A Photography Book About Vinyl Collectors- Dust & Grooves.

Here's a project that I absolutely can't wait to happen!!! so much so that I've contributed to help make it so.Have followed Eilon's site for a number of years and always thought that the idea was unique not just focused on the music available on vinyl but also the personalities behind them and why they became involved in collecting,these are not only DJ's but Musicologists and Archivists protecting it for the future and keeping it alive as opposed to to digitised !


About this Project: Dust & Grooves is a photo and interview project documenting and exalting vinyl records, the people who love them, and the musical heritage they carry. With a website launched in October 2008 by Brooklyn-based professional photographer and vinyl addict Eilon Paz, D&G profiles individual collectors from all over the world in their natural environment – usually at home with their personal collections. Each subject is interviewed in depth about their devotion to vinyl, then each conversation is paired with a beautiful series of portrait photographs by Eilon that capture the heart and soul of this passionate avocation. Together, words and images tell the story of the love affair between collector and collection, and preserve a record of music that otherwise might be lost.
For more Information here's the Kickstarter LINK

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Ritmo No.1

Hey!Groovy,Groovy people,here's some world jazz jive to get your funk feet into,now go forth and give it some!!!!!!

For your exploration,anticipation and participation some of the following:...............................
Blood,Sweat&Tears,The Ebony Rhythm Band,
LA Carnival,Charles Wright,and Jo Stance,
Gerardo Frisina,Frootfal,Cal Tjader,Jukka Eskola,
Son's & Daughters of Lite,Coati Mundi,Ben Mono,
Quantic Soul Orchestra,Chocolate Milk,Heatwave,Sun,
The Equals and Ramsey Lewis,to name a few!!!!!!!!!!!
enjoy!!!.....
memories of buying the albums by Heatwave and Sun,there was a special record stall that I used to frequent in my then hometown of Nottingham, it was in the Victoria Center shopping mall which had its own 'Victoria market' consisting of various stalls selling everything from fabrics, household goods, to the good old pea's & mint sauce,mussels and the famous sausage and tomato Bap!(not roll!)up the escalator on the second level!where the caff would have a large tray of the sausage and tomato mixture cooking in the oven all morning!!! also not forgetting Jamaican patties!! very often a lunch time staple(not including the occasional pie,chips,beans and gravy!!!) any way the stall was situated just near the exit to the main part of the center and was always an essential stop in my lunch time break, especially after reading the newest copy of Blues and Soul to check out any top albums that were released ,
many happy purchases included Cameo,Mandrill,
The Commodores,Slave,The Barkays,and Earth,Wind &Fire to name a few, and what I loved about the place the most was the smell of the brand new vinyl as you explored the ( gate fold if it was the American label)sleeve and read all the available info, star signs,instruments played,and band members names, of the very often mysterious and exotic sounds(to these ears)recorded within,many happy days were had playing the platters on my cheap plastic record player, where I would lie on my bedroom floor with the speakers carefully positioned on each side of my head so I could absorb the layers of funk sounds held within the Vinyl grooves!!!!! Fantastico!!