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Liner notes now usually include Information about the Musician , Lyrics and other Credit s to people or Companies involved in the Production of the Music . They also can give details on the extent of each musical piece, and sometimes place them in historical or social Context . Liner notes for Classical Music recordings often provide information in several languages; if the piece includes vocal parts, they will often include a Libretto , possibly also translated into several languages.

Liner notes give a form of primitive and incoherently structured (from one studio or label to another) Metadata set, which can sometimes help establish some form of order in a private or public collection of sound recordings. There is a special version of the ISBD which addresses the issues involved in trusting the information placed in the liner notes, when the time comes to describe a sound recording in the Catalogue of a Library .