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Donna SummerThe Casablanca YearsDriven By Music
Ezra CollectiveHere Because of HopePartisan Records
A Certain RatioThe Joy of SextetMute
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
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
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
RealityDisco PartyMr Bongo
Vince WatsonEminesence - The Mixes (inc. Osunlade & Atjazz remixes)Everysoul Audio
Rumble in the JungleFeat. General Levy, M Beat, Barrington Levy, Beenie Man, Ragga Twins, Cutty Ranks, Shut Up and Dance & more!20th Anniversary EditionSoul Jazz Records
Del the Funky HomosapienFuture DevelopmentRhymesayers Entertainment
Soul Element aka Stacy KiddHow Bad I Want Ya feat Peven EverettDaybreakers
Aaron FrazerIt's a Shame / The FoolColemine Records
Mood II Swing / Jovonn / Roy Davis Jr. / OsuladeKing Street Sounds Sampler Vol. 7King Street Sounds
Lekan AnimashaunLow Profile (Not For The Blacks)Strut Records
- 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
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
Emanuele CocciaMetamorphoses
We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing...
- Book (350g)£15.99In 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
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
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
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
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
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£15.00Expected 31 Jul Notify me when in stock
Roland Downer & Count Ossie, Lennie HibbertEthiopian Kingdom / Ethiopian Kingdom Alternative TakeDub Store
Two alternative nyahbingi takes of this killer late 60s rocksteady recording featuring Roland Downer, Lennie Hibbert & master drummer Count Ossie.
- – Ethiopian Kingdom
- – Ethiopian Kingdom (Alternative Take)
- 1. – Ethiopian Kingdom
- 2. – Ethiopian Kingdom (Alternative Take)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" DSR-SP7-09£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
CoversRetracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London
Superb deluxe hardback book.
"Covers: Retracing Reggae Record Sleeves in London" is a project by photographer Alex Bartsch documenting reggae album covers...
- Book (850g) 9780956777386£25.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Dread, Beat and Bloodby Linton Kwesi JohnsonBogle-L'Ouverture Publications
Seminal Independently published collection of poetry from Linton Kwesi Johnson- First edition 1975 paperback, children on front cover
Secondhand original...
- Original Book (200g)£40.00First pressing (1975). Rare. Secondhand out of print small book in good condition, some ageing.
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!Sold out Notify me when in stock
Tyrone TaylorThis World Was MineTreasure Isle
Killer rocksteady version of the Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 1967 soul classic with The Supersonics wicked upbeat instrumental on the flip.
- Tyrone Taylor – This World Was Mine
- The Supersonics – Baba Explosion
- 1. Tyrone Taylor – This World Was Mine
- 2. The Supersonics – Baba Explosion
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" D01£9.00In stockAdd to Bag
Yellowman & FatheadDivorced! (For Your Eyes Only) (1983)Burning Sounds
Can't believe these two got divorced.Original UK Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG (spine wear at bottom)100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of...
- Original LP BS 1055£15.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Blood Posse (1994)by Phillip Baker
Yardie stylee! Similar vein to Victor Headley - nice!
'This book follows the life of Danny, a young Jamaican growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s. At the...
- Original Book (300g)£8.00Secondhand out of print paperbackIn stockAdd to Bag
Original Silk Screen PrintLee Perry (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
The SkatalitesSilver Dollar / ApangaArchive Recordings
Two mid 60s classic ska tunes from The Skatalites recorded for Duke Reid and featuring Tommy McCook, Don Drummond & Co. Excellent sound quality on these...
- – Silver Dollar
- – Apanga
- 1. – Silver Dollar
- 2. – Apanga
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" AR7035£11.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Virgin Front Line PresentsReggae Discomixes (24 Killer Extended Mixes)Virgin
24 killer extended mixes from some of reggae's greatest talents- with a dozen tracks new to CD.
- 2×CD SPECXX2112£10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Steelbands & ReggaeBy Pail FarmerLongman (1981/88)
- Original Book (200g)£15.00Sold out 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