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. The Art of Sysyphus
6. As & When
7. Bach 2000: The Complete Bach Edition
8. Bach Edition: Complete Works (Brilliant Classics)
9. Back to Mine
10. Bar Lounge Classics
11. Big City Beats
12. EMI/Toshiba Black Triangle
13. Booom
14. Bravo Hits
15. Buddha-Bar
16. Bugged Out!
17. Café del Mar
18. Chip Jockey
19. Clubland
20. Daytrotter Session
21. DJ-Kicks
22. The Dome
23. Dream Dance
24. Erotic Lounge
25. Eurovision Song Contest
26. Die kompletten Werke
27. Fabric
28. Fetenhits
29. Fetenkult
30. France Inter Black Sessions
31. Future Trance
32. fRoots
33. Glenn Gould: The Complete Original Jacket Collection
34. Global Underground
35. Groove Experience
36. Нашествие
37. Hard Dance Mania
38. HelloRecordingClub
39. Hitdossier
40. Die Hit-Giganten
41. Hitzone
42. Icon
43. Indie20
44. Isaac Stern: A Life in Music
45. Jazz & Blues Collection
46. Jazz in Paris
47. Just the Best
48. Knuffelrock
49. Kontor
50. Kuschelrock
51. Late Night Tales
52. Masada, Book Two
53. Masters of Hardcore
54. Mayday Compilation
55. Mellomania
56. Ministry of Sound
57. Mixmag
58. MTVUnplugged
59. Music From Time and Space
60. Musique du monde
61. Now That's What I Call Music!
62. Putumayo
63. Radio 538 Dance Smash Hits
64. RAS Portraits
65. Franz Schubert - The Masterworks
66. SkitzMix
67. So Fresh
68. Sunshine Live
69. Technics DJ Set
70. Techno Club
71. The Chronological Classics
72. The Complete Piano Music of Franz Liszt Played by Leslie Howard
73. The Romantic Piano Concerto (hyperion)
74. The Vibe !
75. Thunderdome
76. Tour of Duty
77. Trojan Box Set
78. Tunnel Trance Force
79. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Works (Brilliant Classics version)
80. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Mozart Edition (Philips version)
81. XMix
82. YTMND Soundtrack