# Single or standalone recording?

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/single-or-standalone-recording/707384>\
**Category:** MusicBrainz\
**Tags:** digital-media, recordings, standalone-recording\
**Created:** [August 2, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/single-or-standalone-recording/707384 "2024-08-02T21:11:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![anguisette](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/anguisette/32/83780_2.png) [@anguisette](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/anguisette)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/single-or-standalone-recording/707384/1 "2024-08-02T21:11:36Z")

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there’s a series of release by the band [The Crüxshadows](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d8d3d22-5a0e-4b23-ae56-78abcc2c3f8f) which someone has collected in this series:

[https://musicbrainz.org/series/4a8eac2a-fb7b-4a42-bdf7-2fbc2c09308a](https://musicbrainz.org/series/4a8eac2a-fb7b-4a42-bdf7-2fbc2c09308a)

but all of these have been added as singles, rather than as standalone recordings. as i understand [the documentation](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Standalone_Recording), since these were only released by the artist on their own website and never published on an album or other release (i.e., they’re “Internet-only releases”), these should more properly be entered as standalone recordings.

so:

- am i right, or have i misread the documentation?
- if i am right, what is the best way to fix these releases?

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**Author:** ![UltimateRiff](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/ultimateriff/32/47799_2.png) [@UltimateRiff](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/UltimateRiff)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/single-or-standalone-recording/707384/2 "2024-08-02T23:22:42Z")

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I feel like that’s old documentation, and even so, since these tracks have album artwork (on the website, not on MusicBrainz yet) and release dates, they should be entered as singles

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**Author:** ![psychoadept](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/psychoadept/32/204_2.png) [@psychoadept](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/psychoadept)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/single-or-standalone-recording/707384/3 "2024-08-03T02:48:31Z")

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I think I did most of the entry on those and came to the same conclusion. They may be internet-only but they’re clearly releases with release properties.

I recently downloaded some free tracks from another artist, some of which are on existing CD releases, but a few are live tracks with minimal info that would probably be considered standalone. It’s just a link and a title with an mp3.

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**Author:** ![anguisette](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/anguisette/32/83780_2.png) [@anguisette](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/anguisette)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/single-or-standalone-recording/707384/4 "2024-08-03T23:53:24Z")

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thanks both - that makes sense to me so i’ll leave these alone!