All I know is that I have a sore back from sitting at my dining room table over my laptop for 18 hours this week. One of the reasons it takes so damn long to log your records is that if you own something like say, Houses of the Holy , there are like 48, different editions of the album in circulation, and you need to look at multiple signifiers to determine which edition you own. This will frustrate you, but not as much as if you were to half-ass it and just click any edition and the real value of your collection is wrong.
Going into this project, I expected s and Heartbreak to be my most valuable record. It is not. Also surprising is the value of my modest collection of 7-inches. But it turns out my copy of St. You better believe I dusted the area where I keep my 7-inches after finding that out.
While putting my records into Discogs, it turned out that I owned a handful of records that no one on Discogs either A owned or B spent the time to enter into the database. Discogs allows you to enter these records, but then you become the person responsible for getting all the facts that make cataloging your records take forever.
This meant abandoning subscriptions for a fairer revenue system and allowing all users to view the Market Price History of each item — a month view of historical sales for any release. This willingness to abandon the monetisation of musical information is what aided Discogs in becoming the user-supported, worldwide musical giant that it is today. The marketplace is as simple as any other.
By cutting out the costs of distribution, advertising and re-stocking, labels are able to sell their vinyl at considerably less than is found in the store. Thus is the nature of all online shopping, however, it, of course, extinguishes the human element of vinyl archaeology. When buying from personal collectors is where things get a little more interesting. That being said, marketplace miscreants are a rarity; Discogs is generally a safe and respected platform for selling and buying music.
Perhaps you want to put your hoard under the microscope and stand it up against the collectors of the world, or perhaps you want to find out if the Abbey Road pressing is really the first one. Discogs is the perfect place for verifying the veracity of vinyl. There is an effectively comprehensive guideline to cataloguing vinyl on the Discogs website. The community of Discogs is another major selling point for the site. Skip to content.
Spin The Blog. All items are from individual Sellers. The Sellers of Discogs are about as diverse a group as you can imagine. They range from individuals selling a few records to brick-and-mortar stores with thousands of available items.
Anyone can sell music on Discogs. List For Free On Discogs. I am so grateful that at my age I can really take off again with what I love. Buying records online is great — access to records from across the world, rare finds, not putting on pants — but sometimes you just need a bit of in-person retail therapy.
VinylHub is like Discogs for record stores, with a Database of over 7, record stores spanning the globe. Add your favorite shops in the neighborhood or a hidden gem visited on holiday. Discover Record Shops Worldwide. Create lists of music you know and love. Examples range in topic from Western music on Soviet aligned nations records labels before to music that changed my life , and help showcase personality aside from your haves and wants.
Anyone can create a list by going to a release or master page and selecting add to list. Make your list public to have it visible on Google searches and to share with your friends. Access the Discogs features you need on-the-go with the Android and iOS app. Quickly add to your Collection by scanning barcodes. Search Discogs, check prices, add to Wantlist, and locate nearby record stores via the VinylHub integration.
The secret to Discogs? Anyone can contribute to Discogs. Edit what is currently in the Database, leave reviews on individual releases and vote on the quality of information.
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