Steven C. Barr(x) wrote:
> "Discography" (a created word, "disc" [a phonorecord] + "graphy"
> [writing about]...!) was simply a way to give a reputable name to
> the accumulation of written data that arose once us "crazy" folks
> started trying to assemble the data concerning phonorecords which
> had been issued...!
>
> There will probably be a new term...
Or not..a collection of musical (or other) entities is still called an ALBUM,
which is a term that originated over 85 years ago and was borrowed from "photo
album" or any other bound collection of single pages or sleeves. Terminology
can outlive its original description.
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