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Re: Duplicate albums added repeatedly

EyeKanFly — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 09:18:09 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 10/17/2023 13:18

Makes sense, thanks for the follow-up!

Re: Duplicate albums added repeatedly

albummaster — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 03:24:21 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 10/17/2023 07:24

Thanks for flagging. BEA only lists the original version of each album, so this album has now been merged into the original release (option 1 is the only action we can take). Not sure we can rename the album, as this would be inconsistent with the treatment of other re-releases where we haven't altered the original title (the album hasn't been modified as many times as some others), so I think leaving 'as-is' (post merge) is the right course of action right now.

Re: Duplicate albums added repeatedly

Romanelli — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:00:05 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 10/16/2023 15:00

EyeKanFly wrote:

It appears that "Ken Dou Werente" and "Pirates Choice" by Orchestra Baobab are repeat albums: Ken Dou Werente by Orchestra Baobab was released in 1983 and Pirates Choice by Orchestra Baobab is a deluxe edition/remaster with an expanded track list (as listed on BEA) released in 2001 according to Discogs. In Ken Dou Werente's moderation history, you can see multiple instances of Pirates Choice being flagged and combined, but a new Pirates Choice keeps popping up including most recently about a year ago.

I have a couple suggestions on how to remedy this and make sure it doesn't pop up again:
1. Re-title "Ken Dou Werente" to something along the lines of "Ken Dou Werente [Pirates Choice]"
2. or, edit Pirates Choice to clarify that it's a compilation and released in 2001.

It's a tricky situation since the album was released in different formats in different regions over the years, but these are my thoughts on how to deal with it.

For the time being, Ken Dou Werente has been assigned to the correct artist Orchestre Baobab Gouye Guy De Dakar. Pirates Choice has been flagged for deletion as a duplicate.

As for the rest, that would be for AM to decide.

Duplicate albums added repeatedly

EyeKanFly — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:25:14 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 10/16/2023 13:25

It appears that "Ken Dou Werente" and "Pirates Choice" by Orchestra Baobab are repeat albums: Ken Dou Werente by Orchestra Baobab was released in 1983 and Pirates Choice by Orchestra Baobab is a deluxe edition/remaster with an expanded track list (as listed on BEA) released in 2001 according to Discogs. In Ken Dou Werente's moderation history, you can see multiple instances of Pirates Choice being flagged and combined, but a new Pirates Choice keeps popping up including most recently about a year ago.

I have a couple suggestions on how to remedy this and make sure it doesn't pop up again:
1. Re-title "Ken Dou Werente" to something along the lines of "Ken Dou Werente [Pirates Choice]"
2. or, edit Pirates Choice to clarify that it's a compilation and released in 2001.

It's a tricky situation since the album was released in different formats in different regions over the years, but these are my thoughts on how to deal with it.