I’m editing this release because one of the recordings (an instrumental) was incorrectly merged with a version that included vocals.
On the “Recordings” tab, I clicked Edit and opted to “add a new recording” (I checked, and found no MB recording of the instrumental version). I finished the edit, then checked my open edits, and found an open edit for the Medium:
I haven’t followed this workflow before, and I sort of expected that the new recording would be available immediately.
Does the recording not get created until the Edit Medium is applied? It’s fine if that’s the case, it just surprised me. I was hoping to add a disambiguation that it was instrumental.
It is as you see. The new recording does not exist until the new edit is voted through. You can kind of follow the logic - if the edit was voted No, then no recording is needed.
If you wanted to edit the recording (i.e. add “instrumental”) then you’d have needed to create the recording first and link it in this edit.
Edit: have approved it…
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Yeah, I get it. I guess I was expecting it to be more like cover art. I guess I can cancel my edit and do it that way.
Oh! Thanks. I’ll finish it.
As far as I know, she only contributed vocals. I don’t know why they retained her credit on the track list, unless it’s because she was also involved in writing it. But that’s not consistent with some of the other tracks, so…
Maybe her agents made it a condition for donating the track? The Lights Out series was a fundraiser for local food banks. Who knows?
I would ask what Chaka Khan is doing credited on the instrumental version.. As the book says “this instrumental of a tune that originally had Chaka Khan on vocals”.
Maybe it’s a backing tracks version (karaoke), in this case it’s usual to have the same track credits as original recording, to understand we speak about this version, without its vocal tracks.
Or, if it’s a real instrumental, with instrument(s) playing the melody line instead of the voice, then having her credit is strange. Oh now I see, they credited the two writers (including her), now that makes sense, IMO.
