Discography
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Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry for a specific recording will often list such details as the names of the artists involved, the time and place of the recording, the title of the piece performed, release dates, chart positions, and sales figures.[1]
The term "discography" was popularized in the 1930s by collectors of jazz records. Jazz fans did research and self published discographies about when jazz records were made and what musicians were on the records, as record companies did not commonly include that information on/with the records at that time. Two early jazz discographies were Rhythm on Record by Hilton Schleman and Hot Discography by Charles Delaunay.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Roy Shuker. Popular Music: The Key Concepts. Routledge, 2005. 80.
- ^ John Shepard, et al. Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. Continuum, 2003. 14.
[edit] See also
- Category:Discographies (for individual artist discographies on Wikipedia)
- Allmusic
- Discogs (a community-built database of music information)
- FreeDB
- Gracenote
- MusicBrainz
- Rate Your Music
- ISO/IEC 14496
- ISO 10957
- ISO 15706
- ISO 15707
- ISO 3901
- Audio engineering
- Music and the brain
- Sound editor
[edit] External links
- "Magnificent Obsession: The Discographers" article by Jerry Atkins
- The Encyclopaedic Discography of Victor Recordings - a continuation of the two volumes listed in the bibliography: http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/aboutEDVR.php
- The Music Discographies at bjbear71.com - http://bjbear71.com
- Budget Labels Article, regarding false discographic details on some low-priced classical recordings
- The Discographic "Den of Horrors" relating to Bruckner recordings
Jazz discography projects:
