Discogs founder Kevin Lewandowski marks 25 years of the music database and marketplace

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Twenty-five years after founding Discogs, Kevin Lewandowski has built a platform known widely among vinyl collectors and music enthusiasts. Originally a marketplace for buying and selling records, the site has grown into a detailed database covering albums, singles, and their various versions and pressings. Users can use it to track down specific releases, such as particular pressings of well-known albums. The article's excerpt is brief and cuts off before covering further details of the story.

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