Catalogue a jazz vinyl collection

File under the name on the cover so you can find it again. A later search for the leader should hit the record you catalogued, not a guess at who 'really' led the date. A note can list the side people if you want that memory kept.

Original labels matter more here than on many pop reissues. A repress on a different imprint is a different object. Choose the pressing that matches the jacket and the label in your hand.

Mono and stereo copies of the same title are a common trap. Put mono or stereo in the notes, and pick the pressing that matches. If you own both, they are two rows.

Write the imprint when you had to add the record by hand, and photograph the label if two editions are easy to confuse. The saved sleeve should be that release, or your photo, or a placeholder. Do not accept a cover from a different album because the title was close.

Condition notes earn their keep on older jazz copies: a name written on the label, a seam split, a quiet side. The price guide will not read that sentence. Type a price if your copy should not be treated as an ordinary used one.

Add the album by search and check the label before you save. Statistics can show how the shelf breaks down once the records, and their genres, are in.

Wants stay on the wishlist: the original you are still hunting, the mono copy, the leader you do not yet own. They are not part of the collection value.