albums not indexing under artist

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albums not indexing under artist

Hi all,

I've just loaded an album onto iTunes and, as it was a album by a band that I have other albums of, I used the "Get info" tab and made the artist name for the album EXACTLY the same as the folder that has all the other albums by this same artist but it won't fall into that sub directory in ITunes - it shows as a second entry for that artist as 1 album - and won't move into the ITunes folder. I've checked spelling, spaces, etc - but it refuses to drop into the folder.

Hope this problem explanation is clear....

Any ideas? When I load up live recordings for Led Zeppelin for example, and iTunes doesn't recognise the album, I've previously used the "Get info" route to modify the details of the album and hey Presto it drops into the Led Zeppelin folder as an Extra album - but on this occasion it's not working..

The route I've taken is : - take the FLAC file, convert it to MP3 using Mp3 Convertor, then Dragged the files into ITunes.... It shows all the files under one Album - but under a new Artist with EXACTLY the same name as a current artist - but shows it as a separate entry in the iTunes library.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Andy

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Aug 27, 2016 7:02 AM

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Answer 1

Limnos

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Aug 27, 2016 8:54 AM in response to Andy Kelsall

If you see unexpected groups of songs when you browse an album - https://support.apple.com/HT204538 - "Songs from the same album might not be grouped together as you expect when you view them in the Albums view in iTunes."

The next sections provide additional solutions:

Often a solution: Select all the tracks on the album, File > get info (or right-click > get info > details), and either give them all a single "album artist", or check the "compilation" flag (as in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3756735?answerId=17670085022#17670085022).

Steve MacGuire a.k.a. turingtest2 - iTunes & iPod Hints & Tips - Grouping Tracks Into Albums - http://www.samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp (older post on Apple Discussions http://discussions.apple.com/thread/2099465?answerId=9910895022#9910895022)

If these are from multiple-CD sets you may also need to enter the appropriate information in the disc number fields. If they are not a multiple CD set you still need to make sure the disc number fields are set correctly or all empty.

Another explanation by hhgttg27 August 2015 - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6864334?answerId=27784417022#27784417022

If they still really do not want to group check this Aug. 2008 post by turingtest2 about temporarily changing labels - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1670662?answerId=7904806022#7904806022 or http://www.samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/merge.asp - Add a letter at the end of the artist name, close the Get Info window, then open it again and remove the letter. This often works but I have had cases where tracks grouped when a letter was added but ungrouped when it was removed again.

If they are mp3 files try changing the ID3 tag version which may cause iTunes to re-write the tags and clear up inconsistencies. I use iTunes 7.5 (yes, from 2007) so I can't tell you where this is in later versions.

I had one case of really stubborn grouping. The tracks would re-group in ways that didn't make sense when I changed metadata. Without going into detail, I deleted the tracks completely from iTunes, then re-added the files and they all grouped correctly.

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Answer 2

Andy Kelsall Author

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Aug 27, 2016 10:18 PM in response to Limnos

None of these worked. The artist name is identical - no additional characters or letters - and I've deleted and re- imported - same result - the artist now has two identical entries in the library - one with multiple albums one with just 1 album - this new one. Very frustrating.

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