Keep track lists in your vinyl catalogue

Compilations and live albums are hard to remember track by track. The list on the page is the reminder of which version you own, and of which song is actually on the B-side of a single.

Search can use those tracks, so a song title can find the record it lives on. That matters when you remember the song and not the album, which is most of the time.

A track list also stops two editions looking identical. The same title can hide a different running order, a bonus track, or a B-side you specifically wanted. The list is how you see that without pulling the record.

When you add a record from the catalogue and choose a pressing, the tracks that belong to that release come with it. You are not typing every title by hand unless you added the record that way.

If a record has no track list, you can still keep it. Add a note for a B-side the search missed, or for a track that only exists on your copy. A missing list is not a reason to leave the record off the shelf.

Add the record and open it to see the tracks that came with that release. Collection search looks through them. The wishlist can name a song you are hunting, in the note, until you own the record.

The track list describes the release you chose. If you later realise you own a different pressing, edit the record so the list matches the vinyl.