Question re Inconsistent Release

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Hi,

I have a CD which correctly matches a release (https://musicbrainz.org/release/8afb56a5-67ea-467c-8042-219134a09214) in all aspects except one track. In the release notes it says that some versions have an additional track - which my copy of the CD doesn’t. In the current version of the data the additional track is not given a number. Forgive the newbie question but shouldn’t these be covered by 2 separate releases with a different number of tracks per CD - even if the catalogue and bar codes the same?

Thanks

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Hello @MeesMusic. You might want to look at this link - "(bonus track)" and "Artist X cover" in ETI [STYLE-777]. For the most part it seems like the release link you provided pretty much is correct according to the style guidelines. Dosen’t really need to be entered as a separate release as the “grey” area (bonus track) is explained in the annotations.

Of course others might have a different idea for this particular release so let’s see what happens as others respond. By the way, you furnished everything needed in your question!!

Edit note: Opps, forgot to take the 2 different disc ids into account. I agree with the next 2 replies in this circumstance.

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I would say they should be split up, yes. This is clearly a different track listing hence releases should be separated. You can also see on the disc IDs which one contain the hidden track. E.g. this is one without the

https://musicbrainz.org/cdtoc/JYIMPy.QRToUV6ru5mx3hJ9JTNY-

The start track starts at 0:02. But the following one is with the bonus track:

https://musicbrainz.org/cdtoc/okeWlG5Ib3oI1JFnLf38gTVGnDs-

The start track starts at 2:01 with track “1”. Before this is the hidden bonus track.

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They would have to be different releases. The DiscIDs generated by the actual physical CDs would be different as they will hold different numbers and lengths of tracks.

I have a few disks like this. The original release had extra fancy bits on it, these were removed in a later plain CD release. That would be two different release items. They are physically different.

It is easy to clone a release and make the new one from it to separate these two out.

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Thanks All, will create a separate release …

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