CD and record stores online

CDconnection.com - domestic and import CDs - my favorite

Vinyl Vendors - used and new LP and CD store

Aeon Music - progressive rock LPs, CDs and singles

Amazon.com's Music Store - new domestic and import CDs

CDNOW - new domestic and import CDs

German Music Express - import CDs from Europe and Japan

SecondSpin.com - used CDs, videotapes, and DVDs

Cellophane Square - used and new CDs

CD JAPAN - Japanese CDs direct from Japan

CD Plus - Canadian CDs

Doo Wop Shoo Bop - doo wop CDs and related merchandise

TheWho - TheWhoDirect.com - official Who site for CDs and collectibles

The Deep Purple Online Store - official Deep Purple site for CDs and collectibles

 

Record Labels

Rhino Records - the best reissue label around

    Rhino Handmade - limited edition, mail-order only Rhino releases
Eel Pie - Pete Townshend's private record company

Quinlan Road - Loreena McKennitt's personal label

Discipline Global Mobile - Robert Fripp's adventurous record label -- home of King Crimson

    DGM - Launching Official Bootlegs Online

Bomp! Records - home of the Pebbles series of '60s garage band reissues

Arf! Arf! Records - reissue label for '60s American punk/psychedelia/teen music

King Biscuit - live CDs from the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show

 

Yes - the band

Yes: Where are they now? - incredibly complete and useful info page on new releases of all kinds, tours, rumors
khoroshev.com - official site for Yes's current keyboardist
Bill Bruford Discography - solo albums, session work, and bands
Yes & related discography - 1991 discography of Yes & solo releases -- lots of good info
Rick Wakeman's Communications Centre - official Wakeman site, with big discography, biography, news
Yeshoo! - huge collection of Yes links, modeled after Yahoo
Forgotten Yesterdays - huge list of gigs 1968-present, with setlists
Yesgigs 1966-1980 - day-by-day list of gigs, including the pre-Yes Syn and Tomorrow
Notes From the Edge - home of the Internet Yes newsletter
 

Other artists

Pete Townshend - official site
The Who.net - fan site with discography, etc.
The Who Direct - official site
The Lifehouse - fan page about the famous Pete Townshend/Who project
The Official Moody Blues Web Site - just what it says
Purple People - home of Purple Records, DPAS and the Purple Archives - Deep Purple-related stuff
Donovan - great fan site with discographies and lots of other info
Fairport Convention Home Page - official site
Deep Purple - The Official Homepage: The Highway Star - official site
The Liverpool Beatles Album -links, etc.
History - Beatles Net Links - more Beatles links
Introducing The Beatles - comprehensive info on all of the variations of this, "the world's most counterfeited album"
The Official Jethro Tull Website - as it says
The OFFICIAL ELP Global Web Site - with official merchandise, etc.
EXPERIENCE HENDRIX iNTERACTIVE | The Official Jimi Hendrix Web Site -as it says
Roger Waters - official site
Steeleye Span - fan site with discography & other good info
Pentangle Pages - official site
 

Chinese music

Wind Records, Taiwan - Chinese record company with an extensive catalog
Sunrise Records, LTD. - record company based in Taiwan - selected CDs are available to order in America
Big Sky Music - Chinese music label
The Chinese Music Society of North America - homepage of the organization
China: Classical Music - extensive lists of recommendations by T.M. McComb, concentrating on qin music
RootsWorld: Music of China and Nepal - numerous CD reviews
RootsWorld: Recording Reviews: China - short review article
ANCIENT CHINESE MUSIC - music clips and a bit of info
George Gao - homepage of an erhu virtuoso based in Canada - CDs and instruments for sale
Melody of China - a Chinese music performing group based in San Francisco - CDs and instruments for sale
Gao Hong - homepage of a pipa soloist - CDs for sale
John Thompson and the Guqin - homepage of a guqin player, with extensive guqin information
August 30, 1996 - A Gadfly on the Fiddle - CNN story about Xu Ke, erhu virtuoso who plays Western classical music on the instrument

Chinese Mall, IBIS Company - many Chinese products for sale, including CDs

OneAsia.com - Asian music

HKPOP - Asian pop CDs
IMAR ONLINE - Internet store for Asian music
whatUseek - list of Chinese music links
Chinascape: Chinese Music - list of Chinese music links
 

Miscellaneous

The Sky Goes All the Way Home - an interesting charity album with an interesting story
All-Music Guide - huge collection of music discographies, biographies, and reviews - I've written for them
Classical Notes, Peter Gutmann, CD reviews, articles, expanded Goldmine columns - interesting classical reviews
Classical Net - extensive info about classical music
Terry Hounsome Record Researcher - sells a huge database of record info
Prindle Rock And Roll Record Review Site - a homegrown review site
Nuggets index (by title) - a handy index of the various Nuggets '60s compilations
Bob Tarte's "Technobeat" Archives - world music reviews
Delerium's Psychedelic Web - the archive contains an immense amount of info about obscure rockers, 1963-1975
Goldmine by Krause Publications - music collectors' magazine
The Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock - huge collection of info from fans about progressive rock bands
Gibson's Caffe Milano - Nashville
World Music Resource Guide - sources and selection tools