How do you arrange the order of your records?

Single and double vinyl albums are divided between Classical, and Pop/Rock/Jazz. If I've got a bunch of a composer's records I'll divide those up between symphonies, piano concertos, etc. Then I've got a shelf devoted to Musicals, Soundtracks, MOR & Hi-Fi Test/Demo records which I mostly inherited from my dad. Finally, a shelf of Classical Vinyl Box Sets such as operas & symphonies. The Classical is largely alphabetical by composer but, of course, this is not always possible. The 45s, of course, are lined up in that shoe box. My pitiful collection of ten inch 33's lean against a wall.

My post was removed but what I attempted to say in a somewhat comical way was: My recordings are just thrown in the closet with the top rotation records on the top of the pile. If I have to dig deep, it's 20 minutes minimum. I wish I was better organized but that is just not me. 

This will be a long thread and will rapidly become repetitious.  Like others, I organize by genre first and then alphabetically according to musician, if jazz, R&B, or other.  If Classical, by composer.  If movie sound track, by movie title.

Albums are stored record shop style so I can flip through them (but without any separators.) I could not do library style, bent over reading spines. It would drive me crazy 🤪

Main groupings are classic rock, jazz, blues, folk, female vocals, male vocals, soundtracks, and classical. Each artists’ records are filed together but in no particular order.

I used to keep my LPs in strict alphabetical band/performer order as you often found in most shops.

Apart from the few classical, which went in at the end. I didn't mind mixing jazz, punk, folk etc all together, but for some reason classical had to be kept apart.

Now when it comes to digital recordings, I can’t find any satisfactory method of arranging them.

Probably A-Z again by default, but I increasingly listen more and more to playlists these days eg pop, rock, best of’s, fast, slow etc.

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.

Alphabetically how Discogs list them on the app

I have them broken down into large genre groups--Classical, Jazz, Pop/Rock, and for Classical it is alphabetical by composer (I have cross reference index for records with multiple composers), the rest by primary performer.  I have too many records to go with random.  I use a similar approach for CDs (the physical copies anyway), which are all ripped to a server and are more readily accessible because one can search in a number of ways to find the file for the CD on the server.