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blimey more of a mess than I though... looks like discogs is wrong as well https://www.linkedin.com/in/lopezrecords/?origi...

alright I think I fixed it.... go back to sleep :)

Is there a mapping file for MBID to Spotify URI? I am asking this because my I am linking my Spotify to use LB

vintagegold: what does "mapping file" mean in your question?

A file where a MBID is a key and the Spotify URI is a value

darwin

how would you define/tag a "Bonus Tracks" release by an artist? My example is this: https://deerleap.bandcamp.com/album/impermanenc... two bonus tracks from the previous album released for "pay-what-you-want" (for a charity) on their bandcamp. It was recently added as "Album" with the bandcamp title "$Album_name B-Sides" which I feel is not really that accurate:

vintagegold: that's not usually how such things work? there's not "files" like that for other things?

like, to the extent that spotify URIs are exposed for MBIDs, they're exposed via the same API that exposes all other information?

darwin Ahh I think I it got. So the returned "artist_msid" by LB's api is the same as a MBID?

darwin I found the spotify link in LB's response, thank you for that info/hint

vintagegold: for ListenBrainz stuff, it's probably better to ask in #metabrainz btw :)

Since LB devs are more active there

reosarevok thank you, I will direct my LB stuff there :)

pbnoxious: album doesn't sound right, not sure what I'd use. Single? EP? Other? :D

pbnoxious I would go with EP. For Tame Impala's Currents Bsides and remixes it labeled as an EP https://musicbrainz.org/artist/63aa26c3-d59b-4d...

but the style guide for releases says explicitely that EP should be used only if the artist labels the release as an EP

and for Single, I think that is even further off… In practice what it is, is an "extension" of the previous record, i.e. before the "digital release" age, you'd see these tracks on some special version of the album

(which is of course not how you should enter them into MB now, but I feel that makes it hard to adequately put them into the scheme)

Yeah, dunno. Maybe stick to Other for now?

It's just a weird situation altogether :D

Hi there! About adding cover art, can it be taken from amazon as it is?

you need to get the largest size image

basically delete everything after ._ up to the file extension

eg. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/... -> https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/...

there is also an extension for Firefox called Max Image URL which has rules for various sites that will do it automatically for you

Do make sure it actually matches the release you have though. E.g. don't put a square image for a digipak CD release

evelyn: thanks for the detailed explanation

what if amazon uses a square image for a digipack?

then they are wrong, or the digipak is sort of square (but most digipak CDs are sort of rectangular)

I see :/

have a look at https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Cover_Art too

also the MP3 store almost always has a square image (or just about), but the actual CD entry on a given item (like that image I posted above) sometimes has correct cover art, and sometimes it's really good quality and is uploaded by the label

about about release contry? If the the publisher is from DE but the release is available in all Europe, should it be the latter?

also with regards to cover art see https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Release

yea, it cleared many of my doubts :)