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Donna SummerThe Casablanca YearsDriven By Music
Ezra CollectiveHere Because of HopePartisan Records
A Certain RatioThe Joy of SextetMute
The Womack SistersThe Womack SistersDaptone Records
OvermonoPure DevotionXL Recordings
Massive Attack & Tom WaitsBoots on the GroundPlay It Again Sam
Isaiah CollierJOYBrownswood Recordings
Ariana GrandepetalIsland
Curio CurioCurio CurioMr Bongo
Nia ArchivesEmotional JunglistIsland
Gracie AbramsDaughter From HellInterscope
Yoko OnoSeason of GlassSecretly Canadian
Chez DamierI Never Knew LoveKMS
Living For The City: Soul Reggae ClassicsVarious ArtistsTrojan
Wet LegMoisturizer (Deluxe)Domino
Gil EvansThe Individualism Of Gil EvansVerve
The Sound Of Slip 'n' Slide, Vol. 1 (feat. Blaze, Cassio Ware & more)Various ArtistsSlip 'n' Slide
Satoshi TomiieThursday, 2am – Ron Trent RemixesAbstract Architecture
Tomo Katsurada & Jonny NashAt The Emerald PoolMelody As Truth / Future Days Radio
New York NoiseDance Music from The New York Underground 1978-82Feat. Liquid Liquid, The Contortions, Bush Tetras, Mars, Alan Vega, Theoretical Girls and more.Soul Jazz Records
Cloud 9Do You Want Me BabyUnknown Ltd
Big John PattonGot A Good Thing Goin’Blue Note
Sun RaSomewhere Over The RainbowStrut
Barry GrayThunderbirdsSilva Screen
Exotic GardensAfternoon DubsPinchy & Friends
William DeVaughnBe Thankful For What You GotDemon Records
ScrimshireBring Our Light To Every CornerAlbert’s Favourites
RealityDisco PartyMr Bongo
Vince WatsonEminesence - The Mixes (inc. Osunlade & Atjazz remixes)Everysoul Audio
Rumble in the JungleFeat. General Levy, M Beat, Barrington Levy, Beenie Man, Ragga Twins, Cutty Ranks, Shut Up and Dance & more!20th Anniversary EditionSoul Jazz Records
Del the Funky HomosapienFuture DevelopmentRhymesayers Entertainment
Soul Element aka Stacy KiddHow Bad I Want Ya feat Peven EverettDaybreakers
Aaron FrazerIt's a Shame / The FoolColemine Records
Mood II Swing / Jovonn / Roy Davis Jr. / OsuladeKing Street Sounds Sampler Vol. 7King Street Sounds
Lekan AnimashaunLow Profile (Not For The Blacks)Strut Records
- Sandeeno – Zion Train
- Sandeeno / Johnny Clarke – Dub
- Johnny Clarke – Dance
- Sandeeno / Johnny Clarke – Dub
Double header from Dub Conductor Music on this new 10" featuring Sandeeno and the legendary Johnny Clarke on one vocal a piece plus dubs.
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£30.00Expected 05 JunPreorder
- CD SJRCD96B£12.00Expected 05 JunPreorder
- MP3 Release SJRD96£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Power Pop!American Power Pop for the Now Generation 1977-1981
One-off coloured pressing exclusive for RSD 2026
15 super-rare USA punk/power pop classics you never heard from bands you never knew!
Soul Jazz Records’...
- 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
- View full info and tracklisting
- New LP SJRLP590C£30.00In stockAdd to Bag
Simon Fisher TurnerSTUFF
After portraying Ned East in the 1971 BBC TV adaptation of Tom Brown’s Schooldays and roles in films such as The Big Sleep (with Robert Mitchum) (1978),...
- New LP £25.00In stockAdd to Bag
Wayne Jarrett And The Bull Wackie AllstarsAfrican Woman
DKR say..Six track 12" collecting all the cuts of Wayne's first recording for Wackie's, from 1976. A classic of raw underground vibes from the Sounds Unlimited...
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
- 1. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman
- 4. Wayne Jarrett – African Woman (LP Mix)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" DKR-315£16.00In 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
Emanuele CocciaMetamorphoses
We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing...
- Book (350g)£15.99In 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
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
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
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
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
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)£3.00In 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
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
Matic HornsZion Kingdom E.P.4Weed
New roots steppers cut from Matic Horns, with mixes from Dread Lion, Mr Biska and Vibronics. 10 year special of the label - 4Weed Records ..everything...
- Matic Horns – Zion Kingdom
- Dread Lion & Mr Biska meet Vibronics – Dub Kingdom
- Dread Lion... – Zion Dub
- Dread Lion.. – Zion Dubwise
- 1. Matic Horns – Zion Kingdom
- 2. Dread Lion & Mr Biska meet Vibronics – Dub Kingdom
- 3. Dread Lion... – Zion Dub
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- 12" 4WDV010£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Jah ChildrenIf I CouldTRS
Jah Children with their adaptation of “If I Could”. Recorded and voiced in 1978 and produced by Bunny & Manzie in Jamaica alongside the cream of the...
- – If I Could
- – If I Could (Version)
- 1. – If I Could
- 2. – If I Could (Version)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" TRS-JM-3£9.49Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Inés PardoSnitcherFar Star
- Inés Pardo – Snitcher
- Asimov – Snitcher Version
- 1. Inés Pardo – Snitcher
- 2. Asimov – Snitcher Version
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" FarStar 001£8.49Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Roots UprisingFamily TreeTRS
Presenting this little forgotten pearl by Roots Uprising recorded in Miami, Florida in 1979. Led here by the multi-skilled musician, singer and producer...
- – Family Tree
- – Family Tree (Version)
- 1. – Family Tree
- 2. – Family Tree (Version)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" TRS-AT-1£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Tommy McCook Alimawi / Jah I Earth Sound
Here’s another early rasta praise to Jah Rastafari loaded with full drums! Here’s another exclusive joint with tip top remastering from Earth Sound...
- – Alimawi
- – Jah I
- 1. – Alimawi
- 2. – Jah I
- View full info and tracklisting
- 10" ES02£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Althea And DonnaGone To NegrilPressure Sounds
Producer Tommy Cowans cut the first version of the ‘Gone to Negril’ rhythm for Devon Irons to voice the song ‘Jersualem’ on. He then returned to...
- Althea – Going To Negril
- Lee Perry & Inner Circle – Crazy Negril
- 1. Althea – Going To Negril
- 2. Lee Perry & Inner Circle – Crazy Negril
- View full info and tracklisting
- 10" PSS121£14.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
RudoFreedomTRS
After 32 years since it first appeared on the little-known about Star Time label featuring an undiscovered young French Guiana singer named Rudo, Almost...
- – Freedom
- – Freedom (Version)
- 1. – Freedom
- 2. – Freedom (Version)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" TRS-ST-1£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Babe Roots ft. IxmDub Sessions 1Rohs! Records
7" electronic dub roots from Germany, close your eyes could be Rhythm & Sound...B side "Kunta Kinte" Melody..
- – Jah Nuh Dub
- – Bless Dub
- 1. – Jah Nuh Dub
- 2. – Bless Dub
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" ROHS!03/7"£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Mighty RudoAin't No House (Previously Unreleased Alt. Mix)Jammy's
Killer 80s roots vocal cut from Mighty Rudo with a previously unreleased alternative mix and dub on clean new represses.
- – Ain't No House
- – Waterhouse Rock Dub
- 1. – Ain't No House
- 2. – Waterhouse Rock Dub
- View full info and tracklisting
MoscaPrento Version / Fever VersionLavalava Records
Two dancehall bombs from Mosca inna King Tubby style, Limited press don't delay, one of two new releases on the Lavalava imprint.
- – Prento Version
- – Fever Version
- 1. – Prento Version
- 2. – Fever Version
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" LV03£6.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Augustus PabloStabiliserDub Store
The true genius Keith Hudson introduced highly mutational sounds and sound effects at the time and this Pablo organ cut of "Peter & Judas" is no exception....
- Augustus Pablo – Stabiliser
- Alton Ellis – All We Need Is Love
- 1. Augustus Pablo – Stabiliser
- 2. Alton Ellis – All We Need Is Love
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" DSR-KH7-08£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Rider ShafiqueLionLavalava Records
Underground U.K. Dancehall bomb..stripped down to the bone..Limited 7" one of two new Lavalava releases, with sticker..Don't miss! check dub
- – Lion
- – Lion - Version
- 1. – Lion
- 2. – Lion - Version
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" LV02£6.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Roots Trunks & BranchesForward To ZionJamwax
Joseph White aka Joe White is a foundation of Jamaican music. He started singing in the late 50's and did his first recordings for Duke Reid in the early...
- – Forward To Zion
- – Join Them
- 1. – Forward To Zion
- 2. – Join Them
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12"£13.49Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Dub CrusadersReadings From The Book Of LifePartial Records
Great spoken word roots tune originally released on a album from 1995, first time on 7" single with percussive dub on the flip.
- Dub Crusaders – Readings From The Book Of Life
- Dub Crusaders – Drum Talk
- 1. Dub Crusaders – Readings From The Book Of Life
- 2. Dub Crusaders – Drum Talk
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- 7" PRTL7056£6.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Unknown ArtistJahoviaRastafari
Very limited new roots steppers mixes of Johnny Osbourne's classic "Jahovia" Don't sleep...
- – Jahovia (Version 1)
- – Jahovia (Version 2)
- – Jahovia (Version 3)
- – Jahovia (Version 4)
- 1. – Jahovia (Version 1)
- 2. – Jahovia (Version 2)
- 3. – Jahovia (Version 3)
- View full info and tracklisting
- 12" JREU001£13.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
LarimanNever Dwell / Never DubPartial Records
Brilliant new Partial records release with this left field U.K. reggae skank from Lariman
- Lariman – Never Dwell
- Dan Taliras – Never Dub
- 1. Lariman – Never Dwell
- 2. Dan Taliras – Never Dub
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- 7" PRTL7054£5.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Delroy DyerLive UpPartial Records
Previously unreleased roots tune from the late 90s produced by Robert Tribulation, check dub...
- Delroy Dyer – Live Up
- Tribulation All Stars – Live Up Dub
- 1. Delroy Dyer – Live Up
- 2. Tribulation All Stars – Live Up Dub
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" PRTL 7049£5.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Silk Satin Velvet & WoolNatty Burry (Dubplate Mix)Uprising
More from the vaults of UPRISING, previously unreleased dubplate mixes. The vocal cut is an alternate take with slightly different lyrics over a more raw,...
- – Natty Burry (Dubplate Mix)
- – Satan Pickney (Dubplate Mix)
- 1. – Natty Burry (Dubplate Mix)
- 2. – Satan Pickney (Dubplate Mix)
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- 7" DKR-247£11.00Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Junior Dan & Jah LightJah FoundationJah Light
Deep solo late 70s roots vocal cut from Sidney Gussine with rare dub version, aka Junior Dan, Bass player who played for Augustus Pablo, Black Roots Players...
- – Jah Foundation
- – Zion Chant
- – Jah Foundation Dub
- 1. – Jah Foundation
- 2. – Zion Chant
- 3. – Jah Foundation Dub
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- 10"£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Ojah ft. Hada GuldrisLife Is Better When You SmileAlchemy Dubs
Limited numbered new roots offering from Alchemy Dubs featuring Ojah with guest vocalist Hada Guldris. Comes in hard cardboard company sleeve plus sticker....
- – Life Is Better When You Smile
- – Life Is Better When You Dub
- 1. – Life Is Better When You Smile
- 2. – Life Is Better When You Dub
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7" ALDBS7004£7.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Sylford WalkerBurn Babylon / Jah Golden PenStudio 16
1st release on the Joe Gibbs 10" "Roots Achive Series" with Sylford Walker on two classic 70s vocal heavyweight roots cuts complete with The Mighty Two...
- Sylford Walker – Burn Babylon
- Mighty Two – Burning Version
- Sylford Walker – Jah Golden Pen
- Mighty Two – Golden Dub
- 1. Sylford Walker – Burn Babylon
- 2. Mighty Two – Burning Version
- 3. Sylford Walker – Jah Golden Pen
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- 10" JGRA 10-002£14.00In stockAdd to Bag
RDK Hi-Fi & Jamtone ft. Soothsayers HornsBrixton DownbeatUniversal Roots
Heavyweight instrumental roots skanker from RDK Hi-Fi with The Soothsayers Horns plus dub and a wicked Harmonica version from Blues Musician Jimmy Becker...
- – Brixton Downbeat
- – Gentrification Dub
- – Acre Lane Dub
- – Jimmy Becker Special
- 1. – Brixton Downbeat
- 2. – Gentrification Dub
- 3. – Acre Lane Dub
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- 12" UR12-003£8.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Senegal 70 Sonic Gems & Previously Unreleased Recordings From The 70sAnalog Africa
Analog Africa focus on the musical adventures that were taking place in the major Senegalese cities during the 60s and 70s. This compilation, reflects...
- Fangool – Mariama
- Orchestre G.M.I. – Africa
- Orchestre Bawobab – Thiely
- Le Sourouba de Louga – Bour Sine
- King N'gom – Viva Marvillas
- Orchestre Laye Thiam – Massani Cissé
- Amara Touré – El Carretero
- Le Tropical Jazz – Kiko Medina
- Orchestre Laye Thiam – Kokorico
- Dieul Dieul de Thiès – Ariyo
- Orchestre Bawobab – Ma Penda
- Orchestre Laye Thiam – Sanga Té
- 1. Fangool – Mariama
- 2. Orchestre G.M.I. – Africa
- 3. Orchestre Bawobab – Thiely
- View full info and tracklisting
- 2×LP AALP079£22.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- CD AACD079£15.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Strugglers RootsAfrican HomeDub Store
Authentic 80’s roots capturing the 70’s vibes in solid manner. Female vocal on “Declaration of Rights” rhythm calling for repatriation although...
- Strugglers Roots – African Home
- Super Black – Cassanova
- 1. Strugglers Roots – African Home
- 2. Super Black – Cassanova
- View full info and tracklisting
- 7"£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock