Re: [mb-users] Are different digital downloads different releases?

2013/1/9 lixobix <[email protected]>

> 1. We definitely need digital releases. Some releases are only released
> digitally.
>
> 2. I am of the opinion that, in general, there should be only one digital
> release, except in the following circumstances:
>
> a) A retailer has a version with a different track list, contains a digital
> booklet, or offers some other form of extra material, e.g. iTunes or Amazon
> releases with 'exclusive tracks'. This includes when a retailer offers two
> different versions e.g. 'standard' and 'deluxe', with extra tracks.
>
> These two are separate releases:
> https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-whole-love/id450974480,
> https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-whole-love-deluxe-version/id450974533
>
> OR
>
> b) The release is available in two or more of the following formats: Lossy
> (any codec), standard lossless (16 bit 44.1 khz), hi-res lossless (>16 bit
> 44.1 khz). In such cases, retailers clearly sell two or more different
> things: Lossy, lossless, hi-res lossless, CD, and vinyl are almost always
> listed as separate items, at different prices. In such cases, a single MB
> release would have to link to more than one item, with different prices,
> for
> sale by one retailer. This would fly in the face of the notion of unique
> releases.
>
>
> https://bleep.com/release/40685-rush-hour-presents-rush-hour-recordings-best-of-2012
> would have a lossy and lossless release
>
> https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-love-supreme/id485525345 and
>
> https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=catalogdetail&valbum_code=HD00602498010921
> would be separate releases, as the former is lossy, and the latter is
> hi-res
> lossless. Note the significant difference in price.
>
> All lossy codecs are treated as equal by retailers who offer a choice, so
> they do not amount to separate releases. The same goes for the choice of
> wav, flac etc. for lossless.
>

Yes, this seems a good compromise. This would create at most 3 digital
releases for the same track listing.

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
(davitof)

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