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The Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials  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.

Cylinder, Disc and Tape Care in a Nutshell  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  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  www.gigposters.com Images of gig posters, flyers and handbills from around the world.

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

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

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

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

Metro Detroit Record Show  michiganrecords.com Includes dates and location.

More Music Collectors Resource Pages  www.moremusic.co.uk/links/default.htm British guide to music collecting, featuring many annotated links and a glossary.

Nibble's Record Shop Guides  www.studio-nibble.com/guides/index.html Guide to record and compact disc shops in San Diego, Los Angeles and Albuquerque.

PickNET  home.att.net/~StevieLeavitt/index.html Global trading network and club for guitar pick collectors.

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

Rare Record Price Guide  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 Covers Drawn by Comic Artists  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  www.radisol.com/rsb Private collector presents information about and seeks copies of the UK music magazine published in the 1960s and 1970s.

Recordjunkie.com  www.recordjunkie.com Collectors' community and worldwide record store guide.

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

Red Sister  www.redsister.org Archive of Mark Arminiski handbills.

RockPosterCollector.com  www.rockpostercollector.com History of rock posters and information for collectors.

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

Vinylville  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.

Red Sister  www.redsister.org/rss.cfm?mode=full Archive of Mark Arminiski handbills. [RSS]