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Topic: GRYPHON "Glastonbury Carol" Incorrect Album Type

Posted By: T.Rox
Subject: GRYPHON "Glastonbury Carol" Incorrect Album Type
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 00:55

GRYPHON's "Glastonbury Carol" is listed as a studio album, which is incorrect.

Boxset / Compilation is the correct album type as it is a compilation of a number of BBC sessions.

Cheers,

T.Rox

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"Without prog, life would be a mistake."

...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche

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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 01:31

According to the reviews to this album (which I've never heard), it seems to be a "BBC Session" album. Some of such albums are classified as "Live", and some as "Studio Albums". The same thing is with the "Peel Sessions" albums.

I think that there's a need for a consistent rule or opinion about this kind of albums -- whether they should be considered "Live" or "Studio".

By the way, the album type changing doesn't require any special permission and can be done by any member of a forum.

Posted By: Joolz
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 02:49

Fassbinder wrote:

According to the reviews to this album (which I've never heard), it seems to be a "BBC Session" album. Some of such albums are classified as "Live", and some as "Studio Albums". The same thing is with the "Peel Sessions" albums.

I think that there's a need for a consistent rule or opinion about this kind of albums -- whether they should be considered "Live" or "Studio".

Agree to a point, but it is not a clear cut choice as there can be differences -

music recorded in a 'closed' studio
music recorded before a studio audience
an entire performance recorded in a single session
an album compiled from different sessions

Maybe we should have another category for this type of album?

Fassbinder wrote:

By the way, the album type changing doesn't require any special permission and can be done by any member of a forum.

Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: November 08 2006 at 07:13

Joolz wrote:

I think that there's a need for a consistent rule or opinion about this kind of albums -- whether they should be considered "Live" or "Studio".

Agree to a point, but it is not a clear cut choice as there can be differences -

music recorded in a 'closed' studio
music recorded before a studio audience
an entire performance recorded in a single session
an album compiled from different sessions

Maybe we should have another category for this type of album?

-- You're right when speaking about the differences -- therefore I would like a discussion on this issue to be opened (maybe, not in this particular thread, though; -- I just wanted you (everyone, in fact) to pay attention to this kind of problem / controversy). This discussion might lead to a reasonable conclusion.

Having an additional category is quite an option.

The other one is to check the circumstances of each album recording process, which is an ant's work (and, for many (if not most) cases, requires some special knowledges about a particular band history).

There are may be other different options (not mentioned).

Fassbinder wrote:

By the way, the album type changing doesn't require any special permission and can be done by any member of a forum.

-- From the other hand, maybe, even this opportunity should be closed, in order to prevent some wrong (both deliberately and by mistake) information insertion from some irresponsible visitors (hopefully, there are not many here). In such cases, the wrong (or controversial) information about the album will be simply reported in this "Errors and Omissions" section, like it occurs with wrong song titles, names, instruments played etc.

Your thoughts?