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TribeDedicationSoul Jazz Records
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
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Nile Rodgers is a founding member of Chic, and one of the world's most successful music producers. He wrote 'We are Family' for Sister Sledge and 'I'm Coming Out' for Diana Ross, and produced two of the most popular albums of all time - Madonna's 'Like a Virgin' and David Bowie's 'Let's Dance'.
His life has been extraordinary - his mother was just 13 when she had him, and he was brought up surrounded by a ragged assortment of artists, drop outs and junkies. At the age of 13 he was already sniffing glue and had been turned on to acid by Timothy Leary himself.
He also found time to become an expert in martial arts and a Black Panther. From the glamour of Studio 54 to the squalor of New York's Valhalla, and with a cast of bohemians, drop-outs, disco divas and the odd world-famous celebrity, Nile Rodgers tells his astonishing story.
Sounds good, huh?
The HaciendaHow Not To Run A ClubPocket Books
Peter Hook, as co-founder of Joy Division and New Order, has been shaping the course of popular music for thirty years. He provided the propulsive bass...
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Jazz PeopleBy Valerie WilmerAllison and Busby
Fantastic. Deep jazz all the way. w/ Archie Shepp, Cecil Taylor, Monk, Randy Weston and more.
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Talking HeadsOnce In A Lifetime - The Stories Behind Every SongHal Leonard
GROOVY USA PAPERBACK BOOK OVER 60% OFF!!!Talking Heads were arguably the most significant band to emerge from the late seventies' New York punk...
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The Drummer's PathMoving the Spirit with Ritual and Traditional DrummingDestiny Books
Drummer, dancer, folklorist, and researcher, Sule Greg Wilson studied drumming under Baba Ngoma as well as the premier students of Baba Ishangi, Ladji...
- Original Book (300g)£8.00Original secondhand USA paperback
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Che: A Graphic BiographyBy Spain Rodriguez Verso
A graphic biography of the most iconic revolutionary figure of the twentieth century.
Since his death in 1967, Ernesto “Che” Guevara has become...
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Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain's Visionary Musicby Rob Young (2010)
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Northern Sun, Southern MoonEurope's Reinvention of JazzYale University Press
100% ESSENTIAL BOOK ON EUROPEAN JAZZUSA IMPORT HARDBACK BOOK. 70% OFF!!!! £8 ONLY!Until the 1960s American jazz, for all its improvisational and rhythmic...
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Made In The UKThe Music Of Attitude 1977-1983powerHouse Books
When punk first rocked, the rough and rugged style on the streets was a world away from the super-slick music videos and corporate stylists that were to...
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Dundun: The Talking Drum of the Yoruba People of South-West Nigeriaby Oyeniyi OsundinaAustin Macauley
In Dundun, Niyi Osundina offers the reader the chance to dip into a key cultural component of the people of western Nigeria. Drumming is a vital tradition...
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Punk EthnographyThe Sublime Frequencies CompanionWesleyan University Press
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Excellent Book on SUBLIME FREQUENCIES label edited by Michael Veal (Fela Kuti...
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New AtlantisMusicians Battle For The Survival Of New OrleansOxford University Press
ESSENTIAL BOOK ON NEW ORLEANS by John Swenson
At its most intimate level, music heals our emotional wounds and inspires us. At its most public, it unites...
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Young, Gifted & BlackThe Story of Trojan RecordsOmnibus Press
The inside story - gossipy and addictive!
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The Last Holiday - A MemoirGil Scott-HeronCanongate
Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream. And Stevie Wonder had a dream. This is a book about dreams.' In the autumn of 1980, Stevie Wonder invited Gil Scott-Heron...
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Langston HughesThe Value Of ContradictionArcadia Books
This biography by Bonnie Greer gives us an insight into the controversial African-American writer and campaigner Langston Hughes. Hughes campaigned tirelessly...
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Music Is The Weapon Of The FutureFifty Years Of African Popular MusicLawrence Hill Books
Secondhand book in good condition, stickers on cover, insides cleanFrom the unique voice of Salif Keita and the hard funk of Fela Kuti to the poignant...
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Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gayeby Steve TurnerMichael Joseph
- Original Book (500g) 9780140271027£8.00Secondhand out of print paperback in good conditionIn stockAdd to Bag
Message to Our Folks: The Art Ensemble of ChicagoPaul SteinbeckChicago University Press
This year marks the golden anniversary of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the flagship band of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians....
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Point From Which Creation Begins (2004)The Black Artist's Group Of St. LouisMissouri Historical Society Press
From 1968 to 1972, St. Louis was home to the Black Artists' Group (BAG), a seminal arts collective that nurtured African American experimentalists involved...
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Love Saves The DayA History Of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979Duke University Press
Essential, thorough book on the underground New York Disco scene of the 1970s written by Tim Lawrence (who also wrote the sleevenotes for Soul Jazz Records'...
- Book (800g) 9780822331988£26.99Out of stock Notify me when in stock
Spanish Harlem's Musical Legacy 1930-80By Silvio H. Alvava
A collection of photographs of the Latino musicians from 1930 - 1980's primarily in El Barrio, NY but features several from Los Angeles, CA and other parts...
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Lion SongsThomas Mapfumo and the Music That Made Zimbabwe
Like Fela Kuti and Bob Marley, singer, composer, and bandleader Thomas Mapfumo and his music came to represent his native country's anticolonial struggle...
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Kiss Me NeckThe Scratch Story In Words, Pictures And RecordsCherry Red Books
With more than 1,000 releases to Lee "Scratch" Perry's name in some form or other, there is a wealth of material for fans and collectors to immerse themselves...
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Wild DayzPhotos by BeezerTangent Books
As a photographer Beezer was in a unique position in Bristol in the 1980s. Close friends with the Wild Bunch (later to become Massive Attack) and other...
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VirginA History Of Virgin Records
Richard Branson was the publisher of a small alternative music magazine in London in the early 1970s when he founded Virgin Records with his partner Simon...
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Beats to the RhymeA Collection of Instrumental Hip-Hop Records for the Beat ConnoisseurGingko Press
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