Maherto
MA Add friend

Mainly interested in Spanish, European, US, South American and Classical music - but open to new fields.

Cat# should be removed from the Company entry.
That field is only used if the company has a specific numbering scheme of its own (other than Cat#).

Useful symbols:
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Useful tools for finding hard to locate writers:
https://socios.sgae.es/RepertorioOnline/Disclaimer.aspx
https://enlinea.sgae.es/RepertorioOnline/Disclaimer.aspx
http://www.sadaic.org.ar/
http://repertoire.bmi.com/startpage.asp
https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx
https://online.gema.de/werke/search.faces
Biblioteca Nacional de España:
http://catalogo.bne.es/uhtbin/webcat
http://datos.bne.es/inicio.html
German National Library:
https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=showSearchForm&selectedCategory=any

Beatles info:
http://www.oocities.org/es/melgarbeatles3/lpbeat/spainlp/spainlp.html
Bob Dylan info:
http://www.searchingforagem.com/index.htm

Dating labels:
http://www.45rpmrecords.com/date_rca.php
Info about labels design to check for reissues:
http://www.cvinyl.com/labelguides-alpha.php
http://www.vinylbeat.com/label-index.html
http://logos.wikia.com/
http://www.bsnpubs.com/discog.html
http://www.friktech.com/btls/capitol/capitollabels.pdf
http://spanishcharts.com/index.asp

Others:
If an artist or label page is empty and you want to edit it then type the artist/label name after the equal sign.
Blank artist page: http://www.discogs.com/history?artist=
Blank label page: http://www.discogs.com/history?label=
Some characters (like "&") might need to be encoded.
Cleaning profiles page: No Artist - Discogs Dummy Release™
http://www.anorakscorner.com/PressingPlantInfo.html
http://www.progarchives.com/
http://latinpop.fiu.edu/discography.html
http://totalsonicmastering.com/dmm.htm

Describing sleeves:
Flipback sleeve & laminated on front only - 40s, 50s & 60s sleeves = Pestañas en trasera
Laminated cover = Plastificada
Engraved
Etched
Printed inner sleeve
Die-cut cover = Troquelada

IVA on Spain since January 1986:
http://www.muyhistoria.es/curiosidades/preguntas-respuestas/idesde-cuando-existe-el-iva-en-espana
http://www.enciclopedia-juridica.biz14.com/d/impuesto-de-lujo/impuesto-de-lujo.htm
Zip codes (Códigos Postales) introduced officially in Spain in late 1982, useful to date release by address:
http://www.codigopostalde.es/
(1985 according to wikipedia):
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3digo_postal_espa%C3%B1ol