What ID3v2 could have been
I still run into challenges with ID3v2 tags on a regular basis trying to manage my offline music collection.One of the most frequent problems is how to organize various pressings of an album. Specifically, if I have an album that was originally released in 1970, but my copy in question is a Remaster from 2001, what do I use for the year? 1970, or 2001? You might initially think to pick the Remaster year, but let's assume that this is Album II of Famous Band, and I don't happen to have a rip of the original release. Now when I'm navigating through the band chronologically (as I usually do), the order looks like this:Famous Band - 1968 - Album IFamous Band - 1969 - Album IIFamous Band - 1974 - Album IVFamous Band - 1980 - Album VFamous Band - 1990 - Album VIFamous Band - 2001 - Album III (Remastered)My solution thus far has been to tag the album with the original release year, but then change the Album Name to "Album III (Remastered, 2001)". It's still not perfect, though.It's somewhat gratifying to see that streaming platforms have the same problem, though, as I can see on Spotify/Tidal/Youtube Music that they regularly disagree on the release date of an album if their source is the remaster or re-release pressing.