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. Daytrotter Session
15. DJ-Kicks
16. Dream Dance
17. Die Kompletten Werke
18. Fabric
19. Fetenhits
20. Fetenkult
21. France Inter Black Sessions
22. Future Trance
23. fRoots
24. Glenn Gould: The Complete Original Jacket Collection
25. Global Underground
26. Groove Experience
27. Нашествие
28. Hard Dance Mania
29. HelloRecordingClub
30. Hitdossier
31. Die Hit-Giganten
32. Hitzone
33. Icon
34. Indie20
35. Isaac Stern: A Life in Music
36. Jazz & Blues Collection
37. Jazz in Paris
38. Knuffelrock
39. Kontor
40. Kuschelrock
41. Late Night Tales
42. Mayday Compilation
43. Mellomania
44. Ministry of Sound
45. Mixmag
46. MTVUnplugged
47. Musique du monde
48. Now That's What I Call Music!
49. Putumayo
50. Radio 538 Dance Smash Hits
51. RAS Portraits
52. Franz Schubert - The Masterworks
53. SkitzMix
54. So Fresh
55. Sunshine Live
56. Technics DJ Set
57. Techno Club
58. The Chronological Classics
59. The Complete Piano Music of Franz Liszt Played by Leslie Howard
60. The Romantic Piano Concerto (hyperion)
61. The Vibe !
62. Thunderdome
63. Trojan Box Set
64. Tunnel Trance Force
65. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Works (Brilliant Classics version)
66. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Mozart Edition (Philips version)
67. XMix
68. YTMND Soundtrack