[mb-style] 2 releases packaged together

[Bogdan Butnaru]

I second the redundancy argument. The two can be linked through the
annotations. Also, the release info will be sometimes identical (ie,
if the cat# and barcode are on the box instead of the discs).

On Jan 16, 2008 2:28 PM, Aaron Cooper <cooperaa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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