[mb-users] Remastered Reissues with same/different content

[Mike Lerch]

I'd like some guidance before I do an edit.  The artist Mike Keneally
(http://musicbrainz.org/artist/b018a7c2-2f56-4f01-ac7e-ad9b4c73226c.html)
recently gained control of some of his early releases from the old
record label and is remastering and reissuing them on his own record
label.

In the case of the album hat,
http://musicbrainz.org/release/3b3ac7c8-8820-4a63-8f0b-13292b8a4df4.html,
the remaster includes new content (no new tracks, but some tracks have
formerly edited pieces restored and are thus longer).  In the case of
the album Boil That Dust Speck,
(http://musicbrainz.org/release/bbdcbdb9-c2d1-45eb-91c3-751138d18bb9.html),
while it sounds different, there isn't any new content

So my question is what are the guidelines here?  I looked up Pink
Floyd's Dark Side of the moon to get an idea of what to do when
something is remastered/re-released.  It looks like I can add a
release event and that would take care of Boil That Dust Speck.  I
looked up Pink Floyd's The Final Cut to get an example of an album
that was remastered and re-released with an additional track and in
that case it is listed as a whole separate album.  Note that in the
case of hat it doesn't actually have a new track, just longer versions
of tracks.  In both cases I noted that the title of the album stayed
the same (while at Amazon they have "hat" and "hat. (remastered)".

If anyone can provide me with detailed advice or a better place to
look on the Wiki I'd really appreciate it.  Thanks much!

Mike Lerch
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