I used to use it just like you did, now
there seems to be no good equivalent to
the versatility of the OLD CDNow search
engine/database.

I’ve just recently been kicking around
my setlists, and thought it might be
interesting to see a chronological
breakdown of the songs I play. Nothing
fancy, just the year first released.

I hopped on the web, thought that would
be a relatively simple thing. What WAS
I thinking. Gracenote/CDDB seems to be
about the most “complete” listing, but
still not very convenient, as they only
have album dates, so I’d have to go
through each album with a certain track
to figure out which is the earliest of
a song.

Especially since I do a lot of “southern
rock”, etc. lots of stuff that’s been
on several compilations and “best of”,
sometimes odd, trying to find the first
appearance of song.

Any help out there on the web for some-
thing like this? A cross-referenced
discography that’s NOT limited to a
specific genre ?

Thanks!

Mike