[mb-users] re: Capitalization or not

[Mangled]

2006/9/1, Dave Smey <autodave at davesmey.com>:
> > A CD is a bad example as you will find all kinds of "artistic"
> > capitalizations for titles, like first letter small, everything else
> > in caps; only small letters; only capital letters, every first letter
> > small; etc.
> >
> I am obviously only interested in CDs that seem to follow MB-style but
> also imply the apostrophe + lowercase exception.  The idea that CDs are
> not good evidence for style in a discographical database is absurd.

Err... well... this is a rather extreme opinion, and I couldn't disagree more.
I won't even mention bootlegs editions (you must agree they are not
*good* evidences).
Just look at how Blue Note, with its RVG collection is amending
previously issued track titles.
Or look at the discographic work done in the "Holy Ghost" (Albert
Ayler) box set, which completely invalidate previous cd covers and
previously accepted track titles.
Or look at how any serious (recent) "complete" edition
restore/change/amend track titles...

IMVHO, discographic work is *way* *way* *way* far from cd sleeves (and
I'm not even talking about capitalization).


Regards,

- Olivier