How do you keep your CDs?

Buying CDs is cool.
But when your coolection is growing and growing how do you keep your coolection?
Are you very precise to keep your CDs?
Or is the way you keep your CDs a mess?

A mess. There is no method to my madness.

I have no certain way that i keep my cd's. But its not hard to keep track of them cause I only have like 80 or so.

I'm a type A person so they must be organized, which is alphabetical. I'm not so anal that titles are as well though.

I keep them organized with the bands in alphabetical order, then each CD in order of release...

Angelica - s/t
Angelica - Rock, Stock and Barrel
Barren Cross - Rock For the King
Barren Cross - Atomic Arena

You get the idea...

I have my own shelving unit in our basement for all my metal and rock CD's. Its locked so that kids can't get in, and a cool dry place to keep the CD's in great condition. Plus, I can easily videograph the shelf so I have a record of what CD's I have in the event of a fire.

Follower of Jesus wrote:

I keep them organized with the bands in alphabetical order, then each CD in order of release...

Ditto, only I don't have a basement, and most of mine are stored in the top shelf of my long bedroom closet.

I keep mine in alpabetical order by artist name, then by year of release as well.
I'm glad to see that I am not the only one around here that is so anal about my collection.

I'm anal, but I don't sort my CD's this way just for fun. If I didn't store them this way, how'd I ever find a specific one when I want it? You almost have to store them in some organized fashion.

We're not anal - we're "organized"!

How hard is it to see which CD spine you're after in 10 Mortification discs for example? That's why I only sort by band name. Nope, you're anal.

FOJ - I agree... I have too many CDs to just bumble my way through... I have three seperate racks, big ones, ALL FULL. If I didn't organize them thoroughly, I'd never find what I was after. This way, I find what I want in a matter of a couple of seconds.

I sort the same way as FOJ, Staybrite, and Dale - bands and artist are alphabetically sorted, and then sorted chronologically by release date within each band's section.

I've been told that I'm anal for doing this, but the people who have called me that only have about a dozen CDs themselves, so they really don't understand the concept. Try going to a public library and finding the book you want if they are just all over the place!

I too am anal, I guess

I have my CD's sorted alphabetically then each band/artist is sorted by release year descending with the oldest release first.

I find it very easy to locate a CD without fumbling around for hours looking for it.

My CDs I keep on an alphabetical order.
Hmmm do I have to tell that the CDs of each bands are in an alphabetical order or not?

I don't an order. Some are in alf. order or by the release date some aren't. I just know where they are as long as I got those back that I've lend to sonme people..

777rocker wrote:

I just know where they are as long as I got those back that I've lend to sonme people..

Oh man that is the worst, I spent two days looking for a cd, only later remembering that I had loaned it to someone. Seems like half the times I loan a cd to someone I don't get it back unless I go ask for it (always several months later).

Loaning CDs? Not gonna happen around here. You do better trying to break into Fort Knox for the gold. I've had too many not come back in the same condition (or not come back at all) to loan them out. I'd come more near burning someone a copy.

As far as the organization of CDs, I need to get my big CD rack in the house. It holds 1600 CDs. I have it put together, but I have never brought it in the house.

Anyway, I TRY to alphabetize by artist and then put in chronological order by release year.

I store my CDs alphabetically by band name, and then by release date within each band name.


7thSecond said:

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A mess. There is no method to my madness.

And how much time over the years have you spent looking for a particular disc when you want it?? I could not do that. Too anal. Too German.


Since Alldat addressed the issue.......I also don't loan out CDs. Never. I'll rent and even loan out my kids, left at home, but my CDs stay in my car or the house.



:bball: (Mr. Dribble has agreed to stand in for the *KISS* emoticon we don't have)

I'm surprised I'm not as anal as most of you. I feel better now. I've likely only got about 300-400 actual discs though. Everything is on my computer though so I only need the disc when I sell/trade them.

I never loan my precious CDs.
My kids are not interested in the cool music their mom is listening too.

I'm in the same boat as most of you with lending CDs - it just DOESN'T happen around here! I have in the past loaned out some tapes and hade them returned with the jackets destroyed, by supposedly responsible adults... and I have also loaned out VHS movies before I got the DVDs and had them returned with the boxes crushed, "oh, sorry, my kids got at it" being the only explanation. I have come to realize that unfortunately most people do not treat other people's property with respect. CDs, DVDs, tapes, whatever you have in your collection... they cost too much money if you're a serious collector to just throw away that money because someone else didn't care.

Have about 3000cds I keep them in an alfabetical order.

topshot rhit wrote:

Everything is on my computer though so I only need the disc when I sell/trade them.

That's true for me too. I rarely need the actual disc, so keeping them in a cool, dry place, and organized for rare times I need to grab one, is all I worry about.

Hey fishingd - must be nice to be able to afford 3000 CDs!
BTW, nice to finally "talk" to you - you've been on my MySpace friends lists for a long time, but this is the first time I've actually run into you here. Of course, that's most likely because I am SO RARELY here!

This is an interesting thread to read.



It is nice to learn that others are as 'anal' about CD storage as I am.

GODSWIZARD wrote:

This is an interesting thread to read.

It is nice to learn that others are as 'anal' about CD storage as I am.

What's funny is I work a mere 5 minutes away from the fabled Godswizard's "vault" and I have never seen it.

Thomas wrote:

Hey fishingd - must be nice to be able to afford 3000 CDs!
BTW, nice to finally "talk" to you - you've been on my MySpace friends lists for a long time, but this is the first time I've actually run into you here. Of course, that's most likely because I am SO RARELY here!

Yes, it was to talk to you to bro.

I can`t afford 3000 CDs