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Posted: November 24 2008 at 02:10

Bitterblogger wrote:

This case is easy. Just use ELP.

I understand your position but it's not right: the database specifies very clearly "Emerson, Lake & Palmer", not "E.L.P."

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Posted: November 21 2008 at 16:37

This case is easy. Just use ELP. It's next to a no-brainer to figure out what each letter stands for (the personnel are listed on the sleeve/box).

A tougher one is Crosby, Stills, Nash, (Young), given that the majority didn't have Neil's participation, not to mention the additional permutation of Crosby-Nash.

How about Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship? Or Paul McCartney/Paul McCartney & Wings/Wings?

And a real Pandora's Box is jazz ensembles--groupings of musicians that recorded, but didn't form a "band" beyond that. List it under the leader's name (if that can be ascertained), or alphabetically?

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Posted: November 21 2008 at 15:33

Cozy must be pissed.

Anyway, I think you have a valid point, there. I hadn't thought of that.

Edited by Epignosis - November 21 2008 at 15:33

https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays

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Posted: November 21 2008 at 13:15

Usually, a band keeps its name despite line-up changes. But, what do we do with a band whose name consists of its members' names? Do you think it's fair to list the Emerson, Lake & Powell albums under the band entry for Emerson, Lake & Palmer? Especially when the new band name is clearly written as something different than the album name, like here: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=20066

I think the link above clearly shows this issue should be considered as an error of the discography, and not an exception.

Edited by Swan Song - November 21 2008 at 13:16