[mb-users] Clean vs. Explicit versions

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

I don't understand. We record very subtle differences between releases,
logos, issue dates... all of which are completely impossible to hear but we
should not take into account a quite audible difference? I fail to see the
logic. Granted, if PUIDs are the same it becomes tricky, but this is a
technical failure, and technical failures should not prevent us from
recording musically significant facts.

2007/10/24, Chad Wilson <chad.wilson at gmx.net>:
>
> Many hip hop albums have the clean and explicit versions as a single
> entry in MB as they generally have the same track listing; very close
> track times and usually PUIDs come out the same for bleeped versions of
> tracks to non-bleeped. It really does depend on the particular release
> though; and whether or not a track was left out, or was significantly
> shorter/cut.
>
> In general I think we should seek to not have two entries unless there
> really are significant track time differences.
>
> Bogdan Butnaru wrote:
> > And remember that you can always use the album's annotation to
> > describe any such situation.
> >
> > On 10/23/07, Jason Bouwmeester <jbouwmeester at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks, that was what I suspected.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/23/07, Kuno Woudt <kuno at frob.nl> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 10:27:17AM -0600, Jason Bouwmeester wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> As far as I can tell on volume 2, the track listing is the same, but
> I
> >>>> cannot attest to track lengths on both releases. Is it acceptable to
> >>>>
> >> double
> >>
> >>>> enter them and have the titles as such:
> >>>>
> >>>> Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 (Evolution: Duets And Remixes) (explicit
> >>>>
> >> version)
> >>
> >>>> Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 (Evolution: Duets And Remixes) (clean
> version)
> >>>>
> >>>> Or should the explicit/clean be left out and put in the annotation?
> >>>>
> >>> It's ok to have both versions in the DB, you should only add something
> >>> like (explicit version) or (clean version) when it is clearly part of
> >>> the title as on the albumcover or edge of the jewel case.
> >>>
> >>> -- Kuno.



-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
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