There are six distinct Newsgroups available for music collectors! REC.MUSIC.COLLECTING.VINYL, REC.MUSIC.COLLECTING.CD and REC.MUSIC.COLLECTING.MISC are for discussions about records, CDs and other music related collectables such as cassettes, 8-tracks, awards, posters, clothing and other memorablilia.
REC.MUSIC.MARKETPLACE.VINYL, REC.MUSIC.MARKETPLACE.CD and REC.MUSIC.MARKETPLACE.MISC are for the buy, trade and sell of music and related items. All the above Newsgroups are chartered but not moderated... They are open to everyone who is interested in collecting music. All that is asked is that you please follow proper Usenet Newsgroup netiquette.
Below are the posting guidelines and charter for the REC.MUSIC.COLLECTING.* and REC.MUSIC.MARKETPLACE.*...
Also below is a link to Google Groups (Formerly Deja News) - The Source for Internet Newsgroups! Some newsreaders and ISPs have limitations and do not allow you to receive or view expired posts. Google Groups allows you to search and view messages posted to any Usenet newsgroup, many months prior. If you are looking for specific information or have a question, you more than likely will find an answer without having to post a new message. Most Freqently Asked Questions or FAQs can be answered in my FAQs page.
Music Newsgroup Posting Guidelines
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BASIC POSTING GUIDELINES FOR THE REC.MUSIC.COLLECTING GROUPS
* The rec.music.collecting groups are for postings directly related to
music collecting as a hobby. Some sample topics:
Collection care, storage, and display
Valuation, appraisals, and insurance
Useful references (price guides, discographies, etc.)
Favorite retailers, real-world and online
Reissues and specialty releases - quality and availability
"War stories"
* The rec.music.collecting groups *aren't* for:
Wanted/Forsale postings. These have their own hierarchy (the
rec.music.marketplace groups) and are off-charter in the
collecting groups. Wanted and forsale messages should NOT be
posted or crossposted to rec.music.collecting.*; the .collecting
groups were created so people would have a place to discuss music
collecting without having to wade through .marketplace-style ads
to do it.
Discussion of new releases, except as specific to a particular
format. For example, the fact that a new album is coming out
on CD is not sufficient reason to post to rec.music.collecting.cd
about it, unless there is something special about the CD release
that would make it of interest to collectors (limited edition
packaging, different tracks, tracking or remastering errors on
a reissue, etc.)
General "who wrote this song?" questions. These should go in
rec.music.misc or the appropriate genre group if one exists;
alt.music.lyrics also has many folks eager to answer these
kinds of inquiries.
The latest version of the Great Floating LP-vs-CD Flamewar.
We've all seen it a hundred times before. Take it somewhere else.
* "How Much Is This Worth?" questions come up a lot on the collecting
groups. While these posts are not necessarily inappropriate, there
are probably better places to get this kind of information. Most
record shops -- especially independent stores and those that deal in
used vinyl -- have a number of record price guides to choose from.
If you only have a few records you're curious about, write down
specifics and look up the prices in the store. If you have a lot,
it's probably worth your time to buy a copy of the guide.
If you still decide to post valuation questions, please be sure to
include all of the following information about the release(s) you're
curious about:
Label
Title
Artist
Catalog Number
Condition of your copy (any damage to the sleeve or record,
including simple scuffing, sleeve splits, etc.)
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BASIC POSTING GUIDELINES FOR THE REC.MUSIC.MARKETPLACE GROUPS
* The rec.music.marketplace groups are for "wanted/forsale" postings
-- messages offering musical recordings and memorabilia for sale, or
seeking out musical recordings and memorabilia for purchase.
* Posts should go to the group most appropriate to the items being
offered or sought. A "CDs for sale" post should go to
rec.music.marketplace.cd, not to the .misc group.
* If you are selling items in more than one format (i.e. LPs and CDs),
you should consider making separate postings for each format unless
all the items are very closely related (i.e., you're selling your
entire Psychic T.V. collection, in which case you should crosspost
to the relevant groups and make it clear in your subject line that
you are selling multiple formats.) Please do not post or crosspost
messages with 150 LPs and five CDs to rec.music.marketplace.cd.
* If you are looking for an item in more then one format, crosspost to
the appropriate groups. (You should not crosspost to .misc unless
you are looking for an item in a format that doesn't have a more
specific group, such as cassettes or 78s.)
* The rec.music.marketplace groups *aren't* for:
Anything that isn't a wanted or forsale posting.
Announcements of new releases and services.
Instruments and gear. Postings offering or seeking hardware
belong in the rec.music.makers.marketplace hierarchy, and are
specifically off-topic in rec.music.marketplace.
Frequent repostings of the same items for sale by the same seller.
Please do not offer the same items for sale more often than once a
week. There isn't enough turnover in readership to warrant
posting your ad every day.
* Try to make your subject line as specific as possible in the space
available. Your subject line is like a little advertisement for
your posting; you want to encourage people interested in what you're
selling/seeking to read your message. The best way to do this is to
let them know as much about your posting as possible in the space
available to you. Some common abbreviations have come into use in
the marketplace groups that will help save space: WTB == wanted to
buy, FS == for sale, and so forth.
Here are some examples of how to design a good, specific subject
line:
Bad....Subject: Promos
Good...Subject: FS: Tori Amos/Y Kant Tori Read/Kate Bush 12"
promos
Bad....Subject: WTB: Sinatra
Good...Subject: WTB: Capitol Sinatra CDs: "Tone Poems", others
Bad....Subject: LPS FOR SALE!!!!
Good...Subject: FS: 250 Jazz LPs - Verve/Blue Note, Stan Kenton,
more
If you are selling a *lot* of items, get information about the genre
and major artists into the subject, and put a more detailed summary
of what you're selling in the first few lines of the actual message
so people don't necessarily need to sift through your entire message
to see if you have something they want.
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::: Group Charters :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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GROUP CHARTERS: REC.MUSIC.COLLECTING HIERARCHY
CHARTER: rec.music.collecting.cd (passed 143:19, Aug 1995)
Discussion of issues relevant to collectors of audio compact discs.
Postings belong here only if they have some direct bearing on the CD
format -- the mere availability on CD of a given release is *not*
sufficient reason to discuss it here, unless the item is only
available on CD, a CD reissue, has CD-only features, etc. The group
is also not for discussion of musical quality, how much you like an
album, and so forth, as none of these questions are specific to the
CD format. Wanted and for-sale postings are off-charter here and
should be directed to the most appropriate rec.music.marketplace
group.
CHARTER: rec.music.collecting.vinyl (passed 153:16, Aug 1995)
Discussion of issues relevant to collectors of vinyl LPs, singles,
and related recording formats. Wanted and for-sale postings are
off-charter here and should be directed to the most appropriate
rec.music.marketplace group.
CHARTER: rec.music.collecting.misc (passed 143:20, Aug 1995)
Discussion of music-collecting issues for which there is no more
specific rec.music.collecting newsgroup. Wanted and for-sale
postings are off-charter here and should be directed to the most
appropriate rec.music.marketplace group.
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GROUP CHARTERS: REC.MUSIC.MARKETPLACE HIERARCHY
CHARTER: rec.music.marketplace.vinyl (passed 151:18, Aug 1995)
Postings offering and seeking sound recordings on vinyl (LPs, 7"/12"
singles, and so forth). Such postings belong in this group *only*,
both so that people interested in the material can find it and so
those who wish to avoid such postings can do so easily. Posters are
encouraged to be as specific as possible in their subject lines,
including a description of the genre and/or artists involved.
Messages offering the same items from the same seller should not be
posted more often than once a week.
CHARTER: rec.music.marketplace.cd (passed 146:17, Aug 1995)
Postings offering and seeking sound recordings on compact disc.
Such postings belong in this group *only*, both so that people
interested in the material can find it and so those who wish to
avoid such postings can do so easily. Posters are encouraged to be
as specific as possible in their subject lines, including a
description of the genre and/or artists involved. Messages offering
the same items from the same seller should not be posted more often
than once a week.
CHARTER: rec.music.marketplace.misc (passed 143:23, Aug 1995)
Postings offering music-related merchandise (recordings,
memorabilia) for which no more specific .marketplace group exists.
Note that rec.music.MAKERS.marketplace and its subgroups exist for
the sale of instruments and gear; those postings are off-topic here.
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