How To Access 9,270 CD’s Stored In 103 Boxes 

It’s like a non-stop game of Tetris in that apartment. Just so you know, we all admire your organization and passion for collecting physical media. If you move to a bigger place, would love to see those architectural skills first hand to craft a custom made wraparound CD shelving system. I’d predict that video would have the largest number of views ever!

Well your love of music certainly keeps you fit, Brendon!

Love your Stones STP box

More power to you, Brendon, for having the passion and dedication to maintain such a huge collection, but for me, when it gets to the point where I wouldn't be able to display or access them conveniently, it'd become pointless and impractical. And as much as I love holding the physical medium and liner notes in my hands, there are high-quality streaming services available for anything I'll listen to only occasionally. Part of it is "the age thing": I'm only going to be around for a few more decades, so maintaining a huge collection just doesn't carry the importance it did when I was in my 20s or 30s. Not to put you down for doing so, of course, because I can understand the thrill of the hunt and the satisfaction of owning full discographies (of which I still have several, don't get me wrong!). Cheers!

I hope one day you can have your whole collection on display in its full glory

Congratulations on 8001 keeps going up well deserved 👍👍

Man what a great video. Love these get a glimpse behind the scene's things, really nice addition to your other video's. You've really helped rekindle my enjoyment of listening. That new Accept blew me away.

God bless my friend love your passion for music I’m right there with you. Cheers from the Captain.👊 BTW loving the new Saxon album going to be tough to beat come year end.

A true labor of love. Very cool. I use wood crates for CDs and DVD. 18 of them dominating one room

perfect timing for me...i reviewed an older video of yours a couple of weeks ago...started making the boxes and was wondering about access...(kinda like the aesthetic too)...in the process i found a lot of cds that i had played once, a few never opened...as i had cds scattered in haphazard piles all over the place...anyway, i pleased with your system on several levels...thanks

Great efficient use of space, filling dead space. Practical to use stacks as end tables, Credenzas, etc. Could put a cloth table cover over a stack for waf, lamp on top. Yes, I am familiar with never ending Tetris game, but if enjoyable hobby, it's just more good physical activity, exercise 😝

Congrats on 8k subscribers!!! Well deserved. Love your storage technique. You must be an architect!!! Lol.

Hi Brendon, I found this a fascinating video. I love your creative way of storing such a huge collection in a limited space. I think most people have storage issues for their music collections so this was very useful. Thank you - Phil

Great T shirt Let it Be naked! Congratulations for to show your colection and your organization. In my apartament I have one room for cd and vinil

🙂👍. Dedication and care! Way to go, Brendon! I applied your box creation video and love my results. I truly appreciate your sharing this storage solution. I do not have as many as you do, but it all works very well for me. I labeled mine with tidy removable alphabetical stickers. Left some room in each for integrating new ones. Have one or two boxes dedicated to brand new ones that are listened to and to be filed. For digpaks, I put them in archival sleeves and store them in cute little wooden crates that I find at the Dollar Tree. A couple of little white bookshelves hold these crates. I prefer jewel cases. I do have an inventory that I update regularly as well. I am just starting to enter my vinyl and CDs on Discogs. Rock on! - Heather.

Great video I relly enjoy it thank you

Man, I’m just trying to solve my CD clutter issue. If I had that many boxes I’d be trying to look for videos on how to store boxes. Kidding, sort of. Great content!

Congrats on hitting 8k subs, Brendon 🤘

Fascinating!

It’s amazing how he remembers exactly where each CD is located within the boxes like the Def Leppard CD 😉

Great video !! As long as hoarding and the resulting clutter not interferes with everyday life and activities.

Ive never seen such an expansive collection of music.

hey brendon wow 11,000 cds brother thats cool. i probably own around 300 (but i never count and i donate ones i do not listen to) i been working on my Meat Loaf collection the past 2 to 3 years finally found his stuff. at this point i got 10 out of 12 meat loaf studio albums. and my elvis collection that is another thing all together. but music is awesome. i am always open to new artists and old ones i missed. great video brother. your friend from canada eh mike

I know the feeling. After my divorce I had to move my collection (6700 studio album cd's). And when you move to a smaller apartment, it is challenging. I'm now just waiting until I can get a place with enough space. A lot of discs (mostly compilations) are in storage. So I know the struggle. Keep up the cool content!

Loved the video, Brendon. How I know that yours is the right system is that after removing all the boxes you pulled out the right cd, Live in Detroit. Hahahaha.

just noticed that you hit 8K subs...congrats

Lol, only have a bit over 6000 cds and organization is a problem for me. Own a house myself and can be overwhelming but not going to stop buying music. An addictive passion that in no hurry to give up. Thanks Brendon. Congrats on 8K scribes as so deserving of it as really must see posts. Always on point and very well done. 👍

I see you have a Joe Lynn Turner CD in the background there! He does a great song Heartless on the Heavenly Kid Soundtrack!🧑‍🎤🎤🎧🗣

I used to be like that. Have CDs scattered everywhere, under everything, until i started using those spacesaver sleeves. I know most people hate them but they save a TON of room AND you have access to ALL of them.

Would be cool some day to see that entire collection on display on shelves. Seems like they’d be much easier for you to access, but I get it with space issues. I’m sure tossing all of those boxes around on a daily basis does something for you to keep you in good shape physically.

Hi Brendon, interesting to see your storage issues and solutions here! I have only about 200CD's and 200vinyl and already I am running out of space but I have about 1000 books and 200 board games which take up the bulk of the space even though I have a 3 bedroom house. I can understand why you live in NY City I have been a couple of times and loved it. Maybe I will take another trip one day.

Its great you have that many CDs i have a fair few cds here but i just have shelving here and i dont have them in any order because if i look for something i may find something i havent played in a while instead.

It must suck having to store your collection like this. I have shelves for mine & part of the joy of having it is actually looking at them on the shelves in all their glory like my own small music library.

Egad. Love you, cat.

I have 32 CD:s so ... not a problem, my vinyl records on the other hand ... Thanks for your interesting channel.

I have the same Sony stereo,great sound quality, specially with CDs

Hi Brendon, thanks for sharing! I’m not sure if you’ve mentioned it before, but how do you know what is in each box? Are they labeled in some way?

Hi nice video

Hi Brendon, amazing content as always! Can you add the link to the banker style boxes you use for your collection? Much appreciated! Keep rocking!

Brendon, I use small crates in the bedroom that hold about 23 CDs plus I have others combos in the bedroom to hold CDs. I’ll count up how many CDs I have in the bedroom and get back to you.

Thanks for the behind the scenes viewing of how and where you choose to store your music collection. Don't mean to be nosy but what kind of square footage is your apartment. Wouldn't mind working on a math equation on approximating how much space you have left for craps and giggles 🤔 before it becomes a serious problem 🤣 once again thanks for the insight and keep rocking out and enjoying your music collection 🤘✌️

Hey Brendan I know the feeling I have over 4000 cds in boxes.100cd box sets..I hope they are iinsured.I live on the island and have the upstairs bedroom as a audio equipment, speakers, cd room...and its screaming to be put in order...grew up in LIC and Sunnyside, last place I lived was in Astoria before moving out to West Islip...Man O Man...LIC has exploded... I always like your videos...Take care my man....

Amazing but wow what a huge effort and space killer. I only have a quarter of your collection as I sold off a big part of my collection that I never listened to but it never was or is going to be as big as yours. I stopped being an artist collector a long time ago - just buy the albums I know I will keep going back to or have a special place for me. About 10 years ago I invested in jewel sleeves and did away with the cases and store everything in drawers. This greatly reduced the amount of room I needed and the collection is in nice looking wooden drawers. One in the living room, one in the dining room and one in the study. That said I probably need to by another chest of drawers as they're all super tight so adding CDs has become harder as I store them alphabetically by artist (need to leave room for new additions). The other benefit is you can slip in CDs without the missus finding out about it as they're all tucked away - having to buy another chest of drawers though means there's a reckoning coming ;)

Massive collection, Brendon. WOW!! Very impressive. How do you fit that many cd's (90) in one box? And do you label these boxes? How do you know which box is which? You and Pete are officially millionaires with what you possess.

If my wife ever complains about my bookcase with about 300 cd’s, I will show her this. I do have a couple racks in a cove to hold/display my autographed collection. Spacious relatively inexpensive houses out here in northwest NJ!

What a tremendous collection of CDs you have! I wonder how you find the CD you want to listen inside these? Do you have some kind of category or method that can guide you?

when you have too much, I will take it 😊✌️

Sorry I don't comment much but I watch most of your videos on my tv but I was gonna say about the boxes being on top of one another I would be scared my cd's would get damaged but hopefully you don't have any problems with them.

Hi Brendon.I understand your space problem. It's like that for every collector. Do you know which cd is in which box? You have an awesome collection, my friend. Cheers 🤘

You need to tell me how you handle the dust Brandon!

Amazing! Thanks for the tour. I have a CD shelf in my room. It holds 250 CDs. I currently own 175 CDs.

Hi there Brendon. If you keep growing your collection...........erm.......i think you're going to have to get a bigger apartment.

What is your system for keeping track of what CD is in each box? BTW, I like how you store them. Have been curious about it, especially being in NYC and familiar with its small apartments.

Like the video Brendon but I'm intrigued as to how long it takes to find a certain cd.For example if you wanted to pull the classic Stevie Nicks album ' Bella Donna' How would you know where it is?

You should do an unboxing if that smashing pumpkins box set

Hello Brendon!!! How many boxes can be stacked before weight becomes an issue? I also use the banker's boxes, but was wondering how high you think one can stack them to avoid crushed boxes or stability issues. I appreciate any advice. Thanks! Rick

Hey Brendan, where do you purchase the boxes for your cds.l see they have numbers on the side. thanks!

Architects make good money, come on, one extra room is all you need for your fabulous collection to be displayed properly! 😉 Oh well, maybe one day as you said…

I'd like to know your answer to the burning question of how to find what you're looking for?

So when you get a cd of a group you didn’t have…..and the box is full….. what do you do?

This is very impressive. I have about 3500 CDs and I have a small room / large closet that I keep most of them in. How do you know what is in each box? It would seem if you get a new CD, lots of CDs would have to be moved around in multiple boxes if you kept them in any sort of alphabetical order. BTW, how does the portable air conditioner work (at 2:38)? I was going to get one but I had heard mixed results on how well they work.

Cool video. How do you know which box to find a particular cd you are looking for ?

How do you know which cd is in every box? Do you keep a file with info of every box? Are the boxes numbered?

Hi Brandon, Since these boxes are not labeled, how do you locate a specific CD?

So having 30 CD's from different bands to file away requires lots of labour and reorganising . Have you contemplated moving to a larger apartment or house ? Could the apartment hold 20,000 CDs?

How do you decide what you want to hear? I have about 4000 CDs and 5000 LPs and often I stand before my collection and don't know what to play next.

Where did you get the shelves? I need shelves for about 1200 cds. Thanks

Are the stacks of boxes (generally) in alpha order? In other videos, I know you've shown boxes for bands and related artists, CDs from the same genre, etc. Is that how most boxes are set up? Had my CDs in smaller boxes for awhile. Then, switched to larger storage totes (which was NOT the way to go). Finally, I got multiple shelving units, so I can access everything without having to dig. FYI -- Amazon was sold out of those Universal Japan reissues on day 1. Thankfully, importcds has them for (basically) the same price.

This is the kind of collection that turns into a music store one day, physical or online. Ever think about that as a retirement gig?

Appears you don't write on the ends of the box to describe contents. I assume this is to allow changing contents, box reuse One option is to use sticker labels on the end , allowing I'd by color, shape or write on sticker label. Label can be removed with heat gun to not damage box, then put another on to reuse, or just put another label on top of old one. Name of the game if going all in on large physical media collecting is lowest cost per unit of media for storage. I use scrap adhesive labels so added cost is "free"

Hi! Do you ever worry about getting a visit from the makers of Hoarders for the next season of the reality show? 😀

Related question: I've been wondering how you keep track of which albums you own? Memory, database, Discogs, etc?

That's great, but how do you know where is what? Let's say you want to listen to a specific cd, do you know in which box to find it? (alphabetical, x-cel document,...?). Cheers.

the weight on the lowermost cd's doesnt hurt the cd's?

Where do you buy your boxes from and what size are they

Very impressive collection. Do you know how much your collection is worth 😊

Wow thats crazy. I have a question though, how long did it take you to amass that huge collection. I mean, thats like 100,000 dollars worth of CDs, you must be spending a fortune on CDs

What happens when u get a few thousand more cds , more boxes?

Do you make digital copies of all your CD's??

Are they stored alphabetically? If not how do you find anything?

An interesting video but you have to ask yourself do you really need that many CDs? There is pleasure in having a comprehensive collection which offers ease of access for sure. However when the boxes are creating all that clutter and a potential fire hazard it’s time to draw the line. I just wouldn’t want to go to a CD that was so inaccessible, for example in the bottom box of that wall of boxes. I would just pick something else. Also not being able to see the CDs to select from means you have to try to remember what’s in all the boxes - an impossible task! My suggestion is to cull it all to a max of 2000 and then cash in by selling the rest on eBay while they are still in demand! However the Grand Funk Trunk of Funk I spied on top of all the boxes is definitely a keeper!

So when you say you have over 11 thousand CDs like what genre of music does it consist of the most of

Also if I had this many cd's I wouldn't know what to listen to

Where you buying that boxes online?

I think I would be playing a lot of those CDs as mp3 files.

Well when I grow up I want to be a fireman or cowboy or have over eleven thousand albums like you I'm only sixty I've still got plenty of time we'll fingers crossed I pre ordered tears for fears and the red hot chilli peppers new ones think I'm going to get two more cheap trick two blue oyster cult and maybe two more Ozzy getting close to the scorpions can't wait got two arriving Tuesday eleven Weds and I think Etddie bedders and slash Friday ttan't wait for those rock on brendon instill havnt got to sleep one more thing I heard

You really need a bigger place

I hope you don’t move too often….