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...is simply the most complete reference ever available anywhere on singles released in America from the beginning (1949) up through the end of the millenium. This 5 Volume reference now contains 4,200+ discographies, 4,500+ pages, 1,500,000+ titles and weighs more than twenty-two pounds.!

"THE DIRECTORY" began in the late 70's as a small collection of individual artist and label discographies, and has grown and evolved into its present form by a series of supplements, additions, reprints, etc. The 20^th Anniversary Edition, published in 1997, consolidated all of the supplements, additions and corrections of the past into an updated 4 Volume edition. The new Volume 5, introduced in 2000 made this work an even more unbelievable reference. BUT WE HAVEN'T QUIT - SEE THE EXCITING NEWS BELOW!

FIRST-TIME BUYERS: The price of the complete 25th Anniversary 4-Volume set, plus the new Volume 5 is $265.00 + $15 Postage & Insurance in the continental US, or $85 for airmail postage on orders from outside the US. This is all you need. It includes everything listed below except the Re-Issue and Picture Sleeve Supplements, which are available separately at $22.50 each.

If you would like a brochure with more information about "THE DIRECTORY", email us your mailing address, and we'll get it right out to you.

OLD CUSTOMERS!! Find out what the cost would be to totally update your older copy of "THE DIRECTORY". If you bought an earlier edition and we lost track of you because you moved, click on the "old-timer" below.

2005 - 2 NEW PUBLICATIONS
Available either 3-hole punched to put in "The Directory", or spiral-bound as separate books

1. Re-Issue Supplement To "The Directory"
$22.50 + $2.50 S&H ($10.00 outside the US)

Offered briefly in the late 70's until the printer lost the negatives! Recently found and expanded to include later releases, this 173-page supplement includes reissue-only labels like Lost Nite, Collectables, Bim Bam Boom, Eric, Flashback, Oldies 45, Radio Avtive Gold, Relic, etc., and also includes the reissue series of labels, such as the Columbia Hall of Fame Series, Capitol Starline, Elektra Spun Gold, U.A. Silver Spotlight Series, etc. Over 80 different labels in all.

2. Picture Sleeve Supplement To "The Directory"
$22.50 + $2.50 S&H ($10.00 outside the US)

First available in 2000 as part of the brand new Volume 5, both Volume 5 and the Picture Sleeve Supplement no longer fit in the same binder! Therefore, the newly revised and expanded 168-page Picture Sleeve Supplement is now a separate publication. It lists all known 45-RPM picture sleeves, both alphabetically by label and by artist. With the help of many collectors and researchers, all of the "phantom" sleeves seen in other guides, are not listed in this guide. Now 14,000+ listings!

It also includes a listing of the 70's/80's MCA & RCA colored wax Country promos, listed both alphabetically by artist and by label.

SPECIAL! Order Supplements 1 & 2 together - $43.00 & save 13%!
($49.50 outside the US)(Special price includes S&H)

ALSO AVAILABLE FOR OLDER CUSTOMERS!!
2004 REVISED VOLUME 5 - Newly revised, expanded and reprinted
$55.00 + $5.00 S&H ($20 outside the US)

In 2000, we introduced a brand new Volume 5 to the 4-Volume "Directory of American 45 RPM Records". It included 1,522 never before available label discographies, including many of the small independent labels. We also included a new Picture Sleeve Supplement, listing about 12,000 45 RPM picture sleeves (more than any other publication). The response to the smaller labels was so terrific that we assembled the old research gang and started digging some more. The result was so not only thousands of additions to those labels, but the reconstruction of over 1,120 label discographies not included previously. Great doowop labels, soul labels, bluegrass labels, pop labels, gospel labels and rock labels. Volume 5 was introduced with 453 pages, half of which was the Picture Sleeve Supplement. The New Revised Volume 5 has 536 pages WITHOUT the Picture Sleeve Supplement (which due to hundreds of additions, was then made a separate publication to keep the cost of the 5-Volume set down). The result is a Revised Volume 5 that far outshines the original, with almost 2,700 label discographies, 2/3 of the 4,200+ label discographies in "The Directory". This revised Volume 5 is available separately, but is part of the 5-Volume set if you are a 1st-time buyer of "THE DIRECTORY".

This Additions/Corrections supplement for Volumes 1-4, the first in four years, contains 240 pages (twice as thick as previous supplements) of new additions and corrections and replacement pages for active labels, updating "THE DIRECTORY" so that it now covers 55 years of the little record with the big hole - from 1949 through the end of 2003. Thousands of new listings.

SPECIAL! Order the 2004 COMBO (both) - $87.50 & save 13%!
(Customers outside the US, please add $25 for postage)

INDIVIDUAL DISCOGRAPHIES

We have not offered individual discograpies for sale since 1978. Because of so many requests, we are again making them available. Now you can order any discography in the directory individually. Prices are listed below. Email us and we will let you know how many pages are the discographies you request. There are about 150 releases listed per page. Price includes US Postage. Out of US - postage added.

	First Page of Each Discography	Each Additional Page
1 Discography	$5.00	$.50
2-5 Discographies	$3.50	$.35
6-10 Discographies	$2.50	$.25
11 or more Discographies	$2.00	$.20

Both of these publications are available as insertible supplements to "The Directory", or as stand-alone spiral-bound books. Current customers, watch your mail. New customers, watch the space.