[mb-users] Are 12" releases considered EPs?

[Jason Bouwmeester]

Yeah that's my issue, most of these I am grabbing the information from
discogs - they are older 12" releases with 2 tracks on the A side and
2 tracks on the B side...

On 10/16/06, Chris Bransden <chris at whenironsattack.com> wrote:
> On 16/10/06, Jason Bouwmeester <jbouwmeester at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So would it make sense that if most or all of the tracks are the same
> > on both sides of the 12" that it'd be a single, and if the tracks are
> > all different it'd be an EP?
>
> depends what it is. different genres have different practices, and
> within those genres certain artists may do different things aswell :)
> it differs from country to country also. personally i'd look for
> either official literature (label site? artist's web page?) to call it
> a "single" or "EP", or leave it blank.
>
> there's definitely not a sold rule for what is/isn't an EP anymore.
>
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