45worlds Forum - View Single Post - With or without Barcode

Latest Posts » CD Albums » View Topic

View Single Post

Topic: With or without Barcode

15th Dec 2021, 11:59 AM
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3708 Points Moderator	The joy of CDs! In the first instance, I agree with Lee, as the barcode in this case seems merely to be an "addition" of information to a pre-existing issue (If all else is the same)... And so belongs on that page. Oddly though, it seems quite a late release not to have had a barcode on issue... ... barcodes beginning late 83 /84, about a year or so after the first CDs... CDs of this time will have that transition un-barcoded / barcoded... bit up in the air as to whether people think some un-barcoded ones should have a separate entry, as they are often regarded as of greater importance / value - a collectible "thing in itself" where the only slightly later ones with the simple addition of a barcode can be considered less collectible/ desirable / valuable / important to a marked degree. I realise there's tons on site that should (depending on which view you take) should either be merged with other entries, or separated. Other reasons why such a late issue (90s) may not seem to feature a barcode, and which should be considered, are whether it was initially issued in a slipcase, sporting that barcode, and which you may simply be missing, or an obi strip, as per Japanese issues, which carry the barcode... or simply that some particualr label didn't do it for whatever reason - Yazoo: Upstairs CD on Mute label, doesn't have one forsome reason, despite it's date of release. The details given in your second CD warrant separate entry, there is a substantial difference to define it as a "different product" than the other. It's not always clear, and no single rule can encompass the varying reasons and methods of all labels, without excluding others who fall outside that rule...and that's why I call it A-logical: they won't all go neatly into any one hole / system / method. (Which is troublesome when trying to make them conform to a single system or guideline such as this site.... All we can do is throw tighter and tighter loops around the entries made, and adjust, or evolve the site (the theory) to fit the facts (The CDs etc.). We can only do this, and get more accurate with the addition of more info / entries, in order to be able to say that this or that is more generally true. I still think (And it is becoming more apparent) that club editions need their own separate entries, and a new "Format" needs to be added to the options to reflect this, as well as XRCD, and Maxi-CD / Single for CD singles world. ...One day, perhaps! In the meantime, the method is- throw it up here on site, according to your best guess, and without fear of making a mistake, or getting it wrong, and we'll have more to work with, in order to be able to make more accurate determinations, and increase the probability of being correct... The fact that you ask implies you already had an instinct for what to do, but were worried it might be wrong. Be fearless, as there's nothing that can't be fixed or hammered into shape later. Bang 'em in, and we shall overcome!