I couldn’t find anything definitive (sorry if I missed an obvious spot), but should DJ Mixes be marked as compilations, too? It seems to be inconsistent, and I could be convinced either way. On the one hand they are a compilation of diverse tracks. On the other hand, they are in a different form than compilations generally are.
https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Release_Group/Type
Compilation should be used in addition to, not instead of, other types
Most DJ-mixes are compilations, but a DJ-mix can also consist of only original music.
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So the reason you wouldn’t use compilation is if, say, all of the tracks are original remixes or tracks not found elsewhere?
That makes sense.
Yeah, some DJs DJ-mix their own original albums.
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But for the more general case where it is about already released music, as it’s a new form, only remixes, I don’t think it’s a compilation because it is the first time these versions are released.
No, @chaban?
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If a DJ releases a mix album with a dozen already released tracks on it, then it is logically a compilation.
If that same album had gaps between each track instead of the DJ Mix, then it would be a compilation.
So isn’t it just a compilation with overlapping tracks?
I agree with @paulakreuzer as I have albums like that. One disk is the plain tracks, then the second disk is a DJ mixed version. And they fall into both original release and compiliation release categories depending on if the music is already out there or not.
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I thought DJ mix was more than just cross-fades between tracks.
It does not add stuff inside the tracks, like some more boom tchick boom tchick boom tchick?
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Most DJ-mixes I have heard have mostly (but not completely) left the “inside” of mixed tracks untouched, but the transitions are more often than not more than just a simple cross-fade. There will often be some MC’ing going on with the DJ shouting out himself or others or making more or less generic “hype shouts”, or sometimes even featuring other people adding in comments (a lot of b-boy mixtapes for example will have various non-DJ b-boys or b-boy crews giving shoutouts during track transitions).
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How significant must the extra stuff be for a a type no longer be applicable?
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I was being intentionally simplified in my post above. A DJ Mix is usually far more than a simple fade. As @Freso picks out - the main track is there usually in full. Which is why it seems to still fulfil the compilation flag.
I do notice that discogs isn’t sure either: https://www.discogs.com/Annie-Nightingale-Masterpiece/release/7264622 and https://www.discogs.com/Goldie-Masterpiece/master/731594 are from the same Masterpiece series, DJ mixes, but one is a compilation and the other isn’t.
Looking through the series they flag more as compilations than not. https://www.discogs.com/label/561011-Masterpiece-11
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i know it’s been a while, but what are your opinions on this edit?
https://musicbrainz.org/edit/91937165
there are no fading tracks. most of the tracks have been released before in their original forms, but none of these versions have been released before.
As replied in the edit… Is all the music old, just mushed up in a different way?
I can see why it would be a compilation. If it is just chunks of current music sliced together without changes - then is is a compilation of parts of music. The DJ is mixing a compilation of music.
No perfect rules on those, really depend of the release, is it just slightly mixed between tracks or all along for instance?
For this I would apply same idea as for the Artist credit, see Recording artist credit for DJ mix tracks - #3 by ulugabi which means for first case compilation, second Compliation + DJ-Mix and last one DJ-mix