Adding singles? / Official bootlegs
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Topic: Adding singles? / Official bootlegs
Posted By: Pekka
Subject: Adding singles? / Official bootlegs
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 4:40am
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I noticed that the last release category is titled "EPs, Fan Club Releases" thus omitting singles. Is this a mistake or should we indeed avoid singles? It could be a good thing, keeping the discographys simpler.
Another thing I've got to ask is official bootlegs that are only released digitally, for free or not. Metallica has literally hundreds of them (they've released every single show since 2003 and selected shows from before), some of which were added automatically by Musicbrainz. They are official releases, but sh*tloads of coverless obscurities make the discography look like crap, and if we've got 50 of them, we should add all 750 others as well.
So perhaps no official bootlegs in digital format or just in certain cases when it doesn't flood the site? ------------- http://iamthreepeople.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow">  <- Click on this!
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Posted By: Vehemency
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 4:49am
By the way, I would separate EPs and Fan Club Releases. At least I don't have a clue why they are together?  "EPs, singles" would sound better. And in case demos are accepted, "EPs, singles, demos" or something.
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 4:51am
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Fan Club releases are so rare that I think it's good to be lumped together with another minor category. ------------- http://iamthreepeople.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow"> <- Click on this!
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Posted By: Vehemency
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 4:53am
| Well yeah, good point, I wouldn't give them an own section due to their rarity. It just sounds weird to see "EP" and "Fan Club Release" in the same category as if they had something in common. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 5:15am
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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. -------------  
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 5:29am
Oh yes, there was supposed to be the other releases section, fan club stuff would be better there. If it works  So "Singles and EPs" and "Fan Club and other releases"?------------- http://iamthreepeople.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow"> <- Click on this!
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 5:30am
Yeah, that'd be fantastic  -------------
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Posted By: Vehemency
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 5:38am
| Sounds good to me! |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 5:49am
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Should promos and demos go in the other releases or...?
Let's wait for mailto:M@xs - M@x's approval before we plan this too far  ------------- http://iamthreepeople.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow"> <- Click on this!
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Posted By: Metalbaswee
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 5:49am
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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.
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 5:52am
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Metalbaswee wrote:Posted By: Metalbaswee
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 5:56am
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. ------------- |
Posted By: Vehemency
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 6:09am
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"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.) |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 6:24am
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Yeah, the adding by demand scheme seems good for things like that; keeping the page updated would be tedious as hell, not to mention it would make looking for a real live CD difficult if its bookended by 40 download only albums. -------------
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Posted By: dean
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 12:22pm
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Posted By: m@x
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 1:47pm
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Discussion continues in SPECIAL COLLAB. forum.
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Posted By: dean
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2010 at 2:03pm
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Spoil-sport ------------- |
Posted By: Metalbaswee
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2010 at 6:51am
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Ok people, i'm deleting the livemetallica releases. If demand gets high, they will be added again.
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2010 at 7:03am
As the discussion continues in the SC forum, I'll reply to this here: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=151 - http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=151  ------------- http://iamthreepeople.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow"> <- Click on this!
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Posted By: dean
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2010 at 7:08am
^ Spoilsports  ------------- |
Posted By: Metalbaswee
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2010 at 7:31am
Spoilsports 4 evah!  I'm closing this, since the discussion won't continue here. ------------- |