Discogs

Discogs ( discogs.com ), short for discographies, is a website and database of information about music recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and certain bootleg or off-label releases. The discogs.com servers are owned by "Zink Media, Inc." and are located in Portland, Oregon, USA.

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Discogs is one of the largest online databases of electronic music releases and is believed to be the largest online database of releases on vinyl media. Across all genres and formats, over 380,000 releases are catalogued. It also features listings for over 200,000 artists and over 34,000 labels. The site has around 50,000 visitors a day and has approximately 20,000 members.

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