User:LordSputnik/Proposals/Recording
This page is part of the same proposal as User:LordSputnik/Proposals/Style/Recording.
Proposal
A MusicBrainz Recording is an abstract group of similar release tracks, and represents the audio in those tracks before it was mastered.
A recording most commonly represents a mix of a recorded performance of a work by a particular artist, and appears as a track on releases in one or more release groups.
Examples
These are all different Recordings:
- Studio recording: Into the Blue by Moby
- Remixed recording: Into the Blue (Beatmasters mix) by Moby
- Studio recording: Voulez-Vous by ABBA
- Live recording: Voulez-Vous by ABBA
Style Guidelines
Please see the guidelines for recordings.
Properties
Title
The title of the recording.
Artist
The artist(s) that the recording is primarily credited to.
Duration
An approximation to the length of the actual mix, calculated from the lengths of the tracks using the recording.
ISRC
The International Standard Recording Code assigned to the recording.
MBID
Disambiguation comment
Annotation
See Annotation.
