sideshowbob
Champagne fascia aficionado
John Zorn has lived in the same apartment since 1977. His record collection is so big that he had to have the kitchen removed years ago to make more space, he eats out instead.
Collection Sorting Questions
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paulfromcamden
Baffled
I think seeing Zorn on the South Bank Show as a teenager - in an apartment seemingly constructed from records! - was quite a formative experience.
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
Between Testcard F and Them here.
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
And that’s probably just the Tzadik catalogue.
kensalriser
pfm Member
Really, you just need to pick a system that works for you (ie you can remember it). Mine is split into genres and country of release (US/UK/Europe), then indie labels by catalogue number and major labels alphabetically by group name or artist surname, divided by year of release. That's for electronic dance and house 12", other genres and albums are simply alphabetical by artist name. It's a bit convoluted but that's how it's evolved and I'm familiar with it.
Nagraboy
Ausculta fili
Mine are stored roughly in genres but in no order within the genres, then the Jazz is split up into Blue Note, Impulse!, other labels, box sets, and vocal jazz. A bit random but I know where I to find them, maybe if I had thousands it would be worth having a proper system.
Amber Audio
This is the Day
Separate shelving unit, set slightly apart from the lesser artists
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
The most heated argument I ever had stoned was whether Iggy Pop should be filed under I or P.
Seeker_UK
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
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ex brickie
pfm Member
It doesn’t give the full answer but segmenting by genres or types (eg male vocal) can help
For those of you with a healthy collection of 12” singles (like me) - would I be right in assuming that you keep the 12” singles separately from the LPs - not mixed together? Or maybe not……..
Big Tabs
looking backwards, going forwards
It doesn’t give the full answer but segmenting by genres or types (eg male vocal) can help
For those of you with a healthy collection of 12” singles (like me) - would I be right in assuming that you keep the 12” singles separately from the LPs - not mixed together? Or maybe not……..
12” Singles in separate boxes. Same with 7” Singles. L.P’s on shelves and in boxes.
I vaguely have genre groupings, but I am not formal about where records live. I have a box of ‘recently played’ records (about 100) and that box contents is changing frequently. There might be a few 12” Singles in there.
Graham H
pfm Member
Easy - file next to Talk Talk.
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
I think Elton John should be under J, but Iggy under I. When managing my digital collection, the first two stooges albums are grouped under Iggy Pop, but on vinyl they are under The Stooges. I just roll that way.
foxwelljsly
Me too, I ate one sour too.
7" singles are in two big boxes - 'Disco in a Box' and 'Everything else'. The 'Disco in a Box' is exactly that - you can dip in at random and every side is a dance floor killer - mainly rare 60's and 70's soul and funk. The discs are roughly grouped by label.
The 'Everything Else' box is completely disordered and has loads of Crass Records 7"s, a Ted Nugent promo and Eye of the Tiger in it, so to be treated with caution. Bizarrely, the Eye of the Tiger 7" is one of the best sounding records I have ever heard.
The 'Everything Else' box is completely disordered and has loads of Crass Records 7"s, a Ted Nugent promo and Eye of the Tiger in it, so to be treated with caution. Bizarrely, the Eye of the Tiger 7" is one of the best sounding records I have ever heard.
paulfromcamden
Baffled
It did occur to me that Mr Osterberg should be under S just as John Lennon is under B and Marc Bolan is under T.