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mystic fred 
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 10:21 |
i'm sure most PA members have many lp's and cd's in their collection, so how do you store them? have you a neat shelving system so a particular album can be found instantly, or do you have to search through confused heaps around the house..?? i'm constantly changing things around, the long winter evenings just fly by.. 
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 10:35 |
I have different shelves for Prog Rock, Prog Metal, One shelf for Metal, Shred (Guitar) Jazz, Electronic and Classical, and another one for any other stuff (Rock/Pop).
Each shelf is sorted alphabetically, and the releases by each artist are mostly sorted by year.
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JayDee
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 10:42 |
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By music genre,,the ones favored are on top
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Politician
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 11:46 |
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My 10,000 albums are sorted by country, then alphabetically by artist,
then chronologically.
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Gog/Magog
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 11:47 |
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a confused heap is good...lifes too short
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 12:12 |
By broad music genre first (classical, jazz, new age, pop/rock,
mandarin rock), then per genre alphabetical by artist (or composer for
classical). It takes me less than 20 seconds to find the CD that I want
from our 4000 or so collection.
That is, unless my wife put them wrong at the wrong spot. 
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Blog this:
http://artrock2006.blogspot.com
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Vompatti
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 12:52 |
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My vinyls are sorted alphabetically by artist and each artist's albums are in chronological order, but my CDs are in no logical order.
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progadicto
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 13:44 |
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I'm precisely organized so I have my records stored according by ones playing at the top... I know it's not right but I will try to be more organized, I promise...
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... E N E L B U N K E R...
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mystic fred
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 17:08 |
 Politician wrote:
My 10,000 albums are sorted by country, then alphabetically by artist,
then chronologically. |
..TEN THOUSAND...????
do you own a record shop??
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The Miracle
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 18:32 |
mystic fred wrote:
Politician wrote:
My 10,000 albums are sorted by country, then alphabetically by artist,
then chronologically. |
..TEN THOUSAND...????
do you own a record shop?? |
No, he actually has the biggest collection on this forum  My 250 are arranged alphabetically by artist.
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Bj-1
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 18:41 |
Chronologically within each artist. Example:
Frank Zappa: Absolutely Free, Lumpy Gravy etc. then Shadow Gallery: Shadow Gallery, Carved In Stone etc.
So artist randomly placed, but their albums are placed chronologically.
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Zac M
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 18:43 |
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Mine are randomly dispersed throughout my small dorm room.
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"Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression."
-Merleau-Ponty
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Man With Hat
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Posted: April 21 2006 at 02:34 |
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Where ever they fit they go.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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tdreamer
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Posted: April 21 2006 at 20:14 |
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All my CD's are in neat shelves with around 600 in flight cases. I have one unit in alphabetical order the rest are a mess. Sometimes I give up looking for an album.
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Stars Die
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 16:25 |
By Music Genre, then alphabetically by Artist, and then cronologically... 
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Du Skojar om att jag Skojar men jag skojar inte alls
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retuow
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Posted: April 22 2006 at 16:39 |
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Alphabetically by artist, then chronologically.
On a side note: I really hate it when people put, for example, Peter Hammill under P instead of H (I've seen record stores do it!)
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Human beings were created by water to carry it uphill.
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avestin
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 08:42 |
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first by Genre and then Alphabetically and then Chronologically
Edited by avestin - April 24 2006 at 08:43
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Arsillus
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 18:15 |
I have my record collection in alphabetical order by artist (regardless of genre) and then multiple albums within an artist are arranged in order of release. 
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stonebeard
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 21:10 |
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Alphebetically by artist, then chronologically by year of release.
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