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William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
MuseThe Wow!Warner Records
Labi Siffre1970-1971Edsel
Joe HisaishiA Big Bold Beautiful JourneyMutant
Dragon Ball Hit Song CollectionVarious ArtistsNippon Columbia
Kaiso Power: Sound Revolution in TrinidadVarious ArtistsSoundway Records
Brown Spirits#1Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#2Soul Jazz Records
Brown Spirits#3Soul Jazz Records
Amyl and The SniffersGiddy Up / Big Attraction (10 Year Anniversary)Amyl and The Sniffers
Muddy WatersThe Real Folk BluesChess
Howlin' WolfThe Real Folk BluesVerve
YungbludIdols (Complete)Island
Rebel Island SoulUnder the Influence: Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970sSoul Jazz Records
Kenny DorhamWhistle StopBlue Note
Marcos ValleO Compositor E O CantorVampisoul
Roy Ayers UbiquityRed, Black & GreenVampisoul
Marcos ValleSamba '68Verve
T.P. Orchestre Poly-RythmoWest African Beat: Rare 7s and EPs from Benin and NigerAcid Jazz
McCoy TynerAsante [Expanded Edition]Blue Note
Glenn UndergroundAtmosfear (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Buena Vista Social ClubLost and FoundBMG
Glenn UndergroundThe Jerusalem EP’s (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Terry CallierAt The Earl Of Old TownTime Traveler
Paul JohnsonBump Talkin’ (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
Darrow Fletcher Presents Jacklyn & Genna RecordsVarious ArtistsKent
Paul JohnsonFeel The Music (35th Anniversary Edition)Peacefrog
KNEECAPFENIANHeavenly Recordings
Roy Ayers UbiquityLive At The Montreaux Jazz FestivalUniversal Music Japan
CAVSSojournp(doom)
Spring OriginalsVarious ArtistsSpring
Macho/Millie JacksonSpring Revisited vs. Kenny Dope: The 45 RemixesAcid Jazz/Ace Records
Donald ByrdThe Cat WalkBlue Note
The Young LionsThe Young LionsConcord
Bobby TimmonsThis Here Is Bobby TimmonsConcord
- LP£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- 1. Ungrateful Dub
- 2. Ease The Pain Dub
- 3. Unity Dub
- 4. I Walk The Line Dub
- 5. Be Strong Dub
- 6. Outward Show Dub
- 7. Jehovah Rule Dub
- 8. Sound The Trumpet Dub
- 9. May Pen Market Dub
- 10. What's Happening In The Dance Dub
Digital roots 80s dub album of raw stripped down riddims from Yabby You mixed at King Tubby's by Scientist and the man himself.
Nucleus Roots ft. Don HartleyDeep Roots
Very limited repress of this deep roots 10" from 10 years ago featuring Nucleus Roots and singer Don Hartley with four excellent mixes to chose from.
- – Deep Roots
- – Blood Thicker Than Water Dub
- 1. – Deep Roots
- 3. – Blood Thicker Than Water Dub
- View full info and tracklisting
- 10" PRTL1001£14.00In 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
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
Awopbopaloobop AlopbamboomBy Nik Cohn
- Original Book (300g)£12.00Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback BookIn 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
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
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)£15.00 £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
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
- 2×CD HVNLP237CD£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
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
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
Albert MalawiChildren Of The EmperorUprising
Limited Stock..Real roots rarity from former Augustus Pablo's drummer with his killer tune "Children Of The Emperor" taken from original stamper.
- – Children Of The Emperor
- – Version
- 1. – Children Of The Emperor
- 2. – Version
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£9.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Gregory IsaacsThe RulerWaterhouse
late 80s dancehall recorded at king tubby's studio in the waterhouse district of kingston with fuzzy jones doing the intros on both sides.
- – The Ruler
- 1. – The Ruler
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£3.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Steve ReidOdyssey Of The Oblong SquareSoul Jazz Records
New special one-off pressing v.limited edition gold vinyl edition (and gold CD edition!) of this intense and radical jazz classic album.
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- – Odyssey Theme
- – Deacon's Son
- – Odyssey Sweet
- – Ginsamseng
- 1. – Odyssey Theme
- 2. – Deacon's Son
- 3. – Odyssey Sweet
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP (Coloured Vinyl) + Download Code SJRLP514C£26.00In stockAdd to Bag
- CD (Limited Edition Coloured CD) SJRCD514C£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
- MP3 Release SJRD514£7.99In stockAdd to Bag
Sugar MinottPlay MeWaterhouse
produced at king tubby's studio with fatman at the controls and fuzzy jones as the intro man
- – Play Me
- 1. – Play Me
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- 7"£4.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Sjob MovementA Move In The Right Direction 1974Academy
First ever reissue of this classic 1974 album!
Deep and spacey Afro-Funk rhythms from four heavy weight Nigerian musicians, ex members of the Sonny...
- – Country Love
- – You Only Live Once
- – Omo Oloro (To Nje Eyin Awo)
- 1. – Country Love
- 3. – You Only Live Once
- 4. – Omo Oloro (To Nje Eyin Awo)
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP ACD002LP£15.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD ACD002CD£13.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
NineyQuietObserver
Deep left field late 70s skanker from Niney The Observer with a dub plate mix on the flip,
- Niney – Quiet
- The Obervers – Dub Plate Mix
- 1. Niney – Quiet
- 2. The Obervers – Dub Plate Mix
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£8.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Sun Ra And His Myth Science Solar ArkestraThe Antique BlacksArt Yard
Another much sought after and long unavailable title recorded in 1974 with a small-ish ensemble consisting of stalwarts Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, Danny...
- – song no.1
- – the antique blacks
- – space is the place
- 1. – song no.1
- 3. – the antique blacks
- 7. – space is the place
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP CIA100£16.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Joy WhiteDread Out DeLeo
sweet vocal cut from joy white over tuff funky roots rhythm with a trombone/dub version on the b-side clean and loud pressing.
- Joy White – Dread Out De
- 1. Joy White – Dread Out De
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£4.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Sun RaSleeping BeautyStrut Records
The holy grail of Sun Ra albums! Utterly essential deep jazz with vocals and Sun Ra on electric piano - this is up there with Lanquidity as one of his...
- – Door of the Cosmos
- – Sleeping Beauty
- 2. – Door of the Cosmos
- 3. – Sleeping Beauty
- View full info and tracklisting
- LP STRUT474LP£25.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Triston PalmaSpliff TailBlack Solidarity
- – Spliff Tail
- 1. – Spliff Tail
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£3.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Iron PhoenixNatty Dread ChristmasObserver
Superb roots tune complete with killer dub, yes christmas has come early !! the heptones?? no company sleeve now..
- – Natty Dread Christmas
- – Part 2
- 1. – Natty Dread Christmas
- 2. – Part 2
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£8.00In stockAdd to Bag
The Gil Evans OrchestraInto The Hot (1961)Impulse!
Classic album from Miles Davis' arranger. Original mono copy, clean on Impulse, Impulse inners!
- Original LP£30.00Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original = Original USA Vinyl minor ageing edge wear
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
The OfficialsBabyloniansObserver
obscure roots vocal cut with production by niney. clean and loud pressings get em' while you can!!
- The Officials – Babylonians
- The Dynamites – 1974 Version
- 1. The Officials – Babylonians
- 2. The Dynamites – 1974 Version
- View full info and tracklisting
P.E Hewitt Jazz EnsembleWinter Winds : The Complete Works 1968-70Now Again / Stonesthrow
Deep jazz from a teenage prodigy!
Collected here are three lost albums by Bay Area vibraphonist/composer/arranger PE Hewitt! Masterpieces in parkeresque...
- – free
- – now is here
- – it doesn't matter...yes it does...but i can't stop
- – oma rakas
- – bada que bash
- 1. – free
- 11. – now is here
- 14. – it doesn't matter...yes it does...but i can't stop
- View full info and tracklisting
- 3×LP NA5044LP£39.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- 3×CD NA5044£18.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Ray IWeatherman SkankBlack & White
- Ray I – Weatherman Skank
- 1. Ray I – Weatherman Skank
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£5.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock