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

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