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[jamieanderson1968]

JFC you people are making me think about work on this most solemn and sacred Canalandia holidays, Victoria Day.

File your records how you want but to do it correctly you need to ignore the first A or The etc.

Now back to thinking about what I should have for lunch.

 

[Nee Lewman]

JFC you people are making me think about work on this most solemn and sacred Canalandia holidays, Victoria Day.

File your records how you want but to do it correctly you need to ignore the first A or The etc.

Now back to thinking about what I should have for lunch.

 

[gcowgill]

Wait, you guys don't file by the label's catalog number?

 

[Elric of Melnibone]

I have too many records and too little memory to find everything without some occasional assistance.

I only need the discogs to figure out if i have a particular album if in away from the collection, but if im looking for an album in the collection and im there i can find it

I also subdivide by genre

 

[Nee Lewman]

Wait, you guys don't file by the label's catalog number?

Well then you have to consider where to put the labels…

 

[gcowgill]

Alphabetical by label, of course, and skipping articles.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Do you put everyone by first name then?

First off HOW DARE YOU!!

Btw, @TenderLovingKiller®, this isn't a mocking question. Genuinely curious. I used to sort by discogs, but I like a little more separation between some genres now.

Secondly, yeah all the Bob’s, all the Tom’s all the Steve’s and all the John’s are grouped together sitting together side by side.

I would to separate by Genre but I like too many artists that are “genre fluid”. Do I keep Wilco with The Rock titles or Alt Rock or Country? I don’t wanna think about that when I am looking for a record.

Plus you get some fun neighbors like Sister Rosetta Tharp next to The Skull Snaps and Slayer.

 

[avecigrec]

JFC you people are making me think about work on this most solemn and sacred Canalandia holidays, Victoria Day.

File your records how you want but to do it correctly you need to ignore the first A or The etc.

Now back to thinking about what I should have for lunch.

I'm at a parade AND engaging with this!

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Here is a brain twister. Where do you file Alice Cooper (band) and Alice Cooper (performing artist)?

 

[Elric of Melnibone]

First off HOW DARE YOU!!

Secondly, yeah all the Bob’s, all the Tom’s all the Steve’s and all The John’s are grouped together sitting together side by side.

I would to separate by Genre but I like too many artists that are “genre fluid”. Do I keep Wilco with The Rock titles or Alt Rock or Country? I don’t wanna think about that when I am looking for a record.

Plus you get some fun neighbors like Sister Rosetta Tharp next to The Skull Snaps and Slayer.

Youre thinking to much dont sub genre your genre sections. I keep mine simple:

Rock/Metal
Jazz
Classical
Country
R&B/Funk/Soul
Rap/Hip Hop
Pop/Dance/Electronic
Salsa
Christmas

And then all my japanese artists/bands are together subdivided into the Rock/Metal, Pop, and Jazz

 

[Elric of Melnibone]

Here is a brain twister. Where do you file Alice Cooper (band) and Alice Cooper (performing artist)?

Together, as they were a band before Vincent took over completely

 

[Nee Lewman]

If Mandolin Orange ever releases their first album on vinyl, it will be as Watchouse and I will die of an aneurysm.

 

[Joe Mac]

Have I mentioned that my wife, the English major, sorts books this way?

Who are all these authors with The as a surname?

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I only need the discogs to figure out if i have a particular album if in away from the collection, but if im looking for an album in the collection and im there i can find it

I also subdivide by genre

That sound like it works well for your situation. For me, I am nearing 2,000 albums and have several dozen that have yet to be sorted into my library due lack of capacity (I need to do a purge ASAP) and sometimes if I am looking through the overflow stack, I have to thumb through those like 2 or 3 times before I find what I am looking for. It’s pretty annoying.

 

[Hemotep]

That sound like it works well for your situation. For me, I am nearing 2,000 albums and have several dozen that have yet to be sorted into my library due lack of capacity (I need to do a purge ASAP) and sometimes if I am looking through the overflow stack, I have to thumb through those like 2 or 3 times before I find what I am looking for. It’s pretty annoying.

This is me. The stacks have more than the shelves now. Can't find shit.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Together, as they were a band before Vincent took over completely

And that is what I do, under A for Alice.

But this is where it gets tricky. Where do you file Iggy Pop? And David Bowie? Both are just stage names like Alice Cooper.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Who are all these authors with The as a surname?

First of all, what does this have to do with filing by color?

There is at least one dumbass named “The First Defiler”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Youre thinking to much dont sub genre your genre sections. I keep mine simple:

Rock/Metal
Jazz
Classical
Country
R&B/Funk/Soul
Rap/Hip Hop
Pop/Dance/Electronic
Salsa
Christmas

And then all my japanese artists/bands are together subdivided into the Rock/Metal, Pop, and Jazz

Genre’s are a slippery slope for me. I do tend to pull all my seasonal albums out of the stacks around the holidays for easy access but once the season is over the get sorted backing into the shelves via Discogs.

 

[Nee Lewman]

This is me. The stacks have more than the shelves now. Can't find shit.

I have plenty of shelves. These are all the records I have not shelved due to not having been played (or less than three times):

Actually the white ube cube is Christmas.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Genre’s are a slippery slope for me. I do tend to pull all my seasonal albums out of the stacks around the holidays for easy access but once the season is over the get sorted backing into the shelves via Discogs.

I tried genre for a while. Eno was a mess and all over the place