Is there a naming convention for label name?
In my library, various name are mixed.
Example.
xxx Records
- Atlantic Records, Atlantic
- Decca Records, Decca
- Erato Records, Erato Disques, Erarto
- Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros.
- De - Lite Recods, De – Lite Recods, De-Lite, De Lite
- ECM Records, ECM, Ecm
- Big Break Records, BBR
If you look at the database, “Records” is often omitted.
Is that “Big Break Records” have to be written as “Big Break”?
xxx Recordings
- Track Mode Recordings, Track Mode
- Soulfuric Recordings, Soulfuric
- Guidance Records, Guidance Recordings, Guidance
- Edsel Records, Edsel Recordings, Edsel
xxx Music
- Warner Music, Warner
- Sony Music, Sony
- Wave Music, Wave Classics, Wave
- Streetwave Music, Streetwave
- Blanco y Negro Music, Blanco y Negro, blanco y negro
- ZYX Music, ZYX Records, ZYX
- Oyster Music, Oyster Records
- Naked Music Recordings, Naked Music, Naked
Oyster Music and Oyster Recoreds are unrelated, but if Music and Records are omitted, they have the same name.
xxx Classics
- Pentatone, PENTATONE, PentaTone, Pentatone Classics, PentaTone Classics
- Channel Classics
- Sony Classical
- Warner Classics
Want to know the correct notation of “Pentatone”.
xxx Sound
- Vivid Sound, Vivid
xxx Production
- Far Out Productions, Far Out Recordings, Far Out Records, Far Out.
xxx Entertainment
- Sony Music Entertainment
- Kedar Entertainment, Kedar
- e1 Entertainment, e1, Entertainment One, eOne Music
xxx International
- Universal International, Universal International Music
- Sony Music Japan International, Sony Records International
- Philadelphia International Records
- D.J. International Records
If I omit “Records” and “International”, should “Philadelphia International Records” or “D.J. International Records” be written as “Philadelphia” or “D.J.”?
Country name, local name
- Ariola Records, Ariola, Ariola America Recors, Ariola America, Ariola Benelux
- Virgin, Virigin Records, Virgin Records America, Virgin Classics
- Twisted America Records, Twisted United Kingdom Records, Twisted America, Twisted United Kingdom, Twisted
- Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)
- Epic, Epic Records, Epic Records (Japan), EPIC/SONY, Epic/Sony Records
- EMI, TOSHIBA EMI, Toshiba EMI, EMI Japan
- Columbia Masterworks, CBS Records Masterworks , CBS Masterworks
Others (xxx Trax, XXX, xxx, Xxx, etc.)
- avex trax, Avex Trax, AVEX TRAX, avex
- tidy trax, Tidy Trax, Tidy
- FunkyTownGrooves, Funky Town Grooves, funky town grooves, Funkytowngrooves, FTG, ftg
- FFRR, ffrr, Ffrr
- His Master’s Voice, HMV
- Knitting Factory Works, Knitting Factory Records
- Cloud 9 Dance, Cloud 9 Music, Cloud 9 Records, Cloud 9
Which?
Want to keep things organized.
Thanks.