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

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2007/7/6, Mike Lerch <mike.lerch at gmail.com>:
>
> 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!
>

I'd enter both as separate releases. In the first case, the track durations
are significantly different, so it is a different release. The second is
less obvious, but I believe most editors agree that if the sound is
different, then it should be a separate release.

This wiki page is an indirect answer to your question:
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/MergeReleasesEdit

This wiki page asks the same question you do:
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/WhatDefinesAUniqueRelease

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
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