#musicbrainz

Quick test to see if this goes through. New Matrix account on a new chat client, and my first time using a bridge to IRC.

Dope! It works.

Hey all, if I have a Single that's released on two different platforms on two different dates that's otherwise the same, do I group it as one release, or two?

binzy_boi[m]: there's no strict consensus on that AFAIU, however if that's the only difference then I just create one release and use the earlier date

Yeah, I would say it depends on if there was something significant about the release - or something else changed, like album art or label

Sounds good, thanks for that. That's more or less what I was working off of already

well. you an't actually have two release dates with the same place ([worldwide]) so...

can't* even

i honestly am never sure about these

Basically, we consider all stores the same unless there's a clear difference, so just store the earliest, yes

Would track order be considered a clear difference?

yes of course

Yeah

So if the tracks are the same, but in different order, then that's considered a different release, got it

Unless you have a reason to consider it just a store mistake, but probably not :)

And honestly maybe even then

as a general rule differences in barcode, artwork, label, track number and track order should entail a separate release

(and the next section)

Are recent additions just for this

nice

I have a song that was posted on Soundcloud, but has since been removed by the musician. I have enough evidence to say it was a single, but because Wayback Machine hasn't saved the page before it was deleted, I don't have the track length.

The song was reposted on YouTube a few times, should I use the track lengths from there?

If you're reasonably confident it's the same, sure

Mainly asking because it was remixed a few times.

Just say that that's your source in the edit note

Sounds good, thanks

If you're not reasonably confident, just leave length blank, it's not mandatory

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