By the 1970s Studio One and Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd had already proved himself to be the defining force in Reggae for almost two decades. From running the Downbeat sound system on the lawns and yards of Kingston in the late 1950s to opening Studio One at 13 Brentford Road at the start of the 1960s,… Read more

That's Sat 21 Oct 2017!!!! 100% Dynamite Opening Night Ticket!  Sat 21 Oct 10-4am Monthly return of the 100% Dynamite/ Soul Jazz Records Soundsystem DJs + MC Oxman to Electrowerkz, Angel Islington for massive session of reggae, funk and soul  ORIGINAL STYLEE! 100%… Read more

This album is released this week to coincide with the massive new exhibition Soul of A Nation  - Art in the Age of Black Power now on at Tate Modern, London until Oct 2017. For more information on the TATE MODERN exhibition go here Watch… Read more

NEW PLEXI-BOUND EDITION!  + LIMTED EDITION FREE LARGE POSTER ONLY WHEN YOU BUY DIRECT FROM US! This new edition is released to coincide with the new Soul of A Nation - Art In The Age of Black Power  exhibition at Tate Modern (and… Read more

SORRY SOLD OUT! Very Limited edition new UNRELEASED Studio One 'Dub Plate' Special  on Soul Jazz Records. This is the first ever release of this INCREDIBLE Studio One gem cut by The Officials 'Distant Drums' an utterly sublime 70s roots classic anthem - that you've… Read more

NEW SUPER LTD. first edition of 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe. Alive's massive jazz dance/ latin/brazilian bomb 'Skindo Le Le' originally featured on Soul Jazz Records' London Jazz Classics.  A… Read more

SORRY SOLD OUT!COMES WITH+ Wicked Lick It Back Exclusive Limitied edition Sir Coxsone Original Silkscreen Print+ 2 Dub Plate Special Badges + 10-pack Studio One Sticker set All cased in large Acetate-stylee double thick card printed box… Read more

NEW SUPER LTD 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe. MASSIVE drum breaks and heavyweight MIAMI FEMALE FUNK. YVONNE FAIR was one of the earliest James Brown vocalists. This is the only release… Read more

Soul Jazz Records’ new Space, Energy and Light is a collection of music by early electronic and synthesizer pioneers (from the 1960s through the 1970s), mid-1970s proto-new age gurus and 1980s guerrilla D-I-Y cassette-era electronic artists, spanning in total over a near 30-year time frame. All of… Read more

NEW SUPER LTD. first edition of 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe.KILLER NEW ORLEANS FUNK PARTY BOMB!!One of the rarest of all New Orleans Funk singles issued here in exact repro artwork. The SEMINAL Dap… Read more

NEW SUPER LTD. first edition of 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe.ABSOLUTELY SEMINAL SOUL DISCO RARITY produced by the legendary PATRICK ADAMS. New York vocal quartet consisting of Dornell… Read more

Soul Jazz Records’ new Boombox 2 is a new selection of early rap music from the period 1979-83, with barely a household name in sight. Featured here are some the earliest hip-hop records that came out of New York City following the enormous commercial success of the first ever rap record, ‘Rapper’s… Read more

Fantastic new collection of rare and classic killer ska from the legendary Skatalites, one of the most important groups in the history of Reggae.This album was first released only as a limited-edition  collectors 7-inch box set (now deleted) and is now available for the first… Read more

New edition of this very rare deep spiritual jazz album, the debut release from flautist Lloyd McNeill released on his private-press Asha Record label and recorded in Washington, DC in 1969 (originally only 500 copies were ever made).  First reissued on Soul… Read more

SORRY SOLD OUT! NEW LTD. first edition of 300 copies. Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe. Unbelievably rare early modern soulful disco boogie rap 45 single - this is a bomb tune! Currently one original… Read more

LAST COPIES EVER!! GOING FAST!! AVAILABLE NOW Soul Jazz Records’ Record Store Exclusive Limited-Edition Soul 7” Box Set comprising five heavyweight 70s Afro-Funk, Afro-Disco & Afro-Rock seven-inch singles all with unique bespoke label artwork and all digitally re-mastered.… Read more

LAST COPIES EVER!! GOING FAST!! Soul Jazz Records’  Soul 7” Box Set comprising five fantastic 70s soul seven-inch singles reproduced here in exact replica bespoke label artwork and all digitally re-mastered. Previously only available individually and direct from Soul Jazz Records… Read more

New edition of this very rare deep spiritual jazz album (currently £400 on Discogs for an original!) first released as a private-press album in 1970 on flautist Lloyd McNeill’s own Asha Record label in Washington, DC. First reissued on Soul Jazz Records’ Universal Sound sub-label in 2011 (long deleted)… Read more

Soul Jazz Records’ new album features the truly intense, hypnotic and fascinating Vodou drums of Haiti, a stunning collection of trance-like rhythms and beats traditionally used to induce spirit possession in the Vodou religion. Soul Jazz Records first journeyed to Haiti in 1996 to record a… Read more

Soul Jazz Records’ are releasing their long-out-of-print album ‘Hustle! Reggae Disco’ in a new expanded 2017 edition which now features five extra tracks. This ground-breaking album features non-stop killer reggae versions of original funk and soul classics in a disco style. Reggae disco… Read more

Soul Jazz Records are releasing a collection of lost recordings by French mutant experimental synth group Kas Product, all originally recorded in the period 1980 – 83.  Kas Product formed in 1980 in Nancy, France, as an electronic duo comprising ex-psychiatric nurse Spatsz on electronics… Read more

This is the stunning debut album from Laraaji. ‘Celestial Vibrations’ was originally released in 1978 under the name Edward Larry Gordon, and then first issued by Soul Jazz Records/Universal Sound in 2010. Soul Jazz Records are now issuing this hypnotic piece newly re-mastered album once again… Read more

Massive new digital dancehall wickedness from THE BUG/MISS RED-  exclusive on our own Sounds of the Universe/Soul Jazz Records label on this very limited RED VINYL (300 copies worldwide) 12”. This record is ONLY available direct from Sounds of the… Read more

CHECK THIS OUT!!! SUPERB sweet, sweet rare uplifting soul 45! ONLY  available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe.  Richard Brown's Sweet and Kind was originally released and distributed locally in Gary, Indiana,… Read more

Soul Jazz Records’ new journey into the mighty vaults of Clement Dodd’s Studio One steps once more into the fertile musical environment of Jamaican music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, from the sweet harmony vocals of seminal 1960s Rocksteady right up to the nascent birth of Reggae and Roots… Read more

Hold tight for the second of two killer heavyweight Afro-Funk bomb 45s from Sierra Leone legend Geraldo Pino. THIS 7-inch can ONLY be bought EXCLUSIVELY direct here from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe websites and shop.  It is a very limited 300-copies… Read more

Hold tight for the first one of two killer heavyweight Afro-Funk bomb 45s from Sierra Leone legend Geraldo Pino. THIS 7-inch can ONLY be bought EXCLUSIVELY direct here from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe websites and shop. It is a very limited 300-copies… Read more

EXCLUSIVE NEW 45rpm - ONLY available direct from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe. This is another killer EDDIE BO produced New Orleans bomb from local drummer extraordinaire Bobby Williams and his group. Unbelievably hypnotic and groovy Mardi… Read more

EXCLUSIVE NEW 45rpm - ONLY available direct from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe. KILLER rare groove funk bomb! This is a monster HEAVY FUNK double-sider! THIS 7-inch can ONLY be bought directly here from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe… Read more

Soul Jazz Records’ latest excursion into the Crescent City vaults delves deep into the roots and history of the Voodoo world of New Orleans Funk. Packed to the brim with serious break-heavy, heavyweight funk tunes from classic New Orleans artists including Eddie Bo, Betty Harris, Dave… Read more

Soul Jazz Records’ new Punk 45 release documents the first radical underground punk bands to come out of France including Metal Urbain (the first group ever to be signed to Rough Trade Records), Marie et Les Garçons, Asphalt Jungle, through to the earliest experimental cold wave/minimal wave electronic… Read more