The fake "NOW (That's What I Call Music)" special-purpose label

MusicBrainz
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https://musicbrainz.org/label/f1875ddd-98ed-42be-9d7c-0cfa707b227d is a fake label created specifically because MusicBrainz didn’t support multiple release labels prior to NGS, correct? I assume the community would be in agreement that all releases in this fake label should be corrected?

Examples:

  1. https://musicbrainz.org/release/07971e8a-9b1a-31a0-a111-f69955974138/cover-art
    -> Virgin EMI

  2. https://musicbrainz.org/release/4c5bfe2d-03e4-4e82-8a80-f4baeeec428b/cover-art
    -> Virgin EMI & Polygram

  3. https://musicbrainz.org/release/5574bd5d-54a2-42ba-8401-b834e3d9ca83/cover-art
    -> Universal Music on Demand & Sony Music

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If proper imprint(s) can be identified then absolutely I would say the releases should be changed to use them.

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The fake label will be in use by people who won’t see the forum. I can’t see the harm in leaving the NOW label there, but add in the correct Virgin \ EMI \ Sony etc alongside. Keeps everyone happy then.

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Not sure if you used all your words with care, but the harm in leaving the fake label there would be that it is a fake label that couldn’t be identified in the cover art? I would say that in other fields/relationships, MusicBrainz doesn’t want an additional fake entry alongside the actual entries that should be there…

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Shouldn’t it be a release group series, now that this entity exists?

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I think the actual labels should be shown, not the fake label. I thought this was weird when I stumbled upon it. I didn’t realize that it was because only 1 label use to be allowed or I wouldn’t have changed some of the releases back to the fake labels.

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