Various Artists

[stevo]

Is there a special way to add album art for various artists?

I have a few covers which aren't listed, and when I go to add the CD using the ID from MusicBrainz I get an "Please add the artist before adding albums for that artist" error.

I can't find any FAQs on the subject, any ideas?

Stevo.

[andyforman001]

I had fun trying to add things when I first started and it was all down to getting the right ID.

Have you got an example and the ID you are trying to use

[stevo]

Hi,

For starters the albums Tomb Raider and Little Nicky.

I've just tried a few IDs for Tomb Raider but couldn't get any of them to work. Its not the end of the world if I can't get them on. Example ID for Tomb Raider is 1690239f-0d0d-41aa-bb78-bb277870e379

Thanks again.

[stevo]

Actually just got it working. When you goto an album it mentioned there being X many releases for this album. Clicking on that got me an ID which has worked.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction

[ZincRider]

Right, you've got to use the release group ID, not the release ID.

[zorensen]

Correct. Use the release group ID, not the release ID.
I wrote a guide about this a while ago. You can read it here if you like;

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