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> The text on this page similarly says "An expression may be embodied
> in one or more than one manifestation; likewise a manifestation may
> embody one or more than one expression."  The Manifestation is
> described (see, for example p. 20/p. 28 in PDF) as the physical item
> itself, not an intellectual thing on the physical item. So the CD as
> the physical item has to be the Manifestation, embodying more than
> one Expression.

in the case of the CD, a manifestation may also belong to a work which
is not the work of which the CD is itself a manifestation. for
example, in a CD compilation of the works of various artists, each
track is a manifestation of a work via some particular expression of
that work (live recording; studio session; whatever). the compilation
is itself a work in its own right, which might only exist in this
manifestation. so "an expression may be embodied in one or more than
one manifestation"--the live recording of Hey Jude in 1975 at Wembley
Stadium (i'm making this up), which is a particular expression of the
work Hey Jude, may be on the Beatles Live! vinyl album of 1977 (that's
one manifestation) and the Best Live Tracks of the 70s CD published in
2003 (that's another manifestation). but the Best Live Tracks of the
70s CD is a work in its own right (it has its own publisher, compiler,
publication date, place of publication, etc.).  "likewise a
manifestation may embody one or more than one expression."  yes:
that's what any CD usually does. it could manifest the expressions of
different works by different artists, different works by the same
artist (keeping in mind that the album itself is a work, as is any
individual song), or different expressions of the same work by the
same artist (say, a slow and fast version, a studio and a live
version, a version in italian and spanish, or whatever).

on a related note, yesterday i burned a CD for daughter #2 with one
track one it, Steely Dan's Hey Nineteen, in honor of her nineteenth
birthday. this CD isn't a work, but i had to pick which of two
manifestations (both were compilations) from which to download the
song, hoping that either was a manifestation of the same expression,
the original one i heard back in the 70s.