*** rec.music.info - List of Internet Musical FTP Sites *** This forthnightly posted list of ftp sites is maintained by the current rec.music.info moderator, Leo Breebaart, who can be reached at rec-music-info@ph.tn.tudelft.nl. All comments, updates, new additions, etc. are more than welcome -- I rely entirely on reader feedback to keep this list up-to-date. If you do not what ftp is or how to use it, check out the introductory articles found in news.announce.newusers and news.answers, or ask somebody more experienced to help you. INTERNET MUSICAL FTP SITES --- ftp.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4) Directory: /pub/music Maintainer: David Datta (datta@cs.uwp.edu) This is the Music FTP Archive, a place that every music lover on the net should be familiar with. Many interesting things are stored here, in particular: - Classical music buying guide - Discographies for over 350 artists - Lyrics to over 4900 songs by over 900 artists - Rec.music.info archives - Sounds & Pictures This archive is also available as a Gopher service (see the "Internet Resources" article for details). --- ftp.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4) Directory: /pub/music/lists Yup, this is the same ftp-site as the previous one, but I think a second entry is necessary for mentioning that this specific directory contains mailing list logs for the following Usenet mailing lists: Alice Cooper, Art of Noise, Billboard Charts, Debbie Gibson, Chameleons [UK], Vangelis, Dutch Charts, Eclectic Music, Electronic Dreams, Enya, Robin Hitchcock, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Progressive Rock, Grunge Rock, Innocence Mission, Jean-Michel Jarre, Kingsx, The Kinks, Kiss, KLF/ORB/Timelords/JAMS, Steve Vai, 1000 Maniacs, Temple of the Dog & related, Men Without Hats, Olivia Newton John, Prince, Punk, Tori Amos, Bruce Springsteen, Sugarcubes, Sundays, Tangereine Dream, Dutch music newsletter, The Who, Wilson Phillips, Yello, Yes --- syrinx.umd.edu (128.8.2.114) Directory: /rush Maintainer: David Arnold (rush-mgr@syrinx.umd.edu) Rush archives. Contains lyrics to all the songs, guitar & bass transcriptions, sounds & pictures and back issues of the Rush mailing list "National Midnight Star". Directory: /floyd Maintainer: [*** UNKNOWN ***] Pink Floyd material. --- ftp.nevada.edu (131.216.1.11) Directory: /pub/guitar Maintainer: James B. (jamesb@nevada.edu) Archive site for guitar tablature music transcriptions. These files are also available from the Music FTP Archive, and updates to the archive are regularly posted to rec.music.info. --- kappa.rice.edu (128.42.4.7) Directory: /pub/bass Maintainer: Kevin Tipple (bass-request@uwplatt.edu) Archive site for "The Bottom Line", the Bass Players' Digest. Contains back issues and bass tabulature files. --- bobcat.bbn.com (128.89.2.103) Directory: /beatles Maintainer: Bob Clements (clements@bbn.com) Beatles archive. Notes and FAQs from rec.music.beatles, "Paul Is Dead" hints, GIFs. --- ocf.berkeley.edu (128.32.184.254) Directory: /pub/fobs/* Maintainer: Eric Thompson (fobs-request@ocf.berkey.edu) Friends of Bob archive. Mailing list logs, hotline transcriptions, concert dates. --- first.cac.washington.edu (140.142.113.104) Directory: /pub/vincent-clarke Maintainer: Tim Wood (bungi@u.washington.edu) Vincent Clarke / Erasure archive. discographies, lyrics, mailing list logs. Directory: /pub/lullaby Maintainer: Tim Wood (bungi@u.washington.edu) Book of Love archive. Mailing list logs. Directory: /pub/introspective Maintainer: [*** UNKNOWN ***] Pet Shop Boys archive. Mailing list logs, lyrics. --- casbah.acns.nwu.edu (129.105.113.52) Directory: /pub/gabriel Maintainer: Joe Germuska (gabriel-request@casbah.acns.nwu.edu) Peter Gabriel archive. Lyrics, GIFs, digests. Directory: /pub/crowded-house Maintainer: Marck Bailey (marck@nwu.edu) Crowded House archive. Lyrics, transcriptions, digests. Directory: /pub/acoustic-guitar Maintainer: Joe Germuska (j-germuska@nwu.edu) "Acoustic" Guitar Bulletin archive. Alt.guitar stuff, transcriptions. Directory: /pub/flatfields Maintainer: Joe Germuska (j-germuska@nwu.edu) Flat-Fields archive (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Peter Murphy). Lyrics, discographies, liner notes. --- ftp.apple.com (130.43.2.3) Directory: /pub/gdeadstuff Maintainer: [*** UNKNOWN ***] Grateful Dead archives. Discographies, lyrics, setlists. --- gdead.src.umd.edu (128.8.111.121) Directory: /pub/gdead Maintainer: [*** UNKNOWN ***] Grateful Dead archives. Discographies, lyrics, music, setlists, much more. Directory: /pub/dylan Maintainer: [*** UNKNOWN ***] Bob Dylan archives. Lyrics, setlists. --- cs.bu.edu (128.197.2.1) Directory: /pub/ronbo Maintainer: [*** UNKNOWN ***] Grunge archives. Mailing lists logs, lyrics. --- ftp.ms.uky.edu (128.163.128.6) Directory: /pub/misc/hey-joe Maintainer: Joel Abbott (abbott@ms.uky.edu) Jimi Hendrix archive. Mailing list logs, FAQ, reviews. Directory: /pub/misc/janes-addiction Maintainer: Joel Abbott (abbott@ms.uky.edu) Jane's Addiction archive. Mailing list logs, discographies, FAQ. Directory: /pub/misc/tears4-fears Maintainer: Joel Abbott (abbott@ms.uky.edu) Tears For Fears archive. Mailing list logs, discographies, lyrics. --- remus.rutgers.edu (128.6.13.3) Directory: /JethroTull Maintainer: [*** UNKNOWN ***] Jethro Tull archive. Mailing list logs, lyrics, discographies, GIFs --- glia.biostr.washington.edu (128.95.10.115) Directory: /pub/queensryche Maintainer: Dan 'Shag' Birchall (queensryche-owner@pilot.njin.net) Queensryche archive. "Screaming In Digital" digest back issues, lyrics, JPEG/GIFs, sounds. --- hardees.rutgers.edu (128.6.18.2) Directory: /pub/hr Maintainer: [*** UNKNOWN ***] Happy Rhodes archives. Artciles, FAQ, lyrics, digests, reviews. --- quartz.rutgers.edu (128.6.60.6) Directory: /pub/newsletters/strangeways Maintainer: The Smiths / Morrisey archive. Digest back issues, lyrics, discographies. --- turbo.bio.net(134.172.2.69): Directory: /chalkhills Maintainer: John M. Relph (relph@presto.ig.com) XTC "Chalkhills" archive. Digests, lyrics, FAQ, discographies. Directory: /jitr Maintainer: Michael C. Berch (jitr-request@presto.ig.com) Sinead O'Connor "Jump In The River" archive. Digests, discographies, lyrics, GIFs. --- wiretap.Spies.com (130.43.3.3) This allegedly is a Kate Bush archive, but I have not once managed to get through to it. If you have better luck, let me know. --- ftp.uu.net Directory: /usenet/rec.music.gaffa/kb Maintainer: [*** UNKNOWN ***] Kate Bush stuff. --- insti.physics.sunysb.edu" (129.49.21.110) Directory: /pub/tmbg Maintainer: Micah Anderson (micah@hardy.u.washington.edu) They Might Be Giants mailing list archive. Lyrics, reviews, GIFS, sounds, discography, etc. -- Leo Breebaart -- Moderator rec.music.info Submissions & other mail to: rec-music-info @ ph.tn.tudelft.nl !!! Requests for information do *not* belong in r.m.info! !!! Path: igor.rutgers.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!dutrun!dutrun2!recmusic From: rec-music-info@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart) Newsgroups: rec.music.info,news.answers Subject: REC.MUSIC.INFO: List of Internet Musical Resources Summary: This is a bi-weekly article that lists and describes places where music-related information can be found on the Internet. Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 92 04:01:28 GMT Expires: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 04:00:04 GMT Sender: news@dutrun2.tudelft.nl (UseNet News System) Reply-To: rec-music-info@ph.tn.tudelft.nl Followup-To: rec.music.misc Organization: Delft University of Technology Lines: 201 Approved: rec-music-info@ph.tn.tudelft.nl Supersedes: Originator: recmusic@galaxy Nntp-Posting-Host: ph.tn.tudelft.nl Archive-name: music/resources Last-modified: $Date: 1992/10/23 16:12:55 $ Version: $Revision: 1.5 $ *** rec.music.info - List of Internet Musical Resources *** This forthnightly posted list of resources is maintained by the current rec.music.info moderator, Leo Breebaart, who can be reached at rec-music-info@ph.tn.tudelft.nl. All comments, updates, new additions, etc. are more than welcome -- I rely entirely on reader feedback to keep this list up-to-date. If you are not familiar with some of the concepts mentioned below (e.g. mailing lists, finger), check out the introductory articles found in ` news.announce.newusers and news.answers, or ask somebody more experienced to help you. INTERNET MUSICAL RESOURCES *** Mailing Lists At the moment of writing there are over 165 mailing lists one can subscribe to for in-depth discussions about specific artists or specific musical genres. Jason Kraley and John Rowland from the Cleveland Free-Net Music SIG are maintainers of a canonical list of information about these mailing lists, including the addresses to write to if you want to subscribe. This list is called the Musical List of Lists (or mlol), and is itself appropriately distributed through a mailing list. The latest version of the list can always be found in the Music FTP Archive as /pub/music/misc/mail.lists.music, and is also regularly posted to rec.music.info. *** Mail Servers -- mwilkenf@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Sid's Music Server) Music Man (also mwilkenf@silver.ucs.indiana.edu) maintains this server and database for "rare live recordings and unreleased demos". For more information, send e-mail to the server's address with a subject of "boothelp". -- used-music-server@cs.ucsb.edu (Used CD Server) angst@cs.ucsb.edu maintains this database of CD's, cassettes, and (gasp) LP's for sale or trade. For more information, send e-mail to the server's address with a subject of "HELP". *** Finger Daemons -- recmusic@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Rec.music.info Moderator) Finger this address for information about the moderator's whereabouts and his favourite albums of the moment. -- buckmr@rpi.edu (Rondel K. Buckmire) Finger this address for the most recent Billboard Top 10 charts. These charts are also posted to r.m.info each week. -- funga@ecf.toronto.edu (FUNG Alexander Yok-Wai) Finger this address for the most recent Radio & Records Top 40 chart. This chart is also posted to r.m.info each week. *** Buying stuff through e-mail -- 088940@doluni1.bitnet (Robert Steinberger) Disaster Area Industrial, Noise, strange, experimenta and Punk. -- dante!mason@uunet.UU.NET (Mason Jones) Charnel House Productions Noisy, percussive and experimental. -- ranjit@netcom.com (Ranjit Padmanabhan) Ranjit Padmanabhan Specializes in import CDs pertaining to Progessive Rock and Electronic music. -- spikep@tau-ceti.isc-br.com (Spike Pierson) CD's We Bee Sells all kinds of CD's, pop & classical. -- DISCLAIMER I suppose it's necessary to make this explicit: these addresses are provided as is, and I accept no responsibility for what these people may or may not do with your precious money. All risks are yours. There are other e-mail addresses around. I have included here only those people who replied to my e-mail enquiry. *** Gopher links -- gopher.micro.umn.edu (University of Minnesota) The directory 'Fun & Games/Music' contains a number of interesting services, including heavy metal information, discographies, lyrics and a gopher link to cs.uwp.edu (see next entry). -- cs.uwp.edu (University of Wisconsin-Parkside) The directory '(dir) Files available for public access/(dir) Music FTP archives' contains the gopher version of Dave Datta's Music FTP Archives (see the "Internet FTP Sites" article). *** WAIS Sources There are a few WAIS music-related databases. So far, they are few enough so that I can include the entire WAIS source description here. This may change as the list grows larger. (:source :ip-name "enuxva.eas.asu.edu" :tcp-port 8000 :database-name "music" :cost 0.00 :cost-unit :free :maintainer "sridhar@enuxha.eas.asu.edu" :description " Database of CDs of Indian Classical Music. You can search using keywords containing Ragas or Musician's name or anything that is present as a word in the database. Try Ali or Khan or Ravi or Shankar or Krishnan as a first search and see what format the database is in. Perhaps you might get an idea on what to search for. At present, this database contains mainly CDs of Hindustani Musicians. But please be patient. This database is still in development. This database eventually would be a collection of all Hindustani and Karnatic (or Carnatic) CDs available. Your feedback and input is highly valued and is appreciated. Sridhar (sridhar@enuxha.eas.asu.edu) " ) (:source :version 3 :ip-address "131.210.1.4" :ip-name "cs.uwp.edu" :tcp-port 210 :database-name "lyrics" :cost 0.00 :cost-unit :free :maintainer "datta@cs.uwp.edu" :subjects "liberal arts music lyrics songs singers" :description "Server for the Lyrics archives. The lyrics archives consists of complete lyrics to over 3000 songs made up of over 500 artists. All lyrics are gracefully donated by USENET readers and archive users. Please send any contributions or questions to datta@cs.uwp.edu. If you would like to get lyrics by artist instead of via wais searches, you can ftp cs.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4) and look in the /pub/music/lyrics directory for an Index file. I will also service e-mail requests. Search for the word 'index' to get the index file. " ) (:source :version 3 :ip-address "129.120.1.42" :ip-name "sol.acs.unt.edu" :tcp-port 210 :database-name "/usr/local/data/wais/midi" :cost 0.00 :cost-unit :free :maintainer "billy@unt.edu" :subjects "liberals arts music computers MIDI musicial instrument digital " :description "MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) documents It is commonly used to connect keyboards and sometimes computer together. " ) -- Leo Breebaart -- Moderator rec.music.info Submissions & other mail to: rec-music-info @ ph.tn.tudelft.nl !!! Requests for information do *not* belong in r.m.info! !!! Path: igor.rutgers.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!dutrun!dutrun2!recmusic From: rec-music-info@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart) Newsgroups: rec.music.info,news.answers Subject: REC.MUSIC.INFO: List of Usenet Musical Newsgroups Summary: This is a bi-weekly article that lists and briefly describes the music-related newsgroups to be found on Usenet. Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 92 04:01:55 GMT Expires: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 04:00:04 GMT Sender: news@dutrun2.tudelft.nl (UseNet News System) Reply-To: rec-music-info@ph.tn.tudelft.nl Followup-To: rec.music.misc Organization: Delft University of Technology Lines: 252 Approved: rec-music-info@ph.tn.tudelft.nl Supersedes: Originator: recmusic@galaxy Nntp-Posting-Host: ph.tn.tudelft.nl Archive-name: music/newsgroups Last-modified: $Date $ Version: 1.4 *** rec.music.info - List of Usenet Musical Newsgroups This forthnightly posted list of newsgroups is maintained by the current rec.music.info moderator, Leo Breebaart, who can be reached at rec-music-info@ph.tn.tudelft.nl. All comments, updates, new additions, etc. are more than welcome. If you do not know what newsgroups are, or how to read them, check out the introductory articles found in news.announce.newusers and news.answers, or ask somebody more experienced to help you. USENET MUSICAL NEWSGROUPS At the moment there are over 30 newsgroups on Usenet that deal with some genre, or artist, or aspect of music. These groups can be divided into four categories: moderated rec.music groups, unmoderated rec.music groups, alt groups and 'other' groups. Groups in the 'alt' hierarchy are 'unofficial' in that they are not created by standard Usenet voting procedures. Therefore, some sites prefer not to carry (all) of the alt newsgroups. 'Other' groups are those groups that do not reside in the rec.music or alt hierarchy, but which nevertheless might be of interest, musically. Here follows a brief description of each of these newsgroups. An '[FAQ]' behind the group name means that for this group a so-called Frequently Asked Questions article is maintained, which you really should read before attempting to post to the group in question. --- Moderated Groups -- rec.music.reviews Reviews of albums, singles, movies, books, concerts -- anything as long as it has to do with music. Moderator: Stewart Evans (stewarte@sco.com) -- rec.music.gaffa Kate Bush, Kate Bush, Kate Bush, some other women performers, let's not forget about Kate Bush, some other 'arty' performers, and did we mention Kate Bush yet? Moderator: Bill Wisner (love-hounds-request@eddie.mit.edu) -- rec.music.info [FAQ] This group. Moderator: Leo Breebaart (rec-music-info@ph.tn.tudelft.nl) --- Unmoderated Groups: -- rec.music.afro-latin Latin American music (Salsa, Merengue, etc) in general, with sidesteps to other forms of World music. -- rec.music.beatles Beatles' music. -- rec.music.bluenote [FAQ] The newsgroup for Blues and Jazz. -- rec.music.cd Discussions of the *music* should go elsewhere, but all other aspects of CD's, including non-(technical/hardware) ones, are discussed here. -- rec.music.christian Christian music, both traditional and contemporary. -- rec.music.classical [FAQ] Classical music. -- rec.music.country.western Country & Western music. -- rec.music.dementia Weird, strange, twisted, demented music (as in comedy & novelty). Ah-aaah! -- rec.music.dylan Bob Dylan's music. -- rec.music.early Early music, as in *before* classical. -- rec.music.folk Folk music, from sea shanties to singer-songwriters. -- rec.music.funky Dance, rap, funk and other 'black' music forms. -- rec.music.gdead The Grateful Dead's music -- rec.music.indian.classical Classical Indian (as in Asian) music. -- rec.music.indian.misc Other Indian (still as in Asian) music. -- rec.music.industrial [FAQ] Industrial, 'techno' music. -- rec.music.makers A group for people who make music instead of just listening to it. -- rec.music.marketplace Got something for sale? Looking to buy something? This is the place. -- rec.music.misc Main musical discussion group. Musical omnivores read and post here. -- rec.music.newage New Age music. -- rec.music.phish Cult group Phish's music. -- rec.music.synth Another group for music makers: synthesizer players, in this case. -- rec.music.video Video clips and music video's. --- Alt Groups: -- alt.emusic Music about things that start with an 'e' (as in electronic, exotic, ethnic, etc.) No joke... -- alt.exotic-music World music, mostly Asian-oriented. -- alt.fan.enya Enya's (as in 'Orinoco Flow') music. -- alt.fan.frank-zappa Frank Zappa's music. -- alt.fan.jimmy-buffett Jimmy Buffett's music and tour information. -- alt.fan.peter-hamill Peter Hamill's music. -- alt.music.alternative Alternative or indie music. Generally defined as That Which Is Not Top 40. -- alt.music.category-freak Currently an empty group.. -- alt.music.enya Enya's (as in 'Orinoco Flow') music. Don't ask me about the difference between this group and alt.fan.enya... -- alt.music.filk Folk music, with usually funny or parody lyrics, often having to do with Science Fiction. -- alt.music.karaoke Currently an empty group. -- alt.music.machines.of.loving.grace Currently an empty group. -- alt.music.pop.will.eat.itself Currently an empty group. -- alt.music.progressive Progressive Rock, as it was defined in the 70's (i.e. what non-experts might call 'symphonic'): groups like Yes, Gentle Gint and Genesis. Don't confuse 'progressive' with 'alternative'! -- alt.music.rush Rush's music. -- alt.music.the.police The Police's music. -- alt.music.the.police.ctl I have no idea what this group is for. -- alt.rap Rap music. -- alt.rap-gdead For fans of both rap music and the Grateful Dead. Really. -- alt.rave Rave music, parties, and the whole associated scene. -- alt.rock-n-roll Rock music, of the 'soft' or 'classic' kind. -- alt.rock-n-roll.acdc [FAQ] AC/DC's music. -- alt.rock-n-roll.hard Rock music, of the classic 'hard' kind, e.g. Guns 'n Roses, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple. -- alt.rock-n-roll.metal Heavy Metal music, as in *real* metal (Slayer, Venom, Motorhead). Definitely *not* for Classic Rock or for Def Leppard. -- alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy Death metal and other REAL metal, even realer than that discussed in a.r.metal. -- alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive Progressive metal. They tell me groups like Queensryche, Fates Warning and Crimson Glory belong here. -- alt.rock-n-roll.metal.metallica Metallica's music. -- alt.thrash Hardcore, alternative (metal) thrash music. --- Other Groups -- bit.listserv.emusic-l Technical discussion of electronic music. -- bit.listserv.allmusic Discussion of all forms of music. -- comp.music Applications of computers in music research. -- rec.folk-dancing A group not only about folk-dancing, but also about the dance music itself. -- rec.games.trivia This group often has lyrics or other musical quizzes. [ I'm looking for folks to give me some good, reliable info on some of the other 'other' groups, most notably the .radio and the .makers groups. Anybody? ] --- Local Groups Your site may carry local newsgroups (as in: local to your site, your area, your country, your continent -- anything that does not have world-wide distribution) that may very well be about music. Check with your news administrator for more info on those groups. -- Leo Breebaart -- Moderator rec.music.info Submissions & other mail to: rec-music-info @ ph.tn.tudelft.nl !!! Requests for information do *not* belong in r.m.info! !!! .