Greetings:

What M. Ted says about Form SR is true if and only if the owner of the copyrights of the songs (musical compositions) and the sound recording is exactly the same. That may or may not be the case in any particular situation.

For example, with my latest CD, I am the sole copyright ownner for the songs I wrote by myself, I share ownership of the copyrights for the songs that I wrote with co-authors, and I own the copyrights for the arrangements of several traditional songs, while the songs themselves are in the public domain. In addition, there are two songs for which I do not own the copyrights at all, but for which I had to pay licensing fees to the copyright owners through the Harry Fox Agency. Because of this, I can only register the copyright for the CD itself on Form SR. To register the copyrights for the songs, I had to file four separate copies of Form PA: one for the group of songs I wrote by myself, one for the group of traditional songs I arranged, one for the song I co-authored with Joel Landy, and one for the song I co-authored with Anne Price.

The US Copyright Office website is helpful, but if your situation is anything other than the very simplest it is worth seeing an attorney for a one-time consultation.

--- Steve