[mb-users] help style question about bonus track

[Philip Jägenstedt]

If the title were unknown then [unknown] would be correct, but in this
case... I suggest  "Splinter (reprise)" or "Splinter
(acoustic/solo-voice&piano version)" with something nicer than
"acoustic/solo-voice&piano". In any case, "Splinter (disambiguation
information)" would be correct. If possible, use what other people use
to refer to the song (as long as it makes SOME sense that is).

Philip

On 4/18/08, George Hartzell <hartzell at alerce.com> wrote:
> Frederic Da Vitoria writes:
>   > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 6:05 PM, George Hartzell <hartzell at alerce.com>
>   > wrote:
>   >
>   > >
>   > > The Album "The Dark Years" by 17 Reasons Why
>   > >
>   > >   http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Years-17-Reasons-Why/dp/B00000AEBQ
>   > >
>   > > has a 12th bonus track.  The track is 15:40 seconds long, the song
>   > > starts at 11:02 and is an acoustic/solo-voice&piano version of
>   > > Splinter (track 4 on the album).
>   > >
>   > > Amazon just calls the track "Bonus Track One".
>   > >
>   > > I added a track yesterday with the title "hidden track" and tried to
>   > > set the time to 15:40 but the server threw up on it.  I've cancelled
>   > > that edit (since it's time field was a bogus -1) and would like to Do
>   > > The Right Thing.
>   > >
>   > > I can't find any wiki guidance on Bonus Tracks.
>   > >
>   > > What's The Right Thing?
>   > >
>   > > thanks,
>   > >
>   > > g.
>   > >
>   >
>   > Are you sure you are right just to add the bonus track. Should this not be a
>   > separate release? It seems the 11-track and the 12-track releases both
>   > exist.
>
>
> Sounds like there are two separate issues:
>
>  a) are there two releases out there?  I have one with 12 tracks, and
>    haven't been able to google up any evidence of a disk with just 11
>    tracks.  There's nothing on the CD case or the CD itself to
>    indicate the 12th track, but it's there.
>
>    What evidence to you have for an 11-track release?
>
>  b) if/when I enter a new release for the 12-track version, I'd still
>    appreciate some guidance on what to enter for the track.
>
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  g.
>
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