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'''Rate Your Music''' (http://rateyourmusic.com/)
'''Rate Your Music''' (http://rateyourmusic.com/)


'''WorldCat''' (http://www.worldcat.org/)
'''WorldCat''' (http://www.worldcat.org/): International network of library holdings; can include tracklists, track lengths, labels, catalog numbers, credits and ISBNs (which can be translated into bar codes) [needs JS cleanup to turn stuff into http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/*********]
: International network of library holdings


'''MusicMoz''' (http://musicmoz.org/)
'''MusicMoz''' (http://musicmoz.org/)

'''45cat''' (http://www.45cat.com/)
: Global database for 7" vinyl


==Regional pages==
==Regional pages==
'''Musik-Sammler''' (http://www.musik-sammler.de/): ''German'' database, tends to have stuff that is not on Discogs and the like
'''Musik-Sammler''' (http://www.musik-sammler.de/)
: ''German'' generalist database.


'''Discografia Nazionale della canzone italiana''' (http://discografia.dds.it/): ''Italian'' database, especially useful for older releases, includes tracklists, labels, cat#s, credits and sometimes cover art
'''Discografia Nazionale della canzone italiana''' (http://discografia.dds.it/)
: ''Italian'' database of ''musica leggera'', especially useful for older releases.


'''ESTER''' (http://www.elnet.ee/ester/)
'''ESTER''' (http://www.elnet.ee/ester/): ''Estonian'' library database; fairly complete, often including cat#s, full tracklists and even writing and performance credits - of course it's fairly niche, but hey, so is other stuff
: ''Estonian'' library database. Divided in two branches, Tallinn (http://tallinn.ester.ee) and Tartu (http://tartu.ester.ee).


'''Encyclopedisque''' (http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/): ''French'' vinyl stuff - we already have permission for using their cover art, but since we're moving cover art stuff to the CAA, it'd be nice to have a more "legit" way of linking to them
'''Encyclopedisque''' (http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/)
: ''French'' database for 7" vinyl.


'''Discos do Brasil''' (http://www.discosdobrasil.com.br/)
'''Discos do Brasil''' (http://www.discosdobrasil.com.br/): ''Brazilian'' music database based on the creator's private collection. Not publicly editable, but contains over 6000 Brazilian releases with detailed credits. ([http://www.discosdobrasil.com.br/discosdobrasil/consulta/detalhe.php?Id_Disco=DI03015 example])
: ''Brazilian'' music database, based on the creator's private collection but with fairly complete info for it.


'''ISRC查詢系統''' (http://isrc.ncl.edu.tw/)
'''ISRC查詢系統''' (http://isrc.ncl.edu.tw/): ''Taiwan'' ISRC database maintained by the National Central Library, with ISRC data and cover scans. Note that the track order may not match physical releases, since tracks are sorted by ISRC code.
: ''Taiwanese'' ISRC database, maintained by the National Central Library (note that the track order may not match physical releases, since tracks are sorted by ISRC code).


==Genre pages==
==Genre pages==
===Electronic===
===Electronic===
'''rolldabeats''' (http://www.rolldabeats.com/): thousands of "dance music" (dnb etc) releases, including a decent amount of white labels.
'''rolldabeats''' (http://www.rolldabeats.com/)


'''psydb''' (http://www.psydb.net/): 8924 psytrance releases, with label/cat#/tracklist info. however no updates since 2009
'''psydb''' (http://www.psydb.net/)


===Metal===
===Metal===
'''Metal-Archives''' (http://www.metal-archives.com/): the place to find obscure demos from Montenegrin black metal bands (literally: http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Zaimus/Demo_2007/251573 )
'''Metal-Archives''' (http://www.metal-archives.com/)
It is by far the most complete metal database.
: The most complete metal database. Release pages should be related to MusicBrainz [[Release Group]]s.
'''Spirit of Metal''' (http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/)
A release page is more like a release group, with the original release in it, and other releases details in the annotation.
: Less accurate but more wide in focus than Metal-Archives.

'''Spirit of Metal''' (http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/) looks like it copied Metal-Archives' database, but then added stuff like non-metal bands, compilations. Should be considered less accurate for everything already in M-A.


===Theatre===
===Theatre===
'''IBDb''' (http://www.ibdb.com)
'''IBDb''' (http://www.ibdb.com)
: The official database for Broadway theatre information.

'''IOBDb''' (www.iobdb.com)
'''IOBDb''' (www.iobdb.com)
: The Lortel Archives, or "Internet Off-Broadway Database". For non-Broadway New York productions.

'''Theatricalia''' (http://theatricalia.com/)
'''Theatricalia''' (http://theatricalia.com/)
: A database of past and future theatre productions. Not restricted to any specific place.


===Videogame music===
===Videogame music===
'''OCRemix''' (http://ocremix.org/)
'''OCRemix''' (http://ocremix.org/): games music - not only their own stuff, which is already a lot: they also have "work" pages for videogame music, and even chiptunes for some of them (http://ocremix.org/song/1022)
: Apart from a database of OCRemix reworks, also contains information about videogame music in itself.

==Other==
http://www.45cat.com/ -- dedicated to 7"/45s only. Very clean, extensive and reliable site.

Revision as of 17:32, 16 May 2012

Generalistic pages

Rate Your Music (http://rateyourmusic.com/)

WorldCat (http://www.worldcat.org/)

International network of library holdings

MusicMoz (http://musicmoz.org/)

45cat (http://www.45cat.com/)

Global database for 7" vinyl

Regional pages

Musik-Sammler (http://www.musik-sammler.de/)

German generalist database.

Discografia Nazionale della canzone italiana (http://discografia.dds.it/)

Italian database of musica leggera, especially useful for older releases.

ESTER (http://www.elnet.ee/ester/)

Estonian library database. Divided in two branches, Tallinn (http://tallinn.ester.ee) and Tartu (http://tartu.ester.ee).

Encyclopedisque (http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/)

French database for 7" vinyl.

Discos do Brasil (http://www.discosdobrasil.com.br/)

Brazilian music database, based on the creator's private collection but with fairly complete info for it.

ISRC查詢系統 (http://isrc.ncl.edu.tw/)

Taiwanese ISRC database, maintained by the National Central Library (note that the track order may not match physical releases, since tracks are sorted by ISRC code).

Genre pages

Electronic

rolldabeats (http://www.rolldabeats.com/)

psydb (http://www.psydb.net/)

Metal

Metal-Archives (http://www.metal-archives.com/)

The most complete metal database. Release pages should be related to MusicBrainz Release Groups.

Spirit of Metal (http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/)

Less accurate but more wide in focus than Metal-Archives.

Theatre

IBDb (http://www.ibdb.com)

The official database for Broadway theatre information.

IOBDb (www.iobdb.com)

The Lortel Archives, or "Internet Off-Broadway Database". For non-Broadway New York productions.

Theatricalia (http://theatricalia.com/)

A database of past and future theatre productions. Not restricted to any specific place.

Videogame music

OCRemix (http://ocremix.org/)

Apart from a database of OCRemix reworks, also contains information about videogame music in itself.