On 06/07/2012 05:55 PM, Ryan Torchia wrote: > Huh, I've never seen that before -- is there an example somewhere? I've > seen sides labeled A / AA, "This Side" / "That Side", and even "Sunny > Side Up" / "Over Easy" , but never just re-lettered like that. > (Speaking of which, what about sides that are labeled unconventionally > with more than just letters?)
Here are the purposes I have in mind for this guideline: First, avoid the need for a delimiter between the side designator and the track designator, because there is no particularly good, non-confusing delimiter that could be used. Use of delimiters should be reserved for more unusual cases (e.g. sub-tracks and alternate audio), not required for the common case. We really don’t want our most common track numbers to start looking like modem line noise — “2/7.2#5” is *not* a readable track number, and should be extremely rare (5th audio option of chapter 2 of title 7 of the second side a DVD?). Not that B7.2#5 is much better, but every little bit counts. :-) Second, enable editors to enter side information without actually seeing a copy of the release. If I know that tracks 1-4 were on the first side, I should be able to enter that without having to track down a picture of the thing to know whether the first side is called “A”, “1”, or “play this side first, if you please; the other side is the one that should be played second” _______________________________________________ MusicBrainz-style mailing list MusicBrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
