Consolidating Podcasts into one 'Album'

I have imported a number of podcasts, into my 'Podcast' folder in iTunes.
How do I consolidate 4 'Albums' into one, within my 'Podcast' folder?

Are these podcasts from the same subscription that have become separated or four distinct podcasts that you're trying to force together?
Although you can edit the Album and Artist fields in a podcast the way they are connected in iTunes & on the iPod depends on a hidden tag field called ITUNESPODCASTURL. If you give all the episodes the same value for ITUNESPODCASTURL the order is then controled by ITUNESPODCASTID. While editing these values to link a series that has changed its feed or rearrange episodes that are in the wrong order works well, I don't think it should be used to try to fuse disparate series together. If that is your aim it would probably be better to change the Mediak Kind to Music and then organise these tracks like any other album.
mp3tag is one Windows-based tag editor I've come across which is able to edit podcast tags in audio files. I've no doubt there are others that can do the same for Mac and/or video files.
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Consolidating songs into one album using iTunes 12

In earlier versions of iTunes I was able to dump songs into one album, but with the new iTunes 12.0.1.26 I cannot seem to get the songs into one album. Anyone have any ideas.
Thanks for your time.

Hello there, jclove.
When songs from the same album aren't grouped together in iTunes, the following Knowledge Base article helps provide some guidance on correcting that issue:
Why aren't songs with the same album art grouped together? - Apple Support
Although it may look different in iTunes 12, the functionality is still there, and can be changed.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

Consolidating songs into one album

When you have an album with multiple artists, how do you consolidate back into one album on Itunes?

ctrl + clic on the album then get info ,it asks you if you wanna change the info of several elements,click yes then just add the name you want for the album in "artist album" click ok and that's it ! you may select several "albums" to consolidate them !!

ITunes merges unrelated songs into one album?

Hey all, I've tried repeatedly to fix this problem and haven't had any luck. I recently added an album to iTunes (11.4) and the following things happened:
1) Under "albums" view, each song from the album had its own separate entry in albums (same album art and title, several entries with one song each).
2) After I repeatedly consolidated them into one album, they finally stayed together...
3) ...but suddenly 100+ other songs joined them in that album.
Now over a hundred of my songs are considered part of the same album--everything from Johnny Cash to Yoko Kanno is considered part of "Awesome Mix Vol. 1". I have no idea why these songs in particular were chosen, but whatever is happening overwrites their album information as well as their album art while leaving everything else intact. It's not even consistent regarding which albums it messes with--SOME of Abbey Road is now part of Awesome Mix while some is not.
I've changed the tags back a dozen times. I've even used a program like TuneUp to do so automatically. Every time I do so it eventually changes back--I think the Awesome Mix category is saved into iCloud or something. Has anyone encountered this before and can they suggest any fixes? I am going nuts. These are awesome songs, but they don't belong in Awesome Mix.

In iTunes an "album" is any collection of tracks with the same Album title and the same Album Artist, or Artist if Album Artist is blank, or for which Part of a compilation is true. This can be further complicated by inappropriate values in the various sort fields. See Grouping tracks into albums for more.
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HT1819 [Podcast] mix all the imported mp3 files into one Album

Dear Sir,
I need your help of the app [Podcast].
Let me explain my problem.
I enjoying listening to Audiobooks very much.
Everytime I use the iTunes to import some mp3 stories into my iPhone, then change their properties from MUSIC to AUDIOBOOKS. Because I like the convenience of the very two buttons ( 15 seconds of fast backward jumping, and 15 seconds of forward jumping).
But I cannot easily delete those mp3 files that I've just heard. The only way is to erase the whole album in SETTINGS. (I have a bad memory, always forgot which one that I have heard)
Then, I found the app [Podcast], it has all the functions that I need:
one, 15 seconds of fast backward & farward jumping;
two, very convenient (sleeping) timer function;
three, I can easily delete each mp3 file that I've just heard so I know where CAN I continue.
So, I love the app [Podcast], from then on, through the iTunes, I change the properties of my mp3 stories from MUSIC to PODCASTS. It's very easy to operate.
But, then I found something strange: the app [Podcast] mixes every mp3 files together,into one ALBUM, in spite of the ALBUM informations that I defined in EACH mp3 tags.
The app [Music] can classify each ALBUM of those imported AUDIOBOOKS, why can't [Podcast]?
Could you please show me what to do?
Thank you very much.
Yours,
ZJH
[email protected]

This is EXACTLY my problem....and I am disheartened that there is NO reply with fix for this. I need to find another app to use. I like to use the podcast app for audio files so I can listen to them in 1.5x or 2x speed. Frustrated....
Tom Hawkins

Podcasts won't combine into one album.

Ever since I upgraded to 9.0.0.70 some of my Podcasts (not all of them) will not combine (append) into the original Podcast album. As I download a new issue, each new Podcast issue creates an ablum of its own. I can't seem to get them to combine into one album - the original album. Why is this happening? How can I combine the new issues into the original album?
Thanks, Jim Finney

I resolved my issue.
Do the following:
1. Go to settings/main menu and make sure the podcast setting is on.
2. Connect your iPod to your computer and launch iTunes. On the iTunes menu go to edit/preferences/podcasts and click on the iPod preferences button. Make sure you have the podcasts you want updated checked. (WARNING!!! This step will likely erase and podcasts you have on your iPod now). It should warn you of this.
This resolved it for me and it now works like a charm. You May not even have to do step 2. Let me know how it works out.
Bob

When i import a compilation cd how do i get all the tracks into one album in the music library. They are currently listed as individual tracks or albums.

When I import a compilation CD the tracks list as individual albums. How can I get them consolidated into one album?

Generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For a compilation use Various Artists and also set Part of a compilation to Yes on the Options tab of Get Info.
For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
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I have photos I want to group together in one album, but can't do this because some may have the same number. How can I combine them all into one album?

I have photos I want to group together in one album, but can't do this because some may have the same number. How can I combine them all into one album? I was trying to move several albums onto a USB drive and it stated all other files exist at this location. They are pictures taken at different times and have the same number I guess.

In iPhoto albums may contain photos with the same file name - iPhoto handles that just fine
If you are exporting them to move somewhere else use the sequential file name feature of export to give each file a unique name
LN

A music album is listed multiple times in my library but each listing only has a few songs in it-not the full listing. How can I combine them into one album and get rid of other duplicate listings?

Several music albums listed in my IPhone 5 music library are listed multiple times, but each one only has a portion of the songs listed. How can I combine them to make one album?

First....Thank you so much for your prompt reply. I am sorry for not getting back to you regarding your suggestion-I had computer issues that just got resolved. Also, this is my first foray into online chat rooms so I have a lot to learn to precisely state my issue! I did as you suggested and all the songs list the same album when I go into each song's "get info". However, I am not sure how to edit as you suggested. When I downloaded this album originally, for some reason it broke up into several albums each with different songs from the original album. I am trying to consolidate them back into one album in my library. I would greatly appreciate further assistance if you can. Also, I do not use "the cloud" to store any data and would like a good source of info on how to do this. Thanks so much for your patience!
SueZoo

How do you merge multiple songs into one album?

When I added a downloaded album to iTunes, it created one album for each track. How do I merge all of these albums/tracks into one album?

Some albums will fracture into a million pieces if you have different artist names. How the columns are sorted can effect this.
If it is a multiple artists on one album select 'Compilation' in the options section for all of the songs on the album.
NOTE: You need to have multiple items selected to set this flag!

Songs in my Itunes show up as separate folders. How do I combine them into one album?

Songs in my Itunes show up as separate folders. How do I combine them into one album?

Is this one of those CDs where the main artist asks their friend to sing a song with them?
Such as, Slash's new album. Track 1 is "Slash Feat. Ian Astbury", track 2 is "Slash Feat. Ozzy Osbourne" and so on.
To fix this, select all the tracks on that album, right-click > Get Info, and say YES to changing multiple items.
Put "Slash" in the *Album Artist* field (for this example, of course).
Make sure it is the *Album Artist* field, not the plain Artist field.

When I import a commercial CD itunes will create 2 identical albums and put all of the songs except one into one album and put the other song into the other album by it self. How can I combine them all into one album and why is itunes doing this?

When I import a commerical CD Itunes will create 2 identical albums and put all of the songs except one into one album and put the other song into the second album that it created. Why is itunes doing this and what can I do to combine them into one album?

I found this to be somewhat helpful: Grouping Tracks into Albums
What I did was to put in the same name for Album Artist in every track. That seemed to do the trick (previously all those fields were empty). It seems like a lot of work for a simple thing.
iTunes knows (or should know) that these tracks were imported from one CD. So why is it relying on incomplete data from the gracenote database?

HT2905 I have duplicate albums but no duplicate songs. One song showing in one album, the restof the songs in a duplicate album. How do I get them to merge into one album?

I have duplicate albums but no duplicate songs. One song showing in one album, the rest of the showing in a duplicate album. Album, artist, genre all identical. how can I get these albums to merge together into one album?

Change the album title to AlbumX, apply, then change back to Album. Repeat as necessary.
For deeper issues see Grouping tracks into albums.
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Why has iTunes seperated a album which I have copied over from my external hard drive into iTunes? How can you pull all the songs back together into one album again?

Why has iTunes seperated a album into indevidual songs, which I have copied over from my external hard drive into iTunes? How can you pull all the songs back together into one album again?

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/message/9910895)
Quick answer: Select all the tracks on the album, File > get info, and either give them all a single "album artist", or check the "compilation" flag (as in https://discussions.apple.com/message/17670085).
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.

HT1473 Sometimes when I copy a CD into iTunes all of the songs do not show y up in one album, but mutiple albums, all with the same name. Is there an easy way to get all of the songs into one album.

Sometimes when I copy a CD into iTunes all of the songs do not show y up in one album, but mutiple albums, all with the same name. Is there an easy way to get all of the songs into one album.

Generally adding a common album artist will fix things.
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