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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. |
I won’t make lists. Well, my Music Video DVDs, and Movie DVDs are randomly in binders as acquired, but numbered, and I have 2 alphabetical spread sheets, so I can find anything on the list by alphabet, and by number in the binders. A small collection of great music is better than a LOT of LPs. When younger, still collecting, i.e. quantity growing: alphabetical would require constant re-shuffling, I used categories, male female, jazz, rock, christmas, classical .... (I forget) and then kind of remembered where I put stuff in that category. Need room, just move a whole category to the far end. Friends gave me their LPs when they went fully CDs. I got up to 2,500 (many not even my taste), then I inherited 4,000, holy crap, what a gift, and what a mess. I decided, I’m sticking with two 9’ rows at easy visibility/picking height, and a fixed quantity, 18 lf total. That allows alphabet. Like Donna’s shoes, 1 in, 1 out, better yet, 1 in, two out! these are great, they stick out some, and are two sided https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CYN8SRN?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1
I’ve sold, given away, mailed to nephews, encouraged all young visitors to look, take some home. My son turned 50, I told him, take 50 lps, from my 2 shelves, I don’t care what you take. I still have two rows to get rid of, a member here is coming Friday to haul off a lot of them. Do yourself a favor, be realistic about the ones you are not going to play in the future and say goodbye! |
Thanks @elliottbnewcombjr very insightful. I've already been told no more ikea selves anything new must fit inside the existing space. I'm hoping i can stick to it based on your advice it's not a bad approach. I did get a set of these types of dividers. |
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