Collecting

» Cylinder, Disc and Tape Care in a Nutshell
   Care, handling and storage of musical recordings in a collections environment, from the US Library of Congress. Includes a bibliography.

   
   http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/record.html

» Discogs
   User built music database. Store and organise personal music collection listings for free. Includes cross-referenced discographies of artists and labels, marketplace, and forums for music and general discussion.

   
   http://www.discogs.com/

» Gigposters
   Images of gig posters, flyers and handbills from around the world.

   
   http://www.gigposters.com/

» International Music Discographies
   Online music price guide, available by paid subscription. USA values in dollars; accepts submissions from users.

   
   http://recordmaster.com/

» Metro Detroit Record Show
   Includes dates and location.

   
   http://michiganrecords.com

» More Music Collectors Resource Pages
   British guide to music collecting, featuring many annotated links and a glossary.

   
   http://www.moremusic.co.uk/links/default.htm

» Nibble's Record Shop Guides
   Guide to record and compact disc shops in San Diego, Los Angeles and Albuquerque.

   
   http://www.studio-nibble.com/guides/index.html

» PNPrecords
   Includes a history of Russian rock and information on Russian music labels.

   
   http://www.pnprecords.spb.ru/

» PickNET
   Global trading network and club for guitar pick collectors.

   
   http://home.att.net/~StevieLeavitt/index.html

» Rare Record Price Guide
   Online guide to UK values for records (and a few CDs), mainly by 80's and 90's artists. Calculated from average prices charged by dealers in the UK magazine "Record Collector."

   
   http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kennethdrury/price-guide.htm

» Record Covers Drawn by Comic Artists
   Listing of album covers (CD and vinyl) drawn by comic artists and illustrators. Includes many images. In French and English.

   
   http://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldk/index2.html

» Record Song Book
   Private collector presents information about and seeks copies of the UK music magazine published in the 1960s and 1970s.

   
   http://www.radisol.com/rsb

» Record-price-guide
   German-based database of record and CD prices for independent releases.

   
   http://www.record-price-guide.org/

» Recordjunkie.com
   Collectors' community and worldwide record store guide.

   
   http://www.recordjunkie.com

» RockPosterCollector.com
   History of rock posters and information for collectors.

   
   http://www.rockpostercollector.com/

» The Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials
   Technical paper on the archival maintenance of music recordings. Expanded version of an article initially prepared for the National Library of Canada.

   
   http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byauth/st-laurent/care.html

» The Great Brazilian Virtual Guitar Picks Museum
   Listing of a collection with pictures, and a picture dictionary of guitar plectrum terminology.

   
   http://www.palhetas.com/

» The History of Sound Recording Technology
   Explores the history and impact of the inventions that changed the way we listen; includes business, cultural, and techological sections.

   
   http://www.recording-history.org/

» The Internet Museum of Flexi / Cardboard / Oddity Records
   Devoted to odd promotional and novelty records, usually printed on paper. Images and RealAudio from a collection.

   
   http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/

» Vinyl Bank Record and CD Fairs
   UK Midlands based record and CD fair organiser. Find fair dates, venue information, public and dealer information.

   
   http://www.vinylbank.co.uk/

» Vinylville
   Information about Usenet groups, dealers, resources and supplies, FAQs and discographies, cleaning and storage, and cataloging software; from a music collector.

   
   http://members.tripod.com/~Vinylville/