I run into dilemmas when I try to alphabetize. I know that the Dave Mathews Band is under D (not M), but I have artists like Ty Segall, who releases albums under his name (S for Segall), but also under Ty Segall Band. But I don't want one under S and one under T. And then there are solo artists that put out albums that are essentially with the members of the band they are from.
My CDs are no longer alphabetized but they are in iTunes. I standardize the name. Songs that got burned as John Cougar or John Cougar Mellencamp for example all get converted to John Mellencamp. Which falls under J.
Alphabetizing a name by 1st letter - as if it was a title - is something computers do. Maybe @Channel98 knows the name for that type of sorting, but it's not how humans sort. Imagine going into a record store, and having things sorted like that.
Yeah, when I go to a "tourist" town, sometimes I'll end up at a record store like that, like earlier this year in Boulder CO. Here's my rule: I don't buy new vinyl records for myself. I'll look in the bargain bin for something classic that's cheap. But sometimes I get new vinyl as gifts from people, like my kids.
I usually try to default to the last name when alphabetizing. So a record by Jeff Beck and one by the Jeff Beck Group would be next to each other, under B. And I keep everything together and don't like to separate by genre, as that can get complicated quickly. I wish record stores would just do it this way too. I'll separate out all the various artists and soundtracks though.
Jeff Beck Group is a group name, Jeff Beck is a person, When my CDs were alphabetized, Jeff Beck would have been under "Beck, Jeff" while the group would be under "Jeff Beck Group".
She will want to add numbers to the cd so it can be sorted by the dewey decimal system.
Which reminds me….
