[API Request] Support Multiple Album Versions #79
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This is exactly what the ReleaseGroup MBID is for. See for example https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/f5093c06-23e3-404f-aeaa-40f72885ee3a |
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as @epoupon it would be nice to group releases in a release group, but for now it would probably be enough to just expose a |
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Type of change
API extension
Proposal description
Expose a
VERSION
tag to add disambiguation amongst multiple releases of the same album.i.e. [Dark Side of the Moon, Dark Side of the Moon (30th Anniversary Remaster), Dark Side of the Moon (40th Anniversary Remaster), Dark Side of the Moon (Quadrophonic Vinyl), Dark Side of the Moon (MFSL CD), etc.]
MusicBrainz ID's are great to keep the albums organized separately but the information exposing "what's different" is not there. Also, at least for the niche group of us into vinyl ripping, it's useful to see custom information such as WHO in the vinyl ripping internet community ripped the vinyl as well since it's not an exact science such as a CD rip.
Roon and Ampache currently use the custom
VERSION
tag for this information and I believe Navidrome may use this in some capacity as well.Backward compatibility impact
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I'm definitely not knowledgeable in this aspect :)
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