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The Bug vs Ghost DubsImplosionPressure
Carlos GarnettCosmos NucleusTime Traveler
Kenny BarronSunset To DawnTime Traveler
Roy BrooksThe Free SlaveTime Traveler
GILLES PETERSON and STUART BAKER (SOUL JAZZ RECORDS)FREEDOM, RHYTHM AND SOUND Chapter 2: Journeys To Enlightenment BOOKRevolutionary Jazz Original Cover ArtSoul Jazz Records
Avril AHousewife SuperstarMemory Dance
Yazmin LaceyTeal DreamsAMF Records
MoodymannBlack MahoganiPeacefrog
MoodymannBlack Mahogani IIPeacefrog
Soul JamaicaFeat. Alton Ellis, Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, Sound Dimension and more!Soul Jazz Records
Sound Dimension / Merlene WebberSing A Simple Song / How Nice It IsStudio One
Jon SavageDo You Have The Force? Volume 1 (Jon Savage's Alternate History Of Electronica 1978-82)Caroline True Records
El Bailador De La EsquinaVarious ArtistsVampisoul
BeloydGet Into Your LifeExpansion
Ayalew MesfinHasabe (My Worries)Vampisoul
Brian Eno & Beatie WolfeLiminalVerve
MADMADMADRunDef Pressé
Sylvia StriplinSearchin'Expansion
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed MuhammadThe Midnight HourLinear Labs
Alfredo Linares Y Su Salsa Star / Fruko Y Sus TesosTiahuanacoVampisoul
Iko CherieGhosted Ghosters of the Holy G (inc. Froid Dub remix)Pingipung
Mike James Kirkland & MonophonicsGlowin'Ubiquity
Stanley TurrentineIn Memory OfBlue Note
Makaya McCravenIn The MomentInternational Anthem
TortoiseTouchInternational Anthem
Coco Maria presents: New Dimensions In Latin MusicVarious ArtistsClub Coco
SLICKnBOBBY & Liam BaileyDance Affi Nice / Juicy BubbleTouching Bass
FeltFelt 2: A Tribute To Lisa BonetRhymesayers Entertainment
Theo ParrishFirst Floor Pt. 1Peacefrog
Theo ParrishFirst Floor Pt. 2Peacefrog
Ghana Special: HighlifeVarious ArtistsSoundway
helen islandlast liasseKnekelhuis
Beverly Glenn-CopelandLaughter In SummerTransgressive
Tim Reaper / DrumskullNew Town Dub #001Suburban Architecture
DaveThe Boy Who Played The HarpNeighbourhood
- 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.
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
Clarks in JamaicaBy Al Fingers, includes photos by Adrian Boot, Dave Hendley, David Corio, Mark Read, Beth Lesser
Back in stock! Last copies!Superb brand new edition of this excellent deluxe 240 pages hardback, 100s and 100s of photos and text.
New edition includes...
- Book (1.5kg) 9780956777393£40.00 £35.00In 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£35.00In stockAdd to Bag
Namba RoyNo Black Sparrows
'A vivid portrait of Jamaica in the 1930s"
Excellent social realist novel. Written by Jamaican Namba Roy in the 1950s in Britain. He died in 1961 and...
- Original Book (200g)£15.00Original Pre-Owned Out of Print paperback copy in good conditionIn 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£14.99In stockAdd to Bag
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
Wayne GorbeaCogele el Gusto
- Original CD£3.99CD disc condition: VG+Case & booklet condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned CD in great conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10Sabroso Guaganco Vol. 10
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. 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
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
DJ Disciple & Henry KronkThe Beat, the Scene, the Sound : A DJ's Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City
A thrilling and tumultuous, behind-the-scenes account of house music in NYC. The Beat, the Scene, the Sound follows DJ Disciple and his behind-the-scenes...
- Book (600g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
James Kaplan3 Shades of Blue : Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans & The Lost Empire of Cool
1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the bestselling jazz album of all time:...
- Book (300g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Nettleblackby Nat Reeve
'To be blunt: I must escape.' 1893. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she'll be married off by her elder sister. But leaving the safety of her wealthy...
- Book (600g)£12.99In stockAdd to Bag
Eros the Bittersweet : An Essayby Anne Carson
Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic...
- Book (350g)£13.99In stockAdd to Bag
Japan : A Culinary Travel Diaryby Clemence Leleu
This gastronomic journey through Japan blends cultural touchpoints and authentic recipes to chronicle the myriad flavors, ingredients, and traditions that...
- Book (1.6kg) 9783791393001£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Days at the Morisaki Bookshopby Satoshi Yagisawa
The beloved Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, family, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book. When twenty-five-year-old...
- Book (300g) 9781786583239£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Jacqueline CrooksFire Rush
Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes....
- Book (700g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
We Were There:How Black culture, resistance and community shaped modern Britain
We Were There is about a Black Britain that for too long has been unknown and unexplored – the one that exists beyond London. **An Esquire and GQ best...
- Book (700g) 9781847927477£22.00In stockAdd to Bag
Dr Maya AngelouI Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows...
- Book (350g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Keith Gildart & Stephen CatterallKeeping the Faith : A History of Northern Soul
In the 1970s, Northern Soul held a pivotal position in British youth culture. Originating in the English North and Midlands in the late-1960s, by the mid-1970s...
- Book (650g)£25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Margo JeffersonNegroland : A Memoir
'Jefferson's eye for details yields some devastatingly honest and painful insights' The Times'Captivating... Charm is this book's watchword' Colin Grant,...
- Book (300g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Kae TempestOn Connection
An authentically soothing, powerful, thought-provoker.'MATT HAIG'On Connection is medicine for these wounded times.'MAX PORTER'On Connection came to me...
- Book (250g)£8.99In stockAdd to Bag
Emanuele CocciaPhilosophy of the Home : Domestic Space and Happiness
A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological...
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Jason OkundayeRevolutionary Acts
In this landmark work, Jason Okundaye meets an elder generation of Black gay men and finds a spirited community full of courage, charisma and good humour,...
- Book (350g)£10.99In stockAdd to Bag
Alex Haley (Author) , Malcolm X (Author)The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy,...
- Book (500g)£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
The Black Power Mixtape : 1967-1975
Featuring images recently discovered in the archives of Swedish television, The Black Power Mixtape shows the Black Power movement as never seen before....
- Book (550g)£16.99In stockAdd to Bag
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)
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- LP STRUT474LP£25.99In stockAdd to Bag
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??
- – Natty Dread Christmas
- – Part 2
- 1. – Natty Dread Christmas
- 2. – Part 2
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- 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
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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
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Ray IWeatherman SkankBlack & White
- Ray I – Weatherman Skank
- 1. Ray I – Weatherman Skank
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- 7"£5.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
The ChantellsBlood RiverPhase One
- – Blood River
- – Version
- 1. – Blood River
- 2. – Version
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- 7" PRFS004£9.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Horace AndyQuiet PlaceGorgon
Killer roots version of The Paragons rocksteady classic, produced by Bunny Lee with heavyweight dub on the flip!!
- – Quiet Place
- 1. – Quiet Place
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- 7" GORGON104£9.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
New Orleans FunkSoul Jazz Records
Album features Ernie K Doe’s ‘Here Come The Girls’, The Meters, Eddie Bo, Professor Longhair, Lee Dorsey, Wild Magnolias and more.
This is the definitive...
- The Explosions – Hip Drop
- Lee Dorsey – Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further
- Gentleman June Gardner – It's Gonna Rain
- Eddie Bo – Check Your Bucket
- Professor Longhair – Big Chief
- Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns – Free, Single And Disengaged
- Chuck Carbo – Can I Be Your Squeeze
- Aaron Neville – Hercules
- Mary Jane Hooper – I've Got Reasons
- The Gaturs – Gator Bait
- Allen Toussaint – Get Out Of My Life Woman
- Cyril Neville – Tell Me What's On Your Mind
- Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indian Band – Handa Wanda
- Lee Dorsey & Betty Harris – Love Lots Of Lovin
- The Explosions – Garden Of Four Trees
- Ernie & The Top Notes – Dap Walk
- The Meters – Just Kissed My Baby
- Marilyn Barbarin – Reborn
- Dr. John – Mama Roux
- Danny White – Natural Soul Brother
- Eddie Bo – Hook 'N' Sling, Pt. 2
- Ernie K. Doe – Here Come The Girls
- Robert Parker – Hip-Huggin
- The Meters – Handclapping Song
- 2. The Explosions – Hip Drop
- 3. Lee Dorsey – Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further
- 4. Gentleman June Gardner – It's Gonna Rain
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- 3×LP SJRLP047£34.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD SJRCD047£12.00In stockAdd to Bag
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Max RoachPercussion Bitter SweetImpulse!
- New LP (180g) B0012607-01£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock