Howdy!

I don't know if I should include everythjng from the thread that lead me to create this ticket:

https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-a-missing-release-status-a-data-error/694045

Basically I am writing a toll to create NFO files for Kodi's music videos library. I decided it was best to capture both the single and the album. When rewriting my code I came across a problem with Lionel Richie's "Dancing on the Ceiling" where the single has no date yet the actual MusicBrainz page does.

`https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/recording?query=%22dancing+on_the_ceiling%22%20AND%20artist:%22lionel+richie%22&limit=100&fmt=json`

returns in part:

```

{     "id": "c8c017c8-85ff-4bd5-b67a-5bc2eedb0c11",     "score": 67,     "title": "Dancin' on the Ceiling",     "length": 262000,     "video": null,     "artist-credit": [...],     "first-release-date": "1986",     "releases": [         \{...}

,
        {
            "id": "3cb2f7af-1aa8-40fd-98a6-c09ea07256ba",
            "count": 1,
            "title": "Dancing on the Ceiling",
            "artist-credit": [
                {
                    "name": "Lionel Richie",
                    "artist":

{                         "id": "3cb25fb2-5547-4b05-adec-1a5e37830d46",                         "name": "Lionel Richie",                         "sort-name": "Richie, Lionel"                     }

                }
            ],
            "release-group":

{                 "id": "3d79a50c-c480-4dff-8625-ce7164946e8b",                 "type-id": "d6038452-8ee0-3f68-affc-2de9a1ede0b9",                 "primary-type-id": "d6038452-8ee0-3f68-affc-2de9a1ede0b9",                 "title": "Dancing on the Ceiling",                 "primary-type": "Single"             }

,
            "track-count": 2,
            "media": [
                {
                    "position": 1,
                    "format": "7\" Vinyl",
                    "track": [
                       

{                             "id": "914b1970-ed6e-4244-8400-ec0d6ebfd56b",                             "number": "1",                             "title": "Dancing on the Ceiling",                             "length": 260000                         }

                    ],
                    "track-count": 2,
                    "track-offset": 0
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "a8d62085-4c40-4b34-8f08-63f644e79d0d",
            "status-id": "4e304316-386d-3409-af2e-78857eec5cfe",
            "count": 1,
            "title": "Back to Front",
            "status": "Official",
            "artist-credit": [
                {
                    "name": "Lionel Richie",
                    "artist":

{                         "id": "3cb25fb2-5547-4b05-adec-1a5e37830d46",                         "name": "Lionel Richie",                         "sort-name": "Richie, Lionel"                     }

                }
            ],
            "release-group":

{                 "id": "6e3be147-2bd7-342c-9c04-5ed7c32ddf1e",                 "type-id": "dd2a21e1-0c00-3729-a7a0-de60b84eb5d1",                 "primary-type-id": "f529b476-6e62-324f-b0aa-1f3e33d313fc",                 "title": "Back to Front",                 "primary-type": "Album",                 "secondary-types": [                     "Compilation"                 ],                 "secondary-type-ids": [                     "dd2a21e1-0c00-3729-a7a0-de60b84eb5d1"                 ]             }

,
            "date": "1992",
            "country": "AU",
            "release-events": [
                {
                    "date": "1992",
                    "area":

{                         "id": "106e0bec-b638-3b37-b731-f53d507dc00e",                         "name": "Australia",                         "sort-name": "Australia",                         "iso-3166-1-codes": [                             "AU"                         ]                     }

                }
            ],
            "track-count": 16,
            "media": [
                {
                    "position": 1,
                    "format": "CD",
                    "track": [
                       

{                             "id": "af88b0d3-e6ca-47aa-bf33-f13e542e0c85",                             "number": "9",                             "title": "Dancin' on the Ceiling",                             "length": 262600                         }

                    ],
                    "track-count": 16,
                    "track-offset": 8
                }
            ]
        },
        {}
    ]
}
```

The associated `release-group` shows a date:

https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/3d79a50c-c480-4dff-8625-ce7164946e8b

A call to the `release-group`

`https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/3d79a50c-c480-4dff-8625-ce7164946e8b?fmt=json`

returns:

```

{ "title": "Dancing on the Ceiling", "secondary-type-ids": [], "primary-type-id": "d6038452-8ee0-3f68-affc-2de9a1ede0b9", "first-release-date": "1986", "primary-type": "Single", "disambiguation": "", "secondary-types": [], "id": "3d79a50c-c480-4dff-8625-ce7164946e8b" }

```

A call to the `release`

`https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/3cb2f7af-1aa8-40fd-98a6-c09ea07256ba?fmt=json`

returns:

```
{
    "country": null,
    "cover-art-archive":

{         "count": 1,         "front": false,         "back": false,         "darkened": false,         "artwork": true     }

,
    "text-representation":

{         "script": null,         "language": null     }

,
    "status": null,
    "release-events": [
       

{             "date": "1986",             "area": null         }

    ],
    "barcode": null,
    "status-id": null,
    "id": "3cb2f7af-1aa8-40fd-98a6-c09ea07256ba",
    "quality": "normal",
    "asin": null,
    "disambiguation": "",
    "title": "Dancing on the Ceiling",
    "packaging": "Cardboard/Paper Sleeve",
    "packaging-id": "f7101ce3-0384-39ce-9fde-fbbd0044d35f",
    "date": "1986"
}
```
So the data is there just not coming in the `recording` call. I have tested plenty of others and none have been missing this date on the ones I've checked.

 Thanks!
Chris