My situation: 3 racks of 300 each, some stacked here and there, need to buy
another or get something taller and consolidate. DVDs are starting to
encroach on the space quite a bit.
In college as a DJ I hauled a couple of Case Logic 100-CD cases for a while,
to do my radio show etc. This I realized was not the best of solutions as 1.
lots of albums only had track info on the back of the case, leaving me
hanging in several instances, and 2. dust creeps into the sleeves and
scratches your CDs when you're in the habit of taking them in and out
repeatedly on a daily basis.
As far as sorting stuff goes, due to the ridiculous percentage of CDs I own
carrying the 'various artists' moniker, I said fuck a bunch of alphabets and
went for color-coding the whole mess by the art on the spine. So my racks
looked like a large, uneven spectrum for a while, red to yellow to green to
blue and ending on black to grey then white, and it worked quite well. My
memory is more apt to quickly recall an album cover than an obscure artist
or title off the cuff. Since the initial sorting I've moved twice and
purchased lots more junk, so it's not quite as well organized as before, but
it still works to an extent. It's kind of pretty, too.
Worthwhile to point out that afterwards people universally agreed that I was
more insane than they had initially given me credit for.
Tom
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