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All-Music Guide

http://www.allmusic.com/

Comprehensive guide to the best music recordings in every genre. Cross-indexed source of reviews, essays, and ratings, all available online and in print form. Uses submissions from readers.

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Hot Wacks Press

http://log.on.ca/hotwacks/

Publisher of guides to bootleg records and CDs. Information about the books, and three articles about bootlegs (recordings of live music of questionable legality).

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Joel Whitburn's Record Research Books

http://www.recordresearch.com/

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.

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Muze

http://www.muze.com/

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.

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Osborne Enterprises and Jellyroll Productions

http://www.jerryosborne.com/

Producer of price guides (in the "Official Price Guide" series) and reference books for music collectibles. General descriptions of each volume.

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Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/

Publisher of several guidebooks. Artists' sections on their site often contain an entry from "The Rolling Stone Album Guide."

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Rough Guides

http://www-2.roughguides.com/music/

Music guidebook titles on rock, reggae, world music, jazz, classical and opera. Only the introductions, table of contents and sample entries are available online.

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Soundtrack Price Engine

http://www.soundtrackguide.com/

Monitors auctions to gather statistics on movie soundtrack and film score CD prices, composers, out-of-print status, rarity and used CD availability.

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