Record collecting
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Record collecting is the hobby of collecting sound recordings, usually of music, but sometimes poetry, reading, historical speeches, and ambient noises. Although the typical focus is on vinyl records,
A shelf of collected vinyl records
A 1920s Edison Records Diamond Disc label, early 1920s
Boxes of vinyl records in a second-hand shop
Rare groove
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Rare groove is music that is obscure or very hard to source. Rare groove is primarily associated with funk, R&B and jazz funk, but is also connected to subgenres including jazz rock, reggae, Latin jaz
Collecting rare vinyl records is an important aspect of the rare groove scene.