Here are the best ways to find your favorite records on Discogs, eBay, or other online retailers ... from vinyl to cassettes and CDs, so you'll need to select the vinyl category before searching ...

Discogs is the central hub for buying and researching vinyl, CDs, and other music formats online. But increasing fees may drive sellers away from the platform.

(In vinyl's heyday, popular records were pressed at multiple plants across the U.S.) Understand that this complicates how you'll engage with Discogs' user interface to find the right record.

(In vinyl's heyday, popular records were pressed at multiple plants across the U.S.) Understand that this complicates how you'll engage with Discogs' user interface to find the right record.

Discogs is essentially a vast, user-built and maintained database of physical music releases – primarily vinyl records, but also CDs, cassettes, and even digital files.