# The Case for a Dedicated LABEL Tag **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-case-for-a-dedicated-label-tag/57647 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [June 15, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-case-for-a-dedicated-label-tag/57647 "2022-06-15T21:18:26Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 10
### Author: ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow) #### Post date: [June 16, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-case-for-a-dedicated-label-tag/57647/10 "2022-06-16T18:33:40Z")
> [@Doug\_Mackie](#): > > [...] > The year of recording is critical information. I use the YEAR tag to hold it and I include it in the file name, like this: > [...] I use - `YEAR` for first known release of version of album - `COMMENT` for the actual year of recording [as an album might hold some older tracks] - `ALBUM` for the name of album - which can have an additional info in-between `<` `>` like e.g. `2010 50th Anniversary Edition` or `2020 Remaster` That last one might look weird and even have some un-grammatical data - but it sure does allow me to sort it 100% clearly in Mp3tag [[Brackets display order - [] ( ) { } - #48 by Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/brackets-display-order/18381/48)] ` ` ` ` As for method of putting the year info in `TITLE` and / or `FILENAME`. Ask yourself a question when is it that you really need this year info. You might be able to get rid of it from them [thus freeing precious space for very long titles] by putting it in separate tag field - and yet [depending on what file formats you use] still see it in Winamp by using **Options \> Preferences \> Playlist \> Titles \> Advanced Title Formatting** or some other player with a similar feature --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-case-for-a-dedicated-label-tag/57647)._