[mb-users] making discs in a series be consistent (some existing, some new)?

George Hartzell hartzell at alerce.com
Thu May 1 18:25:58 UTC 2008


[Thanks for all the feedback on my other questions.  I'm still
 collecting data and opionions on the remastered Jesus Christ
 Superstar question]

There are a series of Various Artists CD's put out by Hear Music of
which I own several.  On the spine of the jewel case they all say

  <Artist Name> artist's choice

e.g.

  Yo-Yo Ma artist's choice

on the front cover is a geometrically laid out

  artist's choice <Artist Name> Ma music that matters to {him,her}

e.g.

  artist's choice Yo-Yo Ma music that matters to him

on the CD itself is 

  <Artist Name> in one spot, artist's choice in another, and various fluff

There are several examples in the db already that include more or less
of the above information:

http://musicbrainz.org/release/0a7b91ba-2601-4c7f-af3d-2cc2c221e001.html
http://musicbrainz.org/release/4beb52f7-e513-4f4c-9254-f5aa84430e2d.html

Amazon has a bunch of them and is inconsistent about including the
"Music That Matters to {Him,Her}.

I think all of these disks should use the same scheme and so I have
the following two questions:

  a) I think that "<Artist Name> artist's choice" is the Right Thing
     To Do, since it matches the jewel case spine, is less wordy,
     respects the publisher's capitalization, and doesn't include the
     marketing tagline "music that matters to {him,her}"

  b) assuming there's a consensus on The Right Thing To Do, should I
     just go in and make the edits and let the voting proceed?

Thanks,

g.



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