# How to import two different releases of the same album?

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-import-two-different-releases-of-the-same-album/859>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 4, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-import-two-different-releases-of-the-same-album/859 "2019-08-04T18:19:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![beetz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/beetz/32/280_2.png) [@beetz](https://discourse.beets.io/u/beetz)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-import-two-different-releases-of-the-same-album/859/1 "2019-08-04T18:19:34Z")

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[Emancipator](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aa1d4315-5246-42b2-b62b-f997d046d8b2) released [Soon It Will Be Cold Enough](https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/4a6deebf-adeb-3cca-a467-0ddd146c7c98) in 2006 and then again in 2008, albeit with two fewer tracks, and a new order for them. How do I import both albums and keep them separate in Beets without overwriting?

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-import-two-different-releases-of-the-same-album/859/2 "2019-08-04T18:57:39Z")

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When you import the second one and beets tells you it’s a duplicate, just choose “keep both” and you should be all good.

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**Author:** ![beetz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/beetz/32/280_2.png) [@beetz](https://discourse.beets.io/u/beetz)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-import-two-different-releases-of-the-same-album/859/3 "2019-08-04T23:29:06Z")

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It merges their contents into a single directory. Could it be because they’re filed under the same release group in MusicBrainz? I would like to keep them in separate directories, so obviously they would need to have differing names.

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-import-two-different-releases-of-the-same-album/859/4 "2019-08-05T05:51:31Z")

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The `aunique{}` path format function should prevent that. It’s present in the default paths configuration—have you configured paths that don’t use that, by chance?

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**Author:** ![beetz](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/beetz/32/280_2.png) [@beetz](https://discourse.beets.io/u/beetz)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-import-two-different-releases-of-the-same-album/859/5 "2019-08-06T02:53:54Z")

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That function is a godsend! Too bad it doesn’t work with artist names.