- Cylinder, Disc and Tape Care in a Nutshell - http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/care/record.html
Care, handling and storage of musical recordings in a collections environment, from the US Library of Congress. Includes an extensive bibliography.
- The Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials - http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/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.
- Record Collector's Heaven - http://weirdomusic.freeservers.com/
Yet another site about Exotica, Space Age Pop, Incredibly Strange Music, and weird recordings in general.
- International Music Discographies - http://recordmaster.com/
Online music price guide, available by paid subscription. USA values in dollars; accepts submissions from users.
- 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.
- 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.
- PickNET - http://home.att.net/~StevieLeavitt/index.html
Global trading network and club for guitar pick collectors.
- RockPosterCollector.com - http://www.rockpostercollector.com/
History of rock posters and information for collectors.
- Gigposters - http://www.gigposters.com/
Images of gig posters, flyers and handbills from around the world.
- A Child's Garden of Record Labels - http://www.mindspring.com/~hagar/garden.html
Scans of labels from 78s and 45s with anecdotes about each record, arranged alphabetically by label name.
- Vinylville - http://members.tripod.com/~Vinylville/
Information about Usenet groups, dealers, resources and supplies, FAQs and discographies, cleaning and storage, and cataloging software; from a music collector.
- PNPrecords - http://www.pnprecords.spb.ru/
Includes a history of Russian rock and information on Russian music labels.
- Record Covers Drawn by Comic Artists - http://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldk/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.
- 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 techological sections.
- Recordjunkie.com - http://www.recordjunkie.com
Collectors' community and worldwide record store guide.
- Rare Record Price Guide - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kennethdrury/price-guide.htm
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."
- Record-price-guide - http://www.record-price-guide.org/
German-based database of record and CD prices for independent releases.
- 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.
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