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    Zoot SimmsAfrican Challenge / VersionSoul Jazz Records
    Alton Ellis / Freedom SingersAfrican Descendants / Black Is BlackSoul Jazz Records
    Lester Sterling / The ParagonsAfrikaan Beat / My SatisfactionSoul Jazz Records
    The Actions / The TonettesMusic Like Dirt / I Give It To YouSoul Jazz Records
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    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
    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
    Freddie McGregor / Dub SpecialistBobby Bobylon / Hi Fashion DubSoul Jazz Records
    Marcia Griffiths / Dub SpecialistFeel Like Jumping / Feel Like Jumping Pt. 2Soul Jazz Records
    The SkatalitesGuns Of Navarone / Marcus GarveySoul Jazz Records
    Lord Tanamo / Jackie MittooKeep On Moving / Totally TogetherSoul Jazz Records
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    Dawn Penn / Jackie MittooNo No No / Ghetto OrganSoul Jazz Records
    Hortense EllisPeople Make the World Go RoundSoul Jazz Records
    Gipsy RhumbaThe Original Rhythm of Gipsy Rhumba in Spain 1965 - 1974Soul Jazz Records
    CalypsoMusical Poetry In The Caribbean 1955-69Soul Jazz Records
    Venezuela 70 : Cosmic Visions Of A Latin American EarthVenezuelan Experimental Rock In The 1970sSoul Jazz Records
    Studio One DubSoul Jazz Records
    Soul Jazz Records presentsStudio One ClassicsFeat. The Skatalites, Horace Andy, Bob Marley, The Heptones and many more!
    Studio One FunkStudio One FunkSoul Jazz Records
    Studio One RootsSoul Jazz Records
    Studio One SkaStudio One Ska - Original Jump Up and Ska SoundsSoul Jazz Records
    London Jazz Classics - New 2026 editionFeaturing Alive, Carlos Franzetti, Airto Moreira, Emilio Santiago and more!Soul Jazz Records
    Brown Spirits#1Soul Jazz Records
    Brown Spirits#2Soul Jazz Records
    Brown Spirits#3Soul Jazz Records
    Rebel Island SoulUnder the Influence: Reggae, Funk & Soul in Jamaica in the 1970sSoul Jazz Records
    Studio One SoundSoul Jazz Records
    Power Pop!American Power Pop for the Now Generation 1977-1981
    Black Jazz RecordsThe Best Of Black Jazz Records 1971-75Soul Jazz Records
    Doug CarnThe Best Of Doug CarnSoul Jazz Records
    The GladiatorsBongo Red / VersionSoul Jazz Records
    600% Dynamite NEW EDITION 2026Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk and Dub in JamaicaSoul Jazz Records
    Jackie MittooGet Up and Get It / Keep On DancingSoul Jazz Records
    Jerry JonesThere's A Chance For Me / Trying TimesSoul Jazz Records
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    Life And Death On The New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983 By Tim Lawrence

    Books

    Here we go .. massive NYC dancefloor 500+ page book by the excellent Tim Lawrence - who wrote Love Saves The Day and also has written for Soul Jazz Records' (Chantal Regnault's stunning Voguing book). 

    100% ESSENTIAL purchase! Buy now! Featuring Francois K, Fab 5 Freddy, Nicky Siano, Bambaataa, Keith Haring, Grandmaster Flash, Larry Levan discography - what are you waiting for!

    "Tim Lawrence's powerfully pulsating and enthusiastically researched book Life and Times on the New York Dancefloor vividly captures the cultural revolution I took part in" FAB 5 FREDDY

    "Tim Lawrence follows his now classic Love Saves The Day with a magnificent account of one of the most fertile and influential periods of NYC's long musical history. A must-read for anyone curious how modern dance music got to where it is." FRANCOIS KERVORKIAN

    "As the 1970s gave way to the 80s, New York's party scene entered a ferociously inventive period characterized by its creativity, intensity, and hybridity. Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor chronicles this tumultuous time, charting the sonic and social eruptions that took place in the city's subterranean party venues as well as the way they cultivated breakthrough movements in art, performance, video, and film."

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    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...
    Reggae 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
    • 2xLP (Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl) + Download Code SJRLP96C2£30.00
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    • MP3 Release SJRD96£9.99
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    Power Pop!American Power Pop for the Now Generation 1977-1981
    15 super-rare USA punk/power pop classics you never heard from bands you never knew! Soul Jazz Records’ new ‘Power Pop! American Power Pop for the...
    Post-Punk/New Wave Pop RSD 2026
    • 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
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    • The Reruns – So So Alone
    • The Wigs – You Say Ono
    • The Fingers – Isolation
    • The Reactions – In Society
    • New LP (Coloured Vinyl) SJRLP590C£30.00
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    Studio One Disco Mix
    Studio One's music in the 1970s took the label to new heights. The new style of Disco Mix brought many areas of Reggae together ­ Roots, Lovers, Disco...
    Reggae Studio One
    • Lloyd & Devon – Push Push
    • Judah Eskender Tafari – Rastafari Tell You
    • Doreen Schaefer – Ain't Gonna Change My Mind
    • Dub Specialist – Kampala
    • George Allen – Be Wise Brethren
    • Jackie Mittoo – Night In Ethiopia
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    • Willie Williams & Brentford Disco Set – Armagideon Time
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    • Norma White & Brentford Disco Set – I Want Your Love
    • Norma White & Brentford Disco Set – I Want Your Love (version)
    • Alton Ellis – You Make Me Happy
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    • Winston Francis, Jackie Mittoo & Brentford Rockers – Going To Zion
    Soul Jazz Records presents Studio One Soul
    More classic Reggae from Jamaica's most important label ever . Studio One Soul tracks the link between American Funk and Soul and Jamaican Reggae at the...
    Reggae
      PUNK 45 The Bizarros/Rubber City RebelsRubber City Rebels/White Screen Movies
      Seminal punk from Akron, Ohio. Two KILLER tracks of early raw punk from the rubber city packaged in miniature 7" replica of the Bizarros/Rubber City Rebels...
      Post-Punk/New Wave
      • – Rubber City Rebels
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      RARE CUTS! Very Limited edition bespoke Studio One Collector's 45ONLY AVAILABLE DIRECT FROM SOUL JAZZ RECORDS &...
      Reggae
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      Disco 2Soul Jazz Records
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      Disco Funk/Soul
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      Reggae Deep Roots MusicProteus Rocks
      Good rare-ish book about reggae.
      Reggae Books
        • Original Book (800g)£25.00
          Rare S/hand out-of-print large format paperback book in good condition
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        VariousNew York Soul '66 (RSD 2017)History Of Soul
        These tracks represent the sound of the city rather better than many big label productions - this is the sound of the streets and the clubs, bringing together...
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          Yes Yes Y'all: The Experience Music Project Oral History of Hip Hop's First Decadeby Jim Fricke and Charlie AhearnThe Perseus Press
          WICKED oral history of early rap. Essential!
          Hip-Hop Books
            • Original Book (1kg) 9781903985571£40.00
              Original Pre-Owned Out of Print USA paperback in good condition, sticker on front
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            Coleman HawkinsBy Burnett JamesSpellmount
            Second-hand ex-library hardback book
            Jazz Books
              Brook BentonDo Your Own Thing (1969)Cotillion
              Hard to find soul LP. Orig. USA 1969 Cotillion/Atlantic Records
              Funk/Soul
                Brian EnoMusic For Films - Half Speed MasterUMC / Virgin EMI
                2018 version - 'half-speed' remaster at Abbey Road Studios. Originally released in 1978, 'Music For Films' is a compilation of material recorded over...
                Ambient / Drone Electronic
                • – Aragon
                • – From The Same Hill
                • – Inland Sea
                • – Two Rapid Formations
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                • – Sparrowfall ( 1 )
                • – Sparrowfall ( 2 )
                • – Sparrowfall ( 3 )
                • – Quartz
                The Philly Sound BOOKPhiladelphia Soul Music and its R&B Roots
                ABSOLUTELY MIND-BLOWING & STUNNING 700-page hardback book! FREE UK SHIPPING!!!!! Everything you ever wanted to know about the music of Philadelphia....
                Funk/Soul Books
                  Monguito SantamariaHey Sister (1969)Fania
                  Wicked Latin Funk Soul Boogaloo album, loads of killer tracks.
                  Latin
                  • – hey sister
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                  Black Music Of Two Worlds (1972)John Storm RobertsOriginal Music
                  Essential music book about African and New World Afro-musics of the Caribbean and US first published here on Roberts' own Original Music imprint in 1972.
                  African Latin Books
                    • Original Book (600g)£30.00
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                    UptownPortrait of a Chicago Neighborhood in the Mid-1970sChicago'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,...
                      Kris OkotieI 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
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                      Brian EnoAnother Green WorldEMI
                      The last album by Eno. After this he became Brian. The change was significant. Out goes the surreal, playful, avant pop of previous albums and in comes...
                      Post-Punk/New Wave Rock
                      • – Sky Saw
                      • – Over Fire Island
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                      Betty HarrisThe Lost Queen Of New Orleans SoulSoul Jazz Records
                      Betty Harris’ The Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul features all of her classic deep soul, sister funk and northern soul songs recorded in New Orleans in...
                      Funk/Soul
                      • Betty Harris – There's A Break In The Road
                      • Betty Harris – 12 Red Roses
                      • Betty Harris – Mean Man
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                      • Betty Harris – What'd I Do Wrong
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                      The Fantastic FourAs Long As I Live ( I Live For You ) (1967)Ric Tic
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                      Funk/Soul
                      • – As Long As I Live I Live For You
                      • Original 7"£10.00
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                      Talking 'Bout Your MamaThe Dozens, Snaps, And The Deep Roots Of RapOxford University Press
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                      Hip-Hop
                        • Book (350g) 9780199394043£16.00 £10.00
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                        Bunny MackLet 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
                        • – Let Me Love You
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                        Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe & His Nigeria Sound Makers InternationalJim´s SpecialSposa
                        Quality album of Igbo highlife.Rare Original Nigerian vinyl.Vinyl VG, sleeve F (wear)+High-end Audio Desk Systeme Pro Machine Utrasonic cleaned+
                        African
                        • – Jim´s Special
                        Brian EnoDiscreet Music - Half Speed MasterUMC / Virgin EMI
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                          Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly Aftermath / Interscope
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                          Hip-Hop
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                          Dorothy AshbyAfro-Harping (1968) NEW EXPANDED DELUXE EDITIONCadet
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                          Jazz
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                          • – Games
                          • – Action Line
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                          • – Life Has Its Trials
                          • – Afro-Harping
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                          • – Theme From Valley Of The Dolls
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