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• Recreation: Collecting  (4,992)
• Shopping: Entertainment: Recordings  (2,487)
• Shopping: Music: Related Merchandise  (235)

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Metro Detroit Record Show - Includes dates and location.

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

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

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

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

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."

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.

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

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

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

Red Sister - Archive of Mark Arminiski handbills.

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

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

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

Red Sister - Archive of Mark Arminiski handbills. [RSS]

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