#musicbrainz

https://musicbrainz.org/release/53d96da3-10d4-4... ugh, wtf? A guy dumped a playlist on MB and marked it as "Official" album, dates on "remaster" also look odd (but I have no idea if it's correct)... The full OST has tracks from other artists... Should I expend this entry or make a new one?

The actual full listing would be: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1400720/Hots...

Ahaha... The other musician, who also worked on the album, actually released it as a standalone album under the same name: https://www.amazon.com/Hotshot-Racing-Original-... What a mess...

https://musicbrainz.org/edit/72881710 So, yeah: folks, any ideas?

Sometimes I really wish Musicbrainz had a better way of handling different (alphabet) scripts. When I'm adding Russian or Afghan releases it can sometimes be difficult to know whether the release I'm adding is already on MB using Cyrillic or Arabic script, as I only have the release with the track listing in Latin script :S

Hi HelloMan: when a release is available in more than one alphabet, there should be a translation/transliteration relationship.

Here is an example: https://musicbrainz.org/release/336a6375-0e90-3...

So it indeed requires editor to check releases and release groups for potential existing similar releases in different scripts.

When it’s a CD release, one can find existing releases by comparing Disc ID, which is straightforward using Picard.

HelloMan: Do you have any suggestion of a better way of handling different scripts?

!m loujine

You're doing good work, loujine!

Hey all. Is this the right place to ask questions about editing data on musicbrainz?

kolmone: Sure, someone should be able to help.

So I'm currently looking at this release: https://musicbrainz.org/release/687fee4c-90f2-4...

The release on bandcamp is using <Greek name> (<English name>) format for some of the songs: https://selofan.bandcamp.com/album/cine-romance

Should I rename the songs on musicbrainz to use this format?

kolmone: I think there are 2 options: 1) either do this (add Greek to the current tracks) or 2) replace the track names with the Greek ones and create a pseudo-release with all English tracks

First one is better, imho...

About the latter: https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Specific_type... But I've seen it only for Japanese releases so far...

It would look like this: https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/aec16029-...

Thanks xplt, I'll work on fixing this release

!m IA

You're doing good work, IA!