Guidebooks
Guidebooks Links
- Rough Guides Music guidebook titles on rock, reggae, world music, jazz, classical and opera. Only the introductions, table of contents and sample entries are available online.
- Joel Whitburn's Record Research Books Information from Billboard magazine's major charts with complete chart data on every recording ever charted. Short descriptions and sample pages from this large line of books.
- Hot Wacks Press Publisher of guides to bootleg records and CDs. Information about the books, and three articles about bootlegs (recordings of live music of questionable legality).
- Krause Publications A listing of record/CD collecting related books, including several price guides, available from the publisher of Goldmine magazine.
- All-Music Guide Comprehensive guide to the best music recordings in every genre. Cross-indexed source of reviews, essays, and ratings, all available online and in print form. Uses submissions from readers.
- Gramophone Classical Good CD Guide Brief description of the guidebook to classical music.
- Rolling Stone Publisher of several guidebooks. Artists' sections on their site often contain an entry from "The Rolling Stone Album Guide."
- Osborne Enterprises and Jellyroll Productions Producer of price guides (in the "Official Price Guide" series) and reference books for music collectibles. General descriptions of each volume.
- Muze Longtime publisher (over 50 years) of directories of recorded music for retail stores; their data is now available for purchase to place on other websites and in-store kiosks.
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