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I've just installed iTunes and imported MP3s from an existing folder ripped using Windows Media Player.
When WinMP ripped the CDs it organised them into Albums. For example- Santana's Supernatural into a folder for Santana and a subfolder for Supernatural. After installing iTunes I still have a folder for Santana and Supernatural but any of the songs he did with other performers are now in their own folders.
The same happened to several other folders such as Dave Matthews, Ja Rule, Nelly, Snoop, etc. Whenever another artist appears the MP3s have been removed from the proper folder and put in their own.
Is there a way of getting the old organisation back? If not, and I have to re-rip these CDs how do I keep it from happening again?
Thank you,
Rob

If you do not want them in the 'Compilations' folder of your music (as hudgie explains) but in the same Artist/Album folder, then the only recourse you have is to change all the Artist names to the same thing (take away all the secondary Artists).
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