[mb-style] How to handle band/artist name changes

Don Redman donredman at gmx.de
Mon Oct 9 22:40:22 UTC 2006


On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:49:23 +0200, Age Bosma wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Based on the responses I think we can draw the following conclusions:
> 1. Releases have to be filed under the artist name it was releases under.

Um, no?

http://musicbrainz.org/artist/6514cffa-fbe0-4965-ad88-e998ead8a82a.html

Most of the Fela Kuti releases were released under either "Fela Anikulapo  
Kuti" or "Fela Ransome Kuti". But this is not important *in the context  
of* his music/his discography. So MB has settled for "Fela Kuti".

   DonRedman

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