[Music] Vinyl records

[BadFish]

I love your enthusiasm. How have you “reorganised”? When me and the, now wife, moved in together we planned to combine and share everything. We hit a problem when it came to combining our substantial CD and vinyl collections. One, I’m rather precious and protective of mine. She is of hers. Two, she wanted to organise by genre whilst I, correctly, wanted them alphabetical. We never resolved this so the sat side-by-side...I had one wall, she had another. I use past tense as they’re temporarily in storage.

Which records did you buy?

That is tough, luckily the records are all mine so no such discussions in my house.

I have just finished alphabetically organusing them. they have been organinsed by genre/decade for years but I thought I would try something different as i always tie myself in knots trying to decide where stuff goes. Does the Stone Roses go in 80's or 90's indie?? etc etc etc

I bought, Legend: Bob Marley, Strung out in Heaven; Brian Jonestown Massacre, Parallel Lines; Blondie, Faith and 17 Seconds: The Cure, The Bends: Radiohead, Check Your Head: Beastie Boys, Second Hand Smoke: Sublime. - Maybe not quite 10

 

[Lower West Stander]

Had a tantrum this weekend.

Was away up north on Saturday night. Came back yesterday to discover that my other half had played some of my vinyl collection and LEFT THE PLAYED RECORDS ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE AND NOT PUT THEM BACK IN THEIR ALPHABETICAL PLACE IN THE CUPBOARD. She also left the last disc she played on the turntable.

I mean - how do you deal with that?

 

[WildWood]

Had a tantrum this weekend.

Was away up north on Saturday night. Came back yesterday to discover that my other half had played some of my vinyl collection and LEFT THE PLAYED RECORDS ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE AND NOT PUT THEM BACK IN THEIR ALPHABETICAL PLACE IN THE CUPBOARD. She also left the last disc she played on the turntable.

I mean - how do you deal with that?

I just tutted out loud & shook my head at that!!

 

[BadFish]

Had a tantrum this weekend.

Was away up north on Saturday night. Came back yesterday to discover that my other half had played some of my vinyl collection and LEFT THE PLAYED RECORDS ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE AND NOT PUT THEM BACK IN THEIR ALPHABETICAL PLACE IN THE CUPBOARD. She also left the last disc she played on the turntable.

I mean - how do you deal with that?

Divorce.

I have taken a sharp intake of breath followed by teeth sucking and tutting each and every time any member of my family has gone anywhere near my vinyl. Seems to have done the trick as no-one has taken me up on my offer to 'teach' them how to play a record.

 

[BadFish]

Has anyone catalogued their record collection on Discogs? I did a lot of mine when I was on gardening leave a few years back. I loved it, sifting through all the old LPs and singles and adding them to my collection. You get an idea of the value of each record too, depending on the condition of it.

I had to sell a lot of my old punk stuff when I had a spell of unemployment about 15 years back, and I so wish I hadn't! Stuff I sold on Ebay for £12 - 15 now going for £50 or £60 a pop! Even so, Discogs reckons my collection comes in at around £20k - I should really think about some insurance!

Also, while I'm here

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I haven't catalogued yet but have had a sneaky look at some values.

Maggot Brain by Funkadellic and Sally Cinnamon came out on top.

 

[BadFish]

Is it too late to add a poll to this thread? I am interested to know who people organise their collections.

 

[zefarelly]

I have my records in a mix of arrangements . . . For some reason I have souls, reggae and blues separate . . . Then new wave late 70's/early 80's . . . Then a 90's to new section . . . Everything else is A-Z. I know where everything is, no one else does!

Then theres some more in cases from DJing ( psych etc ) and a cupboard full of singles

 

[BadFish]

I have my records in a mix of arranfements . . . For some reason I have souls, reggae and blues separate . . . Then new wave late 70's/early 80's . . . Then a 90's to new section . . . Everything else is A-Z. I know where everything is, no one else does!

Then theres some more in cases from DJing ( psych etc ) and a cupboard full of singles

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Nice idea, up until today I had a section of records that are on high rotation. this got me a bit lazy and I was just grabbing them. Sorting them took me a bit deeper.

Northern Sulphuric Soul by Rae and Christian, Central reservation by Beth Orton and You want it back by Propellerheads and Jungle brothers (12") were enjoyable finds from the 90's

 

[zefarelly]

I have been testing speakers recently so have been digging deeper . . I got rid of a few hundred albums a year or two ago, but fished out some oddities from the 90's I must have been stoned when I procured. Still feel the rain - Stex . . . . Sexy MF picture disc . . . . A lot of the early 90's vinyl, Blur and Suede is poor quality vinyl. The polar opposite of 60's Stax type stuff, which are like paving slabs and have proper bass/volume

 

[studio150]

Is it too late to add a poll to this thread? I am interested to know who people organise their collections.

Artist alphabetical order, then original release date of album.

So Elvis Costello would be under 'C' Then

My Aim is True (original 1977)
My Aim is True (Remaster 2001)
My Aim is True (Deluxe 2007)
This Year's Model (original 1978)
This Year's Model (Remaster 2002)
This Year's Model (Deluxe 2008) .......

The 2 1/2 Years editions of the same albums remain within that box set and are later in the filing as released in 1993.



My wife has far fewer records than I do, but has no system and therefore has problems finding a particular record to play. From time to time I do organise into alphabetical order but it never stays that way.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Artist alphabetical order, then original release date of album.

Is of course the correct answer

Sad barstad moment here

Back in my late teens I used to have my very own top 40
Each week I'd count how many times I played a certain record,then compile my own charts

I wished I'd kept them,would have made interesting reading today
But I do remember the Stranglers being number one an awful lot

Used to have a thing for buying imports
But then I'd never play them

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

Had a tantrum this weekend.

Was away up north on Saturday night. Came back yesterday to discover that my other half had played some of my vinyl collection and LEFT THE PLAYED RECORDS ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE AND NOT PUT THEM BACK IN THEIR ALPHABETICAL PLACE IN THE CUPBOARD. She also left the last disc she played on the turntable.

I mean - how do you deal with that?

That's almost like being burgled

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Artist alphabetical order, then original release date of album.

So Elvis Costello would be under 'C' Then

My Aim is True (original 1977)
My Aim is True (Remaster 2001)
My Aim is True (Deluxe 2007)
This Year's Model (original 1978)
This Year's Model (Remaster 2002)
This Year's Model (Deluxe 2008) .......

The 2 1/2 Years editions of the same albums remain within that box set and are later in the filing as released in 1993.



My wife has far fewer records than I do, but has no system and therefore has problems finding a particular record to play. From time to time I do organise into alphabetical order but it never stays that way.

When I first read “but she has no system” I immediately thought you meant hifi system ie you wouldn’t let her use yours and she didn’t have one of her own. I also thought, harsh, but fair and understandable.

 

[ozzygull]

This is my collection

The very left hand side cube is all Genesis related including solo projects and is in order by artist and release date. The next two are my records in no order at all, I keep meaning to order them and as you can see I don't have many so would be easy to do. Those two contain a mix of artists and genres, from Led Zep, Daft Punk, Fleetwood Mac, and Pink Floyd and many other. The last cube is my husbands. I don't know how he orders his. He is not into records as much as me and prefers digital music. He has "Innous Zen mini" which he loads CDs on to it and plays them from an app, it's a very neat device.

 

[1066familyman]

I ordered mine as and when I bought them. Catalogued them in a book too. But also made the mistake of putting a numbered sticker on each one too

When I get home later I'll try and take some photos and see if I can post them here.

 

[Nitram]

A friend of mine orders his by the release date. Mine are by alphabetical order, in the main but I have a few listed by genre eg Motown and Disco/Dance records. I’ve also got them separated into two main areas, those that I play most, cleaned, those that are played least and mostly need cleaning.

 

[1066familyman]

I can't seem to upload any photos from my phone or laptop. I always used to be able to.

Just says file failed. No indication whether it's due to size or anything. Anyone any ideas?

 

[zefarelly]

This is my collection

The very left hand side cube is all Genesis related including solo projects and is in order by artist and release date. The next two are my records in no order at all, I keep meaning to order them and as you can see I don't have many so would be easy to do. Those two contain a mix of artists and genres, from Led Zep, Daft Punk, Fleetwood Mac, and Pink Floyd and many other. The last cube is my husbands. I don't know how he orders his. He is not into records as much as me and prefers digital music. He has "Innous Zen mini" which he loads CDs on to it and plays them from an app, it's a very neat device.

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And a superb collection of MAgic roundabout figures

 

[ozzygull]

And a superb collection of MAgic roundabout figures

Thanks! I put them in a previous thread about things from the 70's, I have had them about 20 years

 

[studio150]

I can't seem to upload any photos from my phone or laptop. I always used to be able to.

Just says file failed. No indication whether it's due to size or anything. Anyone any ideas?

Probably size, if you crop you should be ok.