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hey i was curious on how everyone divides/seperates their vinyl on the shelves. I have been pretty ghetto lately using paper slips but now that i have enough shelf space for my collection i want to be more organized and keep on top of everything.

Do you have some fancy dividers, did you make something or did you buy something, if so where...

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How do you guys handle splits when organizing your records. I guess this goes for the alphabetical folks. I never know what to do w/ splits and I feel strange whenever I make a decision. Sometimes I'll do the band I like more, other times I'll organize it based on which band appears on side-a.

Discuss.

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How do you guys handle splits when organizing your records. I guess this goes for the alphabetical folks. I never know what to do w/ splits and I feel strange whenever I make a decision. Sometimes I'll do the band I like more, other times I'll organize it based on which band appears on side-a.

Discuss.

That's exactly what I do. I go by the band I like most, or have most by, or if it's equal I put it with whichever band is listed first. As far as comps with more than 2 bands, I put those at the end of my collection.

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How do you guys handle splits when organizing your records. I guess this goes for the alphabetical folks. I never know what to do w/ splits and I feel strange whenever I make a decision. Sometimes I'll do the band I like more, other times I'll organize it based on which band appears on side-a.

Discuss.

That's exactly what I do. I go by the band I like most, or have most by, or if it's equal I put it with whichever band is listed first. As far as comps with more than 2 bands, I put those at the end of my collection.

beat me to it, but we are on the same page.

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I do roughly the same with splits (if I like both bands equally, I do it by A side, otherwise I file it with whichever band is more of a favorite), but then what do you do on Recordnerd? I found myself typing in the actual order of something as opposed to the way I like it (i.e. the split 7" between Beezus and Braid -- I don't care about Beezus at all and in my collection it's filed under Braid, but on recordnerd I listed it as "Beezus/Braid" not "Braid/Beezus" because Beezus is the A-side).

Holy shit, I just realized why I don't have a girlfriend.

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Holy shit, I just realized why I don't have a girlfriend.

Haha, thats so funny.

I have been getting some of the craziest looks from my "old Lady" when she comes walking into my computer/media/lazy/lounging room and sees me with stacks of records all around with my laptop next to me updating my lists and taken photos and whatnot. She understands that i have slowly become more crazy about collecting but some people will never really understand our craziness.

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I do roughly the same with splits (if I like both bands equally, I do it by A side, otherwise I file it with whichever band is more of a favorite), but then what do you do on Recordnerd? I found myself typing in the actual order of something as opposed to the way I like it (i.e. the split 7" between Beezus and Braid -- I don't care about Beezus at all and in my collection it's filed under Braid, but on recordnerd I listed it as "Beezus/Braid" not "Braid/Beezus" because Beezus is the A-side).

Holy shit, I just realized why I don't have a girlfriend.

Haha, I'm the same way only I somehow have one. :)

I basically did it how Recordnerd would list it (which is why, for example, !!! is first and I put [ ] around the word Various so it goes at the end of the list). Now that I use Excel, I basically do it the same way but have the freedom to change it around if need be. I don't use dividers but would like to buy them someday.

- Jeff

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I do roughly the same with splits (if I like both bands equally, I do it by A side, otherwise I file it with whichever band is more of a favorite), but then what do you do on Recordnerd? I found myself typing in the actual order of something as opposed to the way I like it (i.e. the split 7" between Beezus and Braid -- I don't care about Beezus at all and in my collection it's filed under Braid, but on recordnerd I listed it as "Beezus/Braid" not "Braid/Beezus" because Beezus is the A-side).

Holy shit, I just realized why I don't have a girlfriend.

Haha, I'm the same way only I somehow have one. :)

I basically did it how Recordnerd would list it (which is why, for example, !!! is first and I put [ ] around the word Various so it goes at the end of the list). Now that I use Excel, I basically do it the same way but have the freedom to change it around if need be. I don't use dividers but would like to buy them someday.

- Jeff

That's because according to your link, she collects too. Haha.

I have mine seperated alphabetically and then chronologically for each band. I need some decent dividers though.

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Haha, I'm the same way only I somehow have one. :)

I basically did it how Recordnerd would list it (which is why, for example, !!! is first and I put [ ] around the word Various so it goes at the end of the list). Now that I use Excel, I basically do it the same way but have the freedom to change it around if need be. I don't use dividers but would like to buy them someday.

- Jeff

That's because according to your link, she collects too. Haha.

I have mine seperated alphabetically and then chronologically for each band. I need some decent dividers though.

Haha, yeah, but she doesn't catalog or organize them. I mean, now she'll keep them in alphabetical order, but I'm the one who's compulsive about keeping them in order and recording them down. She's into vinyl, don't get me wrong, but I fear I'm too OC whenever cataloging comes up lol

- Jeff

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alphabetical by band, then chronological by album.

for splits and collaborations i put them with the band i like more. its usually not too difficult to decide which band to go with.

comps of three or more bands go in V/A section.

i dont use any kind of dividers, i just figure out where a new letter starts since theyre alphabetical already.

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with 7" comps i put those last after the splits under various artist

scott you are very lucky to own that vsr gerbil assault record

i've been looking for that forever

Really? I don't really know much about it; is it incredibly rare? I picked it up back in the late '90s when I worked at a record store for, like, $2.

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with 7" comps i put those last after the splits under various artist

scott you are very lucky to own that vsr gerbil assault record

i've been looking for that forever

Really? I don't really know much about it; is it incredibly rare? I picked it up back in the late '90s when I worked at a record store for, like, $2.

is yours on black? if so, limited to 500. i got that shaish too. i file mine under "various artists" in the "v" section.

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