I apologize in advance if this has been answered somewhere else or is in the wrong location but...
Sometimes when using the auto-tagging function Amazon shows a special character after the song title. It is usually a pound sign (#) or an asterisk (*). Does anyone know what these mean? Are there others I should know about? How do you handle them in your library?
Thank you!
Auto Tagging - Special Characters
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monkey hi fi
Re: Auto Tagging - Special Characters
not sure what that means. unless it is a code for amazon's servers to signal there is more albums with that same song version on.?
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Re: Auto Tagging - Special Characters
Thanks for the reply! I was thinking that the # might mean "previously unreleased" but that is strictly a guess on my part.
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Mizery_Made
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Re: Auto Tagging - Special Characters
"[#]" = "Previously Unreleased"
The pound sign indicates that a track was previously unreleased/new, when it comes to compilations such as "Greatest Hits." For instance 2Pac's "Greatest Hits" (AMG | Amazon) has the pound/hash mark behind four tracks, all four of which had previously been unreleased prior to that Greatest Hits release.
"[*]" = "Bonus Track"[/b]
The asterisks/stars indicate that the track is a bonus on the edition you're looking at. Though, some albums release with one pressing and still designate a track or two as "bonuses." That's why typically, the ones with stars are at the end of the album, since they were appended to the original/standard release. That's not always the case however, the release of Taylor Swift's Fearless has the bonus tracks in the front of the album and then went into the standard release.
Anyway, hopefully that clears it up for you. There might be some cases where those are used to designate something differently (particularly the #, since I don't see it often), but those are the most common uses. Amazon gets their release information from AMG, if I'm not mistaken, which is why you see the same usage there as well.
The pound sign indicates that a track was previously unreleased/new, when it comes to compilations such as "Greatest Hits." For instance 2Pac's "Greatest Hits" (AMG | Amazon) has the pound/hash mark behind four tracks, all four of which had previously been unreleased prior to that Greatest Hits release.
"[*]" = "Bonus Track"[/b]
The asterisks/stars indicate that the track is a bonus on the edition you're looking at. Though, some albums release with one pressing and still designate a track or two as "bonuses." That's why typically, the ones with stars are at the end of the album, since they were appended to the original/standard release. That's not always the case however, the release of Taylor Swift's Fearless has the bonus tracks in the front of the album and then went into the standard release.
Anyway, hopefully that clears it up for you. There might be some cases where those are used to designate something differently (particularly the #, since I don't see it often), but those are the most common uses. Amazon gets their release information from AMG, if I'm not mistaken, which is why you see the same usage there as well.
Re: Auto Tagging - Special Characters
Thank you very much! That was exactly the information I was looking for. You cleared it up beautifully!!
Mizery_Made wrote:"[#]" = "Previously Unreleased"
The pound sign indicates that a track was previously unreleased/new, when it comes to compilations such as "Greatest Hits." For instance 2Pac's "Greatest Hits" (AMG | Amazon) has the pound/hash mark behind four tracks, all four of which had previously been unreleased prior to that Greatest Hits release.
"[*]" = "Bonus Track"[/b]
The asterisks/stars indicate that the track is a bonus on the edition you're looking at. Though, some albums release with one pressing and still designate a track or two as "bonuses." That's why typically, the ones with stars are at the end of the album, since they were appended to the original/standard release. That's not always the case however, the release of Taylor Swift's Fearless has the bonus tracks in the front of the album and then went into the standard release.
Anyway, hopefully that clears it up for you. There might be some cases where those are used to designate something differently (particularly the #, since I don't see it often), but those are the most common uses. Amazon gets their release information from AMG, if I'm not mistaken, which is why you see the same usage there as well.