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How do you file burned CD-Rs?

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For a while I put them in empty plastic cases, either jewel boxes or the slimline things. But then I realized that because the spines were blank (or unlabeled) I usually forgot about the burned CDs completely. Now I put them in paper sleeves in a shoebox, but I still pretty much forget they're there when it comes time to pick out a CD. Is there a better method out there?

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 23 October 2003 20:40 (twenty-two years ago)

How do you file burned CD-Rs?

Under water!

*dives*

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 23 October 2003 20:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't get it but I still love it.

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 23 October 2003 20:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I have the same problem, except I stack them on top of my existing CD case. I've lost decent mixes forever in the pile, too, so it gives you an idea. The slim cases are especially tricky. Perhaps I should think up a labelling system but I'm just too damn lazy/busy.

― peanut (peanut), Thursday, 23 October 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

books, books, books.

― heywood jablomi (heywood), Thursday, 23 October 2003 21:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Put them in normal CD cases, with paper/card in the back section. Write the CD details on the part of the paper/card that will show at thespine (with, e.g., a pen). File the results alongside your other CDs.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Thursday, 23 October 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

You don't want to know.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 23 October 2003 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

big cd wallet book dealies
cdrs bought in spindles
all information applied with sharpie to the cdrs top label

― astroblaster (astroblaster), Thursday, 23 October 2003 21:57 (twenty-two years ago)

they're an abomination to look at.
keep them only for a week, then buy the album if you like it.
never file them next to real CDs...it cheapens your whole collection - and you *know* that you care...

― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 23 October 2003 23:05 (twenty-two years ago)

think of them as a lucky dip.

― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Friday, 24 October 2003 00:41 (twenty-two years ago)

With the regular size ones, take the jewel case apart, flip the back paper over and write on the spine. With the slim cases just try to make the mix special, keep it in major rotation for a month, and give it away. Tell recipient that you'll give them the tracklisting only after they've listened to it all the way through, which helps ensure they're not that guy that was a crazy homophobic gnarly simpleton asshole in high school but has now discovered he can get laid more if he appears open minded and that's where Darren and his CD burner come in. Great.

― DarrensCoq, Friday, 24 October 2003 01:02 (twenty-two years ago)

never file them next to real CDs...it cheapens your whole collection - and you *know* that you care...

*nods knowingly...*

― ModJ (ModJ), Friday, 24 October 2003 01:21 (twenty-two years ago)

In the same spindle the blank ones came in.

― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 24 October 2003 01:22 (twenty-two years ago)

unfortunately, lately in a big pile stacked on top of each other 30 high on the floor

― JasonD (JasonD), Friday, 24 October 2003 05:48 (twenty-two years ago)

i have over 1000 cds and i'd say the large majority of them are CD-R's and I must admit I could not care less, i file them next to all the "real" ones.

― D Aziz (esquire1983), Friday, 24 October 2003 06:05 (twenty-two years ago)

keep them only for a week, then buy the album if you like it.
never file them next to real CDs...it cheapens your whole collection - and you *know* that you care..

What paulhw said, with the addendum "after I buy the album, give my burned copies to my brother".

― Nick Mirov (nick), Friday, 24 October 2003 06:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not that fussed about filing them with my 'real' CDs either. I use the freebie CD-label software that came with my burner to print my own sleeves/backs/spines - I just use a basic template and it takes no time. I don't like the skinny cases...

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Friday, 24 October 2003 07:24 (twenty-two years ago)

no cd-r's on my collection (except for my home-made copy of Machina II)... all non-bought stuff is stored on mp3 in cd-rw's ner my computer.

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Friday, 24 October 2003 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I use the books. But I only burn CDRs if it's something that I don't listen to a lot & just want as an archival copy. So about every 2 months, I flip through the books to see if there's anything in there that I want to listen to. Anything that is good enough to be in normal rotation, I purchase*.

*If I already own it on vinyl, I'll burn a copy from the library and keep it with the A-list. Burning a library copy is the same as recording off vinyl into the PC and burning a CD.. it's just easier. I don't do it for the "superior" quality, just the convenience.

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 24 October 2003 10:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I buy my CD-Rs on spindles and then put the mix CDs on an old spindle. It keeps them all fairly organised and compacted.

― Nick H, Friday, 24 October 2003 11:38 (twenty-two years ago)

wot savin all my love said

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 24 October 2003 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Creating labels is too time consuming, esp. since my of my CD-Rs are gifts from people & I would have to track down the track names, etc. Spindle/book people -- do you just carry them loose when you're taking a few in the car?

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 24 October 2003 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

i buy those CDRs with blank printable surface and get one of those self inking stamps with the moveable type to print titles and suchlike on the surface

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 24 October 2003 11:56 (twenty-two years ago)

they're an abomination to look at.
keep them only for a week, then buy the album if you like it.
never file them next to real CDs...it cheapens your whole collection - and you *know* that you care...
They look fine if they're clear slimline in a dayglo color.
But anyhow....
WAV Copies or WAV comps: goes on the cd rack...in the same spot where the originals used to be. This saves enormous amounts of space if you replace two short albums (in standard jewel cases) with one disc in a slimline case. (example: I used to have a CD of "Seventeen Seconds" and one of "Faith"; I made my own homemade version of "Happily Ever After" and it replaced both.)
MP3 CDRs: All the above opened up some space on the racks, and now the top shelf is reserved for MP3 CDRs.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Friday, 24 October 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

-- do you just carry them loose when you're taking a few in the car?

I have a small book for the car - so I put the CDs in it when I leave the house. I don't leave CDs in the car - people steal them, you know...

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 24 October 2003 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I put them in spindles, and then forget I have them. It's worked so far.

― dleone (dleone), Friday, 24 October 2003 12:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't have a car.

― Nick H, Friday, 24 October 2003 12:51 (twenty-two years ago)

People would shatter a car window to steal a couple of mix CD-Rs? What kind of world are we living in?

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 24 October 2003 13:18 (twenty-two years ago)

i'd steal a surface niose cdr comp from a car fer sure

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 24 October 2003 13:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Special Report: People are Assholes.

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 24 October 2003 13:27 (twenty-two years ago)

home taping is killing music

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 24 October 2003 13:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Floor board of my car.

― Spinktor the Unmerciful (mawill5), Friday, 24 October 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)


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