I "only" have about 670 LPs, but that's a huge leap from a couple years ago when I had just a few. Storing and organizing has become a pressing problem.
I decided to use the discogs app to catalogue my collection.
It's been a slog over the past few weeks doing this that's for sure! But having finally finished last week I'm glad I did it. Now I won't double-buy any more LPs (yup, done that!) and I know what all those shelves of LPs actually contain.
And now it's not egregious work to input any new LP via the app. Most of them I buy from discogs, so it's just a matter of pressing a button "add to collection" when I receive it. Otherwise, if it's new vinyl from somewhere else I can scan the bar code.
BTW, I've found these record dividers to be great. They are stiff, look good, easy to write on with a white grease pencil, and I prefer the wedge-cut as it seems to take up less visual space:
https://www.amazon.com/30-Record-Divider-Cards-12NS13BK30DI/dp/B00BF7ESQY
But I face the problem of most music collectors: How to organize, with the bedeviling issue of sub-categories.
For instance a lot of my collection is Library/Production music from the 70's/80's. And I love synth-electronic music.
So when I have a synth-based Library album there are three possibly helpful categories I could put it in:
1. Library Music2. Electronica3. Old Synth Electronica (analog etc, a favorite genre).
In terms of physical storage, that presents a problem of which category in which to place it.
It SHOULDN'T present a problem with a good organizing app, because you'd THINK that such apps would allow you to organize via sub-categories, so I could put such albums in all three categories. Unfortunately....and this blows my mind for an app made by the premier site for record collectors...there IS no option for sub-categories in the discogs site/app! Talk about an annoying head-scratcher!
I've looked at other vinyl organizing apps, but unfortunately they are more cumbersome to use than the discogs app, and don't allow near the speed of inputting my collection.
So, until discogs wakes up and makes the app utility better, I'm still struggling through these issues.
I decided to use the discogs app to catalogue my collection.
It's been a slog over the past few weeks doing this that's for sure! But having finally finished last week I'm glad I did it. Now I won't double-buy any more LPs (yup, done that!) and I know what all those shelves of LPs actually contain.
And now it's not egregious work to input any new LP via the app. Most of them I buy from discogs, so it's just a matter of pressing a button "add to collection" when I receive it. Otherwise, if it's new vinyl from somewhere else I can scan the bar code.
BTW, I've found these record dividers to be great. They are stiff, look good, easy to write on with a white grease pencil, and I prefer the wedge-cut as it seems to take up less visual space:
https://www.amazon.com/30-Record-Divider-Cards-12NS13BK30DI/dp/B00BF7ESQY
But I face the problem of most music collectors: How to organize, with the bedeviling issue of sub-categories.
For instance a lot of my collection is Library/Production music from the 70's/80's. And I love synth-electronic music.
So when I have a synth-based Library album there are three possibly helpful categories I could put it in:
1. Library Music2. Electronica3. Old Synth Electronica (analog etc, a favorite genre).
In terms of physical storage, that presents a problem of which category in which to place it.
It SHOULDN'T present a problem with a good organizing app, because you'd THINK that such apps would allow you to organize via sub-categories, so I could put such albums in all three categories. Unfortunately....and this blows my mind for an app made by the premier site for record collectors...there IS no option for sub-categories in the discogs site/app! Talk about an annoying head-scratcher!
I've looked at other vinyl organizing apps, but unfortunately they are more cumbersome to use than the discogs app, and don't allow near the speed of inputting my collection.
So, until discogs wakes up and makes the app utility better, I'm still struggling through these issues.