Stuff in there I'd forgotten I had. Bands I saw 25-30 years, great nights forgotten. So many memories. And it's keeping them quiet.
But they are filing solo artists by their first names! 👿
Seems sensible to me, it's what I've done. Avoids the dilemma of what to do when a band name is also a person's name. Do you file "Uriah Heap" under U or H, for instance? What about Alice Cooper, solo career under C but the band under A?
[i]But they are filing solo artists by their first names![/i]
I think this way is better. However my vinyl is by surname and my CDs are by first. Makes it quite confusing. If only there was a way of searching by keyword.
After a bit of a shouting match bands starting with "The" are all going under "The".
Hope you haven't got any Verve
After a bit of a shouting match bands starting with "The" are all going under "The".
But this is just wrong!
Somewhat shocked to have found East 17! 😯
Pretty sure it's not mine, also pretty sure it doesn't belong to MrsMC or the kids either. 😕
saves confusion with The TheAfter a bit of a shouting match bands starting with "The" are all going under "The".
Currently frying their brains what to do with compilation albums.
Now 38 has just surfaced. And a classical compilation still in it's cellophane.
[i]Now 38 has just surfaced[/i]
File in the bin
I wouldn't let my children (or anyone else) touch my CD shelves.
Currently frying their brains what to do with compilation albums.
I drag those out separately and stick them at the end (after briefly considering filing them under "C"...)
Uriah Heap
But Uriah Heap isn't the artist, he invented the seed drill in the 1800s didn't he? So the band name is just that - a band name so file under U.
No idea what to do with Alice Cooper though - but I did spend my childhood thinking he was a she.
Was expecting more along the lines of size 9 and 10 heels on the bottom shelf, dress size 18 and 20 on top. Disappointed.
johndoh - Member
Uriah HeapBut Uriah Heap isn't the artist, he invented the seed drill in the 1800s didn't he? So the band name is just that - a band name so file under U.
No idea what to do with Alice Cooper though - but I did spend my childhood thinking he was a she.
Your a bit muxed up.
Jethro Tull invented the seed drill and the lead singer is Ian Anderson
Uriah heap is in great expectations ian't he?
Christ yes I am aren't I.
Oops - I shall get my coat 🙁
Was expecting more along the lines of size 9 and 10 heels on the bottom shelf, dress size 18 and 20 on top. Disappointed.
No, that's the TV shelf.
Tried to find the Absolutely sketch for Calum Gilhooley but it's all copy protected.. 🙁
Jethro Tull lived in Crowmarsh, by Wallingford.
I go alphabetical by group, disregarding The, and surname. Compilations extreme right, after Z.
It'd been so long since my CDs were in a sensible order I can't remember how I catalogue them.
After a bit of a shouting match bands starting with "The" are all going under "The".
But this is just wrong!
It gets worse when some bands have the definit article added through common usage, when it was never part of their actual name, like Arcade Fire and Pixies.
I used to sort my CD's in alphabetical order, including solo artists, who would be by surname, but lack of shelf space, and ongoing acquisitions mean that there are disorderly piles of CD's stacked wherever I can find somewhere to put them.
Fortunately the fact that the great majority have been ripped means they're easy to find using Remote on the phone or pad.
There's a reason the discs haven't been relegated to boxes in the loft; every so often an artist who's albums I've been buying for years does a tour that's at small venues, and a signing opportunity presents itself, cue an archaeological dig to find the old discs! 😀
So, nobody does it by genre and then leaves it to, er, natural selection? To be honest, the genre thing is a bit hazy at best.
Look, I can see where you're all going wrong.
Numbers first.
Then by artist/surname/composer (individual titles ordered by release date).
Ignore 'The'.
Compilations alphabetically by title under V, for various.
🙂
MoreCashThanDash - MemberAfter a bit of a shouting match bands starting with "The" are all going under "The".
Just as well, if you try disregarding the The then The The will send you into a recursive The loop. And you're never going to find your Therapy? albums.
Thought this might get the OCD amongst us frothing. 😆
Also you have to file Thee Headcoats under E.
Cd sorting shall forever be known as rusty spanner's law.....:-)
Totally random, so I find something unexpected while looking for something else.
I can beat you all.
Mine are
*unsorted*
I suspect, given that MrsMC has had 22 years access to the CD collection, that mine are still more random than I realise. The kids found a few where the disc inside didn't match the box 🙄
GavinT - Member
I wouldn't let my children (or anyone else) touch my CD shelves.
Eminently sensible and the same as my rules! 😀
I drag those out separately and stick them at the end
There is no other way!
The kids found a few where the disc inside didn't match the box
A hanging offence.
Er, what's a CD?
nobody does it by genre
that way lies madness.
Mine are*unsorted*
The reason I sorted mine in the first place was so that if one was missing I'd a) know it was missing, b) have a reasonable punt at [i]what[/i] was missing and c) by extension potentially remember who I'd lent it to.
Have you got to p j Harvey yet?
[i]nobody does it by genre[/i]
My digital stuff is! Just because there are so many bands, if it was just one big directory by artist it'd be unmanageable. And once I started by genre (artist alphabetically within, of course), there's no changing it.
No, that's the TV shelf.
<insert gif of Charles Kane applauding>
Alphabetically by Artist, Then Chronologically by Album.
I would be interested to hear your solutions to the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young problem.
<insert gif of Charles Kane applauding>
I did wonder whether anyone would get that. (-:
I would be interested to hear your solutions to the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young problem.
Under 'C'.
How about West Side Story?
I did wonder whether anyone would get that. (-:
It was almost TOO inspired to get noticed. My favourite post so far. Ever.
[i]I would be interested to hear your solutions to the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young problem.[/i]
Only buy Neil Young stuff.
You still have CDs? How twee.
How about West Side Story?
"B"
How about West Side Story?"B"
Mine's at the end, after Z, with compilations and soundtracks. I have the vinyl.
MARIA! I just met a girl named MARIA! and suddenly they're looking at me funny in the office
