[mb-users] Does "earliest version" include live tracks?

[Kerensky97]

Personally I would link to the earliest studio release (usually a single if
the artist does singles).

Even though many artists play a new song in concert before the new release
comes out I don't think it's officially released at that point.  Plus it's
technically not the same track that will later end up in compilations and
the like; the lyrics may be diffrent and the song won't have the refinement
of the studio (background noise, possible mistakes, different beat) possibly
leading to the PUID.

If we link to the first time it's played live then all the tracks could
point back to bootlegs and that just doesn't seem right.

On the otherhand some live albums may come out as an official release with
the new track before the single comes out.  However I think that will be
rare and a special case.  The general rule should be first studio released
album.

my $.02

-Dustin (Kerensky97)


Matt Howe wrote:
> 
> Pretty simple question that isn't really addressed on the wiki page: 
> http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/AlternativeVersionRelationshipClass
> 
> If a song on an album has been recorded live and released prior to the
> albums 
> release, should that song be linked as the "earliest version". IMHO, it 
> should but the wiki does state that you should link to the "first version
> of 
> that song ever *released*" so what if it a live bootleg?
> 
> Do we even consider live versions to be different versions? This is also
> not 
> covered in the wiki.
> 
> Cheers,
> Matt Howe (mdhowe)
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