Help with understanding recordings

Yes, so it would seem. I would advise to take it easy though and exercise some caution, rather than merging the lot in one go. Here is my handy-dandy checklist for deciding whether I can safely merge recordings:

  1. Same recording name and artist
  2. Similar duration
  3. Two or more recordings sharing an AcoustID (or several)
  4. Two or more recordings sharing an ISRC
  5. Various same year editions of the same album.
  6. Various editions of the same album with no reasons to suspect clean version, remix, new recording or whatnot.
  7. Same per compilation liner notes (e.g. when the compilation says “From the album…”)
  8. Citation of curated discographies either online or in printed form
  9. I have ear checked all tracks for these 2 recordings.
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