Catalogue a large vinyl collection

First pass: artist and title for one bookcase. Second pass: prices and condition on the records you would insure or sell. The rest can wait. A marathon weekend produces mistakes, and mistakes in a large catalogue are hard to see.

If the collection is already on Discogs, import it instead of typing every spine. The import copies the collection into your vault. It does not delete the Discogs account, and it does not stay in sync afterwards. Check the odd pressings once the rows are in.

Free covers the first 100. An import that would pass that line stops and tells you. Pro at £1.99 a month lifts the cap for the rest. The records already added stay either way.

Sleeves come with the release you chose, or you upload a photo, or you accept a placeholder. Do not stop the first pass to hunt a perfect image. Do stop if the sleeve is the wrong album. Blank is better.

Type prices you know, especially on records you would mind losing. Leave the others for the guide. Read the count under the total so a partial sum is not treated as the value of the whole room. Scarcest on the shelf is the shortlist for a closer look, not a verdict.

Work one bookcase at a time. Export a CSV from Account when that case is done, and keep the file. Then start the next case. The phone is for checking a spine. The computer is kinder for the long session.

Wants stay on the wishlist. A large collection is already hard to trust. Mixing in records you hope to buy makes it worse.