I’d be all for having only 1 release per barcode and wouldn’t mind merging all the separate releases, but there are editors who want hi-res releases separate. I think we should have checkboxes or something for the different formats, similar to Discogs but for each link. Just check the attributes that apply, i.e. 24-bit/96kHz or 24-bit/192kHz, MQA, etc on the links. A release could have a link and we could check a box on that link that shows it’s for what type of releases. This way we could see, the HDTracks link is for a 96 or 192 or whatever. I’m rambling a bit. I admit I mainly add the separate releases so that editors can find them easier, and not add bad data on a new release. I agree (and have argued on here before) they really are all the same release, IMO. If we had attributes on the links we could eliminate the duplicate releases based on quality, file type, etc.
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