Wax Treasure (Vinyl)

[Tago Mago]

[GraemeE]

[endo]

Guys, this threat has revived my more than 40y old record collection. Thanks for that! It's now in regular use again and growing. But one thing I've never had a good solution for, even when it was in the few 100s, is sorting. Alphabetical, chronological, by genre?

How do you sort your record collection?

(probably this has been over-discussed many times, still I'm interested in your opinions)

[Tago Mago]

@endo alphabetical first, then by release date per artist

[GraemeE]

@endo alphabetized here as well although at some point I'd like to separate by genre

I go back and forth on what to do with my classical/orchestral music.
Do i alphabetize by composer, conductor or ensemble of performers ?

[endo]

alphabetical by what @Tago-Mago title, artist, band, composer? that's what leads us to classical right @GraemeE how do you do with Jazz?

[GraemeE]

Jazz is typically by performer but that gets complicated when there are multiple heavy hitters on one record ( getz/gilberto, brown/roach etc...)

[GraemeE]

@endo said in Wax Treasure (Vinyl):

classical

With classical it's hard not to want to file a performance by someone like Glenn Gould under his name as opposed to the composer since his personal approach to playing a peice is so specific/recognizable

[Tago Mago]

@endo as I mainly have popular music, no jazz, I file by artist/band name. Classical is a tricky one. I‘d probably go with composer, say Bach for example, and then in turn sort by artist

[endo]

I see you got similar challenges, possibly better solutions. Seems my sorting for ages hasn't been to bad. I put 'classical' (composer based, before 1950) and Jazz in separate sections, the rest by artist. I do have a best-like section which is an in and out, just temporarily. Had sections for 60s, 70s and so on, but that didn't work.

[Aetas]

I separate by genre.
Rock is in alphabetical order by artist name.

But my smaller domains classic and jazz look like a mess for an outsider…
I’ve several versions of Goldberg-Variationen for example.
They are clustered around Glenn’s version, because he is played most.

[endo]

@Aetas said in Wax Treasure (Vinyl):

They are clustered around Glenn’s version, because he is played most.

good man

[Tago Mago]

With someone like Bach or Mozart you could also use BWV or Köchel. Don’t know if this also exists for other composers

[endo]

@Tago-Mago said in Wax Treasure (Vinyl):

BWV or Köchel.

yeah, makes more sense than by conductor, soloist or whatever

[endo]

One of the great things on this forum is, you meet people making a valuable recommendation of a re-issue of an 80s hardcore band, but also state that Glenn Gould's Goldberg Variations are played most. 🫶 @Aetas

[J-IV]

@endo Love to hear your breathing life into your records again. That’s what they’re made for after all!

I may not be very helpful as my collection is predominantly jazz (alphabetical - record label, last name, album) with a sprinkle of soul/RnB/CityPop/Dub & Reggae ( alphabetical - genre, last name, album)

[endo]

Thanks @J-IV and cool your‘e sorting them by label, that seems to be significant in Jazz.

I had an intense period with Jazz to which I‘m regularly coming back once in a while. Still own most of Miles albums (plus saw him live in Paris 1987), and got a nice little collection of Blue Note releases from the late 80s/early 90s.

[J-IV]

@endo Hearing/seeing Miles must have been wild! The late 80s/90s BN had some hidden gems - Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Lovano, and Tony Williams has a bunch of output if I remember correctly.

[GraemeE]

@J-IV said in Wax Treasure (Vinyl):

CityPop

A genre I'd like to become more familiar with ever since hearing the LITA compilations

[J-IV]

LITA comps are great! Love the artwork too. They do capsule releases on the artist here and there and that’s where a bulk of collection in the genre come from. Easier to find the music via streaming too