Hi Brainz, I noticed that the recordings attributed to [Elite Force](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9d39d007-da… (Simon Shackleton) are a complete mess, tons of remasters and different masterings listed as individual recordings. I would like to do a little cleanup, but I need some advice first.
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Ridge[m]
Here's Sk8r for example, they're all the same track but have different lengths. They're not really remixes, just different lengths is all.
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Ridge[m]
Should all of these be merged then?
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UltimateRiff[m]
Ridge: for Sk8r in particular, those track lengths are quite different, so I don't personally think I'd merge in this specific case unless the difference is just silence (which is unlikely, but possible I suppose). especially don't merge the DJ-mix recordings, since those have the previous and/or next track mixed into the beginning or end, respectively
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UltimateRiff[m]
here's a link to just the Sk8r recordings, for others
a common guideline I've seen people use is anything less than a 5-second difference is usually fine to merge (unless there's audio differences, like the guitar is louder or something), anything over 30 seconds is usually a different recording
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Ridge[m]
Ok, cool. Makes much more sense, thank you @_discord_412453844132429824:chatbrainz.org
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UltimateRiff[m]
Ridge: one thing I will add, if they're the same lyrically and musically (or at least very similar), they should prolly all be related to the work for SK8R
