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