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José MauroA Viagem Das HoraFar Out Recordings
Shamek Farrah And FolksLa Dee La LaJazz Room Records
Cold WaveSoul Jazz Records
Sons Of KemetBlack To The FutureImpulse!
Michel MagneLe Monocle Rit JauneJazz Room Records
Tony AllenThere Is No End (Indies only Edition)Blue Note
Rockers BookThe Making of Reggae’s Most Iconic FilmTheodoros (Ted) Bafaloukos, Seb Carayol, Cherry Kaoru Hulsey, Eugenie BafaloukosGingko
Ultramagnetic MC'sCritical Beatdown (Expanded Edition)Music On Vinyl
Trees SpeakPostHumanSoul Jazz Records
Khan JamalInfinityJazz Room Records
Medical Grade MusicSteve Davis and Kavus Torabi
Benji B presents: Deviation ClassicsVarious ArtistsDeviation
Craven FaultsErratics & UnconformitiesLeaf
Roy Davis Jr. & Peven EverettGabriel (Limited White Vinyl Edition)Large Records
Tina BrooksThe Waiting Game (Tone Poet Edition)Blue Note
Steve ReidNova (1976)Soul Jazz Records
TenderloniousTek-88Dennis Ayler Music
Amanda WhitingAfter DarkJazzman
Marc MacJA-MAYE-KAOmniverse Records
Whatitdo Archive GroupThe Black Stone AffairRecord Kicks
The Boys From Nairobi: Benga & Rumba from 1980s KenyaVarious ArtistsNo Wahala Sounds
Caoilfhionn RoseTrulyGondwana Records
The RevolutionariesAddis Ababa VersionArchive Recordings
Willi WilliamsFreedom Time / Armagideon TimeSoul Sounds
The SkatalitesFugitive DubArchive Recordings
Earth & StoneGive MeArchive Recordings
Holy HiveI Don't Envy Yesterdays / Color It EasyBig Crown Records
WitchIn The Past (Limited Green Vinyl Edition)Now-Again Records
Beverly Glenn-CopelandKeyboard FantasiesTransgressive
Jordan RakeiLate Night TalesLate Night Tales
Hughie IzachaarLittle TreeRaspect Muzik
FKJ & Tom MischLosing My WayFKJ
Raf RundellO.M. DaysHeavenly Recordings
Jahari Massamba Unit (MADLIB!)Pardon My FrenchMadlib Invazion
The VersatilesStronger StrongSoul Sounds
Satin FinishTook A Chance On Love / Don't Wanna Lose Your LoveFantasy Love Records
Vivian JonesBank RobberyRoots Vibration
Tobias Bernstrup27Dark Entries
Peder MannerfeltAnd The Band Played OnVoam
Roger WebbAu Pair Girls (Original Unreleased Soundtrack)Trunk Records
CV VisionElementePatience
Equiknoxx and Feel Free Hi FiEquiknoxx meets Feel Free Hi FiDigital Sting
TacumahFear Culture ShowcaseA-Lone Ark Productions
Marcia GriffithsFeel Like JumpingSoul Jazz Records
Gary Bartz, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed MuhammadJazz Is Dead 006Jazz Is Dead
Proc FiskalLothian Buses EPHyperdub
David FendahMore DifferencesBass Lee Music
OutlinesVarious ArtistsANMA Records / Cognitiva Records
A.R.T WilsonOverworld Numero
Feel Free Hi Fi feat. Eddie Hill and Manic TimesProphet NoirDigital Sting
- LP (180 gram) MOVLP1465£22.99In stockAdd to Bag
- CD 1782974£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
- 1. Dancing Girl
- 2. What Color Is Love
- 3. You Goin To Miss Your Candyman
- 4. Just As Long As Were In Love
- 5. Ho Tsing Mee A Song Of Teh Sun
- 6. Id Rather Be With You
- 7. You Dont Care
Definitive collaboration between Terry Callier and Charles Stepney for Cadet. Features "Dancing Girl" and "You Goin Miss Your Candyman"
Terry CallierFire On Ice (1978)Elektra
Top TC album from 78
- New Audiophile LP (180 GRAM)£17.99In stockAdd to Bag
- Original LP£20.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original USA Vinyl
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back! - CD£7.99
Terry CallierOccasional Rain (1972)MCA
Classic Charles Stepney production! Part of the trilogy of classic Charles Stepney-produced Terry Callier albums that includes "What Colour is Love" and...
- CD£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jack McDuffThe Heatin' System (1972)Cadet
This record is KILLER. Very rare, hardcore funk jazz!!
- Original 2×LP£65.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Orig USA 2x vinyl thich gatefold sleeve vinyl. Small cutoutIn stockAdd to Bag
- 2×LP£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
The DellsShow Me / There IsCadet
Classy doublesider!
- The Dells – Show Me
- 1. Show Me
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
The DellsBelieve Me/ Oh What A Night (1969)Cadet
Wicked stormin' 60s Soul tune
Arr by Charles Stepney.
MINT UNPLAYED ORIG 45
- The Dells – Believe Me
- 1. Believe Me
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
The DellsI Want My MommaCadet
Funky Dells!
- The Dells – I Want My Momma
- 1. I Want My Momma
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dorothy AshbyDorothy's Harp (1969)Cadet
One of Dorothy Ashby's hardest records to find! Classic 1969 release produced by the legendary Richard Evans for Chess Records. Nice Brazilian cuts such...
- New LP (180g)£22.99In stockAdd to Bag
Ray BryantQuizas, Quizas, Quizas/After Hours (1969)Cadet
Groovy Jazz instrumental produced by the great Richard Evans
Original Chess Records unplayed USA 45
- Ray Bryant – Quizas, Quizas, Quizas
- 1. Quizas, Quizas, Quizas
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Chess Records unplayed USA 45In stockAdd to Bag
Soulful StringsListen Here (1968)Cadet
Funky Richard Evans production! Mint unplayed USA 45 original.
- Soulful Strings – Listen Here
- 1. Listen Here
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Shades Of BrownHo Hum World / Little Girl (1969)Cadet
Charles Stepney production
- Shades Of Brown – Ho Hum World
- 1. Ho Hum World
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed Original USA 45In stockAdd to Bag
The Ramsey Lewis Trio Hang On Ramsey! (1965)Cadet
Ramsey, Eldee Young and Red Holt in the zone on this mid-sixties Cadet album.
- Original LP£9.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = Original USA Vinyl
100% Guarantee on all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!In stockAdd to Bag
Kenny BurrellOde To 52nd Street (1967)Cadet
Wicked album produced by Richard Evans! Recorded at Chess Records, 1967!
- Kenny Burrell – Soulero
- Original LP£15.00Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: VG+Clean vinyl but has some background noiseIn stockAdd to Bag
Ramsey LewisWade In The Water (1966)Cadet
Killer album arranged and conducted by Richard Evans
- Original LP£12.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original =USA Vinyl
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!In stockAdd to Bag
The Ramsey Lewis TrioAnother Voyage (1969)Cadet
Amazing, super-funky album supervised by Charles Stepney with the classic trio line-up of bassist Cleveland Eaton and EWF's Maurice White on drums! Includes...
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – If You've Got It, Flaunt It (Part 1)
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Do What You Wanna
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Bold And Black
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Uhuru
- 1. If You've Got It, Flaunt It (Part 1)
- View full info and tracklisting
- New LP £16.00In stockAdd to Bag
The DellsHallways Of My Mind (1969)Cadet
Quality soul! Arranged by the great Charles Stepney, Chess Records (1969)
Mint unplayed original USA 45
- The Dells – Hallways Of My Mind
- 1. Hallways Of My Mind
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
The DellsHallelujah Baby / I Can Sing A Rainbow (1969)Cadet
Two Rotary Connection-esque.
Cadet arranged by Charles Stepney.
Mint Orig USA 45
- The Dells – Hallelujah Baby
- The Dells – I Can Sing A Rainbow
- 1. Hallelujah Baby
- 2. I Can Sing A Rainbow
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Rotary ConnectionHey LoveCadet
BACK IN PRINT - LONG OUT!Essential psychedelic soul/rock Rotary Connection album featuring the legendary "I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun", "Love Has Fallen...
- Rotary Connection – I Am The Blackgold Of The Sun
- 3. I Am The Blackgold Of The Sun
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
Rotary ConnectionSongs / Hey LoveCadet
Essential psychedelic soul/rock! Loads of classic tracks here including Respect, I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun, The Weight, Sunshine Of Your Love, Love...
- Rotary Connection – Respect
- Rotary Connection – I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun
- Rotary Connection – Love Has Fallen On Me
- 1. Respect
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£11.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sault5Forever Living Originals
From out of nowhere, UK group Sault drop their album debut on Forever Living Originals (home to Little Simz and Kid Sister), channeling post-punk, primal...
- Sault – Up All Night
- Sault – Foot On Necks
- Sault – Why Why Why Why Why
- Sault – Something’s In The Air
- Sault – We Are The Sun
- 1. Up All Night
- 3. Foot On Necks
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP£22.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Ramsey Lewis TrioAnother Voyage (1969)Cadet
Amazing, super-funky album supervised by Charles Stepney with the classic trio line-up of bassist Cleveland Eaton and EWF's Maurice White on drums! Includes...
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – If You've Got It, Flaunt It (Part 1)
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Do What You Wanna
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Bold And Black
- The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Uhuru
- 1. If You've Got It, Flaunt It (Part 1)
- View full info and tracklisting
- New LP £16.00In stockAdd to Bag
Chocolate MilkAction Speaks Louder Than WordsRCA
Essential rare groove masterpiece!
- Reissue LP£16.00
- CD£10.99
Dorothy AshbyAfro-Harping (1968)Cadet
Definitive deep funky album from harpist Dorothy Ashby. Excellent late 60's soulful jazz harp recorded for Chess with arrangements by Richard Evans and...
- Dorothy Ashby – Soul Vibrations
- Dorothy Ashby – Come Live With Me
- 1. Soul Vibrations
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP£14.99
Donald ByrdBlack Byrd (1973)Blue Note
Written and produced by Larry Mizell, their first collaboration!
- Donald Byrd – Flight Time
- 1. Flight Time
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP£16.00
Lonnie SmithMove Your Hand (1969)Blue Note
Oh man, this is so heavy. The super-deep 'Move Your Hand' along with twisted vocals and hypnotic, incessant rhythm is one of the heaviest sounds of all...
- Lonnie Smith – Move Your Hand
- 3. Move Your Hand
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
Sun RaLanquidityPhilly Jazz
The best Sun Ra album! Super-deep, funky odd-ball jazz with spooky whispered vocals! Cult classic deep experimental jazz with an outer-space alien groove!...
- Reissue LP£16.00
Roy Ayers UbiquityRed, Black & Green (1976)Polydor
Classic Roy Ayers album featuring deep jazz legend Harry Whitaker on keyboards alongside Strata East musicians Charles Tolliver and Sonny Fortune! Funky...
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Henceforth
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Red, Black, & Green
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Cocoa Butter
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Rhythms of Your Mind
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Papa Was a Rolling Stone
- 2. Henceforth
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP£13.99
Four Below ZeroE.S.P.Soul Jazz Records
NEW SUPER LTD. first edition of 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe.ABSOLUTELY SEMINAL SOUL DISCO RARITY...
- Four Below Zero – E.S.P. (Part 1)
- Four Below Zero – E.S.P. (Part 2)
- 1. E.S.P. (Part 1)
- 2. E.S.P. (Part 2)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£9.99
Idris MuhammadPower Of Soul (1974)CTI
MASSIVE! With "Loran's Dance". KILLER CTI jazz/funk bomb from Idris Muhammad with hip-hop samples galore! EPIC.
- Idris Muhammad – Loran's Dance
- New LP (Coloured Vinyl)£21.99In stockAdd to Bag
The BeesShe's A Witch (Tikoloshi)Afrosynth
Little-known trio, The Bees' 1988 album 'She’s A Witch (Tikoloshi)' features six dancefloor-ready, distinctively South African tracks that show how the...
- The Bees – She's A Witch (Tikoloshi)
- The Bees – Hlabalaza
- The Bees – Mjondolo (Bus House)
- The Bees – Bantshi
- The Bees – Ditenteng Jive
- The Bees – Mathatha
- 1. She's A Witch (Tikoloshi)
- 2. Hlabalaza
- 3. Mjondolo (Bus House)
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP£11.99
Lonnie SmithWhen The Night Is Right! (1980)Chiaroscuro Records
Released in 1980, heavyweight fusion and funk on the tiny Chiascuro label (same label as James Mason's Rhythm of Life)
- Lonnie Smith – Lean Meat
- 3. Lean Meat
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP£11.99
Yusef LateefThe Blue Yusef LateefAtlantic (1968)
Wicked deep jazz from Yusef Lateef on a bluesey tip
- LP (180 gram)£21.99In stockAdd to Bag
- CD£9.99
Gloria Ann TaylorLove Is A Hurtin' Thing b/w Brother Less Than A ManLuv N Haight
Originally released on Gloria and her husband Walter Whisenhunt's label Selector Sound as a 7" single, "Love Is A Hurtin' Thing" features her soaring vocals...
- Gloria Ann Taylor – Love Is A Hurtin' Thing (7")
- Gloria Ann Taylor – Brother Less Than A Man
- 1. Love Is A Hurtin' Thing (7")
- 2. Brother Less Than A Man
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£8.99
Mulatu AstatkeMulatu Of EthiopiaWorthy Records
This is perhaps the best album from cult Ethiopian deep jazz hero Mulatu Astake
This highly sought-after rarity is probably the best African deep...
- Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu
- Mulatu Astatke – Dewel
- Mulatu Astatke – Kulunmanquel
- Mulatu Astatke – Kasalekut-hulu
- 1. Mulatu
- 3. Dewel
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP£14.99
MabutaWelcome To This World (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)Afrosynth
From the burgeoning jazz scene in South Africa, Mabuta release their vital, jazz debut via Afrosynth! Featuring Shabaka Hutchings on tenor saxaphone!
- Mabuta – Welcome To This World
- Mabuta – Bamako Love Song (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
- Mabuta – Fences (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
- Mabuta – Beneath The Waves
- Mabuta – Log Out Shut Down (feat. Buddy Wells)
- Mabuta – Tafattala (feat. Reza Khota)
- Mabuta – The Tunnel
- Mabuta – As We Drift Away
- 1. Welcome To This World
- 2. Bamako Love Song (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
- 3. Fences (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP£16.99
Weather ReportSweetnighter (1973)Columbia
For any of you who don't know this album, it is one of the heaviest fusion albums ever - mixing jazz, funk and what sounds like jungle (20 years before...
- Weather Report – 125th street congress
- New LP (180g)£21.99
- CD£7.99
Soul of A Nation: Afro-Centric Visions in the Age of Black PowerUnderground Jazz, Street Funk & The Roots of Rap 1964-79Soul Jazz Records
This album coincides with the massive new exhibition Soul of A Nation - Art in the Age of Black Power at Tate Modern, London.
Watch Channel 4 news piece...
- Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- Mandingo Griot Society with Don Cherry – Sounds From The Bush
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Red, Black and Green
- Philip Cohran and The Artistic Heritage Ensemble – Malcolm X
- Sarah Webster Fabio – Sweet Songs
- Phil Ranelin – Vibes From The Tribe
- Horace Tapscott with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra – Desert Fairy Princess
- David McKnight – Strong Men
- Joe Henderson – Black Narcissus
- Oneness Of Juju – African Rhythms
- Doug Carn – Suratal Ihklas
- Duke Edwards and The Young Ones – Is It Too Late ?
- Carlos Garnett – Mother Of The Future
- 1. Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
- 2. Mandingo Griot Society with Don Cherry – Sounds From The Bush
- 3. Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Red, Black and Green
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2xLP + Download Code£23.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Gladys Knight & The PipsLove Is Always on Your Mind / Bourgie BourgieBuddah
Official reissue of this rare, disco 12" from Gladys Knight & The Pips. Arguably the greatest disco record ever made (some of us here would be inclined...
- Gladys Knight & The Pips – Love Is Always on Your Mind
- Gladys Knight & The Pips – Bourgie Bourgie
- 1. Love Is Always on Your Mind
- 2. Bourgie Bourgie
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12"£8.99
Rotary ConnectionHey LoveCadet
BACK IN PRINT - LONG OUT!Essential psychedelic soul/rock Rotary Connection album featuring the legendary "I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun", "Love Has Fallen...
- Rotary Connection – I Am The Blackgold Of The Sun
- 3. I Am The Blackgold Of The Sun
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP£16.00In stockAdd to Bag
A Day in the Life: Impressions of Pepper (feat. Makaya McCraven and Shabaka & The Ancestors)Various ArtistsImpulse!
The jazz new-wave cover the classics from The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' all reimagined under the 'A Day in the Life: Impressions...
- Antonio Sanchez – Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Mary Halvorson – With A Little Help From My Friends
- Makaya McCraven – Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- Wildflower – Getting Better
- Cameron Graves – Fixing A Hole
- Keyon Harrold – She's Leaving Home
- Brandee Younger – Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
- Onyx Collective – Within You Without You
- Sullivan Fortner – When I'm Sixty-Four
- Miles Mosley – Lovely Rita
- Shabaka & The Ancestors – Good Morning Good Morning
- Antonio Sanchez – Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
- The Ju Ju Exchange – A Day In The Life
- 1. Antonio Sanchez – Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- 2. Mary Halvorson – With A Little Help From My Friends
- 3. Makaya McCraven – Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP£24.99
Andrew HillGrass Roots (1968)Blue Note
Andrew Hill's best album, very highy recommended!
- Andrew Hill – Mira
- 3. Mira
- View full info and tracklisting
- Reissue LP£16.00
Dorothy AshbyDorothy's Harp (1969)Cadet
One of Dorothy Ashby's hardest records to find! Classic 1969 release produced by the legendary Richard Evans for Chess Records. Nice Brazilian cuts such...
- New LP (180g)£22.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sault7Forever Living Originals
Without pausing for breath and hot on the heels of their stunning debut '5', the elusive Sault return with their second full length album '7'. Back with...
- Sault – Over
- Sault – No Bullshit
- Sault – Feel so Good
- 1. Over
- 2. No Bullshit
- 3. Feel so Good
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP£22.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Weldon IrvineLiberated Brother (1972)Nodlew Music
Words cannot describe the beauty of Weldon Irvine's music. 'Liberated Brother' (later covered by Horace Silver) is one of two seminal albums released on...
- Reissue LP£16.00In stockAdd to Bag