Catalogue a reggae vinyl collection

Pre-releases and later jackets do not always match. Trust the label, and say in the notes if the sleeve is a generic one, a stamped title, or a jacket from a different issue. The label is the record. The sleeve may be a guess someone made years ago.

Versions and dubs are separate records when you own both. Give each its own row, with a title you will recognise. Sharing one entry hides a disc you cannot see from the other.

A plain sleeve still needs a clear title. Search cannot find a record you only photographed. Type the artist and the track as they appear on the label, and upload a photo of that label if the printing is faint.

Many of these records will not come up cleanly, or will come up as a later issue. Add by hand rather than forcing the disc onto a commercial pressing it does not match. A wrong release, with the wrong sleeve, is harder to fix in your memory than a plain entry with an honest note.

A market price may not exist for a pre-release. Type a price if you want that record in the collection total. Leaving it blank keeps it out of the sum, which is better than inventing a figure from a different issue.

Search first. If the label does not match, add it by hand. Upload a photo when the sleeve is printed and worth seeing. Keep vocals and dubs as separate rows when they are separate discs.

A record you are still looking for, including an official issue of something you only have as a pre-release, belongs on the wishlist.