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The last one Roger cites is one of the most valuable sources I've ever found. I use it constantly for classical artists, along with Michael Gray's discographies: http://www.charm.kcl.ac.uk/content/gray_disco/index.html dl Roger and Allison Kulp wrote: > Discographies that include 78s are all over the web.Usually they are artist,in the case of classical music,or music specific,like in jazz or calypso.Here are some of the best discographical sites I have found,Better than a lot of books that are out there: > http://www.cliffandshads.co.uk/ > Arguably the best such site on the web. > > http://www.songpoemmusic.com/labels/ > > You can also pick and choose here: > http://my.dreamwiz.com/fischer/Ring/disco-virtuosos.htm > > > Roger > > > "Steven C. Barr(x)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: see end.. > Some years ago, Steve Abrams sent me, on CD-R, his .C8T and .MX > files...which I posted to a then-free web operation I had read > about...CommunityZero. I hoped that there would be much more > interest...and many more corrections...than I actually saw. > After a very few months, CommunityZero became a "pay to play" > operation...which ended my connection with the process. > > In the meantime, Ty Settlemeir has "HTML-ized" many of the "Abrams > Files," and has them on a web site. To my way of thinking, it would > be not only possible but SIMPLE for folks who own 78's to check > these pages against their holdings...and provide correction and/or > amendment where it seems necessary! > > Keep in mind that these files essentially provide NO information > on classical recordings...on "non-discographized" records (i.e. > not dance, jazz, blues or (now) country...) and on most post- > 1942 records. > > I have NO idea how many 78's would be included among the total > holdings of collections (private AND institutional...!)...however, > I would guess it would be WELL over my paltry holdings of 50,000+! > > Thus, if each party responsible for a "collection of 78's" (anywhere > from one to a few MILLION...?!) could/would enter the data therefrom > on some sort of either a web-accessible facility or in a digital > data file...all of these could be combined, with the result being > a sort of "78rpm wikidatabase!" > > I have seen inquiries about single specific 78rpm phonorecords pop > up (more often on 78-L than ARSCLIST), which usually result in > knowledgeable replies...can we do this with large quantities of > same...? > > I MAY still have an application I created using VB6, which allows > the creation and editing of the 160-byte text-based data files > which Abrams originally invented... > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > >