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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Sideman --album and Discogs seeds for Rambler: one commit, 71 tests, round-trip checked (via create-page on MediaWiki MCP Server)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sideman &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;--album&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and Discogs seeds for Rambler, so a record is read source by source (Justin, 7 Nov, block 26,363,997). One commit, on top of the Sideman-fixes commit already in pickipedia#172 (b2b8e5c there; the same change cherry-picked onto production as 49ed047 for the round trip). sha256 of the file: 1bb59cca3534792a9d3c9c42ad1419796c365b3318695e974ca0083754e6e75e. Round-trip checked on production f44da0e + the Sideman fixes: 71 tests pass. tools/ only, nothing to redeploy. For magent: cherry-pick the Sideman-fixes commit from #172 (or wait for #172), then &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;git am&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; this.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
From 9e407a79083e2b86a137ba5054f68faaa4c9af46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001&lt;br /&gt;
From: blu &amp;lt;blu@cryptograss.live&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2026 15:59:29 +0000&lt;br /&gt;
Subject: [PATCH] Sideman --album and Discogs seeds for Rambler: a record read&lt;br /&gt;
 source by source&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
People bring records, not songs. Sideman --album takes an artist and a&lt;br /&gt;
record title and asks MusicBrainz and Discogs separately, so a record that&lt;br /&gt;
only Discogs has (most of a small band&amp;#039;s catalogue) still comes back. Each&lt;br /&gt;
source&amp;#039;s answer is printed under that source, with roles and scope; nobody&lt;br /&gt;
is merged across sources.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Rambler takes a Discogs release as a seed, looking it up on MusicBrainz by&lt;br /&gt;
URL first. Every person now carries by_source: what each source said on&lt;br /&gt;
its own, beside the union the walk uses. That is what a person verifying&lt;br /&gt;
an ensemble needs to see, and what the verification UI will read.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
mb_people and discogs_people move from Rambler into Sideman, which is&lt;br /&gt;
where reading a release belongs; Rambler keeps the names.&lt;br /&gt;
---&lt;br /&gt;
 tools/rambler.py                | 153 +++++++++++++++----------&lt;br /&gt;
 tools/recording_credits.py      | 192 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-&lt;br /&gt;
 tools/test_rambler.py           |  62 +++++++++++&lt;br /&gt;
 tools/test_recording_credits.py |  77 +++++++++++++&lt;br /&gt;
 4 files changed, 423 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
diff --git a/tools/rambler.py b/tools/rambler.py&lt;br /&gt;
index 3965674..cee8527 100644&lt;br /&gt;
--- a/tools/rambler.py&lt;br /&gt;
+++ b/tools/rambler.py&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Rambler: who was on a record with whom, walked outward from one record.&lt;br /&gt;
     python3 tools/rambler.py 750499ef-cec3-4c3c-9e8d-2caacff30e0e&lt;br /&gt;
     python3 tools/rambler.py --hops 2 --json &amp;lt;release-mbid&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
     python3 tools/rambler.py --wikitext &amp;lt;release-mbid&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
+    python3 tools/rambler.py https://www.discogs.com/release/24433085&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 An Artificial Dumb crawler for the connectome, built on Sideman&lt;br /&gt;
 (recording_credits.py) and its MusicBrainz and Discogs helpers. Starting at&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@ What makes it dumb, deliberately:&lt;br /&gt;
     are kept as edges but go no further.&lt;br /&gt;
   - Compilations are skipped: a track on one does not put its players on a&lt;br /&gt;
     record together.&lt;br /&gt;
+  - Each source&amp;#039;s reading is kept apart (by_source) beside the union the&lt;br /&gt;
+    walk uses, so a person verifying sees what MusicBrainz said and what&lt;br /&gt;
+    Discogs said, not a blend.&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+A seed can be a Discogs release too, for a record MusicBrainz lacks. It is&lt;br /&gt;
+looked up on MusicBrainz by URL first; unlinked, it is read from Discogs&lt;br /&gt;
+alone, and since Discogs names carry no MusicBrainz id, it goes no further.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 Records that come back with nobody credited are listed as the worklist:&lt;br /&gt;
 they need liner notes, or someone who was there.&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -58,50 +66,10 @@ DEFAULT_MAX_RECORDS = 40&lt;br /&gt;
 # One record&amp;#039;s credits&lt;br /&gt;
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
-def mb_people(release):&lt;br /&gt;
-    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;Performance credits on a MusicBrainz release, release- and track-level.&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;br /&gt;
-    Returns {name: {&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;}}. Track-level credits count:&lt;br /&gt;
-    a person credited on any track is on the record.&lt;br /&gt;
-    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
-    people = {}&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;br /&gt;
-    def add(rel, scope):&lt;br /&gt;
-        if rel.get(&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;) not in sideman.MB_PERFORMANCE_TYPES or &amp;quot;artist&amp;quot; not in rel:&lt;br /&gt;
-            return&lt;br /&gt;
-        a = rel[&amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
-        p = people.setdefault(a[&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;], {&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;: a.get(&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;), &amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: set(), &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: set()})&lt;br /&gt;
-        p[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;].add(&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;.join(rel.get(&amp;quot;attributes&amp;quot;) or []) or rel[&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;])&lt;br /&gt;
-        p[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;].add(scope)&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;br /&gt;
-    for rel in release.get(&amp;quot;relations&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
-        add(rel, &amp;quot;release&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
-    for medium in release.get(&amp;quot;media&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
-        for track in medium.get(&amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
-            for rel in track.get(&amp;quot;recording&amp;quot;, {}).get(&amp;quot;relations&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
-                add(rel, &amp;quot;track&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
-    return people&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;br /&gt;
-def discogs_people(release):&lt;br /&gt;
-    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;Performance credits on a Discogs release, release- and track-level.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
-    people = {}&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;br /&gt;
-    def add(entry, scope):&lt;br /&gt;
-        roles = sideman.performance_roles(entry.get(&amp;quot;role&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;&amp;quot;))&lt;br /&gt;
-        if not roles:&lt;br /&gt;
-            return&lt;br /&gt;
-        name = sideman.strip_discogs_suffix(entry[&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;])&lt;br /&gt;
-        p = people.setdefault(name, {&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;: None, &amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: set(), &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: set()})&lt;br /&gt;
-        p[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;].update(roles)&lt;br /&gt;
-        p[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;].add(&amp;quot;track&amp;quot; if (entry.get(&amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;) or &amp;quot;&amp;quot;).strip() else scope)&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;br /&gt;
-    for e in release.get(&amp;quot;extraartists&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
-        add(e, &amp;quot;release&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
-    for track in release.get(&amp;quot;tracklist&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
-        for e in track.get(&amp;quot;extraartists&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
-            add(e, &amp;quot;track&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
-    return people&lt;br /&gt;
+# Reading a release&amp;#039;s credits is Sideman&amp;#039;s job; these names stay so a&lt;br /&gt;
+# reader of Rambler sees where its people come from.&lt;br /&gt;
+mb_people = sideman.mb_people&lt;br /&gt;
+discogs_people = sideman.discogs_people&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 def is_compilation(release):&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -109,8 +77,34 @@ def is_compilation(release):&lt;br /&gt;
     return &amp;quot;Compilation&amp;quot; in (group.get(&amp;quot;secondary-types&amp;quot;) or [])&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
+def add_people(record, source, people):&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;Fold one source&amp;#039;s reading of a record into it. The union (roles,&lt;br /&gt;
+    scopes, sources) is what the walk uses; by_source keeps what each source&lt;br /&gt;
+    said on its own, which is what a person verifying needs to see.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    for name, p in people.items():&lt;br /&gt;
+        q = record[&amp;quot;people&amp;quot;].setdefault(&lt;br /&gt;
+            name, {&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;: None, &amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: set(), &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: set(), &amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;: set(), &amp;quot;by_source&amp;quot;: {}})&lt;br /&gt;
+        q[&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;] = q[&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;] or p.get(&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        q[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;] |= p[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
+        q[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;] |= p[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
+        q[&amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;].add(source)&lt;br /&gt;
+        q[&amp;quot;by_source&amp;quot;][source] = {&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: set(p[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;]), &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: set(p[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;])}&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+DISCOGS_SEED = re.compile(r&amp;quot;(?:discogs\.com/release/|^discogs:)(\d+)&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
 def read_record(release_id):&lt;br /&gt;
-    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;Fetch one record and everyone credited on it, from both sources.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;Fetch one record and everyone credited on it, from both sources.&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+    release_id is a MusicBrainz release id, or &amp;quot;discogs:N&amp;quot; for a record that&lt;br /&gt;
+    is only on Discogs (or whose MusicBrainz entry is unknown). A Discogs seed&lt;br /&gt;
+    is looked up on MusicBrainz by its URL first: if MusicBrainz links it,&lt;br /&gt;
+    the record is read from both, and can be walked onward.&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    m = DISCOGS_SEED.search(release_id)&lt;br /&gt;
+    if m:&lt;br /&gt;
+        return read_discogs_record(m.group(1))&lt;br /&gt;
     release = sideman.mb_get(&lt;br /&gt;
         f&amp;quot;release/{release_id}&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
         inc=&amp;quot;artist-credits+release-groups+recordings+artist-rels+recording-level-rels+url-rels&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -124,16 +118,48 @@ def read_record(release_id):&lt;br /&gt;
         &amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;MusicBrainz&amp;quot;: f&amp;quot;https://musicbrainz.org/release/{release_id}&amp;quot;},&lt;br /&gt;
         &amp;quot;people&amp;quot;: {},&lt;br /&gt;
     }&lt;br /&gt;
-    for name, p in mb_people(release).items():&lt;br /&gt;
-        record[&amp;quot;people&amp;quot;][name] = {**p, &amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;MusicBrainz&amp;quot;}}&lt;br /&gt;
+    add_people(record, &amp;quot;MusicBrainz&amp;quot;, mb_people(release))&lt;br /&gt;
     did = sideman.discogs_id(release)&lt;br /&gt;
     if did:&lt;br /&gt;
         record[&amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;] = f&amp;quot;https://www.discogs.com/release/{did}&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
-        for name, p in discogs_people(sideman.discogs_get(f&amp;quot;releases/{did}&amp;quot;)).items():&lt;br /&gt;
-            q = record[&amp;quot;people&amp;quot;].setdefault(name, {&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;: None, &amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: set(), &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: set(), &amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;: set()})&lt;br /&gt;
-            q[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;] |= p[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
-            q[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;] |= p[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
-            q[&amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;].add(&amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        add_people(record, &amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;, discogs_people(sideman.discogs_get(f&amp;quot;releases/{did}&amp;quot;)))&lt;br /&gt;
+    return record&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def musicbrainz_release_for_discogs(did):&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;The MusicBrainz release linked to a Discogs release, if any.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    try:&lt;br /&gt;
+        url = sideman.mb_get(&amp;quot;url&amp;quot;, resource=f&amp;quot;https://www.discogs.com/release/{did}&amp;quot;, inc=&amp;quot;release-rels&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    except sideman.HTTPError as e:&lt;br /&gt;
+        if e.code == 404:&lt;br /&gt;
+            return None&lt;br /&gt;
+        raise&lt;br /&gt;
+    for rel in url.get(&amp;quot;relations&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
+        if rel.get(&amp;quot;target-type&amp;quot;) == &amp;quot;release&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;release&amp;quot; in rel:&lt;br /&gt;
+            return rel[&amp;quot;release&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
+    return None&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def read_discogs_record(did):&lt;br /&gt;
+    mbid = musicbrainz_release_for_discogs(did)&lt;br /&gt;
+    if mbid:&lt;br /&gt;
+        record = read_record(mbid)&lt;br /&gt;
+        if &amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot; not in record[&amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;]:&lt;br /&gt;
+            record[&amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;] = f&amp;quot;https://www.discogs.com/release/{did}&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+            add_people(record, &amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;, discogs_people(sideman.discogs_get(f&amp;quot;releases/{did}&amp;quot;)))&lt;br /&gt;
+        return record&lt;br /&gt;
+    release = sideman.discogs_get(f&amp;quot;releases/{did}&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    record = {&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: f&amp;quot;discogs:{did}&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;group&amp;quot;: f&amp;quot;discogs-master-{release.get(&amp;#039;master_id&amp;#039;) or did}&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: release.get(&amp;quot;title&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;&amp;quot;),&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;date&amp;quot;: str(release.get(&amp;quot;year&amp;quot;) or &amp;quot;&amp;quot;),&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;, &amp;quot;.join(sideman.strip_discogs_suffix(a[&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;]) for a in release.get(&amp;quot;artists&amp;quot;, [])),&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;compilation&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Compilation&amp;quot; in (release.get(&amp;quot;formats&amp;quot;, [{}])[0].get(&amp;quot;descriptions&amp;quot;) or []),&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;: f&amp;quot;https://www.discogs.com/release/{did}&amp;quot;},&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;people&amp;quot;: {},&lt;br /&gt;
+    }&lt;br /&gt;
+    add_people(record, &amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;, discogs_people(release))&lt;br /&gt;
     return record&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
@@ -253,6 +279,18 @@ def render(graph):&lt;br /&gt;
         if len(gids) &amp;gt; 1:&lt;br /&gt;
             out.append(f&amp;quot;  {name}: {len(gids)}&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
     out.append(&amp;quot;&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    out.append(&amp;quot;Each record, as each source reads it:&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    for gid in sorted(recs, key=lambda g: (recs[g][&amp;quot;date&amp;quot;] or &amp;quot;9999&amp;quot;, g)):&lt;br /&gt;
+        rec = recs[gid]&lt;br /&gt;
+        out.append(f&amp;quot;  {label(rec)}&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        for src, url in sorted(rec[&amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;].items()):&lt;br /&gt;
+            out.append(f&amp;quot;    {src}: {url}&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        for name, p in sorted(rec[&amp;quot;people&amp;quot;].items()):&lt;br /&gt;
+            says = &amp;quot;; &amp;quot;.join(&lt;br /&gt;
+                f&amp;#039;{src} says {&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;.join(sorted(r[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;]))} [{&amp;quot;+&amp;quot;.join(sorted(r[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;]))}]&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
+                for src, r in sorted(p.get(&amp;quot;by_source&amp;quot;, {}).items()))&lt;br /&gt;
+            out.append(f&amp;quot;    {name}: {says or &amp;#039;, &amp;#039;.join(sorted(p[&amp;#039;roles&amp;#039;]))}&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    out.append(&amp;quot;&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
     out.append(&amp;quot;Record pairs:&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
     for p in graph[&amp;quot;pairs&amp;quot;]:&lt;br /&gt;
         a, b = (recs[g] for g in p[&amp;quot;records&amp;quot;])&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -302,7 +340,8 @@ MBID = re.compile(r&amp;quot;[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 def main(argv):&lt;br /&gt;
     ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=&amp;quot;Rambler: record-to-record walk from one MusicBrainz release.&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
-    ap.add_argument(&amp;quot;seed&amp;quot;, help=&amp;quot;MusicBrainz release id, or a musicbrainz.org/release/... URL&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    ap.add_argument(&amp;quot;seed&amp;quot;, help=&amp;quot;MusicBrainz release id or musicbrainz.org/release/... URL; &amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+                                 &amp;quot;or a discogs.com/release/N URL (or discogs:N)&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
     ap.add_argument(&amp;quot;--hops&amp;quot;, type=int, default=1, help=&amp;quot;record-to-record steps (default 1)&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
     ap.add_argument(&amp;quot;--per-person&amp;quot;, type=int, default=DEFAULT_PER_PERSON)&lt;br /&gt;
     ap.add_argument(&amp;quot;--max-records&amp;quot;, type=int, default=DEFAULT_MAX_RECORDS)&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -311,9 +350,11 @@ def main(argv):&lt;br /&gt;
     out.add_argument(&amp;quot;--wikitext&amp;quot;, action=&amp;quot;store_true&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
     args = ap.parse_args(argv[1:])&lt;br /&gt;
     m = MBID.search(args.seed)&lt;br /&gt;
-    if not m:&lt;br /&gt;
-        ap.error(&amp;quot;seed must contain a MusicBrainz release id&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
-    graph = ramble(m.group(0), args.hops, args.per_person, args.max_records,&lt;br /&gt;
+    d = DISCOGS_SEED.search(args.seed)&lt;br /&gt;
+    if not m and not d:&lt;br /&gt;
+        ap.error(&amp;quot;seed must contain a MusicBrainz release id or a Discogs release URL&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    seed = m.group(0) if m else f&amp;quot;discogs:{d.group(1)}&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    graph = ramble(seed, args.hops, args.per_person, args.max_records,&lt;br /&gt;
                    log=lambda msg: print(msg, file=sys.stderr))&lt;br /&gt;
     if args.json:&lt;br /&gt;
         print(json.dumps(jsonable(graph), indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))&lt;br /&gt;
diff --git a/tools/recording_credits.py b/tools/recording_credits.py&lt;br /&gt;
index af19618..9cc25c9 100644&lt;br /&gt;
--- a/tools/recording_credits.py&lt;br /&gt;
+++ b/tools/recording_credits.py&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@&lt;br /&gt;
 Sideman: who plays on a recording, an Artificial Dumb lookup.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
     python3 tools/recording_credits.py &amp;quot;Tony Rice&amp;quot; &amp;quot;House of the Rising Sun&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    python3 tools/recording_credits.py --album &amp;quot;Tony Rice&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Manzanita&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 Asks MusicBrainz for every recording of the title whose artist credit&lt;br /&gt;
 mentions the artist, then reads each release&amp;#039;s credits from MusicBrainz and,&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -22,6 +23,14 @@ promoting them.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 Reissues are folded together: one release per MusicBrainz release group,&lt;br /&gt;
 the earliest dated one.&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+--album asks the other question, &amp;quot;who is on this record?&amp;quot;, and asks it of&lt;br /&gt;
+each source separately: MusicBrainz, then Discogs on its own, because a&lt;br /&gt;
+record MusicBrainz has never heard of is often on Discogs. Each source&amp;#039;s&lt;br /&gt;
+answer is printed under that source, every person with the roles and the&lt;br /&gt;
+scope that source gives them. Nobody is merged across sources; a reader&lt;br /&gt;
+sees two readings of the same record and decides. This is what Rambler&lt;br /&gt;
+reads, and what a person verifies.&lt;br /&gt;
 &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 import json&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -312,6 +321,162 @@ def lookup(artist, title):&lt;br /&gt;
     return versions&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
+# A whole record: --album&lt;br /&gt;
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def mb_people(release):&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;Everyone credited as performing on a MusicBrainz release.&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+    Returns {name: {&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;}}. A person credited on any&lt;br /&gt;
+    track is on the record, so track credits count, marked &amp;quot;track&amp;quot;; credits&lt;br /&gt;
+    on the release itself are marked &amp;quot;release&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    people = {}&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+    def add(rel, scope):&lt;br /&gt;
+        if rel.get(&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;) not in MB_PERFORMANCE_TYPES or &amp;quot;artist&amp;quot; not in rel:&lt;br /&gt;
+            return&lt;br /&gt;
+        a = rel[&amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
+        p = people.setdefault(a[&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;], {&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;: a.get(&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;), &amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: set(), &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: set()})&lt;br /&gt;
+        p[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;].add(&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;.join(rel.get(&amp;quot;attributes&amp;quot;) or []) or rel[&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;])&lt;br /&gt;
+        p[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;].add(scope)&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+    for rel in release.get(&amp;quot;relations&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
+        add(rel, &amp;quot;release&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    for medium in release.get(&amp;quot;media&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
+        for track in medium.get(&amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
+            for rel in track.get(&amp;quot;recording&amp;quot;, {}).get(&amp;quot;relations&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
+                add(rel, &amp;quot;track&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    return people&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def discogs_people(release):&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;Everyone credited as performing on a Discogs release, same shape as&lt;br /&gt;
+    mb_people. A release-level credit naming tracks is a track credit.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    people = {}&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+    def add(entry, scope):&lt;br /&gt;
+        roles = performance_roles(entry.get(&amp;quot;role&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;&amp;quot;))&lt;br /&gt;
+        if not roles:&lt;br /&gt;
+            return&lt;br /&gt;
+        name = strip_discogs_suffix(entry[&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;])&lt;br /&gt;
+        p = people.setdefault(name, {&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;: None, &amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: set(), &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: set()})&lt;br /&gt;
+        p[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;].update(roles)&lt;br /&gt;
+        p[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;].add(&amp;quot;track&amp;quot; if (entry.get(&amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;) or &amp;quot;&amp;quot;).strip() else scope)&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+    for e in release.get(&amp;quot;extraartists&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
+        add(e, &amp;quot;release&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    for track in discogs_tracks(release):&lt;br /&gt;
+        for e in track.get(&amp;quot;extraartists&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
+            add(e, &amp;quot;track&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    return people&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def _one_per_group_earliest(hits, group_of):&lt;br /&gt;
+    groups = {}&lt;br /&gt;
+    for hit in hits:&lt;br /&gt;
+        g = group_of(hit)&lt;br /&gt;
+        key = (hit.get(&amp;quot;date&amp;quot;) or hit.get(&amp;quot;year&amp;quot;) or &amp;quot;9999&amp;quot;, hit[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;])&lt;br /&gt;
+        if g not in groups or key &amp;lt; groups[g][0]:&lt;br /&gt;
+            groups[g] = (key, hit)&lt;br /&gt;
+    return [hit for _, hit in sorted(groups.values(), key=lambda kv: kv[0])]&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def find_releases(artist, title):&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;MusicBrainz releases titled title whose artist credit mentions artist:&lt;br /&gt;
+    one per release group, the earliest dated.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    want = normalize_title(title)&lt;br /&gt;
+    data = mb_get(&amp;quot;release/&amp;quot;, query=f&amp;#039;release:&amp;quot;{title}&amp;quot; AND artist:&amp;quot;{artist}&amp;quot;&amp;#039;, limit=25)&lt;br /&gt;
+    hits = [r for r in data.get(&amp;quot;releases&amp;quot;, [])&lt;br /&gt;
+            if normalize_title(r.get(&amp;quot;title&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;&amp;quot;)) == want&lt;br /&gt;
+            and artist.lower() in credit_line(r.get(&amp;quot;artist-credit&amp;quot;, [])).lower()]&lt;br /&gt;
+    return _one_per_group_earliest(hits, lambda r: (r.get(&amp;quot;release-group&amp;quot;) or {}).get(&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;, r[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;]))&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def discogs_find_releases(artist, title):&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;Discogs releases of title by artist, searched directly: a record that&lt;br /&gt;
+    MusicBrainz has never heard of is often here. One per master, earliest.&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    want_title, want_artist = normalize_title(title), normalize_title(artist)&lt;br /&gt;
+    data = discogs_get(&amp;quot;database/search?&amp;quot; + urlencode(&lt;br /&gt;
+        {&amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;: artist, &amp;quot;release_title&amp;quot;: title, &amp;quot;type&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;release&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;per_page&amp;quot;: 25}))&lt;br /&gt;
+    hits = []&lt;br /&gt;
+    for r in data.get(&amp;quot;results&amp;quot;, []):&lt;br /&gt;
+        # Discogs search titles read &amp;quot;Artist - Title&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
+        got_artist, _, got_title = r.get(&amp;quot;title&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;&amp;quot;).partition(&amp;quot; - &amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        if normalize_title(got_title) == want_title and want_artist in normalize_title(strip_discogs_suffix(got_artist)):&lt;br /&gt;
+            hits.append({**r, &amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: str(r[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;])})&lt;br /&gt;
+    return _one_per_group_earliest(hits, lambda r: r.get(&amp;quot;master_id&amp;quot;) or r[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;])&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def album(artist, title):&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;What each source says about who is on a record, source by source.&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+    MusicBrainz and Discogs are searched independently, so a record one has&lt;br /&gt;
+    and the other lacks still comes back. Where MusicBrainz links a Discogs&lt;br /&gt;
+    release, that Discogs release is read under the MusicBrainz entry rather&lt;br /&gt;
+    than found again. Nothing is merged across sources: the same person&lt;br /&gt;
+    appears once per source that names them, with what that source says.&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    readings = []&lt;br /&gt;
+    linked_discogs = set()&lt;br /&gt;
+    for hit in find_releases(artist, title):&lt;br /&gt;
+        release = mb_get(f&amp;quot;release/{hit[&amp;#039;id&amp;#039;]}&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
+                         inc=&amp;quot;artist-credits+release-groups+recordings+artist-rels+recording-level-rels+url-rels&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        readings.append({&lt;br /&gt;
+            &amp;quot;source&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;MusicBrainz&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
+            &amp;quot;url&amp;quot;: f&amp;quot;https://musicbrainz.org/release/{hit[&amp;#039;id&amp;#039;]}&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
+            &amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: hit[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;],&lt;br /&gt;
+            &amp;quot;group&amp;quot;: (release.get(&amp;quot;release-group&amp;quot;) or {}).get(&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;, hit[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;]),&lt;br /&gt;
+            &amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;: credit_line(release.get(&amp;quot;artist-credit&amp;quot;, [])),&lt;br /&gt;
+            &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: release.get(&amp;quot;title&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;&amp;quot;),&lt;br /&gt;
+            &amp;quot;date&amp;quot;: release.get(&amp;quot;date&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;&amp;quot;),&lt;br /&gt;
+            &amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;: sum(len(m.get(&amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;, [])) for m in release.get(&amp;quot;media&amp;quot;, [])),&lt;br /&gt;
+            &amp;quot;people&amp;quot;: mb_people(release),&lt;br /&gt;
+        })&lt;br /&gt;
+        did = discogs_id(release)&lt;br /&gt;
+        if did:&lt;br /&gt;
+            linked_discogs.add(did)&lt;br /&gt;
+            readings.append(_discogs_reading(discogs_get(f&amp;quot;releases/{did}&amp;quot;), did, linked_to=hit[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;]))&lt;br /&gt;
+    for hit in discogs_find_releases(artist, title):&lt;br /&gt;
+        if hit[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;] not in linked_discogs:&lt;br /&gt;
+            readings.append(_discogs_reading(discogs_get(f&amp;quot;releases/{hit[&amp;#039;id&amp;#039;]}&amp;quot;), hit[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;]))&lt;br /&gt;
+    return readings&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def _discogs_reading(release, did, linked_to=None):&lt;br /&gt;
+    return {&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;source&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;url&amp;quot;: f&amp;quot;https://www.discogs.com/release/{did}&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: str(did),&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;group&amp;quot;: f&amp;quot;discogs-master-{release.get(&amp;#039;master_id&amp;#039;) or did}&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;linked_to&amp;quot;: linked_to,&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;, &amp;quot;.join(strip_discogs_suffix(a[&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;]) for a in release.get(&amp;quot;artists&amp;quot;, [])),&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: release.get(&amp;quot;title&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;&amp;quot;),&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;date&amp;quot;: str(release.get(&amp;quot;year&amp;quot;) or &amp;quot;&amp;quot;),&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;: len(release.get(&amp;quot;tracklist&amp;quot;, [])),&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;people&amp;quot;: discogs_people(release),&lt;br /&gt;
+    }&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def render_album(artist, title, readings):&lt;br /&gt;
+    lines = [f&amp;#039;Who is on {artist}: &amp;quot;{title}&amp;quot;&amp;#039;, &amp;quot;&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
+    if not readings:&lt;br /&gt;
+        lines.append(&amp;quot;Neither MusicBrainz nor Discogs has a release with this title and artist.&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    for r in readings:&lt;br /&gt;
+        linked = f&amp;#039;, linked from MusicBrainz release {r[&amp;quot;linked_to&amp;quot;]}&amp;#039; if r.get(&amp;quot;linked_to&amp;quot;) else &amp;quot;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+        lines.append(f&amp;#039;{r[&amp;quot;source&amp;quot;]}: {r[&amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;]}: {r[&amp;quot;title&amp;quot;]} ({r[&amp;quot;date&amp;quot;] or &amp;quot;undated&amp;quot;}), &amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
+                     f&amp;#039;{r[&amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;]} tracks{linked}&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        lines.append(f&amp;#039;  {r[&amp;quot;url&amp;quot;]}&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        if not r[&amp;quot;people&amp;quot;]:&lt;br /&gt;
+            lines.append(&amp;quot;  Nobody credited as performing. Liner notes, or someone who was there.&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        for name, p in sorted(r[&amp;quot;people&amp;quot;].items()):&lt;br /&gt;
+            scope = &amp;quot;track&amp;quot; if p[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;] == {&amp;quot;track&amp;quot;} else &amp;quot;release&amp;quot; if p[&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;] == {&amp;quot;release&amp;quot;} else &amp;quot;track+release&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+            lines.append(f&amp;#039;  {name}: {&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;.join(sorted(p[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;]))} [{scope}]&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        lines.append(&amp;quot;&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    return &amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;.join(lines)&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
 def render(artist, title, versions):&lt;br /&gt;
     lines = [f&amp;#039;Who plays on {artist}: &amp;quot;{title}&amp;quot;&amp;#039;, &amp;quot;&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
     if not versions:&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -335,15 +500,32 @@ def render(artist, title, versions):&lt;br /&gt;
     return &amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;.join(lines)&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
+def _jsonable(o):&lt;br /&gt;
+    if isinstance(o, set):&lt;br /&gt;
+        return sorted(o)&lt;br /&gt;
+    if isinstance(o, dict):&lt;br /&gt;
+        return {k: _jsonable(v) for k, v in o.items()}&lt;br /&gt;
+    if isinstance(o, list):&lt;br /&gt;
+        return [_jsonable(v) for v in o]&lt;br /&gt;
+    return o&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
 def main(argv):&lt;br /&gt;
-    args = [a for a in argv[1:] if a != &amp;quot;--json&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
-    if len(args) != 2:&lt;br /&gt;
+    flags = {a for a in argv[1:] if a.startswith(&amp;quot;--&amp;quot;)}&lt;br /&gt;
+    args = [a for a in argv[1:] if not a.startswith(&amp;quot;--&amp;quot;)]&lt;br /&gt;
+    if len(args) != 2 or flags - {&amp;quot;--json&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;--album&amp;quot;}:&lt;br /&gt;
         print(__doc__.strip().splitlines()[0])&lt;br /&gt;
-        print(&amp;#039;usage: recording_credits.py [--json] &amp;quot;ARTIST&amp;quot; &amp;quot;TITLE&amp;quot;&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        print(&amp;#039;usage: recording_credits.py [--json] &amp;quot;ARTIST&amp;quot; &amp;quot;SONG TITLE&amp;quot;&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
+        print(&amp;#039;       recording_credits.py [--json] --album &amp;quot;ARTIST&amp;quot; &amp;quot;RECORD TITLE&amp;quot;&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
         return 2&lt;br /&gt;
     artist, title = args&lt;br /&gt;
-    versions = lookup(artist, title)&lt;br /&gt;
-    print(json.dumps(versions, indent=2) if &amp;quot;--json&amp;quot; in argv else render(artist, title, versions))&lt;br /&gt;
+    if &amp;quot;--album&amp;quot; in flags:&lt;br /&gt;
+        readings = album(artist, title)&lt;br /&gt;
+        print(json.dumps(_jsonable(readings), indent=2, ensure_ascii=False) if &amp;quot;--json&amp;quot; in flags&lt;br /&gt;
+              else render_album(artist, title, readings))&lt;br /&gt;
+    else:&lt;br /&gt;
+        versions = lookup(artist, title)&lt;br /&gt;
+        print(json.dumps(versions, indent=2) if &amp;quot;--json&amp;quot; in flags else render(artist, title, versions))&lt;br /&gt;
     return 0&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
diff --git a/tools/test_rambler.py b/tools/test_rambler.py&lt;br /&gt;
index 2db3dd1..d25fdc4 100644&lt;br /&gt;
--- a/tools/test_rambler.py&lt;br /&gt;
+++ b/tools/test_rambler.py&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -162,3 +162,65 @@ def test_wikitext_one_call_per_person_with_a_source():&lt;br /&gt;
     assert &amp;quot;== Guitar&amp;quot; not in text  # nobody credited, nothing to write&lt;br /&gt;
     # Discogs-only credit on a record whose Discogs link is unknown: no source, not a crash&lt;br /&gt;
     assert &amp;quot;{{Record personnel|Rickie Simpkins|instrument=guitar}}&amp;quot; in text&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
+# Discogs seeds, and what each source said&lt;br /&gt;
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+DISCOGS_RELEASE = {&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;The First TV Dinner&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;year&amp;quot;: 2012, &amp;quot;master_id&amp;quot;: 0,&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;artists&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;The Turpentine Ray&amp;quot;}],&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;formats&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;descriptions&amp;quot;: [&amp;quot;Album&amp;quot;]}],&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;extraartists&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Nick Jennings&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;role&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;5-String Banjo, Producer&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;&amp;quot;}],&lt;br /&gt;
+    &amp;quot;tracklist&amp;quot;: [],&lt;br /&gt;
+}&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def test_discogs_seed_is_read_alone_when_musicbrainz_lacks_it(monkeypatch):&lt;br /&gt;
+    def mb_get(path, **params):&lt;br /&gt;
+        raise rambler.sideman.HTTPError(&amp;quot;u&amp;quot;, 404, &amp;quot;Not Found&amp;quot;, {}, None)&lt;br /&gt;
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rambler.sideman, &amp;quot;mb_get&amp;quot;, mb_get)&lt;br /&gt;
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rambler.sideman, &amp;quot;discogs_get&amp;quot;, lambda path: DISCOGS_RELEASE)&lt;br /&gt;
+    rec = rambler.read_record(&amp;quot;discogs:24433085&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert rec[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;] == &amp;quot;discogs:24433085&amp;quot; and rec[&amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;] == &amp;quot;The Turpentine Ray&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert rec[&amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;] == {&amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;https://www.discogs.com/release/24433085&amp;quot;}&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert rec[&amp;quot;people&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;Nick Jennings&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;by_source&amp;quot;] == {&amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;5-String Banjo&amp;quot;}, &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;release&amp;quot;}}}&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert rec[&amp;quot;people&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;Nick Jennings&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;] is None  # goes no further&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def test_discogs_seed_linked_on_musicbrainz_is_read_from_both(monkeypatch):&lt;br /&gt;
+    def mb_get(path, **params):&lt;br /&gt;
+        if path == &amp;quot;url&amp;quot;:&lt;br /&gt;
+            return {&amp;quot;relations&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;target-type&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;release&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;release&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;mb-1&amp;quot;}}]}&lt;br /&gt;
+        return {&amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;The First TV Dinner&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;date&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;2012&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;release-group&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;g&amp;quot;},&lt;br /&gt;
+                &amp;quot;artist-credit&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;The Turpentine Ray&amp;quot;}],&lt;br /&gt;
+                &amp;quot;relations&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;instrument&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;attributes&amp;quot;: [&amp;quot;banjo&amp;quot;],&lt;br /&gt;
+                               &amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;n&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;name&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Nick Jennings&amp;quot;}}], &amp;quot;media&amp;quot;: []}&lt;br /&gt;
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rambler.sideman, &amp;quot;mb_get&amp;quot;, mb_get)&lt;br /&gt;
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rambler.sideman, &amp;quot;discogs_get&amp;quot;, lambda path: DISCOGS_RELEASE)&lt;br /&gt;
+    rec = rambler.read_record(&amp;quot;https://www.discogs.com/release/24433085&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert rec[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;] == &amp;quot;mb-1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert set(rec[&amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;]) == {&amp;quot;MusicBrainz&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;}&lt;br /&gt;
+    nick = rec[&amp;quot;people&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;Nick Jennings&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert nick[&amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;] == &amp;quot;n&amp;quot;  # walked onward, since MusicBrainz knows him&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert nick[&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;] == {&amp;quot;banjo&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;5-String Banjo&amp;quot;}&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert nick[&amp;quot;by_source&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;MusicBrainz&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;] == {&amp;quot;banjo&amp;quot;}&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert nick[&amp;quot;by_source&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;] == {&amp;quot;5-String Banjo&amp;quot;}&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def test_render_says_what_each_source_said():&lt;br /&gt;
+    rec = record(&amp;quot;r&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Ways of the World&amp;quot;, {&amp;quot;Paul Brown&amp;quot;: {&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;mbid&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;p&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;banjo&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Banjo&amp;quot;}, &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;track&amp;quot;}, &amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;MusicBrainz&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;},&lt;br /&gt;
+        &amp;quot;by_source&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;MusicBrainz&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;banjo&amp;quot;}, &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;track&amp;quot;}},&lt;br /&gt;
+                      &amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;Banjo&amp;quot;}, &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;track&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;release&amp;quot;}}}}})&lt;br /&gt;
+    rec[&amp;quot;sources&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;] = &amp;quot;https://www.discogs.com/release/1&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    text = rambler.render(rambler.summarize({&amp;quot;g-r&amp;quot;: rec}, {}))&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert &amp;quot;    Paul Brown: Discogs says Banjo [release+track]; MusicBrainz says banjo [track]&amp;quot; in text&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert &amp;quot;    Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/1&amp;quot; in text&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def test_seed_forms():&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert rambler.DISCOGS_SEED.search(&amp;quot;https://www.discogs.com/release/24433085-The-Turpentine-Ray&amp;quot;).group(1) == &amp;quot;24433085&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert rambler.DISCOGS_SEED.search(&amp;quot;discogs:5&amp;quot;).group(1) == &amp;quot;5&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert rambler.DISCOGS_SEED.search(&amp;quot;750499ef-cec3-4c3c-9e8d-2caacff30e0e&amp;quot;) is None&lt;br /&gt;
diff --git a/tools/test_recording_credits.py b/tools/test_recording_credits.py&lt;br /&gt;
index 871e2b6..bfe6a7e 100644&lt;br /&gt;
--- a/tools/test_recording_credits.py&lt;br /&gt;
+++ b/tools/test_recording_credits.py&lt;br /&gt;
@@ -263,3 +263,80 @@ def test_literal_duplicates_across_groups_are_folded():&lt;br /&gt;
         {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;d&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;1991-12-08 Warfield Theater, SF, CA, USA&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;date&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;1991-12-08&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
          &amp;quot;release-group&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;g4&amp;quot;}}]}]&lt;br /&gt;
     assert rc.pick_releases(recordings) == [(&amp;quot;r1&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;c&amp;quot;), (&amp;quot;r1&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;d&amp;quot;), (&amp;quot;r1&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;)]&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
+# --album: a whole record, source by source&lt;br /&gt;
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def test_find_releases_filters_title_and_artist_and_folds_groups(monkeypatch):&lt;br /&gt;
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rc, &amp;quot;mb_get&amp;quot;, lambda path, **params: {&amp;quot;releases&amp;quot;: [&lt;br /&gt;
+        {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;a&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Manzanita&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;date&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;1979&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;release-group&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;g1&amp;quot;},&lt;br /&gt;
+         &amp;quot;artist-credit&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Tony Rice&amp;quot;}]},&lt;br /&gt;
+        {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;b&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Manzanita&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;date&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;1998&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;release-group&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;g1&amp;quot;},&lt;br /&gt;
+         &amp;quot;artist-credit&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Tony Rice&amp;quot;}]},&lt;br /&gt;
+        {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;c&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Manzanita Blues&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;date&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;1979&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;release-group&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;g2&amp;quot;},&lt;br /&gt;
+         &amp;quot;artist-credit&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Tony Rice&amp;quot;}]},&lt;br /&gt;
+        {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;d&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Manzanita&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;date&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;1979&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;release-group&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;g3&amp;quot;},&lt;br /&gt;
+         &amp;quot;artist-credit&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Larry Rice&amp;quot;}]},&lt;br /&gt;
+    ]})&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert [r[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;] for r in rc.find_releases(&amp;quot;Tony Rice&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Manzanita&amp;quot;)] == [&amp;quot;a&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def test_discogs_find_releases_reads_artist_dash_title(monkeypatch):&lt;br /&gt;
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rc, &amp;quot;discogs_get&amp;quot;, lambda path: {&amp;quot;results&amp;quot;: [&lt;br /&gt;
+        {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: 1, &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;The Turpentine Ray - The First TV Dinner&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;year&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;2012&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;master_id&amp;quot;: 0},&lt;br /&gt;
+        {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: 2, &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;The Turpentine Ray - The First TV Dinner&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;year&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;2020&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;master_id&amp;quot;: 0},&lt;br /&gt;
+        {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: 3, &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Kevin Coyne - Matching Head And Feet&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;year&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;1975&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;master_id&amp;quot;: 9},&lt;br /&gt;
+    ]})&lt;br /&gt;
+    hits = rc.discogs_find_releases(&amp;quot;Turpentine Ray&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;The First TV Dinner&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert [h[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;] for h in hits] == [&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;2&amp;quot;]  # no master: each release stands alone, earliest first&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def test_album_reads_a_linked_discogs_release_once(monkeypatch):&lt;br /&gt;
+    mb = mb_release(release_relations=[(&amp;quot;instrument&amp;quot;, [&amp;quot;guitar&amp;quot;], &amp;quot;Tony Rice&amp;quot;)],&lt;br /&gt;
+                    url=&amp;quot;https://www.discogs.com/release/77&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    mb[&amp;quot;release-group&amp;quot;] = {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;g1&amp;quot;}&lt;br /&gt;
+    calls = []&lt;br /&gt;
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rc, &amp;quot;find_releases&amp;quot;, lambda a, t: [{&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;mb-1&amp;quot;}])&lt;br /&gt;
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rc, &amp;quot;mb_get&amp;quot;, lambda path, **params: mb)&lt;br /&gt;
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rc, &amp;quot;discogs_find_releases&amp;quot;, lambda a, t: [{&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;77&amp;quot;}, {&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;78&amp;quot;}])&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+    def discogs_get(path):&lt;br /&gt;
+        calls.append(path)&lt;br /&gt;
+        return {&amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Unit of Measure&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;year&amp;quot;: 2000, &amp;quot;artists&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Tony Rice Unit (2)&amp;quot;}],&lt;br /&gt;
+                &amp;quot;extraartists&amp;quot;: [{&amp;quot;name&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Tony Rice&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;role&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Guitar&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;&amp;quot;}], &amp;quot;tracklist&amp;quot;: []}&lt;br /&gt;
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rc, &amp;quot;discogs_get&amp;quot;, discogs_get)&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+    readings = rc.album(&amp;quot;Tony Rice&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Unit of Measure&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert [(r[&amp;quot;source&amp;quot;], r[&amp;quot;id&amp;quot;]) for r in readings] == [(&amp;quot;MusicBrainz&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;mb-1&amp;quot;), (&amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;77&amp;quot;), (&amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;78&amp;quot;)]&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert calls == [&amp;quot;releases/77&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;releases/78&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert readings[1][&amp;quot;linked_to&amp;quot;] == &amp;quot;mb-1&amp;quot; and readings[2][&amp;quot;linked_to&amp;quot;] is None&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert readings[2][&amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;] == &amp;quot;Tony Rice Unit&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
+    # Nothing merged: each reading carries its own people.&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert readings[0][&amp;quot;people&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;Tony Rice&amp;quot;][&amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;] == {&amp;quot;release&amp;quot;}&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def test_render_album_keeps_sources_apart_and_marks_scope():&lt;br /&gt;
+    readings = [&lt;br /&gt;
+        {&amp;quot;source&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;MusicBrainz&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;url&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;https://musicbrainz.org/release/x&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;A&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;T&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
+         &amp;quot;date&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;2000&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;: 2, &amp;quot;people&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;Tony Rice&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;roles&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;guitar&amp;quot;}, &amp;quot;scopes&amp;quot;: {&amp;quot;track&amp;quot;}}}},&lt;br /&gt;
+        {&amp;quot;source&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Discogs&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;url&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;https://www.discogs.com/release/1&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;artist&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;A&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;title&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;T&amp;quot;,&lt;br /&gt;
+         &amp;quot;date&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;: 2, &amp;quot;linked_to&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;x&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;people&amp;quot;: {}},&lt;br /&gt;
+    ]&lt;br /&gt;
+    text = rc.render_album(&amp;quot;A&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;T&amp;quot;, readings)&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert &amp;quot;MusicBrainz: A: T (2000), 2 tracks\n&amp;quot; in text&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert &amp;quot;  Tony Rice: guitar [track]&amp;quot; in text&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert &amp;quot;Discogs: A: T (undated), 2 tracks, linked from MusicBrainz release x&amp;quot; in text&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert &amp;quot;Nobody credited as performing&amp;quot; in text&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def test_render_album_says_when_nobody_has_it():&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert &amp;quot;Neither MusicBrainz nor Discogs&amp;quot; in rc.render_album(&amp;quot;A&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;T&amp;quot;, [])&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+&lt;br /&gt;
+def test_main_album_flag(monkeypatch, capsys):&lt;br /&gt;
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rc, &amp;quot;album&amp;quot;, lambda a, t: [])&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert rc.main([&amp;quot;x&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;--album&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;A&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;T&amp;quot;]) == 0&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert &amp;quot;Neither MusicBrainz nor Discogs&amp;quot; in capsys.readouterr().out&lt;br /&gt;
+    assert rc.main([&amp;quot;x&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;--bogus&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;A&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;T&amp;quot;]) == 2&lt;br /&gt;
-- &lt;br /&gt;
2.53.0&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Blu</name></author>
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