KRSDarwin Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Does anyone have suggestions or experience on the best way to catalogue the vinyl albums you own, particularly in a way that can be bought up on your smartphone (iPhone) and is searchable? I (or my wife) often look for records and sometimes can’t recall if we have that album (or whether we have it on CD/ripped). We usually have our phones with us, hence the query about accessing the catalogue by a smartphone. I have heard that Discogs may offer some such system. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Label Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Yes Discogs is the way to go, with the following caveats: - it only functions when online - you'd both need be signed in to the same account Beyond that you can create your own folders and search by decade, format, genre, style etc It also provides min, med & max market values for individual discs and therefore your entire collection too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroen Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Yes, I use Discogs. It's easy enough to enter the data if the album has a barcode (anything post 80's). Their phone ap is OK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farpun Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 5 hours ago, KRSDarwin said: Does anyone have suggestions or experience on the best way to catalogue the vinyl albums you own, particularly in a way that can be bought up on your smartphone (iPhone) and is searchable? I (or my wife) often look for records and sometimes can’t recall if we have that album (or whether we have it on CD/ripped). We usually have our phones with us, hence the query about accessing the catalogue by a smartphone. I have heard that Discogs may offer some such system. Thanks discogs is the most comprehensive 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup1 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Discogs is the go to Kev. Gets a bit addictive when you start cataloging all your music 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzii Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 I use Discogs, as mentioned above by others. Useful for a few reasons. You can export your collection via CSV file (EXCEL). I'm taking some time off so went through and checked all of my collection to make sure I had it in Discogs. I sent this CSV file to my insurance company a few weeks ago, and appropriately sought the coverage needed for the approx. 1200 albums i now have (which was a surprise). When in shops or online, I have discogs open on my phone to make sure I don't already have the album. There is also quite a handy function whereby if you order via a Discogs seller, once completed it will add to your library for you once you send feedback on the transaction. Discogs has been bettered by anything else I've searched in terms of storing collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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