Catalogue EPs and mini-albums

The title on the cover is the thing you will search for. A note can say it is a 12-inch EP, a 7-inch, or a mini-album, so you know which object you meant when the same name turns up on a later CD-era reissue.

Tracks matter here because the EP may be the only place a song exists in your collection. The track list on the record page is how you remember the extra songs, and how a search for one of those songs finds the EP.

EPs fall between singles and albums and get left off both lists. Give them their own rows in the same vault. A separate pile in your head is how they get bought again.

Keep the EP as its own record, even if every song later appeared on an LP you also own. Mention the album in the notes if you want that link. Filing the EP under the parent album hides the format, the year, and the tracks that were different.

If a search only offers the later album, add the EP by hand rather than saving the wrong release. The sleeve and the tracks should belong to the record you have. You can edit it later if a better match appears.

Search the EP title and save the pressing that matches. Upload a photo of the sleeve if the catalogue image is missing or is the album cover instead.

A mini-album you want but do not own belongs on the wishlist, with the format in the note, so you do not come home with the full album by mistake.