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Search Fields
The release index contains these fields you can search:
| field | Description |
| arid | artist id |
| artist | complete artist name(s) as it appears on the release |
| artistname | an artist on the release, each artist added as a seperate field |
| asin | the Amazon ASIN for this release |
| barcode | The barcode of this release |
| catno | The catalog number for this release, can have multiples when major using an imprint |
| comment | Disambiguation comment |
| country | The two letter country code for the release country |
| creditname | name credit on the release, each artist added as a seperate field |
| date | The release date (format: YYYY-MM-DD) |
| discids | total number of cd ids over all mediums for the release |
| discidsmedium | number of cd ids for the release on a medium in the release |
| format | release format |
| laid | The label id for this release, a release can have multiples when major using an imprint |
| label | The name of the label for this release, can have multiples when major using an imprint |
| lang | The language for this release. Use the three character ISO 639 codes to search for a specific language. (e.g. lang:eng) |
| mediums | number of mediums in the release |
| primarytype | primary type of the release group (album, single, ep, other) |
| puid | The release contains recordings with these puids |
| reid | release id |
| release | release name |
| releaseaccent | name of the release with any accent characters retained |
| rgid | release group id |
| script | The 4 character script code (e.g. latn) used for this release |
| secondarytype | secondary type of the release group (audiobook, compilation, interview, live, remix, soundtrack, spokenword) |
| status | release status (e.g official) |
| tag | a tag that appears on the release |
| tracks | total number of tracks over all mediums on the release |
| tracksmedium | number of tracks on a medium in the release |
| type | type of the release group, old type mapping for when we did not have separate primary and secondary types |
Release search terms with no fields search the release field only.