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Topic: CD Albums: Time To Bite The Bullet Pt. 1 The Problem

20th May 2017, 11:55 AM
	TopPopper Member since Mar 2013 2612 Points	Hi Lee. I've read through your posts, which began "this world needs a complete overhaul", and braced myself. To be honest, having gone through all your comments, I think the issues you raise boil down to just two things - the way artist discographies are sorted, and the country designation issues. I don't consider that amending either of these would constitute a complete overhaul of the whole site, but hey-ho. I agree the artist discographies are not perfect, but also remember, we are bound by what's out there and what was issued - we can't just have some ideal discography. It has to be correct, whether it's ugly or beautiful. I have often thought there might be a case for only listing the first edition of a given album, and having all the re-issues, and different editions as some sort of sub-menu. I think there might be some merit in that, but that's about as much thought as I've given it, and I've no doubt at all that further complications would be raised. Sort buttons would be nice - so users could sort the discograhy by date, cat number, country etc... Which comes on to the country designation thing. It's very difficult to see a clear way forward. I just bought a Robyn Hitchcock CD from Amazon, the day it was released. I live in the UK, I bought it on Amazon UK, but everything about it makes it look like a US product, which is how I listed it. Is it for sale in the UK? Yes. Is it available in other countries? Yes. So, it's really a global release - as is everything nowadays. What can we do, other than use the most realistic option? So far I've not heard a viable solution, so we have to live with things as they are. I don't think you can set hard and fast rules. For instance, your own ideas mention the place the product was manufactured, but then disregard this issue when deciding on the country (which, incidentally, I would agree with). We just return to the place of marketing - and so I refer back to my Robyn Hitchcock CD. I got reminders from his website, went to another UK website and ordered it - I could have done the same had I lived in any country. It will be listed for sale on Amazon Germany, Canada, wherever. Everything's international in practice. I think we need to just live with things as they are. Let's not lose site of the great things about 45 Worlds, by just focussing in on these imperfections. It's still a wonderful resource, even if it's not 100 percent perfect. 95 percent is good enough (as I often tell my missus!).