[mb-users] Is an individual track only part of one release or can it be included in multiple releases ?

[Paul Taylor]

Chris B wrote:
> at the moment tracks are attached to releases as 1-1, not 1-n, but i
> believe that is the eventual intent.
>
> you could indirectly relate the tracks by relating the 2 releases
> together with http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/EarliestReleaseRelationshipType.
> hopefully the database will eventually use this, and similar ARs to
> merge tracks.
>
>   
thanks Chris, in this particular case both releases have the same 
Release Date (1994-03) so would it be ok to use the
EarliestReleaseRelationshipType and arbitarily pick one release ?

Paul

> On 01/11/2007, Paul Taylor <paul_t100 at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>   
>> Hi, Im trying to understand MB release/tracks relationships better.
>>
>> Is an individual track only part of one release or can it be included in
>> multiple releases, and does a release pertain to a particular country or
>> just a particular list of tracks, and is there any relationship to
>> indicate that two releases are both versions of the same album ?  . For
>> example below are two releases of Mellow Gold by Beck, the release date
>> for both is the same although one has 12 tracks and one has 13 tracks so
>> I can see why there are two releases. But I expect the first 12 tracks
>> for each are identical in every way, but the ids of the track are
>> different (there are two Loser tracks ....) , is this the way MB works
>> or is the data just a bit messed up?
>>
>> There are various relationships attached to the Loser track showing
>> various mashups of it, but nothing to relate the two Loser tracks to
>> each other.
>>
>> Mellow Gold Release
>> http://musicbrainz.org/release/62bd0770-65f2-4b30-89d4-d124d260bd23.html
>> http://musicbrainz.org/release/401b0a2d-a250-4fe0-ae73-53fc4ca4ae68.html
>>
>> Loser (1st track in each release)
>> http://musicbrainz.org/track/9d9e92f9-695e-4fca-af9d-0ecda1c6de43.html
>> http://musicbrainz.org/track/2cab6f15-a96a-4f27-8990-e4d2a255c354.html
>>
>> thanks Paul
>>
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