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cam1170 : there's really something weird aout the way we credit tracks so i can seee hte confusion

that said, you are probably right

im a little confused though cause i searched the barcode for that

and nothing comes back

the other release does

as an aside, the universal music japan site sucks

also, this site looks like a really good infodump: https://www.supraphonline.cz/album/641784-andre...

except where the barcode is a cat#

oh and, it's also worth noting:

credit to the performer is interesting here, because ALW isnt one

[i think?]

By the style guide, as I read it, the tracks with a "main" should be credit to that person /only/, and ALW should only get stuff there is no clear lead for. That said, that would be super inconsistent, because clearly his role and involvement don't change. For that reason, I think I /like/ this change, but still also think it goes against the guide.

I'm listening to track 2 now [one that had no featured artist], and ... it's a group thing. The only way to put performers in this is to figure out who plays what role, watch the play, and pick out the solo voice elements, or do a 22 person "..., and ..."

Hmm. does doing an artist credit edit also affect that artist credit used in ARs?

guess I'll see in a while :)

kepstin: no, those are not considered ACs (unless I'm really misremembering)

dang. i guess that means I have to edit them one by one?

Well, if they're on the same release's recordings, there's a batch option from the relationship editor

Otherwise though, yeah

I'm afraid so

fortunately i don't think there should be too many of these, most of this artist's credits were on the merge destination artist to start with

how does that work? they don't show up anywhere in the editor UI

Relationships tab>click on [info]>Edit tab>pencil

ah, so you can edit the credit from the URL side of the relationship, but not from the artist side?

Yes, that seems to be the case.

kepstin: I've been meaning to open a ticket about that, although one may already exist

kepstin: by the way, with regards to the artist merge you were talking about, have you read the "Performance names and legal names" section of https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Artist ?

Specifically - "Generally, use the name the artist mainly performs under as the artist name. Alternative names, including any legal names and name variations, should generally be entered as aliases, and can be used in artist credits and relationship credits when appropriate."

So in many cases a you shouldn't create a separate legal name artist just to add a "performs as" relationship.