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Question about slipcovers for CDs.
Have some slipcover CDs here (to be imported).
It strikes me that the slipcovers have a different ean/barcode than the corresponding item (cd box). Is this going to be a) a comment or…? and b) item exists in LD, but without cover + booklet.. just complete (also here a different barcode no. may apply)?
c) in relation to b: is this possibly. an entirely new item (knowing that the item is valid, but an in/complete release..
In the handbook there is Extra features, but no further information regarding these numbers.
Please advise/opinion.

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So, we're back ;-) 'just' did an extensive search on those numbers. (relationship > LD input control asset/search asset). Hope clarification on question/problem'.

Ok, are EAN-13 numbers and the covers use an RS code (control number).
I think that has already been discussed somewhere (construction method), As far as (possible) clear.

However, when entering in dbases I do find (in quantity) results on the code of the ''CD" and only briefly a result on the cover number.
So it does make a difference which one will be used for input, if I want to link it to something.

Practical example (=question) : Suppose I enter the slipcover as code in the catalogue. Visually it is different from the item code on the 'cd'.
Doesn't that confuse the 'importer'? Which (they both exist) and which one is desired? (clarity because it exists).
But this also leads to confusion (reactions) if necessary. check this (visually).
I assume that not everyone (for whatever reason) enters everything exactly.
Prevention is better than cure...
CD example:
The all-time greatest Country
EAN-13: 5 099750 053898 code on CD > can be found in diff. databases/sites
EAN-13: 5 099750 053829 code on cover > I can only find it on dbase with mention
Country of Registration:UK.
leave the code on the accompanying booklet outside for a while.
They belong together as a package (have ever bought physical items together).
I may be being fussy (or pietje p), but I'm thinking of 'the user' and the 'reviewer'.
Basis : the more data available, the greater the accuracy of an item (whatever one wants to do with it (data)).

added extra :
I make an input difference here, not out of view of a value determination!!
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August 08, 2023 14:43
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The item is leading, so the info on the item (either CD, LP, EP or Single) is listed in the database in the appropriate fields. The different barcode of the slipcase can be stated in the details field. You sometimes also see with vinyl that the release number on the label differs from the number on the cover. This is usually a result of importing the vinyl and packaging it in its own sleeve. Also record the number of the vinyl here and mention the deviations in the details field.
In the absence of a slipcase, the question is whether it was included in the first instance. I have a Sgt Pepper CD with slipcase and one without. So that remains difficult. The bottom line is that you have to go find out if there was a slipcase. Most importers don't. If it turns out that the item was sold both with and without a slipcase, I would advise listing it as a new item. If you are 100% sure that all items in slipcase have been sold, you can add to the existing item.
In principle, you could still enter an empty slipcase in the Other section. That has also happened with factory covers . (nice series!)
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FransS totally clear. Unfortunately, the disadvantage is that the information is now in the forum, and not centrally.
As for the factory covers: does that also mean that an existing cover (without single ed.), and not yet in LD, may be added to this?

And yes, it seems useful to me that you also have/get a possible 'loan point' (for administrators) for a missing item part (ha, comment will not be immediately appreciated I think (potential workload) ;-) ).
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Yes, you may add any factory case without a single in the Other category. (Provided it's not in it yet ;-)) Of course not to the Records / CD section.

I have no idea what you mean by "loan point". I myself think that as an administrator I can't do anything with missing parts. You can come up with hundreds of things for LD, but it must remain workable. Not just for administrators, but for all collectors. Most people think it's best if they can get the most important information in their own collection in a simple way. ;-)
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At the factory covers I see 7 covers from artists.
I don't think they belong.
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@Hj
Harry, I'm going to approach the input one more time
I had also seen the day before yesterday short-circuited with Frans
But I think there are more factory covers?

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Last period a bit of Polydor
Series created (not finished yet)
That's where those record stores were so handy to release double LPs in a separate sleeve
But they are going to give the cover a separate number that is not on the vinyl. And start giving a separate “series” name
Which is actually what book and record did with their release
We could tackle that if “book and record” is the only series
But as soon as other series are also present with their own numbering, things go wrong
I think we need to find out more about that
In my experience, sequences provide great help and clear views

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Don't worry Dick52 I'm not going to do anything crazy.
Enter a) no single cover (unless I see some happening/future ) and b) stick to FransS recommendations.

I only look at what I run into (as a beginner), ask questions and pass on what if I see / can be a possible point for improvement (or something wrong or something like that) (for LD and ultimately also for the user).. Hence first always question/opinion. Open discussions often lead to a result and I (ea) am/are still able to learn/unlearn something (wishful thinking).
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They really don't belong there. Perhaps because the name is not so well chosen: record cover. In principle it is not wrong. A better title is Factory Sleeve (Company Sleeve). But I'm not an admin of the Other section, so I can't do much ;-) Maybe Jilles can take a look at this?
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It's not just factory covers
Also think of other things that have something to do with plates etc
I sent the importer a message yesterday to add the covers if they are not there yet, otherwise to place them in my own collection with an existing item
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It was originally intended for factory covers, wasn't it? If we leave the name as it is, you can also put LP covers and single covers in it and that is not the intention. Those inner sleeves that are there can also be used under the heading Record inner sleeves, right?
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FransS Dick52 ea why not a clearer word? Then hopefully there will be no confusion with /about the concept of factory covers > Internal cover or External cover (which can then possibly be linked to the 'object'.

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It was originally intended for factory covers, wasn't it? If we leave the name as it is, you can also put LP covers and single covers in it and that is not the intention.

Just an additional question: Where should the empty normal record sleeves (LP and Single) be placed? Aren't they also collected?
At Music you will find the complete items, including cover and record. But there are probably quite a few people who are only interested in the sometimes very beautiful covers.
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@Frans you can!

Only photo cover or now singles ep or lp not



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Loose record photo covers without vinyl can simply be placed with records
wiki
So the vinyl can complement anyone
Coincidentally, I performed this item in my last work
And I think maybe 2 years ago something like that and added vinyl last week!
Certainly factory covers, I'm still looking for a number of Apple covers
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I think it's fine that all kinds of music-related things are entered under other / record cover but not under that name. That creates confusion. And that is why you get empty photo covers in this category. Dick is right: enter empty photo covers (not factory covers) in the music section. Then other collectors can add the vinyl later. And that is also what is happening. The other way around too: there are many "loose" singles without covers in the music section. They should be removed (according to Tammo's reasoning) because they are not complete.
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Nice discussion about what makes an item an item for a category.
In the Records and CDs category, I think this means that music must be heard on an item anyway.
This is not possible with an empty record cover and it therefore does not belong in the Music section. Loose singles, etc. can be placed in the Music section, which can be added later until the item is completely complete as it was when that item was issued.

A collector of record covers has no direct interest in the music, only in the cover itself. Especially the record covers specially made by designers are very attractive to collectors. I think they can be entered under Other / Packaging / Record cover. There's nothing confusing about it. The empty "factory covers" can be entered as a separate type, to distinguish these covers from the normal record covers.

Perhaps this is swearing in the church of music lovers, but there are also lovers of beautiful record covers, without having any feeling for the music that can be heard on the record.
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Collectioneur An empty record cover makes me think of an 'incomplete item' (which is not allowed in the catalogue) or a duplicate of a full record cover (and double work to enter the same again).
You decide what it will be, but can't a collector just look for this in music and then put 'empty' as a comment in his own collection?
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In the Basic manual it says at 1.5.2.:
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Collectioneur FransS
Still, this hits the problem with music
Follow Collectioneur there should be music on it I think more sound.
(For books, we also include books without dust jackets)
With records, the cover version often makes an important difference, but just as much the inner sleeve, the poster, the booklet, the stickers and whatnot
It is true that some see a cover as an art form and sometimes hang it on the wall
(Gronings museum has an exhibition about this this year or is it still running?) and last week a nice TV broadcast about it
But I don't think the so-called factory covers etc are worth collecting, but they are okay to look at and recognize
I have also placed a number of stickers from gramophone / white goods stores that can sometimes be linked to postcards and also a time recognition, always easy to determine with the year
And I think you should judge the empty photo cover as a sealed copy (I just don't understand that you leave it sealed) you can always add wiki
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Certainly in my own collection I also have items without original photo cover
But also books without dust jackets
I find it a problem if you place a poster that belongs to an LP separately as a poster, and now especially because you can now also make it visible 12 scans (sometimes still too few)
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You can enter a poster as an item in the section " Posters and Posters ".
You can also add an image to the item (LP, etc), where you indicated that there was a poster attached to that item.
This also happens with book covers, which are listed in "Other / Book cover". The complete book, including book cover, can be found in the Books section.

According to Collecteur there must be music on it, I think more sound.
(For books, we also include books without dust jackets)

It seems clear to me what is meant by Music/Sound.
Books without dust jackets will only be accepted if they have been published without a jacket or if a complete item (book + dust jacket) has not yet been entered. Just like with Music, where the carrier is the most important and may therefore also be introduced separately first. Until someone completes it.
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Let me be honest, I have never looked at other book covers
I've always had a problem and still: an album has to be entered with all the bells and whistles
From the beginning I have called meeeeeeer scans and fortunately that has been settled 14 years later
That's why I found placing a poster with posters acceptable was no other choice
But now I think they just belong to the original album, should be visible
Dust jacket remains loose even if the book is completely supplemented, I assume (I don't understand man / woman power to tackle that)
That is why photo sleeve can simply be entered with records
Apart from the fact that if only the front cover is added, you will not see this in the scan with a book, it is more noticeable
Now I think a fabric cover is different from a photo cover, but that is very personal
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Collectioneur and all others..
Just a small comment (yep discussion is getting better).
Until someone completes it
Ooh, there it goes.

And I think many administrators will agree on that. And I think another discussion should/could be started on that. Interested? wants to give an impetus.. (also applicable for other sections).
Had already mentioned it before at the start of the discussion, regarding the word 'loan point = storage archive'.
If that is clearer: call it 'formulated', that includes a large part of the above recommendations, methods, wishes, etc. (in my opinion). And yes, IT will eventually (sometimes unfortunately) become work, you can't make an administrator happy with that.
But... I've already learned something from doing, asking and answering, but everything is and remains dependent on 'the will' of the user, and how he/she does/can do that (edit : yes there are manuals). And thus relieve administrators and reviewers.
Dick52 above actually sums it up nicely, and it leads to a catalog's 'objective'. The end is far from in sight (and then I'll leave out the commercial part for the sake of convenience.
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