Best way to organize 6000 albums?


I currently have about 2000 albums arranged alphabetically. I purchased a collection that was randomly numbered ( each new album owner purchased received the next available number ) and came with a DBASE file as an index. I have a few thousand in boxes gathering dust. I am wondering if anyone has ingeneous ideas as to how to have access to all albums and make them easy to browse through. The least amount of space used the better. I guess I prefer parallel to the wall as it is easier to flip through them and see the covers ( for guests ). I'm thinking of a vertical rack shaped like the ride the zipper with rows of album storage trays, it can be rolled vertically through placing each row at the appropriate level ?? any ideas welcome...any diy out there in this vain.
drguayo
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Organization is such a personal thing, depending on how our own minds work.  One of my audio buddies has around 10,000 LPs and he files them by label name then record number.  That works for him.

From the time I began collecting records I've arranged them by category, then alphabetically by major artist or composer (for classical).  My collection is one-third the size of his but so much easier for me to find what I'm looking for.
For me when I had 6000 Classical LP’s , quick way for me was by county of composer and then roughly year of composition . Could usually find in few minutes .