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The recording title should generally be based on the titles of tracks using that recording: |
The recording title should generally be based on the titles of tracks using that recording: |
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* If the recording has tracks from official |
* If the recording has tracks from official releases, choose the most common title from official tracks as the basis for the recording title. |
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* Otherwise, choose the most common track title. |
* Otherwise, choose the most common track title. |
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* For standalone recordings, the title should be based on the title given by the original source. |
* For standalone recordings, the title should be based on the title given by the original source. |
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Revision as of 16:27, 26 August 2013
| Status: This page describes an active style guideline proposal and is not official. |
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JIRA ticket http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/STYLE-230 |
To replace http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Style/Recording#Title:
Title
The recording title should generally be based on the titles of tracks using that recording:
- If the recording has tracks from official releases, choose the most common title from official tracks as the basis for the recording title.
- Otherwise, choose the most common track title.
- For standalone recordings, the title should be based on the title given by the original source.
For almost all recordings, extra title information should be kept in the recording title. The exception is live recordings, where any performance information should be transferred to the disambiguation using the Live recordings guideline.
Examples
- The majority of the official tracks using the recording …Baby One More Time are called "…Baby One More Time", so the recording title should be "…Baby One More Time" and not "Baby One More Time" or "…Baby One More Time (radio version)".
- The recording Mailman, Bring Me More Blues is actually the song "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues". But because there is only one track using the recording, the title of this track should be used as the recording title.
Specific types of recording
Live recordings
For live recordings, enter the recording title as described in the recording title guideline, and use "live" as the recording disambiguation comment. ...
