clifford_thornton Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 OK, how do y'all organize your collections? Alphabetical? By label? Chronological? I do historical context and some 'instrument' with the jazz, style/historical with the rock (i.e., UK folk-psych, Canterbury, US progressive), and haven't decided how to organize the 'classical' yet (it's all weird shit, so...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Chaos rules in my collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 artists alphabetical (numbers go before A) according to last name, then first name there is a category various artists that goes in at V. within artist, according to recording date of the first date on the disk. boxed sets are kept in their own order are put in jewel cases and are integrated with the rest. should it get out of hand moving it all when new purchases need to be put in their rightful place, I will opt for eiter chaos or order of acquisition. Each one will get a number and there will be a catalogue to allow me to find things. The latter works well for classical BTW, where you often have various composers or performers on one disk. Either way: there is serendipity and serendipity rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonym Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 I have a system of 'personal genre pigeon-holein'; not very good in this inclusive era, but I find it works. If for example, I have some Horace Silver albums, then the one nearest his collaborations with Blakey will sit alongside the drummer's albums. Probably not a good example. Difficult when you consider an artist like Miles or Trane who developed and changed widely. Extremely flawed but can appear like a 'family tree' at it's best. I should do the alphabetical thing. When I leave an evenings listening in a pile on the floor, my wife will not attempt to replace the albums back where they belong. I can't settle if they aren't in order. OCD? Maybe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Nothing wrong with pigeon-holein'; I probably do that a fair amount. For example: Moncur's "Evolution" is with the Jackie Mc LPs; "Some other Stuff" is with the Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams and Sam Rivers LPs, and the BYGs and JCOA LP are with the Shepps et al. Most of my Coltrane Impulses are together, but maybe they should be broken up too... but the evolutionary perspective is OK, too; I just have a problem with having, say, "Soultrane" anywhere near "Interstellar Space." Too complicated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD45 Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Alpha Beta all the way dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 (edited) Roughly thematic shelves. But the themes get disrupted by recent enthusiasms. Norwegian/Finnish folk music and Australian jazz ended up with pre-1945 jazz!!! Swedish folk shares a spot with jazz vocals. I live in constant hope that they will cross-fertilise. Anyone for "Louis Pops Cobber Pohjonen"? Edited March 17, 2004 by Bev Stapleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 (edited) I've got no good ideas to offer. Edited March 17, 2004 by wesbed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 piling = organising! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 I put new ones where they fit, every shelf I have is loaded. I just got new crates for my vinyl, and re-alphabetized the lot. Separated by genre; arranged aphabetically; chronological within multiple titles by a single artist. Compilations and cdrs separated out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzdog Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Standard alphabetical system here. Jazz on one shelf, Rock, blues, folk/bluegrass on another and the classical cds (of which I have like 5 or 6) after all of that. Right now I'm in a bit of dissarray, just the stuff I have gotten in the last 2 or 3 months are scattered all around. I need to find new storage ideas, though my girlfriend isnt bugging me to find a better place for them right now, so they will remain scattered until I find a better solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Norwegian/Finnish folk music and Australian jazz ended up with pre-1945 jazz!!! Hmm..so where the heck am I supposed to put my "Fabulous Swede-Danes" LP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 I file every thing by dominant cover color, starting with the pastels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 so where do you put "WHITE"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Last In First Out. Sometimes it's hard to find what I'm looking for, but I know right away where to find something I haven't heard in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 It was very organized until a few years ago. Then it started to be a mess. Now it´s chaos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 It was very organized until a few years ago. Then it started to be a mess. Now it´s chaos! Join the club, my friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcoliv Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 artists alphabetical (numbers go before A) according to last name, then first name within artist, according to recording date of the first date on the disk. boxed sets are kept in their own order are put in jewel cases and are integrated with the rest. mine are organized like this too there are 4 racks available so 1,5 is for jazz, 1,5 for all other styles and 1 for Prince MCO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Last In First Out. Sometimes it's hard to find what I'm looking for, but I know right away where to find something I haven't heard in a while. You know, I've thought many times about giving this system a try, but my anal side always takes over. Maybe if my wife is ever succesful in transferring my anal tendencies from the CD racks to housekeeping... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjazz Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 (edited) Jazz LP section Jazz CD section Blue Note CD section CD Chronolical Classics section Mosaic section Unopened Mosaic section Rock,soul,pop LP section Rock,soul,pop CD section (getting to be a mess) Country LP section Country CD section (overflowing) Xmas CD section Various artists CD section New arrival CD section (always messy) Unlistened to LP section (getting bigger instead of smaller) CD box set section Soundtrack CD section Soundtrack LP section DVD section New arrival DVD section Laserdisc section VHS section cassette section CDR section Bootleg section To SELL section Duplicates section all in alphabetical by artist Edited March 19, 2004 by Tjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 Last In First Out. Sometimes it's hard to find what I'm looking for, but I know right away where to find something I haven't heard in a while. You know, I've thought many times about giving this system a try, but my anal side always takes over. Maybe if my wife is ever succesful in transferring my anal tendencies from the CD racks to housekeeping... Moose, it takes extra shelf space. Otherwise, you are constantly moving a few CDs from each shelf down to the one beneath. Try it if your CDs have room to breathe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Alpha by artist and then alpha by disc. Pretty simple system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimshot Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 Racks for vinyl racks for cd's drawers for cassettes equals- My organization I try to keep them seperated by genre and keep certain artists together, but it never seems to work. It's fairly tidy, but chaotic. Sometimes I can't find the jewelbox for a cd I was listening to, so I go over to my rack and grab one of my empty blank jewelboxes and write the name on a pece of tape and put the cd away until the jewelbox surfaces (it's usually right in front of me for days). Every couple of months, I go about reuniting cd's with their proper jewelboxes. This used to be more complicated until I decided to burn additional copies of my favorite cd's to put in the tower in my car. That way I don't have empty cd boxes at home and I get to keep the orginals in case my car gets broken into again. (technically, it's quite legal to do that since I am not selling these and I did purchase the originals anyway.I know the record companies would prefer that I buy two or more, but I buy a lot of cd's and I ain't rich) My sheet music is a mess too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAL Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 When the number of CDs were still very manageable they were organised neatly on racks by artist by music style. Now they're slotted anywhere I can find a space, including cupboard for clothes, bed and placing them in cardboard boxes. Gotta get some custom-made shelves soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEK Posted March 19, 2004 Report Share Posted March 19, 2004 mostly alphabetical by artist, with the artist's recordings arranged chronologically by recording date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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