Shinsaibashi used-record shop buying abroad and selling to DJs across every style.
- Shop
- Rare Groove
- Town
- Osaka, Japan
- Formats
- Vinyl, 7", CDs, Cassette
- Crates
- Disco, House, Techno, Jazz, Funk, Folk, World, Latin, Rock, Electronic
- In the shop
- Buys collections, Mail order
- Opening hours
- Th-Tu 11:00-18:00
Rare Groove is a used-record shop in Shinsaibashi, Osaka, that buys abroad, buys over the counter and sells wide, catering primarily to DJs. The racks are cut for people who play out: disco and boogie, italo, euro disco and hi-nrg, house, techno, nu disco and re-edits, new wave, synth pop and cosmic, A.O.R. and folk, psychedelic and prog rock, new age, ambient and electronics, jazz funk and fusion, spiritual and ethnic jazz and ECM, Brazil, afro, latin and world, a Japanese shelf, 7-inch EPs, CDs and cassettes. Staff picks and brand new stock get their own sections, there is a page for overseas customers, and the shop prints its own sweats and tees.