organizing vinyl

[armoured d]

Piles on the floor in wrong sleeves.

[formzee]

big fucking boxes

[profound]

I think one of the greatest things about modern America is the computerization of audio.

I used to organise by label, but that kinda sucked, so just by artist atm.
Although it's kinda though, as only like 10% of my vinyls is in the right sleeve lol.

[saxe]

i have some 2000+ records and organizing is an issue definitely. i remember a film about that, someone reordering his collection everytime he breaks a relationship..

mine are sorted by genre, chronologically (years), styles within genres and by cover similarity. this has worked out fine for me because i´m bad in remembering track/artist names but i nearly ALWAYS know how the record looks like that i´m searching for. i have a lot of associations by looking at covers (which is one of the reasons for being unhappy with digital audio), so i put e.g. white covers from a certain period and a certain style next to each other.

sorting by artist necessarily destroys chronologic sorting and vice versa, and so on. i think the best is to develop a floating, flexible system basing on associative "paths", everyone will create this system to their specific needs..i think you get the point.

by the way, its the same with sorting books...no, even harder. by author? by themes? by format? unlike with vinyl,i am reordering books monthly.



as for the cds, i recommend 1 title per cd. it gives you the highest flexibility in mixing (obviously you cant mix tracks being on the same cd) and makes it easy to sort alphabetically. try to sign your cds individually - it´s the only "haptic" orientation you have.

good thread btw