Additional
Information: For sites related to published guidebooks covering recorded music of several different formats. Many of these sites used to have the partial or complete contents of their books available on the web, but few have continued to do so. Format-specific guide
Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide: Brief description of the guidebook to classical music. (Guidebooks) http://www.gramophone.co.uk/publications_detail.asp?pub=2
All Music Guide All Music Guide: Comprehensive guide to recordings in every genre. Cross-indexed source of reviews, essays, and ratings, all available online, on in-store kiosks, and in print form. Uses submissions from readers. (Guidebooks) http://www.allmusic.com/
RecordResearcher.com RecordResearcher.com: CD-ROM discography RockRom 8, and book Rock Record 7, with 500,000 records, over a million tracks and musicians. Free sofwared demo download. (Guidebooks) http://www.recordresearcher.com/
Osborne Enterprises and Jellyroll Productions Osborne Enterprises and Jellyroll Productions: Producer of price guides (in the "Official Price Guide" series) and reference books for music collectibles. General descriptions of each volume. (Guidebooks) http://www.jerryosborne.com/
Krause Publications Krause Publications: Publisher of several record and CD collecting related books, including price guides. (Guidebooks) http://www.krause.com/static/records.htm
Muze Muze: Longtime publisher (over 50 years) of directories of recorded music for retail stores; their data is now available for purchase to place on other websites and in-store kiosks. (Guidebooks) http://www.muze.com/
Rough Guides Rough Guides: Over 30 music guidebook titles; features online versions of their Rock, World, and Classical guides. (Guidebooks) http://www-2.roughguides.com/music/
Joel Whitburn's Record Research Books Joel Whitburn's Record Research Books: Information from Billboard magazine's major charts with complete chart data on every recording ever charted. Short descriptions and sample pages from this large line of books. (Guidebooks) http://www.recordresearch.com/
Hot Wacks Press Hot Wacks Press: Publisher of guides to bootleg records and CDs. Information about the books, and three articles about bootlegs (recordings of live music of questionable legality). (Guidebooks) http://log.on.ca/hotwacks/
Trouser Press Trouser Press: Official site of Trouser Press magazine (1974-1984) and the Trouser Press Record Guides. Reviews and discographies from five editions of the guidebook. (Guidebooks) http://www.trouserpress.com/
Additional
Information: For sites related to published guidebooks covering recorded music of several different formats. Many of these sites used to have the partial or complete contents of their books available on the web, but few have continued to do so. Format-specific guide
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