Series Migration

In MusicBrainz Terminology, a series is a sequence of separate Releases or Tracks with a common theme, artist, label or genre; usually prominent in the naming of branding of releases or tracks in the series. For release series, individual releases are often denoted with a volume or series number, but this is not necessary for them to be considered a series. A series can vary between two and hundreds of releases.

Examples

• FabricLive 35: Marcus Intalex is the 35th release in the FabricLive compilation series.
• Promo Only: Modern Rock Radio, October 2006 is the October 2006 release in the Promo Only: Modern Rock Radio series.
• Casino Royale, Volume 1: For the Hustlers is the first release in a 2-part concept DJ mix series by DJ Rectangle.
• Metallica's The Unforgiven, The Unforgiven II and The Unforgiven III are a track series.

Style

• Series of releases can be linked to each other using the PartOfSeriesRelationshipType AdvancedRelationship. Consult the documentation there for guidelines on when to use this relationship. Important: Not all series may be suitable for use with this relationship.
• The community has agreed upon weak SeriesStyleGuidelines for a select number of release and track series. Other series have have de facto standards in place through community edit agreement.
• SeriesNumberStyle discusses VolumeNumberStyle and PartNumberStyle which can apply to some release and track series.
• SubTitleStyle is often used to separate the series' title and a specific release's title.

Sources for series information

• There's a comprehensive site about sampler series in Germany (in German).

Catalogs of series

The following is a non-exhaustive set of series cataloged in the MB documentation prior to the implementation of the PartOfSeriesRelationshipType. When/if such a relationship is implemented, many, or all of these series below should be linked with this relationship and then removed from the documentation.

Prior to the AR implementation, the standard was that if a series had ten releases or more, to create a page like below and add to the ReleaseAnnotation an entry like Series/DreamDance using the below markup:

'''[http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Series/<SeriesName>|Series/<SeriesName>]'''

1. 20th Century Masters
2. 20 Years on MTV
3. Absolute
4. Alan Lomax Recordings
5. As & When
6. Bach 2000: The Complete Bach Edition
7. Bach Edition: Complete Works (Brilliant Classics)
8. Back to Mine
9. Big City Beats
10. Buddha-Bar
11. Bugged Out!
12. Café del Mar
13. Chip Jockey
14. Clubland
15. Daytrotter Session
16. DJ-Kicks
17. Dream Dance
18. Die Kompletten Werke
19. Fabric
20. Fetenhits
21. Fetenkult
22. France Inter Black Sessions
23. Future Trance
24. fRoots
25. Glenn Gould: The Complete Original Jacket Collection
26. Global Underground
27. Groove Experience
28. Нашествие
29. Hard Dance Mania
30. HelloRecordingClub
31. Hitdossier
32. Die Hit-Giganten
33. Hitzone
34. Icon
35. Indie20
36. Isaac Stern: A Life in Music
37. Jazz & Blues Collection
38. Jazz in Paris
39. Knuffelrock
40. Kontor
41. Kuschelrock
42. Late Night Tales
43. Masters of Hardcore
44. Mayday Compilation
45. Mellomania
46. Ministry of Sound
47. Mixmag
48. MTVUnplugged
49. Musique du monde
50. Now That's What I Call Music!
51. Putumayo
52. Radio 538 Dance Smash Hits
53. RAS Portraits
54. Franz Schubert - The Masterworks
55. SkitzMix
56. So Fresh
57. Sunshine Live
58. Technics DJ Set
59. Techno Club
60. The Chronological Classics
61. The Complete Piano Music of Franz Liszt Played by Leslie Howard
62. The Romantic Piano Concerto (hyperion)
63. The Vibe !
64. Thunderdome
65. Trojan Box Set
66. Tunnel Trance Force
67. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Works (Brilliant Classics version)
68. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Mozart Edition (Philips version)
69. XMix
70. YTMND Soundtrack