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Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonBump Talkin’ (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonFeel The Music (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
KNEECAPFENIANHeavenly Recordings
Fred JacksonHootin’ ‘N Tootin’Blue Note
Nightmares On Wax vs Adrian SherwoodIn A Space Outta DubWarp Records
Nightmares On WaxIn A Space Outta Sound [20th Anniversary Edition]Warp Records
Larry YoungMother ShipBlue Note
John Lee HookerThat’s My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings the BluesConcord
Fight The Fire: Digital Reggae, Conscious Roots and Dub in Nigeria 1986-91Various ArtistsSoundway Records
Stan Getz & Luiz BonfáJazz Samba Encore!Verve
Ryuichi SakamotoOPUSSony
Frank SinatraSongs for Swingin’ Lovers!Blue Note
Black Jazz RecordsThe Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971-75Soul Jazz Records
Doug CarnThe Best Of Doug CarnSoul Jazz Records
Astrud GilbertoThe Shadow Of Your SmileVerve
YeBULLYgamma.
Pharoah SandersElevationVerve
Mark RonsonLate Night FeelingsSony
Gabor SzaboSpellbinderVerve
Eddie PalmieriVamonos Pa'l MonteConcord
The ProdigyFirestarter [x30 Vinyl Edition]XL Recordings
John ColtraneThe Best Of John ColtraneConcord
Ranking BarnabasThe Cold CrusherJAMDUNG
Flying LotusBIG MAMABrainfeeder
Neil YoungGreatest HitsReprise Records
ShabakaOf The EarthShabaka Records
Barbara MooreBright & ShiningBe With Records
Charles StepneyEternal Journey - The Arrangements And Productions Of Charles StepneyVarious ArtistsBGP
Pan Afrikan People's ArkestraLive At Widney High December 26th, 1971The Village
Bill CallahanMy Days Of 58Drag City
Jon LucienSearch For the Inner SelfKent
The GladiatorsBongo Red / VersionSoul Jazz Records
George MichaelFaithSony
- 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
O.C. PF CuttinOpium
After decades in the game, it's safe to say that legendary D.I.T.C member O.C. along side east NY dj & producer Pf Cuttin have always been constant at...
- – Sit Yourself Down
- – Moonshine
- – Beneath The Planet Apes
- – 88
- – Easy Work
- – Get In Line
- – Higher Learning
- – O.P.M featuring The Real Shakar
- – Searching
- 1. – Sit Yourself Down
- 2. – Moonshine
- 3. – Beneath The Planet Apes
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP RRC098£28.99In 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
Kae TempestDivisible by itself and one
Divisible by Itself and One is the powerful new collection from our foremost truth-teller Kae Tempest. Ruminative, wise, with a newer, more contemplative...
- Book (200g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
BOOK! Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
We got some more!
BOMB REGGAE BOOK!!
Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing...
- Book (500g)£28.00In 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
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)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Machito and his Afro Cuban Jazz EnsembleWith Flute To Boot!
- New LP 8435307616937£18.99In 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)£42.99 £15.00In 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
Beneath the UnderdogBy Chalrles Mingus
Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In 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)£38.95In 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
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...
- 2×LP HVNLP237£32.99In stockAdd to Bag
- 2×CD HVNLP237CD£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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
Salsa Y Ache
- Original CD£4.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Alice Coltrane - Monument Eternal (DELUXE HARDBACK)By Ann Philbin, Franya J. Berkman
Rashid Johnson, Cauleen Smith and others pay tribute to a truly extraordinary figure in 20th-century American jazz. This volume unpacks the cultural legacy...
- Book (1.3kg)£50.00In 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,...
- Book (350g) 9780141996479£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (450g)£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (600g) 9781474621472£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
- Book (1.1kg) 9780300266573£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (600g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- Book (600g)£12.99In 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
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
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
Black Man's Pride 2 (Studio One)Soul Jazz Records
This is the second installment of deep roots Rastafarian reggae at Studio One and features classic music from some of the most important figures in reggae...
- Horace Andy – Illiteracy
- The Heptones – Be A Man
- The Manchesters – Natty Gone
- The Gladiators – Down Town Rebel
- Willie Williams – Calling
- Roland Alphonso & Brentford All Stars – Sir D Special
- Keith Wilson – God I God I Say
- Alton Ellis – Almost Anything
- Bobby Kalphat & The New Establishment – Adis A Wa Wa
- Peter Broggs – Sing A New Song
- Mystic Revelations Of Rastafari – Let Freedom Reign
- Larry & Alvin – Free I Lord
- Ernest Wilson & The Sound Dimension – Freedom Fighter
- Jackie Mittoo – Happy People
- Prince Lincoln – Daughters Of Zion
- High Charles – Zion
- Winston Jarrett – Love Jah Jah
- 1. Horace Andy – Illiteracy
- 2. The Heptones – Be A Man
- 3. The Manchesters – Natty Gone
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2xLP + Download Code SJRLP414£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD SJRCD414£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD414£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Junior MurvinPolice & ThievesJustice League
Stone cold reggae classic, the sound of the streets in Jamaica & England 40 odd years ago..
- Junior Murvin – Police & Thieves
- The Upsetters – Police & Thieves Version
- 1. Junior Murvin – Police & Thieves
- 2. The Upsetters – Police & Thieves Version
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" CD051£10.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The SensationsYou Won't Get Far By WishingTreasure Isle
Two rare rocksteady tunes from the vaults of Treasure Isle featuring vocal group The Sensations & Phyllis Dillon.
- The Sensations – You Won't Get Far By Wishing
- Phyllis Dillion – Things Of The Past
- 1. The Sensations – You Won't Get Far By Wishing
- 2. Phyllis Dillion – Things Of The Past
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" D02£9.00In stockAdd to Bag
ImperialsBlack Is SoulSpade
"Black Is Soul" originally released in JA on a small run blank label 7", then released in the UK on Pama's Bullet outlet. Flip side is a reggae remake...
- Imperials – Black Is Soul
- Al Senior Pone – Hold My Hand
- 1. Imperials – Black Is Soul
- 2. Al Senior Pone – Hold My Hand
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Desmond Dekker & The AcesAction!Beverley's Records
1968 Boss Sounds from Desmond Dekker and The Aces, produced by Leslie Kong for his label Beverley's records. Includes the big hit 007, Fu Manchu, Unity,...
- LP LP 003£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Shaggy: Dogamuffin Styleby Micah LocilentoECW Press
- Original Book (300g)£15.00Out of print Secondhand paperback copy in good conditionSold out Notify me when in stock
Original Silk Screen PrintBob Marley (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
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 paperbackSold out Notify me when in stock
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