Adding singles? / Official bootlegs

Spoilsports 4 evah! Tongue

I'm closing this, since the discussion won't continue here.

Metalbaswee wrote:

Ok people, i'm deleting the livemetallica releases. If demand gets high, they will be added again.

As the discussion continues in the SC forum, I'll reply to this here: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=151 Wink

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Spoil-sport

Metalbaswee wrote:

Pekka wrote:

Metalbaswee wrote:

I personally think the Livemetallica cd's should be removed, there are simpely to many. And maybe if the demand for those cd's is high in the future, they can always be added again.

Part of my point was exatly that they are not released on CD, only as downloads. Really it makes no difference in the officialness of the release, but I may be a bit old fashioned in my view that it takes a tiny bit of value off the release... But indeed, there are many of them, a mind boggling amount in fact.

And i think, just because they are more a memory for the people that went to that concert, there wont be a big market for these downloads. We should add them by demand.

If you intend to document the entire discography of a band then all demos, singles, flex-discs, acetates, promos, fan-club issues, official bootlegs, cassettes, downloads and all variants inbetween have to be taken into account. If the site policy is to only cherry-pick the albums you like then carry on.

"EPs, singles" and "Demos, promos, other releases", in my opinion, would look good. Fan club stuff would go to the latter. Just my idea.

I also think that those Metallica "official bootlegs" would be added by demand (if someone wants to review etc.)

Metalbaswee wrote:

I personally think the Livemetallica cd's should be removed, there are simpely to many. And maybe if the demand for those cd's is high in the future, they can always be added again.

Part of my point was exatly that they are not released on CD, only as downloads. Really it makes no difference in the officialness of the release, but I may be a bit old fashioned in my view that it takes a tiny bit of value off the release... But indeed, there are many of them, a mind boggling amount in fact.

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Should promos and demos go in the other releases or...?

Let's wait for M@x's approval before we plan this too far

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Yeah, that'd be fantastic

I assumed that Fanclub releases would go into the Other Releases area, but since that seems to make album entries disappear, I've been moving the Dream Theater official bootlegs and adding singles to the EP section.

I second the idea of making the EP section the EP and Single section; the site is a database, so I think it is necessary to include singles.

Fan Club releases are so rare that I think it's good to be lumped together with another minor category.

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