How do you arrange the order of your records?

mike -- if he’s there, go about it the right way and start with contemporary Dutch composer Michel van der Aa.

@edcyn zero Michel van der Aa in the collection. the collection is classical, not sure he does classical composition. i'm into modern classical, and avant-garde pieces. so i will look. 

and looking on Discog, he only has one cut on one live double Lp album. based your suggestion, i did buy it.

when i venture into my streaming again i will look him up.

Random - with the most recent played in a pile!

Alphabetically by first name of a band but by last name if it's a person's name. 

eg, The Black Crowes is before Jackson Browne. ("the" doesn't come into play with my system)

Genre, then artist with the exception of a section containing about 50 of my current, go-to albums with the most recently played disks on the right, so I can mix it up a bit and not over-expose any to the point it needn't be in the go-to section.

Chaos.  Hunt and discover.  1500 vinyl and 3500 cds,  all CDs displayed horizontal so the titles can be read in the storage drawers and rack.  If I want a specific disc, I stream it via Quobuz or Idagio.  Hi-rotation CDs make a small pile in a shelf.  I do not have the energy to create an organization.  Having search the vinyl so many times, I have a rough idea where some records are.