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L.P. Cataloging Sytem Advice

I have a pleasant problem that I hope I can get some suggestions on solving.

My friend's brother just moved out of his mother's house (well he is in his 40's!). He had a large L.P. collection that would not fit in jis new apartment. He was going to throw everything in the trash but instead I offered to take his albums for the price of shipping Chicago to California.

Ten days later 27 boxes of L.P.s showed up!

This is a 1500+ L.P. collection of breathtaking ecclecticity. Everything from mainstream rock like U2, Eagles etc. to obscure rock like the Pixies, Dumptrucks, Red Lory/Yellow Lory to a nice Jazz collection to a classical (the entire Funk and Wagnals series for example) collection. Most of it in VG+ to NM condition. Breathtaking!

The question is: Rather than invent the wheel, does anyone out there with a similer type collection have advice on how to sort such a collection so it makes sense and, most importantly, one can find things????

Thanks in advance.
eddaytona
dougdeacon
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My (all classical) collection is sorted chronologically by the birth date of the composer, then in Penguin guide order more-or-less within each composer. Helps me find something when I'm in the mood for Baroque, or Romantic or whatever. Did I mention I majored in history?

Dual composer albums are sorted by... umm... color? Maybe it's time to look into that software idea. Excel should do for starters, I could export into some DB later if I wish.
txtechiebb30
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10-13-03: 4yanx wrote:
Wish there was something similar for LP's, assuming of course that you'd have to manaully type in the title and artist for it to retrieve the data.

Well, 4yanx...it looks like CD Trustee Professional is what you're looking for! ;)

Wes
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onhwy61
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Consult "High Fidelity" for numerous suggestions for the best way to sort your collection. Read the book by Nick Hornby or see the movie.
am_dial
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I created a simple database using FileMaker Pro software. This way I could control what fields I wanted (e.g., in my case, I added--in addition to usual stuff such as title and catalog #--fields to note condition, whether the record has been cleaned yet, vinyl color, etc.). By using a database, I can sort through all of the records any number of ways, or find all records by a particular band or on a particular label. It took several months to get everything entered into the database, but now when I bring a new record into the house the first thing I do is catalog it.

By the way, if you ever want to get rid of any of that "obscure rock" stuff, just drop me a line...

Good luck!
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