I have not yet made it to letters M or O in my LP collection yet*, but there has been a pretty interesting story coming from Europe. It all started with Larry Ochs (avant garde saxophone player) giving a concert in Spain, during which the police were called. Later, Wynton Marsalis offered his entire catalog of CDs to the person who called the police. Here’s the Guardian update (note the commentary).
Best, R.
*Most of you know this, but I’m reporting on my record collection (LPs only), which I’m listening to in alphabetical order.
Interesting to know you alphabetize your collection by last name. I go by first name and have various other rules (e.g. Compilations go under C – for compilation, but are organized by label; “double bills” go under the first name of the first person listed in the title; and it’s “Bad Plus, The” not “The Bad Plus”)
“Bad Plus, The” is totally the way to go. I learned that from years of trying to figure out where tunes are in the Real Book. Best, R.