Promo Only series

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Style for Promo Only Releases

This page describes the style to be used for Promo Only releases. Enter these tracks as follows:

  • Promo Only: Series Name, Month Full Year

The Series Name should be one of those in the list below. All Promo Only montly releases should be listed as Promotional, and Compilation. The Month and Year should be stated in full (October, not '10' and 2006, not '06').

Some of the issues, particularly in the Club series, are multiple discs, and are labelled A and B. Normal DiscNumberStyle applies to these.

There is also a sister company in Canada. For those, use Promo Only Canada: as the initial title.

Examples

  • Promo Only: Modern Rock Radio, October 2006 Promo Only: Alternative Club, March 2005 Promo Only Canada: Mainstream Radio, September 2004

Series Names

Current series (and what they contain) are:

  • Radio Series
    • Mainstream Radio - Top 40 Radio edits
    • Country Radio - Country singles
    • Urban Radio - R&B & Rap edits
    • Modern Rock Radio - Alternative Rock edits
    • Rhythm Radio - Edits of dance singles and pop urban singles
  • Club Series
    • Mainstream Club - 12" mixes of popular music
    • Rhythm Club - 12" mixes of Urban, freestyle, Latin house, and Bass
    • Underground Club - 12 " Cutting edge dance music, mostly tracks and dubs
    • IUK Club Beats - House, Club and Trance releases from the leading labels in Dance
    • UK Underground Beats - Progressive, Tech and Tribal releases from the leading Underground labels
    • Alternative Club - 12" Electronica and alternative dance
    • Urban Club - Extended club versions, remixes, instrumentals and acapellas
  • Latin Series
    • Tropical Latin - Salsa, Merengue, and Latin Dance
    • Regional Latin - Tejano, Banda, Tex Mex, Nortena
    • Pop Latin - Latin with a dash of Pop, Spanish Rock, Dance and Ballads
  • Christian Series
    • Contemporary Christian - Pop, dance, urban and rock, with christian and family friendly lyrics

Other Info

This guideline is intended to apply only to the monthly subscription discs in the above series. The label Promo Only Inc also releases occasional other compilations, such as "Best of 1991", they do not fall under this guideline.

Discussion

This contents of this page is derived from discussions on the mailing lists: http://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-users/2006-October/014232.html (and ongoing) -- KrazyKiwi

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