<crism> "I think it’s a 12-digit UPC code..." <- I concur. Just look at this contemporary release, which for whatever reason prints a very similar cat # and barcode, yet the barcode is 12 digits: https://www.discogs.com/release/15514068-Darryl-P…
2025-12-18 35230, 2025
G0d joined the channel
2025-12-18 35258, 2025
kai6762 has quit
2025-12-18 35213, 2025
kai6762 joined the channel
2025-12-18 35237, 2025
sp1ff` has quit
2025-12-18 35234, 2025
kai6762 has quit
2025-12-18 35202, 2025
kai6762 joined the channel
2025-12-18 35224, 2025
isobel_86 has quit
2025-12-18 35216, 2025
sp1ff` joined the channel
2025-12-18 35248, 2025
ApeKattQuest joined the channel
2025-12-18 35255, 2025
LupinIII has quit
2025-12-18 35246, 2025
v6lur has quit
2025-12-18 35233, 2025
LupinIII joined the channel
2025-12-18 35210, 2025
ApeKattQuest has quit
2025-12-18 35237, 2025
ApeKattQuest joined the channel
2025-12-18 35212, 2025
Millicent has quit
2025-12-18 35225, 2025
LupinIII has quit
2025-12-18 35219, 2025
SigHunter has quit
2025-12-18 35257, 2025
SigHunter joined the channel
2025-12-18 35227, 2025
MeatPupp3t217 has quit
2025-12-18 35246, 2025
MeatPupp3t217 joined the channel
2025-12-18 35225, 2025
SigHunter has quit
2025-12-18 35201, 2025
SigHunter joined the channel
2025-12-18 35243, 2025
carbolymer_ has quit
2025-12-18 35254, 2025
carbolymer joined the channel
2025-12-18 35253, 2025
monkey[m]1 joined the channel
2025-12-18 35253, 2025
monkey[m]1
Would love some opinions on this:... (full message at <https://matrix.chatbrainz.org/_matrix/media/v3/download/chatbrainz.org/BVzvUichbpvelFKOayHykRDd>)
it says it's by both COMACOZER & Congulus although the title is PSYCHIKOS which is just by COMACOZER.
2025-12-18 35236, 2025
teayahz[m]
my opinion is that 3 entries could be included: 1 for both bands with the title including Sanri/Psychikos, 1 for each of the bands i.e. Sanri for Congulus & Psychikos for Comacozer as all these also can be linked to their 3 bandcamp releases
2025-12-18 35249, 2025
teayahz[m]
also, would it be COMACOZER or Comacozer? I see variations across the platforms
2025-12-18 35202, 2025
monkey[m]1
The existing version I added myself a few months ago, but didn't realize it was only songs by one of the two bands, so I will amend it if we keep separate RGs for each side of the split
2025-12-18 35248, 2025
Lotheric[m]
<Lotheric[m]> "My cell phone's camera reads..." <- crism (IRC) aerozol Turns out it was 054391999443 (I compared with another single from the UK and the barcode was 054391999474)
2025-12-18 35255, 2025
Lotheric[m]
not an ISBN then
2025-12-18 35242, 2025
v6lur joined the channel
2025-12-18 35236, 2025
sam2 joined the channel
2025-12-18 35242, 2025
sam2
hey, wondering if there's any guidance on a release's title being entered in two languages on the same release
from what it looks like in the images, on the album art itself, the title is displayed most prominently in japanese, but also smaller in english. i looked at the MB style guide but couldnt find anything clear on how to format/record this structure in the database
2025-12-18 35213, 2025
sam2
i personally find both discogs' "English Title = Japanese Title" and MB's "English Title [Japanese Title]" to be cumbersome, i would imagine it's preferred to just choose the main one?
2025-12-18 35206, 2025
sam2
i should note that on the album back cover track titles are listed in japanese and english too, but only in english on discogs and MB.
however, this is an artistic choice that is consistent on their Bandcamp, for example
2025-12-18 35214, 2025
afrocat_[m] has quit
2025-12-18 35258, 2025
wileyfoxyx[m] has quit
2025-12-18 35220, 2025
elomatreb[m] has quit
2025-12-18 35234, 2025
tagomago joined the channel
2025-12-18 35256, 2025
davic has quit
2025-12-18 35221, 2025
davic joined the channel
2025-12-18 35213, 2025
crism
sam2, sounds like a case for a pseudo-release, with the main one in Japanese and pseudo in English.
2025-12-18 35240, 2025
shisma[m] has quit
2025-12-18 35248, 2025
aerozol[m]
Hey monkey, I add a lot of those 'each band puts one side of a split on Bandcamp
2025-12-18 35214, 2025
aerozol[m]
releases'. I have them as separate releases, but in the same release group. There is a forum discussion about this somewhere - in short I don't think the artist intent is ever (or very rarely) to create a new 'release group' when they do this, it is purely functional.
Not too fussed how you enter yours, but overall - if you made new release groups for bands that do this a lot (e.g. bands like Agathocles with hundreds of splits) it would be a real mess! Heaps of release groups with the same name name, and no idea which rg would be picked by Picard's scan... and a result that is neither what the artist intends or what the user wants.
