[iTunes] Song that is incorrectly identified in Apple Music Store

Steve Martin martin at metronet.com
Fri May 23 06:50:40 PDT 2003


Looks like "What'd I Say Parts I & II" from the "Ultimate Hits 
Collection" is the same Part I only version (the 30 second samples are 
identical).

On Friday, May 23, 2003, at 08:07  AM, Steve Martin wrote:

> Yesterday I bought
>
> Ray Charles -> The Birth Of Soul -> What'd I Say (Stereo). It is track 
> 15 of 18 on Disc 3 of the set.
>
> A relative owns this set and we were interested that while that track 
> on his CD is 6:29 long, the one listed on the Apple store was only 
> 3:11.
>
> Turns out, it is not the correct version of the song.  It is a mono 
> version of the song (part I only of a song that has part I & II) and 
> even has the cover art for a different Ray Charles compilation, "The 
> Best of Ray Charles The Atlantic Years".  But, the tag data does 
> indicate is is track 15 disc 3 of The Birth of Soul.
>
> I filled out the customer support form (although it really has no 
> "category" for reporting this kind of problem) and reported it via 
> feedback in iTunes to the Apple Music store.  I'm really curious as to 
> how this will be handled and will keep everyone posted.
>
> If not an isolated error, it puts into question the contents of any 
> compilation CD's as it looks like this track may have been just copied 
> and "reassigned" to another CD based on the artist and track title 
> name without regard for the fact that it is actually a different 
> version of the same song.
>
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