CD Collection survey
CD Collection survey
How much of a musical nerd am I, anyway?
Is your CD collection sorted alphabetically by artist?
Is your CD collection sorted alphabetically by artist?
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Also by genre. My girlfriend used to work in a music store, so she insisted on the genre thing (I used to just alphabetize- 1500+ Cds, it is a necessity). Anywho, I'm glad we went genre. When Katrina hit, the only CD cases that were totally destroyed were our 'classical', 'world', and 'trip hop' categories, almost none of which were mine!
What's funny, moody, is that your first line pretty much describes my sorting process - except maybe colour. Whenever I get a new CD I excitedly file it chronologically into that artist's section.
While my excuse is legitimately that I would never find anything otherwise, I'm sure that's just something a lot of us use to rationalize it
While my excuse is legitimately that I would never find anything otherwise, I'm sure that's just something a lot of us use to rationalize it
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Alphabetically by artist, then by release date.
For a while – after I’ve read High Fidelity - I thought of arranging them according to the order in which I bought them. With addition of vinyls it would have been easy to see how my musical tastes evolved or to associate albums with a certain time of my life.
I gave up the idea, though. Alphabetically is really the easiest way to do it.
For a while – after I’ve read High Fidelity - I thought of arranging them according to the order in which I bought them. With addition of vinyls it would have been easy to see how my musical tastes evolved or to associate albums with a certain time of my life.
I gave up the idea, though. Alphabetically is really the easiest way to do it.
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Alphabetical....except for a shelf or two given over to special faves. Seen as how I have an entire wall of specially made shelves the 'specials' are located about halfway up on the right. The 'faves' are Costello, The Beatles , the'Stones, Bowie , Elton John, Nils Lofgren, Steve Forbert , Matt Monro, Springsteen, Joe Jackson and Graham Parker . I have a seperate shelf system ( under a window) for compilations and soundtracks.
You probably didn't want to know most of that.
You probably didn't want to know most of that.
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Can't go for that , for me needs to be 'Decemberists, The'. Pop, rock 'n' boogie alphabetically, but nearly always with a few out around the house. Box sets on top of CD storage shelves. Jazz, 'world' [yuk term], compilations and shitloads of mag samplers in a bit of a mess down below. A stash in the kitchen near the portable player, mainly last few Word comps, and some Board CD-circle things for ongoing reflection. Bootlegs in different room on own shelf, near computer. Box of copied, largely unsorted things, en route to being posted and given to people I've been meaning to give/send them to for several months...
There's more to life than books, you know, but not much more
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Do you put The The under
a) The The
or
b) The, The
And where do you put U2 amongst the U's?
a) at the beginning (ASCII)
or
b) Convert the number to letters 'Utwo' and file alphabetical
And what if i had any 10cc?
Mine is largely in alpha order apart from piles of 'cds in action'. No genre separation.
a) The The
or
b) The, The
And where do you put U2 amongst the U's?
a) at the beginning (ASCII)
or
b) Convert the number to letters 'Utwo' and file alphabetical
And what if i had any 10cc?
Mine is largely in alpha order apart from piles of 'cds in action'. No genre separation.
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In my vanity, I file my own recordings in with my main CD collection. Thus, I am spread out all over the place, filed under: Becker, Dave; Pophead; Anyface; Whiskeyfoot; Supercarters; Perry Bros.; and The Bleeps. Various entries are found in my folk, rock, punk, and alt-country genres. I need to get a life......
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It's currently unsorted in piles - cds outside of their cases - empty cases in America - in plastic sleeves over here - a good deal of the collection didn't come over. Before that alphabetically - not by genre - too difficult to do that - (arguments with myself - "That's not reggae, it's ska...no it's not it's rock steady) - straight alphabetical.
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My wife's records are alphabetized. Mine are basically assorted by genre, until i have aquired more than three albums by the same artist, then they go into this separate 120 cd rack where they are stacked in chronological order. Of course this rack has all of EC, some of Dylan, Cash and other bands.
let me know if this is a bit neurotic, my wife thinks it is.
let me know if this is a bit neurotic, my wife thinks it is.
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Stuff I have a lot of - Stones, Costello, Waits, etc -- stacked in the top shelves, each of these artist's albums in chronological order by year of release from left to right, and the rest of the artists alphabetically and not necessarily in chronological order. The Clash goes under C. I group solo Beatles and Wings with The Beatles, and Mick Jagger etc with The Rolling Stones. Same with other solo artists - with their respective groups.
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artists alphabetically
multi-artist complilations separate, but alphabetical
Soundtracks separate, but alphabetical UNLESS it is by a single artist, like "Stop Making Sense" or "Last Temptation of Christ"... under artist. It's only fair, and if these artist-specific soundtracks are mixed with the multi-artists soundtracks they will only make them feel bad about themselves, and that isn't fair at all.
My Victoria's Secret 5 CD classical collection is in a category all of it's own.
multi-artist complilations separate, but alphabetical
Soundtracks separate, but alphabetical UNLESS it is by a single artist, like "Stop Making Sense" or "Last Temptation of Christ"... under artist. It's only fair, and if these artist-specific soundtracks are mixed with the multi-artists soundtracks they will only make them feel bad about themselves, and that isn't fair at all.
My Victoria's Secret 5 CD classical collection is in a category all of it's own.
"The smarter mysteries are hidden in the light" - Jean Giono (1895-1970)
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