How do you catalogue your reagge vinyl? By artist? By label? By producer? By genre?

[Me]

The alphabet has come into existence for a reason, it is in fact the system you use to ask your questions of organizing. You have organized your thoughts according to the alphabet and subsequently the words and sentences produced by this alphabet.

Simplicity rules, follow this law. Alphabetical is your best bet as you said, by first name of artist since we pretty much know artists by their full name BOB marley, JOHNNY clarke, etc. etc. You can always find something by alphabet eventually and without taking up too much time especially since your choices will be very limited when you have two artists on a 12" for example. You have two letters to choose from. You can always forget what rhythm something is on but it's less likely that you will forget where in the alphabet a certain name falls under.

The rest of it is just idiosyncratic ego made to make someone or something feel more special about their organizing system I think. If you know what labels something is on then you know what somethings label is so it takes care of it's self. You may know what label something is on and can't remember the title or artist, this is a fair towards organizing by Label but with any system there will be some case or point against it. Just think how often one situation happens over the other, Realistically. And go from there.

-Me-

[Nohay Bma]

Hi, that's my order:

7": -Rarities
-Rockers prod.
-70's
-Lee Perry
-Step (70's)
-Rub-a-dub (80's)
-90's

LP: I have an chronological progression like this

-70's= chrono
-Step (75-79) by producer
-80's= by year & artist
-12", maxi
-Compilation, 2LP
-Dub
-Augustus Pablo prods.
-Soundtrack
-Live
-90's

[jordandance]

Best to worst.

[Nohay Bma]

That's your opinion, I've less than 10 Lp's in 90's style (Some good Sizzla (Praise ye jah for example), Love so nice Jr Kelly, Most Royal Jah Mason).

I'm fan of 70's & dub sound, but especially rub-a-dub/early 80's.

Best to worst: no cause i take only killer lp...

[jordandance]

Yeah yeah, everybody only keep killer lp's yeah yeah

[water slinger]

right now disorganization is the order.in one way i find things i forgot i had,but then i cant find things im looking for.

[flashman]

Me too. No system whatsoever. I used to by genre and alpha, but they got all mixed up during my last move. Now I just try to wade through the chaos. Can be fun. Weird, since I'm a librarian you'd think I'd be a bit OCD about my filing system!

[Marky Dread]

hello all!
i'm strictly CD and my stuff is all organized by color of the spine!! seriously...

[Marky Dread]

it's crazy! they get re-ordered often - sometimes by similar spines within a label (example: the trojan sets with the small color swatch at the top go together, etc.) - i always find something i have not listened to in a while by reorganizing them once in a while... but always by some color scheme!

here's a gem i came across the other day after not hearing for MANY moons...

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[6anbatte]

hello all!
i'm strictly CD and my stuff is all organized by color of the spine!! seriously...

I reckon you nicked the idea from Record Collector Magazine!