I am not sure if this should go into the database thread, but I think I might ask here.
I am somewhat lost. As I added a few more OMNIMUSIC tracks, I juggled with the APM website, Discogs, Spotify/Apple Music (for the album covers) and the Fandom website.
And...I have a big problem with the release dates! Because both APM and Spotify/Apple Music show year X and Discogs and the Fandom show year Y.
I remember I was taking the information of the APM webpage because, hey, it's their stock and I expect the master company to have right dates listed. And I am sure they take those informations over to Apple and Spotify.
However, I also think the people owning the disks and especially the LPs can read the sleeve, as on the latter, it's written in big numbers. So I thought I can take what Discogs and the Fandom says.
Now I am confused and I just want to pick the right dates for my OMNIMUSIC gems - are there re-issues? How trustworthy is the Fandom? I'd like to use the Fandom to correct my release dates, but I still kind of hesitate. Over the years I got used to certain tracks "sounding 1986". Suddenly, they are from 1992. Tracks dated on APM on early 1990s are suddenly at the end - 1998. Audio-wise, it's hard to really discern, because this "disco rock" style can be equally from 1980 or 1984.
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What do you guys and gals think what to do? Reading (C) 1999 at Spotify.com on a 2003 album according to the Fandom makes me a bit uncomfortable in that matter. Also, I also expect when a website like APM lists exact release dates, such as Febuary 17th of 1989, it gives me confidence that these dates are the correct ones..
The same goes on with the names. Many albums are on APM listed as created by "Mark W. Wood". But on Discogs, there is a Mark Wood and associated to these albums, but where the heck comes the "W." from? Is APM making up names, but why would they do that?!
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Right now, I halt everything until one or two could nudge me into the right direction. It kinda sucks because I hate it when the data integrity is not given... I am already miffed by the re-issued album covers for many, but I can kind of live with that.
Please help :-\