Nerding out while a record plays
The record's on and the sleeve is in your lap. This is the moment Gatefold was built for: everything the sleeve doesn't tell you, and everything else on your shelf it connects to.
Can the record show itself?
Prop a spare phone or tablet by the turntable and open Marquee. It hears the record, finds it on your shelf, and shows your copy's cover big, with the Clerk's take on it. It logs the spin and, if you've connected Last.fm, scrobbles it. Free. What Marquee is.
What's on the album page?
- The tracklist with who played on each track, where the credits have it: vocals first, then guitar, then drums. Most tracks carry an estimated tempo (≈BPM).
- The Pressing Chain for your copy, when there's enough to draw it: where it was recorded, who produced and mastered it, and the plant that pressed it. Tap a studio or a plant to see everything else on your shelf made there.
- The Room: the studio it was cut in, and what else on your shelf came out of that room.
- Also With: everyone credited, the people on other records of yours first. Tap a producer or engineer for their page: Person pages.
- Did You Know: trivia, milestones and live history, when there's real lore for that album.
What else did that engineer work on?
Search your shelf by the people and places behind it: credit:Steve Albini, engineer:, master:, studio:Sound City, plant:. Detail: Search by credits, studios, plants and places.
Can I talk it over with the Clerk?
Yes. On the record's page, Kebab (3 dots) > Ask the Clerk. Ask about Eddie Hazel's guitar on "Maggot Brain" and he'll keep going as long as you do. Who played on a record you own comes from its credits, and when a credit isn't on file he won't make one up. On a free account one quarter buys 5 chat sessions, and MOSH has no meter. What the Clerk does.
