- Revised or added 334 artist pages (see list).
- Revised or added 247 label pages (see list).
- Revised or added 142 comp pages (see list).
- Brought the total number of song samples to 14,468 (including 2,896 that are linked only in the comps section). New and replaced samples are flagged in the Song Samples List.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,990 and sleeve shots to 557. New and replaced images are flagged in the Label Shots List.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through June 29.
- Revised or added 968 artist pages (see list). (This number is inaccurately high, as most of the changed pages reflect a bug fix.)
- Revised or added 531 label pages (see list). (Ditto.)
- Revised or added 170 comp pages (see list). (This is probably right.)
- Brought the total number of song samples to 14,387 (including 2,866 that are linked only in the comps section). New and replaced samples are flagged in the Song Samples List.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,886 and sleeve shots to 552. New and replaced images are flagged in the Label Shots List.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through April 5.
- Installed a new hard drive on the server and loaded a fresh set of website files that does not include any stale pages.
- Revised or added 191 artist pages.
- Revised or added 159 label pages.
- Revised or added 195 comp pages.
- At the request of Jorn Wounland, removed about 175 label shots and song samples he had previously submitted.
- Thanks primarily to Lasse Olander, brought the total number of song samples to 14,372 (including 2,865 that are linked only in the comps section). New and replaced samples are flagged in the Song Samples List.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,763 and sleeve shots to 547. New and replaced images are flagged in the Label Shots List.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through January 21.
- I am pleased to welcome Bjorn Witlox to the front page acknowledgments. Bjorn has
been a tireless contributor of information, images, and audio samples since 2002.
I really appreciate it, Bjorn.
- Revised or added 548 artist pages.
- Revised or added 471 label pages.
- Revised or added 387 comp pages.
- Thanks primarily to Udo Frank, Lasse Olander, Martin Roberts, and Bjorn Witlox, brought the total number of song samples to 14,206 (including 2,866 that are linked only in the comps section). New and replaced samples are flagged in the Song Samples List.
- Thanks primarily to Udo Frank, Laurent Petit, and Bjorn Witlox, brought the total number of label shots to 15,789 and sleeve shots to 566. New and replaced images are flagged in the Label Shots List.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through November 19.
- A fairly light update this time.
- Revised or added 355 artist pages.
- Revised or added 274 label pages.
- Revised or added 396 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 13,671 (including 2,763 that are linked only in the comps section). New and replaced samples are flagged in the Song Samples List.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,643 and sleeve shots to 553. New and replaced images are flagged in the Label Shots List.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through September 8.
- Revised or added 613 artist pages.
- Revised or added 463 label pages.
- Revised or added 652 comp pages.
- Thanks primarily to Dean Craige Morris, Bjorn Witlox, and Udo Frank, brought the total number of song samples to 13,590 (including 2,774 that are linked only in the comps section). New and replaced samples are flagged in the Song Samples List.
- Fixed or removed several dozen defective song samples identified by Gerd Miller.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,551 and sleeve shots to 544. New and replaced images are flagged in the Label Shots List.
- Incorporated almost all additions and changes submitted through July 14.
- Revised or added 653 artist pages.
- Revised or added 450 label pages.
- Revised or added 502 comp pages.
- Thanks primarily to Dean Craige Morris, Bjorn Witlox, and Udo Frank, brought the total number of song samples to 13,023 (including 2,657 that are linked only in the comps section). New and replaced samples are flagged in the Song Samples List.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,367 and sleeve shots to 536. New and replaced images are flagged in the Label Shots List.
- Added a number of new artist photos from Bruce Grossberg.
- Incorporated almost all additions and changes submitted through April 21.
- I am happy to note the addition of Dean Craige Morris to the front page acknowledgments. Over the past year Dean has diligently and systematically provided hundreds of song samples from his collection of White Label and Wendi LPs. Thanks very much, Dean.
- Revised or added 357 artist pages.
- Revised or added 246 label pages.
- Revised or added 393 comp pages.
- Thanks primarily to Dean Craige Morris and Bjorn Witlox, brought the total number of song samples to 12,484 (including 2,546 that are linked only in the comps section).
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,203 and sleeve shots to 532.
- Incorporated almost all additions and changes submitted through February 25.
- Revised or added 509 artist pages.
- Revised or added 486 label pages.
- Revised or added 1,138 comp pages.
- Thanks to Dean Craige Morris, Bjorn Witlox, and my own ongoing digitization of research tapes, brought the total number of song samples to 11,862 (including 2,253 that are linked only in the comps section).
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,144 and sleeve shots to 520.
- Incorporated almost all additions and changes submitted through December 10.
- This update represents the most significant change to RCS in years,
as much for what is missing as for what has been added.
- In the interest of greater consistency and less confusion about scope, I have tightened the standards for inclusion. Over 1,600 non-pertinent recordings have been removed, including most tracks recorded later than 1964.
- Policy notes have been added to 1,189 artist pages indicating that the discographies of original releases for those artists are not intended to be complete. Generally, only directly pertinent recordings by these artists are included.
- Notes have been added for 157 other artists indicating that the discographies are intended to be complete through 1964.
- As I have not been keeping track of the completeness policies up until now, I have had to use a variety of database cross-checks to reconstruct decisions made in the past; more notes will be added as I deduce the status for more artists.
- From now on, any recommendation to add a new disc must be accompanied by a song sample or a link to a song sample unless the artist is flagged as "complete".
- Similar policy notes have been added indicating whether single-artist reissue compilations for a particular artist have been included comprehensively, selectively, or not at all. When the policy is selective coverage, then only those reissues which emphasize country rock & roll are included.
- Up until now, I have offered song samples on the comps pages only for tracks that are linked to the original releases section. I have now added over 2,000 samples for unlinked tracks.
- This should not be noticeable, but I have introduced a more sophisticated system for keeping track of artist cross-references in my database. Let me know if you spot any errors or omissions resulting from this change.
- Revised or added 1,700 artist pages.
- Revised or added 1,085 label pages.
- Revised or added 2,970 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 11,008 (including 2,029 that are exclusive to the comps pages), thanks primarily to Dean Craige Morris, who has sent hundreds of new samples from White Label LPs.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,093 and sleeve shots to 518. These numbers are lower than last time since many images were attached to non-pertinent discs that have been removed.
- Processed data from Udo Frank on dozens of new reissue comps.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through October 5.
- Revised or added 910 artist pages.
- Revised or added 743 label pages.
- Due to a bug fix affecting thousands of comp pages, I cannot offer a reliable list of revised and added pages this time.
- Thanks to Udo Frank, Al Turner, Dean Craig Morris, Malcolm Chapman, and Svein Arne Vikesdal, added over 1,200 song samples, bringing the total to 9,634.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 17,194 and sleeve shots to 557.
- Processed large numbers of label shots from Al Turner, Bjorn Witlox, Gerd Miller, and Udo Frank.
- Added more artist publicity photos from the collection of Jim Hilmar.
- Incorporated almost all additions and changes submitted through August 1.
- Revised or added 388 artist pages.
- Revised or added 277 label pages.
- Revised or added 219 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 8,421.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 16,928 and sleeve shots to 551.
- Processed large numbers of label shots from John Burton, Pasi Koskela, Gerd Miller, and Udo Frank.
- Processed song samples from Dean Craige Morris, Bill Taylor, and Svein Arne Vikesdal.
- Added dozens of artist publicity photos from the collection of Jim Hilmar.
- Incorporated almost all additions and changes submitted through June 7.
- Revised or added 336 artist pages.
- Revised or added 282 label pages.
- Revised or added 110 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 8,291.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 16,728 and sleeve shots to 543.
- Incorporated almost all additions and changes submitted through April 8.
- Revised or added 319 artist pages.
- Revised or added 296 label pages.
- Revised or added 172 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 8,267.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 16,533 and sleeve shots to 535.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through February 7.
- Revised or added 443 artist pages.
- Revised or added 298 label pages.
- Revised or added 93 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 8,233.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 16,349 and sleeve shots to 527.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through December 3.
- Revised or added 219 artist pages.
- Revised or added 204 label pages.
- Revised or added 113 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 8,233.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 16,242 and sleeve shots to 521.
- Processed dozens of label shots sent by Jim Hilmar, Pasi Koskela, Gerd Miller, and Udo Frank.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through October 2.
- Revised or added 773 artist pages.
- Revised or added 625 label pages.
- Revised or added 553 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 8,231.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 16,113 and sleeve shots to 513.
- Processed hundreds of song samples provided by Malcolm Chapman and Peter van Wilsem.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through August 20.
- A special update whose only purpose is to fix a problem with the comp song title indexes. However, it necessarily includes all modifications to the database since July 3, including 46 new label shots and 112 new song samples.
- Revised or added 661 artist pages.
- Revised or added 573 label pages.
- Revised or added 311 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 7,750.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,970 and sleeve shots to 501.
- Processed hundreds of label shots and song samples sent by Udo Frank. Also handled numerous label shots from Bernd Hermoneit, Stefan Wriedt, Gerd Miller, and Kurt Krauter.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through July 3.
- Revised or added 291 artist pages.
- Revised or added 274 label pages.
- Revised or added 81 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,661 and sleeve shots to 463.
- Processed large numbers of label shots from Dan DeClark, Stéphane Chatain, Gerd Miller, Kurt Krauter, Pasi Koskela, and Udo Frank.
- Modified the HTML code so that screentips will appear in Mozilla Firefox.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through April 29.
- Added Stéphane Chatain's name to the front page acknowledgments. Stéphane has contributed over 750 label shots, including some of the rarest and most interesting records. In addition, he has enhanced many of the images with data derived from the dead wax. Thanks very much, Stéphane!
- Revised or added 527 artist pages.
- Revised or added 455 label pages.
- Revised or added 125 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,442 and sleeve shots to 460.
- Processed large numbers of label shots from Stéphane Chatain, Gerd Miller, Kurt Krauter, and Udo Frank.
- Changed the link symbols for
label shots and
song samples. - Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through February 25.
- Revised or added 434 artist pages.
- Revised or added 412 label pages.
- Revised or added 327 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 7,549.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 15,227 and sleeve shots to 451.
- Added information and song samples from numerous recent Buffalo Bop compilations plus dozens of label shots.
- Worked through hundreds of label shots and song samples supplied by Udo Frank.
- Also processed large numbers of label shots from Stéphane Chatain and Gerd Miller.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through December 31.
- Revised or added 311 artist pages.
- Revised or added 217 label pages.
- Revised or added 194 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 7,414.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 14,934 and sleeve shots to 448.
- Processed large numbers of label shots from Stéphane Chatain, Gerd Miller, and Udo Frank.
- Incorporated most additions and changes submitted through November 13.
- Switched from a Windows server to Linux. This has the potential to cause problems since filenames are case sensitive under Linux. RCS has developed through two generations of Windows and FoxPro with a pattern of inconsistency in the case of filenames. I have now had to standardize on all lowercase. It is likely that some external links (include some from Google) will not work for a while. It is also possible that some internal links will not work, although I believe I have made all the necessary changes to prevent that from happening.
- Made a number of global changes:
- The screentip that displays when you rest your mouse pointer on an
symbol formerly just said "Click for a song
sample". Now it specifies the exact source of the sample.
- Comp track listings now link to song samples. Note, however, that in most cases, the sample comes from a source other than the specific comp on that page. Read the screentip to find out the source of the sample.
- Songs in comp track listings are now numbered. But, I cannot guarantee that the tracks are presented in exactly the correct order since the source of my information is usually indirect.
- Issue number prefixes now display for comps when I know them.
- Display of label and sleeve shots no longer depends on a javascript pop-up applet. They now display in standard browser windows. While not as attractive and predictable, these windows are less likely to cause problems with security software.
- The screentip that displays when you rest your mouse pointer on an
- Given that practically every page has changed, it would be pointless to include lists of revisions since the last update.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 7,388.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 14,740 and sleeve shots to 436.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through September 5.
- Revised or added 611 artist pages.
- Revised or added 507 label pages.
- Revised or added 274 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 7,359.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 14,541 and sleeve shots to 432.
- Added over 500 label shots from the collection of the Country Music Hall of Fame Library. My thanks to Dawn Oberg and Alan Stoker for their hospitality and assistance during my visit.
- Processed large numbers of label shots from Stéphane Chatain, Pasi Koskela, Willie Lewis, Gerd Miller, Kurt Krauter, and Udo Frank.
- My thanks to Dean Craige Morris, who has been systematically providing information to help unravel the mysteries of the many alternative takes of Sun material.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through July 7.
- Revised or added 1,018 artist pages.
- Revised or added 701 label pages.
- Revised or added 330 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 6,862.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 13,818 and sleeve shots to 420.
- Corrected the track order (and, in a few cases, the content) for almost all Bison Bop and Buffalo Bop LPs, thanks to photocopies sent by Kurt Krauter.
- Listened to dozens of audio files provided by Malcolm Chapman.
- Processed large numbers of label shots from Kurt Krauter and Udo Frank.
- Incorporated almost all adds and changes submitted through May 22.
- Revised or added 1,284 artist pages.
- Revised or added 1,090 label pages.
- Revised or added 144 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 6,104.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 13,664 and sleeve shots to 416.
- Processed large numbers of label shots from Stéphane Chatain, Steve Foehner, and Udo Frank.
- Incorporated almost all adds and changes submitted through April 17.
- Revised or added 984 artist pages.
- Revised or added 604 label pages.
- Revised or added 289 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 5,014.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 13,470 and sleeve shots to 406.
- Processed large numbers of label shots from Stéphane Chatain, Steve Foehner, Wolfgang Weißbrodt, Gerd Miller, and Udo Frank. Enjoyed dozens of music samples provided by Malcolm Chapman.
- Worked through enormous amounts of information sent by Kurt Krauter. In fact, Kurt has been so systematic and generous in contributing all kinds of data over the past seventeen months that I have added his name to the main index page. Thanks, Kurt!
- Incorporated almost all adds and changes submitted through March 7.
- Revised or added 939 artist pages.
- Revised or added 577 label pages.
- Revised or added 232 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of song samples to 3,963.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 13,135 and sleeve shots to 394.
- Added some LP and EP review dates from the Audition supplement published monthly by Billboard from October 1957 to mid-1960.
- Processed song samples from Tom Carey and label images from Rob Karman, Gerd Miller, Udo Frank, and others.
- Changed the way that Web links are stored and displayed. They now appear in the "References" list rather than the biographical section of an artist page.
- Incorporated almost all adds and changes submitted through January 27.
- Revised or added 1,585 artist pages.
- Revised or added 831 label pages.
- Revised or added 418 comp pages.
- Began producing song samples from tapes made at the Country Music Foundation (my former employer). Also began creating samples from CDs. This brings the total number of samples to 2,897.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 12,987 and sleeve shots to 381.
- Processed large numbers of label images from Rob Karman, Stephane Chatain, Wolfgang Weißbrodt, and Udo Frank.
- Incorporated almost all adds and changes submitted through December 15.
- Repeated server failures have compelled me to rush a replacement into service. This has the side benefit that limited disk space is no longer a problem, so I have upgraded the song samples from RealAudio® 3.0 to 24kbps monaural MP3.
- Revised or added 814 artist pages.
- Revised or added 521 label pages.
- Revised or added 213 comp pages.
- Finished producing song samples from the Davis tapes, and worked through recordings from the smaller collections of Mark Seganish, John Neal, Will Derrington, and Bob Pinson. This brings the total number of samples to 1,862.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 12,703 and sleeve shots to 361.
- Processed large numbers of label images from Penny Hall, Rob Karman, Gerd Miller, Jorn Wounland, and Udo Frank.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through November 5.
- Made some significant changes to the underlying data structure. If everything went according to plan, you shouldn't see any differences. But, let me know if you encounter anything odd.
- I am pleased to introduce a new RCS feature: RealAudio® song samples. My
thanks to Andrew Bohan for making me aware that RA 3.0 sound files can be
so small that they take up no more diskspace and bandwidth than label
shots.
The initial batch of 1,298 samples comes almost entirely from tapes I made over a period of several years from the collection of Bill Davis. As the purpose of these tapes was to capture performances that I did not yet have in any other form (CD, reissue LP, original release), the majority of the songs are obscure releases or flipsides of better-known recordings. About half of them have not been reissued on any of the comps indexed in RCS.
Song samples are accessible in three ways: from artist pages (where the links appear as the symbol), from label pages, and from
a separate index similar to the Label Shots
List. The Song Samples List takes the place of the Female Artists Index
on the home page; for the relative few of you who used the Female Artists
Index, it still exists, but the link has
had to give up its valuable real estate on the main page.
The use of song samples on this site falls within the scope of the Fair Use provision (§ 107) of the Copyright Law of the United States.
I am not now soliciting submission of song samples since I have more than enough music to keep me busy for many months to come. - Revised or added 877 artist pages.
- Revised or added 590 label pages.
- Revised or added 104 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 12,364 and sleeve shots to 352.
- Processed large numbers of label images and sound samples from Adriaan Sturm, Gerd Miller, Jorn Wounland, Rob Karman, Kurt Krauter, Andrew Bohan, Rob Karman, and Udo Frank.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through September 24, but I am several dozen messages behind.
- Revised or added 712 artist pages.
- Revised or added 519 label pages.
- Revised or added 150 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 12,033 and sleeve shots to 341.
- I was able to continue taking photographs of the collection that I began working with in March. My thanks to the owner for his continued support. Of the 3,581 label shots I made in July, I have been able to use 2,424 of them in RCS.
- Processed large numbers of label images and sound samples from Andrew Bohan, Rob Karman, Gerd Miller, and Udo Frank.
- Incorporated almost all adds and changes submitted through August 6.
- Revised or added 642 artist pages.
- Revised or added 495 label pages.
- Sorry, but I cannot provide a list of revised or added comp pages this time.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 11,095 and sleeve shots to 330.
- Processed large numbers of label images from Stephane Chatain, Udo Frank, Gerd Miller, and Adriaan Sturm.
- Added about 200 original LPs, drawing information primarily from the following sources:
- The Both Sides Now website.
- The LP Discography website.
- The OCLC WorldCat database.
- Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectible Record Albums, by Neal Umphred.
- It is inevitable that the introduction of LP track listings will complicate the linkages between reissue comps and original releases. I would appreciate any information you can provide regarding reissues that have used an LP version of a track (for instance, in stereo) rather than the single version.
- I would also appreciate any authoritative information you can provide about the true stereo vs. electronically rechanneled content of original albums.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through July 9.
- Revised or added 585 artist pages.
- Revised or added 603 label pages.
- Revised or added 266 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 10,714 and sleeve shots to 318.
- Processed large numbers of label images from Stephane Chatain, Udo Frank, Pasi Koskela, Gerd Miller, and Lars Stromberg.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through May 11.
- I am delighted to direct your attention to a new name on the RCS main page. Gerd Miller has systematically and diligently gone through his large collection, sent me label shots for almost 1,000 records, and supplied additional discographic data on hundreds more. Thanks, Gerd!
- This reload is unusual in that the changes consist almost entirely of new label shots. In early March, I was permitted to take photographs of an amazing personal collection. While the owner prefers to remain anonymous, I would like to thank him for his hospitality and generosity. Of the 3,567 label shots I made during that visit, I have been able to use almost 3,000 of them in RCS. Slightly over half are completely new, while the remainder are replacements.
- Processing these new images has occupied almost all of my spare time for the past month. As a result, I am hundreds of messages behind in incorporating data and images from my incoming email. I extend my deepest apologies to everyone who has generously sent information, and I promise to include it in the May update.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 10,321 and sleeve shots to 311.
- Revised the layout of the Label Shots List and split it into separate pages for every letter of the alphabet.
- Since almost all of the revisions are identifiable through the Label Shots List, I have elected not to include the usual lists of revised artist, label, and comp pages. This has made it possible for me to make a number of subtle but significant global changes (some visible and some not) to the pages without them being incorrectly flagged as revised.
- Revised or added 646 artist pages.
- Revised or added 467 label pages.
- Revised or added 280 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 8,676 and sleeve shots to 307.
- Processed large numbers of label images from Gerd Miller and Tom Krajina.
- Listened to music provided by Kurt Krauter and Tom Krajina.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through March 5.
- Revised or added 796 artist pages.
- Revised or added 557 label pages.
- Revised or added 331 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 8,099 and sleeve shots to 309.
- Processed large numbers of label images from Gerd Miller, Tom Krajina, Tom Lincoln, Kurt Krauter, Don Stilton, and Udo Frank.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through January 25.
- Even though I am not caught up with email submissions, I wanted to update the site now in case it is not possible later in the holiday season.
- Revised or added 409 artist pages.
- Revised or added 369 label pages.
- Revised or added 455 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 7,436 and sleeve shots to 295.
- Processed large numbers of label images from Bjorn Witlox, Don Stilton, Gerd Miller, Kurt Krauter, and Udo Frank.
- Began filling in information from the new Rockabilly Record Guide compiled by Horst Zimmermann, Bernd Wolf, and Heinz-Otto Zimmermann. For more information on this excellent publication, send email to Horst Zimmermann.
- Finished a project to normalize data for non-RCS tracks on compilations.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through December 14.
- Tom Lincoln identified a number of label shots of bootleg or reissue discs and provided replacements from his collection of authenticated original singles. In addition, Tom supplied some new images.
- Revised or added 590 artist pages.
- Revised or added 532 label pages.
- Revised or added 626 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 7,169 and sleeve shots to 291.
- Processed large numbers of label images from Perica Sucevic, Bjorn Witlox, Don Stilton, Kurt Krauter, and Udo Frank.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through November 16.
- Fixed an embarrassing programming bug that was preventing most acknowledgments from appearing on label pages. Sorry, guys.
- Revised or added 337 artist pages.
- Revised or added 267 label pages.
- Revised or added 126 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 6,818 and sleeve shots to 283.
- Implemented the structural changes to support photos on artist pages. For an example, see The Suades.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through October 9.
- Revised or added 455 artist pages.
- Revised or added 243 label pages.
- Revised or added 125 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 6,679 and sleeve shots to 280.
- Added "Previous" and "Next" navigation links to label shot windows to enable browsing without having to return to an index page.
- Fixed a programming bug that was preventing "See" and "See Also" links on artist pages from working.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through September 4.
- Revised or added 513 artist pages.
- Revised or added 372 label pages.
- Revised or added 94 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 6499 and sleeve shots to 277.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through July 30.
- Revised or added 403 artist pages.
- Revised or added 332 label pages.
- Revised or added 141 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 6288 and sleeve shots to 268.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through June 22.
- Revised or added 474 artist pages.
- Revised or added 447 label pages.
- Revised or added 267 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 5925 and sleeve shots to 248.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through May 7.
- Removed the separate "P" pertinence rating column from all pages. Instead, each symbol appears as a bullet in front of the title. This will make it much easier to match songs with their ratings in the "additional tracks" section.
- Removed the "mailto" links from discographic pages, but left them on the introductory pages. My hope is that this will make it more likely that people will learn the nature and scope of the website before emailing questions or comments to me.
- Note that, for the foreseeable future, I will be following an update cycle of five or six weeks rather than the three week schedule I have followed for most of the past two years.
- Revised or added 257 artist pages.
- Revised or added 203 label pages.
- Revised or added 79 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 5,602 and sleeve shots to 237.
- Added acknowledgments to the comp pages (which would have happened weeks ago were it not for a persistent brain glitch).
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 4/3 except for a few dozen messages from Udo Frank.
- Updated the look of most pages and began using CSS to control most stylistic elements. The only functional change is that brief descriptions of the Visual Inspection and Pertinence Rating symbols now appear as ToolTips when you hover the pointer over them; previously, you had to open pop-up windows via the column headers.
- If you are still using Navigator 4.7x or earlier, I recommend that you switch over to Internet Explorer. The new pages will work better for you.
- Finished adding page-level acknowledgments from my saved email for everyone except Udo Frank (whosse contributions have been so extensive that adding proper credit will necessarily be a major project on its own).
- Worked through a CD from Tom Krajina containing over 1,000 label shots, of which about 180 were added to the site. Thanks, Tom!
- Revised the Mack Allen Smith page using a tape, biography, and discography provided by Mack.
- I am sorry that, again, thousands of pages have changed since the last load, so it is not feasible to include the usual lists of revised and added pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 5,426 and sleeve shots to 232.
- Incorporated adds and changes submitted through 3/16.
- Enhanced the system for acknowledging people and publications which have provided assistance. Now, in addition to the consolidated acknowledgments page, I am adding appropriate credits to individual artist, label, and comp pages. This project involves going through several years of saved email and other documents. In the first installment, I have acknowledged 331 different names on 5,324 artist, 3,784 label, and 5,105 comp pages. I have yet to finish adding all credits for Adam Komoroski, Ake Roos, Derek Hamilton, Malcolm Chapman, Marc Coulavin, Michel Coste, Michel Proost, Peter Staehli, Tapio Vaisanen, Udo Frank, Joe Wajgel, Phil Milstein, Gary Myers, Tom Fallon, John Ingman, and Wayne Russell.
- Changed the label shot pop-up to display both sides of a disc simultaneously (if I have images for both sides).
- Since thousands of pages have changed since the last load, it is not feasible to include the usual lists of revised and added pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 5,002 and sleeve shots to 218.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 2/14.
- Revised or added 261 artist pages.
- Revised or added 242 label pages.
- Revised or added 213 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 4,731 and sleeve shots to 209.
- Finished entering all of the 825 single-artist comp track listings I have on file. Please contact me if you can supply information on additional comps.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 1/29, but I am far from caught up.
- Revised or added 325 artist pages.
- Revised or added 275 label pages.
- Revised or added 277 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 4,550 and sleeve shots to 201.
- Processed a large amount of information sent by Bernd Kratochwil.
- Incorporated almost all adds and changes submitted through 1/8.
- Revised or added 525 artist pages.
- Revised or added 458 label pages.
- Revised or added 421 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 4,244 and sleeve shots to 192, thanks to Udo Frank, Tom Krajina, Jos Wouters, Michel Proost, Mark Seganish, and several other contributors.
- Listened to hundreds of sound samples at CDNow.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 12/11.
- Revised or added 358 artist pages.
- Revised or added 434 label pages.
- Revised or added 211 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 3,715 and sleeve shots to 191.
- Revised the Gene Summers page considerably, based on data and images provided by Gene and Shawn Summers.
- Reorganized the image files into twenty-five separate directories. This change should be transparent to the user.
- Made an important change to the "As By" column on artist discography pages. Previously, the absence of a value in this column could have two meanings: either the artist credit for that track was identical to the form of name in the page header or I did not know the exact artist credit for that track. From now on, the absence of a value will mean only that I do not know the exact artist credit; every known credit will be designated by an "As By" footnote, even if that credit is the unadorned artist name.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 11/20 (except about 100 new label shots from Udo).
- Revised or added 538 artist pages.
- Revised or added 441 label pages.
- Revised or added 347 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 3,350 and sleeve shots to 190.
- Added a great deal of information from discographies, new release listings, and record reviews in American Music Magazine.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 10/27.
- Revised or added 202 artist pages.
- Revised or added 194 label pages.
- Revised or added 183 comp pages.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 3,169 and sleeve shots to 189.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 10/9.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 3,002 and sleeve shots to 189.
- Added fifty more single-artist comp track listings, for a total of 500.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 9/24.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 2,862 and sleeve shots to 185.
- Added fifty more single-artist comp track listings, for a total of 450 (I've passed the halfway point in this project).
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 8/27.
- Made a significant structural change to the database, affecting the links between tracks and "as by" references. The end result should be entirely transparent to website users, but please let me know if you notice any corrupted or suspicious links.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 2,621 and sleeve shots to 175.
- Added fifty more single-artist comp track listings, for a total of 400.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 8/7.
- Moved the server to a faster segment of the Emory University network.
- Finally had the chance to actually examine all the label shots for new or improved discographic data.
- Reviewed issues 1 through 40 of Rock & Roll Performers and American Music magazines for discographic information.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 2,464 and sleeve shots to 167.
- Added fifty more single-artist comp track listings, for a total of 350.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 7/14.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 2,203 and sleeve shots to 143.
- Added twenty-five more single-artist comp track listings, for a total of 300.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 6/27.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 2,104 and sleeve shots to 138, thanks again primarily to Udo Frank.
- Added a great amount of corrections and new information sent by Udo.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 6/6.
- Added twenty-five more single-artist comp track listings.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 1,839 and sleeve shots to 109, thanks again primarily to Udo Frank.
- Incorporated almost all adds and changes submitted through 5/19.
- Added one hundred more single-artist comp track listings.
- Changed the label shot link graphic.
- Added a search form to the main page. This form goes out to Google to perform the search, but results are limited to the RCS domain.
- Per a suggestion from Peter Staehli, added a comp list arranged by artist (for single-artist comps only). Keep in mind, however, that only about 20% of the single-artist comps now have track listings.
- Previously I have handled picture sleeve shots as if they were label shots. I am now storing them separately, with a link appearing after the issue number on appropriate artist and label pages. Sleeve shots are still interfiled in the Label Shots index, but they are identified.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 1,555 and sleeve shots to 58, thanks primarily to Udo Frank.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 4/30.
- Added fifty more single-artist comp track listings.
- Fixed a problem which was preventing single-artist comp tracks from appearing in the comps artist index.
- Added anchors to the song title index files so that external links go directly to the pertinent section of the index.
- Added selected references to articles in Rock & Roll Performers Magazine.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 4/14.
- Incorporated information from B.J's Country And Rock'N'Roll 45 RPM Record Collectors Guide.
- Added selected references to articles in American Music Magazine.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 1,253.
- Added fifty more single-artist comp track listings.
- Processed several dozen more e-mails from Udo Frank.
- Added owner names to dozens of labels, thanks to Michel Proost.
- Incorporated almost all adds and changes submitted through 4/7.
- Incorporated the results of a research trip.
- Brought the total number of label shots to 1,034.
- Changed the HTML code on the individual label shot pages so that images are no longer scaled to a common size. This results in inconsistent size, of course, but the apparent image quality improves significantly since browsers don't seem to be very adept at scaling.
- Divided the label shots index into four sections to reduce download times (but internal navigation remains the same).
- Continued to work with photocopies and e-mails sent by Udo Frank.
- Added the first fifty single-artist comp track listings.
- Incorporated almost all adds and changes submitted through 3/17.
- Corrected and enhanced several dozen comp track listings using photocopies sent by Udo Frank.
- Processed many more messages from Udo Frank identifying "need info" tracks (thanks, Udo!).
- Began filling in missing flipsides using RecordMaster.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 2/26.
- Added about 200 more label shots, for a total of 845.
- Checked all links to label shots and tracked down a number of fugitive files.
- Added internal anchors to speed navigation through the label shots index.
- Added a title index to comps.
- Removed the keyword index to song titles.
- Changed the imagemaps for all comp indexes.
- Refined the structure of "additional tracks" listings on artist pages so that more information can be included (label, year, matrix number). For an example, see Cliff Thomas.
- Systematically went through Colin Escott & Martin Hawkins' Sun Records: The Discography to incorporate details on "additional tracks" for Sun artists.
- Processed much information from Udo Frank.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 2/5.
- Added about 200 more label shots, for a total of 662.
- Added an index to label shots (of which there are now 457, thanks largely to Marc Coulavin and Michel Proost).
- Added references to 800 single-artist comps on the artist pages and the comps pages. At this point, however, none of these have track listings.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 1/16.
- Fixed a few bad filenames for JPEG images.
- The primary motivation behind this quick reload is to fix a tagging error that was preventing the internal comp anchors from working with Netscape Navigator. While I have included a few additions and revisions, discographical content has changed very little since the last load.
- Finished adding all the track listings I have on file for multiple-artist comps (except a few CD boxed sets).
- Reformatted the compilation title index pages to suppress repetitive information.
- Added anchors to the comp lists on artist and label pages so that you can now jump directly from each reference after the title directly to the comp information.
- Split long comp reference strings into sections so that they will wrap within the cell.
- Fixed a bug that was putting the navigation bar before the HTML tag.
- Went through recently added artists to make sure the Female flag was set correctly.
- Added 191 new label shots.
- Added numerous Gateway and Big 4 Hits sound-alike records using information supplied by Johan Lofstedt.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through 12/25.
- This is the last update prior to the inauguration of some significant changes in January 2001:
- The immediate addition of index place-holders for single-artist comps and the gradual addition of track listings for them.
- The addition of an album title index to comps.
- The removal of the song title keyword index to free space on the main page. (I hate to see this feature go, but the server log indicates that it is rarely used.)
- Enhancements to the "Additional tracks on comps" section of each artist page to make it possible to give more information about each track (for example, year and label for unissued material). The new data will be added gradually.
- Made the necessary structural and programming changes to support pop-up label shots from the artist and label pages. At present, there are only a few dozen images available (for an example, see Don Wade), but the number should grow rapidly. Many thanks to Michel Proost, Marc Coulavin, Malcolm Chapman, and a variety of eBay sellers for providing the initial batch.
- Added track listings to several dozen comps.
- Extracted discographical information from issues 39 to 58 of Rockin' Fifties.
- Incorporated most additions and changes submitted through 12/1 (yes, I am that far behind -- my apologies to folks who have sent information lately).
- Changed my e-mail address on all pages.
- Added track listings to several dozen comps.
- Added references to articles and discographies in ten additional issues of Rockin' Fifties.
- Extracted discographical information from issues 59 to 77 of Rockin' Fifties.
- Incorporated most additions and changes submitted through 11/21.
- Fixed a bug in the filename-generation algorithm that was causing broken links from the Comps Unk index page.
- Added about 250 references to articles and discographies in issues 1 to 11 of Roll Street Journal, issues 11 to 29 of New Kommotion, and most issues from 39 to 77 of Rockin' Fifties.
- Duplicated Buffalo Bop LP and track data for everything prior to release number 2049 to create entries for earlier Bison Bop releases. Edited release years for these Buffalo Bop LPs since they could not possibly have appeared before the name change in 1985.
- Incorporated the results of a research trip.
- Incorporated most additions and changes submitted through 11/6.
- Added links from the compilation artist and title index pages to the main RCS artist pages.
- Reformatted the compilation artist index pages to suppress repetitive information.
- Added a few dozen more comp release years based on Down Home Music newsletters from 1978 to 1982.
- Refined the listing of Redita LPs, using information from Peter Staehli.
- Incorporated a large amount of biographical information sent by Michel Proost.
- Incorporated all additions and changes submitted through 10/24.
- Thanks to the loan of Derek Hamilton's collection of Bear Family catalogs, added several hundred comp release dates.
- Incorporated most additions and changes submitted through 10/8.
- Expanded the maximum number of comps per artist page from 52 to 520. Right now, this affects only Sonny Burgess and Carl Perkins, but it removes a significant technical obstacle to adding single-artist comps.
- Moved comp references from their own column to the end of each title. Again, this will facilitate adding single-artist comps.
- As a result of the above changes, I have also been able to add LP/CD references to the label pages.
- Reformatted the "additional tracks" listings to make them clearer.
- Switched to GIFs for the pertinence ratings.
- Incorporated the results of a research trip.
- Added track listings for several dozen comps.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 9/19.
- Switched to GIFs for the visual inspection indicators.
- Mastered CD-R Version 200009.
- Reformatted artist and label indexes into two columns.
- Changed the "other indexes" imagemap
- Added 69 non-pertinent comps to the LP/CD listing and indexes.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 9/4.
- Incorporated substantial amounts of other adds and changes.
- Thanks largely to Peter Staehli, added year and country of origin to several hundred comps.
- Incorporated the results of a research trip.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 8/22.
- Mastered CD-R Version 200008.
- Revived about 150 rejected entries of marginal interest.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 8/14.
- I believe I have discovered the source of the few remaining bad internal links and revised the FoxPro scripts appropriately to eliminate them. Note that the filenames for all label listings have changed, so any existing bookmarks to them will have to be revised.
- Revised the FoxPro scripts so that all internal hyperlinks now use relative file references rather than absolute (to enhance Netscape compatibility for the CD-R). This is a radical change. Please report any failed links to me. Thanks.
- Incorporated the results of the "RCS Homeless Labels" thread on rockinrecords.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 8/8.
- Suppressed false title links in the comp track listings.
- Fixed sorting bug in the comp title index program that was causing some titles to be omitted.
- Fixed bad Previous and Next links in comp artist index pages for A and Z.
- Added fifty BMI dates.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 7/23.
- Loaded some pages that had been inadvertantly missed during the previous reload, causing bad internal links. (This affected only the website, not the CD-R.)
- Mastered CD-R Version 200007.
- Incorporated the results of a research trip.
- Fixed tracks linked to non-existent as-by records.
- Fixed comp listings with blind artist links.
- Incorporated (at last!) all adds and changes submitted through 6/24.
- Changed from Microsoft Personal Web Server to Apache.
- Loaded an imagemap-based start page.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 6/12.
- Added about twenty marginal comps.
- Fixed about 130 unlinked comp tracks.
- Proofread artists and titles for non-RCS comp tracks.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 5/28, including several dozen new compilation track listings.
- Incorporated most adds and changes submitted through 5/21.
- Incorporated most (but not quite all) adds and changes submitted through 5/13.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 5/7.
- Fixed a few incorrectly linked comp tracks.
- Added line numbers to lengthy "additional tracks" lists.
- Restored some suppressed listings that were causing blind links to comps
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 4/24.
- Added song title keyword index.
- Incorporated some (but not all) adds and changes submitted.
- Added artist and title indexes to comps.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 4/8.
- Added chronological index.
- Added links to geographical and chronological indexes.
- Added section to geographical section for Canadian labels with unknown locations.
- Fixed bad links in index pages for letters with no comps.
- Incorporated all adds and changes submitted through 3/30.
- Fixed bug causing bad links in some comp listings.
- Added geographical index.
- Added Billboard reviews index.
- Changed font in tables to Arial.
- Increased the size of text in Date & Source columns.
- Added links from song title pages to artists and labels.
- Fixed links in artist cross-reference notes.
- Fixed links to parent indexes in headers and footers.
- Added "Need track listing" notes to comp index pages.
- Added song title section.
- Fixed links to prev and next pages in footers.
- Site first open to visitors.