Cataloguing My Prog Collection

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chopper wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: I was really surprised I had as many as 565 CD albums categorised as prog on ProgArchives, because when I counted the actual number of CD albums stored on my Prog-Rock rack, it only numbered around 180 albums. You looked up 565 CDs to see if they were on PA or not? Don't forget PA includes a number of artists who I have a fair number of albums by but would never catalogue under "prog" - Kate Bush and Led Zep to name but two.

I was really surprised I had as many as 565 CD albums categorised as prog on ProgArchives, because when I counted the actual number of CD albums stored on my Prog-Rock rack, it only numbered around 180 albums.

Been meaning to do this for a while so gave me a good excuse. I've used PA's genre classifications which don't always make sense in the real world (Black Sabbath Prog Related versus Heavy Metal?). My collection is just north of 2000 albums of which around 1600 are 'prog' by those definitions. I limited the band list to top 5 max.



Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - January 19 2021 at 09:39

Oh my goodness, no. I think that would be an impossibility. It’s so bloody heavy to move, that you’d struggle to move it around fast enough for the discs to even move a little, let alone fly off the shelves. Even empty, it doesn’t turn quickly, though it does turn very smoothly and easily. In terms of (not) taking up space, I highly recommend it.

Rednight wrote: This thread reminds me of that scene from High Fidelity. Admittedly, shamefully, I'll state that I only have about roughly 1,000 CDs and albums (not even in the same league as many of you folks, assuredly). Still, the prospect and task of cataloging them is daunting. Every time some well-meaning friend asks me to borrow something, I'm stuck with sifting through boxes in some mad search for the item which takes time. Then there are the jarring verbal blows from the wife while engaged in the effort (she just doesn't understand). I can see quite clearly why some decide to back up their collections on computer and then sell them off. A truly viable alternative.

This thread reminds me of that scene from High Fidelity. Admittedly, shamefully, I'll state that I only have about roughly 1,000 CDs and albums (not even in the same league as many of you folks, assuredly). Still, the prospect and task of cataloging them is daunting. Every time some well-meaning friend asks me to borrow something, I'm stuck with sifting through boxes in some mad search for the item which takes time. Then there are the jarring verbal blows from the wife while engaged in the effort (she just doesn't understand). I can see quite clearly why some decide to back up their collections on computer and then sell them off. A truly viable alternative.

nick_h_nz wrote: JD wrote: nick_h_nz wrote: I know someone who organizes their collection by record label, which is arguably even crazier than organizing by genre. 🤔 (Sorry, I did some spelling corrections) This would probably still require the sub division of artist-title-year etc. I would think. Every sorting hat will require some sort of sub sections I don’t use American English, so it is not a correction so much as a change - but whatever floats your boat. Odd, though, as I thought Canadians tended not to use American English spellings? Do you write colour or color? 🤔