How do you arrange the order of your records?

mike -- if he’s there, go about it the right way and start with contemporary Dutch composer Michel van der Aa.

@edcyn zero Michel van der Aa in the collection. the collection is classical, not sure he does classical composition. i'm into modern classical, and avant-garde pieces. so i will look. 

and looking on Discog, he only has one cut on one live double Lp album. based your suggestion, i did buy it.

when i venture into my streaming again i will look him up.

have around 12k records.

i break it down a number of ways; i have a separate section for 12" 45rpm pressings, and a separate section for Mono pressings. also box sets are mostly all together.

the bulk of my collection; my non box set stereo 33 rpm records, are generally broken down into (1) pop/rock/folk (by artist alphabetically), (2) Jazz/blues (by artist), and (3) classical (by composer).

there are a few special sections from one label, and i have a special section for rec’s from one friend of mine who knows current pop music separated from the general pop/rock..

i can find most records in 15-30 seconds. with some classical i recall how the album cover looks, or remember something, but can’t find stuff quickly as i’m learning classical. just bought a 3000 classical pressing collection last fall, so i plan on learning more. learning about music is one of the joys of vinyl. some degree of organization helps.

holy cow. Was this from an estate sale or an individual abandoning vinyl for digital? No matter, what a find.

@lowrider57 just one of those things. i happened to be looking at ebay and saw this classical collection for bid. the guy lived in N.J. and had purchased it from a Grammaphone Reviewer 20 year ago. a wide variety of classical music, with the focus on performance and not the most desired pressings. but a few gems here and there. and the condition is pristine almost 100%.

i messaged the seller and made an offer, turned out he knew me (i did not know him) from the forums and he accepted my offer. it came in 46 boxes on two pallets. 1800 pounds. a lifetime of investigations for me. and it was what he said it was. and i paid a fair price too.

yes, a ’find’.