# How should I treat this release and its subtitle?

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-should-i-treat-this-release-and-its-subtitle/815028>\
**Category:** MusicBrainz\
**Tags:** disney\
**Created:** [June 8, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-should-i-treat-this-release-and-its-subtitle/815028 "2026-06-08T19:09:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![zemeles](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/eb8c5e/32.png) [@zemeles](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/zemeles)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-should-i-treat-this-release-and-its-subtitle/815028/1 "2026-06-08T19:09:26Z")

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Some years ago, I added this cassette release: [De kleine zeemeermin: Originele Nederlandstalige soundtrack](https://musicbrainz.org/release/c47391e1-180f-4f7f-b3a5-9d8dc835f3c5). Now, I’m about to add the CD counterpart and I’m not sure what to do with the subtitle. It seems that both the cassette and the CD have a different subtitle on the cover and the spine. On the cover it’s the one I’ve used on the release but on the spine it is _Muziek en de liedjes uit de film_. Should I keep the subtitle as it is? Should I replace it with the one from the spine? Or should I add it as a second subtitle?

I’m not sure what to do. Neither subtitle seems more important than the other one to me and both mean pretty much the same thing.

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**Author:** ![IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/ivandobsky/32/11785_2.png) [@IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/IvanDobsky)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-should-i-treat-this-release-and-its-subtitle/815028/2 "2026-06-08T20:02:38Z")

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Releases - use their separate subtitles.

Release Group - flip a coin and pick the “best”. Or just leave RG without a subtitle

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**Author:** ![Beckfield](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/beckfield/32/28940_2.png) [@Beckfield](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Beckfield)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-should-i-treat-this-release-and-its-subtitle/815028/3 "2026-06-08T23:15:01Z")

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My personal preference would be to use the one on the cover, especially when neither is more informative than the other. But that’s just me. Flipping a coin is just as good. 🙂

There is already a [CD version of this release](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/5d5ff657-c431-3c2c-aaf8-19ba2521e9bb). Just make sure you aren’t duplicating that.

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**Author:** ![zemeles](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/eb8c5e/32.png) [@zemeles](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/zemeles)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-should-i-treat-this-release-and-its-subtitle/815028/4 "2026-06-09T09:08:28Z")

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Thank you. The CD I’ll add is actually from 1998, the CD you’re linking to is from 1990.

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**Author:** ![zemeles](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/eb8c5e/32.png) [@zemeles](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/zemeles)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-should-i-treat-this-release-and-its-subtitle/815028/5 "2026-06-09T16:52:50Z")

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Just to be transparent, I’ve added the subtitle from the spine as an alias for both the [cassette](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/147458164) and the [CD](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/147458119) release. The edits aren’t votable, I’m just letting you know.