After having an epiphany during lockdown i made the mistake that i needed to reorder all my records.... fast forward to now i cant find a thing :) no idea what i was thinking, seemed a good idea at the time, gonna go back to the old way. Love the content as always and love the now playing bookmark tip, top drawer stuff as always Mr HOF
Excellent vlog. Really useful organisational tips. A lot depends how many records you own to a certain degree I find sorting jazz the hardest. Some do it alphabetically, you could do it by type; big band, vocal, sax, trumpet, guitar, piano or even by record label and issue date (discogs lends itself quite well to this method).
I do genres too (jazz, rock, metal, electronic)...And then within genre, by release date. I like seeing different artists next to each other on my shelf. Thankfully I don't have so many records to where that makes things difficult to find.
Thanks my friend. Music has been my life since I was since I was 4 years old. I fell in love with a 45 my parents bought me and I played it over and over and over while talking back to her in the speaker. It was Debbie Boone's You Light Up My Life LOL!!! Music has such stronger markers for different points in my life and I guess this is the result lol. Thanks for watching.
Very informative and helpful. I’ve got my collection organized A-Z but that’s it. I need to get it organized by genre but it seems like such a daunting task to tackle that I keep putting it off. This helps. Any other pointers you have, send my way!
Hi Brandon, I came back to this video because I want to start to reorganize my collection and I got some really nice inspiration here. I love your system! My collection reached around 1500 records now and I slowly start to have problems to find stuff. Seems like my old system became outdated. Like you said: The best way is that you find your stuff directly and the system makes sense to yourself. I decided that I will try to sort by labels for some genres. I will separate my jazz between: Blue Note, Impulse, Prestige, Verve, ECM etc. Same for Krautrock and Progrock. Love the idea of having a Vertigo Swirl box. Thanks for sharing your system! I don't have to mention how impressive it is :) Awesome my friend! Armien
That is awesome my friend. Hope the great reorganization goes well. You could all do like in High Fidelity and do it "autobiographical" lol. I always laughed at that because it seem virtually impossible lol. Make sure you do a video a video and share afer you complete it.
Armien!! So great to hear from you man!!! You have some many amazes pieces in your collection that I think it would be AWESOME to see what you could do with going by labels. I hope if you do reorganize you will give a tour!!!???
Hello... I love what you got going here with this "Record Store" system... It looks AMAZING! And I can so see me doing something along these lines albeit with a smaller collection. But over the years my collection will have room to grow with a good foundation due to your inspiration. Thanks for sharing this...
Thanks so much my friend. I think since this video I pulled out and sold about 400 lps. and maybe added 150 or so back in. I basically pulled everything that wasn't NM to M and got rid of it. I think that is one awesome thing about a collection is that it can change as you change as a collector and 5 years from now look so different than it does today. I wish you total happiness and fun in which ever way you collection is going at any point in time my friend!
Another great tour. Love the way you organize by feel and mode. The only section I did not get was 80s guitar rock. Everything else seems kind of intuitive. Thanks.
I'm starting to collect blue, green, red, yellow vinyl etc to hang from the ceiling. Mario Lanza is not something I listen to, but will pick up in red.
Hello from Sydney Australia. Great collection and organisation. A couple of things. I understand separating by genre though it's not something I do myself, except for my Classical section. I have jazz & blues LP's but not enough to justify a sub-section. (I have a lot more Blues on CD though). However I'd be inclined to put those artist subgroups alphabetical within the general jazz section but still the individual tabs. Brilliant idea with the Coltrane label tabs. Also isn't it 'Wayne Shorter' not 'Wanye'. Looks like a spelling error lol. As you say, it's whatever works for you. Great video. Now subscribed. Cheers mate 😎👍
I'd have to say, this is definitely an amazing display you have, you say you give your collection a record store feel but in my opinion, your display is better than any record/music store I've ever been to, I'm slowly but surely working my way up to having a huge music collection, I currently have 80 pieces of music in my collection, 40 LPs, 39 CDs, and 1 cassette!!
Thanks man! Glad you liked the step. Be careful because the collection will grow fast lol. I remember when I had 11 records stacked underneath my window lol.
Like you, I really dig the "record store vibe" in a collection set up. I have all of my vinyl in thick double walled show boxes...it's not the most space saving way of storing vinyl, but it's so much nicer to be able to flip through the stacks vs the expedit system...although I'm running out of room!!! Expedits are likely in my future whether I like it or not....Also, really like what you did with your name plates in the metal section, very cool and creative...like an old school record store.
Nice collection. I like the way you separate your music; it makes it easy to listen to music based on moods. The only thing I would do differently is I would give Thrash Metal its own section; I just think of it as its own genre.
Awesome video! I think your collection organization says a lot about you. Very well thought out. Coltrane and jazz in general, enviable alone. Very nice collection. When the kids move out some day, bro,,,,, very cool.
Definitely a great, great collection, this video could be called "My personal record store tour",I love your way to organize your collection, actually I have a "strange" way to organize mine, I never really organized it like I should do, It's like from "calm/soft" music (Pop/love songs,etc...) to "hard" music (Hard Rock/Metal etc...), I don't organize by Aphabetical order but each artist/band is organized by chronological order (I just have around 200 vinyls so that's ok but when i'll get more i'll need to change that) but, your way to organize is really much better, and more for a collection like yours, oh, by the way, I love this "cassette wall"! ^^
Thanks man. You are 100% correct. I think the current size of ones collection really determines the best way to organize it. I have never heard/ love the way you said you do it from soft to harder music. That is pretty freakn' cool. Would love to flip through your stuff and see it. Kind of reminds me of High Fidelity when he said he was organizing his "autobiographical" lol.
Love hearing you talk about this stuff, Brandon. You have created a LOT of genres.. hahaha! But it's definitely easier when you have so many records. I just love your place. Maybe someday I'll throw my dinner table out too, to get room for more shelving. But then The records will be to close to my kitchen, and maybe they'll get greasy over time. I don't know :)
Nice. But how do you keep someone with sticky fingers off your personal collection? With your large enormous collection I should hope you have renters or homeowners insurance. I only have a small one bed room apartment and therefore have a relatively small collection. I’m always worried of someone kicking in my front door. I guess all of us vinyl community collectors has the same worries.
Indeed. It is actually kind of cool because on top of my renters insurance State Farm has a Personal Articles policy specifically for vinyl records. It is a great, 100% replacement value policy and it only runs me about $22/ month.
I basically have 3 sections boyh on vinyl and CDs. 1.Pop rock: Alternative, Punk, Goth, Synt pop, Psychadelic, New wave and classic rock. 2. Hard and experimental: Hardcore, metal, extreme metal, Industrial, Prog, Weirder goth, hard rock 3. Non Rocck: Jazz, Hip Hop, Electronica, World Music,Drum & Bass, Trip hop, Funk, Soul, Exotica, Swing and Motown. You are insan man this is by far the most fun I had watching a video about this topic, great collection ¡ and a huge one ¡
Sounds more like you have 20 sections lol. That is awesome my friend. Love the diversity of your sections. To much great music out there to be locked into only one or two things. Thanks for watching my friend.
mrhoffame well its just 3 main ones, then I have these 20 subsections, it depends on mood like you said, After watching your video I'm doing some extra clasification on some of the subsections I haven't separated. Sure I enjoy music more that way ¡ I just don't use things too specific like industrial alternative metal or atmospheric gothic electronica cause you can get lost too ¡ lol
This is a guy who has it together. I wish I had the room to do all that there for I got to keep mine through a-z except my country and soundtracks I keep separate hey Brandon just curiours how many system do you have. also you should do a video on some of your 45s Also love the cassette holders.Where did you get those for future reference.Might be moving into a bigger place next year and would like to get something for my cassettes.Others wise AAAAAAAAA+ on the organization.
Thanks my friend. I kind of consolidated my systems a month or two and took all my stuff and put together my 3 best systems. I'm actually getting ready to try and sell some stuff. I have a couple of turntables and 3 receivers just sitting on the sidelines now lol.
mrhoffame Hey Brandon, great organization never get tired of coming to hoffame record store.. anyway plz shoot me a pm if and when you get ready to sell any receivers .. Also had a few of questions for you. guy
Love those Jazz/Blues/Rock Section record store bins -- Man, if I ever have enough space in some room in my next place, that is the ideal way to organize my collection and flip through them, with title cards. The Ikea type shelves always look very nice too. (Hey, I spotted a Joan Jett/Runaways marker -- have you ever shown your discs on those?). I know everyone comments on how much like a real record store your setup looks, and I have to agree -- it's fabulous! Thanks for taking the time to give us a real extensive tour, Brandon.
Sure thing man! It was a fun thread. I'll try to work in a Joan Jett collection at some point! I'm just glad you asked for something other than The Beatles lol.
That is very true, I mostly listen to just Rock and Metal but the combinations are rather strange, I go from David Bowie to Metallica to REO Speedwagon to Iron Maiden, and there's never a dull moment!!
Chris Karlovick I know, right?! There is just so much freakn' music out there. Not to mention that in this day and age with the internet you can get exposed to 10000 times more music than people did just 50 years ago.
I know. I'm a bit of a nut lol. When I look back to when I had just a couple of hundred cds I did keep them in alphabetical order. It's just a lot easier this way as my collection has grown. Thanks so much for watching!!
Did you build the bins in you shelving unit yourself or purchase them? Most collectors seem to store their collection in Kallax shelving, but I prefer the “flipping through bins” feel of a record shop like you have.
Yep. Kallax shelves on the bottom with homemade bins on the top. When I moved here I didn't have any access to a saw or anything so I just went to home depot and they actually cut the pieces for me and brought them home to make a simple box that a 12 year old can make and then painted them lol. I love the flip style too. So much easier to enjoy your collection that way.
Wow...I thought I was anal when it came to organizing! Haha! I don't mean that as an insult, brother. I'm blown away at the collection here. Actually, you had me agreeing with you on everything up until that whole Springsteen-split-up-into-decades-debacle. :) That was too much even for a compulsive organizer like me. But, like you said, it's your collection and what works for YOU is what's important. Cool stuff and another thumbs up!
Ha Ha! Indeed it is. This is a pretty old video. I have done a couple of room tours of the two places I've had since this one. Check those out if you get a chance. It has changed a lot in the past few months, but this is the most recent one... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-82OVOZ_2tME.html
Yours is so well organized. Wish mine was like that. Mine are organized in collections, like all Madonna together, all Expose together in order of release, etc. But the artists themselves are not in ABC order. lol. Oh well, thats just me
Hey Brandon, this is awesome! Man, I would love to have records bins like that, I might do it when I get more space (I hope in the future)/ I'm with you on wanting to listen to a certain genre in music rather than thinking of a particular musician, so I understand the way you've organised this...it make sense/ cheers mate
It's never too much man. The way I see it, especially considering how I love so many genres of music, there are band out there putting out new music every single day. Great music. The "want" is never ending lol
wow! you have a absolute awesome collection of genre's and formats! I have nothing against the internet, but that shouldn't be the only place to find music , that's boring and drab ! it's much more fun OWNING yes it costly a little, but hey, nothing good and worthwhile is free! but anyway I digress , great collection , wish I had a fourth of it!
Bottom pieces are ikea. Wood boxes on top I made :) Happy New Year my friend :) Check out my 2019 Room Tour video and you will get a good view of them.
It makes sense except I do like to keep all works by one artist together. The different types of jazz can be separated because there are few artists that do both smooth jazz and hard bop. I guess as you approach mainstream jazz like Bobby Watson it could get a little tricky. You could also separate hard bop from the organ-guitar soul jazz sound. You could also sort the jazz section by the headlined session star's instrument by keeping say Miles Davis and Lee Morgan together as trumpeters. I actually file the artists entirely alphabetically but the various artists' compilations break down in similar fashion to your collection.
I haven't carved out a jazz section yet but am highly considering it.  Everything is alphabetical but the various artists compilations always present a real challenge considering I have two bookshelves full with probably another yet to be filed.Soul is most definitely the most I have of any style which considering that perspective leads away from ever breaking it down further into subgenres.  Most soul albums have several different subgenres and styles on them like disco, funk, adult contemporary (which was always too vague and elusive), Quiet Storm, swingbeat, hip hop soul, and pop.  I also would always insist on keeping all the works by one artist together unless it's someone as diverse as Ray Charles who had entire albums of early R&B, country, standards, and instrumental jazz.
+Gary King Hi! Great to see you found this online community. Have you checked Brandon's early videos from 2010/11 or thereabout? His entire collection used to fit in a tiny room...! It was amazing to see it grow so fast year by year =D
wow I only hope that I can have something as vast in the future. I'm just starting out so I hope to have a video sooner than later. Not even sure how many records I have yet but it's probably only around 200 or so. Loving all the VC videos!
Hi Brandon, why would u have all your Bruce Sprungsteen vinyl together ie artist with more than five albums and spread the springsteen cds over the decades? Im a little confused. im finding it difficult to decide what to do with hard rock metal and clsssic rock, ie do i have them all seperate or mix classic rock and hard rock, and metal seperate or have metal and hard rock together and classic rock seperate. aaarrrgghh. Can u help? Andy H
LOL Ha Ha! I feel you your pain. To answer the first question...I would only put all of the artist work from different decades together, such as the Bruce Lps, if I actually created a Tab/Divider for that artist. Now with the cds you see all those tabs with artist names, but I really wasn't dividing the artist out of from the general cd genres. Those were mainly put there because I had them. (picked them up from an FYE that closed). I really was not separating the cds out by artist. I just kinda through those in there. Normally, such as in my current collection set up, you will on see all decades of an artist together when I create a tab with their name on it. As far as separating metal, hard rock, etc....Go with how you "feel it". For me a few things determine if I separate in specific genres. 1. How many records do I have in that genre could be a factor where I want to break it oup. 2. If I see a major difference where as other people may lump artist together. For example it drives me CRAZY to go into a record store and see Van Halen and AC/DC under the "metal" section lol. Can't stand it!!! Therefore the separation of metal and hard rock is an extremely sensitive subject to me so I separate them because I notice that difference way to much. Now separating Grunge and Hard Alternative Rock such a Nirvana and Shinedown is not as critical to me. I don't get offended by that so that I don't separate those with as much of a vengeance. Separating Death Metal and Thrash Metal is not a big deal to me so I put it all under metal where some guys go Death, Grind Core, Thrash, etc. Now Metal and Glam/Hair Metal is a very sensitive separation for me so I do separate those. So ultimately it is just about another way to express your feelings and thoughts towards music. Great thing is there often is no wrong answer. Just do as you feel. Nothing wrong with making one section too and labeling it "Hard/Classic Rock". Hope that rambling helped on some level lol.
Brandon, i really appreciate your time on this reply. In my vinyl set up i have classic rock and hard rock in the same section and metal as one seperate section. The Scorpions and acdc are in the same section with the who the rolling stones and reo speedwagon. im thinking of pulling hard rock out and was initially thinking of amalgamating with metal, however i think i will have three seperate sections now. Your reasoning has helped me make my decision the way i feel.it. many thanks Brandon. ☺
I do the chronological order as well as alphabetically i use to separate via styles of music but stopped now its just alphabetically and chronologically
Whatever floats you boat my friend lol. My thing is your collection should be organized in a way that you can find any album or cd within 7-8 seconds of deciding you want to pull it out. Ultimately that should be the key to any organization, right? lol. Take care my friend and happy spinning!!
All genre'd and alpha within. If an artist such as a John Mayhall plays in different genre's then it is what it is and you have to separate them. Tom Wait gets his own genre, cause I have no idea with him, he's his own genre
duuuuuuude,your cassette collection has really grown over the years! don't know why i'm just noticing,maybe it's how the light in the room was a lil' different! im impressed my friend,that took a lot of time and care.i'd love to see you dig through your Pantera tapes and other 90's hard rock metal sometime if u get bored.u have any 8 tracks?
Ha ha! Thanks my friend. I'll see if I can work a video in sometime. I do have about 75 8 tracks but don't have an player hooked up right now. Was actually thinking about selling them just last week.
i have a few tapes that i hold on to for nostalgia,plus they're titles that mean something to me.Robin Harris,some Kiss imports and yes Warrant! i have a Mercyful Fate tape called Return of the Vampire you can have if interested.i do have a sealed Love Gun 8 track.i loved tapes as a kid but LP's always took precedence when i was old enough to go find the good stuff.seeing yours makes wish i hadn't given all mine away though!
Oh, no sorry needed. I LOVE talking about this crap LOL. I don't have a huge grindcore collection right now. I have some Napalm Death a few other things, but nowhere near enough to warrant a section. Right now they just sit in Metal.
Here and there actually lol. Most of them came from bagsunlimited.com. They sell TONS of stuff for collectors of everything from music to baseball cards to stamps. Check it out for sure. I just bought some and drew the band names myself.
Man, put it all in one category! Your record collection would look great in one giant timeline... If you need A. Morissette as you put it, you just go mid 90's or early 2000's for Dido. I have one category, called Great music, includes Soundtracks, Live albums et aL. (all Greatest Hits are stored separately in alphabetical order). wHAT think? This way you learn what everything looks like in context.
No way man!!! lol. This is my personal record store and that it is the way I'm keeping it lol. Like I said, it would totally drive me CRAZY to mix all this together. No way will my Cinderella ever be next to my Coltrane ...or Backstreet Boys next to Ghetto Boys :) Thanks for watching man. By the way, depending on the year of the Greatest Hits albums, I typically put them at the end of artist after the last studio album :) I would say I have one collection called "Great Music". That great music is broken down into "The Great Music Of Genres".
Organizing by genre is far from "whacky'.......unless one has only one or two genres of music.......Having eclectic taste, it's sensible to put things in "Glamrock", "soul", "psychedelic", "rock" , "ambient", "synthy", disco", "reggae"......... sections, It would be very silly to put Bowie albums amongst reggae.... ........or else you spend more time searching instead of playing music.
I certainly agree lol. I also think it depends a lot on "how" someone listening to music. Very rarely to I decide to go listening to a specific artist. Someone who does that probably benefits from alphabetical order. I on the other hand tend to flock to genres I'm in the mood for and not so much a specific artist so this method of organization works much better for my overall listening habit at home.
You don't come out and say how many albums you have all up. At no point do you give the audience a clue as to how many albums you own all up. It stands alone. Earth / Sunn O)))
