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Classic 45 Links Online vinyl dealers and other interesting links

UK Record Shops: A handy links page to most UK record dealers and many more from around the world
Rock n' Records: Swedish record collecting site with lots of free info and thousands of vinyl records for sale online
Online Record Stores: Piero Scaruffi's excellent list of web stores that sell records by mail.
Vinyl Record Retailers: Another excellent list, including only dealers in used vinyl.
45 Labels and Sleeves: Want to see the entire history of a certain record label's 45 label design? How about knowing exactly which factory sleeve came with each label? This great site will give you the answers.
Joel Whitburn's Record Research Books: Joel Whitburn has for many years produced the best, most comprehensive series of books for doing research into the Billboard magazine charts. He has separate books for Pop, RnB/Black, and Country, and books for looking up songs by name or by year. If you're into chart collecting, you definitely have one or more of the Record Research books.
UK Top 40 Hit Database: There are good reference books on the U.K. charts, too, but here's a great website where you can look up chart information for free!
Airheads Radio Survey Archive (ARSA): Those who are into music charts will go nuts over this site! The group is compiling a fantastic database of all the local, top-40 radio station "surveys" from the 1950's until the format petered out in the early 1980's. Thus, I can now go in and see the charts from my home town of Louisville, KY, where WKLO and WAKY battled it out for the hearts and minds of young music fans for many years. I even have my own collection of charts from one of those stations, and I'll have to see whether ARSA needs them or not. This is a great supplement to the national Billboard data that Joel Whitburn compiles (see above).
Rockin' Country Style: This discography of country rock & roll and related records is a fantastic resource for collectors of rockabilly and country rock. It includes some song samples and many label scans.
Gibralter Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock: Fans of progressive rock will definitely get lost in here! Histories, discographies, reviews, and more!
Wang Dang Dula! Truly Excellent Artist Discographies: If you collect on "real 1950s/early 1960s rock'n'roll and rhythm'n'blues", you will want to keep this site bookmarked. These are some of the best discographies I've encountered on the web. The site has lots of other cool stuff to offer as well.
Spectropop: This amazing web site features an ongoing discussion forum whose members include major songwriters and producers from the 1960's pop/rock scene. A great to look for trivia and background info on obscure groups and recordings.
Record Turntables: Turntable options have really proliferated in recent years. Two good options to start your shopping for that new turntable you'll need to play your Classic 45s on are NeedleDoctor and Amazon.com.
iTunes Music Store: When we don't have it and you absolutely MUST hear it NOW, and you don't mind that it's not on a piece of vinyl... The iTunes Music Store can probably help.