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How do you guys organize your records?

PlanetPlanet 589 Posts
edited November 2005 in Record Collecting
I'm thinking of reorginizing my records again and I need some ideas besides alphabetical order. I'm thinking of seperating 12" singles from LPs. How do you guys have yours organized? Ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks
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  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    spine color.
  • djrdjr 511 Posts
    spine color.

    now that's pretty wild.
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    spine color.
    What do you do in the case of seam splits?
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    Price/value.
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    spine color.
    What do you do in the case of seam splits?

    split seam section, duh!

  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    serial number
  • DJCireDJCire 729 Posts
    spine color.

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    Price/value.

    well, which is it?
  • NateBizzoNateBizzo 2,328 Posts
    I have zero Organization.



    I go by genre, but even then Shit is a mess.



    I'm not that nit picky about it. I do have a general idea to where everything is though.
  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    I don't own any records to organize, but if I did it would also be spine color. Didn't Evil Dee do that?

    I'm a Soul Strut poseur.
  • PlanetPlanet 589 Posts
    Spine Color is wild. That may work if all of the spines of my records had titles but they don't.
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    Spine Color is wild. That may work if all of the spines of my records had titles but they don't.

    uhhhh... see: title-less section.
  • PlanetPlanet 589 Posts
    Spine Color is wild. That may work if all of the spines of my records had titles but they don't.

    uhhhh... see: title-less section.

    Damn that's too complicated. I need simplicity.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    not very well. they're roughly in genres, but i'm running out of space so anything new goes into haphazard piles wherever there is space to lean records.



    i hate the way my 45s are set up though, so hard to go through them quickly - have to pull them all out to go through. need to find some decent and cheap boxes...but alas, where would I put those?

  • jjfad027jjfad027 1,594 Posts
    1st by genre then by BPM
  • planlessplanless 819 Posts
    genre
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    I don't.
    I just have shit looking neat.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    I'm thinking of reorginizing my records again and I need some ideas besides alphabetical order.

    for me, ABC order is the best way to do it, since my tastes are so diverse that there's a lot of overlap
  • JLRJLR 3,835 Posts
    smell
  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts
    Can't go wrong with the "High Fidelity" method: Autobiographical. This method might leave less to the imagination, especially to the critical heads purusing your collection. Still, the trick is to be honest.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    I'm thinking of reorginizing my records again and I need some ideas besides alphabetical order.

    for me, ABC order is the best way to do it, since my tastes are so diverse that there's a lot of overlap

    Speaking of this...I was in a Best Buy recently where they used to have the DVDs sorted by genre (action, comedy,drama,etc.) then alpha w/in the genre. Went back, they had rearranged to strictly A-Z. I couldn't believe how difficult shopping became. It took all the fun out of it (browsing sci-fi, then horror, what action pics are out) and made it like research. I intended to buy a DVD, but left completely frustrated.

    I actually do my LPs by genre (jazz, latin, rock, soul,etc) and TRY to keep the bulk of them alpabetical. My movies and books are completely without organization.
  • DocBeezyDocBeezy 1,918 Posts
    yep.

    Genre then alpha.

    easy as pie.
  • CousinLarryCousinLarry 4,618 Posts
    yep.

    Genre then alpha.

    easy as pie.

    This and I also keep the 12in seperate from the LP's. I thought about putting the 12s in order of bpm, but its to hard with b-sides and all so I stuck with alpha.
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    First I divide my records into two sections

    1. Reissues jacked up to give them character
    2. Everything else

    Then proceed alphabetically.
  • troublemantroubleman 1,928 Posts
    I organize them by genre and thats it. When they're unalphabetical it's more fun to randomly pull a record and be pleaseantly surprised.
  • whatwhatwhatwhat 89 Posts
    In order by raerity.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    genre
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Price/value.

    This makes it easier for the burglars.
    make sure you have the price tages still on 'em too.
  • DjArcadianDjArcadian 3,633 Posts
    The ones on top of my pile I listen to a lot.
    The ones in the middle of my pile I used to listen to a lot.
    The ones on my shelves never get listened to.
    The crates in my closest are full of Andy Williams records.

    It's all very scientific.
  • E_DailyE_Daily 812 Posts
    Rock/Psych(+folk)
    Funk/Soul
    Library/OSTs
    Rap Lps
    Rap 12"s
    Strange/spoken word/Private pressing/SUPERRAER (this is my favorite cubical in the expedit )
    Jazz/Jazz-fusion/polish-jazz
    Old Jazz (50s-early 60s)

    I don't get into the ABC thing though, those categories mostly help me find a joint in less than 50 seconds.
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