[mb-users] adding a boxset where single discs are already present.

[lorenz pressler]

hi,
i have a 5 cd beethoven set [1]; all discids are present already but  
attached to single releases with very poor info.
can/should i use them for my boxset and merge them together or merging  
duplicates and leave existing data alone?

discid 1 http://musicbrainz.org/cdtoc/59oXqCmhR93uRaVtLND1TzBsksw- (very  
poor info)
discid 2 http://musicbrainz.org/cdtoc/tRBqn.izrjgcNZLnqJzGjrcgxpE- (linked  
to a release where also another discid is present)
discid 3 http://musicbrainz.org/cdtoc/_1DtjnnwOjPNCnvVzToDlLKyfTk- (this  
one is actually linked to two real naxos releases; i would not merge these)
discid 4 http://musicbrainz.org/cdtoc/8pLpd4WZw_nVZcs_ia9Hwr7oHd4- (very  
poor info)
discid 5 http://musicbrainz.org/cdtoc/9OrQu_1G62ydhIuD_7h3B06iXbo- (linked  
to a release where also 2 another discid are present)

since this is boxset from naxos sublabel amadis it is very likely that  
there are more single discs were published as standalone releases by  
naxos. i planned on duplicating disc 2,3 and 5 and removing the discID  
 from my boxset from them. disc 1 and 4 i'd merge completely into the new  
boxset.

least prone to mistakes would be to duplicate every disc and merge the  
dupes, but whats the benefit in having releases like the ones for disc 1  
and 4 in the database?


[1]  
http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com/preview/catalogueinfo.asp?catID=7501&path=4

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lorenz pressler
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