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Voguing: Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York City 1989-92Photographs and interviews by Chantal Regnault, Introduction by Tim LawrenceSoul Jazz Books
The SilvertonesAfrican DubBlack Eagle
Joe WhiteGive And Take (On Both Sides)Ultra Records
The BlackstonesI Don't Feel SecureHorus Records
SkinshapeLife & LoveDloaw & Co.
The BlackstonesOut A RoadHorus Records
Joseph MalikTake A LeftRamrock Red
Paula ClarkeUniversityLiving Music Inc.
Lee PerryVampire (Horns)Upsetter
Alter Echo & E3 Meet Ishan Sound & Rider ShafiqueAh Mi GuideScrub A Dub
Jimi TenorCinema DadaabRonet Records
Gloria TaylorDeep Inside You / World That's Not RealExpansion
The Masqueraders / The Gentlemen FourDo You Love Me Baby / You Can't Keep A Good Man DownOutta Sight
Field Works Vol. II (feat. Japan Blues)Various ArtistsVox Populi Records
LinkwoodFresh GildansFirecracker Recordings
CoreysanHijackedLegsman
Seekers InternationalLost & Found Vol. 2Boomarm Nation
Mdou Moctar & Elite BeatMdou Moctar Meets Elite Beat In A Budget DancehallBoomarm Nation
Music Inc.Music Inc.Pure Pleasure / Strata-East
Omar SOne Of A KindFXHE
Scotch Bonnet Records PresentPuffers's Choice Vol 2Scotch Bonnet
John GordonStep By StepPure Pleasure / Strata-East
ZenitStraight AheadEdition Hawara
Garage ClassTerminal Tokyo (inc. JD Twitch edit)Outer Reaches
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
Phil RanelinVibes From The TribeTribe / Pure Pleasure
Allysha JoyAcadie : RawGondwana Records
Oneness Of JujuAfrican Rhythms (2018 Edition)Strut
Britxotica Goes Wild!Various ArtistsTrunk Records
VariousDance Hall Vibe's Vol.#1King Culture
Mars89End of the DeathBokeh Versions
The SylversI Know Myself / Wish That I Could Talk To YouMr Bongo
SnipsLondon Livin' EPBarbershop Records
Carrie ClevelandLooking Up: The Complete WorksKalita Records
The Sha La DasLove In The WindDaptone
- Reissue LP Blue Note 4219£9.99
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Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Alan Shorter (Wayne's brother), Grachan Moncur, James Spaulding, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Joe Chambers. Hardcore and heavyweight -Shorter on Blue Note, 65.
Wayne ShorterAtlantis (1985)CBS
Original UK Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG+100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The Universe - 'if you're not happy we're not happy' or your...
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Wayne ShorterJuju (1964)Blue Note
Saxophonist Shorter is joined by Coltrane's seminal rhythm team - McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman and Elvin Jones. Deep and seminal.
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- New LP £22.99
Wayne ShorterThe Soothsayer (1965)Blue Note
Recorded around the same time as All Seeing Eye but not released until 15 years later as Blue note 'unreleased' sessions, this has stood the test of time...
- Reissue LP£13.99
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Wayne ShorterSpeak No EvilBlue Note
Classic mid-sixties Blue Note period album from Miles Davis' saxophonist, Wayne Shorter! Essential modal jazz featuring Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock,...
- 1. Witch Hunt
- 2. Fee Fi Fo Fum
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- CD£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
- New LP (180g) + Download Code£21.99
Ronnie LawsFever (1976)Blue Note
Produced by Wayne Henderson, with cult group 'Pleasure' on backing, "Let's Keep It Together" is a jazz-funk stormer, "Karmen" is a quiet storm and "Fever"...
- 2. Fever
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Tony Allen & Jeff MillsTomorrow Comes The HarvestBlue Note
Detroit techno pioneer, Jeff Mills in collusion with the legendary Afro-beat drummer, Tony Allen - on Blue Note!
- 10"£10.99Expected 28 SepPreorder
Donald ByrdBlack Byrd (1973)Blue Note
Written and produced by Larry Mizell, their first collaboration!
Original = blue label liberty USA.
Original USA Vinyl VG+/Sleeve VG+ (with blue...
- 1. Flight Time
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- Original LP£40.00
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James NewtonThe African Flower - The Music Of Duke Ellington And Billy Strayhorn (1985)Blue Note
w/ Pheeroan Aklaff, Arthur Blythe, Jay Hoggard etc
Original = USA Vinyl NM- /Sleeve NM-(orig shrink, cutout hole)100% Guarantee on this and all Original...
- Original LP£15.00In stockAdd to Bag
Stanley TurrentineThe Look Of Love (1968)Blue Note
Late 60s soul jazz on Blue Note with saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and huge band
Original = Original USA Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG
100% Guarantee on this...
- 1. The Look Of Love
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- Original LP£19.99In stockAdd to Bag
Dexter GordonOne Flight UpBlue Note
Classic album from 1964 featuring Donald Byrd, Art Taylor and Kenny Drew.
- LP£21.99In stockAdd to Bag
Duke PearsonNow Hear This (1969)Blue Note
Rare Blue Note album from 1969 featuring Duke Pearson's large band arrangements. Original blue and white label Liberty first pressing - sealed (opened...
- 1. Disapproachment
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- Original LP£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
George RussellThe African GameBlue Note
Mint, sealed, opened once
Original = Original USA Vinyl NM- /Sleeve NM- (cutout hole)
100% Guarantee on this and all Original Vinyl at Sounds Of The...
- Original LP£18.00In stockAdd to Bag
Donald ByrdStreet Lady (1973)Blue Note
Classic jazz funk album written and produced by the magnificent Mizell brothers! Includes 'Lansana's Priestess'.
Original USA Vinyl VG( VG+ but has small...
- Original LP£50.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
- Reissue LP£9.99
Art Blakey And The Jazz MessengersLike Someone In LoveBlue Note
An album resulting from exactly the same 1960 sessions as the better-known 'A Night in Tunisia'
Original =B1-84245 1988 pressing
Original = Original...
- Original LP£20.00
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- New LP (180g)£19.99
The Three SoundsLive At The Lighthouse (1967)Blue Note
Groovy soul jazz.
First pressing stereo Blue Note, blue and white label Liberty pressing
Original = USA Vinyl VG- /Sleeve VG- (top bottom spines split/taped)...
- 1. Still I'm Sad
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- Original LP£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Lee MorganCharisma (1969)Blue Note
Lee Morgan joined by Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers, Billy Higgins. Essential deep Blue Note 1969.First press blue/white Liberty...
- 1. Hey Chico
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- Original LP£40.00In stockAdd to Bag
GoGo PenguinA Humdrum StarBlue Note
UK troupe, GoGo Penguin return with their second album for Blue Note. 'A Humdrum Star' is a heady meld of jazz and electronic experimentalism that joins...
- 2xLP + Download Code£25.99
- CD£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John ColtraneAt Carnegie HallBlue Note
Deluxe 180g reissue of the 1957 LP by Thelonious Monk's quartet, feat. John Coltrane, performed at a gala concert at Carnegie Hall, NYC.
- 2xLP + Download Code£25.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Three SoundsVibrations (1966)Blue Note
ORIGINAL STEREO NEW YORK USA BLUE NOTE HEAVYWEIGHT PRESSING. TOUGH SOUL JAZZ BST 84248
Original = USA Vinyl VG+ /Sleeve VG+
100% Guarantee on this and...
- 2. fever
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- Original LP£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
McCoy TynerExpansions (1969)Blue Note
Seminal deep modal jazz on Blue Note w/ Woody Shaw, Gary Bartz, Ron Carter, Herbie Lewis and Freddie Watts. Produced by Duke Pearson. HEAVY!
Orig= Blue...
- 1. Vision
- 3. Smitty's Place
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- LP£22.99In stockAdd to Bag
- Original LP£30.00
Elvin Jones With Joe FarrellThe UltimateBlue Note
Classic Elvin Jones LP with Joe Farrell on fire, switching between tenor, soprano and flute.
- 1. In The Truth
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- LP£21.99Expected 22 JunPreorder
Tony AllenThe SourceBlue Note
Long time Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen drops a new album for 2017 - a hybrid fusion of jazz and Afrobeat!
- 1. Moody Boy
- 2. Bad Roads
- 3. Cruising
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- 2×LP£23.99In stockAdd to Bag
- CD£12.99
Lee MorganCandyBlue Note
1957 Blue Note session with a hard bop take on some standards.
- CD£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Kenny CoxIntroducing Kenny Cox And The Contemporary Jazz Quintet/ MultidirectionBlue Note
Two classic Blue Note albums on one disc.
- CD£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Lee MorganMusic For LoversBlue Note
Compilation spanning the years 1957-1967.
- CD£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Horace SilverMusic For LoversBlue Note
Compilation produced by Matt Pierson.
- CD£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Grant GreenNever Can Say Goodbye (1970)Blue Note
Original BLUE NOTE 45.
- 2. Never Can Say Goodbye
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- Original 7"£10.00In stockAdd to Bag
Hank MobleyThe TurnaroundBlue Note
Classic Hank Mobley from 1965 featuring Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd and Freddie Hubbard.
- LP£21.99In stockAdd to Bag
Ornette ColemanNew York Is Now! (1968)Blue Note
DEEP DEEP heavyweight left-field new thing Blue Note jazz. Discordant, heavy and profound. W/Dewey Redman, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones.
- 1. The Garden Of Souls
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- LP£22.99In stockAdd to Bag
Afro Blue Vol.2The Roots And Rhythms Of JazzBlue Note
Essential Blue Note comp featuring tracks by the Jazz Crusaders, Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Cannonball Adderley...
- CD£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Art Blakey QuintetA Night At Birdland, Volume 1Blue Note
10" repress of seminal early Art Blakey Quintet line-up featuring Horace Silver, Lou Donaldson and Clifford Brown
- 10"£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
Donald ByrdAt The Half Note Cafe Volume 1Blue Note
D. Byrd + Pepper Adams, Duke PEarson, Laymon Jackson, Lex Humphries. New USA vinyl
- LP£22.99In stockAdd to Bag
Freddie HubbardBreaking PointBlue Note
Freddie Hubbard + James Spaulding, Ronnie Mathews, Eddie Khan, Joe Chambers. Deep and essential Blue Note. New USA vinyl issue
- LP£22.99In stockAdd to Bag
The New Heritage Keyboard QuartetThe New Heritage Keyboard Quartet (1973)Blue Note
Blue label Liberty labels Blue Note w/ orig house inner sleeve and in orig. shrink. Orig USA vinyl
- Original LP£13.00In stockAdd to Bag
Ornette ColemanTwins (1971)Atlantic
This early album of Ornette Coleman is one of his best works, and relatively easy to listen to. His band is a double quartet, hence the album's name twins....
- New LP £18.99
Wayne ShorterNight Dreamer (1964)Blue Note
Wayne Shorter's debut for Blue Note, with six original compositions. A transitional record but a classic one with Shorter joined by Lee Morgan, McCoy...
- 1. night dreamer
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- Reissue LP£9.99
- New LP (180g)£19.99
Hypnotic Brass EnsembleHeritageHonest Jon's
Five re-workings recorded late last year in Dublin — a Jay-Z (the Kingdom Come intro), a Fela, an Art Of Noise (Moments In Love), an Outkast, a Madlib...
- 1. Prelude
- 3. Spottie
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- 12"£8.99
John ColtraneColtrane (1962)Impulse!
Coltrane's first for Impulse, in 1962, was also the first recording for the classic quartet line-up and is a beautiful blend of extended modal...
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- New LP (180g)£23.99In stockAdd to Bag
- Deluxe 2×CD£14.99
A. K. SalimAfro-Soul / Drum Orgy (1965)Prestige
Incredible! This is a stunning set of African-inspired jazzy percussion tracks -- similar to some of the work done by Art Blakey on his Orgy In Rhythm...
- 2. ngomba ya tempo (elephant dance)
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- Reissue LP£11.99In stockAdd to Bag
Joe HendersonInner Urge (1965)Blue Note
Joe Henderson sax, McCoy Tyner piano, Bob Cranshaw bass, Elvin Jones drums. Coltrane's rhythm kings join Henderson for this exercise in deepness.
- 3. el barrio
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- Reissue LP£13.99
Pete Rock / Smif-n-WessunMonumental Duck Down
Pete Rock & Smif N Wessun have joined forces for a Monumental album. Pete Rock provides the production for the entire album, as well as vocals on several...
- 2. moumental
- 3. prevail
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- 2×LP£11.99
- CD£14.99
Gary Bartz Ntu TroopHarlem Bush Music - UhuruMilestone
Gary Bartz was in the artistic eye of the hurricane that was the Black Power movement at the turn of the 70s and here, with the group he was calling...
- Reissue LP£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
Lee Scratch Perry The Return Of Pipecock JackxonHonest Jon's
Absolutely ESSENTIAL album from reggae dub legend Lee Perry originally released in 1980 - final work to emerge from the Black Ark studio, before its permanent...
- 1. bed jammin
- 2. untitled rhythm
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- LP£13.99
- CD£10.99
AirtoFree (1972)CTI
Tough Brazilian meets Jazz fusion from Airto Moreira, produced by Creed Taylor in 1972 for CTI! Line-up includes Flora Purim, Ron Carter, Chick Corea,...
- CD£11.99
- Reissue LP£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Paul BlackmanSay SoRockers International
roots reggae tune produced by augustus pablo. nice dub
- 1. Say So
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- 7"£3.50
Sun RaAngels And Demons At Play (1967)Saturn Research
Seminal deep jazz with 'Tiny Pyramids'. Recorded in Chicago late 50s - a true high point! All-star line-up, essential recording.
- Reissue LP£13.99
Augustus PabloZion HighRockers International
Killer melodica cut deep rockers tune from the mid 70s with stripped down version on the flip.
- 1. zion high
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- 7"£3.99
Steve ReidOdyssey Of The Oblong SquareUniversal Sound
Available Now!
Drummer extraordinaire and legend, Vietnam conscientious objector, ex-Black Panther, Reid has played with everyone from James Brown to...
- 1. Odyssey Theme
- 2. Deacon's Son
- 3. Odyssey Sweet
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- CD£11.99In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Augustus PabloMemories Of The GhettoRockers International
From the album "East Of The River Nile" with backing by The Upsetters. pure roots with dub on the flip.
- 1. Memories Of The Ghetto
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- 7"£3.99
Augustus PabloBlack GunRockers International
heavyweight roots classic!!
- 1. Black Gun
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- 7"£3.99
Sun RaContinuation (1963)El Saturn Records
Hyper-rare El Saturn LP, recorded in 1963, early in the Arkestra's NY period.
Sun Ra (piano, space organ); John Gilmore (tenor sax); Pat Patrick (baritone...
- New LP £12.99
Augustus PabloUp Wareika HillRockers International
classic 70s roots instrumental with version on the flip.
- 1. Up Wareika Hill
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- 7"£3.50
The RevolutionariesKunta KintePressure Sounds
BACK IN STOCK!! never officially released,dub plate of all dub plates from channel one.this limited 7" comes on heavy vinyl and company sleeve.
- 1. Kunta Kinte
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- 7"£6.99
BurialStreet Halo EP / Kindred EP [Japanese Import]Hyperdub / Beatink
Burial's complete solo material since 2007's 'Untrue' - available for the first time on CD!
Limited press of a previously Japan-only CD compiling...
- 1. Street Halo
- 2. NYC
- 3. Stolen Dog
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- CD£10.99
Caribou Our LoveCity Slang
Dan Snaith releases his third long-player as Caribou and, this time, comes with a more soulful approach (as hinted at by the single release of the same...
- 1. Can't Do Without You
- 2. Silver
- 3. All I Ever Need
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- CD£11.99In stockAdd to Bag
- LP£15.99
Horace SilverHorace-Scope (1960)Blue Note
By the time of this album - July 1960 - the Horace Silver Quintet was like a well-oiled machine. Horace Silver plus Junior Cook (ts), Blue Mitchell (t)...
- CD£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
IG Culture Presents Soulful Shanghai Kindred Spirits
Limited new release from I.G Culture featuring ID4 Windz, John Robinson and Bilal Salaam.
With ‘Soulful Shanghai’ IG draws a lineage directly...
- 1. I Can't Believe It ft. ID 4 Windz
- 2. Truth ft. John Robinson
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- 2×LP£14.99
- CD£11.99
Donald ByrdA New Perspective (1963)Blue Note
Remarkable 1963 album with Hank Mobley, Kenny Burell, Herbie Hancock & gospel choir! includes the classic 'Cristo Redentor'. Killer and deep!
- LP£22.99In stockAdd to Bag
- CD£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Joshua MosesJoshua to Jashwa 30 years in the wildernessBristol Archive
One of Bristol's local reggae scene's mainstayers, Joshua Moses.
Since his first session in 1978, much of his music has been lost but after eighteen...
- 1. Africa (Is Our Land)
- 2. house of dread
- 3. stick it up
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- LP£12.99