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sabbey Oscar® Winner	I know this has been asked before, but I'd like to ask everyone's personal strategy for CD Storage. Which IMO can be an pain in the butt, especially when you have 500+ or higher. In my case, I pretty much use several separate bookcases and racks to do it. However since I keep running out of space I decided to get some sort of storage case that is specifically for CDs. Which luckily I just did from Columbia House. Hopefully that should last for some time to come. Either that or I can go to a rent-a-space facility. As for the CDs. Pretty much alphabetical by artist, then title. Though only from composers that I have more than 1 score of. If not, the additional composers go under assorted composers. Then compilations and last Misc. CDs that are not soundtrack related. However I do add composer specific compilations and classical titles under the composer listings as well. Lastly, any new CDs go at the end of the collection. Then when updating the sorting, I put them into the correct part of the collection. However I am in the middle of changing all of this once I receive the new case. Probably at that time by composer then title, without the assorted section. Then compilations, perhaps even with the composer compilations as well. While the Misc. section well stay the same, except adding the classical CDs in it's own section. Only two of which I own at this time. Well the other classical CDs I have are from film composers such as Elliot Goldenthal and Miklós Rózsa, so I list them there. Anyone else have any particular way to do their collection? Regards, Sean Robert Abbey
posted 07-06-2000 01:51 AM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	I have been too poor to buy and proper shevles for my CDs, so they're kind of strewn about the apartment, with a huge pile next to my computer, usually leftovers from my nasty fit of paper-writing the last 2 weeks. I do have a built-in bookshelf, but that only goes so far. I have some copier paper boxes with the rest of my CDs...6 of 'em. JJ< poor only by virtue of the fact he spends $$$$$$$ on CDs instead of bookshelves.
posted 07-06-2000 04:59 AM PT (US)

sabbey Oscar® Winner	Hey JJH! I know what you mean, though it is an birthday present from my father. So I thought what the heck. Anyway, I was getting sick and tired of having them all over the place. The only sad part IMO, is after I decided to get it, it dawned on me that I could have gotten an DVD player for about the same price. Regards, Sean Robert Abbey
posted 07-06-2000 05:10 AM PT (US)

Will Oscar® Winner	Currently I have 2 CD towers which can hold 60 CDs each. My collection is rather small, slightly below 100 titles, compared to you guys who have more than 100 titles under one composer alone! I've made plans to set the two towers like the Theed Energy Generator with the catwalk from the Phantom Menace. That would be kinda cool.
posted 07-06-2000 05:25 AM PT (US)

dantoris Oscar® Winner	I have all of my scores in two CD towers that hold 60 CDs each, and with 103 scores in them, space is almost out. I have all of mine simply in alphabetical order, which is okay when I buy a score that starts with "R" or "W" or something, because I don't have to move many. But it's a pain in the butt when I buy a score that starts with "A" or "C" or something, cause I have to move virtually each one. I'm trying to create a better filing system for them with separating everything. I'd like to keep them in an order that's easy for me to locate a particular CD. I'll think of something. NP: Mission: Impossible rejected - "Bullet Train" **/*** (Damn, this Silvestri score rocks! I love Elfman's music that was used, but this score would've been just as great!)
posted 07-06-2000 10:41 AM PT (US)

sabbey Oscar® Winner	I wonder how many of us, just organize our collections, alphabetical by title? Either way, there are many ways to do your collection, most confusing as it can be. Just try to do so when it is 500+ or even 1000+. Oh brother! Regards, Sean Robert Abbey
posted 07-15-2000 05:00 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	I had enough trouble just typing my titles into my Excel database, let alone trying to osrt through the CD again...not until I have proper shelves. NP -- wouldn't you like to know NE -- a wee little chocolate donut ND -- milk to go with the wee little chocolate donut
posted 07-16-2000 05:48 AM PT (US)

logied Oscar® Winner	I would like to put in a plug for the CD Binder. I now have up to 6 binders and I load them in the following mannner. Each sleeve has 8 pockets, 4 to a side. I put the CD paper work on one side and the cd in the other side and I stagger the cds in the pockets so they are not opposite each other when the binder is closed. I use the 90 CD binder so I get up to 45 CDs in each. I store by composer, compilation type (gerhardt series for example) and others. The binders are neat, clean, and easy to carry a fair amount of music and easy to store on a shelf. All six binders do not fill up one of my large book shelfs. I put a contents type on the end of the binder and a running list of contents on a page in a side slot inside cover of binder. They are stored in title alphbetical order. Works for me. Large composer collections are still stored in jewel cases as of now.
posted 07-16-2000 06:23 AM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	what do you do with the back cover artwork?
posted 07-16-2000 07:23 AM PT (US)

MWRuger Oscar® Winner	Once it gets beyond a couple hundred the problems start. I keep all my CDs seperated by Genre and Alphabetized by artist. I use magazine box lids to keep them together. Each lid holds about 70 CDs. I usually wait until have about 70 CDs before filing. That way, I can simply insert a box in the middle of the run and not have to move so many. I am considering encoding all of my CD's to MP3 192KBPS and burning CDS. Each MP3 CD would about ten CDs and then the Binder system would work. I would then store the rest others as a backup. If I needed the liner notes, I can just get the original out. NP: Baby's Day Out Bruce Broughton
posted 07-16-2000 07:33 AM PT (US)

sabbey Oscar® Winner	How about collection databases? Anyone know of any good ones? Right know I have 4 separate databases, each have good and bad qualities. They are Microsoft Excel, Access, Word and an HTML Database I made for my Film Music web page. So far my favorite is the HTML version, but is an pain to keep updated. Well, if you have any suggestions, I am all ears. Regards, Sean Robert Abbey
posted 07-17-2000 06:48 PM PT (US)

MWRuger Oscar® Winner	I use Access for all my CDs, Books, Games, MP3, Movies and misc collections. The advanatge to Access is that it is an actual database program and you can write queries that let narrow your views. It will print reports and export them in electronic format. Very useful.
posted 07-17-2000 09:08 PM PT (US)

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