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5th Aug 2014, 8:12 PM
	Dr Doom SUBS I wanna eat an artichoke once in a while Member since Feb 2008 25002 Points Administrator	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.