[mb-devel] Release date/locations

[Bogdan Butnaru]

> From: Olivier <viapanda at gmail.com>
> 1 - It would have to be done on a track by track basis, not release basis.
> 2 - a track may be recorded on several days (multiple takes then
> spliced), including for live that later receive an overdubbed part
> 3 - such a "date" already implictely exists, as the engineer AR
> (recorded by) is a temporal AR
> 4 - other dates may be used on other engineer roles as well
>
> IMO, recording dates are intrinsically linked with "recorded by" AR,
> and should be kept there.

You're partly right, but the very fact that we have a huge guideline
set dealing with how to enter release dates and locations in the title
of (some) live releases is proof that that AR is not enough. It's a
different matter, though it intersect it a bit. Also, consider that we
have vastly more recording info in the LiveReleaseStyle format than in
AR format. And that for most live releases there is no "recorded by"
info. (We could use the band name, but that's a bit redundant, isn't
it?)

While I don't like the resulting duplication (though perhaps we could
link the AR with the "recorded" line, as we link the labels with the
"release" line), I doubt it'll be a huge problem.

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