variations on a theme

More archival numbers - I've just finished reorganising all the currently-labelled CDs, which just about fit into the Ikea drawers housing the initial collection (well, not including periodicals - we're gonna need a bigger storage solution very soon). One of the most pleasing aspects of this whole ridiculous activity is putting items labelled at very different times/years apart in order, and finding that there is thematic consistency. For example:

384.5ish - radio:

The Golden Age of Wireless (Thomas Dolby)

PL 384.509044 1982

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco)

HL 384.53 2002

Mellow Gold (Beck)

OL 384.54530565 1994
plus

London Calling (the Clash)

HL 384.649421 1979

[Most of these were labelled before we wrote down all the headings, but 'Mellow Gold' is under Communications - Radio - Stations - for old people]

629.45ish - space travel (engineering):

Liam Finn in Spaceland (Liam Finn)

OL 629.4507 2008
in Engineering - Astronautics - Piloted space flight - Selection and training of astronauts

Apollo 18 (They Might Be Giants)

PL 529.454 1992
in Engineering and allied operations - Astronautics - Space flight - Apollo project

Around the World (Senor Coconut)

OL 629.4544 2008
in Space flights - orbiting flights

Dark Days/Light Years (Super Furry Animals)

OL 629.455 2009
in Engineering - Astronautics - Piloted space flight - Planetary flights

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And here are some other individual call numbers from recent-ish acquisitions:

These Foolish Things (Bryan Ferry)

HL 598.65 1973 - Dodos
Zoological sciences - Birds - Dodos

Alive 1997/2007 (Daft Punk)

OL 304.602106298920944 1997/2007 - French robot census
Social sciences - populations - stats - census - robots - France

Demons at the Helm (the Whomping Willows)

PL 133.42603875 2009 - Ghost ships (kind of)
Paranormal phenomena - demonology - Demoniac possession - of sailors

Eat My Shadow (Angie Hart)

OL Q 394.90363252 2009
Customs - Cannibalism - Secret agents

Black Market Music (Placebo)

OL 285.9032242 2000
Religion - Puritanism - Resistance and subversive movements