With LPs it seemed easy. File Herb Alpert albums starting with THE LONELY BULL and then in chronological order up through MIDNIGHT SUN or NORTH ON SOUTH STREET, then all of the 12" singles. Foreign releases would fit in chronologically as well.
CDs present the problem. Until recently, I was trying for the chronological approach starting with all iterations of THE LONELY BULL. There's the old A&M CD, my own dub of the mono LP, the Shout CD, and then the HAP CD. Then on to VOLUME 2 and follow that pattern.
Today all of that somehow seemed messy, so I sorted out all of the original "jewel case" releases and put them first. Then the Shout CDs in order, and then the HAP CDs in order. Then all of the compilations come last. This has the effect of looking better as the Shout spines and the HAP spines all match up and look good next to each other. But I'm still not sure I won't go back to my old version one method.
CDs present the problem. Until recently, I was trying for the chronological approach starting with all iterations of THE LONELY BULL. There's the old A&M CD, my own dub of the mono LP, the Shout CD, and then the HAP CD. Then on to VOLUME 2 and follow that pattern.
Today all of that somehow seemed messy, so I sorted out all of the original "jewel case" releases and put them first. Then the Shout CDs in order, and then the HAP CDs in order. Then all of the compilations come last. This has the effect of looking better as the Shout spines and the HAP spines all match up and look good next to each other. But I'm still not sure I won't go back to my old version one method.