6. DISCOGRAPHY

6.1. Discographies

All Music
All Music offers information about albums, musicians and songs; reviews, ratings and picks, sound samples and streaming links. Far from complete and far from entirely accurate, but still helpfull.
Genres: All
Depth: 7
Breadth: 7
File Quality: 7
Accessibility: 7
Database: 6
Search Engine: 7
Writing: 6
Interface: 7
Accuracy: 6
Entertainment: 7
Regions: Global
Media: Audio, Text
Period: 1920 - Now

Blues Database
Repository of ~2000 artists & bands, ~20,000 CD's and ~340,000 blues songs.
Genres: Blues
Depth: 7
Breadth: 5
File Quality: 5
Accessibility: 7
Database: 6
Search Engine: 6
Writing: NA
Interface: 6
Accuracy: 7
Entertainment: 6
Regions: USA, UK
Media: Text (describing audio)
Period: 1930 - Now

JazzDisco TIP!
A guide to jazz recordings (focused on sessions), centered around musicians and labels, compiled and maintained by a group of skilled jazz discographers.
Genres: Jazz
Depth: 8
Breadth: 6
File Quality: 7
Accessibility: 8
Database: 8
Search Engine: 7
Writing: NA
Interface: 5
Accuracy: 9
Entertainment: 6
Regions: USA
Media: Text (describing audio)
Period: 1930 - Now

Jazz Standards
Ranks the Top 1,000 jazz standards and fully documents the Top 300. With CD recommendations, musician comments, history notes, research guide, soundtracks, analysis, notes on origins.
Genres: Jazz
Depth: 5
Breadth: 4
File Quality: 8
Accessibility: 8
Database: 8
Search Engine: 7
Writing: 8
Interface: 6
Accuracy: 8
Entertainment: 7
Regions: USA
Media: Text (describing audio)
Period: 1890 - Now

Soulful Kinda Music
Currently over a 1,000 artists and 650 label discographies. Far from complete, rarely entirely accurate, but often useful.
Genres: Soul
Depth: 7
Breadth: 5
File Quality: 6
Accessibility: 7
Database: 7
Search Engine: 6
Writing: 6
Interface: 5
Accuracy: 6
Entertainment: 7
Regions: USA
Media: Text
Period: 1950 - Now

Sir Shambling's Deep Soul Heaven TIP!
Well-researched and well-written articles on soul music and the artists who made it, with audio samples.
Genres: Soul
Depth: 6
Breadth: 6
File Quality: 9
Accessibility: 7
Database: 5
Search Engine: 6
Writing: 8
Interface: 6
Accuracy: 9
Entertainment: 9
Regions: USA
Media: Audio
Period: 1950 - 1980


6.2. Discography Help Tools

Discogs TIP!
Comprehensive music database and marketplace. Increasingly accurate source for discographers.
Genres: All
Depth: 9
Breadth: 9
File Quality: 8
Accessibility: 8
Database: 8
Search Engine: 7
Writing: NA
Interface: 6
Accuracy: 8
Entertainment: 8
Regions: Global
Media: Text, Photo (describing audio records)
Period: 1920 - Now

45cat, 45world
User generated discographic database for vinyl singles and albums (the first far more developed than the latter). Best cover & label artwork repository.
Genres: All
Depth: 8
Breadth: 8
File Quality: 9
Accessibility: 8
Database: 7
Search Engine: 7
Writing: NA
Interface: 6
Accuracy: 8
Entertainment: 7
Regions: Global
Media: Text, Photo
Period: 1920 - Now

MusicBrainz
Wiki-like open resource for music metadata.
Genres: All
Depth: 7
Breadth: 7
File Quality: 6
Accessibility: 7
Database: 7
Search Engine: 7
Writing: NA
Interface: 6
Accuracy: 7
Entertainment: 6
Regions: Global
Media: Text (describing audio)
Period: 1920 - Now