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Old School Rap and Hip-Hop Chris Woodstra, John Bush, Stephen Thomas Erlewine Backbeat Books

Only £8 IMPORT USA PAPERBACK BOOK The real old school! More than 500 reviews plus artist bios and the true tales of the birth of the art form

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Book (350g) 9780879309169£14.00 £8.00
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Brazilian Jive From Samba to Bossa and Rap Reaktion Books

£7.50 OFF!!! That's 50% OFF!!! UK PAPERBACKIn Brazilian Jive, David Treece uncovers the genius of Brazilian song, both as a sophisticated, articulate...

Brazilian Books

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Book (600g) 1780230850£14.95 £7.50
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Theory of African Music Volume 2

Taken together, these comprehensive volumes offer an authoritative account of the music of Africa. One of the most prominent experts on the subject, Gerhard...

African Books

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Book (800g) 9780226456942£24.99
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Lou Rawls Carryin' On (1966)Capitol

From Lou's classic period on Capitol produced by David Axelrod, and as the sleevenotes say: Lou - easy and natural; sidemen - loose and groovy!

Funk/Soul

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Original LP£15.00
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VG+Original Pre-Owned USA Vinyl
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Musical Instruments of Africa; Their Nature, Use, and Place in the Life of a Deeply Musical People by Elisabeth Hoffmann Dietz The John Day Company

Excellent secondhand large hardback book about African musical instruments co-written by Babatunde Olatunji.

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Original Book (700g)£20.00
First edition 1965 ex-library, no record, plastic cover on dustjacket
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The Life Of James Brown By Geoff Brown Omnibus Press

This book is the definitive biography of James Brown, an extraordinary and controversial superstar, that encompasses his entire life until his death on...

Funk/Soul Books

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Book (350g) 9781846099588£13.99 £7.99
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The Roots Of The Blues by Samuel Charters Da Capo Paperback

African Books

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Original Book (300g)£10.00
Secondhand out-of-print edition paperback exlibrary w/stamps
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Musical Gumbo: The Music Of New Orleans by Grace Lichtenstein & Laura Dankner W. W. Norton

Out-of-print book about New Orleans music. Loads of stuff about 50s and 60s r'n'b. KILLER!

Funk/Soul

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Original Book (600g)£40.00
Rare Out of print USA hardback - original copy in very good condition
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The Bermuda Strollers Bermuda Strollers '73 (1973)Edmar

funky Caribbean gears Original USA Vinyl LP VG/Sleeve VG+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+100% Guarantee on this and all Original...

World/Global Sounds

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Original LP ELPS-1122£10.00
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Gotta Go Gotta Flow Life, Love, and Lust on Chicago's South Side From the Seventies City Files Press

£20 OFF !!!! DELUXE IMPORT USA HARDBACK BOOK. MORE THAN 60% OFF. A GREAT BOOK!!! AWESOME BACK - wicked photos Chicago black club life in the 1970s. Accompanied...

Funk/Soul Books

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Book (1.3kg) 0991541820£35.00 £15.00
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Jazz Styles History And Analysis Prentice Hall

America’s most widely used introduction to jazz, it teaches the chronology of jazz by showing students how to listen and what to notice in each style. Secondhand...

Jazz Books

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Original Book (900g)£9.00
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A Good Looking Corpse The World of Drum - Jazz and Gangsters, Hope and Defiance in the Townships of South Africa (1995)Minerva

This book recounts the 1950s in South Africa - a decade of optimism and hope that ended, tragically, with the massacre at Sharpeville - as seen through...

African Books

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Original Book (800g)£15.00
Out of print pre-owned original hardback book in good condition
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Pete Condé Este Negro Si Es Sabroso (1976)Fania Records

Rare salsa on Fania.

Latin

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Original LP SLP 00489£30.00
Vinyl condition: VG+Sleeve condition: VGOrig Venezuelan vinyl, spines split/taped
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Black Power 50 Edited by Sylviane A. Diouf and Komozi Woodward

£10 OFF!!!! That's 50% OFF! WICKED USA large format paperback - nice pix, loads of text. Cheaper than Amazon! Black Power burst onto the world scene...

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Book (650g) 1620971488£20.00 £10.00
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Raising Hell: The Reign, Ruin, and Redemption of "Run-D.M.C." and Jam Master Jay by Ronin Ro Amistad

Hip-hop fans of all ages will delight in this gripping tale of sex, drugs and rock n'rap. Secondhand USA paperback book ex library w/stamps.

Hip-Hop Books

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Book (500g)£7.00
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Coleman Hawkins By Burnett James Spellmount

Second-hand ex-library hardback book

Jazz Books

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Original Book (200g)£8.00
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Brook Benton Do Your Own Thing (1969)Cotillion

Hard to find soul LP. Orig. USA 1969 Cotillion/Atlantic Records

Funk/Soul

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Original LP SD 9002£20.00
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The Kingdom of Zydeco By Michael Tisserand

There’s a musical kingdom in the American South that’s not marked on any map. Stretching from the prairies of Louisiana to the oil towns of East Texas,...

Books

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Book (650g) 162872692X£14.99
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Black Music Of Two Worlds (1972)John Storm Roberts Original Music

Essential music book about African and New World Afro-musics of the Caribbean and US.

African Latin Books

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Original Book (600g)£30.00
S/hand original out of print book in good condition
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Uptown Portrait of a Chicago Neighborhood in the Mid-1970s Chicago's Book Press

Wicked photogrpahy book. This book of striking black and white photographs forms a fascinating time capsule. The photos, taken during the mid 1970s,...

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Book (1.6kg) 9780985273347£30.00 £14.00
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Kris Okotie I Need Someone (1980)Phonodisk

Afro-Disco Boogie Funk Original Nigerian Vinyl VG surface marks plays fine/Sleeve G ONLY+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+100%...

African

– I Need Someone
– You Are My Woman

1. – I Need Someone
4. – You Are My Woman
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Original LP PHD 002£20.00
Vinyl condition: VGSleeve condition: G
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Making People's Music Moe Asch and Folkways Records Smithsonian Books

During his nearly 40-year tenure with Folkways Records, Moe Asch, the company's founder, amassed a catalogue of almost 2,200 recordings that had expanded...

Deep Cult and Roots Music Books

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Book (650g) 9781560983705£12.99 £6.99
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Talking 'Bout Your Mama The Dozens, Snaps, And The Deep Roots Of Rap Oxford University Press

ONLY £10 Import USA HARDBACK BOOK CHEAPER THAN AMAZON From Two Live Crew's controversial comedy to Ice Cube's gangsta styling and the battle rhymes of...

Hip-Hop

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Book (350g) 9780199394043£16.00 £10.00
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Bunny Mack Let Me Love You (1980)Win Records

Rare independent Nigerian boogie funk. Original Nigerian vinyl.Vinyl G only , sleeve Fair only so cheap £40 to £10+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine...

Reggae Funk/Soul African