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SELLING AND BUYING RECORDS - PHONOGRAPH HISTORY
First, here's a society of Amateur record collectors who are often able to assist with
finding rare records and other resources. P. O. Box 158 Jericho, N. Y. 11753 NOTE: The group is now extinct. However, some information from them is still available online at: http://geocities.com/settlet/ This fine organization "may" still hold monthly meetings, with speakers who are prominent in the Big Bands interest areas. (If you are in the New York City area, check with them for their meeting schedule. I think it's the first saturday of each month..at St Peter's church Lexington Avenue and 54th Street. New York City.) Very Often then can help find rare records, with other information. 
3rdSE.com, More than a half thousand Rare Picture Sleeve Scans 45Archive, The, 45s, EPs, Promos; Picture Sleeves. AntiqueResources.com, excellent resource for antique and collectible news, how-to articles, product reviews, and downloads of special interest to collectors, dealers, and appraisers. BIRDpages (British Independent Record Dealer, U.K. record shops, record collecting plus latest music reviews Diaz Records, good French site for CDs and vinyl many genres. Dynamic Discographies, Interesting idea. Make your own discographies and manage your LP/CD collections Erik's 45 rpm, This Dutch collector's site is not just for 45 RPMs. Also 78RPM, and Picture Discs, and more. Frame Your Music.Com, High quality, all hardwood record album frames GIE, thousands of old 78s priced USA$3-$5. Also information on evaluating a record collection. Hawthone's Auction, Good site. dealers in vintage 78 rpm records, sheet music and antique phonographs. Hot Platters, tapes, memorabilia. LPs, 45s, 78s, CDs, other music formats, paper goods. Roc'n'Robert's Photo Gallery, Art Fein's music column, trivia contests and more! imieidischi, all formats including classical and opera Jukebox Memories, thousands of 45's and LP's for sale. Rare and hard, - also a few hundred 8-track tapes in stock. Lost Discs Radio Show, The, spinning 45s of obscure oldies & cool B-Sides that corporate oldie stations won't touch! Also Internet & Shortwave radio broadcasts! LPnow.com, In and Out of print Vinyl Lp's, sealed and unsealed. MCW Online, site for Movie posters and memorabilia. Melodies And Memories, Good U.K. site Selling vinyl records in most music styles. More Music, another good UK site for record collector's resources! Music Collecting.com, with information on buying, selling, collecting, record grading, sheetmusic, and more. Music Collector's Convention, Orlando, FL, USA Show for 2003 up. Music for Sale, another good U.K. source for used vinyl and CD's MusicTracker, Jerry Osborne's Price guide for records. Ever wonder how much your collection is worth? Nauck's Vintage Records, an auction dealer with a huge stock of very rare records. They both buy and sell. Pare's Treasure Trove, good Hawaiian website for Antiques and Collectables: Phonograph records, Toys and Games; Rare Books, Comics, Glassware, etc. Primeau Music, Rare and Collectible Rock & Roll, R&B 78's; Art Deco and Machine Age Bakelite Radios Record Album/LP Collector's Frame, Frames for Vintage Vinyl Record Album Covers, LP's, Picture Discs. Record Exchange, The Record Palace, The, Rare and Collectible Records Available..CD's, Tapes, Posters and other Memorabilia, Will also do a search for you. Rock'n'Records, interesting resource for creating new contacts between record collectors, - even tips for starting your own record selling business.. RossRecords-78s-LPs-45s-Elvis, another fine U.K. site for Original era rock'n'roll 78s 45s LPs EPs. Plus LP Radio Shows, Picture Sleeves & rock'n'roll headlines updated daily. Free searches from 1000s of record dealers. Barry Scott's Lost 45s' Radio Show, Barry plays Top 40 hits from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Speed Limit 45RPM Records, Rock and Roll 45's from the 50's and 60's. Soul, Rock, garage, rockabilly, doowop, picture sleves, R&B artists, Hot 100 charts. Stak-O-Wax, Publishers of The American Directory of 45 RPM Records. Stardust Vinyl LPs, good UK site - many genres from 1940s to 1970s. Concessionary postage rates to USA and Japan. Sweet Memories Vinyl Records, Good U.K. site with over 15,000 Records from the 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s. Tyrone's Record and Phonograph Page, Records for sale, articles, sounds Vinyl Shop UK, rare and collectable vinyl records for sale, all genres 50's - 90's VIP-24.com, excellent U. K. site. Almost a half a million items; in-depth information on all the UK's music fairs PLUS a superb resources section. Vinylsource records, good UK site for vinyl and CDs of all genres. Fully searchable. Vinyl Psychgarage, The, Private collector of original issue garage and psych 45s and LPs. Records for sale, want lists, trade list, international artist label 45rpm discography, rock soundtracks, links. Joel Whitburn's Record Research Website, excellent source for Billboard's Chart data for every single and album that ever charted, and still more! Some sources for finding the value of your record collection Gary Herzenstiel's homepage, an excellent source of information on selling, collecting, etc. The Penguin Price Guide - Book (available at most bookshops and libraries. Other sources are:
"Big Tin Horns, Wind-Ups, Cylinders, and More" Mainspring Press, Publications on Historic Recordings. Berliner Gram-o-phone Company Nipperscape, History of the historic RCA Victor logo. Phonothèquequébécoise, In French. Recording Technology History, Steve Schoenherr's site. Thomas Edison's Home Page, Gerald Beals site. Tim Gracyk's Phonograph Articles, excellent site. Tyrone's Record and Phonograph Page The Virtual Gramophone - Canadian Historical Sound Recordings, Excellent site. www.tinfoil.com, another excellent site.
Tom Lord's Discography Site excellent books. Well worth a visit. Joel Whitburn's Records Research Books excellent site. Our Own CREDITS and Bibliography Page Many reference works listed
TITLE: The Complete Introduction To Record Collecting ISBN 0-9515553-8-3; Lstg. 14.95. (IBD Ltd; UK 1996) TITLE: Goldmine's Price Guide To Collectable Records ISBN 0-87341-325-3; softcover $19.95. TITLE: McNally's Soundtrack Guide (?) ISBN 0-964-3539-1-1; $29.95. West Point Records, 24325 San Fernando Rd, Newhall, CA 91321 Tel/fax: (805) 253 2190 TITLE: Rockin' Records By Jerry Osborne. Price guide. Sun Ripe Productions, (800) 543-7133 ($40+$4 s+h.) TITLE: Rare Record Price Guide 1997/98 Publisher: Record Collector Magazine. Guide to British pressings of 45s, EPs, LPs, tapes and CDs. ISBN 0-9515553-9-1; 19.95 UK pounds TITLE: Search for the Black Gold: A Guide to Buying Used LP's
By Roger Gordon. For Classical records. $25.
TITLE: Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records: 1950-1975 by Tim Neely, (New Printing 1998) by Krause Publications. Softcover and 1226 pages.
AARON & THEA CRAMER PHONOGRAPH COLLECTION, Excellent site for Collectors. Jean-Paul Agnard's Cylinder Phonographs Collection, with much information. Antique Radio Page, Don Adamson's site. Antique Phonograph Supply Co., Inc., parts and rebuilding service shop. Brett and Cheryl's Phonograph Home Page Crap-O-Phones, how to tell the Fakes coming in from India and elsewhere. Edison Shop, The, history, information, "DIY", parts, and more. Gramophone Homepage, The Ito Collection, Japanese site with good photos and information. Kit's Phonograph Gallery, Currently (2003) an empty page. Mr. Victor's Phonograph Collection, Robert Johnson's site. New North American Cylinders, Shawn Borri is now producing commercial brown wax cylinder records. Nipperhead Old Bill's Phonograph Parlor, for old "big Horn" collectors. Old Crank, The, selling Big Horn and hand crank phonographs. Value Guide; FAQ, articles. etc. PhonoBooks, Allen Koenigsberg's Resources For Phonograph Collectors PhonoPhreak's Homepage, David Lundin's fine site. The Phonograph Exhibition Phonographe et Gramophone Phono-holics Anonymous Phono-Phan, T.C. Fabrizio and G.F. Paul's website. René Rondeau's Antique Phonograph Gallery, many excellent photos and information. Rich's Phonograph Collection Tinfoil.com, Glenn Sage's excellent page. Triman's Collection TYRONE SETTLEMIER'S LINKS PAGE, A larger and Better page of links than this one. Victor and Victrola Page, The Wyatt's, Buy, Sell and Trade Phonograph Parts, and Accessories.
Rosemary Dooley's Site, good UK source for rare, and out of print books. (published World-Wide) Martin A. Silver, good USA site. Inprint for Out of Print, good UK site. Music Book World, USA site for new, used, and out of print Music Books and Sheet Music. BookFinder.com Rare and out of print bookstores (34), nice Australian site with links. Music Books 'R' Us, good UK site. Finally, we also operate a free search service for out of print titles – any subject, any age, and not just books on popular music anytitle.com, search for books or sheetmusic
The 78rpm Record Page Al Jolson Recordings American Memory - Sound Recordings Blue Pages, "Blue" -meaning 78 RPM "Party" Records Blues, Jazz, Ragtime, 1920's and '30's Midi Blues World Dawn of Sound, The, vintage audio on the net. Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine, some really fine old audio files. Excellent site. Duus' 1920s and '30s Real Audio Page, part of Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine Page above. Flapper Station, History, music, fashion, etc. Helmut Weber's Gramophone Hobby Page William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz Jazz Age Page, The, great little page with biographies, music clips and more. Jazz Oracle, a CD label specializing in issuing jazz, hot dance, and personality recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Old Time Victrola Music, All of the Tapes/CDs listed for sale on this site were recorded live from old hand crank record players. Old Time Radio, Louis V. Genco fine page. Past Perfect, shop specializing in Great Music of the 1920s, '30s & '40s. Phonozoic, Phonozoic Records. Red Hot Jazz Archive, excellent site. Roaring 1920s Concert Extravaganza Roaring 1920s, The, Alex Hajnal's site. Art and Culture, Victrolas, Real Audio 78's, Jazz Age Music on CD, Recommended Reading, Links. Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies Tom Morgan's Jazz & Blues Vintage Jazz and Dance Music on 78 rpm Records, John Wright's (Coventry, UK) page.
Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Association for Recorded Sound Collections Association of Vogue Picture Record Collectors California Antique Phonograph Society Canadian Antique Phonograph Society (CAPS) Carolina Antique Music and Phonograph Society City of London Phonograph & Gramophone Society (CLPGS) Dutch Society for Collectors of 78 rpm Records, The Michigan Antique Phonograph Society (MAPS) Phonograph Society of New South Wales Inc., The Phonograph Society of South Australia, The The Horn Speaker Vintage Radio and Phonograph Society
Chamsori Gramophone and Audio Museum Edison Internet Museum Johnson Victrola Museum Musée des Ondes Émile Berliner Musée Edison du Phonographe de Sainte Anne de Beaupré Phonographen Museum Phonothèque québécoise Radio Museum Rottenburg Starr-Gennett Foundation Jazz Museum Thomas Alva Edison Historic Site, U. S. Government. Virtual Radio and Phono Museum
FOR WINDOWS CATraxx for Windows, Shareware, also has StampCAT, BookCAT, etc. ClassiCat, for Classical Music DiskMaster, Catalogs, prints labels, and more. Freeware DiskTrak, an 'ftp' site. Get "DT-811.ZIP" FreeBase, a Freeware Database. PSG Homecraft, sites has free trial version MusicFIle, You are forced to buy. The DL copy is only good for 20 entries Music Catalog, FTP Site - Will automatically download. Recording Master, Mfr. says a Freeware version is available for Download
Advanced Cylinder Technology The Dawn of Sound Audio Restoration Service Diamond Cut Productions Esoteric Sound Graham Newton's Audio-Restoration Web Site Grand Mastering K.A.B. Electro Acoustics Phonograph Makers' Pages LP2CD - Sound Restoration and Transfer to CD Service Stroboscope Program for 78rpm Recordings
Big Band World Magazine, April 2006 - NO LONGER PRINTED. Very excellent publication. eMail: bigband@onramp.ca CD-DB, searchable Database of CDs CD Club FAQs CD Club FAQs - Their FTP Site The "Finding Musical Info FAQ International Lyrics Server, China Site, claims 90,000 lyrics JazzBeat Magazine, Very excellent Magazine. eMail: geobuck@bellsouth.net Mostly Posters, Inc., in Boston, MA, USA. The Online Discographical Project The Soundtrak List, 5000+ listings of soundtrack recordings on LP and CD; searchable by title, composer, label, etc. VJM Jazz and Blues Mart Online Magazine, for Record traders Big Band World, An excellent mmagazine covering the Whole World of Jazz. - Just US$12.00 per year. Diamond Entertainment Inc. Box 71 Norland, ONT, KOM2LO Canada WebURL: Big Band World eMail: bigband@interhop.net Goldmine music collector's magazine. Published biweekly. Lots of ads and excellent in-depth editorial content. Subscriptions $35/year; Free trial issues available. Goldmine, 700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54990 Tel: (715) 445-2214 FAX: (715) 445-4087 Subscriptions: (715) 445-3775 x257
Humes & Berg, Inc. Manufacturers of Music Stands for Big Bands. (About $125 each) Also Drum Cases, accessories, etc. Ask your dealer for their catalog. Another good source of music stands for stage bands is:
MB Ideas. www.embeeideas.com
The 78rpm Record Home Page Allen Koenigsberg's Phonograph Booklist American Gramophone and Wireless Co. Antique Edison, We pay top dollar for record collections.78 rpm.lp's.16" transcriptions also, radios, phonographs',microphones, trains, music boxes. Antique Phonograph Supply Co. Anything Phonographic, antique phonograph related gifts & collectibles! Audio Antique LLC, Purchasing - Merchandising - Restorations, also Specialize in Wind-Up Phonograph Repair and Paper Mache Nipper Restoration.. Bill Clark's 78rpm Home Page, 798RPM sales, Information, Parts, and articles. Guido Severijn's Mechanical Music, Big Tin Horn, Kaliopes etc, for sale. Hawthorn's Antique Audio, dealers in vintage 78 rpm records, sheet music and antique phonographs. Kiddie Rekord King, Peter Muldavin is the USA's leading expert on old (78 rpm) children's records. Mechantiques, Mechanical musical instruments bought, sold, and traded. Old Time Victrola Music Message Board, The Board is for early 1900's music, phonograph, and record related topics only. P & L Antiques & Collectables, specialized in the sale, repair, and restoration of antique phonographs. Phonograph Companion, a free web-site to advertise phonograph related Goods, Services, Want Ads, and Sale Ads. Phonograph Dancing Toys, dancing dolls and toys were first introduced in the early 1900's. Phonograph Needle Tin Collector, The, very large colloection of photos of the Tin Boxes ('click' on the number). Record Finder, one stop shop for records, equipment and supplies. Plus Articles, books, etc. Rose & Gracey's Phonograph Antiques, Specializing in restored antique spring-driven Victor, Edison, and Columba Phonographs and Talking Machines since 1986. Symposium Records, Specialising in Western classical music, instrumental and vocal, Symposium's area of expertise is in the re-issue of important and rare historical recordings dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Tim Fabrizio's Phonophan, antique phonographs, books, parts, products and information. Vibrations, imports from around the globe, out-of-print rarities, live concerts, even vinyl records. Victor Exhibition Reproducer Page Victrola Repair Service, New replacement Rubber Exhibition Isolators for Victor Talking Machines. Vintage Radio and Gramophone, Sales Service/Repairs Rentals. Vintage Recordings, Our series of Vintage Recordings include a great selection of music, Recorded from 1899 to 1935. VJM's Jazz & Blues Mart, Jazz and Blues Trading Magazine and Consignment Shop. They also pay top prices for high quality jazz and blues record collections; also photographs, autographs, ephemera etc. Wolverine Antique Music Society, much good information. World of Gramophones, Gramophones, cylinders, records, parts, Jazz Videos, and more. Wyatt's Musical Americana, Buy, Sell and Trade Phonograph Parts, and Accessories. Service all brands of Crank Phonographs, Cylinder and Disc, From Reproducers To Mainsprings. One of the Largest Suppliers of Original and Reproduction Parts.
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