internal/release/match.go

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var versions = []struct {
 	{[]string{"karaoke"}, "a karaoke version", ""},
 	{[]string{"acapella", "acappella", "accapella", "acapellas"}, "an a cappella version", ""},
 	{[]string{"remix", "remixes", "remixed"}, "a remix release", "Remix"},
-	{[]string{"live", "bootleg"}, "a live recording", "Live"},
+	{[]string{"live", "bootleg", "bbc", "sessions", "unplugged"}, "a live recording", "Live"},
 	{[]string{"demo", "demos"}, "demo recordings", "Demo"},
 	// Not "covers": in a release name that is usually the artwork scans.
 	{[]string{"tribute", "lullaby", "lullabies"}, "a tribute release", ""},

internal/release/release_test.go

@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ func TestJudge_TheAlbumAndWhatIsNot(t *testing.T) {
 		"Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (Instrumentals) [MP3]":                  VetoVersion,
 		"Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Remixes":                                VetoVersion,
 		"Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (Live) FLAC":                            VetoVersion,
+		"Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (BBC Sessions) FLAC":                    VetoVersion,
+		"Daft Punk - Random Access Memories Unplugged [MP3]":                        VetoVersion,
 		"Daft Punk - Discovery (2001) [FLAC]":                                       VetoTitle,
 		"Random Access Memories (2013) [FLAC]":                                      VetoArtist,
 		"Daft Punk - Discography 1997-2013 FLAC":                                    VetoTitle,

internal/release/version.go

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package release
+
+import "strings"
+
+// TitleVersion is the version of a recording a release group's title names
+// in its qualifier: the words in brackets, or after a dash. MusicBrainz
+// does not always type such a group: My Chemical Romance's "Common People
+// (Recorded For BBC Radio 1)" is a plain Single (#5573). Typ is the
+// MusicBrainz secondary type the version is, or "" for one no type names
+// (an acoustic or instrumental version); Word is the word that said so.
+type TitleVersion struct {
+	Word string
+	What string
+	Typ  string
+}
+
+// titleVersions are the qualifier words that name a version, in the order
+// they are looked for: "rough mix" is a demo before "mix" is a remix.
+var titleVersions = []struct {
+	words []string
+	what  string
+	typ   string
+}{
+	{[]string{"demo", "demos", "outtake", "outtakes", "rehearsal", "rough mix"}, "demo recordings", "Demo"},
+	{[]string{"live", "bootleg", "bbc", "session", "sessions", "unplugged", "recorded for", "in concert"}, "a live recording", "Live"},
+	{[]string{"remix", "remixes", "remixed", "rmx", "mix", "mixes"}, "a remix", "Remix"},
+	{[]string{"instrumental", "instrumentals", "acoustic", "karaoke", "acapella", "acappella", "a cappella",
+		"drumless", "nightcore", "slowed", "sped up"}, "another version", ""},
+	{[]string{"commentary", "interview", "interviews"}, "commentary or interviews", "Interview"},
+}
+
+// VersionInTitle reads a release group's title for the version it names,
+// if any. Only the qualifier counts, so "Live Through This" and "Live
+// Forever" name no version.
+func VersionInTitle(title string) (TitleVersion, bool) {
+	for _, q := range qualifiers(title) {
+		tokens := Tokens(q)
+		for _, v := range titleVersions {
+			for _, w := range v.words {
+				if contains(tokens, strings.Fields(w)) {
+					return TitleVersion{Word: w, What: v.what, Typ: v.typ}, true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return TitleVersion{}, false
+}
+
+// qualifiers are the parts of a title in brackets, and what follows a
+// spaced dash.
+func qualifiers(title string) []string {
+	var out []string
+	depth, start := 0, 0
+	for i, c := range title {
+		switch c {
+		case '(', '[', '{':
+			if depth == 0 {
+				start = i + 1
+			}
+			depth++
+		case ')', ']', '}':
+			if depth > 0 {
+				depth--
+				if depth == 0 {
+					out = append(out, title[start:i])
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if depth > 0 {
+		out = append(out, title[start:])
+	}
+	for _, dash := range []string{" - ", " – ", " — "} {
+		if i := strings.Index(title, dash); i >= 0 {
+			out = append(out, title[i+len(dash):])
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}

internal/release/version_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package release
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestVersionInTitle(t *testing.T) {
+	for title, want := range map[string]string{
+		// My Chemical Romance's groups MusicBrainz types as plain Singles (#5573).
+		"Common People (Recorded For BBC Radio 1)":             "Live",
+		"Welcome to the Black Parade (Steve Aoki remix)":       "Remix",
+		"The Five of Us Are Dying (Rough mix)":                 "Demo",
+		"I'm Not Okay (I Promise) [outtake version 2]":         "Demo",
+		"Na Na Na (live from Sessions@AOL)":                    "Live",
+		"Song - Live at Wembley":                               "Live",
+		"Song – Club Mix":                                      "Remix",
+		"Helena (Acoustic)":                                    "",
+		"Teenagers (a cappella)":                               "",
+		"Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition)":             "none",
+		"Live Through This":                                    "none",
+		"Live Forever":                                         "none",
+		"The Black Parade":                                     "none",
+		"Warped Tour ’05: Bootleg Series (live at Warped Tour": "Live", // unclosed
+	} {
+		v, ok := VersionInTitle(title)
+		got := v.Typ
+		if !ok {
+			got = "none"
+		}
+		if got != want {
+			t.Errorf("VersionInTitle(%q) = %q (%q), want %q", title, got, v.Word, want)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/wanted/profiles.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
 
 	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/db/dbq"
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/release"
 )
 
 // PrimaryTypes and SecondaryTypes are MusicBrainz's release-group types, in
@@ -37,7 +38,12 @@ var (
 // on profile p wants: its primary type is listed, and every secondary type
 // it carries is allowed. A group with no secondary type is a studio release,
 // which every profile passes on its primary type alone.
-func Passes(p dbq.ReleaseTypeProfile, primary string, secondary []string) bool {
+//
+// A version its title names counts as a secondary type MusicBrainz left
+// off (#5573): "Common People (Recorded For BBC Radio 1)" is live whatever
+// its types say, and a version no type names, an acoustic one, no profile
+// passes.
+func Passes(p dbq.ReleaseTypeProfile, title, primary string, secondary []string) bool {
 	if !containsFold(p.PrimaryTypes, primary) {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -46,6 +52,9 @@ func Passes(p dbq.ReleaseTypeProfile, primary string, secondary []string) bool {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
+	if v, ok := release.VersionInTitle(title); ok {
+		return v.Typ != "" && containsFold(p.SecondaryTypes, v.Typ)
+	}
 	return true
 }
 

internal/wanted/wanted.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/catalogue"
 	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/db/dbq"
 	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/musicbrainz"
+	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/release"
 	"git.fabledsword.com/bvandeusen/minstrel/internal/tags"
 )
 
@@ -275,7 +276,13 @@ func (s *Service) applyFollow(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, f dbq.Follow)
 	wanted := 0
 	for _, g := range groups {
 		judge := (baseline && f.WantExisting) || (!baseline && !g.Seen && s.recent(g.FirstReleaseDate, f.BaselineAt.Time))
-		if judge && Passes(profile, g.PrimaryType, g.SecondaryTypes) {
+		passes := Passes(profile, g.Title, g.PrimaryType, g.SecondaryTypes)
+		if !passes {
+			if err := s.dropRefusedVersion(ctx, q, g.Mbid, g.Title); err != nil {
+				return wanted, err
+			}
+		}
+		if judge && passes {
 			held, err := q.LibraryHoldsReleaseGroup(ctx, dbq.LibraryHoldsReleaseGroupParams{
 				GroupMbid: g.Mbid, Title: g.Title, ArtistMbid: f.ArtistMbid,
 			})
@@ -305,6 +312,32 @@ func (s *Service) applyFollow(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, f dbq.Follow)
 	return wanted, q.MarkFollowChecked(ctx, f.ArtistMbid)
 }
 
+// dropRefusedVersion takes off the list a group the follow wanted before
+// Passes read the version its title names (#5573), while it is still only
+// wanted: one the operator holds, or wanted for another reason, stays.
+func (s *Service) dropRefusedVersion(ctx context.Context, q *dbq.Queries, group, title string) error {
+	v, ok := release.VersionInTitle(title)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	w, err := q.GetWantByReleaseGroup(ctx, group)
+	if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("read want %s: %w", title, err)
+	}
+	if w.Reason != ReasonFollow || w.FulfilledAt.Valid {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if _, err := q.DeleteWant(ctx, w.ID); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("drop want %s: %w", title, err)
+	}
+	s.logger.Info("wanted: a followed artist's release is another version, taken off the list",
+		"want", title, "version", v.What, "word", v.Word)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // recent reports whether a release dated date (MusicBrainz's partial date:
 // "2026", "2026-10", "2026-10-09", or empty when not yet known) came out no
 // earlier than NewReleaseGrace before the follow's baseline. A partial date

internal/wanted/wanted_test.go

@@ -30,21 +30,29 @@ func TestPasses_PrimaryListedAndEverySecondaryAllowed(t *testing.T) {
 	withLive := dbq.ReleaseTypeProfile{PrimaryTypes: []string{"Album"}, SecondaryTypes: []string{"Live"}}
 	for _, c := range []struct {
 		profile   dbq.ReleaseTypeProfile
+		title     string
 		primary   string
 		secondary []string
 		want      bool
 	}{
-		{standard, "Album", nil, true},
+		{standard, "Revenge", "Album", nil, true},
-		{standard, "single", nil, true}, // MusicBrainz's case is not relied on
+		{standard, "Helena", "single", nil, true}, // MusicBrainz's case is not relied on
-		{standard, "Album", []string{"Live"}, false},
+		{standard, "Live at Koko", "Album", []string{"Live"}, false},
-		{standard, "Broadcast", nil, false},
+		{standard, "Radio Show", "Broadcast", nil, false},
-		{withLive, "Album", []string{"Live"}, true},
+		{withLive, "Live at Koko", "Album", []string{"Live"}, true},
-		{withLive, "Album", []string{"Live", "Compilation"}, false},
+		{withLive, "Live & Rare", "Album", []string{"Live", "Compilation"}, false},
-		{withLive, "EP", nil, false},
+		{withLive, "Like Phantoms, Forever", "EP", nil, false},
+		// MusicBrainz types these plain Singles; their titles say otherwise (#5573).
+		{standard, "Common People (Recorded For BBC Radio 1)", "Single", nil, false},
+		{standard, "Welcome to the Black Parade (Steve Aoki remix)", "Single", nil, false},
+		{standard, "The Five of Us Are Dying (Rough mix)", "Single", nil, false},
+		{withLive, "Desolation Row (live at BBC Maida Vale)", "Album", nil, true},
+		{withLive, "Helena (acoustic)", "Album", nil, false},
+		{standard, "Live Through This", "Album", nil, true},
 	} {
-		if got := Passes(c.profile, c.primary, c.secondary); got != c.want {
+		if got := Passes(c.profile, c.title, c.primary, c.secondary); got != c.want {
-			t.Errorf("Passes(%v/%v, %s %v) = %v, want %v", c.profile.PrimaryTypes, c.profile.SecondaryTypes,
+			t.Errorf("Passes(%v/%v, %q %s %v) = %v, want %v", c.profile.PrimaryTypes, c.profile.SecondaryTypes,
-				c.primary, c.secondary, got, c.want)
+				c.title, c.primary, c.secondary, got, c.want)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -177,6 +185,7 @@ const (
 	theBallad   = "11111111-0000-4000-8000-000000000003" // 2023 album, not held
 	newSingle   = "11111111-0000-4000-8000-000000000004" // appears after the baseline
 	oldSingle   = "11111111-0000-4000-8000-000000000005" // 1997 single, catalogued late
+	bbcSingle   = "11111111-0000-4000-8000-000000000006" // live, typed a plain Single (#5573)
 	parkRelease = "22222222-0000-4000-8000-000000000001"
 )
 
@@ -206,12 +215,13 @@ func newFakeMB(t *testing.T) *fakeMB {
 		case r.URL.Path == "/release-group" && r.URL.Query().Get("artist") == blur:
 			groups := group(parklife, "Parklife", "Album", "", "1994-04-25") + "," +
 				group(liveAtWemb, "Live at Wembley Stadium", "Album", `"Live"`, "2009-07-02") + "," +
-				group(theBallad, "The Ballad of Darren", "Album", "", "2023-07-21")
+				group(theBallad, "The Ballad of Darren", "Album", "", "2023-07-21") + "," +
-			n := 3
+				group(bbcSingle, "Song 2 (Recorded For BBC Radio 1)", "Single", "", "2023-08-01")
+			n := 4
 			if f.added.Load() {
 				groups += "," + group(newSingle, "New Single", "Single", "", "") +
 					"," + group(oldSingle, "Old Single", "Single", "", "1997-02-03")
-				n = 5
+				n = 6
 			}
 			_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(w, `{"release-group-count": %d, "release-groups": [%s]}`, n, groups)
 		case r.URL.Path == "/release-group/"+theBallad:
@@ -328,6 +338,11 @@ func TestFollow_WantExistingWantsWhatPassesAndIsNotHeld_Integration(t *testing.T
 	f := newFakeMB(t)
 	s := newService(t, pool, f)
 	_ = seedHeld(t, q, "Parklife", parkRelease, parklife, 2)
+	// Wanted before the follow read the version a title names (#5573).
+	if _, err := WantWith(ctx, q, WantParams{GroupMBID: bbcSingle, ArtistMBID: blur, ArtistName: "Blur",
+		Title: "Song 2 (Recorded For BBC Radio 1)", PrimaryType: "Single", Reason: ReasonFollow}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
 	if _, err := s.Follow(ctx, FollowParams{ArtistMBID: blur, ArtistName: "Blur", WantExisting: true}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -338,7 +353,8 @@ func TestFollow_WantExistingWantsWhatPassesAndIsNotHeld_Integration(t *testing.T
 	if _, err := q.GetWantByReleaseGroup(ctx, theBallad); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("the studio album not held should be wanted: %v", err)
 	}
-	for group, why := range map[string]string{parklife: "held", liveAtWemb: "live, and Standard is studio only"} {
+	for group, why := range map[string]string{parklife: "held", liveAtWemb: "live, and Standard is studio only",
+		bbcSingle: "recorded for the BBC, which its title says, and Standard is studio only"} {
 		if _, err := q.GetWantByReleaseGroup(ctx, group); err == nil {
 			t.Errorf("%s wanted, but it is %s", group, why)
 		}