On 12/12/06, Olivier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi, There has been some discussion lately about the proper release type to be added to "bundled" stuff (twofers and such) (eg: album or compilation). It seems that http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ReleaseType holds some ambiguity, especially this part: "The MusicBrainz project does not generally consider the following to be compilations: a release containing two releases (and/or EPs) released together as a single unit." (the "single unit" being the ambiguous part)
i believe the intent was the 'single unit' is a MBz 'release' Moreover, this seems to be at odds with the general style guide,
http://musicbrainz.org/style.html which includes the following line. "Compilation. A compilation is a collection of previously released tracks by one or more artists."
tracks != EP/Album/Single, etc :) basically IMO the logic is that calling a compilation of 2 EPs a 'compilation' doesn't tell you anything useful. if you call it an 'EP' you can at least normally figure out from the title (eg "EP 1 / EP 2") the nature of the whole release, yet you retain the release type of the individual releases. an album with an EP or single bolted on the end, should retain the release type of the 'main' part. As a first attempt at trying to sort this out, we would like your
opinions (eg: album or compilation) on the following examples. We'd also like to know how most people have read this so far, and if possible, what was the initial intent of http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/ReleaseType (i) - two discs (vinyl or cds), identical to two previously released albums, with no alterations of the cover art, bundled together in some way
both albums. of course they wouldn't be entered separately as per BoxSetNameStyle :) (ii) - two discs, identical to two previously released albums, bundled
in a new packaging, under a new release title
both albums. (iii) - one disc, containing exactly two previously released albums,
under a new name of type "Release A / Release B"
album (iv) - one disc, containing exactly two previously released albums,
under a new name *not* of type "Release A / Release B"
album (v) - one disc, containing one previously issued release, with
additional (previously unissued) tracks
album (or whatever the previously released release type was) (vi) - a set of discs, containing previously issued releases (possibly
with "additional" tracks), stacking tracks on discs with no respect for the separation "one disc = one original release" (eg: "complete" edition/anthology boxset).
could you give an example? in my experience this would in the real world be made up of different combinations of the previous scenarios (eg, joy divison's box set). i'd say there's normally one main release that you can inherit a releasetype from, for each disc.
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