Alicia Keys, "Songs in A Minor"

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I’ve been (slowly) working my way through an old CD collection, adding edits from the booklets and have a copy of the subject line that I can’t seem to find a match for out of the several listings. The catalog ID is “J 20002” on the CD spine and back cover of the booklet, while the barcode is 29580807000. I was a member of Columbia House and I do see in micro writing on the back of the case “Manufactured by Columbia House under license”. Is this a release not tracked in musicbrainz? I did find this release in Discogs with the same barcode: https://www.discogs.com/Alicia-Keys-Songs-In-A-Minor/release/6406269

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Thanks for your edits to MusicBrainz thus far. If the release in question doesn’t seem to be MB, you could add it.

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The reason I’m hesitant is because Alicia Keys is a popular artist, so I wasn’t expecting to find this release missing. I was wondering if it’s already there and I’m overlooking something.

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it is not the only one on discogs that has no match on music brains so just add it. https://beta.musicbrainz.org/release-group/5701e04b-efc2-3429-b8af-c6596f1d08cf

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I think often people don’t add a club edition if there’s a “close enough” retail version.

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That makes a lot of sense if all other things are equal, which I suspect is the case here. Only the catalog ID and barcode are different. I know I can add a second release label and catalog, but don’t see that option for barcodes or a way to relate a specific barcode to a catalog ID.

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I believe the second label/catalog # is only for single releases that are dual-branded, so a new release is the way to go. I generally add a disambiguation like “Columbia House club edition” as that can make it a little easier to distinguish. (Some of the record club releases I’ve seen even have the same catalog # as the retail version, just a different barcode.)

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Thanks for the guidance. I’m adding the new release now. :slight_smile:

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