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Crate Orginization....

YNOTYNOT in a studio apt mixing tuna with the ramen 417 Posts
edited May 2007 in Strut Central
What's the deal Nasa? I'm trying to go through my shit and sort it out. How do yall do it? I'm open to suggestions.

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  • buttonbutton 1,475 Posts
    roughly by genre, new arrivals leaned up against the outside
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    roughly by genre, new arrivals leaned up against the outside

    exactly

    plus a constant rotation pile

    within genre by artist or label
  • YNOTYNOT in a studio apt mixing tuna with the ramen 417 Posts
    Yeah I think Ima have to do it a similar way.

    So far I got.

    "Underground Hip-Hop"
    Party Hip-Hop
    Soul
    Funk
    Jazz
    B-Boy ish
    Dancehall/regge/dun
    gid rid off/junk

    Im rediscovering some shit tucked away. Plus I keep getting sidetracked by shit I wanna listen too.
  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    Hey,

    I'm gonna start packin' my vinyls up tomorrow. This will not be fun, but it could be worse. I could be the one loading them on a moving van (did this twice before, not fun). Thank God for moving companies and employer-paid relocation funds!!!

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Separating these:


    "Underground Hip-Hop"
    Party Hip-Hop

    and these:

    Soul
    Funk

    seems a bit unnecessary. What's that all about?
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    I should really do this too. But when you have 200 crates (like me) it's tough.
  • KineticKinetic 3,739 Posts
    Hey,

    I'm gonna start packin' my vinyls up tomorrow. This will not be fun, but it could be worse. I could be the one loading them on a moving van (did this twice before, not fun). Thank God for moving companies and employer-paid relocation funds!!!

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

    I just moved the bulk of my collection last week to my new place.

    It was not fun. After packing boxes that fitted about a crate and a half of records and lugging 30-odd boxes this size up and down stairs and to and form cars, my back, arms and legs were aching for a week!

    The new pad is looking good now though as I got one of those big 185x185 (yeah in cm, its the metric system motherfuckaz) expedits and it sits nizely next to my DJ gear.
  • KineticKinetic 3,739 Posts
    Separating these:


    "Underground Hip-Hop"
    Party Hip-Hop

    and these:

    Soul
    Funk

    seems a bit unnecessary. What's that all about?

    Yeah I reckon. I got all hip-hop in one section - 12's a-z and LPs a-z. All soul, funk and jazz stuff is in one system filed a-z. The only thing I have organised by labl is my relatively new salsoul 12" collection - it's just easier that way since I go to it for DJ-related purposes.
  • ZEN2ZEN2 1,540 Posts


    "Underground Hip-Hop"
    Party Hip-Hop
    Soul
    Funk
    Jazz
    B-Boy ish
    Dancehall/regge/dun
    gid rid off/junk




    No happy rap?

  • williedynamitewilliedynamite 263 Posts
    I just do the straight A-Z on everything. EPs and LPs in one section, 12"s in another... Simple. Efficient.
  • oripsorips 238 Posts
    funk/soul/jazz
    hip hop
    disco/dance
    rock/pop/folk
  • phatmoneysackphatmoneysack Melbourne 1,124 Posts
    My crates are organised thus:

    Hip Hop
    Hip Hop: 79-84
    Funk/Soul/Disco: Pre 1980
    Funk/Soul/Disco: Post 1980
    Classic Pop/Misc
    House/Dance
    Jazz
  • edulusedulus 421 Posts
    AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    LPs:[/b]

    Rock
    Soul/Funk/Jazz
    Hip Hop

    12"s and EPs:[/b]

    Hip Hop
    Everything else

    10"s:[/b]

    All together

    7"s:[/b]

    Rock
    Hip Hop
    Funk/Soul



    Everything A-Z.
  • KineticKinetic 3,739 Posts

    All together

    I'm waiting on new Expedit 10" edition.

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts

    All together

    I'm waiting on new Expedit 10" edition.


    Uh, I uh, meant all together in my room devoted to 10"s.


    Yeah, that's the ticket...
  • kicks79kicks79 1,343 Posts
    I just do the straight A-Z on everything. EPs and LPs in one section, 12"s in another... Simple. Efficient.

    Yeah i tried a few diferent ways and this is the best in my opinion.

    AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL


  • holmesholmes 3,532 Posts
    Alphabetical the whole way through. I used to have them non-alphabetically in genres. But now I don't even worry about the genre thing. CDs I still have in genres alphabetised & in label groups.
  • fredfadesfredfades 584 Posts
    hiphop (general)
    swedish hiphop
    norwegian hiphop
    def jux hiphop
    stones throw hiphop
    detroit hiphop
    soul/funk
    jazz
    psych/prog
    library
    polish records
    new records
    library
    reissues
    crappy records
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts

    new records
    crappy records

    I forgot these. My "records I need to get rid of" crate is spilling over into a third crate at this point, but I'm unmotivated to eBay it all. I may just have to throw it all in a couple of lots just to purge.

    Also, there's the stand-by crate of classics to pull out when I have company or just don't feel like trying to think of something to listen to.
  • canonicalcanonical 2,100 Posts
    I have mine organized my price with popsike printouts and completed auction averages over the year since I bought said record.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    my play out crates are a freakin mess and at home it's according to genre. what's on the floor is also a mess, mostly comprised of stuff I recently bought and/or played at home. I make a half-ass effort now and then to organize what's on the floor, so they're ready to put away but, you know, that happens not often enough.

    I go through my reggae and soul records at least once a week to pull stuff to play out so even though it's not alphabetized or chronological or autobiographical or colour coded, I have a pretty good idea of what is where.
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