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Trees SpeakTimeFoldSoul Jazz Records
DIY - Do It YourselfPunk, Post Punk, Punk Funk & Beyond: The Rise of the Independent Music IndustrySoul Jazz Records
Juliet LawsonBoo! The Early Recordings 1971-73Soul Jazz Records
Studio One Power Mix!Studio One Power Mix Special! Superstar Sounds from the 1970s, 1980s and beyondSoul Jazz Records
HawksmoorOneironauticsSoul Jazz Records
Electro ThrowdownSci-Fi Inter-Planetary Electro Attack on Planet Earth 1982-89’Soul Jazz Records
Miami Sound Vol. 2More Funk & Sound From Miami, Florida 1967-74Soul Jazz Records
Studio One Soul 2Soul Jazz Records
Rastafari (2024 Edition)The Dreads Enter BabylonSoul Jazz Records
Arthur Baker presentsBreaker's RevengeOriginal B-Boy and B-Girl Breakdance ClassicsSoul Jazz Records
In The Beginning There Was Rhythm(Feat. ACR, Cabaret Voltaire, The Pop Group, Gang of Four, etc)Soul Jazz Records
Punk 45!: Kill the Hippies! Kill Yourself! The American Nation Destroys Its Young (RSD 2024 Edition)Underground Punk in the United States of America, Vol. 1. 1973-1980Soul Jazz Records
300% Dynamite!Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk and Dub in Jamaica ( RSD 2024 Edition)Soul Jazz Records
Studio One Rude Boy (RSD 2024 Edition)Soul Jazz Records
Studio One Downbeat Special extended editionStudio One Downbeat Special (Expanded Edition)Soul Jazz Records
David Lee Jr.EvolutionSoul Jazz Records
Nat King Cool and The Cool RunnersChecking Out (1984)Soul Jazz Records
ScratchKeep On Searching For Love / Eastern Lady (1984)Soul Jazz Records
Punk 45: There Is No Such Thing As Society (2024 Edition)Get A Job, Get A Car, Get A Bed, Get Drunk! Underground Punk in the UK 1977-81Underground Punk and Post-Punk in the UK 1977-81.Soul Jazz Records
Studio One DubSoul Jazz Records
Studio One Disco Mix
Studio One DJ'sSoul Jazz Records
Studio One LoversSoul Jazz Records
Studio One RootsSoul Jazz Records
Studio One Story (Vinyl album only edition)Soul Jazz Records
200% Dynamite (25th Anniversary edition)Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk & Dub in JamaicaSoul Jazz Records
Studio One KingsSoul Jazz Records
Sound DimensionJamaica Soul Shake Vol. 1Soul Jazz Records
Studio One ScorcherInstrumentals at Studio OneSoul Jazz Records
Alien StarrWorld Of EcstasySoul Jazz Records
Jackie MittooLast Train To SkavilleSoul Jazz Records
Studio One Roots 2Soul Jazz Records
Space Funk 2Afro Futurist Electro Funk in Space 1976-84Soul Jazz Records
Holy Church Of The Ecstatic SoulA Higher Power: Gospel, Funk & Soul At The Crossroads 1971 - 83Soul Jazz Records
Miami SoundRare Funk and Soul from Miami, Florida 1967-74 (2023 Edition)Soul Jazz Records
- CD FW04405£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
- Folk Music of Ethiopia – Oh My Country (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna
- 1. Oh My Country (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna
- 2. Flute Solo (Eritrea)
- 3. Tcherawata Solo (Eritrea)
- 4. I Beg You, Heart (Ethiopia) - Male Voice with Begenna
- 5. 'Mbilta Solo (Eritrea)
- 6. Masonquo Solo (Eritrea)
- 7. Love Song (Eritrea) - Mixed Voices with Tcherawata, Coboro
- 8. Song of Praise (Eritrea) - Mixed Voices with Tcherawata
- 9. Song to the Emperor (Eritrea) - Male Voice with Tcherawata
- 10. Sudanese Walking Songs (Eritrea) - Male Voices with Harp, Drum
- 11. Sudanese Walking Songs (Eritrea) - Male Voices with Harp, Drum
Deep stuff. Recorded in 1951 - you can hear traces of the Ethiopiques in these recordings.
BolaVolume 7Awesome Tapes From Africa
Ace new album from Awesome Tapes From Africa. Bola's intense Frafra-language vocals, along with his shredding kologo—a two-stringed lute—boosted...
- – Burilbunbol Suma
- – Yine Ntaripaga
- 1. – Burilbunbol Suma
- 3. – Yine Ntaripaga
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Dabuyabarugu: Inside the Temple Sacred Music of the Garifuna of Belize (1982)Smithsonian Folkways
Deep Roots music from Belize.This album is a collection of music recorded during a dugu, a two week ceremonial feast that attempts to placate the...
- CD FE04032£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Traditional Music of the Garifuna of BelizeTraditional Music of the Garifuna of BelizeSmithsonian Folkways
Gives Soul Jazz Records' own Black Caribs of Belize a run for it's money.
Garifuna music contains Afro-Indian, Hispanic, and English Creole influences....
- CD FE4031£10.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Rhythms of RaptureSacred Musics of Haitian Vodou (1995)Smithsonian Folkways
Excellent recordings of Haitian voodoo music in all its many forms and variations. Comes with superb booklet.
Cuts from live Vodou ceremonies are juxtaposed...
- Port-Au-Prince Zepol – Vye Gran O (Song for Ezili)
- 6. Port-Au-Prince Zepol – Vye Gran O (Song for Ezili)
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- CD SFCD40464£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Haiti Confidential (1958)The Inscrutable music of Haiti...definite, authentic, for the initiateSmithsonian Folkways
Covering a broad spectrum, this collection includes vodou ritual drumming (using tanbou, a type of drums used for this religious practice of African origin);...
- – Paulette
- 9. – Paulette
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- CD COOK1022£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Studio One WomenSoul Jazz Records
Ska, rocksteady, funky reggae, roots, dub mixes, disco mixes, they're all here from the queens of the Jamaican music scene - Studio One Women features...
- Claudette Mclean – Give Love Another Try
- Jennifer Lara – My Man
- The Soulettes – A Deh Pon Dem
- Della Humphrey – Dream Land
- Jennifer Lara – Consider Me
- Denise Darlington – War No Right
- Hortense Ellis – I'm Just A Girl
- Angela Prince – No Bother With No Fuss
- Jerry Jones – There's A Chance For Me
- The Soulettes – King Street
- Jennifer Lara – Tell Me Where
- The Tonettes – I'll Give It To You
- Marcia Griffiths – Tell Me Now
- The Jay Tees – Come to me
- Angela Prince – You A Fool Boy
- Jennifer Lara – I am In love
- 1. Claudette Mclean – Give Love Another Try
- 2. Jennifer Lara – My Man
- 3. The Soulettes – A Deh Pon Dem
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- 2xLP (+ Download Code) SJRLP121£28.00In stockAdd to Bag
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- MP3 Release SJRD121£9.99In stockAdd to Bag
Langston HughesLangston Hughes' Jericho - Jim Crow (1964)Smithsonian Folkways
Performance by Langston Hughes.
- – Jericho-Jim Crow (Part I)
- 1. – Jericho-Jim Crow (Part I)
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- 2×CD FL9671£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Bongo, Backra & CoolieJamaican Roots Vol. 1 (1975)Smithsonian Folkways
Excellent songs, rhythms and chants of kumina, convince music and Jamaican East Indian music. Really, really heavyweight!
- – Asosowata
- 2. – Asosowata
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- CD FE4231£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Roots Of Black Music In AmericaSome Correspondences Between The Music Of The Slave Areas Of West Africa, USA and CaribbeanSmithsonian Folkways
How the music of USA, the Caribbean and Western Africa is connected by the slave trade with comparisons between the various musics and instruments in the...
- Waje Ward – Virginia Banjo Instrumental
- 26. Waje Ward – Virginia Banjo Instrumental
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- 2×CD FA2694£14.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
McLeanElectro-Symphonic LandscapesSmithsonian Folkways
Composed by Priscilla McLean and Barton McLean, originally released in 1979
- CD FTS33450£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Gambian Griot Kora DuetsGambian Griot Kora Duets (1979)Smithsonian Folkways
Deep stuff! Recorded in Gambia.
- – Yeyengo - High Life Tune (Tomora Ba Tuning)
- 5. – Yeyengo - High Life Tune (Tomora Ba Tuning)
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- CD FW8514£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Langston HughesThe Dream Keeper And Other Poems (1955)Smithsonian Folkways
Excellent collection of poems and narration from Langston Hughes! Recommended!
- – The Dream Keeper: Dreams; Water-Front Street; Long Trip
- 1. – The Dream Keeper: Dreams; Water-Front Street; Long Trip
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- CD FC7774£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Brazil: Songs of ProtestZelia Barbosa Sings of the Sertao & Favela (1968)Smithsonian Folkways
Killer, killer, killer 60s hard bossa! There are tough versions of 'Carcara' (check out the audio), Edu Lobo's 'Cheganca', 'Opiniao' and other protest...
- – Carcara (The Vulture)
- 7. – Carcara (The Vulture)
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- CD MFS717£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Yoruba Drums from Benin, West AfricaYoruba Drums from Benin, West AfricaSmithsonian Folkways
Benin, West Africa is the home to several Yoruba religious cults based on a pantheon of gods. Overlapping rhythms embedded with symbolic religious meanings...
- The Bata Repetoire for Egungen in Pobe – Ako
- 1. The Bata Repetoire for Egungen in Pobe – Ako
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- CD SFW40440£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Music of the Jos Plateau and other regions of NigeriaMusic of the Jos Plateau and other regions of NigeriaSmithsonian Folkways
Recorded in Nigeria in 1965.
- – "Oboe" Solo
- 4. – "Oboe" Solo
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- CD FE4321£12.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
African FlutesRecorded In The Gambia (1978)Smithsonian Folkways
Really amazing flute playing recorded in Gambia. Gives Roland Kirk a serious run for his money! Check out the audio.
- – Bengsimbe Fula
- 1. – Bengsimbe Fula
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- CD FE4230£11.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock