I responded to a want today convinced I had the record then when I went to look for it I realised it had gone.

luckily no harm done but it could have been embarrasing.

so how well organised are you all ?

do you know all the records you have etc etc and how to find them ?

I had all mine on a spreadsheet on my old laptop but it died and its too big a task to do it all again.

some of the records are sorted alphabetically but also a big chunk still to do.

Not as well as I should, on odd occasions have been known to buy a record that a mate recommends, only to find that I already have it. I really should play both sides !!!! ATB Steve

My mate guest dj'd at another mates birthday party and played the lads records, albeit his lesser known records + b sides from his collection , set up by wife, guess what ?

Mate thanked the other lad for a truly memorial set and asked him where he got his set from and could he buy a few !! even though it was his collection he had used !!!!

You never know you're own collection that in depth !!!

My mate guest dj'd at another mates birthday party and played the lads records, albeit his lesser known records + b sides from his collection , set up by wife, guess what ?

Mate thanked the other lad for a truly memorial set and asked him where he got his set from and could he buy a few !! even though it was his collection he had used !!!!

You never know you're own collection that in depth !!!

thats a good story.

My mate guest dj'd at another mates birthday party and played the lads records, albeit his lesser known records + b sides from his collection , set up by wife, guess what ?

Mate thanked the other lad for a truly memorial set and asked him where he got his set from and could he buy a few !! even though it was his collection he had used !!!!

You never know you're own collection that in depth !!!

Too true. Problem is we are all too busy looking for the next buy!

Regards..

My theory is if Ilisted them all I'd be tempted to put a value column on the spreadsheet, then once I saw the total I'd feel compelled to sell them all.

As it stands when the kids say " I'm hungry" I can at least answer " What do you expect me to do about it" !

Conversation at nighter went something like this:

Stubbsy - "Paul what's this?"

Paul McKay - "Bloody hell you should know this, it's in your box!"

Mind you we had had a few sherberts by that time

I've got all my U.S. Northern/70's stuff on a spreadsheet, but haven't got round to doing my motown stuff yet. Keep telling myself I must do!

I have to agree , there are many a time i say to Harry "Wow i love this" and he replies "You should do you have it"

I keep mine in a database with artists, title, label and country of origin.

It beats having to look through all of your records to see if you already

have a tune, every time you see one that you're interested in.

They are dead easy to set up too, and really handy if you want to send a list

of your tunes to someone, as you can save the database as a small text file.

Edited October 19, 200915 yr by steveluigi

I used to have mine on a spreadsheet when I first started collecting Allocated nuymber Artist Title label Genre and price ! I used to get such a shock when I added up what had been spent .

It was a great I could organize it aphabetical order and number order . If I wanted to find a sound It was dead easy.

I stopped after 5 years and got a life

I once saw browny open a 300 box and go straight to a record he was looking for ? now that is cool

When you've bought the same record three times. Now that's when you've got a problem.