Multiple covers in box sets

[fasterbyelan]

[QUOTE=The_Mole;15835]Something that I've come across.... I've been buying "aging rocker ;D " CDs which have "new" covers, in that they are different to the original LP (ahem, that's vinyl to our younger readers ); also some "double CDs" which have two "originals" (LP or CD) in a "new" cover; as an example, the Ozric Tentacles "doubles" have covers which are a melange of the two originals.


I am having problems adding differing album covers to box sets and a quick search through the forum show that this was discussed a year ago. Was a successful conclusion reached (I fear not!) or is there a work around?

This is likely to be a growing problem with the increasing number of sets with mini LP covers - I am currently entering a 55 disc set, all in individual covers, which are all obviously different to the box set cover.

Karl

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[Jazz_North]

There are two different problems with reissued box sets. In some boxes - the Beatles boxes are an example - each of the cds is a single original album, with maybe some bonus tracks. (Of course, the Beatles box also includes two cds that contain singles that never were on an album.) Deutsche Grammophone has a huge 111 cd box to celebrate its 111 years with each cd being an intact original cd. For these one can think of solution that allows a cover for the whole box and then a separate cover for each component disc.

A different problem arises with box sets like those issued by Mosaic or Concord, such as the Complete Riverside Recordings of Thelonious Monk. Here the tracks are ordered chronologically, regardless of original cd/lp release. So no box cd represents a single original cd and the tracks on a single box set cd may come from several original cds. So to preserve the original cover, the original cover would have to be attached to tracks rather than disks and presumably would display in track view, but not in album view. (I should add that some of these box sets also have unique covers for each cd.)

I have thought that Andrei might solve this by adding a custom field that would accept graphics, but there would need to be some control over how these custom field images would be stored as there is now for covers.

[gurnemanz]

Unless the box is one work, i.e. an opera, I prefer to keep big boxes as separate items and link them as a saved query either via the album title or the keyword field.

[Jazz_North]

Unless the box is one work, i.e. an opera, I prefer to keep big boxes as separate items and link them as a saved query either via the album title or the keyword field.

As do I if the box is composed of mostly intact original cds. But many of the multiple disc "complete recordings of.." are not organised that way. None of the Mosaic sets are set up like that, nor are any of the complete Coltrane sets (Prestige, Atlantic or Impulse) or the various Columbia Miles Davis boxes. All these tend to be in chronological order and that seldom corresponds to the structure of a released album. I have a track custom field that identifies the original release format (some were originally 78s or 45s) and album title in these cases, but I have no way to add the original cover art and that's what I am after.

I should also say that there are some single CDs that are compilations where I would like to be able to attach the original cover art work for the album each track came from to that track.

[pjean]

I'm having the same problem.

I have many box-sets, composed of reissues of old albums.
Each album has its own original cover.

Why can I only add one cover for the whole box-set.

[fasterbyelan]

I'm having the same problem.

I have many box-sets, composed of reissues of old albums.
Each album has its own original cover.

Why can I only add one cover for the whole box-set.

I don't think that the album covers are the only data that can't be added, for example the record/cd number for each disc in the set cannot be entered.

It would be good to get this sorted as, for me, it is the only problem I have with the software. Having a large number of box set it is frustrating not to have the relevant data available in the database.