Forum:Timings on track listings

Thanks for your reply, Steve. While we're about it, I would also debate the inclusion of timings in the listings. 1) We're not certain that the tapes all run at the correct speed, so this could be misleading when it comes to identifying tracks. I don't think it really helps anybody. 2) It creates unnecessary extra work for the lister, time spent when they could be making new lists. 3) As you pointed out, despite all our efforts, we only have 200+ track lists for thousands of possible dates, and a myriad of artist links to pages that don't exist yet. Time would be better spent adding to those too. 4) Finally, many shows contain edits imposed by either the original taper editing out tracks that they didn't like or didn't have room on the tape for, or for tape flips. So, I recommend we stick to the artist/track/source/label format from now on, in this way: Double square brackets round the srtist name-comma-open single quotation mark-title-open bracket-source-close bracket-close quotation mark-open bracket-label-close quotation mark. This aids clarity, and is the system the BBC use on their site. Thoughts, anyone?