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This category is for web sites about the hobby of music collecting as well as for Internet resources that would be useful for music collectors.

Subcategories

• 8-track
• Buyers
• Compact Disc
• Guidebooks
• Magazines and E-zines
• Mechanical Instruments
• Organizations
• Personal Collections
• Postage Stamps
• Quadraphonic and Surround
• Sheet Music
• Software
• Storage and Protection
• Trading
• Vintage Recordings
• Vinyl

Resources in This Category

• Cylinder, Disc and Tape Care in a Nutshell

  http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/record.html
  Care, handling and storage of musical recordings in a collections environment, from the US Library of Congress. Includes a bibliography.

• Discogs

  http://www.discogs.com/
  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.

• Gigposters

  http://www.gigposters.com/
  Images of gig posters, flyers and handbills from around the world.

• International Music Discographies

  http://recordmaster.com/
  Online music price guide, available by paid subscription. USA values in dollars; accepts submissions from users.

• Music Price Guide

  http://www.musicpriceguide.com/
  Includes recent online auction results, free classified ads, and a worldwide directory of record sellers.

• Nibble's Record Shop Guides

  http://www.studio-nibble.com/guides/index.html
  Guide to record and compact disc shops in San Diego, Los Angeles and Albuquerque.

• PNPrecords

  http://www.pnprecords.spb.ru/
  Includes a history of Russian rock and information on Russian music labels.

• Record Covers Drawn by Comic Artists

  https://ronaldk.home.xs4all.nl/index2.html
  Listing of album covers (CD and vinyl) drawn by comic artists and illustrators. Includes many images. In French and English.

• Record Song Book

  http://www.radisol.com/rsb
  Private collector presents information about and seeks copies of the UK music magazine published in the 1960s and 1970s.

• Record-price-guide

  http://www.record-price-guide.org/
  German-based database of record and CD prices for independent releases.

• Recordjunkie.com

  http://www.recordjunkie.com/
  Collectors' community and worldwide record store guide.

• RockPosterCollector.com

  http://www.rockpostercollector.com/
  History of rock posters and information for collectors.

• The Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials

  http://cool.conservation-us.org/byauth/st-laurent/care.html
  Technical paper on the archival maintenance of music recordings. Expanded version of an article initially prepared for the National Library of Canada.

• The History of Sound Recording Technology

  http://www.recording-history.org/
  Explores the history and impact of the inventions that changed the way we listen; includes business, cultural, and technological sections.

• The Internet Museum of Flexi / Cardboard / Oddity Records

  http://www.wfmu.org/MACrec/
  Devoted to odd promotional and novelty records, usually printed on paper. Images and RealAudio from a collection.

• Vinyl Bank Record and CD Fairs

  http://www.vinylbank.co.uk/
  UK Midlands based record and CD fair organiser. Find fair dates, venue information, public and dealer information.

Related Categories

• Home > Recreation > Collecting
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