Re: [mb-users] Label images

Tom Crocker <[email protected]> Sun, 24 Aug 2014 19:44:48 +0100
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On 24 Aug 2014 18:02, "Per Starb=C3=A4ck" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I look through the list of cover art types,
> http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Cover_Art/Types , and am surprised there
> isn't one for just the label.
>
> When I see illustrated lists of 78s normally pictures of just the
> labels are used, like at
>
> http://78rpmrecord.com/labelview.cfm
>
http://ellingtonweb.ca/Hostedpages/DoojiCollection/DoojiCollection-1939-40.=
html
> http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/artist/ella-fitzgerald
>
> to take a few random examples. That's what I would prefer as the main
> image for a vinyl release that doesn't have a cover image. The closest
> thing is "Medium" which is described as
>
> > The medium contains the audio recording, for a compact disc release it
is the > compact disc itself, similarly for a vinyl release it is the vinyl
disc itself, etc.
>
> That's good for cds, but for most vinyl releases most of the image is
> uninteresting and it makes it harder to see the interesting part.

For vinyl I've always added the interesting part of the medium and marked
it "medium". I don't think a different type would be useful -- CDs can have
paper labels as well as being directly printed/etched and vice-versa for
vinyl. Perhaps it would be useful to mention the labels in the description
though.

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<p dir=3D"ltr"><br>
On 24 Aug 2014 18:02, &quot;Per Starb=C3=A4ck&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:p=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I look through the list of cover art types,<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Cover_Art/Types">http://musicbra=
inz.org/doc/Cover_Art/Types</a> , and am surprised there<br>
&gt; isn&#39;t one for just the label.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; When I see illustrated lists of 78s normally pictures of just the<br>
&gt; labels are used, like at<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://78rpmrecord.com/labelview.cfm">http://78rpmrecord.co=
m/labelview.cfm</a><br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://ellingtonweb.ca/Hostedpages/DoojiCollection/DoojiCol=
lection-1939-40.html">http://ellingtonweb.ca/Hostedpages/DoojiCollection/Do=
ojiCollection-1939-40.html</a><br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/artist/ella-fitzgerald">http:=
//www.45worlds.com/78rpm/artist/ella-fitzgerald</a><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; to take a few random examples. That&#39;s what I would prefer as the m=
ain<br>
&gt; image for a vinyl release that doesn&#39;t have a cover image. The clo=
sest<br>
&gt; thing is &quot;Medium&quot; which is described as<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; &gt; The medium contains the audio recording, for a compact disc relea=
se it is the &gt; compact disc itself, similarly for a vinyl release it is =
the vinyl disc itself, etc.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; That&#39;s good for cds, but for most vinyl releases most of the image=
 is<br>
&gt; uninteresting and it makes it harder to see the interesting part.</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">For vinyl I&#39;ve always added the interesting part of the =
medium and marked it &quot;medium&quot;. I don&#39;t think a different type=
 would be useful -- CDs can have paper labels as well as being directly pri=
nted/etched and vice-versa for vinyl. Perhaps it would be useful to mention=
 the labels in the description though. </p>


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