RingoTheScorpio is trying to Think Different

organize my record collection
Current status of my LP Collection: 3 years ago

So, I’ve been a long time record collector. We didn’t have a CD player at home until very late in the game, and even once we did I was used to buying vinyl, so MOST music I continued to purchase was on record. When I went to college, and starting to DJ at the college station, I did the vast majority of my show off LPs. Along the years I’ve kept my kids records from growing up, and tried to complete my collection of Sesame Street records now as an adult. When I kept moving constantly, I boxes my at the time, entire collection up and brought it to CT to store with my Uncle.

I have since then collected yet another huge library of music. I don’t remember if I am storing LPs with other family. On a recent visit to CT I estimate the collection there to be around 1,200 LPs.

I have pulled several favorite albums up to NY with me, including: Sailcat – Motorcycle Mama, Dwezil Zappa – Having A Bad Day, The Mothers of Invention Freak Out, and the collection -World’s Worst Records [this includes and official “World’s Worst Records Barf bag].

Trying to create a catalog of what I own, and get ready to purge my collection of anything I no longer want, or duplicates, etc. This will be a VERY long term process. But I’ll keep you posted with how it goes.

Apr 11, 2006, 06:41PM PDT | 4 cheers


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dashboardjesus

allconsuming.com

it’s a sister site to 43 (i think). check it out. maybe it’s a good way to get you started.

Apr 11, 2006, 06:59PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

RingoTheScorpio is trying to Think Different

Thanks, but...

It is a great suggestion. HOWEVER, I think all consuming will only let me keep track of albums that have been released on CD [I MAY be wrong], because AllConsuming is somehow linked through Amazon. I DO however, use AllConsuming, WHEN I REMEMBER TO… as a way of keeping track of books I’m reading. I often will read one or even two young adult books in on night, and I forget to list those… and I’ve forgotten to update several books in the past two months.

Also, ultimatly, I need a way to catalog these into FileMaker, as I want to EVENTUALLY [gee there’s that word I use way too often again] export these into my Newton. FileMaker has the best flexibility for the purpose at hand.

May 05, 2006, 06:23AM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

ScorpioNerve is bound for the ocean this summer! and hoping her son will be OK

I have only a few hundred left -

I think I have them by genre and then alphabetically, but funny thing is I liked them alphabetically best- it reminded me of when I used to go to someone’s house (remember this?) and if you just were getting to know them you would look at the spines of the collection and make a judgement – worthy? I would bet money you know what I mean. Anyway, that’s something that isn’t the same when categorized first.

On the other hand, I once lived with a man who had collected over 11,000 vinyl – together we built a whole room for them – we did record shows – they took over our life – then he opened up a shop and ditched his corporate career … just before Napster tanked the industry. But I’m waaaayyy off the topic by now…

p.s. I’m a Sesame Street junkie too – one of my cooler CDs I own is Bob McGrath, just for that cool quirkiness – I don’t think it’s on his website anymore, it’s OOP… it had no actual reference to SS on it I don’t think, on the cover… a serious attempt.

Jun 10, 2008, 03:12PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

RingoTheScorpio is trying to Think Different

In Three States...

Well, I don’t even have a GUESS on the number of LPs I have. I know it’s in the thousands. I moved the bulk of it to my Uncle’s house years ago, and some of it is in storage in New Hampshire still.

Have you ever read “High Fidelity”? There’s a part where the protagonist talks about re-shelving his vinyl differently during times of emotional distress and how one time he did it “biographically” meaning – in the order he purchased the albums.

I like to keep my most listened to LP’s near the turntable for easy access. The rest of what I have at home is stored on shelves near the back of the house. Most of what I REALLY want to listen to is in CT and will have to wait for some time. sigh So many albums I miss having “here”, but I also know that I could never listen to all of them in the time I have available for that.

Jun 12, 2008, 10:46AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

ScorpioNerve is bound for the ocean this summer! and hoping her son will be OK

I have to read it then!

I would so totally get that. I used to reshelve mine different ways too, but it was hard. I did mine by year of release once, by my personal preference of the day once, by color several times, by my own self-created categories and then alphabetically within those several times … I miss handling the albums. My friend who put out an album (only vinyl) was over last night – I’m about to buy a USB turntable but I’m having a hard time thinking about unsealing that last piece of vinyl I have here where I live. Now I have a bunch of Kicking Mule that I bought before they went OOB – that’s sealed but stored. Anyway, I should totally read this…

Jun 18, 2008, 05:36AM PDT | Respond to this


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