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Joe Hisaishi, Royal Philharmonic OrchestraThe Boy and the Heron: Symphonic Suite For Piano And OrchestraDeutsche Grammophon
Jordan RakeiA Safe Place To Be WildFontana
Brigitte FontaineComme À La RadioWewantsounds
Shabazz PalacesIt’s A Style SportSub Pop
Mad ProfessorCuts & Dubs – Volume OneTest Pressing Recordings
Z-Factor (feat. Jesse Saunders)Dance Party AlbumNumero
Fontaines D.C.Dopamine ChamberXL RECORDINGS
Various ArtistsIranian FunkAkenaton
Various ArtistsIranian NuggetsAkenaton
Various ArtistsLex XXLex Records
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael BrookNight Song [30th Anniversary Edition]Real World Records
Ziad RahbaniAna Moush KaferWewantsounds
Antiyano ProgresivoVarious ArtistsSoundway Records
Space GhostBack From RealityPeace World Records
Holy TongueBasilikumAD 93
Kimiko Kasai with Herbie HancockButterflyBe With Records
ElasticaElastica (Deluxe Edition)Rough Trade Records
This HeatHealth and EfficiencyThis Heat Records
Letta Mbulu In The Music......The Village Never EndsBe With Records
Marcia GriffithsPlay Me Sweet And NiceBe With Records
Teodros MakonnenTeodros Makonnen With His OrganMuzikawi
Donna SummerThe Casablanca YearsDriven By Music
Héctor Lavoe¡Que Sentimiento!Concord
KNEECAP3CAGHeavenly Recordings
Willie Colón & Héctor LavoeCosa NuestraConcord
Space AfrikaQuiet StormDAIS Records
Duval Timothy & Carlos Niñorain musicCarrying Colour
The Ron Trent Collection Vol.2 (feat. Chez Damier & Ron Trent, Roland Clark & USG)Various ArtistsKing Street Sounds
Chaka KhanChakzillaBMG
Glenn UndergroundChicago State of Mind Pt. 2Organix
Telefon Tel AvivFahrenheit Fair Enough (25th Anniversary Edition)Ghostly International
GoatHeadsoupRocket Recordings
Ezra CollectiveHere Because of HopePartisan Records
Yoko OnoIt's Alright (I See Rainbows)Secretly Canadian
- 12" RS019£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- Mallard – Aquitaine (606 Lake Mix)
- Mallard – Surface
- Mallard – Marco's Mango
- Mallard – Untitled (Breaks)
- Mallard – Verte
20 year old South London producer and Rhythm Section dance regular Mallard drops his debut 12" on the Peckham based label. The EP takes listeners on a journey through various styles and tempos of house music; from the morphing polyrhythmic percussion of ‘Surface’ to the shifting, heady pattern of ‘Aquitaine’ via the psychedelic breaks of ‘Untitled’ . One to watch!
Arrows Studio, Kingston, Jamaica 1993 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by David Corio
Arrows Studio in 57C Windward Road, East Kingston, Jamaica had a reputation for producing dub plates and tough, hard hitting, digital dancehall reggae...
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Hip-Hop in London 1982-94 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by David Corio
Awesome small and beautiful photo-zine. 36 pages, staple-bound, 14x20 cm
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Blitz 1979-80 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Derek Ridgers
Look here's Steve, Rusty and all the darlinks, darlink...
Awesome small and beautiful photo-zine. 36 pages, staple-bound, 14x20 cm
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Notting Hill Carnival 1987-92 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Mark McEvoy
Awesome small and beautiful photo-zine. 36 pages, staple-bound, 14x20 cm
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Peckham 1970s-80s PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Russell Newell
Awesome small and beautiful photo-zine. 36 pages, staple-bound, 14x20 cm
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The Battle of Lewisham August 13th, 1977 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Syd Shelton
The Battle of Lewisham was a violent confrontation on August 13, 1977, when roughly 500 members of the far-right National Front attempted to march from...
- Book (200g)£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Neil YoungDecade
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- Original 3×LP£40.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA vinyl, some sleeve wearIn stockAdd to Bag
Soul Jazz Records presentsStudio One Classics
Soul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of FIVE of their best-selling CLASSIC Studio One...
- The Skatalites – El Pussycat Ska
- Carlton & The Shoes – Love Me Forever
- Sound Dimension – Rockfort Rock
- Johnny Osbourne – Sing Jah Stylee
- The Heptones – Pretty Looks Isn't All
- Slim Smith – Rougher Yet
- Lone Ranger – Automatic
- Horace Andy – Fever
- Prince Jazzbo – School
- The Wailers – Simmer Down
- Burning Spear – Rocking Time
- Alton Ellis – I'm Just A Guy
- Sugar Minott – Oh Mr Dc
- Jennifer Lara – Consider Me
- Don Drummond – Confucious
- Michigan & Smiley – Rub A Dub Style
- Sound Dimension – Full Up
- Dennis Brown – No Man Is An Island
- 1. The Skatalites – El Pussycat Ska
- 2. Carlton & The Shoes – Love Me Forever
- 3. Sound Dimension – Rockfort Rock
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- 2xLP (Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl) + Download Code SJRLP96C2£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD SJRCD96B£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD96£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Night MagicStudio 54: Night Magic
There has never been--and will never be--another nightclub to rival the sheer glamour, energy, and wild creativity that was Studio 54. This catalog accompanies...
- Book (1kg)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
Power Pop!American Power Pop for the Now Generation 1977-1981
15 super-rare USA punk/power pop classics you never heard from bands you never knew!
Soul Jazz Records’ new ‘Power Pop! American Power Pop for the...
- Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
- Nastyfacts – Drive My Car
- Pointed Sticks – What Do You Want Me to Do?
- The Normals – Hardcore
- Shoes – Tomorrow Night
- The Reactions – It's Our Turn Now
- Puppet Rulers – Outta My Mind
- Testors – Together
- The Scruffs – You're No Fun
- The Reruns – So So Alone
- The Wigs – You Say Ono
- The Fingers – Isolation
- The Reactions – In Society
- 1. Ambulance – It's All Up To You
- 2. Dow Jones and The Industrials – Let’s Go Steady
- 3. Hot Dates – I Can't Stay
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- New LP (Coloured Vinyl) SJRLP590C£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Allen GinsbergTelevision Was A Baby Crawling ...
'Wives in the avocados, babies in the tomatoes!-and you, García Lorca, what were you doing by the watermelons?'Profane and prophetic verses about sex,...
- Book (150g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
William S. BurroughsThe Finger
'He felt a sudden deep pity for the finger joint that lay there on the dresser, a few drops of blood gathering around the white bone.'A deliberately severed...
- Book (150g)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
XzibitRestless
It's only appropriate that Xzibit's highly anticipated, and often-delayed, Restless concluded hip-hop's millennial melting pot. After all, Xzibit's association...
- New 2×LP £39.99In stockAdd to Bag
Steppin' Razor : The Rebel Life of Peter Toshby John Masouri
'A masterwork' - Roger SteffensPeter Tosh: the rude boy, the radical,the Rasta. A founding member of The Wailers and a compelling recording artistin his...
- Book (700g)£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Carol Ann DuffyFeminine Gospels
n Feminine Gospels, Carol Ann Duffy draws on the historical, the archetypal, the biblical and the fantastical to create various visions – and revisions...
- Book (200g) 9781035038565£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Andy WarholA
Part novel, part Pop artwork, Andy Warhol's a is an electrifying slice of life at his Factory studio'A work of genius' NewsweekIn the early 1960s, Andy...
- Book (500g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
BasquiatA Quick Killing in Art
“A smart, crackling chronicle of fast game, the ’80s art market, [and] the attraction of destruction.”— Village Voice
A bold and vivid biography...
- Book (700g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Kae TempestDivisible by itself and one
Divisible by Itself and One is the powerful new collection from our foremost truth-teller Kae Tempest. Ruminative, wise, with a newer, more contemplative...
- Book (200g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Straighten Up! BOOK Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
We got some more!
BOMB REGGAE BOOK!!
Originally formed in 1967 by the Palmer brothers - Harry, Jeff and Carl – Pama Records was a pioneer in bringing...
- Book (500g)£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern AmericaBy Donald L. Miller
- Original Book (500g)£8.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn stockAdd to Bag
Rebel SoundsMusic as Resistance
'Empathy is the currency of all music and Joe Mulhall does a great job of explaining how that quality has been used to generate solidarity for the struggle...
- Book (350g) 9781804442241£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Nikki GiovanniPoems: 1968-2020
Nikki Giovanni's poetry has dazzled and inspired readers for more than sixty years. When she first emerged from the Black Arts Movement in the late 1960s,...
- Book (600g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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
I Hear Music In The StreetsNew York 1969-89
Capturing the energy of New York City's music subcultures—across hip-hop, punk and rap—through an array of snapshots by photographers including...
- Book (1.4kg) 9788410024687£48.00In stockAdd to Bag
Greensleeves BOOKThe First 100 Covers
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...
- Book (2.1kg)£50.00In 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...
- Book (350g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
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£40.00In 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)£4.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Second Sexby Simone de Beauvoir
Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex' GuardianSimone de Beauvoir famously wrote, 'One is not born, but rather...
- Book (400g) 9780099595731£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Disco BabyDisco BabyMelodies International
Most highly anticipated disco release of 2017
Reissue of the 1979, three-minute up-tempo library recording, “Disco Baby". Only recently...
- – Disco Baby
- – Disco Baby (Floating Points & Red Greg Edit)
- 1. – Disco Baby
- 2. – Disco Baby (Floating Points & Red Greg Edit)
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- 7" MEL006£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The Beach BoysHere Comes The Night (1979)Caribou Records
Oh yes! Strange but true. A balearic disco monster (10 mins!) to be played at the most Harvey-esque of left-field disco nights.
- – Here Comes The Night
- 1. – Here Comes The Night
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- Original 12"£8.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOriginal = Original USA 12"
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Floating PointsReflections - Mojave DesertPluto
Floating Points summons his ensemble again for an album of sweeping, panoramic jazz and electronic passages entitled, 'Reflections - Mojave Desert';...
- – Mojave Desert
- – Silurian Blue
- – Kites
- 1. – Mojave Desert
- 2. – Silurian Blue
- 3. – Kites
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- LP + DVD RE1LP£19.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD + DVD RE1CD£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Neinzer / LosianINTLBLK002International Black
Rhythm Section sister label 'International Black' return with their 2nd release, this time turning to two young up and coming producers...
- Neinzer – Weiblich
- Losian – He's My Brother
- 1. Neinzer – Weiblich
- 2. Losian – He's My Brother
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- 12" INTLBLK002£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Tropical Drums Of DeutschlandMusic For Dreams
Copenhagen’s Music For Dreams comes with yet another strong release - a double album of personal favourites compiled by Jan Schulte. Most of the tracks...
- Om Buschman – Klang Fährt An
- Total Art Of Percussion – Wuhan Wuchang
- Argile – Tagtraum Eines Elefanten
- Rüdiger Oppermann – Troubadix In Africa
- Argile – Kleine Rosa Wolk
- Sanza – Sounouh
- Om Buschman – Prima Kalimba
- Bob Moses – Boat Song Part I
- Ralf Nowy – Akili Mali
- Trimopen – Wagagroove
- Om Buschman – Hey Tata Gorem
- Om Buschman – Hey Tata Gorem (Wolf Müller Edit)
- 1. Om Buschman – Klang Fährt An
- 2. Total Art Of Percussion – Wuhan Wuchang
- 3. Argile – Tagtraum Eines Elefanten
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- 2×LP ZZZV17003£19.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
AndrooNayaSecond Circle
Coming from the sound system scene in Geneva, Androo began to produce 80-90’s infused digital dub as a teenager. His interest in jazz, new wave, dub...
- – 2000 & Universe
- – On Time (Long Mix)
- – London Dub - Version X
- – Naya II
- – Slice Dub
- – Pansilvania - Cosmos Reggae
- 1. – 2000 & Universe
- 2. – On Time (Long Mix)
- 3. – London Dub - Version X
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- 12" SC008£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
MasterpieceLove Affair / We're Gonna Make ItSuncut
Third release on one of our favourite labels, Suncut! This time the label reaches out to the archive of little known Detroit soul group, Masterpiece. This...
- – Love Affair
- – We're Gonna Make It
- 1. – Love Affair
- 2. – We're Gonna Make It
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- 7" SCT003£15.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Mike SimonettiMike Feel Love2MR
Two fresh Mike Simonetti party jams on 2MR - check!
- – Mike Feel Love
- – Midnight or Late Afternoon
- 1. – Mike Feel Love
- 2. – Midnight or Late Afternoon
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- 12" 2MR-024£9.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Ruby AndrewsJust Loving You/Hey Boy Take A Chance On LoveZodiac
Brilliant soul 2-sider housed in a cool pic sleeve with liner notes! Super release with punchy, quality sound.
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- 7" Z-1006£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Leroy HutsonPositive ForcesAcid Jazz
Never before released Leroy Hutson 7" - last copies!
This is a double sided limited edition 45 containing two previously unreleased Hutson gems....
- 7" AJX413£13.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Danser's InfernoCreation OneEverland Jazz
- – Sombre Guitar
- 2. – Sombre Guitar
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- LP Everland Jazz 002£21.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Martin Kornberger & Volker KuhnEmbraceOrbeatize
Originally released only on cassette in 1986, "Embrace" is mixture of experimental tracks of the duo Martin Kornberger & Volker Kuhn. Check out the 20...
- – Embrace
- 1. – Embrace
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- LP ORB-02£22.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Leroy Hutson/Michael Gregory JacksonGet To This (You'll Get To Me) / Risin' UpLillyGood Party!
On the A side we have a classic cut from Leroy Hutson “Get to this” in a soul funk boogie style with Leroy's fantastic vocals. The B side...
- Leroy Hutson – Get To This (You'll Get To Me)
- Michael Gregory Jackson – Risin' Up
- 1. Leroy Hutson – Get To This (You'll Get To Me)
- 2. Michael Gregory Jackson – Risin' Up
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- 12" LGPV001£0.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
ObatalaObatalaEverland
Reissue of this rare disco funk album is a hidden gem. The original is on many wants lists and rarely turns up. Heady disco funk from the glory days...
- – April
- – In & Out Of Love
- – Shades Of September
- – Disco Party
- – Funk-A-Fried
- – Tight-Rope
- – Work It Out
- 1. – April
- 2. – In & Out Of Love
- 3. – Shades Of September
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- LP Everland004£21.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
CalibanDigital Reggae / Supernatural MagicMusic From Memory
Reissue of this extremely obscure digital / computerized dancehall tune from '84 on Music From Memory! This issue features extra production from TAPES...
- – Digital Reggae
- – Digital Reggae Remix
- – Supernatural Magic
- 1. – Digital Reggae
- 2. – Digital Reggae Remix
- 3. – Supernatural Magic
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- 12" EP MFM022£13.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Pulsinger & IrlFunction CreepBigBeak Recordings
Viennese techno legend, Patrick Pulsinger is back! Two killer traxx of techno dusted with trademark jazz and spacey disco touches!
- – Function Creep
- – Woodpecker
- 1. – Function Creep
- 2. – Woodpecker
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- 12" BB003£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Bobby PattersonI Got A Suspicion/Right Place, Wrong Time (1977)All Platinum
Funky soulful deep tune.Original USA 45 (new original unplayed but few minor pops/crackles).
- – I Got A Suspicion
- 1. – I Got A Suspicion
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- Original 7" AP 2371£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock