tigerwoodKhorns Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 I am in the process of organizing a music room and going through boxes of old albums. I have always organized A-Z but I am wondering if you create categories? I was thinking Pop/Rock/Alternative Then maybe Jazz in a separate stash, Country (the very few that I will keep) in another. How do you organize your albums and what has worked for you? If you mix the Jazz with the others do you stumble across it and play it more? Or will I never look at it? I don't know how many albums I have but it is about 10-15 boxes so not a small amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opus Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Alphabetical... Groups are filed by the first word in the group name (excluding "The"). Individual artists by last name. Albums with two individuals (e.g. Bobby Bland & B. B. King - Together Again...Live) are stored by the first artist listed. I considered separating by genre, but decided on the simplicity of just alphabetical. I have all of my collection entered in Discogs. If I want to see a list of a particular genre, I can filter the list. Also, this was discussed in another thread recently: A to Z or Birds of a Feather 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Tried by genre before... lived with it for a few years. doesn't work as well as alpha numeric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Alphabetically by artist, by genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtr20 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Alphabetically by artist, then alphabetically by various artist soundtrack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Theoretically by artist and genre. In reality by chaos and confusion. Works for me and if you can't find what you are looking for , you'll end up hearing something else, which is a good thing most times. I try to keep the random stacks under 3 feet in height, and mostly use Container Store extra large milk cartons for the stuff that's actually kinda filed. I find flipping is much better then turning your head sideways to try to read the end of an album and getting a crink in your neck. Here's a link to the crates: https://www.containerstore.com/s/storage/stacking-storage/vinyl-record-storage-crate/12d?productId=10005526 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Organize? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Unionize!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totalcomfort Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Remove album, replace album wherever it will fit on shelf. Easy system and forces me to listen to all my albums, because I can rarely find it again !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesans Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I do alphabetically with the exception of Classical and Soundtracks I keep them separate I plan to move things into their own genre like blues once I get over certain number of albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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