# Plex Music - Record Label Irregularities

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**Created:** [April 13, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-record-label-irregularities/709139 "2021-04-13T06:31:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-record-label-irregularities/709139/5 "2021-05-05T06:10:35Z")

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> [@certuna](#):
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> if they have a musicbrainz id stored that corresponds to a Russian issue, Plex will pick that up

This is not the behaviour I’ve observed, nor is it expected, and is contrary to that observed by others:

> [@Verify Plex Music (MuiscBrainz) metadata behavior](https://forums.plex.tv/t/verify-plex-music-muiscbrainz-metadata-behavior/584447/3):
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> Thank you. I verified the behavior with a few other cases, and it does take the “Record Label” from the chronologically first entry (the same entry that “Originally Available” is pulled from).

Following a Refresh All Metadata on PMS version 1.23.0.4459 - Anathema - Serenades (1993) is now correctly using Peaceville. Several other albums, including the other two Anathema albums above, are still attributed by Plex with inaccurate record labels.

A particularly egregious example is [Music on Vinyl](https://musicbrainz.org/label/ba877a7c-18a9-4c68-8296-687fc3402864) (re-issue imprint with earliest release in MusicBrainz from 2009) which Plex has used for the following:

- David Bowie - [Hours (1999)](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/e8a94ea7-8466-389e-830a-d356801ca68c)  
Original release: [1999-10-05 - US - Virgin](https://musicbrainz.org/release/99eb4d59-f74c-3dad-ab63-92f2064d0a54)  
Files tagged with: [2004 - XE - Columbia](https://musicbrainz.org/release/c7ba3aa7-4a20-487a-ad67-284a8999be0e)
- Jeff Buckley - [Grace - (1994)](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/ea29c347-696f-3165-986d-7bad1394b178)  
Earliest release: [1994-08-15 - GB - Columbia](https://musicbrainz.org/release/ecba98a1-8831-37ec-8756-5d8e006884a1)  
Original release: [1994-08-23 - US - Columbia](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/ea29c347-696f-3165-986d-7bad1394b178)  
Files tagged with: [1994-08-23 - US - Columbia](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/ea29c347-696f-3165-986d-7bad1394b178)
- Alice Cooper - [The Last Temptation (1994)](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/27b8892e-e772-3edf-8b3a-0aeddb455e96)  
Earliest release: [1994-06-23 - JP - Epic](https://musicbrainz.org/release/72c355f1-5feb-4e51-a342-8aabde4471da)  
Original release: [1994-07-12 - US - Epic](https://musicbrainz.org/release/b49057c4-efde-4e17-b47c-bd288a063efe)  
Files tagged with: [1994 - XE - Epic](https://musicbrainz.org/release/d72893ae-b2a9-48ff-8161-9363c5c19da2)
- Faith No More - [Introduce Yourself (1987)](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/0103c698-c972-3de3-897f-0907814affca)  
Original release: [1987 - US - Slash](https://musicbrainz.org/release/c65833ed-66b1-448d-a00d-00bdba1bcfd3)  
Files tagged with: [1990 - AU - Liberation Records](https://musicbrainz.org/release/b9c0ba0e-7b88-4589-85c1-95a065fcaabd)
- Opeth - [Damnation (2003)](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/2864ec02-5e6a-36d8-9960-ccd959b9a618)  
Earliest release: [2003-04-07 - AU - Music for Nations](https://musicbrainz.org/release/4632c0fa-ccba-3f73-8fd3-6ff0da891fa7)  
Original release: [2003 - XE - Music for Nations](https://musicbrainz.org/release/5eaf5787-92d8-4ef7-afe2-3f28d5e0f35e)  
Files tagged with: [2003-04-14 - GB - Music for Nations](https://musicbrainz.org/release/30012688-0393-3e89-94fb-d4f36bc401a0)

Other noticeably dubious record labels used by Plex include [Back on Black](https://musicbrainz.org/label/8e0b7011-4ae3-464a-b084-a8809026f5c0), [Icarus Music](https://musicbrainz.org/label/2204bf02-54a5-4a17-844d-602db0352e9f) and [Mazzar Records](https://musicbrainz.org/label/e6989813-b2df-499f-87f1-a504fbf11152).

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