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

[Olivier]

2007/7/6, Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg at gmail.com>:
> 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.

Agreed.

> The second is
> less obvious, but I believe most editors agree that if the sound is
> different, then it should be a separate release.

I don't agree on this one.
Vinyl versus CD sound different.
Cassette versus vinyl sound different.
... etc (you got the idea).

Though we don't create a unique release entry per media on which it's released.

So, why would we create a separate entry for something which may be
less different than the difference between a vinyl and a cd?

- Olivier