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Poll Question: How do you store your record collection...?
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    Posted: April 20 2006 at 10:21
i'm sure most PA members have many lp's and cd's in their collection, so how do you store them? have you a neat shelving system so a particular album can be found instantly, or do you have to search through confused heaps around the house..?? i'm constantly changing things around, the long winter evenings just fly by..Geek
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2006 at 10:35

I have different shelves for Prog Rock, Prog Metal, One shelf for Metal, Shred (Guitar) Jazz, Electronic and Classical, and another one for any other stuff (Rock/Pop).

Each shelf is sorted alphabetically, and the releases by each artist are mostly sorted by year.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2006 at 10:42
 By music genre,,the ones favored are on top

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2006 at 11:46
My 10,000 albums are sorted by country, then alphabetically by artist,
then chronologically.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2006 at 11:47
a confused heap is good...lifes too short
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2006 at 12:12
By broad music genre first (classical, jazz, new age, pop/rock, mandarin rock), then per genre alphabetical by artist (or composer for classical). It takes me less than 20 seconds to find the CD that I want from our 4000 or so collection.

That is, unless my wife put them wrong at the wrong spot.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2006 at 12:52
My vinyls are sorted alphabetically by artist and each artist's albums are in chronological order, but my CDs are in no logical order.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2006 at 13:44
I'm precisely organized so I have my records stored according by ones playing at the top... I know it's not right but I will try to be more organized, I promise...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2006 at 17:08

Originally posted by Politician Politician wrote:

My 10,000 albums are sorted by country, then alphabetically by artist,
then chronologically.

..TEN THOUSAND...????

do you own a record shop??Confused

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2006 at 18:32
Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

Originally posted by Politician Politician wrote:

My 10,000 albums are sorted by country, then alphabetically by artist,
then chronologically.

..TEN THOUSAND...????

do you own a record shop??Confused



No, he actually has the biggest collection on this forum


My 250 are arranged alphabetically by artist.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2006 at 18:41

Chronologically within each artist. Example:

Frank Zappa: Absolutely Free, Lumpy Gravy etc. then Shadow Gallery: Shadow Gallery, Carved In Stone etc.

So artist randomly placed, but their albums are placed chronologically.

RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 20 2006 at 18:43
Mine are randomly dispersed throughout my small dorm room.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2006 at 02:34
Where ever they fit they go.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 21 2006 at 20:14
All my CD's are in neat shelves with around 600 in flight cases. I have one unit in alphabetical order the rest are a mess. Sometimes I give up looking for an album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2006 at 16:25

By Music Genre, then alphabetically by Artist, and then cronologically... Big smile

Du Skojar om att jag Skojar men jag skojar inte alls
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 22 2006 at 16:39
Alphabetically by artist, then chronologically.

On a side note: I really hate it when people put, for example, Peter Hammill under P instead of H (I've seen record stores do it!)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2006 at 08:42
first by Genre and then Alphabetically and then Chronologically

Edited by avestin - April 24 2006 at 08:43
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2006 at 18:15
I have my record collection in alphabetical order by artist (regardless of genre) and then multiple albums within an artist are arranged in order of release. Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2006 at 21:10
Alphebetically by artist, then chronologically by year of release.
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