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Vivian Copeland / The Poindexter BrothersChaos (In my Heart) / What I Did In The Streets (I Should Have Done At Home)Soul Junction
Radioactive ManDoors To Manual 1999-2019Asking For Trouble
Pablo GadBeggerman's ChildNo Label
Aba-AriginalsOne Massive Horn / WarRuff Stereo Records
Derdiyoklar İkilisiOyun Havaları Ve HalaylarTürküola
The Soulites, Youth Man Erron & African SonRise & Shine ShowcaseHornin'Sounds
Satoshi & MakotoSemi-VintageSound Of Speed
Raspberry BulbsBefore The Age Of MirrorsRelapse Records
CollocutorContinuationOn The Corner Records
Robert GlasperFuck Yo FeelingsConcord / Loma Vista
StormzyHeavy is the HeadAtlantic
Prince BusterHigh Blood PressureRock A Shacka
King KruleMan Alive!XL Recordings
GrimesMiss Anthropocene4AD
Tony TuffThank you Jah JahLegsman
Omar-SYou WantFXHE Records
Marcos ValleBraziliance!Mr Bongo
Fred A.De Angst VoorbijStroom
MillsartEvery Dog Has Its Day Vol. 5Axis
Movements Vol. 10Various ArtistsTramp Records
Andriao o o o oPhase Group
Ryu TsuruokaOmaePeoples Potential Unlimited
Priscilla ErmelOrigens Da LuzMusic From Memory
KutimanSaluf / BadaweeSiyal Music
SandozSandozSecond Circle
MinosSorry I'm Late (inc. Claude Young remix)Don't Be Afraid
Maximum JoyStation M.X.J.Y.1972
TimelineThe Conscious Dream EPUnderground Resistance
The JammersThe JammersPast Due
Timmion Records Singles Box, Vol. 5Various ArtistsTimmion Records
Village Of The Sun (feat. Binker and Moses)Village Of The SunGearbox Records
Tabansi Studio BandWakar Alhazai Kano / Mus’en SofoaBBE
Weeks & Co.Weeks & Co.Past Due
LolinaWho Is Experimental Music?Not On Label
Omar-SYou WantFXHE Records
Lee ‘Scatch’ PerryDisco Devil Vol. 4 (6 More Classic Discomixes From The Black Ark Studio 1977-9)Studio 16
Lee PerryDisco Devil Vol. 5 (6 More Classic Discomixes From The Black Ark Studio 1977-80)Studio 16
CallistoGuidance Is Internal (Part 3)Guidance Recordings / Above Board Projects
Elements Of Life feat. Jasper Street CompanyStand On The Word (Remixes)Vega Records
30 Years Of Strictly Rhythm Part TwoVarious ArtistsStrictly Rhythm
CallistoGuidance Is Internal (Part 1)Guidance Recordings / Above Board Projects
CallistoGuidance Is Internal (Part 2)Guidance Recordings / Above Board Projects
Alhaji Chief Kollington Ayinla & His Fuji '78 OrganizationBlessing (Nigeria, 1978)Soul Jazz Records
Sons Of SlumFunky MusicCordial Recordings
The Soul LadsFunny / I Am Yours ForeverTreasure Isle / Push Music
AfrodisiaSugar FreeCordial Recordings
Air Texture Vol. VII (Compiled by Rrose and Silent Servant)Various ArtistsAir Texture
HappaBlue 07Whities
Moses BoydDark MatterExodus Records
Cross IslandEast Of The AppleKalita
- Book (750g) 9780822359081£29.99 £7.99In stockAdd to Bag
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Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo and his music came to represent his native country's anticolonial struggle and cultural identity. Mapfumo was born in 1945 in what was then the British colony of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The trajectory of his career—from early performances of rock 'n' roll tunes to later creating a new genre based on traditional Zimbabwean music, including the sacred mbira, and African and Western pop—is a metaphor for Zimbabwe's evolution from colony to independent nation. Lion Songs is an authoritative biography of Mapfumo that narrates the life and career of this creative, complex, and iconic figure.
Miles' Diary: Life of Miles Davis 1947-1961by Ken Vail
- Original Book (700g)£12.00Secondhand out of print paperback in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
John Coltrane - A Sound SignatureJohn W. Selfridge
Out of print USA papaerback
- Original Book (300g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Coltrane - The Story Of A SoundBen Ratliff
Description:
No other jazz musician has proved so inspirational and so fascinating as Coltrane. Ben Ratliff, jazz critic for the New York Times, has...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Roots RadicsJunjo Presents 12 Inches Of Dub+ General Echo 12" Of Pleasure CD
Roots Radics 12 Inches Of Dub; mixed by Scientist saw a limited vinyl only Record Store Day pressing in 2019. This previously unreleased crucial dub set...
- 12" Of Dub – Young Banana Dub
- Roots Radics – Set Your Dub On Fire
- Roots Radics – Pum Pum Dub
- Roots Radics – Young Gal Dub
- Roots Radics – Tribulation Dub
- General Echo 12" Of Pleasure – Lorna She Love Young Boy Banana
- Roots Radics – It's My Desire To Set Your Crutches On Fire
- Roots Radics – Me Know Everything About She Pum Pum
- Roots Radics – Old Man Love Young Gal Vegie
- Roots Radics – This Are The Cockie Tribulation
- 1. 12" Of Dub – Young Banana Dub
- 2. Set Your Dub On Fire
- 3. Pum Pum Dub
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The Good Auld Days: The Story of Scotland's Entertainers from Music Hall to Televisionby Gordon Irving
- Original Book (800g)£12.00Secondhand hardback book w/dustjacketIn stockAdd to Bag
Play On: Now, Then and Fleetwood Macby Mick Fleetwood
- Original Book (700g)£10.00Secondhand hardback bookIn stockAdd to Bag
Passion is a Fashion: The Real Story of the Clashby Pat Gilbert
- Original Book (900g)£15.00Secondhand hardback book in good condIn stockAdd to Bag
Diana Ross: A Legend in Focus (2000)by Sharon Davis
- Original Book (1.4kg)£12.00Large format secondhand hardback bookIn stockAdd to Bag
The Folk Music Encyclopaediaby Kristin Baggelaar And Donald Milton (1977)
- Original Book (1kg)£15.00Secondhand out of print hardback book ex-library with stamps in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Gordon ParksNo Excuses
Gordon Parks overcame the obstacles of poverty and racism and never gave up on his dreams. He attributes his drive for excellence to his mother who told...
- Original Book (400g)£10.00secondhand USA hardback ex-libraryIn stockAdd to Bag
How To DJ Properly: The Art And Science Of Playing Recordsby Frank Broughton & Bill Brewster
- Original Book (900g)£9.00Secondhand paperback book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Dusty : An intimate Portrait Of Dusty Springfield (2008)by Sharon Davis
- Original Book (600g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
If I Can Dream: Elvis's Own Storyby Larry Geller And Joel Spector (1989)
A long-time confidante of Elvis Presley reveals intimate details of the legendary performer's dreams and disillusionments, showing his disintegration due...
- Original Book (700g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Transformer: The Lou Reed Story
- Original Book (800g)£10.00Out of print edition USA hardback book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Frequency SynthesizerTheory and Design
Rare book on synthesizers. Hardback secondhand w/dustjacket in plastic, ex library w/stamps
- Original Book (900g)£40.00In stockAdd to Bag
OctavianEndorphins
23 year old Angolan / French / British rapper Octavian continues his meteoric rise with the release of a brand new mixtape. Titled Endorphinsit his second...
- Octavian – Gangster Love Intro
- Octavian – King Essie
- Octavian – Molly Go Down
- Octavian – Take It Easy ft Smokepurpp
- Octavian – Bet ft Skepta & Michael Phantom
- Octavian – Feel It ft Theophilus London
- Octavian – Risking Our Lives >> AAA + Interlude
- 1. Gangster Love Intro
- 2. King Essie
- 3. Molly Go Down
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- LP£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
Emeli SandeReal Life
Fourth album release from pop/soul singer, Emeli Sande!
- LP + Download Code£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Musicby Richard Williams
- Original Book (300g)£6.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Bluesman: The Musical Heritage of Black Men and Women in the Americasby Julio Finn
Examines the spiritual, social, and anthropological roots of the blues, discussing African animist religion, the slave trade, Voodoo, Hoodoo, and the early...
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Original USA paperback in good condition
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Roy HeathThe Murderer (1979)
A very good short story about flawed characters and evocative of a time and place in Guyana.
secondhand paperback
- Original Book (200g)£7.00Sleeve condition: VG+Original UK paperback in good condition
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Black Music in the United States: an Annotated Bibliographyby Samuel A. Floyd Jr & Marsha J. Reisser
Includes section on Bibliographies of bibliographies and Bibliographies on biographies (!) and 'records and record collections'
- Original Book (650g)£20.00Sleeve condition: VG+Original USA hardback, ex library , w stamps, no dustjacket
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Motown - Artist by Artistby Pat Morgan
- Original Book (600g)£7.00Original UK hardback small tear on front
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Scooby: The Glory of the Rideby Stuart 'Scooby' Cochrane
More Ibiza madness
- Original Book (400g)£8.00Original secondhand book in ok condition
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Warrior & His Oriental Brothers InternationalMy Success (1981)
Original Nigerian Vinyl! Vinyl/sleeve VG Lots of surface scratches plays well /sleeve F/G- +High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
- Original LP£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
From the heat of the Dayby Roy Heath
- Original Book (200g)£6.00Sleeve condition: VG+Original UK paperback, pen mark inside
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Changing JamaicaAdam Kuper
Original secondhand hardback first edition (laminated dust jacket, ex library w/stamps)
- Original Book (400g)£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Vice LordsWarriors of the Streets
Rare USA small secondhand book in good condition - cultural anthropology case studies about the legendary street gang. This is 1978 edition with different...
- Original Book (200g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Wire+ The Wire Tapper
The Wire magazine, with features on the great minds of the music industry, reviews on SOTU favourites and more! Also includes a free wire tapper cd!
- Magazine (300g)£4.95In stockAdd to Bag
The BuzzcutsDead or Alive (Extended Mix)
Previously only released on CD, the extended mix of a cult party classic - a key staple in a DJ Harvey set! Very limited copies in circulation- don't sleep...
- 12"£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Gerald McCauleyWondering
"Wondering" that came as a result was brought to life by the singer and industry insider Gerald McCauley, who turned his soul inside out for the performance....
- 7"£6.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Rolling StonesHonkThe Very Best Of
Disc One
1. “Start Me Up”2. “Brown Sugar”3. “Rocks Off”4. “Miss You”5. “Tumbling Dice”6. “Just Your Fool”7. “Wild Horses”8....
- 3×CD£14.99
- 3×LP£34.99In stockAdd to Bag
LeewayLee Morgan Discography
Excellent discography on man like Lee Morgan, every record session!
"Roger Wernboe has done Jazz scholars, fans, and collectors a great favor. Thanks...
- Book (200g)£25.00Out of print RARE paperback book. NEW, SEALED OPENED ONCEIn stockAdd to Bag
Laviscount BrassJamarona / Push Ya Push Day
VERY HEAVY & RARE CALYPSO TUNE - junp-up heavy percussion and brass instrumental cut 2-sider!
- Laviscount Brass – Jamarona
- Laviscount Brass – Push Ya Push Day
- 1. Jamarona
- 2. Push Ya Push Day
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- Original 7"£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed rare original CALYPSO 45. Deadstock poss few marks plays fine.
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Contemporary Music: An Introductionby Francis Routh (1968)
Neat secondhand small hardback book w/dustjacket. Varese, Schoenberg, Copland
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I Am Not Your NegroWritten by James Baldwin, Directed by Raoul PeckAltitude
Documentary narrated by Samuel L Jackson based on James Baldwin's book documenting race in America and the death of his close friends Martin Luther King,...
- DVD£6.99In stockAdd to Bag
African Musics in Context. Institutions, Culture, Identityby Thomas Solomon
African Musics in Context discusses the place of performing arts in Ugandan society, archiving music and music sources, performing archival music, performing...
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Namba RoyNo Black Sparrows
'A vivid portrait of Jamaica in the 1930s"
Excellent social realist novel. Written by Jamaican Namba Roy in the 1950s in Britain. He died in 1961 and...
- Original Book (200g)£15.00Secondhand out of print ex-library paperback copy, library stamp half removed on front page and small tear otherwise goodIn stockAdd to Bag
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)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Blood Posse (1994)by Phillip Baker
Yardie stylee!
'This book follows the life of Danny, a young Jamaican growing up in Brooklyn in the 1970s. At the age of 18, in the middle of a sectarian...
- Original Book (300g)£8.00Secondhand out of print paperback in good condition
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Just Above My Headby James Baldwin
'This is the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers' Edmund White, Washington Post
When Arthur Montana, world-renowned 'Emperor of Soul',...
- Original Book (900g)£20.00UK 1st edition hardback w/dustjacket covered in plastic in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Music in Africaby Adana Dzemila
Africa is such a large and diverse continent. Outside Africa, there is often only talk about Africa as one country: For example Tunisia and Tanzania could...
- Book (200g)£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Mars by 1980 - The Story of Electronic MusicBy David Stubbs
New KILLER 100% essential MASSIVE 450+ pages book about the history of electronic music.
'Mars by 1980' is written by the very groovy David Stubbs, author...
- Book (700g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Philly Sound BOOKPhiladelphia Soul Music and its R&B Rootsby Dave Moore (UK) and Jason Thornton (US)
ABSOLUTELY MIND-BLOWING & STUNNING 700-page hardback book!
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the music of Philadelphia....
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Greatest Highlife Hits (1987)Various
- Original LP£18.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: GOriginal Nigerian vinyl, has side spine wear
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Pieces Of A ManGil Scott-Heron - By Marcus Baram
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Best known for his 1970 polemic "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,"...
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General Franco Lee EzuteOnye Kata ObiaBongo Joe
Bongo Joe issue this killer highlife LP from Nigerian star, General Franco Lee Ezute!
- General Franco Lee Ezute – Onye Kata Obia
- General Franco Lee Ezute – Olise Nekwu
- General Franco Lee Ezute – Azuka Ego
- General Franco Lee Ezute – Late Ali Chukuma
- 1. Onye Kata Obia
- 2. Olise Nekwu
- 3. Azuka Ego
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- LP£15.99
The Mood ModernThe story of two of the world's greatest recorded music libraries: KPM (1956-1977) and Bruton Music (1978-1980)By Oliver LomaxVocalion Books
Wicked new book about KPM and Bruton Music – two of the world’s greatest recorded music libraries! Introduction by the great KEITH MANSFIELD!
This...
- Book (1.1kg)£29.99
- Book (1kg)£24.99
Cumbia!Scenes of a Migrant Latin American Music GenreDuke University Press
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Cumbia is a musical form that originated in northern Colombia and then...
- Book (500g)£20.99 £7.99