi Klein
By the time you’re twenty-one, you’ll have seen or heard a million advertisements. But you won’t be happier for it. This is a book about that much-maligned,...
- Book (400g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dread, Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution
What is the relationship between poetry and social change? Standing at the forefront of political poetry since the 1970s, Linton Kwesi Johnson has been...
- Book (550g)£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
Mystical MushroomsDiscover the Magic and Folklore of Fantastic Fungi
Mystical Mushrooms defines the beauty of mushrooms by focusing on their magical connections and symbolic meanings through folkloric tales and superstitions...
- Book (600g)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jess Sah BiJesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas
Jesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas is Jess Sah Bi’s first and only gospel album. Fortunately, fans responded with enthusiasm: widespread radio airplay and concerts...
- Cassette Tape AFTA051CS£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Tribul'zationsMelody Babylon
The Tribulizations are a Brighton UK-based reggae vocal harmony duo living the rocker's life style! We pay homage to uk style lovers rock and spiritual...
- – Melody Babylon
- – Freedom Fighter
- – Politicians
- – Fade Away
- – Without You
- – One Step Forward
- – Just Let It Be
- – Fever
- – Social Riot
- – Rest In Love
- 1. – Melody Babylon
- 2. – Freedom Fighter
- 3. – Politicians
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- LP£22.00In stockAdd to Bag
Andy WarholFame
The legendary sixties New York pop artist Andy Warhol's hilarious and insightful vignettes and aphorisms on the topics of love, fame and beauty.
- Book (100g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
Brasil IndomitoBrasil Indomito
- Original LP 14-1627£12.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Colombian VinylIn stockAdd to Bag
Lizzy Mercier DesclouxDesiderata
NYC no wave/ze records scenester Descloux book of poetry, collages and moreIntroduction by Patti Smith
- Book (350g)£17.99In stockAdd to Bag
Louisiana CajunsTurner Browne
Excellent book - stunning black and white photography. Highly recommended
- Original Book (350g)£30.00Out of print Pre-Owned Original USA paperback bit of ageingIn stockAdd to Bag
Jackie DeshannonLove Forever - Demo Recordings 1966-1967
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon got her start singing gospel at home and in church as a child in her native Kentucky, and then singing...
- New 2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) RLGM18131PMI£35.99In stockAdd to Bag
Flip the Script: How Women Came to Rule Hip Hop
FLIP THE SCRIPT showcases some of the best rappers currently making music in the UK. It has taken a significant amount of time for women to get recognition...
- Book (150g)£7.50In stockAdd to Bag
Nasty Women
With intolerance and inequality increasingly normalised by the day, it's more important than ever to share real experiences and hold the truth to account...
- Book (250g)£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
By Truman CapoteIn Cold Blood
The chilling true crime 'non-fiction novel' that made Truman Capote's name, In Cold Blood is a seminal work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of...
- Book (200g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Perfume
In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable...
- Book (150g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Audre LordeThe Black Unicorn
Filled with rage and tenderness, Audre Lorde's most acclaimed poetry collection speaks of mothers and children, female strength and vulnerability, renewal...
- Book (200g)£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
By John BergerWays of Seeing
John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the...
- Book (150g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit: Art, Feminism, and Digital Technology
In Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit, Judith K. Brodsky makes a ground-breaking intellectual leap by connecting feminist art theory with the rise...
- Book (2.4kg)£29.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Velvet Underground, New York 1965–66 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Adam Ritchie
Awesome small and beautiful new photo-zine of rare pix of the Velvet Underground in New York 1965-66. In the zone! Look there's Andy (hi Andy!), Lou,...
- Book (200g) ISSN 2752-5619£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Afro-American Short StoriesRichard Wright, James Baldwin, William Melvin Kelley, Langston Hughes, LeRoi Jones, Alice Walker
- Original Book (200g)£6.00Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Small Paperback Book in Good ConditionIn stockAdd to Bag
When I Dare to Be Powerful
Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of female...
- Book (300g)£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Letter From Birmingham Jail
This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects...
- Book (150g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
Claire DedererMonsters: What Do We Do with Great Art by Bad People?
Pablo Picasso beat his partners. Richard Wagner was deeply antisemitic. David Bowie slept with an underage fan. But many of us still love Guernica and...
- Book (200g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Los JinetesSin Me
- Original 7"£7.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Unplayed USA 45sIn stockAdd to Bag
Catarino LeosMandamiento
Mariachi
- Original 7"£7.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed Original USA 45In stockAdd to Bag
by Silvia FedericiCaliban and the Witch
A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition...
- Book (600g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
We Called It MusicEddie Condon
- Original Book (200g)£20.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback book, inside yellowing to pagesIn stockAdd to Bag
Miguel GallardoTu Amante O Tu Enemigo
- Original 7"£5.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed Original USA 45In stockAdd to Bag
William S. BurroughsJunky
A shocking exposé of the desperate subculture surrounding heroin addiction, William S. Burroughs' Junky is edited with an introduction by Oliver Harris...
- Book (200g)£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Letters to GilMalik Al Nasir
£12 OFF UK HARDBACK!Description'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure'...
- Book (600g) 9780008464431£20.00 £8.00In stockAdd to Bag
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
When someone says, 'You have to know your history...' this is it. A pop culture classic for over two decades, now fully refreshed and updated as part of...
- Book (700g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital and Back
From acid-house to prog-rock, there is no form of modern popular music that hasn't been propelled forwards by the synthesizer. As a result they have long...
- Book (150g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
There And Black Again
By Don Letts and Mal Peachey
Don Letts – filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father – has always defied conformity....
- Book (400g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
JazzBy Freddy J. Angstmann
(in french). Nice photos
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-Of-Print Hardback Book in Good ConditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Trojan - The Story of Trojan RecordsBy Laurence Cane-HoneysettTrojan
MASSIVE new book (300+ pages!)
A lavish, fully illustrated deluxe book, an official history, from the label’s archivist, historian Laurence Cane-Honeysett
Includes...
- Book (1.9kg)£30.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Never Grow OldStudio 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...
- Book (300g)£15.00Out 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
Prince Buster's All StarsEarthquake (Alt. Take) Aka ‘The Blues’ B/W Orange St.(Version)Earth Sound
Alternative rare vocal version of "Earthquake" aka "The Blues" from the great Prince Buster. Tuff 60s rocksteady direct from Jamaica with instrumental...
- – Earthquake (Alt. Take) aka ‘The Blues’
- – Orange St. (Version)
- 1. – Earthquake (Alt. Take) aka ‘The Blues’
- 2. – Orange St. (Version)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 10" ES09£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Original Silk Screen PrintSkanking Reggae Honda S-90 Advert (white card)
New design silk-screen print - hand-numbered editionUnbelievably groovy and very limited hand-printed, individually numbered silkscreen...
- Original Silk Screen Print£15.00Expected 30 Nov Notify me when in stock
Original Silk Screen PrintPrince Buster
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
Original Silk Screen PrintTrojan
New hand-numbered editionUnbelievably groovy and very limited hand-printed, individually numbered silkscreen A4 prints by Jeremy Collingwood. All...
- Original Silk Screen Print£15.00Expected 30 Nov Notify me when in stock
Original Silk Screen PrintKing Tubby (silver)
New hand-numbered editionUnbelievably groovy and very limited hand-printed, individually numbered silkscreen A4 prints by Jeremy Collingwood. All...
- Original Silk Screen Print£15.00Expected 30 Nov Notify me when in stock
Miss RedDagga / One Shot KillerPressure
Limited red vinyl copies of this aggy dancehall double-header from Miss Red - both produced by The Bug!
- – Dagga
- – One Shot Killer
- 1. – Dagga
- 2. – One Shot Killer
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" PRESH002£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Monty & The CyclonesJazz WalkingDub Store
Two wicked early 60s recordings from the vaults of Studio 1 featuring the jazz walking of Monty & The Cyclones and a tuff instrumental from Don Drummond...
- Monty & The Cyclones – Jazz Walking
- Don Drummond & D. McLaughlin – Just Cool
- 1. Monty & The Cyclones – Jazz Walking
- 2. Don Drummond & D. McLaughlin – Just Cool
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Studio One Freedom SoundsSoul Jazz Records
Studio One Freedom Sounds is the new collection from Soul Jazz/Studio One focussing on the intense period in the second half of the 1960s when Studio...
- Don Drummond & The Skatalites – Rain Or Shine
- The Gaylads – Morning Sun
- Delroy Wilson – Just Because Of You
- Alton Ellis – Sunday Coming
- Jackie Opel – I Am What I Am
- Peter Tosh – I Am The Toughest
- Delroy Wilson – Get Ready
- Mr Foundation – Timo-Oh
- Roland Alphonso & The Soul Brothers – Provocation
- Leroy & Rocky – Love Me Girl
- Slim & Delroy – Look Who Is Back Again
- The Skatalites – Spread Satin
- Barrington Spence – Contemplating Mind
- Ernest Ranglin – Psychedelic Rock
- Bob Marley & The Wailers – Destiny
- Roland Alphonso – Reggae In The Grass
- Zoot Simms – We Can Talk It Over
- Jackie Mittoo – Hi Jack
- 1. Don Drummond & The Skatalites – Rain Or Shine
- 2. The Gaylads – Morning Sun
- 3. Delroy Wilson – Just Because Of You
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2xLP + Download Code SJRLP415£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD SJRCD415£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD415£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Inna LiverpoolBenjamin ZephaniahAK PRESS (1995)
- Original Book (200g)£20.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Reggae Sticker Sheet #31960s - Duke Reid/Sir Coxsone/V-Rocket
Fantastic Jamaican Reggae/Dancehall Flyer stickers die-cut A4 sheets printed by Jeremy Collingwood. KILLER!
- Sticker Sheet£10.00Expected 30 Nov Notify me when in stock
Eva KeyesTired Of The CityPartial Records
- Eva Keyes – Tired Of The City
- Dan Taliras – Dub Of The City
- 1. Eva Keyes – Tired Of The City
- 2. Dan Taliras – Dub Of The City
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" PRTL7057£6.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Peter AustinYour Cheating HeartStud / Reggae Fever
Wicked early reggae version of "Your Cheating Heart" originally released in 1973 produced by Byron Lyons with version on the flip.
- Peter Austin – Your Cheating Heart
- Stud All Stars – Cheating Version
- 1. Peter Austin – Your Cheating Heart
- 2. Stud All Stars – Cheating Version
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£6.49Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Junior BylesFade AwayJama
BACK IN STOCK - All time vocal roots classic mid 70s from Junior Byles with dubwise on the flip. Clean and loud pressings.
- – Fade Away
- 1. – Fade Away
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£5.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Gangsta RapBy Benjamin ZephaniahBloomsbury (2004)
Ray has given up school. He sees no point in education and despises authority. And then he has no choice about school as he is excluded. But Ray also has...
- Original Book (300g)£8.00Original secondhand hardback out of print edition
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' money-back guarantee!Sold out Notify me when in stock
Mr. FoundationTimo OhStudio One
EXTREMELEY RARE & AWESOME ROCKSTEADY BOMB on Studio One!
Original copies about £400!
- Mr. Foundation – Timo Oh
- Dudley Sibley & Peter Austin – Hole In Your Soul
- 1. Mr. Foundation – Timo Oh
- 2. Dudley Sibley & Peter Austin – Hole In Your Soul
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" CLD4506£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Jah RejCarrion BirdPartial Records
- – Carrion Bird
- – John Crow
- 1. – Carrion Bird
- 2. – John Crow
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" PRTL7055£6.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The EthiopiansWhat A FireJ.J.
Two tuff rocksteady tunes from 1968 recorded by J.J. Johnson.
- – What A Fire
- – Gun Man
- 1. – What A Fire
- 2. – Gun Man
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" JJ01A£10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Joe MorganAs It Was WrittenFish Tea
Straight from the master tapes, brilliant next vocal cut to this rhythm licked by Joe Morgan in the mid '70s. Prime cut rhythm from the golden age of roots...
- – As It Was Written
- – As It Was Written (Version)
- 1. – As It Was Written
- 2. – As It Was Written (Version)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" DKR-250£10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Reggae Sticker Sheet #21970s - Count Ossie/Channel One etc
Fantastic Jamaican Reggae/Dancehall Flyer stickers die-cut A4 sheets printed by Jeremy Collingwood. KILLER!
- Sticker Sheet£10.00Expected 30 Nov Notify me when in stock
Sister AudreyEnglish GirlAriwa
Written almost 40 years ago by the legendary Sister Audrey, English Girl was one of the first songs recorded at the "new Ariwa Studios" in Gautrey Road,...
- Sister Audrey – English Girl
- – Version
- Mad Professor – Bengali Dub
- – Version
- 1. Sister Audrey – English Girl
- 2. – Version
- 3. Mad Professor – Bengali Dub
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" ARI 122£11.49Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The EthiopiansRun Them DownJ.J.
Rare rocksteady cut from Leonard Dillon & The Ethiopians with Winston Wright's mighty organ cut on the flip.
- The Ethiopians – Run Them Down
- J.J. Allstars – Remover
- 1. The Ethiopians – Run Them Down
- 2. J.J. Allstars – Remover
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£5.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock