Classical release with 37 different versions! Is this a record?

MusicBrainz
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I just felt like sharing this. I recently came across the entry for

and, checking this out on Discogs found 37 different versions of this release!

https://www.discogs.com/master/773070

I am amazed at the proliferation of labels and titles too, but it all appears to be the same 1972 set of recordings. (I own the 1982 CFP LP version). Can anybody top this?

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This one I was editing a couple of minutes ago has 71 on Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/master/233186-Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-Karl-Böhm-Wiener-Philharmoniker-Requiem, https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/45923cf1-60da-395a-a8d3-786ec0f2042b

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66: https://www.discogs.com/master/615074-Richard-Strauss-Elisabeth-Schwarzkopf-Otto-Edelmann-Christa-Ludwig-Teresa-Stich-Randall-Eberhard-Wae?redirected=true

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50: https://www.discogs.com/master/637721-Teatro-Alla-Scala-Giuseppe-Verdi-Il-Trovatore?redirected=true

101: https://www.discogs.com/master/33903-Mozart-Wilma-Lipp-Hilde-Rössel-Majdan-Anton-Dermota-Walter-Berry-Wiener-Singverein-Berliner-Philhar?redirected=true

71: https://www.discogs.com/master/240238-Mozart-Anna-Tomowa-Sintow-Agnes-Baltsa-Werner-Krenn-José-van-Dam-Wiener-Singverein-Berliner-Philhar?redirected=true

those are just from the first ~6 I looked at

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Not a classical release, but Pink Floyd’s “Dark side of the moon” lists currently 1’475 versions at Discogs
https://www.discogs.com/master/10362-Pink-Floyd-The-Dark-Side-Of-The-Moon

Here at MB there are 143 “Dark side of the moon” versions listed in this releasegroup:

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on Discogs with 1’312 versions:
https://www.discogs.com/de/master/23934-The-Beatles-Sgt-Peppers-Lonely-Hearts-Club-Band

Here at MB with 78 versions:

I’m not sure exactly how Discogs is counting “different” on their website.

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Discog’ers generally work on the pretense that if there is the slightest variation on pressing they will create a new release - which means that things get overinflated quickly, certainly with popular releases that have been pressed continually for many decades.

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Obligatory request for help identifying a copy of Beatles White Album… :joy:

Some albums get repressed and reissued a LOT. And then sold in multiple countries. And add in a few bootlegs. Anything that makes it onto a second page at MB is up there in that list. Along with the above mentioned Dark Side of the Moon you’ll find Wish You Were Here running to two pages.

When an album has been around for 50+ years that can lead to a lot of packaging changes.

Discogs may be OTT with some of their tiny pressing differences at times, but MB can be as bad with the many different Digital Releases.

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Discog contributors may do that, but their database guidelines say otherwise. It’s just so hard to know where to draw the line.
https://support.discogs.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005006334-Database-Guidelines-1-General-Rules#Unique_Releases

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