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Kelan Phil Cohran & LegacyAfrican SkiesListening Position
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
Ambush (feat. Tito Puente, The Bronx Horns & Mitch Frohman)Various ArtistsIn The Woods
The Bug vs Ghost DubsImplosionPressure
StargazersStargazersNight Dreamer
Skinshape x HorusAct Like You Know ft. Andy PlattsLewis Recordings
Taylor WilliamsDreaming / What About Me?Colemine
BonoboLazarus (Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack)Sony
Floating PointsLazarus (Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack)Sony
Jamie Lidell & Luke SchneiderA Companion For The Spaces Between Dreams
Jah MinstrelAfrica RootsJmc Records
Los BilltonesAtlantis / Rattlesnake TwistTip-A-Top Records
Tony MontanaCrosses A Follow Me / Oh Jah / Jamaica NiceBay City Music
Junior VibesFed Up A ThemMeshock I
The DiplomatsGoing Along / Don't Want To Let You GoCaltone
Tad HunterHail YahDebtera Records
Paul ElliotImport CorruptionLucky Love Promotions
Dennis BrownMan Next Door / Get AwayJoe Gibbs Music
Marcia CleverMother Less ChildDancehall Tradition
Brother SoundPeace For The Sufferers / Keep It Upfullbrother sound
The SkatanautsRun Come Dance!Tip-A-Top Records
Freddie McKaySo Long Farewell / Live Only For LoveKismet
Musical Power And The Roots VibratorsTribute To Sam OkwarajiKetu Records
Sistah Queen SheebaTricketersDebtera
Freddie McKayWatch Your Step / Dum Dum Song (Please Give Me Love)Kismet
ThunderballWhite Bird Come Down / White Bird Come Down VersionRoot Cellar Sound
Jah MinstrelWicked Shall Not EnterJmc Records
Tunelon IrationWicked Sound / Wicked DubDubstoned Records
Ara KekedjianBourj Hammoud GrooveHabibi Funk
Harvey SutherlandDebtClarity Recordings
Eris DrewDJ KicksK7
Sister Irene O'ConnorFire Of God's LoveFreedom To Spend
Louie VegaLast Night A DJ Saved My Life (Remixes)Nervous
Kamasi WashingtonLazarus (Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack)Sony
Victoria PortBarefoot In The GardenFirst Word
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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 pioneering label that brought authentic, uncut Jamaican music to the world.
Focusing on the label’s formative years and its first 100 album covers, a series of interviews with key figures offer insights into the music, musicians and business practices that established Greensleeves as one of the most influential reggae and dancehall labels of all time.
With rare photographs of artists including Dr Alimantado, Dennis Brown, Sister Nancy, and Yellowman, together with previously unseen archive material and a complete label discography, Greensleeves: The First 100 Covers is an essential addition to the library of the discerning music connoisseur.
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
Freedom Rhythm and Sound Chapter 2 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...
- EARLY BIRD Live Event E-Ticket£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Machito and his Afro Cuban Jazz EnsembleWith Flute To Boot!
- New LP 8435307616937£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
Up the Youth Club : Illuminating a Hidden Historyby Emma Warren
'A timely reminder of what we all truly crave as human beings - connection.' Doc Brown'Warren hows why youth spaces matter - not just for young people,...
- Book (650g) 9780571389216£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
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...
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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
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 Sex (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)by Simone de Beauvoir
Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNESWhen this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage...
- Book (250g)£6.99In 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,...
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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£32.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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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...
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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...
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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...
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James Kaplan3 Shades of Blue : Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans & The Lost Empire of Cool
1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the bestselling jazz album of all time:...
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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 £35.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Winston Matthews / The PurpleitesSun Is Shining / The Pressure Is OnStudio One
Seminal rare roots from 1971 only released on UK Banana label - £400+ for an originalFreshly pressed from original Studio One master tapes! ESSENTIAL
- Winston Matthews – Sun Is Shining
- The Purpleites – The Pressure Is On
- 1. Winston Matthews – Sun Is Shining
- 2. The Purpleites – The Pressure Is On
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- 7" CLD 45-25001£16.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Children Of Gaza | A Mixtape For PalestineBeat Routes
The Children of Gaza Mixtape project responds to the devastating loss of lives in Gaza, especially children. The 90-minute cassette mixtape, pays homage...
- – Excerpt 1
- – Excerpt 2
- – Excerpt 3
- – Excerpt 4
- – Excerpt 5
- – Excerpt 6
- – Excerpt 7
- 1. – Excerpt 1
- 2. – Excerpt 2
- 3. – Excerpt 3
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- Cassette Tape £29.00Package includes:
• A3 Risograph print feat. Mahmoud Darwish's poem "On This Land"
• A4 Risograph print feat. the playlist, Arabic translations, and project credits.
• Stickers designed by MolhemIn stockAdd to Bag
The HeptonesHypocriteStudio 16
Their killer early 70s roots vocal cut for Joe Gibbs with 3 in 1 melody tune on the flip.
- – Hypocrite
- – 3 in 1
- 1. – Hypocrite
- 2. – 3 in 1
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- 7" JGM7025£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Gladstone & DuncanesBegger Round TownStudio 16
Great tune originally released in 1974 on DIP in the U.K. from singer Gladstone Henry with The Mighty Cloud Band.
- Gladstone & Duncanes – Beggar Round Town
- Mighty Cloud Band – Dub A Dub
- 1. Gladstone & Duncanes – Beggar Round Town
- 2. Mighty Cloud Band – Dub A Dub
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- 7" DL5087£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Nat BirchallLet Peace ReignFruits Records
Fruits Records proudly presents ‘Let Peace Reign’, the brand new instrumental single by Nat Birchall and The 18th Parallel.
Hailed by Gilles Peterson...
- Nat Birchall – Let Peace Reign
- The 18th Parallel – Let Dub Reign
- 1. Nat Birchall – Let Peace Reign
- 2. The 18th Parallel – Let Dub Reign
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- 7" FTR070£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Marcus IWax BoxFruits Records
Fruits Records proudly presents ‘Wax Box’, the brand new single by Marcus I and The 18th Parallel.
Spanish roots singer Marcus I is well known among...
- Marcus I – Wax Box
- The 18th Parallel – Dub Box
- 1. Marcus I – Wax Box
- 2. The 18th Parallel – Dub Box
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- 7" FTR069£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Peter & Paul LewisEthiopian LandBlack Art
- – Ethiopian Land
- 1. – Ethiopian Land
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- 7" ART9£11.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Junior MurvinCross OverStudio 16
Wicked drum machine led roots tune from Junior Murvin, recorded with Lee Perry at The Black Ark late 70s with version on the flip. One of three new Studio...
- Junior Murvin – Cross Over
- Upsetters – Cross Over Dub
- 1. Junior Murvin – Cross Over
- 2. Upsetters – Cross Over Dub
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- 7" UPS015£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
Keith RoweLiving My Life ( Dubplate Mixes)Studio 16
First two 10" in new subsidiary label from Studio 16 "Black Art Dubplate Style" both featuring singer Keith Rowe of Keith & Tex fame. Recorded at The...
- – Mix 1
- – Mix 2
- 1. – Mix 1
- 2. – Mix 2
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- 10" BADPS2£14.00In stockAdd to Bag
Keith & TexGroovy Situation (Dubplate Mixes)Studio 16
First two 10" in new subsidiary label from Studio 16 "Black Art Dubplate Style" both featuring singer Keith Rowe of Keith & Tex fame. Recorded at The Black...
- – Mix 1
- – Mix 2
- 1. – Mix 1
- 2. – Mix 2
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- 10" BADPS1£14.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
No Ice Cream SoundWay Out! ft. Matilda BruchNo Ice Cream Sound
Way Out is the latest output from the South West’s No Ice Cream Sound. Stealing the lime light on this release is Matilda Bruch; a vastly talented...
- – Way Out!
- – Way Out! (Alpha Steppa Dub Mix)
- 1. – Way Out!
- 2. – Way Out! (Alpha Steppa Dub Mix)
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- 7" NICS 006£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Don CarlosHog And GoatReal Rock
Niney The Observer produced this classic Don Carlos anthem at Channel One with the Roots Radics in the rhythm section. An absolute gem of 80s production...
- Don Carlos – Hog And Goat
- The Roots Radics – Hog And Goat (Version)
- 1. Don Carlos – Hog And Goat
- 2. The Roots Radics – Hog And Goat (Version)
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- 7" RCK 024£14.00In stockAdd to Bag
Johnny OsbournePurify Your Heart (Jamcan Mix)Hornin' Sounds
Classic mid 70s roots vocal cut from Johnny Osbourne on a great militant roots rock rhythm with dub to match on the flip. Nice pressing from the ever reliable...
- – Purify Your Heart
- – Version
- 1. – Purify Your Heart
- 2. – Version
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- 7" HS-60£16.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Spliffy DanWake UpRockers
Hard to find mid 90s roots tune from Spliffy Dan aka Junior Dan, Sydney Gussine bass player for producer Augustus Pablo. Check dub..
- – Wake Up
- – Reparation Dub
- 1. – Wake Up
- 2. – Reparation Dub
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- 7"£12.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Mark GrusaneThe Witch Is Back (High School Party Promo Mix '1992)Death Is Not The End
"This cassette is a promo mix that we originally sold in high school to promote the parties my friends and I did back then (The Witch Is Back); M.O.A....
- Cassette Tape DEATH113£13.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Sound Dimension / Merlene WebberSing A Simple Song / How Nice It IsStudio One
KILLER reggae funk from The Sound Dimension 1969 - NEVER seen on original copies!
Freshly pressed from original Studio One master tapes! ESSENTIAL
- Sound Dimension – Sing A Simple Song
- Merlene Webber – How Nice It Is
- 1. Sound Dimension – Sing A Simple Song
- 2. Merlene Webber – How Nice It Is
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- 7" CLD 45-2502£16.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
In a quAre Time and PlacePost-Slavery Temporalities, Blaxploitation, and Sun Ra's Afrofuturism Between Intersectionality and Heterogeneity
'In this book Tim Stüttgen considers the paradigm of (post-)slavery as an important epistemological break within predominantely white Gender and Queer...
- Book (600g)£16.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock