For me, there is little NO organization in my collection which ain't all
that big. Basically I seperate things into 12"s/EP's and then LP's and
anything pre 90's has it's own shelf. Also anything I play often or
anything i just bought is in a stack set aside on the table with the
turntables. As was mentioned i also look for things by spotting the spine
or color of the album... so for me that'd be the best way to organize if i
take the time. i've tried the genre thing, but the genres got mixed up in a
matter of a few days so theres no point in that for me. As for cd's... those
have even less organization... i have boxes in closets with cds and i have a
stack to my right, a stack behind me that fell over and they are so random
(in front of me i see freddie hubbard, krs one, parliament, redman and
goldie!). so:
12"
LPs
OLD
also i weed things out every so often, sell any (12"s usually) I dont want
or never play. in fact i have a stack of 30 right now that need to be dealt
with.
peace.
>From: "walker" <walker@mediemaskinen.dk>
>To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>, "Mike Rosales" <m.rosales@weserv.com.ph>
>Subject: Sv: Slightly OT: Organizing Albums
>Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:55:58 +0200
>
>My collection
>
>For yours.. and most defiantely my own pleasure
>comes the schematics of my Ikeasystem, consisting
>of 5 x 5 lp shaped rooms.
>
>It took me a while to get where I am now since
>also I faced the problems of acronyms, moods and
>such.
>
>As it turned out, the percentage of new releases has
>increased dramatically over the last three or four years.
>
>Took a wovel to buy more NEW releases than
>second hands. Prooved a succes. Think a good 40%
>is from within the last three years.
>
>Its all settled into these categories starting from
>top left.
>
>
>--------------------
>First row
>-------------------
>Boxsets and 10 "s that doesnt comply with other rooms
>
>Compost / JCR / Nuphonic / SSR
>
>Wall of sound / various 12 " ´s
>
>G-Stone / Back to mine / kinobe, zero 7, nitin sahwney, moodarama
>
>Latin / Bossa, Desco recordings
>
>----------------
>Second row
>----------------
>F-com / Downsland plastic / Masters at work, Dave Angel, Maurice Fulton
>
>Guidance
>
>Ninjatune / Bungalow
>
>Electronica, new & weirdo
>
>Acidjazz / Trip hop / Club ;James Taylor Quartet, Portishead / Soul 2
>soul, Karen Wheeler (when will club come around again ?? )
>
>--------------
>Third row
>-------------
>Pet shop boys, kraftwerk, underworld
>
>Hip hop
>
>Disco / soul
>
>Organs : Jimmy Smith, Baby Face Willette,
>
>--------------
>Fourth row
>-------------
>80 ´s fusion
>
>Comedy / spoken word
>
>Comedy / spoken word / soundeffects
>
>Jazz; Bluenote, Cadet, Verve, Miles
>
>Pink Floyd, Prince, Earth wind & Fire
>
>--------------
>Fifth row
>-------------
>80´s fusion light, Yellowjackets, Weather report, ECM, Steps ahead
>
>70´s psychelica
>
>Danish releases, 80´s 12"´´s
>
>Indie / Pop , Smiths, Ultravox,
>
>80 ´s pop that has surrived.
>
>
>None Cd´s mentioned here as I basically
>throw the into a big pile. No respect here
>I guess.. hmm
>
>Wax_cph
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Mike Rosales <m.rosales@weserv.com.ph>
>To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 6:11 AM
>Subject: Slightly OT: Organizing Albums
>
>
>Ok, here it goes...
>
>I was wondering how you organize your collection (CDs, vinyls, DATs,
>acetates,
>MP3s, what have you).
>
>I usually arrange mine according to date of purchase (which is at times,
>silly),
>and if there's a new album from, say, 4Hero, I'd put it together with all
>their
>previous albums/EPs, so that it would be in the same area. However, as the
>collection grows, I find it a bit hard to track down a particular
>album/track,
>especially if you move an album from one spot to another quite frequently.
>
>A friend suggested that I arrange this according to genre, but I dunno
>where to
>start, and knowing that AJ (or AJ-related music) has a thousand and one
>names,
>I'd probably get lost along the way.
>
>How do you do yours? Inputs from DJs out there would probably be valuable.
>
>Live well.
>
>/Mike
>
>
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