Series Migration

In MusicBrainzTerminology, 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 Edition: Complete Works (Brilliant Classics)
7. Back to Mine
8. Café del Mar
9. Chip Jockey
10. Daytrotter Session
11. DJ-Kicks
12. Dream Dance
13. Fabric
14. Fetenhits
15. Fetenkult
16. France Inter Black Sessions
17. fRoots
18. Glenn Gould: The Complete Original Jacket Collection
19. Global Underground
20. Groove Experience
21. Hard Dance Mania
22. HelloRecordingClub
23. Hitdossier
24. Die Hit-Giganten
25. Hitzone
26. Indie20
27. Isaac Stern: A Life in Music
28. Jazz in Paris
29. Knuffelrock
30. Kontor
31. Kuschelrock
32. Late Night Tales
33. Mayday Compilation
34. Ministry of Sound
35. Mixmag
36. MTVUnplugged
37. Now That's What I Call Music!
38. Putumayo
39. SkitzMix
40. So Fresh
41. Sunshine Live
42. Techno Club
43. The Complete Piano Music of Franz Liszt Played by Leslie Howard
44. The Vibe !
45. Trojan Box Set
46. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Works (Brilliant Classics version)
47. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Mozart Edition (Philips version)
48. XMix
49. YTMND Soundtrack