Rare groove is an umbrella term used to describe very rare vintage records. The most common type of rare groove records are 1970s funk recordings. Also covered by the term rare groove are old jazz fusion, Latin jazz, soul, R&B;, northern soul, reggae, dub, post-disco, rock and roll and ethnic music to name a few. Records that fall into this category generally have high re-sale prices. Rare groove records have been sought after by not only collect...
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