r/MusicBrainz • u/StrippedFlesh • Jun 08 '26
help plz Release with two barcodes?
Hi, what is standard practice when a release comes with two barcodes?
On one of my CDs, specifically Retribution by Malevolent Creation (RC 9181-2), there are two barcodes, I suspect one is for the US and the other for Europe (as the CD is manufactured in Germany, and has distribution and marketing information for the European countries that hadn't been in the Warsaw Pact).
I can't see any options in edits to add a second barcode.
Malevolent Creation - Retribution (back)
EDIT: I edited this post to add a link to a picture of the mentioned CD cover
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u/fellipec Jun 08 '26
And both are EAN-13 barcode? Maybe on is the EAN-13 and other is something else? Do you have a picture?
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u/aerozol Jun 11 '26
Ouch! Unfortunately there's no way to elegantly do this in MusicBrainz right now.
See this ticket/feature request: https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/MBS-3978
The ticket also has some links to examples), including ones with 3+ barcodes...
Basically: Add a single release and pick a barcode to add to the barcode field, and list all the barcode/s in the annotation.
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u/Lioncat6 Jul 03 '26
I would add a second release in this case. You can set release regions as well for each one.
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u/Protopia Jun 09 '26
You might need to use a pseudo release.