I have a vinyl of a ‘Superstars Radio Network’ interview show, the sort they would have played on the radio in dead times long ago to avoid paying a DJ to spin records for nobody.
https://www.discogs.com/release/1526362-David-Bowie-An-Evening-With-David-Bowie
I cannot find a release to model it from. By the content it seems like it would be Album + Interview, but, the song tracks are previews of a future live album, so maybe it’s Album + Interview + Live or maybe since it’s only half music it could be EP + Interview (+ Live).
When I look for Interview discs I mostly get bootlegs with a single track that says ‘Interview’.
Can anyone think of an existing release from which I can model this? Or maybe we actually already have it and it’s not coming up in my search? If there’s no comparable release, I can build this from scratch, but what’s the best release type?
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Seems to bear some similarities to radio programs like: Release “2013-11-02: Introducing: Earthworm” by Earthworm - MusicBrainz
Not sure if ‘broadcast’ type works though, since it’s a record that’s meant to be broadcast rather than a recording from a broadcast? But maybe that’s splitting hairs.
P.S. I should say that I don’t think this is an ‘album’.
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Thank you. Honestly, the more I look at this thing, the more I think it’s above my pay grade. The songs they include, which are meant to be tracks from the (then-not-yet-released) Stage live album, are very unlikely to end up being the same Recordings as the tracks on Stage, if for no other reason than fade-out/fade-in business for the radio show. There’s no way to substantiate date of broadcast, since different stations would have used it at different times, and without knowing that I can’t give it a title. I’m no longer even sure the release artist is Bowie, since technically he did not release it; the guidelines say this would be “given to the groups or people given at the beginning of the program,” which here would be Sonny Fox for the Superstars Radio Network (an artist that doesn’t currently exist in MB).
I think I’m going to set it aside for the moment. I don’t want to create junky data that I’ll have to fix later.
I think it’s def a release that should be credited to Bowie, if the content is all him (ignoring how it is used/presented later - assuming you are adding the ‘source’ record here).
I would add it under Bowie (or Bowie + interviewer) and just leave the type blank or as ‘other’. I don’t think you can do any harm! 
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When something is unusual, it does not always fit categories perfectly. So fill in a best guess, give it a good annotation, and once it is in the database it can always be tweaked. “Other, Interview” sounds logical. I’d also add it under Bowie if that is the main subject of the interview.
It is not going to be “junky data” if you take care with the details you have. Sounds more official and interesting than some of the bootleg interview CDs I’ve added. 
If I was adding it, I’d title it as it shows on the cover \ vinyl. Without the date in the title. If it is promoting an album then you can take a good punt at knowing the release year. Technically the Release Date will be when the record company handed the promo disc to the radio show and not necessarily the date of first broadcast.
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