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SadeLove DeluxeSony
SadeLovers RockSony Music
Pat MethenyMoonDialModern Recordings
DJ QuikRhythm-al-ismBe With Records
Night Train: Transcontinental Landscapes 1968 – 2019Various ArtistsTwo-Piers
Sam MortonDaffodils & DirtXL Recordings
Will Gregory Moog EnsembleHeat Ray: The Archimedes ProjectMute
David BowieRock ‘n’ Roll Star! (Half-Speed Master)Parlophone
Ike & Tina Turner'Nuff SaidMusic On Vinyl
Arthur Baker presentsBreaker's RevengeOriginal B-Boy and B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1975-84Soul Jazz Records
Kenny Dorham & Jackie McLeanInta Somethin’ (Tone Poet)Decca (UMO) / Blue Note
Banda Black RioSaci Perere (1980)Music On Vinyl
Doug WatkinsWatkins At Large (Tone Poet)Decca (UMO) / Blue Note
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland & Bill FrisellAngel SongECM
Amon TobinPermutation (25 Year Anniversary)Ninja Tune
Paul Weller66Polydor
Sugar MinottBitter SweetMusic On Vinyl
Lonnie SmithFunk ReactionMr Bongo
Danger Mouse & JeminiGhetto Pop LifeLex Records
Billie EilishHit Me Hard And SoftInterscope
Beth GibbonsLives OutgrownDomino Records
CymandePromised HeightsPartisan Records
GabrielleA Place In Your HeartBMG Rights Management
Kings of LeonCan We Please Have FunCaptiol US
Ghana Special 2Various ArtistsSoundway
Kenny BurrellGuitar Forms (Acoustic Sounds)Decca (UMO) / Jazz / Verve
In The Beginning There Was Rhythm(Feat. ACR, Cabaret Voltaire, The Pop Group, Gang of Four, etc)Soul Jazz Records
Let's Do Rock Steady (The Soul of Jamaica)Various ArtistsTrojan Records
Jordan RakeiThe LoopDecca
Group ListeningWalksPRAH Recordings
Goma LacaCala Boca MeninoJazz Room Records
Fontaines DC / Massive Attack / Young FathersCeasefireBattle Box
Eccentric Soul: The Tammy LabelVarious ArtistsNumero Group
Kamasi WashingtonFearless MovementYoung
Kleenex / LiliputFirst SongsKill Rock Stars
- Original Book (500g) 9781787601178£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
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People Funny BoyThe Genius Of Lee Scratch PerryOmnibus Press
Arguably the most influential force in Jamaican music, Lee Perry brought Bob Marley to international stardom and has since collaborated with artists such...
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- Original Book (500g)£15.00Original paperback in good condition (different earlier sleeve)
The Death Of Rhythm & BluesBy Nelson GeorgeOmnibus Press
- Original Book (600g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Catch A FireThe Life Of Bob MarleyOmnibus Press
- Original Book (900g)£8.00s/hand out of print paperback bookIn stockAdd to Bag
The Life Of James BrownBy Geoff BrownOmnibus Press
This book is the definitive biography of James Brown, an extraordinary and controversial superstar, that encompasses his entire life until his death on...
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Talking 'Bout Your MamaThe Dozens, Snaps, And The Deep Roots Of RapOxford University Press
Import USA Paperback edition book
From Two Live Crew's controversial comedy to Ice Cube's gangsta styling and the battle rhymes of a streetcorner cypher,...
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Divine HorsemenThe Living Gods Of Haiti by Maya DerenDocumentext
First published in 1953, Maya Deren's famous account of the Haitian deities, practitioners and rituals of Voudoun was written with the special insight...
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Highlife GiantsWest African Dance Band PioneersCassava Republic Press
As West Africa's oldest form of popular music, Highlife was the soundtrack of the independence era and its influence still resonates widely today. Highlife...
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Jazz PeopleBy Valerie WilmerAllison and Busby
Fantastic. Deep jazz all the way. w/ Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, Monk, Randy Weston and more.
- Original Book (350g)£10.00Secondhand out of print edition paperback in good condition (crease to cover and inside inscription)
The HaciendaHow Not To Run A ClubPocket Books
Peter Hook, as co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, has been shaping the course of popular music for thirty years. He provided the propulsive bass...
- Book (550g) 9781471160080£8.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
The Drummer's PathMoving the Spirit with Ritual and Traditional DrummingDestiny Books
Drummer, dancer, folklorist, and researcher, Sule Greg Wilson studied drumming under Baba Ngoma as well as the premier students of Baba Ishangi, Ladji...
- Original Book (300g)£8.00Original secondhand USA paperback
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Talking HeadsOnce In A Lifetime - The Stories Behind Every SongHal Leonard
GROOVY USA PAPERBACK BOOK OVER 60% OFF!!!Talking Heads were arguably the most significant band to emerge from the late seventies' New York punk...
- Book (550g) 9780634080333£15.99 £10.00Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Northern Sun, Southern MoonEurope's Reinvention of JazzYale University Press
100% ESSENTIAL BOOK ON EUROPEAN JAZZUSA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK. 70% OFF!!!! £8 ONLY!Until the 1960s American jazz, for all its improvisational and rhythmic...
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Dundun: The Talking Drum of the Yoruba People of South-West Nigeriaby Oyeniyi OsundinaAustin Macauley
In Dundun, Niyi Osundina offers the reader the chance to dip into a key cultural component of the people of western Nigeria. Drumming is a vital tradition...
- Original Book (200g)£8.99
Music Is The Weapon Of The FutureFifty Years Of African Popular MusicLawrence Hill Books
Secondhand book in good condition, stickers on cover, insides cleanFrom the unique voice of Salif Keita and the hard funk of Fela Kuti to the poignant...
- Book (450g) 9781556524509£18.99Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
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Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gayeby Steve TurnerMichael Joseph
- Original Book (500g) 9780140271027£8.00Secondhand out of print paperback in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Message to Our Folks: The Art Ensemble of ChicagoPaul SteinbeckChicago University Press
This year marks the golden anniversary of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the flagship band of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians....
- Book (650g) 9780226375960£35.00Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Point From Which Creation Begins (2004)The Black Artist's Group Of St. LouisMissouri Historical Society Press
From 1968 to 1972, St. Louis was home to the Black Artists' Group (BAG), a seminal arts collective that nurtured African American experimentalists involved...
- Book (750g) 9781883982515£28.00Out of stock Notify me when this item is released/available
Love Saves The DayA History Of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979Duke University Press
Essential, thorough book on the underground New York Disco scene of the 1970s written by Tim Lawrence (who also wrote the sleevenotes for Soul Jazz Records'...
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Spanish Harlem's Musical Legacy 1930-80By Silvio H. Alvava
A collection of photographs of the Latino musicians from 1930 - 1980's primarily in El Barrio, NY but features several from Los Angeles, CA and other parts...
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Lion SongsThomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe
Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo and his music came to represent his native country's anticolonial struggle...
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Kiss Me NeckThe Scratch Story In Words, Pictures And RecordsCherry Red Books
With more than 1,000 releases to Lee "Scratch" Perry's name in some form or other, there is a wealth of material for fans and collectors to immerse themselves...
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Wild DayzPhotos by BeezerTangent Books
As a photographer Beezer was in a unique position in Bristol in the 1980s. Close friends with the Wild Bunch (later to become Massive Attack) and other...
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Nile Rodgers Le FreakNile RodgersOrion
Nile Rodgers is a founding member of Chic, and one of the world's most successful music producers. He wrote 'We are Family' for Sister Sledge and 'I'm...
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Beats to the RhymeA Collection of Instrumental Hip-Hop Records for the Beat ConnoisseurGingko Press
£10 Cheaper than Amazon!USA IMPORT DIE CUT, SHRINK-WRAPPED COVER HARDBACK BOOK 40% OFF Original price! COMES WITH FREE CD! THE BOOM!
In this book, instrumental...
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VirginA History Of Virgin Records
Richard Branson was the publisher of a small alternative music magazine in London in the early 1970s when he founded Virgin Records with his partner Simon...
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Make Some SpaceTuning Into Total Refreshment CentreSweet Machine Press
Shabaka Hutchings , Nubya Garcia, Sons of Kemet - read how the new jazz scene started in this wicked book about The Total Refreshment Centre.
Included...
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Running The Voodoo DownThe Electric Music Of Miles DavisBackbeat Books
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This book re-assesses Miles Davis' "electric period" and...
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Sonny Rollins: The Cutting Edgeby Richard PalmerContinuum
- Original Book (300g)£10.00Secondhand paperback book in good condition