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Posted by CosmoKid on Jun-03-2005 19:19:

Writing on Your Records/Sleeves

So I am starting to get into harmonics officially and really digging it. My main problem is that to know what tunes are in what key and camelot category I would have to write on the record or sleeve.

Maybe its the collector in me, but I am really hesitant about doing this. My mom has old albums that she gave me with her name written on them and I eek every time I look at them. My brother put smurf ink stamps on some of my baseball cards as a kid, just kills me.

How do you guys feel about writing on your records or the sleeves?

Is there any alternative?

I tried little round labels from Staples that claim to be able to peel off. They do, although too easily. They end up falling off on me.

Posted by Tony Morello on Jun-04-2005 01:55:

suck it up and write on them
they're your records, they're your tools, use them as you need to

i always mark my white labels

no time for fumbling around trying to find a record or mix in the middle of a packed club while i'm half-cut

Posted by DragonsEmerald on Jun-04-2005 02:17:

Write on the inside of the sleeve.

Posted by razzi on Jun-04-2005 04:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Tony Morello
suck it up and write on them
they're your records, they're your tools, use them as you need to

i always mark my white labels

no time for fumbling around trying to find a record or mix in the middle of a packed club while i'm half-cut

+1. i always write on my write labels with little notes on the sleeves or on the label itself about the tracks. its really helpful if there are some random/bad mixes and 1 good one that i play. saves valuable time.

also, some of my vinyl has writing all over it, because theyre from the radio station that i spin at, and there is station info all over it so people dont steal them. but now that theyre unwanted, we take them and they have random comments on all of them (although i have to admit that the comments do help)

razzi.

Posted by Omega_Blue on Jun-04-2005 05:14:

if you're worried about depreciating value or whatever, just slap on a post-it note, or some masking tape.

Posted by on Jun-04-2005 06:46:

I haven't wrote on any of mine yet... and most of my white labels the sleeve has a printed label... so don't need to mark them

Posted by adx on Jun-04-2005 08:18:

Masking tape definately works. Or put in dividers in your case.

Posted by Ekstussi on Jun-04-2005 08:46:

just organize your vinyl in diffrent shelves for diffrent harmonic notes, and in your flight cases, just seperate them with cardboard with ends on them like you would see at a record store how they catagorize thier gendre.

Posted by FirstBorn on Jun-04-2005 14:23:

Little stickers have always worked for me - haven't had a problem with them falling off....

Posted by CosmoKid on Jun-06-2005 02:08:

i use the little orasge removable stickers to mark my vinyls so i dont have to read which mix i want to play.

i took the suggestion and used masking tape in the top right corner of each sleeve and wrote traditional/camelot/bpm info on each.

i couldnt write on the top right corner without the masking tape for each record so i am liking this much better.

thanks for the info.

Posted by DjSimonB on Jun-06-2005 11:33:

I usually just write on the record sleeve if I wanna write BPM/key/whatever... im not planning to sell my records anyway, so I don't care much about value.

Posted by Nemesis44 on Jun-06-2005 16:18:

I write on my records, you know where the information is and saves you having to faff about with it.

These days though I tend to remember the key of a record anyway.

Cheers
Nem