With over 9000 vinyl records the only way to do it is by continent/country,
mine is:
UK
Europe
Detroit
Rest of America
And then _very_ roughly by genre.
Its the only way.
----- Original Message -----
From: david turgeon <david@evolutiontech.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 7:02 PM
Subject: (idm) classify!
quoted 33 lines how do you classify your cds & vinyls?
> how do you classify your cds & vinyls?
>
> i'm asking because i've recently bought a cd tower & i must have spent
> hours just debating that question with myself: how do i classify them?
>
> of course, putting them in alphabetical order seems like the obvious
> answer, but i wanted to break it down some more, so i first separated
> between 'normal' electronic music & the more 'free' stuff (abstract
> electronics, noise, free jazz, etc.)
>
> however, this wouldn't always do: where do i put those sonic youth &
> white noise records? so i needed a 'rock' section & while i'm at it i
> figured i'd break it down into even more categories: this was even more
> disastrous! chris watson's cd of wildlife recordings couldn't be 'drum
> n bass', 'idm', 'abstract electronics', 'heavy/noise' or 'jazz', much
> less 'rock' or 'pop electronics'. & of course i didn't want a
> 'miscellaneous' section because i'm a prick like that. nobody ever
> browses the miscellaneous section!
>
> my latest idea was to break them down by country. no questions about
> whether one cd befits a certain pile or not, & it was actually
> interesting to make comparisons between the american, canadian, english
> & german outputs. packaging-wise, europe beats north america hands
> down, although the few really nice-looking american covers are always
> especially nice (lucky kitchen for one...)
>
> i'm aware that this thread may be awarded a prize for utter futility if
> it ever takes off, but i'm seriously interested in hearing any creative
> stunts you guys & gals may have pulled off to overcome this, er,
> problem.
>
> ~ david
>