Best Ways to Organize a Classical Record LP Collection ?

terry9
I have two special sections for 45RPM, audiophile / favourite recordings, 100 or so that I don't want to lose track of, everything else is roughly chronological, with blocks for baroque trumpet, etc.

cool.
I've always had about four rows of records laid out near my listening chair against the wall within easy reach. I don't like looking for records in a bookcase. Prefer flipping through them. Every month about 10 get added to these rows depending on mood from the bookcase, until it gets a little much, and a reminder to file some away. These classical records have made this long standing system obsolete. My DAC has not been used for a week. Shelving arrives this week.

In contrast to long haired music :^),  the actual performances becoming much more important now as I hear and concentrate on different city orchestras/conductors. If the good ones are on a clean disc and mastered well. Music Orgy time. Too much great music to list.

Some Baroque I really like. 

https://www.discogs.com/Johann-Sebastian-Bach-English-Concert-The-Trevor-Pinnock-Konzerte-F%C3%BCr-C...

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Couple Surprise finds.

An I Luv you DAD - Promotional (local retail and other companies) Album cover containing inside - Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Lp - Made in England Purple Label.

Wizard of OZ LP.    :^) 

Ooh ct, Trevor Pinnock is one of my favorite performers. I have a bunch by him; if you ever see any of his CRD LP's (UK label), get 'em. Lots of solo harpsichord of Bach, Scarlatti, etc. in incredibly high sound quality recordings.

Is anyone using one of these websites/software to catalog organize their LP collection ?

Collectorz.com

http://www.collectorz.com/music/?from=google&keyword=music%20collector%20pro&gclid=CO3c4MuX-...

KIX

http://www.kixsoftware.com/

Any other sites that you have used ?
thanks for any info. 

Discogs

https://www.discogs.com/

I have looked up album info on Discogs a lot. But have always just entered album info manually. I could just do this in an Excel spreadsheet. Is there any software that would allow me to scan the album label with my phone, it grabs the info and puts it into a database direct ?

Also, outside of those records that you keep in special areas i.e. frequent plays, the Chronological Idea that a few have mentioned here is sounding good to me.

I organize by composer's birthday. That way I have a progression that goes by music period *and* composer simultaneously--renaissance, baroque, rococo, classical, romantic, impressionist, 20th century, and contemporary.
The only problem is the collections that might have multiple composers or even artists as well. For those I have a separate block of albums generally organized alphabetically by primary artist.

Yes, definitely organize by birth year of the composer. That way you can get a visual feel of the progression of centuries of music, and understand which composers wrote during the same period, and which ones influenced those who were born later. Here is the way classical.net broadly divides things:

Medieval - 11th though 14th Centuries
Early Renaissance - 15th Century
High Renaissance - 16th Century
Early Baroque - Late 16th and 17th Centuries
High Baroque - Late 17th and Early 18th Centuries
Classical/Romantic - Late 18th Century
Romantic - Early 19th Century
Romantic/Modern - Late 19th Century
Modern - 20th Century

In each composer section, I subdivide by opus numbers, chronologically. When that is not feasible, I keep all the symphonies of that composer together, all his string quartets together, and so on.

If you have a violin record with four composers on it, what do you do then? You can either put it in with your favorite composer on the LP, or you can have a section of records at the end or beginning of your shelving devoted to particular instruments. Piano, clarinet, guitar, what have you.

Operas you can have in a separate section or not.

Filing alphabetically is the lazy man's way, essentially pointless except for convenience. Is there really any sense in having Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Bruckner next to each other, when what they primarily have in common is the letter B?

Filing by label is valid if you collect by label and when music is not your main concern. But why have to go to dozens of different sections to find all your Beethoven?

Enjoy your new collection!