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Alfa MistBring BacksANTI
Femi Kuti and Made KutiFree Your Mind / Pà Pá PàPartisan Records
SivucaSivucaVanguard
Gene RussellTalk To My LadyBlack Jazz Records
Henry FranklinThe SkipperBlack Jazz Records
Two Synths, A Guitar (And) A Drum Machine - Soul Jazz Records #1 Post Punk DanceSoul Jazz Records #1 Post Punk DanceSoul Jazz Records
Femi Kuti and Made KutiLegacy +Partisan Records
Cuba: Music and Revolution - Compiled by Gilles Peterson and Stuart BakerCulture Clash In Havana Cuba - Experiments In Latin Music 1975-85 Vol. 1Soul Jazz Records
Nahawa DoumbiaKanawaAwesome Tapes From Africa
People Under The StairsO.S.T.Piecelock 70
Vis-A-VisOdo Gu AhorowWe Are Busy Bodies
JonnyGo FigureAlpha & Omega / Why Dem A Fight We DownZulu Vibes
Clive HuntBad Bad Bad ("Golden Age" Reggae From A Legendary Producer)17 North Parade
Kitchen CynicsBeads Upon An AbacusThe Trilogy Tapes
SOPHIEBIPP (Autechre Mx)Numbers
Kirk Lightsey and Rudolph Johnson with the All StarsHabibaOuternational Sounds
Delvon Lamarr Organ TrioI Told You SoColemine Records
NY Graffitiimlookin4thedoorPeace Anthem
AlostmenKologoStrut
Death Is Not The EndLondon Pirate Radio Adverts 1984-1993, Vol. 1Death Is Not The End
William StuckeyLove Of MineAthens Of The North
Olivier St. LouisM.O.T.H. (Matters Of The Heartless)First Word Records
SilkiePanoramaDeep Medi Musik
The Finishing TouchSecond Best (Is Never Enough)Brookside Music
Ibrahim Khalil Shihab QuintetSpringMatsuli
Payoh SoulRebelTicket to Paradise / You're no SaxOne By One Records
St GermainTourist (Tourist 20th Anniversary Travel Versions)Feat. Ron Trent, Jovonn, Osunlade, Nightmares on Wax remixes and more!Rhino
beingBroxburn FunkFirecracker Recordings
Gabriel ReiCity Of DreamsBienvenue Records
If I Had A Pair Of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop, Vol. 1Death Is Not The End
If I Had A Pair Of Wings: Jamaican Doo Wop, Vol. 2Death Is Not The End
Mr FlagioTake A ChanceDiscoring Records
Andrew Weatherall: A Jockey Slut TributeJockey Slut
Arthur MeloAdeus EPWonderfulsound
Danny RedCalling For RootsChouette Records
ZongaminO! VersionsMulti Culti
Conny FrischaufDie DriftBureau B
JesuNeverAvalanche Recordings
Claude CooperTangerine Dreams / Two Mile HillFriendly Recordings
JesuTerminusAvalanche Recordings
Arthur VerocaiArthur Verocai (Ltd. Red Vinyl Edition)Mr Bongo
Conrad SchnitzlerParacon (The Paragon Session Outtakes 1978-1979)Bureau B
CoilSara Dale's Sensual Massage (OST)Infinite Fog
The Original Sound Of Mali (Ltd. Blue Vinyl Edition)Various ArtistsMr Bongo
Buju Banton'Til Shiloh (25th Anniversary Edition)Island Records
Clive HuntBlue LizzardVP Records
Tommy StewartFulton County Line / Riding HighIzipho Soul
Sunshine SoundHappy Song (Francois K & Walter Gibbons Edits)Sunshine Sound
The Night WritersLet The Music (Use You) (Limited White Vinyl Edition)Mint Condition
Ashley Beedle & Abi ClarkeNothing But LoveG.A.M.M.
Join the Future Bleep Techno and the birth of British Bass Music
- Book (450g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
The untold story of British dance music’s first sub-bass revolution, tracing the origins, development, impact and influence of bleep techno, and the subsequent musical styles it inspired, on UK club culture.
PUNK 45 The Bizarros/Rubber City RebelsRubber City Rebels/White Screen Movies
Seminal punk from Akron, Ohio. Two KILLER tracks of early raw punk from the rubber city packaged in miniature 7" replica of the Bizarros/Rubber City Rebels...
- PUNK 45 The Bizarros/Rubber City Rebels – Rubber City Rebels
- PUNK 45 The Bizarros/Rubber City Rebels – White Screen Movies
- 1. Rubber City Rebels
- 2. White Screen Movies
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£10.00In 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
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original 7"£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Unplayed rare original CALYPSO 45. Deadstock poss few marks plays fine.
100% Guarantee on this and all original vinyl at Sounds of the Universe.In 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
The Secret DJ: Book Two
Through four decades of dance music and club culture, how capitalism bought and sold the utopian dreams of the Acid House generation. Essential reading...
- Book (450g)£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
John Coltrane - A Sound SupremeJohn W. Selfridge
- Original Book (350g)£15.00Out of print USA ex-library hardbackIn stockAdd to Bag
Flesh EatersDisintegration Nation E.P.
INSANE and awesome record from one of the first and finest San Francisco punk bands ever! Originally released in 1978 on Chris D's own Upsetter Records....
- Flesh Eaters – Disintegration Nation
- Flesh Eaters – Agony Shorthand
- Flesh Eaters – Radio Dies Screaming
- Flesh Eaters – Twisted Road
- 1. Disintegration Nation
- 2. Agony Shorthand
- 3. Radio Dies Screaming
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Afro-Brazilian Percussion Guide CandombleBy Kirk Brundage
Out-of-print - as new
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil is an important cradle of Afro-Brazilian culture, and home to musical styles that form the bedrock of much...
- Book (300g)£35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Ferdinand DennisThe Last Blues Dance
Exiled from his native Jamaica, Boswell Anderson, a reformed gambler and rake, is the proprieter of the run-down Caribbean Sunset Cafe in Hackney. When...
- Original Book (200g)£8.00s/hand paperback in good condition, bit of creasing.
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Books at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!In stockAdd to Bag
PUNK 45 The ScabsAmory Building E.P. (1979)
Superb independent UK DIY punk from 1979 - unbelievably hard to find an original copy.
Crazy fold-out sleeve bespoke exact replica DIY PUNK 45!
- PUNK 45 The Scabs – Amory Building
- PUNK 45 The Scabs – Leave Me Alone
- PUNK 45 The Scabs – Don't Just Sit There
- PUNK 45 The Scabs – U.R.E.
- 1. Amory Building
- 2. Leave Me Alone
- 3. Don't Just Sit There
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Hollywood SquaresHillside Strangler
Surely one of the best punk records ever! Los Angeles 1978 double-sider - KILLER indeed!
- The Hollywood Squares – Hillside Strangler
- The Hollywood Squares – Hollywood Square
- 1. Hillside Strangler
- 2. Hollywood Square
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Dancing (Know the Game)by Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing
Nuff moves, selectah!
- Original Book (250g)£10.00Secondhand small pamphlet/bookletIn stockAdd to Bag
Stevie WonderBy John Swenson
- Original Book (500g)£10.00Secondhand paperback in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Signed Sealed and DeliveredBy Sue Steward and Sheryl Garratt
Describes the experiences of women in popular music since the fifties, discusses the importance of style, and looks at how women have overcome the industry's...
- Original Book (400g)£15.00Original book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Just for a Thrill: Lil Hardin Armstrong, First Lady of JazzJames L Dickerson
- Book (750g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
English Folk DancingKTG (Know the Game)
Let's do the do-si-do. Can on u nutters get on one!
- Original Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Free Jazz Black PowerPhilippe Carles
- Original Book (350g)£10.00 £10.00Secondhand book in German in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Bob MarleyThe Illustrated Disco/Biographyby Observer Station
- Original Book (300g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
The ModernsEdited by LeRoi Jones
w/ Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs & more, intro by LeRoi Jones
- Original Book (500g)£30.00UK 1st edition hardback ex-library w/stamps, writing on title page, discoloured plastic cover around dust jacketIn stockAdd to Bag
Long and Winding Road: History of the "Beatles" on RecordStannard
- Original Book (700g)£10.00Secondhand paperback in ok conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Snacky Tunes: Music is the Main Ingredient, Chefs and Their Music
- Book (400g)£16.95In stockAdd to Bag
The South was Only the Beginning: Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler!
Cajun food innit
- Book (500g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love and Faith of an American Legend
- Original Book (400g)£6.00Secondhand paperbackIn stockAdd to Bag
Practical Electronic Music ProjectsBy R.A. Penfold
- Original Book (300g)£30.00Original small book in great condition one crease on front coverIn stockAdd to Bag
Changing Britannia: Life Experience with Britain
Includes Linton Kwesi Johnson
- Original Book (400g)£20.00Orig ex-library paperback with stamps etc, plastic covering in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George JacksonGeorge Jackson
Penguin original paperback in good condition (sticker on side)
- Original Book (250g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
New BohemiaJohn Gruen
A history of the artistic movements in the East Village of New York in the early and mid 1960s, focusing on such individuals as Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg,...
- Original Book (300g)£15.00Secondhand book in good condition some pen note markings on some pagesIn stockAdd to Bag
BAMN (By Any Means Necessary): Outlaw Manifestos and Ephemera,ed. by Peter Stansill
Orig Penguin paperback in good condition
- Original Book (500g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
From Satchmo to MilesLeonard Feather
- Original Book (400g)£10.00Earlier edition paperback bookIn stockAdd to Bag
The Scarman Report: The Brixton Disorders 10-12 April 1981Lord Scarman
- Original Book (300g)£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Oscar Peterson (Jazz Masters)Richard Palmer
- Original Book (300g)£10.00Original hardback book in good condIn stockAdd to Bag
Stones Touring Party: Journey Through America with the "Rolling Stones"By Robert Greenfield
- Original Book (500g)£20.00Secondhand 1st edn. UK hardback w/dustjacket sticker on backIn stockAdd to Bag
Hallelujah!The extraordinary story of Shaun Ryder and Happy Mondays
- Original Book (350g)£5.00Secondhand paperback in ok condition onlyIn stockAdd to Bag
Uncommon People: Resistance, Rebellion and JazzEric Hobsbawn
- Original Book (400g)£7.00In stockAdd to Bag
Latin JazzJohn Storm Roberts
- Original Book (800g)£40.00Original hardback first edition ex library with stamps, dustjacket in covering all in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Virginia Piedmont Blues: The Lives and Art of Two Virginia BluesmenBarry Lee Pearson
Documents the journey of two black American bluesmen, Archie Edwards and John Cephas, as they carry their musical heritage to the world.
- Original Book (500g)£20.00Orig USA paperback ex-library with stamps, laminated cover, in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Black Youth, Rastafarianism and the Identity Crisis in BritainLen Garrison
Rare small book nice pix and info
- Original Book (250g)£25.00Sticker on side, cover is red not green. In good condition but spine is split so need to be careful when opened as pages may become unglued, minor creasing on sleeveIn stockAdd to Bag
The Rock File: Making it in the Music BusinessNorton York
- Original Book (500g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Logic of RacismE. Ellis Cashmore
- Original Book (400g)£5.00Secondhand paperback FAIR ONLYIn stockAdd to Bag
Dizzy Gillespie: Life and TimesBarry McRae
- Original Book (350g)£10.00Orig book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Why No Beethoven?: Diary of a Vagrant MusicianHumphrey Lyttleton
- Original Book (400g)£12.00Orig hardback with dustjacket in good condIn stockAdd to Bag
State of BassJungle: The Story So Far
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL NEW EDITION OF THIS SEMINAL STUDY ON JUNGLE
Originally published in 1997, State of Bass explores the scene’s roots through its...
- Book (450g)£15.00
Knowledge
MONSTER HEAVYWEIGHT BOOK!
From 1994 – 2014 Knowledge magazine was the essential destination for the latest drum & bass news and features and had a massive...
- Book (1.1kg)£30.00 £25.00In stockAdd to Bag
All Crews: Journey's Through Jungle/Drum & Bass CultureBy Brian Belle-FortuneVision Publishing
Killer book on the evolution of Jungle and Drum and Bass in the UK. The raves, the shops, the djs, the mcs. Essential!
"The Definitive book on Jungle"....
- Book (450g)£15.00
Black RiotEarly Jungle, Rave and HardcoreSoul Jazz Records
VINYL FACTORY COMPILATION OF THE YEAR 2020!!! See chart here----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------LIMITED...
- Rhythm For Reasons – The Smokers Rhythm
- Babylon Timewarp – Durban Poison
- The Terrorist – RK1
- DJ Dubplate – Tings A Go On
- Leviticus – Burial (Lovers Rock Mix)
- The Freaky – Time and Age
- Trip One – Snowball Remix
- DJ Krome & Mr. Time – Ganja Man
- New Vision – Way Of Life
- DJ Dubplate – Original Rubadubstyle
- Hi Fi Power – Chill Out (Raggafunks U)
- Nu Jacks featuring Ivory Ranks – House Sensation
- 1. Rhythm For Reasons – The Smokers Rhythm
- 2. Babylon Timewarp – Durban Poison
- 3. The Terrorist – RK1
- View full info and tracklisting
- New 2×LP + Download Code + Limited Edition Graphic story£24.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD plus Limited Edition Graphic story£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Best Of Jicco Funk Vol. 1Various ArtistsDig This Way Records
Dig This Way put the spotlight on the music released through Nigerian label Jicco Funk in the late 70s and early 80s. The first volume in the series focuses...
- Jah Children – Giving Love To Your Fellow Man
- The Combats – Rock On
- Black Gold – I Want You
- Freedom Family – Africa My Fathers Land
- The Combats – Let's Get Together
- The Sea Men International – Satan Don Come Across
- Felix Lebarty's Gang – Port-Harcourt Girls
- Jimmy Sky & The Gaylords – World Need Peace
- 1. Jah Children – Giving Love To Your Fellow Man
- 2. The Combats – Rock On
- 3. Black Gold – I Want You
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP£24.99
AbengGrown In CaptivityDig This Way Records
Fresh new roots from Italian label Dig This Way comes Abeng with his second single after his killer "Crying Time" this time backed with Med Ton Allstars...
- Abeng – Grown In Captivity
- Manasseh – Dub In Captivity
- 1. Grown In Captivity
- 2. Manasseh – Dub In Captivity
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£13.99
Tony AllenThe SourceBlue Note
**Back in stock! Vinyl copies and CD too!! This essential album from the legendary drummer via Blue Note!**
Long time Fela Kuti drummer the late Tony...
- Tony Allen – Moody Boy
- Tony Allen – Bad Roads
- Tony Allen – Cruising
- Tony Allen – On Fire
- Tony Allen – Woro Dance
- Tony Allen – Tony's Blues
- 1. Moody Boy
- 2. Bad Roads
- 3. Cruising
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP£23.99
- CD£8.00
Weldon Irvine I Love YouAthens Of The North
LONG OUT OF PRINT!!!! BACK IN PRINT!!!! 100% ESSENTIAL
SEMINAL cut from Weldon Irvine featuring DON BLACKMAN's truly soulful vocals. Essential, conscious...
- Weldon Irvine – I Love You (feat. Don Blackman)
- Weldon Irvine – What's Going On?
- 1. I Love You (feat. Don Blackman)
- 2. What's Going On?
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£10.99
URKnights Of The JaguarUnderground Resistance
Defining Detroit techno from the UR crew! Now you've have a chance to grab it or replace your undoubtedly battered copy of a beautiful and timeless piece...
- UR – Jaguar
- UR – Ascesion
- 1. Jaguar
- 2. Ascesion
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12"£12.99
FunkadelicMaggot Brain (1971)Westbound
Funkadelic's masterpiece! A dark vision of what the future holds articulated through George Clinton's slightly hazy mutant funk rock with Eddie Hazel's...
- Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
- 1. Maggot Brain
- View full info and tracklisting
- CD£8.99
- LP£15.99
HardriveDeep Inside (White Vinyl Repress)Strictly Rhythm
CLASSIC Louie Vega production from Strictly's golden era, 1993! Features the ESSENTIAL title track and other NYC club classics such as 'Just Believe',...
- Hardrive – Deep Inside
- Hardrive – No Cure
- Hardrive – Just Believe
- Hardrive – Maurice's Vibe
- Hardrive – Deep Inside (The Dub)
- 1. Deep Inside
- 2. No Cure
- 3. Just Believe
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" EP£11.00Limited, white vinyl repress in full colour sleeve.
Fela KutiZombieKnitting Factory Records
On the title track Fela and the backup singers ridicule the mindset of men in uniform over an urgent, quick-march accompaniment from Afrika 70. The album...
- Fela Kuti – Zombie
- Fela Kuti – Mr. Follow Follow (Mister Follow Follow)
- 1. Zombie
- 2. Mr. Follow Follow (Mister Follow Follow)
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP£19.99 £16.99
- CD£12.99 £7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Fela KutiExpensive ShitKnitting Factory Records
'Expensive Shit' is one of Fela's most notorious albums! This killer afro-beat LP was originally release in 1975 and now gets a reissue on Brooklyn-based...
- Fela Kuti – Expensive Shit
- Fela Kuti – Water No Get Enemy
- 1. Expensive Shit
- 2. Water No Get Enemy
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP + Download Code£19.99 £16.99
Space Funk - Afro Futurist Electro Funk In Space 1976-84Afro Futurist Electro Funk In Space 1976-84Soul Jazz Records
‘Space Funk – Afro Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976-84’, is an intergalactic journey into black space, fuelled by funk, powered by computers.
‘Space...
- L E O – Fee Fi Fo Fum
- The Sonarphonic – Super Breaker
- Santiago – Bionic Funk
- Frank Cornilius – Computer Games
- JUJU & The Space Rangers – Plastic
- Jamie Jupitor – Computer Power
- Solaris – Space Invaders
- Copperfield – Make It Good To Me Baby
- Robotron 4 – Electro-?
- Ernest Flippin II – Supersonic Space Lady
- Funk Machine – Funk Machine
- Ramsey 2C-3D – Fly Guy and The Unemployed
- Osé – Computer Funk
- 7 Below Zero Band – Seven (We Are)
- Rodney Stepp – Break-Out
- 1. L E O – Fee Fi Fo Fum
- 2. The Sonarphonic – Super Breaker
- 3. Santiago – Bionic Funk
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2xLP + Download Code£23.00
- CD£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release£8.99In stockAdd to Bag