[mb-users] Re: Legal names and performance names

[Lauri Watts]

On 7/4/07, Kuno Woudt <kuno at frob.nl> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 12:51:14AM +0200, Lauri Watts wrote:
> > Personally I can go either way on this one anyway.  I used to think
> > they should be split, now I am more inclined to do as the artist
> > wishes.  On the other hand, I don't own a nice vinyl copy of the
> > original soundtrack, and if I did, I'd probably file it under Carlos,
> > W. and avoid the whole question.
>
> I didn't follow the whole discussion here, but i'll barge in anyway :)
> If there are different editions, shouldn't they both be in the DB?
>
> Probably with a 'Is The Earliest Release Of' AR linking up both.

They are all in the DB.  The issue is under what name to file them;
Use the one on the cover, that the artist would like to see erased
from history and forgotten, or use the one all her other albums were
reissued under, and which she herself would prefer (the current
situation).

I expect she'd rather we weren't even discussing it, to be honest.

-- 
Lauri Watts