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''Note:'' This guideline applies to the titling of a live [[Track|track]]. For titling of a bootleg [[Release|release]], reference [[Live Bootleg Style]]. |
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=Style for Live Tracks= |
=Style for Live Tracks= |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">'''Status:''' ''This is a [[Proposed Style Guideline|ProposedStyleGuideline]].'' |
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==Purpose== |
==Purpose== |
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This page describes the style to be used for naming live tracks. It only deals with the [[Extra Title Information Style |
This page describes the style to be used for naming live tracks. It only deals with the [[Extra Title Information Style]] part of the [[Track Title|track titles]], i.e. the part that describes whether the track is a live recording and possibly the date and venue for the recording. All other parts of the track title should be entered according to the normal [[Official Style Guideline]]s. |
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Naming of live tracks depends on whether they are |
Naming of live tracks depends on whether they are |
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# a track on a [[Release]], or |
# a track on a [[Release]], or |
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# a [[Non-Album Track |
# a [[Non-Album Track]] |
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==Live Tracks on Releases== |
==Live Tracks on Releases== |
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If '''all tracks''' on a [[Release]] are live, the release should have the [[Release Attribute |
If '''all tracks''' on a [[Release]] are live, the release should have the [[Release Attribute]] "''live''", and [[Track Title|track titles]] should not contain [[Extra Title Information Style]] about the date and venue of the live performance. This information belongs into the [[Release Annotation]]. |
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If only '''some tracks''' on a Release are live, append "'' (live)''" to the [[Main Title |
If only '''some tracks''' on a Release are live, append "'' (live)''" to the [[Main Title]], like this: |
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: "''[[Main Title]] (live)''" |
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Add all date and venue information to the [[Release Annotation |
Add all date and venue information to the [[Release Annotation]] ([http://musicbrainz.org/showalbum.html?albumid=82097 example]). |
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If more information is needed to distinguish between two tracks with the same title on one release (e.g. because the release has songs from more than one live session), more information can be added to the track title as explained for non-album tracks below. |
If more information is needed to distinguish between two tracks with the same title on one release (e.g. because the release has songs from more than one live session), more information can be added to the track title as explained for non-album tracks below. |
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====There is an exception to this guideline:==== |
====There is an exception to this guideline:==== |
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If an release with the [[Release Attribute |
If an release with the [[Release Attribute]] "Live" has more than one track with the same name, they can be differentiated by appending the date and venue as follows: "''Song Name (1980-01-18: Brussels, Belgium)''". Basically, the same style is used as for non-album tracks, but without adding the 'live' part (because this information is already included in the [[Release Attribute]]s). It's also possible to append a number to the title as follows: "''Song Name (1)''" and "''Song Name (2)''". This is useful for tracks that have no date information, or for tracks that are from outtakes ([http://musicbrainz.org/showalbum.html?albumid=182047 example]). |
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==Live Non-Album Tracks== |
==Live Non-Album Tracks== |
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For [[Non-Album Track |
For [[Non-Album Track]]s it is best to include as much information as possible into the [[Track Title|track title]] in parentheses as [[Extra Title Information Style]]. Some possibilities are listed below. The date and venue naming format is exactly the same as in [[Live Bootleg Style]]. |
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# "[[Main Title |
# "[[Main Title]] (live, Radio 3FM, 2004-05-23: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands)" |
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# "[[Main Title |
# "[[Main Title]] (live, 2004-05-23: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands)" |
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# "[[Main Title |
# "[[Main Title]] (live, 1969-01-16: New York, NY, USA)" |
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# "[[Main Title |
# "[[Main Title]] (live, 2004-11)" |
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# "[[Main Title |
# "[[Main Title]] (live, 2004: Netherlands)" |
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# "[[Main Title |
# "[[Main Title]] (live, New York, NY, USA)" |
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# "[[Main Title |
# "[[Main Title]] (live, Radio 3FM)" |
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# "[[Main Title |
# "[[Main Title]] (live, 2004)" |
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# "[[Main Title |
# "[[Main Title]] (live)" |
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==Notes== |
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Track 'version' information should be in a different pair of parentheses ('acoustic' is considered a version, like a remix name): |
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* "Song Name (live) (acoustic)" |
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[[Image:Attention.png]] '''Status:''' ''This detail is disputed.'' |
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==Discussion== |
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Ordering of live attributes: if a track is acoustic and live, I think it should have (live, acoustic, date: location) or similar appended to it, although this looks a bit clumsy. I am certain, though, that live should be before acoustic. Any nicer-looking suggestions? --MichelleW |
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This is a '''lot''' of text to burden the title with. I could see the usefulness on a bootleg, where it may be difficult to establish the information from liner notes/discographies (if any) but it seems like overkill for official releases where the information is more readily available through other means. |
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Perhaps a better way to handle this would be to extend the release data to individual tracks as well as release? (Although that only gives you country-level resolution on the location) --[[User:Dupuy|Dupuy]] |
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This proposal is partly to counteract the problem of having different live versions of a track on the same release. Often the tracknames get amended to "Trackname 1", "Trackname 2" or random variations thereof ("(1)", ", 1" etc.) I agree it's rather bulky though. --MichelleW |
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For jazz recordings it is quite usual to label them "(take 1)", "(take 2)" etc. so I would not mind that. Following the general idea of the [[Style Guideline|StyleGuideline]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s such information should be in brackets and lower case. Isn't that enough? --[[User:DonRedman|DonRedman]] |
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I think separation of the venue and location is needed rather than commas delimiting both venue, city and country. I would also omit the state for the US, the city and country are suffice, the state is seldom included. Sometimes the day is not available, in those instances I would use 1970-04. --[[User:Dave|Dave]] |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">I thought the state was quite useful for the US, since there's so many cities with the same name (Springfield, for example) --[[User:ZeroGravitas|ZeroGravitas]] |
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For live tracks on a live release, I feel that putting the location, date, etc information in the release annotation is enough. Putting it in the track title would make it really bulky. Maybe something could be made as an add-on for release annotations for live albums, kind of what Dupuy was suggesting, for a release attribute per track, but in a (fixed) annotation form? --[[User:Sambalbij|Sambalbij]] |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Release date != performance date. Sometimes if tracks on normal release where released before the liner notes say something like "all tracks released under blah instead of track X released under foo in (some date)". For this a release date would be correct but normally this is better done by linking this track to the original release via AR. So what we whould need if ever was a performance date/venue field. But I think this would be a little overkill. Annotations/comments are enough for this. And as we don't have this yet for tracks I agree that release annotations or this style guideline are the way to do it (with a small preference for the guideline but mostly I'd follow [[Artist Intent|ArtistIntent]] on the covers). --[[User:Shepard|Shepard]] |
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I agree with [[User:Sambalbij|Sambalbij]], location, date, etc information in the release annotation is EXACTLY where such information should go. In the case of a non-album track, than the information should be as simple (such as something simple as mm/dd/yy) as possible to prevent long file names. Dates and cities are NOT part of the name of the track. Its a note and should be treated as such. --[[User:BrianG|BrianG]] |
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A thought: Windows Media Player says there's a "Recording Date" field. Not sure where venue would go, though. --[[User:MichelleW|MichelleW]] |
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Now that we have [[Track Annotation|TrackAnnotation]], it may be better to add all date and venue information in [[Track Annotation|TrackAnnotation]]... Also what is the status of this [[Style Guideline|StyleGuideline]]? Is there a RFC/RFV somewhere? -- [[User:murdos|murdos]] 07:49, 03 April 2007 (UTC) |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">I would definitely agree if [[Track Annotation|TrackAnnotation]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s would show on the release page (or at least some indication there is a [[Track Annotation|TrackAnnotation]]) - there's a ticket for that ([[Ticket:2594|2594]]). Right now, not being able to see in one look where the tracks were recorded totally disqualify [[Track Annotation|TrackAnnotation]] for that use IMHO. As for the status of this page, I guess it's "Style council limbo" :-). -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 12:38, 03 April 2007 (UTC) |
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I would tend to disagree with precluding the use of this style on releases set as "Live". There's been significant discussion in the Nirvana bootlegs regarding whether releases which contain 2 or more shows, not as bonus tracks, but as 2+ shows on a CD, ought to be considered Live or Compilation. If these are considered as Live, and this style guideline excludes it's use on Live releases, then there would be no way to properly document (apart from the annotation) which tracks on such releases are from which shows. -- [[[User:BrianFreud|BrianFreud]]] |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Annotations are explicitely meant to document such informations. I see no problem with that. -- [[User:dmppanda|dmppanda]] 11:09, 04 May 2007 (UTC) |
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== History == |
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[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Style]] [[Category:Proposed Style]] |
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This guideline began development on March 30, 2005. On March 3, 2010, [[Talk:Proposals#RFC-23:_Live_Track_Style|proposal RFC-23]] passed, and this guideline became official. |
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Note: This guideline applies to the titling of a live track. For titling of a bootleg release, reference Live Bootleg Style.
Style for Live Tracks
Purpose
This page describes the style to be used for naming live tracks. It only deals with the Extra Title Information Style part of the track titles, i.e. the part that describes whether the track is a live recording and possibly the date and venue for the recording. All other parts of the track title should be entered according to the normal Official Style Guidelines.
Naming of live tracks depends on whether they are
- a track on a Release, or
- a Non-Album Track
Live Tracks on Releases
If all tracks on a Release are live, the release should have the Release Attribute "live", and track titles should not contain Extra Title Information Style about the date and venue of the live performance. This information belongs into the Release Annotation.
If only some tracks on a Release are live, append " (live)" to the Main Title, like this:
- "Main Title (live)"
Add all date and venue information to the Release Annotation (example).
If more information is needed to distinguish between two tracks with the same title on one release (e.g. because the release has songs from more than one live session), more information can be added to the track title as explained for non-album tracks below.
There is an exception to this guideline:
If an release with the Release Attribute "Live" has more than one track with the same name, they can be differentiated by appending the date and venue as follows: "Song Name (1980-01-18: Brussels, Belgium)". Basically, the same style is used as for non-album tracks, but without adding the 'live' part (because this information is already included in the Release Attributes). It's also possible to append a number to the title as follows: "Song Name (1)" and "Song Name (2)". This is useful for tracks that have no date information, or for tracks that are from outtakes (example).
Live Non-Album Tracks
For Non-Album Tracks it is best to include as much information as possible into the track title in parentheses as Extra Title Information Style. Some possibilities are listed below. The date and venue naming format is exactly the same as in Live Bootleg Style.
- "Main Title (live, Radio 3FM, 2004-05-23: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands)"
- "Main Title (live, 2004-05-23: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands)"
- "Main Title (live, 1969-01-16: New York, NY, USA)"
- "Main Title (live, 2004-11)"
- "Main Title (live, 2004: Netherlands)"
- "Main Title (live, New York, NY, USA)"
- "Main Title (live, Radio 3FM)"
- "Main Title (live, 2004)"
- "Main Title (live)"
History
This guideline began development on March 30, 2005. On March 3, 2010, proposal RFC-23 passed, and this guideline became official.
