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. Bravo Hits
14. Buddha-Bar
15. Bugged Out!
16. Café del Mar
17. Chip Jockey
18. Clubland
19. Daytrotter Session
20. DJ-Kicks
21. The Dome
22. Dream Dance
23. Erotic Lounge
24. Eurovision Song Contest
25. Die kompletten Werke
26. Fabric
27. Fetenhits
28. Fetenkult
29. France Inter Black Sessions
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. Knuffelrock
48. Kontor
49. Kuschelrock
50. Late Night Tales
51. Masada, Book Two
52. Masters of Hardcore
53. Mayday Compilation
54. Mellomania
55. Ministry of Sound
56. Mixmag
57. MTVUnplugged
58. Music From Time and Space
59. Musique du monde
60. Now That's What I Call Music!
61. Putumayo
62. Radio 538 Dance Smash Hits
63. RAS Portraits
64. Franz Schubert - The Masterworks
65. SkitzMix
66. So Fresh
67. Sunshine Live
68. Technics DJ Set
69. Techno Club
70. The Chronological Classics
71. The Complete Piano Music of Franz Liszt Played by Leslie Howard
72. The Romantic Piano Concerto (hyperion)
73. The Vibe !
74. Thunderdome
75. Tour of Duty
76. Trojan Box Set
77. Tunnel Trance Force
78. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Works (Brilliant Classics version)
79. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Mozart Edition (Philips version)
80. XMix
81. YTMND Soundtrack