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I'm kind of stuck with this right now trying to range my records for some time now.
It seems to me that with each genre you have to follow a different method,
as certain genres offer more no-label stuff or one-off labels, wheras in another genre you'll find large labels with a very wide selection of artists.
with the ghetto techno for example I did everything by label, and dubstep the same, both leaving individual records aside together.
but now with grime and uk garage I'm stuck.
I've put all my dj wire records for example together, and my dump valve so there's the combination of certain producers, certain labels and certain styles.
however.
what the fuck do I do if I only got 4 Alias records, 3 Social Circles records, and not much more dxp releases?
seems a bit stupid to make a different package in my closet for so little many records that are some of my fav's.
so any suggestions on how to keep your records ranged properly?

I do it by sound. Which ones are heavy, mellow, acoustic-ish, offbeat... That way when I'm playing I flip to the section in my box that has the tune that would best match what's currently playing.

I could be doing it "wrong", but that's what works for me when playing at home or at shows.

Sounds OCD, but i have mine arranged in alphabetical by artist, iv only got a collection of about 60 or so,and i know pretty much all of my vinyls back to front, so its time saving for me when i wanna pull out the next song.
I know its a bad way of doing it though, i'll slowly stop doing it when i gather more vinyls.

skittlenik wrote:Sounds OCD, but i have mine arranged in alphabetical by artist, iv only got a collection of about 60 or so,and i know pretty much all of my vinyls back to front, so its time saving for me when i wanna pull out the next song.
I know its a bad way of doing it though, i'll slowly stop doing it when i gather more vinyls.

stop it you're doing it all wrong!

genre/label/artist - alphabetically of course

my mate does the same but through chronological order in there too

genre, catalog number, then onto an excel sheet i keep printed and label the shelves by labels so easy to find
how i used to
atm it's a clusterfuck

i just stick em in my crates in order of purchase really. i need to find a better method though, starting to forget where lots of them are and i skip over em when quickly looking for the next record.

CityMavrick wrote:I do it by sound. Which ones are heavy, mellow, acoustic-ish, offbeat... That way when I'm playing I flip to the section in my box that has the tune that would best match what's currently playing.

I could be doing it "wrong", but that's what works for me when playing at home or at shows.

This is what has always worked for me

No order

I have mine aranged in weight, then thickness, then by number of grooves

seriously though i wish i did have some order to my records, in fact the only order is by size of sleeve albums/ big sleeves at the back, normal 12" in the middle, white labels at the front. it doesnt work seeing as my record collection is ever expanding i now have to sleep with about 40 records on my bed, next to my head...... i need more space

mine are done by label, with a seperate section for 1-off tunes that dont fit anywhere

i geeked right out the other day and put pos-it note labels to divide up the sections

Firstly I split them by genre, then by artist then by sub genre

Definitely by genre/sound. Heavy, Dubby, 2-steppy, 4x4 with the ones that can bridge the gaps between styles next to each other for a natural progression.

I'm only just starting off DJing (only got my decks 3 months ago) and it helps me think about how I build/pace my mixes though I think it only helps me cos I'm a bit simple!

EDIT: After houseparties, the order is completely fucked and records in wrong sleeves (due to too much booze etc) so Ihave to start from scratch every time!

Alphabetically.

this is probably going to sound really stupid and not of any help whatsoever but i basically arrange my records just by where i think they should go, where i firstly think to look when that song comes into my head. This does mean that i tend to play the same songs a lot though because my most played tunes come to the front and stay there, but in the past i've tried arranging them and they've just become really disorganised almost instantly, so i think this is the best system.

genre

Label (whites in front)

chronology (dmz001, dmz002, ...)


wouldn't want it any other way, def not in large collections

para wrote:genre

Label (whites in front)

chronology (dmz001, dmz002, ...)

Exactly this except all whitelabels at the very back.

However My drum & Bass is split into Liquid/General dnb and Jump up/Minimal & unique.

I always put them back at one end of the shelf, then I know where they are by how long it is since I played them.
mostly I can just kinda remember where I put them though.

and anything i've listened to in the last few weeks is on the floor somewhere.

by genre.

anything that's getting played alot is usually to the right of the section of the relevant ikea expedit (every dj's friend) shelf.

stuff that's not getting played as much is in the middle.

stuff that i can't find has usually fallen behind the shelf.