How do you organize your LPs?

By genre alphabetized however 180-200g copies in separate category alphabetized

I hate seeing records stored like books! I have mine set up like a record store, by artist but in no particular order. That way I have to flip through them looking for stuff. Although I know where most are, I keep finding forgotten albums which is a nice surprise.

Drubin... great Hi-Fidelity reference.

Oh the unanswerable existential questions, the questions that have no answer. I presume we have all seen the film High fidelity. One of the questions that proves women are from Venus, men are from mars, or is it the other way round?. Women will never understand the importance of this subject, with the honourable exception of our lady Audiogon members.

I put all modern music together alphabetically, including rock, blues Jazz. Classical is the problem, because of the higher numbers of mixed discs, but again alphabetically by composer, with the largest piece of music as the composer. Definitely not perfect, but it serves

Whatever works for you is good, but a sign of a rational filing system is whether a third party can find a record and/or put away a record without opening the field manual.

I once saw a film documentary about youth car culture. Young guys, and they were all guys, spending much money on their cars and hanging out in parking lots with the hoods open so you could see and appreciate the custom engine work. One guy was asked "Why?" and his response was interesting. He said, "if your car's together, then your life's together". I guess the same thing could be said about audiophiles and their record collections.