This page is only to be used for testing various templates in order to chose which one is the best one for the official version of the wiki.
Discographies
Albums
Style 1
Title | Year | Label | Matrix/Catalogue # | Comment |
Record 1 | 2009 | Reggae Jeggae | XD ... | Produced by me and released as a white label |
Record 2 | 2010 | Studio 2 | POS 003 | |
tracklists too or is this info available elsewhere?
Tim
maybe we could create another page just for the album- initially with just the tracklist but this would allow for a discussion or review of the album which we won't have space for within a discography... Daniel
I think that tracklisting can be too much. At least when listing them like this. However as Daniel some albums I can imagine will get their own pages with history and such. Seminal albums such as Yabby You's conquering lion. Tracklistings are also often very easy to find by just googling. /joakim kalcidis
Agreed - Tim
Compilations & V/A
Track | Album | Label | Cat No | Year |
Neat & Sweet (Live) | Live At The DSYC Pt3 | Raiders | RM LP 002 | 1983 |
Me Neat Me Sweet | Great British MC's | Fashion | FAD LP 001 | 1985 |
as on the Peter King page Tim
This looks good. But what we have to decide is which is the best order. Because compilations can't have the year last while ordinaryalbyms have it at the second column. The best thing to do in my opinion is basically just structure the most important information first. For me that would be; Artist/artists (if necessary), Title of track/album, year, label, matrix, format. /joakim
Agreed. Maybe a country of origin too or maybe this could be incorporated in a comments section? - Tim
Singles/discos
Basic
For labels, if a discography for a specific artist the first column can be left out.
Artist | Songs | Year | Label | Matrix/Catalogue # | Comment/Rhythm |
Jah Reggae | Reggae Style! / Version (by Mackie Jittoo) | 2009 | Reggae Jeggae | RJ 001 | Produced by me and released as a white label |
Ranking Jah | Record 2 / Side two (by the Ninjas) | 2010 | Studio Five | S5 003 | Stalag |
Separate info for rhythm and comment
With rhythms separately
Artist | Songs | Year | Label | Matrix/Catalogue # | Producer | Rhythm | Comment |
Jah Reggae | Reggae Style! / Version (by Mackie Jittoo) | 2009 | Reggae Jeggae | RJ 001 | Yabby Joakim | Jah Vengeance | Pressed on red vinyl |
Artist 2 | Love bump / Version (by Mackie Jittoo) | 2009 | Reggae Jeggae | RJ 001 | Yabby Joakim | Jah Vengeance | |
I like this one best I think. with jamaican issues it would be best to have the title first?
With UK issues it might be best to have catalogue number first? - Tim
I like this one best too. I would have thought that artist first would be better but maybe what you're saying makes more sense. If we have a different format for UK and Jamaican releases it could get too confusing... we could still order them by year or catalogue number, but that might be for another discussion... Daniel
I think there is a real difference between an artist discography and a label one. Thats not to say they should'nt be treated in a similar way where possible but they can't be exactly the same. The same with JA and UK label discographys - logic dictates that the UK ones should be listed by catalogue number but this is impossible with JA ones as the matrix frequently doesn't follow any similar logic.
I've no real preference of artist over title on Jamaican label discographys the redman one was done by song title but it could just as easily be by artist. More questions than answers i'm afraid. - Tim
Separate info for both sides
Artist A | Side 1 | Artist B | Side 2 | Year | Label | Matrix/Catalogue # | Producer | Rhythm | Comment |
Early B | Wheely Wheely | Junior Cat | Boops | 1985 | Super Records | CSD 002 | Junjo Lawes | A: Tempo, B: Stalag | Released on transparent vinyl |
Early B | Wheely Wheely | ... | Version | 1985 | Super Records | CSD 003 | Junjo Lawes | Tempo | Picture sleeve |
This seems a bit too much to me. I done something similar on the Peter King discograpy (for 12"s) but I'm not very happy with the results.The producer info will be redundant for a label featuring 1 producer but I guess thats fairly obvious. Tim
When it comes to artist discogs or label discogs with only on artist/producer then it's fairly easy just to exclude the column with that info. The thing I don't like is that if you look on the Early B-disco where the separate artists don't have their own columns in the single-discog, it can be a bit confusing. I'd rather have it with too much info than too less /joakim
Yeah I can see that. I suspect part of the reason the peter king isn't clear is because I didn't label the columns. I'll change this. - Tim
This stuff is a trainspotters dream. I've tried to cover all the variations. Let me know what you think...Tim
SUGGESTED Single artist LP discography
Title | label | matrix/cat number | Year | Country of issue | Comment (incl producer & format cd/LP) |
SUGGESTED Single artist featured on comp LP discography
LP Title | Song(s) featured | label | matrix/cat number | Year | Country of issue | Comment (incl producer & format) |
SUGGESTED Single label LP discography
Artist | Title | matrix/cat number | Year | Comment (incl producer, & format, and country of origin if applicable) |
SUGGESTED Single artist 12" discography
Side 1(including additional artist details ie. dj) | Side 2 (including additional artist details if different from a side etc) | Label | Matrix/Catalogue # | Producer | Year | Country of issue | Comment (including rhythm) |
SUGGESTED Single label 12" discography
Artist A | Side 1 | Artist B | Side 2 | Matrix/Catalogue # | Producer | Year | Country of issue | Comment (including rhythm) |
SUGGESTED Single artist 7" discography
Side 1 | Side 2(including artist details if different) | label | matrix/cat number | Year | Country of issue | Comment (incl producer) |
SUGGESTED Single label 7" UK discography
cat number | Artist | Side 1 | Side 2(including artist details if different) | matrix/cat number | Year | Comment (incl producer, rhythm) |
SUGGESTED Single label 7" Ja/misc discography
Artist | Side 1 | Side 2(including artist details if different) | matrix/cat number | Year | Comment (incl producer, rhythm) |
Discussion
I'm a bit unsure about the different discog-tables for JA vs. UK 7". Even though I see a point with them I can imagine that they'll end up causing more confusion than help it. I'd rather have the same standard for all 7". Furthermore I'd personally prefer the year of release in front of the catalogue number since I think it's information that more important than the matrix/catalogue #. Otherwise I think these are great templates. /joakim
I've started a UK Prince Buster discograpy to test the differences. Personally I still prefer this as it's more logical to me but I can see the other side of it too and don't mind too much either way. I've a feeling when people start differnt discographys they won't necassarily follow the set format anyway and unless it's completely terrible there would be little point in changing it. Let me know what you think. Tim
That's true. Even though it's good to have a standard. I think that contributors want some sort of guide lines when it comes to these things. Regarding the matrixes they can still be the structural part of the list. Just that they don't come in the first columnt. Something like:
Artist | Side 1 | Side 2 | Year | Cat No | Comment |
Prince Buster | Big Five | Musical College | 1967 | PB 1 | A side rhythm Rainy Night In Gerogia, B side rhythm? |
Prince Buster | Fishey | More Fishey | 1971 | PB 4 | B side is instrumental version. Holly Holly Rhythm |
Prince Buster & The All Stars | I Wish Your Picture Was You | It Mash Up Version (Dennis Alcapone) | 1971 | PB 7 | |
Prince Buster & The All Stars | My Heart Is Gone | I stand Accused | 1972 | PB 16 | |
/joakim
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