By genre, then alphabetically. I go by last name of the composer for classical and by last name of the artist for other genre. For groups, I go by the name of the group (e.g., for "Jethro Tull" use "J").
For LPs with works by multiple composers or with multiple artists, pick one. (E.g., in my collection, "Armstrong & Ellington" is filed under "Armstrong" for example. Why? An accident of history because I had more Louis Armstrong recordings than Duke Ellington recordings once upon a time.)
The important thing is to use a system that makes sense for you, that you can apply with as much consistency as practical, and that will allow you some success in finding the album your looking for without a prolong search through your shelves. My process still depends on a searchable database to find some LPs: a field in the database is "Filed Under" to tell me where I hid the thing. :-)
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For LPs with works by multiple composers or with multiple artists, pick one. (E.g., in my collection, "Armstrong & Ellington" is filed under "Armstrong" for example. Why? An accident of history because I had more Louis Armstrong recordings than Duke Ellington recordings once upon a time.)
The important thing is to use a system that makes sense for you, that you can apply with as much consistency as practical, and that will allow you some success in finding the album your looking for without a prolong search through your shelves. My process still depends on a searchable database to find some LPs: a field in the database is "Filed Under" to tell me where I hid the thing. :-)
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