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Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonBump Talkin’ (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Paul JohnsonFeel The Music (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
KNEECAPFENIANHeavenly Recordings
Nightmares On Wax vs Adrian SherwoodIn A Space Outta DubWarp Records
Nightmares On WaxIn A Space Outta Sound [20th Anniversary Edition]Warp Records
John Lee HookerThat’s My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings the BluesConcord
Fight The Fire: Digital Reggae, Conscious Roots and Dub in Nigeria 1986-91Various ArtistsSoundway Records
Ryuichi SakamotoOPUSSony
Black Jazz RecordsThe Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971-75Soul Jazz Records
Doug CarnThe Best Of Doug CarnSoul Jazz Records
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Mark RonsonLate Night FeelingsSony
Eddie PalmieriVamonos Pa'l MonteConcord
The ProdigyFirestarter [x30 Vinyl Edition]XL Recordings
John ColtraneThe Best Of John ColtraneConcord
ShabakaOf The EarthShabaka Records
Charles StepneyEternal Journey - The Arrangements And Productions Of Charles StepneyVarious ArtistsBGP
Pan Afrikan People's ArkestraLive At Widney High December 26th, 1971The Village
Bill CallahanMy Days Of 58Drag City
Jon LucienSearch For the Inner SelfKent
The GladiatorsBongo Red / VersionSoul Jazz Records
George MichaelFaithSony
Habibi Funk PrintHabibi Funk Print 001: SpotlightsHabibi Funk Print
Let's Play Chess (A Chess Records Anthology)Various ArtistsVerve
Bob DylanMTV UnpluggedSony
600% DynamiteSka, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk and Dub in Jamaica NEW EDITION 2026Soul Jazz Records
Gal CostaGal CostaVampisoul
Jackie MittooGet Up and Get It / Keep On DancingSoul Jazz Records
IntertotoSiccar PointWhat About Never
Jerry JonesThere's A Chance For Me / Trying TimesSoul Jazz Records
FameBy Andy Warholgardners
Joey Bada$$B4.DA.$$Cinematic Music Group
SupertrampBreakfast In AmericaUMR / Polydor
- Book (800g) 9780226456942£24.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Taken together, these comprehensive volumes offer an authoritative account of the music of Africa. One of the most prominent experts on the subject, Gerhard Kubik draws on his extensive travels and three decades of study in many parts of the continent to compare and contrast a wealth of musical traditions from a range of cultures. In this second volume, he turns to the cognitive study of African rhythm, Yoruba chantefables, the musical Kachamba family of Malawi, and African conceptions of space and time.
Features an extensive selection of photographs and is accompanied by a compact disc of Kubik's own recordings. Erudite and exhaustive, "Theory of African Music" is an invaluable reference source.
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
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
BOOK! Boss Reggae From PamaForeword by Harry Palmer
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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
The West Indian Experience in British SchoolsBy Raymond Giles
- Original Book (350g)£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback Book in good conditionIn 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
Punk: The Last WordBy Chris Sullivan and Stephen Colegrave
'A thoroughly enjoyable compendium of appalling behaviour.' Nick Logan, Editor NME (1973-1978), founder of The Face
'From the shabby stowaways of the...
- Book (900g)£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Machito and his Afro Cuban Jazz EnsembleWith Flute To Boot!
- New LP 8435307616937£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
Rock Against Racism 1976-1981By Syd Shelton
Rock Against Racism is a body of photographs that Syd Shelton produced for and about the British Rock Against Racism movement (RAR) of 1976–1981. For...
- Book (1.9kg)£42.99 £15.00In 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)£3.00In stockAdd to Bag
Beneath the UnderdogBy Chalrles Mingus
Bass player extraordinaire Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, is one of the essential composers in the history of jazz, and Beneath the Underdog, his celebrated,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Art of DancehallPosters and Flyers of Soundsystem Culture
Wicked book!
Combining the energy and vibrancy of vernacular Jamaican art with the cultural insight that only original ephemera can bring, the flyers...
- Book (1.1kg)£38.95In stockAdd to Bag
Revolutionary Letters
By turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
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...
- 2×LP HVNLP237£32.99In stockAdd to Bag
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Talking to Women
In 1964, Nell Dunn spoke to nine of her friends over a bottle of wine about men, sex, work, money, babies, freedom and love. The Pop Artist Pauline Boty...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 11
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 12
Latin compilation
- Original CD£9.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
The Blood of OthersSimone de Beauvoir
Potent and vividly emotional, Simone de Beauvoir’s captivating novel questions freedom and individual responsibility in the face of brutality‘These...
- Book (350g) 9780241696453£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Salsa Y Ache
- Original CD£4.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Alice Coltrane - Monument Eternal (DELUXE HARDBACK)By Ann Philbin, Franya J. Berkman
Rashid Johnson, Cauleen Smith and others pay tribute to a truly extraordinary figure in 20th-century American jazz. This volume unpacks the cultural legacy...
- Book (1.3kg)£50.00In stockAdd to Bag
My Grandmother's Hands : Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodiesby Resmaa Menakem
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Insightful, thought-provoking and profound. I can't recommend highly enough' Sunny Singh'A revolutionary work of beauty,...
- Book (350g) 9780141996479£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Nova Scotia House : A Novel
Nova Scotia House takes us to the heart of a relationship, a community and an era. It is both a love story and a lament; bearing witness to the enduring...
- Book (450g)£18.99In stockAdd to Bag
This Woman's Work : Essays on Music
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contributors Anne Enright, Fatima Bhutto, Jenn Pelly, Rachel...
- Book (600g) 9781474621472£20.00In stockAdd to Bag
Women and the Piano : A History in 50 Livesby Susan Tomes
- Book (1.1kg) 9780300266573£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Black Music Of Two Worlds (1972)John Storm RobertsOriginal Music
Essential music book about African and New World Afro-musics of the Caribbean and US first published here on Roberts' own Original Music imprint in 1972.
- Original Book (600g)£30.00Original out of print book in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Bunny MackLet Me Love You (1980)Win Records
Rare independent Nigerian boogie funk.
Original Nigerian vinyl.Vinyl G only , sleeve Fair only so cheap £40 to £10+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine...
- – Let Me Love You
- – Love You Forever
- 1. – Let Me Love You
- 2. – Love You Forever
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- Original LP WNL 111£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe & His Nigeria Sound Makers InternationalJim´s SpecialSposa
Quality album of Igbo highlife.Rare Original Nigerian vinyl.Vinyl VG, sleeve F (wear)+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
- – Jim´s Special
- 1. – Jim´s Special
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP Sposa 001£25.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Talking 'Bout Your MamaThe Dozens, Snaps, And The Deep Roots Of RapOxford University Press
ONLY £10 Import USA HARDBACK BOOK CHEAPER THAN AMAZON
From Two Live Crew's controversial comedy to Ice Cube's gangsta styling and the battle rhymes of...
- Book (350g) 9780199394043£16.00 £10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Pablo MilanésPablo Milanés Canta A Nicolás Guillén (1975)Areito
Original Cuban vinyl!Vinyl VG , sleeve GHigh-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
- Original LP LD-4017£20.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Brenda FassieBlack President (1990)Mercury
Rare Zimbabwe boogie
- – Street Girl
- – Bump Party Time
- 7. – Street Girl
- 8. – Bump Party Time
- View full info and tracklisting
- Original LP 4064851£35.00 £10.00Vinyl condition: VG-Sleeve condition: VG-ORIGINAL NIGERIAN VINYL MARK ON SIDE TWO TRACK 1, sleeve damage
+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your money back!Sold out Notify me when in stock
JazzEdited by Nat Hentoff and Albert McCarthyQuartet Books (1977)
- Original Book (350g)£12.00Secondhand out of print book in good conditionSold out Notify me when in stock
The Last SultanThe Life And Times Of Ahmet ErtegunSimon & Schuster
Import USA Paperback edition book 40% Off Original price!
The Last Sultan is the definitive biography of a man who changed popular culture throughout...
- Book (550g) 9781416558408£13.99 £7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
AmericaHoliday (1974)WB
- Original LP£10.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print USA VinylSold out Notify me when in stock
Getting Together With The Jackson 5 (1971)Musico Records
Original = USA Original Vinyl G+ /Sleeve VG-
+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl...
- Original LP MDS 1047£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Jazz Masters Of New OrleansBy Martin WilliamsMacMillan (1979)
Good book! Did you know why the drummers of New Orleans jazz have always been underrecorded? Did you know that Orson Welles was a big New Orleans jazz...
- Original Book (600g)£15.00Secondhand USA hardback (ex-library, plastic covered)In stockAdd to Bag
Sonny OkosunThe Gospel Of Ozziddi (1981)EMI International
Afro-Disco funk.
Original Nigerian Vinyl VG, sleeve G- (lot of wear)
+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+100% Guarantee on this...
- – Carnival
- 3. – Carnival
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- Original LP NEMI (LP) 0530£25.00Sold out 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
Old School Rap and Hip-HopChris Woodstra, John Bush, Stephen Thomas ErlewineBackbeat Books
The real old school! More than 500 reviews plus artist bios and the true tales of the birth of the art form
- Original Book (350g)£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
- Book (350g) 9780879309169£14.00 £8.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Don Shirley TrioDon Shirley Trio (1960)Cadence
Original 1960 textured sleeve original vinyl jazz trio quite deep
- Original LP CLP 3046£12.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Back In The Days Photographs By Jamel ShabazzpowerHouse Books
Amazing, genius photographs of New York hip-hop fashion and culture taken by Jamel Shabazz between 1980 and 1989. Intro by Fab Five Freddy. As stylish...
- Book (700g) 9781576871065£30.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Stevie WonderBy John Swenson
- Original Book (500g) 9780859650762£12.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print paperback in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Dakota StatonI Want A Country Man (1973)Groove Merchant
Original USA 1973 Groove Merchant reocrds w/ Frank Wess, Cecil Bridgewater, Bill Watrous produced by Sonny Lester
- Original LP GM 521£9.99Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Sold out Notify me when in stock
Jazz Religion, The Second Line And Black New OrleansBy Richard Brent TurnerIndiana University Press
Great New Orleans music book! NEW EDITION DIFFT COVER
Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of the...
- Book (350g)£19.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Musica BrasileiraA History of Popular Music and the People of BrazilMarion Boyars
STILL ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ON BRAZILIAN MUSIC! Only £6!!!
Written by Claus Schreiner, this is an excellent book covering all aspects of Brazilian music...
- Book (450g) 9780714530666£9.99 £6.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Danny JohnsonIntroducing Danny Johnson (1978)First American
Chicago soul 78. Orig USA vinyl
- Original LP FA 7717£10.00Sold out Notify me when in stock
Rhythms Of WonderStevie Wonder by Sharon DavisRobson Books
- Original Book (700g) 9781861059659£10.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK HardbackSold out Notify me when in stock
Aretha Franklin - Lady SoulBy Leslie CourseFranklin Watts
- Original Book (300g)£20.00Original Pre-Owned Out of print Paperback BookSold out Notify me when in stock
Richie Ray & Bobby CruzEl Sonido De La Bestia (1980)Vaya Records
Hardcore salsa.
Vinyl VG, sleeve G (tape on spine)+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
Venezuelan vinyl
- – El Sonido De La Bestia
- 7. – El Sonido De La Bestia
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- Original LP£19.99Sold out Notify me when in stock
John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the MusicEdited by Leonard L. BrownOxford University Press
Edited by prominent musician and scholar Leonard Brown, John Coltrane and Black America's Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music is a timely exploration...
- Book (450g) 978195328929£20.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock