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The not lost but hard to find art of vinyl records
Hello fellow goners,
I'm looking for some advice and guidance today. For the last six years or so I've rediscovered the joy of vinyl. Over that time i've added and upgraded an analog branch to my streaming only system. Currently it's based on an origin live deck and arm with a few different cartridges, my favorites are hanna sl and an AT-VM760xSL.
Over this time, I've also managed to acquire a modest collection of records which now fill a few of those ikea shelving units. Now some of you might be thinking aww I remember when I got started. :-) I did say modest. However with just this collection, it's become difficult to account which records or even which pressing or pressings are a part of the collection. Specially and fortunately, when you have friends and family who know about your passion and want to contribute with purchases for special occasions. Or come over and want to hear album X to which I usually respond with browse the shelves and pick out something you wan to hear.
To help with this, I started using a spreadsheet of artist, titles and a few other pieces of information but quickly ran into issues with the native spellchecker and my own horrible spelling mistakes. Leading to some funny and not so funny things in the list.
So I'm wondering for those of you out there with collections of your own, how do you manage it? Does it just reside on a shelf? In your memory (if this is true do you have room for mine too? :-)
Thanks in advance for your suggestions and advice.
david
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Thanks @larsman do you use discogs? I've purchased a few albums from folks on discogs and find it a bit confusing and awkward for a simple cataloging system. |
I don't buy or sell on Discogs - I use it purely for cataloging my music and doing research. The cataloging system doesn't have to be any more confusing or awkward than you need it to be; some people need to know the exact pressing. Many people (including me) do not. It's pretty easy that way and you just need to catalog by album and title. You can also note the physical location of your titles; if they're in boxes, you can identify which box a title is in, for example. |
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