[mb-style] 2 releases packaged together

[Aaron Cooper]

On Jan 16, 2008 7:46 AM, Chris B <chris at whenironsattack.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking of releases like:
>
> The Black Album & Come on Feel the Dandy Warhols
> http://musicbrainz.org/release/b0f2050d-62d7-43f2-aa07-208781ffa11f.html
> http://musicbrainz.org/release/2a8c5a82-c084-4fd3-9272-76a8f8cb65fb.html
> both packaged together in a double disc set, not available separately
> (??), and neither can be considered (bonus disc) as far as i'm aware.
>
> or
> The Dream House / Dedications To Flea
> http://www.discogs.com/release/536712
> again packaged together, but the latter was available separately (in a
> limited quantity) - http://www.discogs.com/release/486275 , but again
> can't be considered (bonus disc). this example i own and it's
> interesting to note that the each release's artwork occupies one side
> of the CDs cover so there is no unique artwork for the set.
>
> following the guidelines to the letter both these example would be
> handled like so:
> "The Dream House / Dedications To Flea (disc 1: The Dream House)" but
> this seems unnecessarily redundant to me, especially as it's not
> always clear what disc 1 is (and indeed, not important when both
> releases are unrelated).

Seems unnecessarily redundant to me, too.  I can't seem to recall the
artist's name, but I know that an artist released three albums on two
discs (disc 1: A / B, disc 2: C).  We added a new release for the disc
with two albums and then just added a release event to the existing
release for the third album.

-Aaron