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=Style for Live Non-Album Tracks=


This page describes the style to be used for naming live tracks. That is, for live tracks on a release that's not marked as 'Live'. This style will probably mostly be used for [[Non-Album Track|NonAlbumTrack]]'s.


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'''Status:''' ''This is a [[Proposed Style Guideline|ProposedStyleGuideline]].''


''Note:'' This guideline applies to the titling of a live [[Track|track]]. For titling of a bootleg [[Release|release]], reference [[Live Bootleg Style]].
There are a number of possible PartsOfATitle: the track title, the featuring artists, the track 'version' and the live information. This guide only deals with the live information, i.e. the part that describes whether the track is a live recording and possibly the date and venue for the recording.


=Style for Live Tracks=
This would be the style of correct titles of live non-album tracks:
* "Song Name (live)"
* "Song Name (live, 2004)"
* "Song Name (live, 2004: The Netherlands)"
* "Song Name (live, 2004-05-23: Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)"
* "Song Name (live for Radio 3FM)"
* "Song Name (live for Radio 3FM, 2004-05-23: Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands)"


==Purpose==
Track 'version' information should be in a different pair of parantheses ('acoustic' is considered a version, like a remix name):
* "Song Name (live) (acoustic)"


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.
==Examples for live non-album tracks==


Naming of live tracks depends on whether they are
If a track is live with a known date/location, and is not on an album categorised as live, the track should be titled in the format:
# a track on a [[Release]], or
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">'''Track: Candyman (live, 1970-04-15: Winterland, San Francisco, CA, USA)'''
# a [[Non-Album Track]]
</ul>


==Live Tracks on Releases==
If a live album consists of more than one live session, the tracks of different sessions should be titled in the format:
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">'''Track: Autosuggestion (1980-01-18: Eindhoven, The Netherlands)'''
</ul>


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]].
==Discussion==


If only '''some tracks''' on a Release are live, append "'' (live)''" to the [[Main Title]], like this:
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
: "''[[Main Title]] (live)''"


Add all date and venue information to the [[Release Annotation]] ([http://musicbrainz.org/showalbum.html?albumid=82097 example]).
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 albums where the information is more readily available through other means.


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.
Perhaps a better way to handle this would be to extend the release data to individual tracks as well as albums? (Although that only gives you country-level resolution on the location) --[[User:Dupuy|Dupuy]]


====There is an exception to this guideline:====
This proposal is partly to counteract the problem of having different live versions of a track on the same album. 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


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]).
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 Guide|StyleGuide]] such information should be in brackets and lower case. Isn't that enough? --[[User:DonRedman|DonRedman]]


==Live Non-Album Tracks==
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]]
<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]]
</ul>


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]].
For live tracks on a live release, I feel that putting the location, date, etc information in the album annotation is enough. Putting it in the track title would make it really bulky. Maybe something could be made as an add-on for album 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]]
# "[[Main Title]] (live, Radio 3FM, 2004-05-23: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands)"
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Release date != performance date. Sometimes if tracks on normal albums 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 album 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]]
# "[[Main Title]] (live, 2004-05-23: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands)"
</ul>
# "[[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 ==
I agree with [[User:Sambalbij|Sambalbij]], location, date, etc information in the album 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. --[[GURT]]
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.
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">I agree. It would be even better to create a track annotation to keep the track names as clean as possible. I also don't like such notes being part of mp3/ogg/etc. title tags. They should go to the comment field. A tagger could take care of this if there is an extra field for track annotations. --[[User:Fuchs|Fuchs]]
<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Also since there is a comment field in ID3. But as ID3v2 has 3 fields for track titles (grouping, title, subtitle) I'd like to see this integrated in MB some day :) --[[User:Shepard|Shepard]]
</ul>
</ul>

----Authors: [[User:Zout|zout]], MichelleW

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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

  1. a track on a Release, or
  2. 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.

  1. "Main Title (live, Radio 3FM, 2004-05-23: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands)"
  2. "Main Title (live, 2004-05-23: Effenaar, Eindhoven, Netherlands)"
  3. "Main Title (live, 1969-01-16: New York, NY, USA)"
  4. "Main Title (live, 2004-11)"
  5. "Main Title (live, 2004: Netherlands)"
  6. "Main Title (live, New York, NY, USA)"
  7. "Main Title (live, Radio 3FM)"
  8. "Main Title (live, 2004)"
  9. "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.