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Hope this isn't a faq. Not sure if it was an issue in iTunes 6.X.
I (like many) have a few albums that are compilations. In both of the the "cover browser" views, these albums aren't consolodated. So when I flip through the album covers, I see dozens of extra entries for all the individual songs in each compilation. It's bumming me out.
I've experimented with the "compilation" flag and associated preference value. I've experimented with changing the ID3 tags so that Album and Artist match across all songs in the compilation (with artist/title in the "title" field, and nothing is working.
Any suggestions?
PC Windows XP Pro
Many Other OS Mac/Win

make sure "artist album", a new field, is the same in all the compilation tracks
then in any view, click on the album colum header, and it will switch to several different options.... switch and sort by "artist album".
personally this is what works for me. below is also how i have each compilation tagged:
- track name
- actual artist
- artist album, album, and grouping all same
- part of compilation checked

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