[mb-users] PUIDs and release splitting

[Edward Branham]

Producers often use tricks to shave a few seconds off (or add a few on) 
a track when editing for a compilation ... from editing out a verse to 
slightly speeding/slowing the speed of the master.  So even the 2-10 
second differences between track times between two identical titles on 
different releases can be there "on purpose", in addition to other time 
measurement differences (methods, equipment) between two producers who 
work from the same master.

Frederic Da Vitoria wrote:

> 2006/7/19, Stefan Kestenholz <keschte at gmail.com>:
>
>> > So there is no way to dispatch them correctly? Do they contain any
>> > useful information (such as track duration?)
>>
>> no. that is another reason why everybody is argueing for releases to
>> be split as soon as possible. but generally, the same track which
>> appears on an full-length release, and on a compliation should have
>> the same PUID, i think.
>
>
> Because the PUID would concentrate on the beginning of a song and the
> differences are often towards the end? If so, it makes sense. But the
> problem is not only on compilations, I am discovering that many recent
> (in the last 10 years or so) albums have been released with different
> track lengths. The track titles stay the same (no mention of "extended
> version"), but timings vary often by as much as 30 seconds (and 30
> seconds of music is important!) on several songs from the same album.
> And since Amazon doesn't display the track timings, there is no way to
> check which version they are actually selling...
>