Album of the week

Lost Tracks: Accra to Addis

Compiled by Afrocat who journeyed to Ghana & Ethiopia to find these very special tracks. Expect the unearthing of international disco, deep funk, blaxploitation, dancefloor jazz and afro-futuristic sounds.
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The Weekly Drop

Every week behind the scenes, we're busy ordering and listening to lots of new music to bring you a carefully curated selection of new additions to the shop. The Weekly Drop is our way of bringing our new additions to the shop, to you.
Audio Sets
"I want to start listening on vinyl but don't know where to start with the player". How many times have we had that conversation in the shop?! So here we are, aiming to simplify that process for you. Each box set contains everything you need to start listening to your favourite records; turntable, stylus, amplifier, speakers and cables.
The Listening Room
We are excited to open the doors to our new listening room downstairs in collaboration with our friends at Audio Note. Designed with creativity, flexibility, and community at its heart, this is a welcoming space to explore, enjoy, and share great sound together.

Welcome to Capsule Records

At Capsule Records, we strongly believe in the power of music and community. As an independent record shop, we started with the local area in mind. Since then, we have been on a mission to foster a musical community and make the joy of music accessible to all. 

Our stock is a carefully curated selection of LPs that we love. From soul, jazz, disco, electronica, and hip-hop to some bits in between, there’s something for everyone. For those who like to dig deeper, we also have crates like African Funk, Japanese Jazz and Modern Classical.

To help you discover something new or find an old favourite, we’ve stuck QR codes on the front of all our LPs that direct you to a listening link with information about the artist and label. If you’re without a phone, just ask, and we can play it for you on our tailor-made PMC sound system. So, take a seat in our beautifully designed coffee area, enjoy a drink of your choice (we also stock alcohol!) and relax.  

As well as vinyl, we also retail a carefully selected range of audio sets in our purpose built listening room.  With a set to suit a variety of home set-ups and budgets, each box set contains everything you need to start listening to your favourite records; turntable, stylus, amplifier, speakers and cables. 

“Capsule Records are a breath of fresh air. Hugely knowledgeable, with a terrific collection of proper music, they go to great length to curate just what is right. My go to place!” - Dunstan Rickard

New to the shop - available for click & collect or UK wide delivery

Whether you're a long-time devotee of Brian Jackson and Gil Scott-Heron’s influential catalogue, a DJ or collector chasing rare wax, or a new listener drawn to future-leaning soul and jazz, Now More Than Ever ‘EP Two’ is an essential release — a bridge between the past, present, and the music still to come
EP Two (2 x 12" Vinyl EP)
Brian Jackson
Contemporary Soul
£30.00
DJ Amir takes another deep dive into the back catalogue of Detroit's legendary Strata Records to curate a 2nd volume in his Strata Records – The Sound of Detroit compilations. Whereas volume one took in the soulful edge of the Strata canon this volume, as Amir says, 'leans into the label's groovier, funkier edges whilst still celebrating its bold, avant-garde spirit.'
DJ Amir presents Strata Records - The Sound of Detroit Vol. 2 (3 LP)
DJ Amir/Various Artists
Contemporary Funk
£34.00
"Lost Tracks: Accra to Addis" is compiled by Afrocat, in her 25th year as a DJ/Selector, Music & Culture Curator, Radio Show Presenter on the Blaxploitation Lounge…& an Adventurer!
Lost Tracks: Accra to Addis
Various Artists
African Jazz/Funk/Psych
£28.00
For its first release of 2026, Bytes revisits the impeccable 2024 collaboration between Andy Bell (RIDE/Oasis), recording under his electronic alter ego GLOK, and the producer and Insult to Injury label boss Timothy Clerkin. Along for the ride are an impressive cohort of musical talent — bdrmm, Richard Sen, Tom Sharkett (WH Lung), Legowelt, Xylitol and FROID Dub — who all deliver exceptional and unique interpretations of the tracks.
Alliance Remixed (Green Vinyl)
GLOK / Timothy Clerkin
Electronica
£25.00
Barry’s Late Night Tales mix brings together disparate styles and forms them into a coherent narrative.
Late Night Tales: Barry Can’t Swim (2LP, 180g Yellow Vinyl)
Barry Can't Swim/Various Artists
Electronica
£29.00
Tragic Magic brings together Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore, two of contemporary ambient, experimental and electronic music’s most celebrated composers, for a unique collaboration at the Philharmonie de Paris, with extraordinary access to the Musée de la Musique’s instrument collection, in partnership with the French label InFiné.
Tragic Magic (Forest Green Biovinyl)
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore
Ambient/Modern Classical
£28.00
Multi-instrumentalist, producer and artist Shabaka (aka Shabaka Hutchings) announces his third solo album ‘Of The Earth’, his first solo album to be released via his own Shabaka Records label and an album entirely written and produced by Hutchings himself.
Of The Earth (Cornflower Blue Vinyl)
Shabaka
Contemporary Jazz
£29.00
Lately, it feels like the world is one endless bad news cycle. Joshua Idehen isn’t here to pretend otherwise - but on the spoken word artist’s new album, ‘I Know You’re Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got To Try’, he provides a phenomenal sonic, poetic space. Made with his creative partner, musician Ludvig Parment, the album is an urgent but transcendent collection that holds you through it all, filled with grief euphoria and hope.
I know you’re hurting, everyone is hurting, everyone is trying, you have got to try (Yellow Vinyl)
Joshua Idehen
Contemporary
£27.00
Synthesizer, Grand Piano and traditional Folk Instruments are blended with Field recordings to create an intriguing album of Authentic Greek Modal Folk-Jazz and soundscapes.
Impressions of Samos
Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos with the Giogos Pappa
Contemporary Jazz
£29.00
The Cabildos remain one of the most enigmatic names to emerge from the 1970s library music scene. Little is known about the group, except that their name was inspired by Johnny Cabildo, an Italian keyboardist and composer who had relocated to Florida. Their recorded legacy is strikingly concise: just three albums—Yuxtaposición (1972, released under the name Cabildo's Three), Cross Fire (1974), and the later Where Is the Cat? (1979).
Cross Fire
Cabildo
Library Music
£30.00
New 2026 Edition of 600% Dynamite, part of Soul Jazz Records classic compilation series of Jamaican music, featuring killer reggae in all styles - ska, soul, rocksteady, dancehall, funk and dub.
600% DYNAMITE! Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk and Dub in Jamaica
Various Artists
Reggae
£32.00
Muzikawi reissue the self-titled solo instrumental album of Ethio-jazz composer, Dawit Yifru, which offers an exceptional occasion to rediscover one of the most important eras in Ethiopia’s music history.
Dawit Yifru
Dawit Yifru
African Jazz/Funk/Psych
£28.00
In a world full of musical mediocrity, ANTIBALAS emerges like a funky, horn-infused phoenix, ready to shake your booty and expand your mind. This Brooklyn-based powerhouse brings the heat and the rhythm on their latest album, aptly titled "Antibalas."
Antibalas
Antibalas
African Jazz/Funk/Psych
£25.00
Introducing the Instrumental album for Thee Sacred Souls’ critically acclaimed, self-titled debut, featuring instrumental versions of their hit singles, “Can I Call You Rose?”, “Weak For Your Love” and “Future Lover”.
The Instrumentals
Thee Sacred Souls
Contemporary Funk
£25.00
"American Dream" is the fourth studio album by LCD Soundsystem, released on September 1, 2017.
American Dream
LCD Soundsystem
Contemporary
£30.00

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