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Author Topic: How to tag box set re-issues of older albums ?  (Read 1110 times)

hit_ny

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How to tag box set re-issues of older albums ?
« on: November 18, 2007, 08:34:38 am »

What [Album] tag to use when 2 or more albums are re-issued as a box set ?

- Album 1 / Album 2 /Album n ..or same Album tag for all tracks in the box

- Album 1 for the first album, Album 2 for the second, Album n etc ..even tho they would be stored in one directory say Artist A - The Wacky Years, but MC would display 3 unique albums in a pane.

- The Wacky Years (3CD) no mention of which album it is, just the title on the box set
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Re: How to tag box set re-issues of older albums ?
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2007, 05:49:17 pm »

I think that depends a lot on how the box-set is compiled.

If it is just a retail package that includes the previous CD releases in unaltered form I would tag the CDs with original album names as separate albums and perhaps add something like "From xxx Box-set, disc 1" only to the comment or another suitable field.

If it is a new artistic creation that contains edited, remastered and/or bonus tracks, perhaps new cover art and comprehensive liner notes -- i.e. the CDs are previously unreleased versions of the original albums I would add it as a three-disc album with a new common album name and disc numbers and put the CD specific details in the comments.
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Re: How to tag box set re-issues of older albums ?
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2007, 11:06:40 am »

Thx Alex, its just previous albums boxed together, i think i will rename as original albums.
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Re: How to tag box set re-issues of older albums ?
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2007, 11:39:40 am »

For the record... I do exactly what Alex said, only I also have a user-created SubAlbum Tag (string type) which I tag with the relevant box set (or vice versa) info.
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