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CD Cataloging Problem

I recently inherited a collection of CDs. Mostly classical. I'm not deeply into classical music and I have my own small collection of classical CDs. The collection I inherited is small as well. Maybe 50-75 keepers.

The problem is that the former owner took them out of their jewel cases and stored them in large binders. He kept the insert with the cover art and liner notes.


I like CDs in jewel cases. I have adequate shelving for my CDs and these new ones and I like being able to browse my CDs to decide what to listen to. I do not want to flip though binders. Just a matter of personal preference.

Obviously I can buy jewel cases for next to nothing and put the CDs and inserts in them. But the spine end will be blank and that will make shelf browsing pretty much impossible.

Anyone have any idea how I can fix this without hand labeling jewel case spines? My handwriting is terrible.

(I know that I could rip them all and eventually I probably will. But not ready to go down that road yet.)
n80
n80 OP
2,133 posts
 
@lowrider57  He did not keep the back cover art unfortunately.
uberwaltz now that you mention that I seem to remember a program that would do that from years ago. In fact, I was thinking it was part of iTunes. I'll do a search for something like that. It will be a real pain in the rear but possibly worth it.........to keep my OCD in check.
n80 OP
2,133 posts
 
@lowrider57  He did not keep the back cover art unfortunately.
uberwaltz now that you mention that I seem to remember a program that would do that from years ago. In fact, I was thinking it was part of iTunes. I'll do a search for something like that. It will be a real pain in the rear but possibly worth it.........to keep my OCD in check.
riley804
1,224 posts
 
if the cd cases are the normal size ones vs the skinny ones, get a label maker and then you can use that to label the cds
n80 OP
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I will buy the thicker cases. 

I could not find an app for printing CD labels. Most were outdated or for Windows only. I'll search some more.

But, I might just print the title in the right sized font and cut the paper to the right size. About the same thing as using a label maker. Both will be ugly but functional.
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cleeds
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n80
I could not find an app for printing CD labels. Most were outdated or for Windows only ...
You can get a template to do that for most word processing programs, such as MS Word. Also, some audio software such as JRiver has that function built in.
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