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Searching for Audio Releases

Searching for Audio Releases is similar to Searching for Artists.
 
To add Audio Releases, click the From Internet button on the toolbar, switch the Search Type to Releases, type a search query, and click Search. The search query may be a part of the release title, or a barcode, however not all releases have the barcode information in the MusicBrainz.org database.
 
WinCatalog will search for releases matching the entered query and display up to 25 releases at a time. Click the Load More Results button to load more results matching the query if needed.
 
In the screenshot below, there are releases matching the "take five" (without quotes) search term:
 
 
Select Audio Release on the left and inspect the details on the right. All media associated with the Release will be listed on the right pane. Click the Add button to add the correspondent media to the catalog. The added media will be shown at the bottom Basket view. Click Save to save changes, Save and Close to save changes and close the window, or Close to close the window without saving.
 
To remove the Audio Release from the Basket view hover the mouse over the release and click the hovering Delete button.
 
Useful tip: if you know the MusicBrainz ID of the release, you may enter it as the search query in the following format: "reid:{musicbrainz-id}" or just "{musicbrainz-id}" (without quotes) and get the list of the associated releases. For example, for the following search queries "reid:26ae66aa-1065-4bfd-baa7-af6c865e7ea4" or "26ae66aa-1065-4bfd-baa7-af6c865e7ea4" you'll get the Space Oddity by David Bowie: