The BEST Way To Organize Vinyl Records
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- Leave a comment with how you organize your vinyl record collection AND/OR your favorite record/box set that I showed off in this video.
I've touched on this in room tours, but this time I'm going DEEP into the shelves, row by row, box by box, to explain how I organize my records. I hope you enjoy this look into my collection as much as I did filming it!
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My entire collection's sorted alphabetically...by drummer.
That’s absolutely awesome!👊🏻
So you dont‘t have any Kraftwerks!? …. crazy(:
Bach, Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms?
I organized from a to z. I worked in a library so libarian in me has it in alphabetic order.
We have over 8K vinyl records and simply alphabetizing works the best! :)
I do the same thing G for Grateful dead, K for Alexis Koerner etc.. but it's A-Z in 8 different spots.. LoL!!
@@WhiskeyandDonuts I agree. Alphabetical is easiest. I don't have to think about genre (which can be arbitrary) when it comes to genre. For example, I'm a huge Prince fan, and he's had albums that defy genre. Same with Joni Mitchell. She stated out folky and then evolved to more jazz stylings. I don't own any Linda Ronstadt on vinyl, but her albums covered quite a range of styles in her career. My albums all fall into a single genre: "Music I like".
But is a pain to keep the space. What if you ran out of the B letter space?
Alphabetical is usually the most practical method, but I would prefer to separate classical/instrumental music from the rest
Organized mine by release date and it really puts things into perspective.
This was my favorite video you’ve done in a while. It really felt like I was in the room with ya digging through your collection
Good to know! I'll try to replicate the feeling.
Good Taste Abounds in your collection. When Floyd Animals came out & was held in reverence along with the selections of Seattle Grunge Greats... Nice
“All killer no filler”
I like that haha
That was a very enjoyable tour of your collection.
Mine, just short of 3,000 LPs, is just alphabetical by last name. Rock, Metal, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Reggae, R&B/Funk, Country, World, it's all one kind of music to me.
I agree with you, Matt! When I put together my shelves, I'm most likely to organize my albums by genre. Thank you for the inspiration!
The way my tears fell when I saw that Disintegration Loops box set.
Did you see that he signed it for me on the side? ;)
Impressive collection. I don’t think I’ll ever go that far but it’s still awesome to see a collection like this.
A friend has an extensive sheet music collection (60,000+) and uses a database to organize them. Each new sheet music gets a number assigned that then points directly to the storage location. He loves the expression: "Numbers are your friends."
I have just a little over 1,100 records. A-Z with soundtracks, 10” and 7” separate. Even though you’re in a small space, the way you organize makes my head explode. Especially Violator in your classic rock section. Stay safe!
Really enjoyed this video, Matt! It was nice to see your collection more up close and personal. That's a great idea about separating live albums into their own section! I may have to do that on one of these quarantine days.
I have probably in the region of 1500 records now and organize A-Z by genre with the my most prized/loved records in the living room. I have a backlog problem too that is even worse than yours.
Glad to see the NYC set-up, Matt. It looks great! Always love vinyl room tours.
I just go alphabetically... but I only have little less than 300 albums. So, alphabetically is not a problem. As my collection grows, and more genres are added in my "discovering new stuff" journey, I know I will have to change the way I store the records. Thanks for sharing!
Great organization! I believe there is no right or wrong way of organizing as it is a very individual way of classifying the records in each collector's mind. Like what you said, organizing the records is to help you find the record when you wanted to give it a spin so as long as it works for the collector, it is perfect! 😊
Cool seeing how different people organize their collection. At the end of the day all that matters is knowing where your stuff is. Cheers
I've organized mine by color :-) white to yellow to red to green to blue to black! I also draw pictures of my least favorite album covers on little pieces of paper and slip them under my neighbour's door.
Great video
Great video. I’m actually in the process of organizing my records now and was looking for ideas. This helped a lot.
Nice video Matt. Always enjoy browsing your collection
Very cool man! I always enjoy seeing how others organize their collections! All the best and be well my friend!
I dig it. This vid gave me some good ideas. Thanks.
Sweet room tour Matt!
My organisation of around 100 records is quite simple for now...so:
Low 1st row on the left is game soundtracks, rock and soviet classics.
Low 2nd row on the right goes straight Monster Rally (tropic-hop) discography.
Low 3rd row on the right is synthwave, electronic, experimental, indie rock.
And the high 4th biggest row is vaporwave section sorted by cover coloration and artists affilation.
Dont own any kallax-like furniture and..it holds on cardboards... wish i could build something custom to fit it nearby my tv with players and game consoles...hopes can fix it better in a future...because i have to locate my turntable barely over the speaker...im serious :D
Nice Collection!😀
I use the chaos method for organizing my records. So when I am flipping through my bins, it feels like I am going to discover a gem that I forgot I had. #lazy
I did the “chaos” system for most of my life. It was a great way to rediscover gems as you pointed out. I used to always get complaints from friends who “couldn’t find anything they wanted”. When the amount of records climbed to a few thousand I realized I needed to sort thing differently so I switched to a decades system. First release date was thereby your genre. For instance James Brown is 50’s, U2 are70”s. That worked for a while but it was also a point of contention for visitors and friends who generally seem to prefer genre based classifications. Now after 6,000+ recordings I am moving to a decades, alphabetically arranged system. A few genres like classical and film soundtracks. Jazz is a category with decade and alphabetical arrangement. I have 4,000 cds that are in chaos. One day I hope to arrange alphabetically by decades with box sets standing alone. I’m not sure how I should arrange the DVD’s and VHS music collection?
The first time I recognized an artist was at 6:58. Everyone gotta be somewhere.
In-f**n-sane man! 😍 love videos of all your gear/gems
:D
I think an approach like yours really works if you’re the only person flipping records on a daily basis. At home my wife also digs records from the shelves. To make it simple we go a-z, soundtracks on a separate box and same gif box sets. Some day we’ll unify the criteria I think 😂
Great video
A-Z by last name, but I keep a separate shelf apart from the collection (a 4X4 expedite) that is for all the rollover stuff: kids records, comedy albums, picture discs, 10" albums, soundtracks -which are sorted by the decade of the films' release, compilations -I did not notice any within your collection, there are so many amazing ones out there! A "killer" punk one I'd suggest if you have any love for that genre of music is the "Fat Music for Fat People" comp; it was the first put out by Fat Wreck Chords many years ago and still holds up very well. Also on that shelf, I have all my box sets, world music -separated by region, classical music pre-2000 (new stuff goes out with the A-Z) and then Christmas which is split into classic and modern subsections. It's a labor of love sorting these things, often I find I get almost as much enjoyment out of the process as spinning the albums; it is a zen thing for me. For your genre separating, I get that, I do it with my 45 collection (I have at least 2,000 because my wife and I have a jukebox player that we regularly reset) and they would just be impossible to manage alphabetically, I have 12 large boxes *each holds 250 [I think] 7" records, and I have them labeled accordingly: classic rock, pop, vocalists, country, R&B w/Soul, modern, holiday, and a special Yacht Rock collection :) I am inspired by your video here though, and perhaps will make a video look. We keep dividers up for the pets as well here at home...essential! Thanks for the cool video.
I didn't buy records from long time, I even let my grandpa's setup rest in the garage. I lifted it up after 30 years, have it cleaned up/fixed up by a professional, and gave it a rest few years later when I went on to live with my wife after we get married. Well, few days after discovering your channel I bought the 1st record (Chester Bennington's postume album with his 1st band) and I'm finally considering buy my 1st modern setup. BTW, my Kallax shelf is waiting for me to spin some records.
I really like that separation. At this point I don't have enough of anything to really divide out. But, as my collection grows I will keep this in mind.
At one point I tried the genre organization but found that since some artists are hard to pin point a style I gave up on that and just went alphabetical. My collection is not as large as yours so it isn’t a big deal for me. I have the ikea shelving just like you. One thing I did with my shelving was nail and glue a small piece of corner trim (L shaped) at the back of each bin to act as stopper. I see you put the clear sleeve protectors on your records. I was wondering if I should continue with doing that. I now realize I will. Cool and helpful videos. Thanks.
When you have more than 5,000 and listen to every type of recorded music genre sorting is stifling and a bit narrow as you grow older. Eventually, if your collection and you taste develop you will convert to a alphabetical or decades storage system with few concessions to genre.
this
Been trying to fight against this lol. I need to store my 7" collection, but getting started is overwhelming. 50's, 60's, 80's pop, 90's, and 00's are all labels that are happening. Hopefully the rest will be by genre.. Like 80's new wave, synth pop, and freestyle might have their own sections. Disco, classic rock, punk, metal, ect. But theres too many artists i don't know where to put like Bowie, Eno, Prince, Blondie, so many others 😶
It’s purely alphabetic for me. I’m 56 and I’ve been collecting all my life. It’s my music, so that’s the genre!
Great video and very informative 😊 hi from Australia
ello Australia!
Nice. An important thing to know on those IKEA shelves- they need to be set up the way you have them, the “short way.” When they are standing up the “tall way,” major collection-altering accidents have occurred. Also, they apparently do better when some plywood or other structural backing is added.
Great video! I have my records organized into groups of albums with singing and albums without singing and sorted alphabetically. After watching this it may work better for me to arrange them by genre.
Interesting system! I have a lot of instrumental stuff..
Do you have any ozzy or Black Sabbath on vinyl
I organize my LPs alphabetically regardless of genre. Then I go blindly to any cube and pull out the contents. Then I choose a select few that I want to listen to. I organize my CDs by broad genre, and then within each genre, organization is alphabetical. I found your video very interesting since I have very few of your genres represented in my collection. That means there is a lot of music out there I have not heard despite the fact I have over 6,000 LPs collected over 35 years. That inspires me to try out new music of different genres.
Jealous of those soundtrack and vapor wave sections! Banjo Kazooie!? That's so cool!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who organizes by genre. Sometimes you want to put a mood on and don’t know where that is in the alphabet.
I enjoyed this video. I have one cube, and I use one bookshelf for my albums. I have jazz, classical music, rock and roll, sound tracks, r & b. I have some box sets. I moved in September. My records are not organized well. That is something I will do.
Popular music (all genres) together, then classical, then compilations, then 12" singles. All of it in alphabetical order respectively. I use IKEA folding drawers in the bottom row of the Kallax for random bits and bobs and 45s in travel cases. I also catalogued and graded my collection in a spreadsheet on my G drive so I always know what I have / if I could used a better copy when I'm out digging.
This kinda brings back the charm of your early videos, love it!
Glad to hear it!
Doesnt it? He rules
GOAT!!!! great stuff as always Matt!
Thank you Lucas!!
Thanks for the video - I don't listen to enough genres to really separate (I'm 90% rock/alternative), so I want to organize alphabetically, then by release year for multiples by the same artist. Appreciated the walkthrough!
There are different kinds of rock though.
Was very happy to see the 100% Electronica record by George Clanton make an appearance!
Nice that u got postpartum releases and Vinyl Digital 😊 they are my Bros
this would take alot of time, but i have done it for my main kallax shelf, and thats i wood glued a 2x4 back stop to the side of the box so that my records stay perfectly in line, they can't push back to far, just perfect, it'd be alot of work but i tell you it looks so clean when you do it.
So cool to follow you through all the cubes. Although the ”To-Listen-Too” shelf is a
b/1€# to finish. I’ll never get mine empty.
Awesome collection. I really love how you organized it as well. What is the kallax unit size that you buy and the best way to stack the units (vertical or horizontal)?
This man pulled out a vinyl version of Cartel-Chroma like it wasn’t shit! Damn you!. As far as organization I basically do an all encompassing Metal section and then any kind of rock that i consider less then metal. Third is country/rap/classical. And finally all my box sets. Each section is alphabetical order obviously.
Man I talked to you on Twitter a month ago or so, and didn't even realize it was you until I was reminded that I watched your Kanye West collection a long time ago, keep up the good work!
An oldie but a goodie ;)
I’d add a tip that if you’re buying the bookshelves, get them in 4x4 cubes and add to it. They’re easier to move and the top and bottoms add stability to the shelves so they don’t bend with the weight of the vinyl.
Thanks for this information! Do they need to be connected to the wall?
I understand about genre but alphabetical order suits me. Another great video again mate👍
Great video Matt I separate rock and pop in A-Z then some into genres female vocal,blues,trip hop Electronic E.T.C ohh loved the cat stole the show almost 😻
Damnit, Molly
Too Many Records hey Matt do you have an email we can chat on I’m not into social media
I organize my collection in a couple of different ways. I have sections for soundtracks, rap/hiphop, alt. rock/metal, 80's/pop & electronic. With the exception of soundtracks and elecronic, the other sections are organized typically by artist. If an artist has mutiple releases, those are placed in order of release. Soundtracks are organized by music label. Within the label, they are sorted by catalogue number. The bulk of my collection consist of electronic music. I organize these records by music label (# - Z). Much like the soundtracks, they are further organized by catalogue number. I also use divider to separate each section of my entire collection.
Yeah I've thought about dividers but with my method, the cubes almost serve as them!
Yes! Thats solid too. Matt, dividers rule! I use dividers.
Hip-Hop being my favorite genre I like to organize that particular section chronologically
I can see separating by genre if you have a large library. (500+ records, or anything needing more than a single 2X4 Kallax shelf). But for any collection with fewer records than that, normal alphabetical is normal for the best IMO
I sort by alphabetical, but I do have Soundtracks separate at the end of my collection. I also sort solo albums with their associated bands if applicable (David Gilmour with Pink Floyd, Steven Wilson with Porcupine Tree, Peter Gabriel with Genesis…etc)
I'd love to see videos concentrating on specific artists...for example, a look at your Pearl Jam collection.
Noted ;)
Good stuff. Looking forward to eventually having the problem of reorganizing lol
It happens sooner than you realize.
I have 45s' that go back to the 50's and through the late 70's but a handful of LPs'.
Well organized. I am curious about your collection, do you have any of Shirley Bassey?
Definitely saw Gigi Masin - "Wind" at 8:42. Nice one.
I completely understand keeping an ambient library at < 50 records. Although certainly my favorite genre to listen to, many artists in that realm seem to struggle in separating themselves from their contemporaries and influences.
Nice eye. Gigi is a king!
You are very similar to how i organise mine. I organise by genre, relation (things like earl sweatshirt, tyler the creator, the internet and frank ocean all going together) then alphabetical by artist and chronologically by release
Great tips!
He said hip hop first record he pulls out Drake 🤣🤣
😂
He mentioned R&B, but I don't remember seeing him showing one.
Nicely done! Def more organized than myself. Once you hit 1k records, any organization change is a huge under taking. My is pretty well alphabetized but it’s far from perfect.
Hi: Your saving grace was when you pulled out Joni Mitchell's "Hejira"!!!! Sorry, just teasing...I think it's great that you keep your records in such good condition and in a way you can find what you want when you want it. Unfortunately, this 65 year old has no idea about the most of what you speak about or recommend. Though I am pleased to see the earnestness you have for your collection. Getting old and out of touch is something we all have to bear at some time in our lives. Great videos though.
Great video, was cool to see your collection like that.
I order mine with 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s in one cube, and then I have a couple of cubes of 90s - modern day. At the moment, I don't have so many records that I feel the need to split them into genres otherwise the cubes would all look a little lacking. I have one cube of backlog. I thought I had a problem with back log...seeing yours makes me feel a whole lot less guilty for having so many records to listen to properly. I have been making the most of lockdown and listening to one album only from my backlog every evening for a week to give it a good spin before moving it into my collection.
Also, just recently got into El Ten Eleven. What do you think of Tautology I?
Haven't heard Tautology yet, but I have the colored record coming in soon!!
My record collection is organised in alphabetical order. This allows me to log into an excel spreadsheet with as much information as I wish. Artist, label, year of release, runoff information, condition of media, sleeves, etc, Discogs or paid price, approx catalog value including postage. Other information are comments, Discogs rating, whether spinclean or not. Hope this helps
Hey Matt! I was wondering if there are any other type of shelf that would be good for storing records other than the IKEA Kallax? If anyone has any recommendations please let me know!
the my chemical romance vinyl box set...🤯 i’m totally jealous right now
Possibilities of sorting:
For smaller collections
* by year
* alphabetical by artist
* main genre (House, Disco, Hip Hop, Techno)
Broader collections:
* by sub-genre
* by sub-genre separated by 5-year time periods.
Larger collections:
* any sorting twice: 1 for favorites and 1 for collecting/deeper dive.
I now prefer BPM segments per favorites main genre as I like to DJ.
For Boogie Disco era (73-84) I have:
Classic Boogie Disco separated per 5 BPM increase.
Next to that there is HI-NRG, Italo,Garage,Love Boat and Alternative Disco as separated blocks.
For 90’s I have Classic House (including Garage/Euro/club/House Disco) separated per 5 BPM which also takes care of sub genres.
The rest is smaller therefore sorted by sub genre.
Sorting is for easy finding stuff.
I organized all my electronic music by bpm because in djing with vinyl that's important to me ;)
Can you tell me approximately how many records those IKEA shelve cubes hold each? Is it different for 4x4 versus 2x4 versus 2x2?
That A Kid Named Cudi vinyl, god damn🙏🙏🙏
Whoa!!! Where did you find “A Kid Named Cudi”?? Also, hope to get to that many records one day.
Alphabetic all the way. Classical & contemporary seperate. If missing, I recommend Fellini/ Nino Rota for ur soundtrack collection.
I have a relatively small collection and I sort them by year of initial release- multiple years are then sorted alphabetically (e.g. 1970- Let It Be, Atom Heart Mother)
That "Singles" OST is on my list. A nostalgic movie for me, but the soundtrack is pretty good.
The movie is cheesy, and fun, but that soundtrack is next level.
Regarding racks, I've had decent luck with the Target Threshold versions,(although they've changed over the years for the worse) and it's typically free shipping with them , prices are about what IKEA offers. I Don't know why all these cube companies are no longer including backs to strengthen the racks from accordioning. In the old days the came with a stiff fiberboard back. Also regarding esthetics, I've seen a few people place one jacket front forward in each cube (one for A, one for b) rather than have the edge of the jacket showing you get the artwork from some artist. It reminds you "Oh yeah , that's the A cube or the C cubes etc and it almost looks like art.
I have a hard time breaking down so much music by genre, so my categories are 1) classical, 2) jazz, 3) jazz vocalists, 4) compilations/soundtracks, and 5) everything else. I’m up to about 2,800 records, so strict alphabetizing is key. It’s also crucial, for me at least, to have everything on Discogs.
Damn when did you overtake me?
A-Z for me (apart from jazz), but that comes from years of working in an OG record store. (in that store, we only separated out country/world/soundtracks/classical/jazz, the rest was all filed under r-n-b/rap/rock. The way you've broken down the genres probably works better in that small space. I've also trimmed down the amount of records a bit, in search of the what i listen to the most collection, knowing it's easier to add than to take away. (still well over 1,500 records)
There's also a joke about the all killer and no filler mantra being mentioned along side a genre like vaporwave.
Awesome set up!! Does your copy of VU And nico have the banana as a sticker? Saw that and just wondering
Sadly, no.
Do you have any Vangelis? He’s an electronic composer. You might like it.
Do you have ktel music Express record that you can up load to TH-cam thank you
I find a lot of the time I forget about my box sets. I can’t keep them at the bottom of my shelves or I’ll forget they exist!
is there any good vinyl dividers or anything like that? i have about 40 records in one shelf and just wanna separate them by genre.
I don't know of any since I don't use them :(
What is written on the cover of your Baskinksi box set?
I only have 5-6 cubes worth of records, so it’s gonna be a while before my collection warrants this level of organization. 😂
It will happen quicker than you think! Did for me anyway, I initially felt like it wasn’t even worth the money for a dedicated vinyl shelf at all. Within 2 months I was like yeah, I need a Kallax at this point. Haha. Now my 2x4 with 8 cubes is just about full. Happened so incredibly fast. Ready for another kallax soon. Not sure which size yet.
Do you put a backing on the shelf so the records can't get pushed out the other side or do you just rely on the wall?
The wall. It's not a perfect system but it works for me.
I have my records stored in a cube that is part of my computer desk and in a sturdy high quality record case. I am a big jazz fan but am more into rock,classic rock,folk rock and rap.
That watch the throne tho 👀
I love the amount of A.D.D Im getting from all the fun in your room. Love it. I love the way you categorize too.
It's "controlled chaos"
The Vinyl Guru I keep finding you
In my collection I've found Led Zepplin filed under L and Z, same with Rolling Stones, under R and S, Elvis under E and P , Pink Floyd under P and F etc.
Thank you for the entertaining video but I agree with some of the replies - too many genres just confuse me. I organize mine from A-Z by last name (including soundtracks) and within each artist it's in chronological order. The only separate genres I have are jazz and Isreali albums.
Think I’m the only one sorting by date of initial release (decades) (and if more than one of any artist then go by date of release of earliest release I own of that band/artist) that said it works fine when owning just close to 50 or so😆. Great vid!
XKerriOTubeX I do the same. The key to understanding any work if art is context. I like pulling a record and seeing what else was released that year. I can look across the row to the left and see what came before.
I have about 5,000 and i do decade of first release date by artist in alphabetical sequence. Soundtracks, spoken word separate. Any solo release come after band release. A lot of people are confused as to why i arrange that way but it helps..i also collect music video which are assorted likewise. Genre is silly and doesn't really.account for someone like Beck or Herbie Hancock.
@@mancycle1 Yes, that's exactly why I have them that way, really nice to see what came before / after what etc. So far it's the way to go for me anyway.
@@jody8526937 Cool! Glad to hear of others, this was just the order that came naturally since buying my first few, works perfect so far, will most likely stick with it. Would be interesting to see how it works out with a bigger collection such as your 5,000. Great to have a decent amount from each decade.
Hi! I just got into vinyl and inherited some German pressings from my grandfather, as he served over in Germany in the 60s. Are German pressings good in terms of sound quality opposed to US pressings? Thanks!!!
There isn't a hard and fast rule, you'll need to go pressing by pressing -- but Pallas, in Germany, produces some of the best sounding records I own!
I see you have the Skyrim soundtrack too. Pretty cool.
I'd prefer Morrowind tbh
Love me some Prince, do you own any other Prince albums besides Purple Rain? I've been collecting all his released albums on Vinyl and have gotten every album except the new ones releasing this May. Awesome collection!
Only a few: 1999, Purple Rain, and Sign O The Times.
I organize a bit strange: Genre, date, & artist as a whole. It allows for an organic growth of my record collection. Each genre flows into another also which is nice when I want something that doesnt quite fit one or another genre exactly.