Itunes library view

I have albums mainly in itunes library plus a bunch of individual songs. can i put all the individual songs in one "folder" so that only full albums show up in library plus one other "folder"? any advice welcomed. thanks

skegs wrote:
thanks for your response.
creating playlists does remove the individual songs from the library view though - correct?
No.
Every item in iTunes is always in Library.
A playlist is simply a bunch of links to songs in the library

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