Re: your last purchases of records
that's very much what i observe. while i'm not as bitter as some (mostly former mods) about the whole change i still see the general tendency to shit quality as a grave threat. i'm sure they could have increased the marketplace revenue without selling their grandmothers.
problem is, where to turn to? they have the most complete database to date...
There is a new forum that was put up a few months ago about this: http://discogs.actieforum.com/about-f1/
The Discogs data can be pulled via API, so it wouldn't be too hard just to get all the currently live submissions and create your own database.