On 1/26/07, Michael Smethurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On the subject of ISRC codes I've spoken to some of the production people about this Apparently they're supposed to uniquely identify the audio object So if a track appears on a single and also appears on an album with EXACTLY the same recording it should have the same isrc code BUT apparently labels often prefix the isrc with something to identify the label so if a release is re-released on a different label the tracks on it often have different ISRC codes even tho they're the same audio object Basically they're not guranteed Anyway, this is what i've been told... i'd be delighted to be told different... [and they're also no good for describing live music] We have come across gracenotes but unfortunately (once again) they don't really model "the platonic ideal of a song" (just tracks) so mike flowers pops wonderwall http://www.gracenote.com/prof/music/album.html/ambdreampop/7fc4bbab6b367527a59404978be5b833.html has no "song" to tie it back to oasis's wonderwall http://www.gracenote.com/prof/music/album.html/britpop/6ffbeca624a0d776e294e04ece5219d9.html they just happen to label the track search as song maybe there's more going on under the skin of the site but i doubt it
To add further: on some of our services (and I understand this also happens on Radio 1) we have 'produced tracks' which confuses things. Imagine 'Madonna: Music', which might be played on Radio 2 and Radio 1. The version on Radio 1 might include a beat-matched Radio 1 jingle over the top of it: this version should be played in the top-of-hour two-in-a-row that Radio 1 has, but certainly should *never* be played on Radio 2. These pieces of audio are different (since they're station-specific), but otherwise the identical song. We list these as different tracks currently, which doubles the time to link to download services, etc - wouldn't it be splendid to link these somehow? -- http://james.cridland.net/
