Cataloging Records

Well I'm back home again, and back to my current obsession - cataloging my record collection. It's something I've been intending to do for years and have attempted a few times but not succeeded before.
This time is different however. Rather than having to create databases as I have in the past, (which to be quite honest is tediously boring) this time I have found a much simpler way of doing it - Discogs.

Discogs is an online database which is being built with the aim to catalogue every record ever released. Release information is added by members and the whole thing seems to be being built in much the same way as wikipedia. I rather like the idea of this huge resource being available for nothing to anyone wanting to find something out about a release, I've certainly found it useful.

To most people, cataloging your records may seem rather dull, and to be fair it is rather nerdy (I'm not ashamed) and not the most exciting thing I have ever done. However it serves a purpose. I have rather a lot of records and a catalogue is a good way of keeping track of what I've got. Also I probably should get them all insured.

I've never been that fussed about the value of my records - I bought them for their musical content rather than their value - but if I lost them I would be really rather miffed. True I could survive without them in the grand scheme of things but I don't want to. My music collection is something I enjoy and I would hate to live without music.

The other good thing about this cataloging is that I have been rediscovering certain parts of my collection which have been forgotten as my record collection grew. I've also found a few I no longer want so its also encouraging me to have a bit of a sort out and streamline my collection - a bit of a spring clean you could say