Maherto
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Mainly interested in Spanish, European, US, South American and Classical music - but open to new fields (except rap or reggaeton).

Saving to Wayback: https://archive.org/web/
https://blog.archive.org/2017/01/25/see-something-save-something/
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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Biblioteca Nacional de España:
http://catalogo.bne.es/uhtbin/webcat
http://datos.bne.es/inicio.html
Hard to locate writers:
https://enlinea.sgae.es/RepertorioOnline/Disclaimer.aspx
http://www.sadaic.org.ar/ (Argentina)
https://autores.uy/ (Uruguay)
http://repertoire.bmi.com/StartPage.aspx
https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx
https://online.gema.de/werke/search.faces
German National Library:
https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=showSearchForm&selectedCategory=any

Hard to find artists:
Design/Illustrators: F. Marco, Gigi (28), J. Espinosa (4),
Photography: Alfredo (32), Antonio Molina (4), Cortina (4), J. M. García, Lara (51), Manolo (36), Ramón Rodríguez (2), Roberto (73), Román (5)
Artists: Climax (19), David Thomas (17), Steve Taylor (23)

Alias:
A. Areta (2), Bazán, A. Belgrano, L. Bas de Bonald, F. de Borja, C. Cuevas, A. Guadalete, G. Kroy, R. De Leyva,
F. Lila, J. Lito, T. Lorca, C. Mapel, V. Merchán, S. Obiol, J. M. Pater, V. F. Romano, S. Walker (3)

Artists
Beatles info:
http://www.oocities.org/es/melgarbeatles3/lpbeat/spainlp/spainlp.html
Bob Dylan info:
http://www.searchingforagem.com/index.htm
Flamenco:
https://elartedevivirelflamenco.com/guitarristas.html
Heavy rock:
https://www.metal-archives.com/
Italian music:
http://discografia.dds.it/scheda_titolo.php?idt=8723
Tango composers:
http://www.todotango.com/creadores/
Latin music:
https://gladyspalmera.com/coleccion/buscador/

Dating labels:
http://www.78-records.com/78s-labels-odeon.htm
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:
Artist or label page empty to edit - type 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

Descriptions:
Flipback sleeve & laminated on front only - 40s, 50s & 60s sleeves = Pestañas en trasera
Laminated cover = Plastificada
Laminated sleeve in which LP is top loading
Engraved
Etched
Printed inner sleeve
Die-cut cover = Troquelada
Silver injection-moulded labels.
On-body printing doesn't appear on cassettes in any country until around 1976 or 77.
A/C and B/D sides: Auto-coupled
Lohengrin / Los Maestros Cantores / Sigfredo

IVA=VAT 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