Copying Dr. Doom's guide to adding country from four-and-a-bit years ago:
"Firstly it's worth saying that you shouldn't worry too much about choosing a country as an entry can always be edited at a later date if a CD is found to have been released in several different countries or alternatively a CD entered as 'Europe' can be changed to 'Germany' if it's discovered that the German issue is different to the same album's release in other parts of Europe.
1. We DO NOT mean country of manufacture. A lot of CDs were manufactured in Austria and Holland because their factories were the best or cheapest at the time. The actual CDs produced were probably meant for sale in other parts of Europe. Country of manufacture can be mentioned in notes if you feel it is of interest.
2. For many major label releases it's likely that the release will be 'Europe' or 'International' rather than an individual country. If an identical CD is for sale in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland and Germany (as an example) then we would choose EUROPE.
3. For smaller independent releases it's more likely that they should be credited to an individual country i.e Ace = UK and Bear Family = Germany. Of course Ace records and Bear Family are for sale in shops all over the world but this is slightly different from a fullscale international release by a label like Universal
A good way to think about choosing between 2 and 3 is to think about the record label involved. EMI will have offices in most countries of the developed world, their CDs are very likely to 'International' or 'Europe'. A smaller independent label like Domino only has a UK HQ and their releases are much more likely to be classified as UK."
This was pretty good, but I think section 2 didn't go quite far enough and should be expanded with this bit added on at the end:
"If an identical CD is for sale in UK, Europe, the Americas and Australasia (as an example) then we would choose INTERNATIONAL."
Also, the "for sale" bit should probably be changed to "licensed for sale", making it clearer that the item has to have been released in another country via a subsidiary or licensee, and not just purchased via an import shop.
My first preference would be to expand the country field to accept multiple flags, as I suggested before, but if that's a non-starter, then PLEASE make the changes suggested above, and make sure that the mods follow them! This needs to be resolved one way or the other, because it has dragged on for far too long.
Why is this an EU release?? The very same CD was released in three countries (that I know of) outside the EU. Or don't we bother with pesky details like that anymore?
This identical CD was released in Australia. International? It was also released in Argentina and Canada with the same cat#, label and barcode. The USA edition has the same details but is on Virgin for some reason so that needs a separate entry. If EU or UK price codes, publishing rights and secondary cat#s have anything to do with entering CDs can we have something in the guidelines to explain how to use them. My suggestion on this is, if discrepancies in price codes, publishing rights and secondary cat#s exist that they be added to the notes and NOT used as evidence to create separate entries. I have done this myself and got away with it. If the primary cat#, label and barcode match surely that's enough to declare a CD international if not we need to set some new parameters.
I see Monolith is not a fan of this one but I am so I'll rate it slightly (a lot) higher across the board. I suppose Bowie's ambient/industrial/krautrock inspired noodlings aren't for everyone but I like them a lot.
Added Booklet scans pages 2-15 and the 24 bit remaster sticker to be shuffled into place. I have four of these European versions and they all have a little click at the start of the CD. I have three Australian editions but they don't have it. I think they were all bought at the same shop within a fortnight of each other when they came out and why I have 4 European and 3 Australian copies is a mystery to me.