HOW I ORGANIZE MY VINYL COLLECTION

On this video, I will be discussing how I go about organizing my vinyl record collection.
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[@GroovyLisa]

I organized by a to z. Worked in a library for many years learnedhow to alphabetized.

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Nice, that does help a lot I would assume. I kinda picked up on my way of organizing from my dad who is a big CD collector. Plus its just nice to have these lined up in a nice organized style.

[@JamboLinnman]

Like you, I organise alphabetically using band name or artist’s first name (and in order of release for the same artist) but have three addition and separate sections for jazz, classical and soundtracks / musical theatre. I do this because I can browse them more easily if I’m in the mood for one of those genres. Also, there are a couple of ways to identify classical... composer, conductor, performers and some records include multiple conductors / performers so it’s quicker to find them in their own section.

[@TheRecordSpinner]

I do see some people separate things by genre which does make things more organized. I think having everything together makes it a bit more varied. Definitely does help to have the classical records sectioned off by those notable factors. Thanks for tuning in!

[@codybrockway1616]

Great taste in music man. Even though you didn’t pull them out - I could see ELP and Genesis telling by the spines! Lol. Keep it up my hard rockin’ amigo 🤟🏽

[@billphelps5611]

Exactly how I organize my collection!

[@hi-fihaven2257]

Great video! Awesome collection! Keep up the great work!

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Thank you so much! Enjoy the videos that are coming up!

[@jaydenjernigan8819]

Great video!!

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Thank you Jayden!

[@kamilwengrzyk5823]

great collection. are they new or period albums?

[@hudsonja]

This is great but it also still leaves me conflicted as you get into larger collections. I started collecting about 4 years ago, and when I had about 30-40 this was perfect, but as my collection grows and my music taste varies, I find myself wanting to separate by genre but really struggling to determine what each artist or group is or should be categorized as. Like The Who, for example. Roger and Pete went onto make many solo records, same as the Beatles, but where do they fall as their sounds changed? Or something like Chicago, Journey, Molly Hatchet or Kansas. Are they Classic Rock because they are all older, or are they Experimental, or Pop, or Prog Rock, or Southern Rock, or any number of classifications. Labeling any of these as strictly one thing becomes a game of numbers and changing styles convolute the strategy lol I'm struggling. Sometimes I just want to say "let's listen to Rap today" and just go to my rap section. I dunno, I'm rambling.

[@judsta123kickass]

Same problem here. Im thinking i might do a hybrid of both, so most stuff is alphibetised but the distinct genres might get their own sections

[@hueysanchez9415]

Hey man, can you tell me what sleeves you are covering your vinyl jackets. Im dying to get some please let me know. Thanks!

[@oISe7eNIo]

Check out "Vinyl Storage Solutions"

[@cindycarreau7891]

Thanks!

[@chrisrees7054]

I organize my album according to the record company. Columbia, Capitol ect.. Also categorize them by genre'. Punk, Country, Jazz ect... I know where everything is!

[@johanhellgren7101]

Cool, what's your top three albums in your collection?

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Ouch, that's a tough one considering how much I have and how much different stuff I am into. Off the top of my head, the KISS albums released from 74-77 are special since they are the soundtrack of my childhood, the early Floyd stuff pre-Dark Side I am very proud to own, things like that. Good question tho, impossible to answer! LOL

[@andyvinyl]

Hi. Thank you for this nice video. You have a great collection! Cheers ✌

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Many thanks Andy! Cheers!

[@sam8911sk]

Had around 500 albums before I got shelving ( from 90 - 2010 ) bought around 1000 cd's and only 100 records during that time. After I got shelves I have bought around 4500 records in 8 years - went from A-Z to putting grouping them by decade . All my Stones records are in the 60's shelving.... Pearl Jam 90's. This helps because it breaks my 5000 albums into 5 groups so when I run out of space in a cube I only have to move 1/5 of my collection down a cube not the whole collection.

[@sam8911sk]

I also put the solo acts with the band albums i.e. John , Paul , George and Ringo with the Beatles - studio in year they came out , then live , then comp , then bootleg , then solo.

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Ahhhh very interesting way of going about organizing. Thats what I dig about the VC, hearing about how people go about their collection and how it is sorted out. Very unique indeed!

[@blkbeauti05]

I need to get organized because I don’t know where anything is. I pull out any record I see and just play it.

[@krisprojection2433]

Nice video. But please move your speakers away from your turntable you be getting a lot of feed back

[@polkaputo3226]

what do you do with splits? and artists whose name starts with a number - before or after the alphabet?

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Splits are tough. I kinda just merge it with one artist or the other. For example: my kurt vile/Courtney Barnett album is with kurt stuff. And with numbers, I do numbers first and then the letters.

[@polkaputo3226]

@@TheRecordSpinner splits are weird. i go by the first artist listed. but even then that doesn't work sometimes, like i have one split where two versions were made for each band's home country, so i list by the version i have. so many exceptions.

[@happyhippythevinylguy]

Great video

[@MLGCREEPERPLAYZMC]

Where did you get the cubes where you put your vinyl?

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Either amazon or Home Depot. It’s a foremost modular cube. They’re hard to come by at times since the model will be in production on and off and they can get pricy. You can simply get the cheaper white or espresso colored models and spray paint them black to make them more unison if you stick to one color scheme.

[@MattCloverDJ]

Can you tell me the brand or location of where you got the clear outer covers, yours seem to fit perfectly. Thanks in advance

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Hey Matt! Everything to do on what I use to sleeve my records can be found on this video I did some time ago. Hope it helps! Cheers! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpLQcqyYocaZqJI

[@blackmore1030]

I sort alphabetically, primarily by artist name, secondarily by album title. Genre? Too obscure as many records are a mixture of multiple genres or simply uncategorizable. Year? What if it was released much later than it was recorded? Nationality? What about international collaborations? Artist names and album titles are (almost) always unquestionable :)

[@TheRecordSpinner]

A very relative way of organizing I must say, sorting by genres can get very tricky, especially when it comes to sub genres and theres a million of them. Collabs are tricky for me since I have no clue how to categorize it by the last name of whichever collaborator! It just kinda lands wherever depending on my preference. Cheers!

[@blackmore1030]

Solo artist names are even trickier here in Hungary because Hungarian names begin with the family name, but we don't reverse foreign names :D So I sort them based on the name that we normally say first.

[@mrbigbeatthunder]

Nice collection! I organize mine pretty much the same way. One question; where would you put for example The Sensational Alex Harvey Band? Under S or H? Or Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers?

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Thank you very much! For Alex Harvey, it would go under H and Tom Petty would go under P. I have that sort of situation with any Paul McCartney/Wings records. Its a flip of the coin to see where it ends up!

[@TheAgeOfAnalog]

I saw Tarkus

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Indeed you did! One of the great classic Prog albums out there!

[@Bus_Driver117]

Lol I don’t organize my records.

[@timothyrobinson2387]

Me either. I like to thumb thru mine like I'm "finding" it for the 1st time over an over again.😂

[@vintagevinylvets1187]

We do it the exact, identical way. Now where some but the IKEA cube organizers, we don’t. We use the Better Home & Gardens cubical. Why? Due to the fact that the quality is about the same AND a fraction of the cost! Ex.-IKEA 8 cubical costs around $120 versus Better Homes & Gardens 8 cubical for $66. Feel me?-James W. #vinyl🎧

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Thats 50% of the IKEA price! Nice!! For storing, I use the Foremost 327606 cubes only because I received those cubes as gifts for storing my vinyl and I wanted to keep it consistent by using those. I have a feeling I am going to have to look into other options because it appears that the kind I use are being discontinued and prices tend to go up and down randomly.

[@sam8911sk]

Also use the "Better Home & Gardens - buy a new 4 cube or 3 cube when I need more - 4 cube can get into more places.

[@MsKalachakra]

I'd say this works for your collection but for more eclectic collections you would need to classified by genre. I just can't have in the same place categories like exotica, indie rock, hardcore, hip hop, jazz , extreme metal, funk, post punk, progressive rock, world music, classical, goth, psychadelic, and electronica in the same place, would be so weird I think because the genre you choose to listen or get to understand normally depends on the mood you are

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Good point and absolutely justifiable, some people even organize collections based off of which records were imported from different companies. It just goes to show that there are all sorts of ways that this can be approached.

[@billymuellerTikTok]

I thought I was the only one who liked John Denver AND Ghost

[@cindycarreau7891]

Do you have a app that tells you what a album is worth? did you build your shelves? i have approx 1000 albums in tubs. i am trying to start organizing! thanks Cindy

[@cdelgado7296]

I’m basic and just go on chronologically for everything and don’t put all bands albums together

[@ChrisPropfeMusicallyObsessed]

I have the same speakers. They are great. Should they be that close to the turn table though?

[@TheRecordSpinner]

It is not recommended but back then at the time of filming, thats the only space I had for them. Its recommend to keep them as far as possible from your turntable (let alone same surface) so you dont develop feedback coming from your cartridge.

[@raggeragnar]

It’s really interesting to see how other music afficionados organize their collection. I myself don’t have so many records , but I have some sort of weird mix of a system. Most likely labelled :”The weird chaos system” but I can find any of my records at once. I can’t explain it , but it works for me.

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Hey, to each their own! Its cool though to see how people go about organizing their collection, its one of the many great things about the VC. I think for myself the next step is to get some tabs for each artist and design the tabs with the logos of the artists.

[@avadakedalek]

One person missed the like button! Nice video! Where did you get your boxes? How many records do they hold? How do you remember to not just put them back wherever 😂😂 sorry lol so many questions

[@TheRecordSpinner]

The cubes I use to store my records are directly from Amazon. It's the Foremost 327606 Open Storage Cube. They're kinda multi-purpose storage units and I find that storing records in them works best for me. They can hold up to 25-30 records on average. I always try to leave some space in them for the albums to glide out when I pull them instead of having to tug on them if it is jam packed. Plus over-packing albums in cubes can cause some possibly ringwear on the covers (even if protected in sleeves) so its always good to let the albums breathe. It is quite easy to remember where everything should go considering the size of my collection and how its organized. If it was done either more loosely or in a different manner, then it would be an issue.

[@mrhoffame]

Great stuff my friend. I was curious...when it comes to original pressings or reissues do you have preference or does it really matter at all? It just looked like from the spines a lot of your stuff are reissues so I was curious. Take care my friend!

[@BruceColon-BSides]

Beautiful collection

[@dorkvader5332]

I have mine similar to how he has them though with a bit of a twist. eg Roxy Music with all the band members LPs together alphabetically. I will do the same with some other groups too.

[@lennon_9dream133]

Anyone know how to say a web where most of the classic rock vinyl covers appear in real size?

[@klandersen42]

Pretty much how I do it. General A-Z alphabetized by band or artist name, then chronologically oldest to newest by release date followed by 12" singles again by release date then if I have dared get any boots by release date if known. Multi-artist usually alpha by first billed, soundtracks are usually by title be it movie, TV show or staged musical/play. Some better known producers like Mel Brooks I bundle under his name "B" instead of movie title, and movies. Kids albums by Walt Disney under "W" for studio name. Multi group collections like "Sounds of the 70s" for example I would put under "S" for the collection title name. Same for sampler albums if there is a collection title, if not sometimes I'll put it under the label of the company that compiled the selections A jazz sampler by Columbia under "C". OH names that have numbers I usually alphabetize by the number spelled out even it the numeric symbol is used. 5th Dimension under "F D" not "5 D". Jackson 5 alpha by "J F" so Jackson Browne would be before the Jackson 5. "J B" before "J F" not "J 5" before "J B" So my collection doesn't have any #s before the "A"s or at the end of the collection. If I have multiple copies of the same album: chronological by pressing, promo before regular release, if produced in different countries US pressings first then by alpha by country name. If the artist's country of origin is known then I'll put that pressing before the US one. Sometimes I place albums out of order due to my mild dyslexia. Sometimes I have had things misplaced for years and don't notice til I look for something I knew I had and discover it in the wrong place. Sometimes I've had the "Q"s before the "P"s.

[@TheRecordSpinner]

You’re right on the money with your organization! I notice that sometimes too with mine, I’ll realize “wait a second, Living in the Past came out after Thick as a Brick!” And it’s been out of place for the longest time.

[@jacksonwilburn6775]

Bruh all new vinyl

[@astolatpere11]

Sweet lps.

[@lancelotv4083]

It would be great a video showing your collection 😎👌

[@TheRecordSpinner]

Oh jeez, that’d be a marathon!

[@shimon1166]

How do you sleeve them? What type of sleeves are you using? Do you put the record in a rice paper sleeve? Do you put the record in the jacket or on the back outside of the jacket?

[@jerryking7502]

A to Z, the same as you, artist last name etc. I keep Christmas records separate....

[@trurock1]

Did you buy all these records brand new? Those covers are all mint!