Dust & Grooves and Record Store Day are thrilled to announce the much anticipated book Dust & Grooves Vol.2: Further Adventures In Record Collecting as the Official Book of Record Store Day 2024 and reveal its cover and title.  Ten years after the first book release, with vinyl’s consistent surge in popularity, Further Adventures digs deeper than its predecessor, underscoring gorgeous collections from astute everyday enthusiasts to venerated DJs, musicians, and producers. Foreword by Prince Paul (De La Soul), Edited by David Ma (Wax Poetics, NPR, Rolling Stone), and feat ..read more

Greetings from the Dust & Grooves HQ, be it in our humble space in Brooklyn or in a car, on the road, running around picking up the last bits of photography and interviews for Volume 2. It’s been a busy month for sure and it’s going to get busier. Lot’s of logistics, text and photo editing, all in favor of having Volume 2 book ready for print in April and launch it in October 2024. The vinyl nomad has hit the road again, this time on a shorter but equally jam-packed journey to Chicago, Detroit and Canada.  I flew out to Chicago, traveling light as always. First up, Jen Lemasters. She ..read more

Greetings from the Dust & Grooves HQ. The holiday season is over, and the world is again divided!  Those still slumbering, gaining winter fat while tuning in to Kenny G, and those with ants in their pants, high on producing and filled with exciting possibilities. Here, for lack of time and a hard deadline kicking our butts, we’re forced and excited to join the latter.  Here are some updates from our editorial desk. We’re setting the stage for a groove-packed August 2024, the proposed publication date for Dust & Grooves Volume 2. The clock is ticking, and our team is in overdr ..read more

Hello at last from the Editorial Desk! I’m Skye, a Dust & Grooves Editorial Intern and music nerd through and through. After a long hiatus while super busy with The Vinyl Nomad photo tour, we’re back with some thrilling updates. Eilon’s ambitious, worldwide Vinyl Nomad tour has come to a close. In short, it was an absolute blast. Two months of daily travels, meetings, photo shoots, sleeping in recording studios, diving into dark vinyl basements, trains, cars, and airplanes—plenty of adventures and, most importantly, top-quality material for the upcoming Volume Two book. Highlights include ..read more

Hello at last from the Editorial Desk! I’m Skye, a Dust & Grooves Editorial Intern and music nerd through and through. After a long hiatus while super busy with The Vinyl Nomad photo tour, we’re back with some thrilling updates. Eilon’s ambitious, worldwide Vinyl Nomad tour has come to a close. In short, it was an absolute blast. Two months of daily travels, meetings, photo shoots, sleeping in recording studios, diving into dark vinyl basements, trains, cars, and airplanes—plenty of adventures and, most importantly, top-quality material for the upcoming Volume Two book. Highlights include ..read more

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Day 21 Took the early Eurostar train from Amsterdam to London. I’ve grown to love long train rides—they give me time to think, update my journal, and focus on essential computer work for the Vinyl Nomad tour.  I arrived in London and met with hip-hop producer, writer and record collector Chris Read. I’ve known Chris for years, having first met during my previous Dust & Grooves photo adventures. This time, however, would be different, as I would be seeing his collection for the first time.  Chris’s collection consisted of a full-wall vinyl library categorized by genre—mainly hip ..read more

Day 17 – Brussels I took an early fast train to Brussels and arrived just in time to visit my old friend, DJ and collector Alex Figueira, who was preparing to sell at a vinyl market just a few blocks from his house in the city center. It was a sunny, beautiful day, like the last of summer had been sprinkled into autumn, and the city was packed with people sitting outside, enjoying their drinks or brunch. I took the opportunity to browse around town, then headed to the market to check out records and get to know some local dealers.  Later on, I had arrangements to meet with my friend Chri ..read more

Chapter 03 – Parma, Cervia, Cattolica Day 08 – Parma I arrived in Parma where I stayed in the lovely home of Giovanna and Valerio, a collector couple who have been following Dust & Grooves for a while now. They reached out to me earlier this year asking if I had plans to come to Italy. In a way, they initiated the entirety of this Vinyl Nomad trip, helping me plan the Italian leg of it, connecting me with collectors, and of course, hosting me. I owe many thanks to them. They set me up with a bed and desk in their vinyl room and I used the day to wind down and do some exploring. I took to t ..read more

”Let’s just say my mom refers to Keith Richards as ‘the devil.’ ‘Sticky Fingers’ Spanish version, original was considered pornographic. Russian bootlegs, with bad jeans photo & original Andy Warhol one.” – DB Burkeman, January 25th 2011 After Brian Jones’ death, the infamous Altamont concert, and the loss of their entire 1960s American copyright to evil Allen Klein, it was time for the Stones to come home. From then on, their story would be told on their own terms. With complete artistic freedom, one could expect from the Rolling Stones nothing but a ferocious masterpiece coupled w ..read more