[78-L] How do you organize your collection?

[Julian Vein]

On 31/08/12 23:07, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> So Julian, how do you indicate in the dbase where to find a particular
> record? Do you have everything on the shelf in random order,numbered
> with no concern for label, artist, composer, etc? Or is the
> wall/shelf/divider indicated somehow?
>
> joe salerno
>
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Joe,
When i acquire a new record, I assign it a new number in sequence from 
the last one. So if the new number assigned is 4334, that's where it 
will be. I started off with different coloured spines for each hundred 
78s, and then marked each edge with a white marker: the first at the 
top, and gradually working down for each further ten, which makes it 
fairly simple to find a particular record.

My database include:
1. Artist's first name
2. Artist's last name
3. Type of group (e.g. Orchestra, Trio etc)
4. Pseudonym (if any)
5. Song title
6 Catalogue number
7. Vocalist's name
8. Unusual features (e.g. a non-standard take, or previously unissued)
9. Filters for certain artists and genres

      Julian Vein