Useful resources outside of Discogs
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If it isn't noted, the site is written in English
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Writing Credits and the like
You can look up songwriters and composers via these online databases. These databases are not always a 100% match for what's printed on a release; they show the names of people who are currently designated to collect royalties. When searching, you may have better luck searching for partial matches, and experiment with omitting punctuation.
- BMI (US)
- ASCAP (US)
- SESAC (US)
- Copyright Catalog (US) - 1978–present
- Library of Congress Authorities (US)
- GEMA (DE) - search for writer/composer/publisher info, usually by title & optional writer/composer
- GEMA (DE) - search for a release ('carrier') by 1 or 2 pieces of info, such as title and performer
- SACEM (FR)
- APRA (Australasia)
- Buma/Stemra (NL)
- SABAM (BE) - search on Artist and/or Title / available in Dutch, French and English
- SIAE (Italy)
- SOCAN (Canada) has an online database, but it is open to SOCAN members (artists & publishers) only
- The Originals - a cover songs database
- Second Hand Songs - a cover songs database
- Covers Project - like Second Hand Songs, but more interested in covered-by chains and not too complete
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Genre-specific Discographies
- The Blues Database
- Jazz Discography Project
- Jazz Standards - lyrics and music credits, limited to the standards (a standard is a composition that is held in continuing esteem and is commonly used in musical repertoires, e.g., as the basis of jazz arrangements and improvisations)
- LP Discography - Country/Western LPs and related details
- Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - lots of info, lots of inaccuracies
- hotdiscomix: Remix Services - selected services like Disconet, Hot Tracks, Ultimix, etc.
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Electronic genres and styles
- Roll Da Beats - Drum'n'Bass, used to be Tarzan.spoox.org
- KDJ Eurodance Encyclopaedia (there is a different layout found here)
- Euroflash » The Voice Of... - Italodisco database, by artist
- PsyDB - PsyTrance database
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Reggae, Dance Hall, Soca and associated styles
- AlgoRiddim - tracking riddims on thousands of Jamaican songs dating from the early sixties to the mid-eighties
- DanceHallMusic.de Riddimbase - Dancehall & Reggae (& Soca) Riddim Database, a merge of 3 previously existing riddim databases
- Jamaican Label Art and related ephemera - not searchable and the images aren't huge, but it could be useful
- Jamrid Jamaican Riddim Directory - two combined directories, all searchable
- NiceUp Jammin Reggae Archives - awful layout, good information
- Riddim Base - searchable database with samples
- Roots Archive - Jamaican Roots Reggae Albums from 1970 to 1985
- Soca Base - detailed database for soca music, with some samples
- Smokeyroom's Rythm Shower the most in-depth (Rainford Hugh) Lee Perry site
- Tapir's Reggae Discographies - for UK releases on specific reggae labels
- graphic table showing artist-soundsystem affiliations until 1985
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Location-specific Discographies
- The Belgian Pop & Rock Archives
- Muziekarchief - Discographies of Belgian artists (in Dutch)
- Database of The Finnish Institute of Recorded Sound 1901 - 1999 (FI/EN)
- Dictionary Of Brazilian Popular Music (PORT/EN) - Authoritative resource for all Brazilian Music including biographies and discographies.
- Dutch Rock & Pop Institute (NL) - Holland Rocks (English), though they actually release more than Rock and Pop in conjunction with Conamus
- Norwegian Bandindex (NO/EN)
- Norsk Progrok Diskografi (NO)
- KPPG - Strona główna (PL) - Polish vinyl records site
- Archiwum Polskiego Rocka (PL) - Polish rock archive
- ANORMUS A Nordic Music Guide (SE/EN) - by Popöga, Swedish music zine since 1990, covering music from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden or the Faeroes
- Progg.se (SE) Alternativ Musik I Sverige 1967-1984
- Punktipset (SE) Svensk Punk, Powerpop, Ska, NY Vag Och Rock 1977-1986
- Ohio Soul Recordings - R&B, soul and funk recordings made on 45 RPM records in the state of Ohio after 1965, and other music from Ohio labels
- (North and South) Carolina Soul - same format as Ohio Soul Recordings, different states
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Label-specific Discographies and Info
- EMI Music - Ireland and UK Music Catalog
- Both Sides Now Album Discographies - quite in-depth listing of a variety of labels, mostly US based
- Don't Forget the Motor City - The Ultimate Guide to Motown (and related) recordings, 1956 - 1972, database structured around songs
- Helmut Weber's Gramophone Hobby Page - Informations for dating 78rpm records
- All Record Labels - label information, not discographies
- WEA Group 'target'-design CDs - original editions of Warner/Elektra/Atlantic CDs from 1983-1984
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Artist Discographies
- Björk - 77ísland, the official discography and the Bootography - Björk bootleg site, out of date (last updated in 2000)
- Depeche Mode Discography and Value Guide - with loads of release details
- Depeche Mode Remix Collector's Reference - database of official, promo and bootleg
- Pink Floyd CDs - Hans Gerlitz' Floyd CD Discography split into 47 PDFs
- Pink Floyd Bootlegs - Pink Floyd RoIO Database
- The Prodigy Discography - official, bootleg, fakes, freebies, and anything else
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Assorted other sites of information
- Wolf's Kompaktkiste (DE/EN) - Electronic music info reference, covering a variety labels and artists
- The-Breaks.com AKA the (Rap) Sample FAQ - more fun than functional for most Discogs
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Other research tools
- Archive.org - home to the Wayback Machine, moderately useful for finding additional information on slightly older submissions, from websites that are now defunct or have removed useful pages.
- Free Translation - including the major European languages, Russian, Japanese, and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese
- Google language tools
- Babelfish by Altavista; like google's, but better
- Word Reference - good for trying to figure out odd words, if automagic translation systems don't do well, or English isn't your native tongue
- Dictionary.Reference.com - helpful for figuring out some odd credits
- Merriam-Webster Online - another dictionary
