[mb-style] Classical releases titles should be sleeves' title or reflect the whole content of release ?

Scott terratactile at gmail.com
Wed Oct 25 05:55:57 UTC 2006


If i'm using the database to tag a particular album, i'd like the  
tags to closely reflect the sleeve so i know i'm tagging it correctly.


On Oct 20, 2006, at 12:23 PM, mll wrote:

> Hello there,
>
> Thsi edit http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=5821124 brings  
> this mail.
>
> Frenquently, while a classical CD bears several works, only one is  
> featured
> on the sleeve.
>
> Example: http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000027O4P whose sleeve  
> only
> mentions Bach's magnificat while ther's also a cantate in it.
>
> So what should the title be, 1) "J.S. Bach: Magnificat" as per the  
> sleeve,
> or something like 2) "Magnificat BWV 243 / Cantate BWV 80" ?
>
> My take would be that, often a release may bear different sleeves with
> different titles according to the country where it's released, or  
> the date
> of re-release, so I think choice 2 is better.
>
> Your opinion ?
>
> MLL




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