Possible? Importing Folders as is. Instead of iTunes "automaticly" doing it

What I'm trying to do is put my music (that is already Organized in their folders) into iTunes. But when I put in certain albums into iTunes music portion. It separates the tracks. This is really bother-some because when I put all my music in at once (22gigs+) It make makes 350 albums into 600+ albums. Changing the Views does not change anything. The only thing resembling what i want is to view it by tracks. All I'm asking is, Is it possible to tell iTunes to not automatically organize my music and organize it by the folder i put it in as is. I'm thinking of buying an iPod because they seem to be the only devices of their kind to hold "that" much music. But if iTunes doesn't properly stored and organize, it will probably be the same issue on the iPod. Sorry if this type of topic was already created. But a yes or no would suffice. No meaning I would have to edit the tag for each track. (probably)
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James Nguy wrote:
Is it possible to tell iTunes to not automatically organize my music and organize it by the folder i put it in as is.
You can tell iTunes not to to organize your music. However, you can't tell it to organize it by folder structure. iTunes organizes music by ID3 tag information. iPods also rely on ID3 tag info. So, in order to effectively use an iPod, you will have to edit your tags.
Best of luck.

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