Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher, cond. Baudo - add copy to database?

I have a copy of the above Supraphon release, and am wondering whether it's distinctive enough to need an entry of its own. Thinking about this has sparked two queries. First: if two or three versions of a release appear identical but have different sets of runout numbers, does each version require its own database entry? Secondly, I'd like to ask why my own version - along with two others in the database - has different catalog #s on the spine/labels and on the box front/booklet.

The two versions in the database most like my own copy are Honegger* – Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra*, Serge Baudo, Nelly Borgeaud, Michel Favory - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bûcher doesn't mention the spine, but otherwise sounds identical to both other versions, and confirms the likeness in the label image it shows. The manufacturing date (77 2) is the same for all three.

The runouts, however, are different for each version:

Honegger* – Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra*, Serge Baudo, Nelly Borgeaud, Michel Favory - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bûcher:
Matrix / Runout (Stamped - runout side 1): E 3285/K B 2
Matrix / Runout (Stamped - runout side 2): E 3286/E C 1
Matrix / Runout (Stamped - runout side 3): E 3287/M A 3
Matrix / Runout (Stamped - runout side 4): E 3288/L A 7

Honegger* – Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra*, Serge Baudo, Nelly Borgeaud, Michel Favory - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bûcher:
Matrix / Runout (A stamped runout): E 3285/M B 3
Matrix / Runout (B stamped runout): E 3286/E C 7
Matrix / Runout (C stamped runout): E 3287/P B 1
Matrix / Runout (D stamped runout): E 3288/O C 4

[my copy:]
Matrix / Runout (A stamped runout): E 3285/L C 2
Matrix / Runout (B stamped runout): E 3286/E B 6
Matrix / Runout (C stamped runout): E 3287/M A 7
Matrix / Runout (D stamped runout): E 3288/L C B

I'd like to ask:

a) Do the different runouts on my copy mean that it warrants its own entry in the database?

b) If the primary catalog # is meant to be the one on the label, should all these 4 12 1651/2 entries actually have 1 12 1651/2 as primary catalog #?

c) At this Supraphon period (1977), doesn't 4 denote quadraphony and 1 stereo? In which case, could Honegger* – Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra*, Serge Baudo, Nelly Borgeaud, Michel Favory - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bûcher, and my copy, be ordinary two-channel stereo releases, enclosed in the set's standard SQ box? After all, only box and booklet say SQ - spine and (crucially) labels don't. In the other database versions of this recording, images of labels do show the SQ logo. And on my copy, there is a gold sticky label affixed over the top part of the SQ on the box cover, saying simply "STEREO."

d) If c) is correct, should some details in both entries be changed? Both refer to the recording as quadraphonic. If my copy is entered, I want to get these things right.

Thanks for your patience ...

Gil-Martin
First: if two or three versions of a release appear identical but have different sets of runout numbers, does each version require its own database entry?

No, they should be merged and runouts added as a variant.

Gil-Martin
Secondly, I'd like to ask why my own version - along with two others in the database - has different catalog #s on the spine/labels and on the box front/booklet.

Either lack of attention to details on behalf of the bored Supraphon staff in the 1970s… ;)
Or more likely a cost issue because these boxes were expensive in production.
Probably both.

Gil-Martin
a) Do the different runouts on my copy mean that it warrants its own entry in the database?

Not if it's the only difference.

Gil-Martin
b) If the primary catalog # is meant to be the one on the label, should all these 4 12 1651/2 entries actually have 1 12 1651/2 as primary catalog #?

Yes, just mention in Release Notes that it appears on spine only.

Jeanne D'Arc Au Bûcher doesn't mention the spine

I don't think it's a different box, see above.

Gil-Martin
c) At this Supraphon period (1977), doesn't 4 denote quadraphony and 1 stereo?

Yes

Gil-Martin
could […], and my copy, be ordinary two-channel stereo releases, enclosed in the set's standard SQ box?

Exactly.

Gil-Martin
d) If c) is correct, should some details in both entries be changed? Both refer to the recording as quadraphonic.

Yep. It should be just noted in the Release Notes in that these pressings were distributed in a universal box with the quadra catalog# on front.

Gil-Martin
If my copy is entered, I want to get these things right.

The best thing to do is:
1) Update one of the two with accurate data incl. all matrix variants, and if there's no difference to your copy otherwise, add data from your copy, too
2) Initiate merge of the two existing submissions

Thanks indeed for the help!