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Guidelines / Label Series

  • Definition
  • Objective
    • Structure label pages
    • Identify possible errors
  • Creation
    • If a label series becomes extremely long, it's ok to break it up in parts.

      Example: CK 45998 (1990) and CK 46019 (1991) are part of the same number sequence, but split over series CK 45xxx and CK 46xxx

    • If a label series runs over different labels, create it on the highest parent label.

      Example: The series (any) 32xxx contains releases from both the parent label Columbia and the sublabel Columbia Masterworks , and was therefore created at the Columbia level.

    • Label series based off catalogue numbers have priority over labels series based off bar codes. (G)
  • Note: They are entirely SecondHandSongs custom-made.
  • Name (G)
    • A series' name should be as close as possible to the structure of the catalogue number.
    • If the length of a catalogue number is fixed the name of the series should have the same number of digits, letters or spaces.
    • If the length is variable any optional character should be set between brackets.
    • All common characters should be represented as such.
    • All variable characters should be represented by "x".