The release in question is: Release “Panic Blooms” by Black Moth Super Rainbow - MusicBrainz .
On the linked Bandcamp page it says “plays at 45rpm so you can slow it the fuck down”, which — at least to me — implies that you should also play the recording at 33rpm* so that’s what I did. I also recorded the result and ended up with audio files that I would tag as the same release, but neither the time signatures nor the fingerprints match. What do I do with this? Would it count as a seperate release?
* or lower if possible, I guess but most record players have these two settings…
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Same release. Technically the same recordings as all you have done is some mastering. Though the large time differences I would likely keep them separate. Stick lots of details into the annotations.
Not too sure if your recordings are technically submissable… but this is a fun observation so I’d add it as a release at 33rpm and describe in annotation what you say here. This is quality interesting stuff to add as to how someone has produced music to be messed around with. Maybe you can call it a “pseudo release” (some boring person will likely come along and quote “guidelines”… but I say let the music be free as the artist intended)
I remember having a record player in the past with 15, 33, 45, 78 rpm on it… as a kid would slow down Pinky and Perky to make them sound normal (maybe I give away my age a bit here… 
) And obviously also speed them up to 78rpm…
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Normal speed (pitch and duration) is 45 RPM, the one that sounds like the official bandcamp streaming page.
The rip obtained by playing at a different speed should not be linked to this release nor to any other release, even pseudo.
Panic Blooms | Black Moth Super Rainbow
plays at 45rpm so you can slow it the fuck down
This remark is valid for any 45 RPM vynil.
You can always play any vynil in other speeds than intended.
So, let’s not double or triple all vynil releases and their recordings.
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jesus2099 has it right.
DJs and other people with variable-speed turntables can reduce the speed for beatmatching or for a different sound. Turntables with pitch faders can reduce the playback speed more than if the track was mastered for 33 rpm, and listeners who don’t have a pitch fader on their turntable still have a way to reduce the playback speed, even if only by a fixed amount.
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