importing cd as unknown artist

Rather than trying to alter the information outside of iTunes manually, you need to make the adjustments from within iTunes.
Highlight the 'Unknown Album' in iTunes libraries Album pane, then do a 'Get Info', that's Command and the I key together. You will get a warning about editing information for multiple items, just click yes. Now you can fill in the Artist, Album, Composer, Genre etc. When you have finished click OK. Now you need to click on each track individually and input the relevant info there like track name for each track. Now when you look inside your itunes folder the files should no longer reside in an unknown album folder but a folder with the albums name, which may well be inside a folder with the artist name. If you select Compilation, you will find it in a folder called Compilations then artist then album name.
Hope that helps

You have to make the changes in iTunes, not in your folder on the HD, as I understand you did.
Also tick the checkbox 'Keep iTunes Music folder organized' in Preferences>Advanced>General.

You can make most changes (Album, Artist, Year, Genre) by editing info for multiple items.
Select the first item you want to change and shift-click the last one.
Get info (command-I or File>Get Info) and a window with 'Multiple Song information' will pop up.
Now fill in what all tracks have in common. After you're done, you can change the tracknames in iTunes by 'Get Info' of the first track.
Rename the track to the proper song name and click next etc. till you're done.

Hope this helps.

M

You can also edit the ID3 tag information before you import the music from the CD.

Highlight the disc in the Source list, then pull down FIle > Get Info (Apple+I on the keyboard). You can then batch edit this information. To edit the individual track names, click the track and Get Info.

Once this is done click the Import button in the upper right corner of the window and the resulting music files will have all the correct tag information.

Hi there, jumping in, with a question...

where is "the 'Unknown Album' in iTunes libraries Album pane"?

I wasn't sure if this meant I needed to create a playlist or what? I have been trying to figure out this problem as well.

I did try to edit the info prior to importing, that is quite cool, and will work in the future!

Thanks!