Alphabetizing my record collection

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

How do people deal with acts featuring numbers at the start? I put these before 'A', and in numerical order, so The 2 Live Crew come first, followed by 2ManyDJs. The problem arises here if you have, say, 10CC (I don't); do they come at the start of the '1's, or after the '9's? Punctuation also causes problems. For example, where would !!! go?

I was going to put them in number order at the front which I believe is technically the correct way but I thought the idea of a number section was a bit messy so put them in the alphabet - 10cc = T Ten CC, 5.30 = F Five Thirty.

 

[stavros]

I was going to put them in number order at the front which I believe is technically the correct way but I thought the idea of a number section was a bit messy so put them in the alphabet - 10cc = T Ten CC, 5.30 = F Five Thirty.

In theory it could be, but luckily my number collection only has 3 CDs in (2 Live Crew, 2ManyDJs and 310) so the pre-'A' system works well.

What's everyone's most common letter entry? I think mine's 'S', but a lot of that's due to Squarepusher and the Super Furries. 'D' is high up there, well represented by Daft Punk, The Delgados and Dylan.

 

[Termite Man]

In theory it could be, but luckily my number collection only has 3 CDs in (2 Live Crew, 2ManyDJs and 310) so the pre-'A' system works well.

What's everyone's most common letter entry? I think mine's 'S', but a lot of that's due to Squarepusher and the Super Furries. 'D' is high up there, well represented by Daft Punk, The Delgados and Dylan.

Mines probably B since I have shit loads of Bowie, Bauhaus and Butthole Surfers

 

[stavros]

'B' is up there with me, with plenty of Babybird, Basement Jaxx, Beasties, Beta Band and Blur (in that alphabetically order of course ).

Speaking as an anally-retentive twat, I'm quite proud that all 26 letters are represented.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

B and S are the clear winners in the singles.

 

[stavros]

Some letters do have a surprisingly high number of entries, but often that's down to one or two acts. 'E' for example is fairly dominated by Missy Elliott and Brian Eno (now there's a colaboration I'd like to hear).