Album Storage


Curious how everyone stores their Albums?
I mean do you store it by genre, alphabetize? I’m sure most alphabetize them, but do you do it by the name of the Album or artist & if it’s by artist what would you do with Jethro Tull & James Taylor, go with the “J” or the “T”?
giglr
Dgad, my solution for classical LPs with multiple composers is to file one of three ways: 1) under the composer whose work on the LP has the greatest significance for me, or 2) file under the composer already taking up the most space on the shelves, or 3) when there are a whole host of composers with many short works, file under a generic category (e.g., "Baroque," "Brass," "Marches," "Renaissance"). In the generic groupings (#3), I'll typically sort by label.
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Rushton,

Thanks. I will use by category which is how it is looking. Originally it was by most significant piece but I often end up looking for things this way.
For classical - I like to arrange them chronologically by the year of the composer's birth . . . then within each composer I arrange in order of increasing ensemble size. Then there are a few extra small sections for related stuff . . . i.e. all the renaissance choral compilations, all of the electronic/electro-acoustic stuff, all of the albums that feature a performer more than a composer, etc. etc.

I like the end result to generally group similar stuff together, and to be interesting and relaxing to browse through. Alphabetical is stressfull . . . best reserved for filing bills and such.