iTunes Match year metadata won't update.

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iTunes Match year metadata won't update.

I imported Pink Floyd's "Obscured by Clouds" into my library. The year in the metadata defaulted to 2011 because of the re-master. I changed it to the year of release, 1972, as well as changing some other things like the the default artwork. On my devices (iPhone, iPad), the artwork is updating, but the year WILL NOT update. It remains at 2011. I've tried deleting it and re-importing it, matching it with Amazon and then bringing the Amazon mp3s into iTunes and re-matching, doing the same thing with Google, but no matter what I do, the year will not change on my devices from 2011 to 1972.

Posted on Jan 24, 2015 11:58 PM

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Jan 25, 2015 4:23 AM in response to metal134

Hi,

This is not a problem that I have had for tracks imported from sources other than iTunes store. Once I change the YOM by using get info command either by Album or tracks individually, the changes remain. They filter naturally through to match.

Jim

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Jan 25, 2015 8:55 AM in response to Jimzgoldfinch

OK, I figured out that the issue is not with Match, as I turned Match off on my iPhone and sideloaded the actual files to see what would happen. The year is still showing as 2011, even though when I bring up the files up in the iTunes browser for the iPhone it says 1972.

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Jan 25, 2015 9:39 AM in response to metal134

It gets weirder. I changed the metadata on a random track on my phone to Obscured by Clouds to see what would happen. As soon as I changed the title of the album to Obscured by Clouds, it started showing up as 2011. When I changed the album title back to what it was, its original year started showing it. On my PC, it's all fine, but on my iPhone and iPad, it will not show anything other than 2011 for Obscured by Clods no matter what I do.

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kilmer25

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Apr 17, 2015 11:29 AM in response to metal134

Any updates on if this was ever resolved or a potential fix in place? I also have this issue with being unable to modify the year displayed on albums that shows up on my phone.

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Apr 25, 2015 5:20 PM in response to metal134

I am having this exact same problem and strangely it also is for Pink Floyd albums on iTunes for iPhone. Not only can I not change the date of the Wish You Were Here from its 2011 reissue date, but for my some of my bootlegs I enter the date in itunes on my MacBook but the year date will NOT show up on my iPhone iTunes. It is insane!

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