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Appetite for Gn’R: Our Favorite Guns N’ Roses Songs
It’s exactly 30 years ago that Guns N’ Roses released their debut album “Appetite For Destruction“. The controversy about the cover art at the time didn’t hinder the sales of the album – which still is one of the best selling debut albums of all time – and one of the best selling albums overall, […]
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Discogs Mix 61 – Fredfades
Fredfades – High-End Lo-fi Jams Fredfades is a 29-year old producer, DJ, and artist originating from Oslo, Norway. A heavy collector of Jazz and Modern Soul, Fred has been digging in the crates for over 15 years. His solo debut album, Warmth, dropped this past June 2017, via UK’s KingUnderground Records. Preceding his solo debut, […]
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Discogs’ Top 50 Best Selling Records Of May 2017
May 2017 marked an unfortunate turn of events in music history. We witness the passing of legendary alt-rock frontman Chris Cornell, blues rocker Gregg Allman, and electronic music pioneer Robert Miles. Their presence in the community was deeply felt, as evidenced by their respective fanbases’ need to reconnect with their music during their passing with each making a strong showing […]
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Discogs How To: What To Do If The Seller Isn’t Responding
We’re tackling some commonly asked questions among our community to help you get the most out of Discogs! Let us know if you have a burning issue we can cover for you, and remember our Community Success team is here to help at any time of the day or night! So you’ve found a record you […]
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MasterSounds Is The Audio Gear Producer All Vinyl Lovers Should Know About
MasterSounds has been supporting Discogs’ Crate Diggers events since the very first time the record fair and after-party took place in Portland in 2014. Now with Crate Diggers traversing the planet and the Gearogs marketplace wiping seller fees, there’s never been a better time to learn more about the UK-based producer of top quality gear for audiophiles and […]
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Essential Wax with Manchester Orchestra
It seems the last few years have pushed Manchester Orchestra‘s Andy Hull into uncomfortable territory beyond guitar. During the creation of 2016’s Swiss Army Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Hull spoke with Consequence of Sound, “I really learned how to allow myself to be vulnerable” and that vulnerability pours into the first single from Manchester Orchestra’s upcoming LP ‘A […]
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Discogs Engineering Updates, June 29th – July 12th 2017
Website Features Performance improvements to the entire site, with special focus on: Translations Pages displaying converted currency values, especially lists of Marketplace items On artist and label pages, we reduced the max results per page from 500 to 250. Bug Fixes When filtering results on the main search / Explore pages, decades with no items […]
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50 Years Since We Lost Coltrane: Digging Deeper Into Olé Coltrane
July 17, 2017, marks the 50th anniversary of John Coltrane‘s death. Coltrane, a heavyweight of the jazz world who continued to explore and push boundaries until his final sessions just months before his death, was only 40 years old when he succumbed to liver cancer in 1967. The loss of one of popular music’s great […]
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Selection Section: Simon Doom Picks Milestone Records
Selection Section flips through the treasured collections of some of our favorite bands, musicians, DJs and producers. This week we’re joined by Simon Doom. Simon O’Connor released his debut album, “Babyman” under the moniker Simon Doom this year, and the reviews have been raving. Noisey.com praised lead single “I Feel Unloved”, saying: “Ugh. This song is so good, […]
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How To Sell A Turntable
More specifically, how to sell a turntable online with the help of your friend and mine, Gearogs. The benefits of selling a turntable in the Gearogs marketplace are numerous – it’s free (for a limited time the 8% seller fee has been dropped), you have access to one of the biggest communities of audio gear enthusiasts […]
