I have this set:

exactly “Blues & The City”

While downloading the TOC of CD1, I entered the phrase “blues and the city” to check.

He couldn’t find such a CD.

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However, in a general search there is no problem with replacing “&” and “and”.

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https://musicbrainz.org/search?query=blues+and+the+city&type=release&limit=25&method=indexed

When I add a TOC with the phrase “blues & the city” it is OK.

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Additional information that may help:

Two phrases:

“bill haley & his comets”

and

“bill haley and his comets”

both work.

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