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MusicBrainz doesnt accept & in Title when searching
skyfingerPostJuly 9, 2016, 19:17
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Normal topicMusicBrainz doesnt accept & in Title when searching

MusicBrainz won't find a release if there's an & in the Title field when searching (I'm guessing it's not escaped?). If you change the "&" to "and" and search, MusicBrainz does produce results with the Titles containing &.

An example would be "Day & Age" by The Killers. It won't find it as entered, but will find it as "Day and Age" and show results that are all "Day & Age."
2MR2PostJuly 9, 2016, 22:07
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Normal topicRe: MusicBrainz doesnt accept & in Title when searching

Ahh, so sad. I've been running up against these search-isms for years with Discogs, but not with MusicBrainz. It comes down to how MusicBrainz ripples the text through its search engine. There are multiple layers of escaping that is required. The & is actually escaped when sent to MB. Inserting "and" is not required....simply eliminating the & will solve the issue. &s in the Artist field work just fine and the escaping is identical.

It's a relatively easy fix which I'll put in the upcoming v3.13.1.
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