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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
GILLES PETERSON and STUART BAKER (SOUL JAZZ RECORDS)FREEDOM, RHYTHM AND SOUND Chapter 2: Journeys To Enlightenment BOOKRevolutionary Jazz Original Cover ArtSoul Jazz Records
Brian JacksonEP One (inc. Masters At Work mixes)BBE
Avril AHousewife SuperstarMemory Dance
Yazmin LaceyTeal DreamsAMF Records
Charles Stepney feat. Kitty HaywoodYou Make Me HighMirror Ball Recordings
Greg Foat6 Days In LeysinAmeritz Music
Punk: The Last WordBy Chris Sullivan and Stephen Colegrave
Balimaya Project meets Disco Pacifico AllstarsCalimaJazz Re:freshed
StarsDancin' PeopleBackatcha
Da LataEdge Of BlueDe La Music
Matt WildeFind A WayHello World
AuraFreex (Fre'ak) / Sunshine LoveBackatcha
The Freex MachineFreex Funkatized / Freex PartyBackatcha
Portia CareyI Wanna Thank You (Special Mix)Backatcha
Adam's AppleLa Inflacion De OfeliaMatasuna
Michael GarrickLate Autumn SunshineMy Only Desire
HIA & BiospherePolar Sequences (Remastered)Biophon Records
Lorenzo Morresi / TenderloniousScoglio Rosso / Chiaia Di LunaTerrasolare
Fela KutiThe Best Of The Black PresidentKnitting Factory Records
Chain ReactionYou Gave Me The Reason / Let's Be LoversBackatcha
Aphex TwinClassicsR&S Records
Carlton JacksonHistory (Dubplate Mixes)Studio 16
George FaithI've Got The Groove (Dubplate Mixes)Studio 16
MoodymannBlack Mahogani IIPeacefrog
Tha Dogg PoundDogg FoodDRR/gamma.
Soul JamaicaFeaturing Alton Ellis, Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, Sound Dimension and more!Soul Jazz Records
Sound Dimension / Merlene WebberSing A Simple Song / How Nice It IsStudio One
Snoop Doggy DoggTha DoggfatherDRR/gamma.
No One's Listening AnywayUK DIY Post Punk & Dubs 1978-1984 (Volume 2)Caroline True Records
µ-Ziq1979Balmat
- 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
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...
- Book (900g)£30.00 £25.00Expected 30 NovPreorder
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.
New edition includes...
- Book (1.5kg) 9780956777393£40.00 £35.00In 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£35.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Original Book (200g)£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out of Print paperback copy in good conditionIn 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...
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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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Wayne GorbeaCogele el Gusto
- Original CD£3.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn 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
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (350g) 9780241696453£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Salsa Y Ache
- Original CD£4.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
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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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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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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Japan : A Culinary Travel Diaryby Clemence Leleu
This gastronomic journey through Japan blends cultural touchpoints and authentic recipes to chronicle the myriad flavors, ingredients, and traditions that...
- Book (1.6kg) 9783791393001£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
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....
- Book (700g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
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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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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Jason OkundayeRevolutionary Acts
In this landmark work, Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage, charisma and good humour,...
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The Black Power Mixtape : 1967-1975
Featuring images recently discovered in the archives of Swedish television, The Black Power Mixtape shows the Black Power movement as never seen before....
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Karl Marx, Friedrich EngelsThe Communist Manifesto
'The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.'Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working classes - one of the most important and...
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Daft PunkWe Were The Robots: A Disco Pogo Tribute
Featuring a new foreword by David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as Soulwax and 2manydjs.
Daft Punk featured often in the formative years of Jockey...
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Woman Life Freedom
Jina Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of Iran’s Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to...
- Book (550g)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Rikosan All StarsEvoluciones Del Son
- Original CD£4.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great 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)
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- 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£15.00Expected 31 Jul 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 31 Jul 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 31 Jul 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
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- 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
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- 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
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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
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- 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
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- 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)
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- 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
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- 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
Freddie McGregor / Dub SpecialistBobby Bobylon / Hi Fashion DubSoul Jazz Records
Stone-cold classic Studio One on limited-edition brand new 7" - loud, clean, boom!Classic party tune + wicked dub
- Freddie McGregor – Bobby Bobylon
- Dub Specialist – Hi Fashion Dub
- 1. Freddie McGregor – Bobby Bobylon
- 2. Dub Specialist – Hi Fashion Dub
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- 7" SJR384-7£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Lament For Rastafari and Other Playsby Edgar WhiteMarion Boyars
Lament for Rastafari is part-ritual, part-panoramic vision of black/white relations within the confines of Rastafarian consciousness. It begins in the...
- Original Book (300g) 9780714527567£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Reggae Sticker Sheet #11980s/90s Dancehall
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
BenjamminSons & Daughters ShowcaseA-Lone Productions
Killer debut vocal roots album from Benjammin, produced by top Spanish producer Roberto Sanchez at his Lone Ark Musik Studio. A side is vocal then followed...
- – Be Yourself
- – Sons & Daughters
- – Each One Teach One
- – Let The Rain Fall
- – Everywhere Festival
- – Mother Earth
- – Be Yourself Dub
- – Each One Teach One Dub
- – Everywhere Festival Dub
- 1. – Be Yourself
- 2. – Sons & Daughters
- 3. – Each One Teach One
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP ARKLP-005£18.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The KilomattsReal Cool OperatorJ.J.
Two wicked early reggae Boss tunes from the late 60s,
- – Real Cool Operator
- – Slot Machine
- 1. – Real Cool Operator
- 2. – Slot Machine
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- 7" JJ01£10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock