On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 03:53:14PM -0700, Kerensky97 wrote: > > "Earliest Release of": > I think most of these would apply for being grouped with "Cultural > Identifiers". Its basically the same release from a different date and > possibly a few more tracks, which as I understand is the main point of a > "Cultural Identifier".
Why 'most'? why not all? Please explain in which situations the 'Earliest Release of' AR is used on a release which would not be considered the same 'Cultural Identifier'. > "Remaster of": > I think most of these also would be grouped with the original under a > "Cultural Identifier". Same question here. > "Is a Translation/Transliteration of": > I don't know about this one. I wrote up the original AR for this and even > though I originally imagined it as a non-existent release and just an > alternate spelling of the original tracks it's become clear that some > Translations are still official releases like the original. I think a > "Translated Official" release should definitely be grouped under the > Cultural Identifier, because it's the same CD but released in a different > country with translated text on the back of the album; in most cases the > music is identical. But the "Translated Pseudo-Release" should NOT be > grouped under the Cultural Identifier group because it doesn't technically > exist. This seems very weird to me. I would want to have them grouped with the same cultural identifier, they are referring to the exact same album as the original. The pseudo-release status makes it clear these albums don't actually exist, so any software using cultural identifiers can easily filter them out if it doesn't want to see them. > "Is a cover of": > Not commonly used on releases but it can be. However, I don't think any of > these would qualify as Cultural Identifier groups since by definition a > cover is by a different artist. Same applies for all "Remix of", "Mashup > of" relationships, it's not really the original album, it's parts mixed with > other albums to make a new album. Yes, is a cover of implies different audio content. I thought this AR would be a good idea when you first posted about it, but after reading zout's post I also agree with him. So I want to know _why_ the existing ARs aren't suitable. I don't care if ruaok said they aren't -- that doesn't exempt you or him from explaining why not. -- kuno / warp. _______________________________________________ Musicbrainz-style mailing list Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
