Index: /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/Teststoff/Slim/Web/Pages/Search.pm
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--- /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/Teststoff/Slim/Web/Pages/Search.pm	(revision 14500)
+++ /Users/mh/Documents/workspace/Teststoff/Slim/Web/Pages/Search.pm	(working copy)
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@
 			# This will be handed to SQL::Abstract
 			$query{$newKey} = { $op => $params->{$key} };
 
+			# don't include null/0 value years in search for earlier years
+
+			if ($newKey eq 'year' && $op eq '<') {
+				$query{$newKey}->{'>'} = '0';
+			}
+
 			delete $params->{$key};
 
 			next;