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Musical Recording (/music/recording)

Type Definition

A Musical Track is a single recorded track on a Musical Release-—typically a recording of a composition, though it may be a movement of a symphony or other partial work, or may include multiple works if they are on a single track. It should correspond to the tracks on a track listing of an LP, cassette, or CD if the track was ever on an album.

A track should be a unique recording, but may appear on multiple albums or releases; for instance, an artist may release a track on one album, and then have that exact recording show up on a “Greatest Hits” album, a movie soundtrack, and a collection of best songs of the year. In that case, the exact same track instance should be used for each album.

However, different recordings of the same song should not be considered the same track; if an artist issues an alternate take on a box set, for instance, or a version on a live album, those should be considered different tracks.

Properties

  • Recorded by: expects Musical Artist; the artist or artists the track is primarily credited to. (Backing musicians and individual members of a group can be entered in the "contributions" property.)

  • Length: expects Floating Point Number; the length of the track in seconds.

  • Recording of Composition: expects Composition.

  • Buy or download Web page: expects Webpage; a page where one can download or buy the complete song (not just a sample). This is not for pages related to the track, such as lyrics pages; these belong in the genaral Web page property, or perhaps (depending on the nature of the Web page) associated with the song rather than the track.

  • Contributions: All performers on this track can be entered here along with the role(s) they played.

  • Date Recorded: expects Date/Time; the date this track was recorded.

  • Place Recorded: expects Location; the place this was recorded. This can be a concert venue for live recordings, or a recording studio (if known), or, more generally, a city. Only the most specific value need be recorded, however -- entering both the city and venue is unnecessary.

  • Producer: expects Producer; producers of this track.

  • Engineer: expects Engineer; engineers of this track.

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