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Decent software for classical LP collection mgmt?

My classical LP collection has grown out of control with various recent church bazaars and tag sale acquisitions. I need to get organized. My CD's have long been on a music server and thus they are all neatly databased, with cover art and lyrics. But my LP's are a mess.

About 10 years ago I had started to do this using a spreadsheet for the first 1500 or so albums. But I find now that I didn't record a lot of fields that I'm more interested in today (like I didn't rate any of them for condition or performance quality). Also, I keep discovering duplicate copies of stuff where I might sell it or donate the lesser copy to my church.

Anyway, this sounds like an all-winter data entry project, so I'm looking for a program that will make it as easy as possible. Any suggestions??

Thanks!
dfhaleycko
dfhaleycko OP
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When I ripped all my CD's to my server, I used dbpoweramp which has extremely good database searching. Only one out of 10 of my CD's required manual data entry. Plus dbpoweramp got the majority of the cover art right as well. Not a free program, and requires an annual subscription for the database, but well worth the money. I highly recommend it if your collection is mostly CD.

I was hoping to find something easier for LP's. I fussed around with Catraxx last night and found that it can be extremely flexible. You can design your own database elements and the entry forms. I did not have much success looking up obscure classical LP's on Discogs, however. So it appears that I'm in for a long winter, or maybe I'll just update my spreadsheet macros and continue to evolve my old database.

Unless anyone else has other suggestions for vinyl collection management software?

Thanks!
learsfool
1,215 posts
 
I should have mentioned that my collection is mostly classical - has anyone had a good experience with any of these programs (must also work on a Mac) for classical, or should I continue using my Excel file?
watterfall
1 posts
 
I am a movie and music fun. Personally, I like free Movienizer that I use and believe it to be the best DVD catalog program for my huge movie collection of more than 1000 films.:) As for music organzier I use Media Catalog Studio
amfibius
282 posts
 
I used Collectorz before abandoning it because of the quality of the online database. Scan in the CD (either by putting it in the drive or entering the barcode) and you will get:

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bach, JS
Bach, Johann
Bach, Johann S
Johann S BACH
Johann Sebastian Bach
JS BACH
J.S. Bach

... and so on and so on. It will try to file your CD under a seperate composer when all of them are Bach. When you have >3000 CD's and LP's this gets tiresome very quickly.
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