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Carlos GarnettCosmos NucleusTime Traveler
Kenny BarronSunset To DawnTime Traveler
Roy BrooksThe Free SlaveTime Traveler
Yazmin LaceyTeal DreamsAMF Records
MoodymannBlack MahoganiPeacefrog
MoodymannBlack Mahogani IIPeacefrog
Alfa MistRouletteSekito
Sven WunderDaybreakPiano Piano Records
Roy Ayers UbiquityChange Up The GrooveVampisoul
Chet BakerFive From '65: The Quintet Summer SessionsNew Land
AshraNew Age Of EarthProper Records
Pharoah SandersLove is HereLive in Paris (1975) (Lost ORTF Recordings)Transcendence Sounds
Sister NancyOne, TwoVPAL MUSIC
Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient UndergroundVarious ArtistsFundamental Frequencies
Mal WaldronCandy GirlStrut
Jamie 3:26Dancefloor Damage Vol. 3326 Records
Hot ChipJoy In RepetitionDomino
Fatback BandNight Fever / (Hey) I Feel Real Good (feat. Kenny Dope & DJ Spinna remixes)Acid Jazz
Makaya McCravenOff The RecordXL Recordings
Ruffy & TuffyTake One StepRockers
K. & His Cubano FiestasThe Black AlbumSoundway
K. & His Cubano FiestasThe Blue AlbumSoundway
Chip WickhamThe Eternal NowGondwana
Barry BrownThings And TimeBlack Roots
The GayladsWhat A SituationBlack Roots
Jurassic 5FeedbackPIAS
Histoire De Coeur - Lost French Synth-Pop 7’ers & Euro-Bombs (1980-89)Various ArtistsCaroline True Records
The Alan Parsons ProjectI RobotCooking Vinyl
Trio MocotoMuita Zorra!Vampisoul
Quiet Village & Vanessa DaouNaked HungerThe Quiet Village
Polygon WindowSurfing On Sine WavesWarp Records
RaekwonHouse Of Flying DaggersFat Beats / Ice H20
Larry June, 2 Chainz and The AlchemistLife Is BeautifulTFM Records
Albert Ilawi MalawiChildren Of The EmperorAlbert Ilawi Malawi Music
Night OwlsHercules / Tell It Like It IsF Spot Records
- Original Book (200g)£25.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Rare USA small secondhand book in good condition - cultural anthropology case studies about the legendary street gang. This is 1978 edition with different cover and an extra bonus chapter!
Keiser lived with the Vice Lord gang on Chicago's south side as a participant observeror in one of anthropology's first venture's into urban anthropology. He details daily life and the gang's mores with empathy, and his interpretations of their culture contributed to the field of Black anthropology.
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...
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...
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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
Jane CholmeleyA Bookshop of One’s Own
Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards, Christopher Bland Prize and The People's Book Prize A Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024 An Independent and Stylist...
- Book (350g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Lorraine HansberryA Raisin in the Sun
A revised Student Edition of Lorraine Hansberry's iconic 1959 play - the first play produced on Broadway to be written by a Black woman. Alongside the...
- Book (250g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Luke de NoronhaDeporting Black Britons : Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica
Since the late nineties, the UK has deported thousands of people to Jamaica. Many of these ‘deportees’ left the Caribbean as infants and grew up in...
- Book (400g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jacqueline CrooksFire Rush
Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes....
- Book (700g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dr Maya AngelouI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows...
- Book (350g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Margo JeffersonNegroland : A Memoir
'Jefferson's eye for details yields some devastatingly honest and painful insights' The Times'Captivating... Charm is this book's watchword' Colin Grant,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Emanuele CocciaPhilosophy of the Home : Domestic Space and Happiness
A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological...
- Book (250g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jason OkundayeRevolutionary Acts
In this landmark work, Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage, charisma and good humour,...
- Book (350g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Black Power Mixtape : 1967-1975
Featuring images recently discovered in the archives of Swedish television, The Black Power Mixtape shows the Black Power movement as never seen before....
- Book (550g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
Daft PunkWe Were The Robots: A Disco Pogo Tribute
Featuring a new foreword by David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as Soulwax and 2manydjs.
Daft Punk featured often in the formative years of Jockey...
- Book (2.1kg)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Woman Life Freedom
Jina Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of Iran’s Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to...
- Book (550g)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Michael E. VealLiving Space
Examines John Coltrane's "late period" and Miles Davis's "Lost Quintet" through the prisms of digital architecture and experimental photography Living...
- Book (800g)£20.99In stockAdd to Bag
Alice ColtraneMonument Eternal
Alice Coltrane wrote this documentary on her spiritual life entitled Monument Eternal, which tells of her spiritual initiation, revelations, and austerities....
- Book (250g)£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
The princess of 72nd StreetBy Elaine Kraf
Ellen is a single artist living alone on New York’s Upper West Side in the 1970s. She is beset by old boyfriends, paint pigment choices, and, occasionally,...
- Book (250g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Albert CamusA Short Guide to Towns Without a Past
Best known for his existentialist novel The Outsider, set in French-occupied Algeria, Albert Camus was profoundly influenced by the landscapes, towns and...
- Book (100g)£5.99In stockAdd to Bag
All Foursby Miranda July
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTA BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS PICKA BEST SUMMER...
- Book (400g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
No Logo: An insightful examination of advertising's impact on society and youth cultureBy Naomi Klein
By the time you’re twenty-one, you’ll have seen or heard a million advertisements. But you won’t be happier for it. This is a book about that much-maligned,...
- Book (400g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Alayo AkinkugbeReframing Blackness
Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored.
In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt,...
- Book (650g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Dread, Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution
What is the relationship between poetry and social change? Standing at the forefront of political poetry since the 1970s, Linton Kwesi Johnson has been...
- Book (550g)£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
Mystical MushroomsDiscover the Magic and Folklore of Fantastic Fungi
Mystical Mushrooms defines the beauty of mushrooms by focusing on their magical connections and symbolic meanings through folkloric tales and superstitions...
- Book (600g)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Susan SontagOn Photography
Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs...
- Book (150g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jess Sah BiJesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas
Jesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas is Jess Sah Bi’s first and only gospel album. Fortunately, fans responded with enthusiasm: widespread radio airplay and concerts...
- Cassette Tape AFTA051CS£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Tribul'zationsMelody Babylon
The Tribulizations are a Brighton UK-based reggae vocal harmony duo living the rocker's life style! We pay homage to uk style lovers rock and spiritual...
- – Melody Babylon
- – Freedom Fighter
- – Politicians
- – Fade Away
- – Without You
- – One Step Forward
- – Just Let It Be
- – Fever
- – Social Riot
- – Rest In Love
- 1. – Melody Babylon
- 2. – Freedom Fighter
- 3. – Politicians
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- LP£22.00In stockAdd to Bag
Steve CannonGroove, Bang and Jive Around
Groove, Bang and Jive Around was—fittingly—first published in 1969. At that point, Cannon was well-established in New York City’s bohemian...
- Book (200g)£13.00In stockAdd to Bag
Andy WarholFame
The legendary sixties New York pop artist Andy Warhol's hilarious and insightful vignettes and aphorisms on the topics of love, fame and beauty.
- Book (100g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
Brasil IndomitoBrasil Indomito
- Original LP 14-1627£12.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Colombian VinylIn stockAdd to Bag
Lizzy Mercier DesclouxDesiderata
NYC no wave/ze records scenester Descloux book of poetry, collages and moreIntroduction by Patti Smith
- Book (350g)£17.99In stockAdd to Bag
Louisiana CajunsTurner Browne
Excellent book - stunning black and white photography. Highly recommended
- Original Book (350g)£30.00Out of print Pre-Owned Original USA paperback bit of ageingIn stockAdd to Bag
ShadowsA John Cassavetes FilmBFI
Set in the jazzy, beatnik underground of 50s New York, John Cassavetes' first film features a score by Charles Mingus, improvised performances, a gritty...
- DVD/Blu Ray BFIB1125£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Joy Division: JuvenesKevin Cummins
***The definitive collection of the Joy Division photographs of Kevin Cummins, including interviews with Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris....
- Book (1.5kg) 9781788402712£30.00 £20.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
James Baldwin: Artist on Fireby W.J. WeatherbyMichael Joseph
A portrait of James Baldwin tracing his development from the ghettos of Harlem to Paris and back to America where his active participation in civil rights...
- Original Book (900g) 9780718134037£20.00Out of print UK 1st edn. hardback w/dustjacketIn stockAdd to Bag
Hold On To Your DreamsArthur Russell And The Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992Duke University Press
If you are in anyway interested in Arthur Russell then you have to buy this book! 400-odd pages of seriously researched stuff - this is Arthur Russell's...
- Book (650g) 9780822344858£24.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Dancing (Know the Game)by Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing
Nuff moves, selectah!
- Original Book (250g) 0715805088£10.00Secondhand small pamphlet/bookletSold out Notify me when in stock
Pump up the Volume: A History of House Musicby Sean BidderChannel 4 Books
- Original Book (500g) 9780752219868£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback Book in Good ConditionSold out Notify me when in stock
The Speed of SoundA Memoir by Thomas DolbyFlatIron Books
Based on his meticulous notes and journals, The Speed of Sound chronicles Dolby’s life in the music business during the eighties. With humour and a considerable...
- Book (500g) 9781785783173£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Complete Guide ToDisco DancingWarner Books
- Original Book (400g)£12.00Second-hand original paperback book in good condition
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Babylon NYC: From Beat to Punkby Victor BockrisOmnibus Press
Hell, Ginsberg, Warhol, Debbie harry, Patti Smith ... interviews and photos - groovy NYC.
Out-of-print edition edition secondhand paperback
- Original Book (650g)£10.00Original UK paperback
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Rebel Radio The Full Story of British Pirate RadioPluto Press
Rare out of print Pluto Press first (and only) edition book about pirate radio in Britain written in 1985.
- Original Book (200g) 9780745300559£30.00Secondhand paperbook in good condition, ex-library, stamp insideIn stockAdd to Bag
Gotta Go Gotta FlowLife, Love, and Lust on Chicago's South Side From the SeventiesCity Files Press
£20 OFF !!!! DELUXE IMPORT USA HARDBACK BOOK. MORE THAN 60% OFF. A GREAT BOOK!!!
AWESOME BACK - wicked photos Chicago black club life in the 1970s. Accompanied...
- Book (1.3kg) 0991541820£35.00 £15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Life And Death On The New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983By Tim Lawrence
Here we go .. massive NYC dancefloor 500+ page book by the excellent Tim Lawrence - who wrote Love Saves The Day and also has written for Soul Jazz...
- Book (900g) 9780822362029£24.00In stockAdd to Bag
Brian EnoMusic For Films - Half Speed MasterUMC / Virgin EMI
2018 version - 'half-speed' remaster at Abbey Road Studios.
Originally released in 1978, 'Music For Films' is a compilation of material recorded over...
- – Aragon
- – From The Same Hill
- – Inland Sea
- – Two Rapid Formations
- – Slow Water
- – Sparrowfall ( 1 )
- – Sparrowfall ( 2 )
- – Sparrowfall ( 3 )
- – Quartz
- 2. – Aragon
- 3. – From The Same Hill
- 4. – Inland Sea
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- 2xLP + Download Code ENO2LP9£16.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Brian EnoAnother Green WorldEMI
The last album by Eno. After this he became Brian. The change was significant. Out goes the surreal, playful, avant pop of previous albums and in comes...
- – Sky Saw
- – Over Fire Island
- – St. Elmo's Fire
- – In Dark Trees
- – The Big Ship
- – I'll Come Running
- 1. – Sky Saw
- 2. – Over Fire Island
- 3. – St. Elmo's Fire
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- New LP (180g) ENOLP3£27.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD ENOCDX3£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Brian EnoDiscreet Music - Half Speed MasterUMC / Virgin EMI
2018 version - 'half-speed' remaster at Abbey Road Studios.
Ambient music ground zero; first released in Britain in 1975 on Eno's own Obscure Records...
- 2xLP + Download Code ENO2LP5£23.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock