Deep Groove Mono is a jazz record collector blog designed, developed, written, and maintained independently by Richard Capeless. Deep Groove Mono aims to provide collectors with unprecedented resources related to their hobby, and to document the author’s collecting experience. Deep Groove Mono primarily focuses on mono recordings originally released in the LP, 78, and 45 formats.
Richard Capeless is a college math instructor located in Albany, New York. Born in 1980, he grew up listening to hip hop and developed his knowledge of the genre during high school. This eventually served as a gateway to jazz, and a love of all things vintage led him to explore other classic genres including rhythm & blues, doo-wop, rock & roll, and classical. Richard’s approach to the hobby is that of a sound engineer and DJ, and he is passionate about the history of music and audio. In 2019 he presented to the Audio Engineering Society on the life and legacy of recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder, and in 2020 he launched RVG Legacy, a website dedicated to preserving Van Gelder’s legacy. (Photo credit: A. Ofiaja)