When Jude De Souza opened his record store in Mahim three years ago, the first thing that occurred to him was how scattered vinyl lovers and listeners in the country were, making the absence of a consolidated community apparent. A few months into helming the store, he started a WhatsApp group.

Now, that group has reached its limit of 250-odd members. "But when I started the group, I named it the Bombay Record Club," he says, explaining why he chose not to make it eponymous with his store.