mjmooney Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) Cataloguing is a nigbtmare. "The..." is the least of it. Does (say) "The J. Geils Band" go under G ("Geils, J"), or J ("J. Geils Band, The")? What about 10cc? Before A, after Z, or under T? Then there's the year: Year of release, or of recording? What about reissues with bonus tracks from a different period? Compilations? Edited June 16, 2019 by mjmooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Cataloguing is a nigbtmare. "The..." is the least of it. Does (say) "The J. Geils Band" go under G ("Geils, J"), or J ("J. Geils Band, The")? What about 10cc? Before A, after Z, or under T? Funnily enough I have both those artists in my collection. J Geils will go under "G". 10cc will go under "T" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Funnily enough I have both those artists in my collection. J Geils will go under "G". 10cc will go under "T" ...is the right answer. Dunno if you have any, but would you file Frank Zappa separately from Mothers of Invention? They sit under Z on my shelf, but that doesn't seem right for the spreadsheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) I think I have Bob Marley & the Wailers under “M”. Although I suppose some would argue it should go under “B”. Siouxsie & the Banshees would obviously go under “S” but say if it was Siouxsie Ballion & the Banshees, using my Bob Marley example, I don’t think it would look right going under “B” for Ballion. Edited June 16, 2019 by Shropshire Lad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 29 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Cataloguing is a nigbtmare. "The..." is the least of it. Does (say) "The J. Geils Band" go under G ("Geils, J"), or J ("J. Geils Band, The")? What about 10cc? Before A, after Z, or under T? Then there's the year: Year of release, or of recording? What about reissues with bonus tracks from a different period? Compilations? Don't have any of these problems with Spotify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Don't have any of these problems with Spotify. Oh, but you do. Here's an example from my Spotify library: Allen, Reid, Rundgren and Petty shouldn't be under "T". Wrong, wrong, wrong. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted June 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2019 You guys really do catalogue your collections? 'Kin 'ell, I guess it keeps the train platforms a bit quieter. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 16, 2019 Moderator Share Posted June 16, 2019 3 hours ago, rjw63 said: I've started cataloguing my record collection. Over 3 hours to do the first 30, mainly because I need to get it all correct first time, Discogs is a big help. In my plans too. DId you know with the discogs smartphone app, if the record has a barcode, the scanner will tell you instantly what you have there. Only good for the last couple of decades like but it might speed things up for you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 16, 2019 Moderator Share Posted June 16, 2019 41 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: You guys really do catalogue your collections? 'Kin 'ell, I guess it keeps the train platforms a bit quieter. Need to for insurance porpoises EDIT: Also got sick of looking for something and not being able to find it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 16, 2019 Moderator Share Posted June 16, 2019 32 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Rundgren Yes should be r for rocket polisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 20 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: You guys really do catalogue your collections? 'Kin 'ell, I guess it keeps the train platforms a bit quieter. Well I haven’t, it’s not significant or expensive enough to do so, just organised by alphabet then chronologically by release date. Soundtracks and compilations at the end. Singles kept separately. But I can see that cataloguing it would lead to wider questioning of how the collection is ordered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 35 minutes ago, bickster said: Yes should be r for rocket polisher Yeah, he's an odd one, is Rundgren. 90% irritating prat, but that other 10% (principally "Something/Anything", plus a couple of others) is pure genius. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: ...is the right answer. Dunno if you have any, but would you file Frank Zappa separately from Mothers of Invention? They sit under Z on my shelf, but that doesn't seem right for the spreadsheet. Just checked. Got 4 Zappa lps and two Mothers. They've all been sitting together quite nicely, probably leave 'em there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Just checked. Got 4 Zappa lps and two Mothers. They've all been sitting together quite nicely, probably leave 'em there. I bet they're separate on Discogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: You guys really do catalogue your collections? 'Kin 'ell, I guess it keeps the train platforms a bit quieter. You don't? What kind of Bloke are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I bet they're separate on Discogs. Over Nite Sensation credits The Mothers on the label but Discogs have it in the Zappa section. The Mothers - Fillmore east June 1971 is on The Mothers section even though Frank is on it too. Confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 3 hours ago, Shropshire Lad said: Are all the “The...” bands being entered in the spreadsheet as such, or are you dropping the “The”? (That question really belongs in the boring thread but hey ho) What would you do with the The The records? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, snowychap said: What would you do with the The The records? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 14 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Just checked. Got 4 Zappa lps and two Mothers. They've all been sitting together quite nicely, probably leave 'em there. Ozzy solo always goes next to sabbath on my shelf. Some people sort their albums into genres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: Some people sort their albums into genres. Three genres in my sorting system: classical, jazz and (for want of a better word) pop - i.e. everything else: rock, blues, soul, reggae, country, folk, prog, whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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