Most people don't buy records solely for the cover or the color of the spine. We are all for decorating with vinyl, and we can definitely get behind this approach if creates a visual effect that you enjoy. Put your blue records together to balance a brown wall. Grouping records together by color is, clearly, more about how they look on the shelf. The criminally insane.Ĭons: Not very helpful locating records, (unless you've got a mauve room in your memory palace) And, depending on the breadth of your taste, year of release can be a proxy for Genre (for example, 1970s punk vs 1980s punk vs 1990s punk). And it can help you get in the mindset of the time and place when, say, Marvin Gaye recorded What’s Going On. It will remind you of how each generation of artists paved the way for the next. Plotting all your albums out on a timeline can feel reverential. And you may not find it all that helpful to land in 1967 and find Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, and the Beatles next to each other.īut we were young obsessives once, and we understand there’s an appeal. (A lot of older records don’t even have copyright years on the back). It’s more work than alphabetical, because you’ll need to look up the release dates, unless you’re the sort of savant that just knows these things. From where we set today, this methodology seems like lots of work with no functional benefit. or, 1966?Ĭhronological by release date is… also a way to organize your records. Pros: Every glance at your record collection reminds you of music’s evolutionĬons: Am I in the mood for 1981…. And, of course, you need to make sure the record goes back in with the right spot when you’re done or you’re back to chaos. Does Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories go in with electronic? Funk/soul? It can be hard to line up similar genres (ok, Country fades to early rock-n-roll fades to soul fades to funk… where does metal fit in?) Sometimes one artist’s catalog may get split up between a few genres. Of course, putting records in order takes some judgment calls. So it is helpful to have a pre-created shortlist of records that would suit a given mood. We don’t have the kind of DJ memory needed to know exactly what record is going to fit a mood. On the weekends, We’re often looking for some funk, some big rock anthems, or dance bangers. We often head to the jazz section, or instrumental hip-hop, and make a selection from there. We’re looking for something instrumental and mid-to-downtempo. In the evening on weekdays, we often play a record while reading. You can start high-level: am I looking to rock out? Dance? Bob my head? Think, or just chill? Then you can narrow your sights on a smaller section of your record collection.Īt least some of us here at Deep Cut use this method because we have some specific use cases for our record players. The genre/mood based approach to record organizing is really helpful when you don’t know exactly what you are looking for. Tough calls about what is/isn’t in a genre Pros: Great for when you know generally, but not specifically, what you want. People who Pre-Chop Their Produce Subreddit Comment Creatures.
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