Remove Folder From iTunes Songs

I wish to replace my large database of music on the HDD of my DVD player/recorder and to do this I need to remove the folder from the various albums and songs held in iTunes. Does anyone have an easy answer to this problem that iTunes has created for me?

When I transferred my music collection from Windows Media Player to iTunes it consisted of one folder with thousands of individual files with the track name and composer or singer etc. In this format I was able to upload to my LG DVD player/recorder HDD.
I now wish to add more tracks to my LG machine and have discovered that iTunes has placed each track into a folder and each album into a folder as well. My LG player cannot read the songs because of the folder. It cannot see the tracks to be played.
I am looking for a way to strip the tracks from the folders so that each track can be seen in one long list.
I hope this explanation is clearer.

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