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Keeping Track Of Your Collection On Discogs
Last week, we posted a poll on Twitter and Facebook, asking what you are using the Discogs Collection feature for most. It was interesting to read the results and we’ll definitely be keeping those in mind when we’re working on improving this feature! Basically, respondents had the option to pick from four different options: To […]
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De Vinylloods in Dordrecht, The Netherlands
On a sunny Saturday morning I am making my way to Dordrecht, a city close to Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Destination: De Vinylloods (which roughly translates as The Vinyl Warehouse). For a while now, I have been hearing stories about this mythical place, which only opens once or twice a month and where you need to […]
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Support Blog: Discogs Help Desk Update!
Hi all, Greetings from Discogs Community Support Team! We have some big changes coming to our Discogs Help Desk this week, and wanted to give all of the Discogs community a heads-up! A little background: We took the first steps in the process a little under two years ago, when we deprecated our proprietary support system […]
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Talkin’ Records: 10 Rarest Non-Music Sales
Non-Music is not a genre. In the database, Non-Music is comprised of everything from spoken word and comedy to field recordings and special effects. I am a rather involved collector of spoken word records and have well over a thousand pieces in my collection. I started out many years ago by recording standup comedy off […]
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Engineering Updates, August 26th – September 21st, 2016
Features & Updates Updated the layout of the header of the order page Updated the styling of the order feedback section Moved some order page banner messages to the top of the page, instead of just above the messages list Added links to the shipping policy editor in all interfaces where items can be listed […]
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Interview with Casual Aztec and Troubled Youth
In this fourth and final installment of our series profiling DJs around Portland who are helping to cultivate a more inclusive music scene, we talk to DJs Casual Aztec and Troubled Youth about their involvement with the long-running Bridge Club, the evolution of Portland’s music scene, and some timeless wisdom on dealing with assholes. Can you start by telling […]
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Punk Is Dad: Ten Classic Spanish Punk Records You Can’t Afford (But You’d Love To)
Punk in Spain was rather an anomaly. Great Britain was head banging to the Sex Pistols and The Clash in 1977, Spain wouldn’t have anything similar to this movement until 1982, when a more stable democracy was finally established in the country. And there were plenty of reasons for outrage in the peninsula: The shadow […]
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Digging in Tokyo: Tower Records
Yep, that’s right – Tower Records still exists! Not only does a Tower Records still exist in Tokyo, but it’s freaking huge. Nine stories to be exact. Ten if you count their basement performance venue. Tower Records, Shibuya is actually one of the biggest music retail outlets in the world. The nine story shop is approximately […]
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Crate Diggers Berlin Vendor Spotlight: Subspace Records
The very first Crate Diggers Berlin will take place this weekend, September 24th, 2016 at Prince Charles! Featuring a Record Fair during the day, followed by an all night After Party, Crate Diggers is the ultimate event for record collectors! Leading up the the Berlin debut, we spoke with Torsten Dirk, AKA DJ Torso, owner of Berlin-based […]
