[mb-users] Bonus discs: "Official" or "Promotion"?

[Chris B]

ReleaseAttribute was meant to be ReleaseType. I don't know why i
didn't spot that when i added that to BonusDisc and now it would need
a new RFC to change, probably :/

I would say the ReleaseStatus must always be the same for the entire
release - only the ReleaseType can vary (eg when you get a bonus disc
that is an EP, when the primary release is an album). ReleaseStatus is
how the package is sold, and ReleaseType is what it *is*. They are
sold as part of the same package, but what they are can (and usually
does!) vary.

that's my take, anyway!

2008/7/1 Mark Trolley <marktrolley at gmail.com>:
> I just noticed some other people were having the same discussion on
> http://musicbrainz.org/doc/ReleaseStatus, but I also see that according to
> http://musicbrainz.org/doc/BonusDisc:
>
> "Also note that the ReleaseAttribute of bonus discs are not necessarily the
> same as the release they were distributed with. Use the attribute correct
> for the bonus disc on its own."
>
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Frederic Da Vitoria <davitofrg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Although technically MB Releases are discs, I feel that a real-world
>> release is virtually made of the individual discs (what MB calls
>> Releases, are you still following me?) so that the ReleaseStatus
>> should stay the same on all the Releases of a release. By now, you
>> should be completely lost :-D
>>
>> If by any chance you caught my meaning, be warned: This is only my
>> point of view, I may be completely wrong!
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Mark Trolley <marktrolley at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > "etc." leaves it a bit open for interpretation though. I went with
>> > Official
>> > after all, the more I thought about it the more I felt that was right.
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Frederic Da Vitoria
>> > <davitofrg at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Mark Trolley <marktrolley at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Should a bonus disc included with an album (or in the case of the one
>> >> > I'm
>> >> > looking at now the deluxe release of an album) be considered an
>> >> > "Official"
>> >> > EP or a "Promotion" EP? I have entered them before as "Official" but
>> >> > I'm
>> >> > not
>> >> > sure if that's right now since they are not available on their own,
>> >> > but
>> >> > can
>> >> > only be obtained by buying the album they come with. With the release
>> >> > I'm
>> >> > looking at now, the deluxe edition of Agony & Irony by Alkaline Trio
>> >> > it
>> >> > feels like I should be using "Promotion" since it's being used as a
>> >> > selling
>> >> > tool to get you to buy the deluxe edition instead of the regular
>> >> > edition.
>> >>
>> >> http://musicbrainz.org/doc/ReleaseStatus :
>> >>
>> >> "A give-away release or a release intended to promote an upcoming
>> >> official release. (e.g. pre-release versions or releases included with
>> >> a magazine, versions supplied to radio DJs for air-play, etc)."
>> >>
>> >> I don't think bonus disks would fit the definition!
>>
>> --
>> Frederic Da Vitoria
>>
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