One song, two albums?

Hi all,
Just ran out of space on my iPod. Again. I have countless double-ups in my library though:
"Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen" from their compilation album "Absolute Greatest"
"Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen" from their album "A Night At The Opera"
I was wondering if there was a way to "tag" both albums to the one file location thus eliminating my need for 2 files on my iPod.
I realise I could delete the file for the compilation album and ONLY credit A Night At The Opera, but both albums are great to listen to individually and I don't want to have to credit only one album and end up with half a compilation and then have to search to listen to the song. Just as I don't want to have to make individualised playlists as I've seen suggested in other threads (dating back to 2005).
Surely there should be a solution to this issue by now?

I was wondering if there was a way to "tag" both albums to the one file location thus eliminating my need for 2 files on my iPod.
There is not a way. There is only one Album tag for each song file, and that is the album that iTunes will use.
You can of course, make a second copy of the file, and give the second a different Album tag and cover art. However, this does not save the space as you are trying to do.

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Hello all, I don't know if this is possible, but here goes.
Over time you accumulate the same track a few times from different sources, and that's all well and good as you want the full album or compilation.
My question is: is it possible to tag one of these tracks for multiple albums, and therefore being able to delete the duplicates, so only the one file is referenced from multiple albums?
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