Renaming Albums

I have a Sony CD player that holds 400 CDs. When I record them in iTunes, I want to add a number (like #234) into the title. It's great for searching too.
How to I rename a title of a CD?
Also, if I rename the title, will I have problems finding title art, etc.
Thank you.
David

My suggestion would be to import the CD as normal making sure the "Automatically download missing album artwork" preference is checked in your General Preferences for iTunes.
After the artwork is in place you can change the album title by:
Highlighting all of the songs in the main iTunes window and selecting File > Get Info or CMD-I, then type in the album title you want and Enter.
If you haven't explored the Get Info [CMD-I] dialog box, you should. You can change information for single tracks or change multiple tracks at the same time.

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i'm an indie artist being told the names of my albums have to be changed to comform to the new itunes store standards or have them removed. this is really ridiculous because one of my existing albums already has the formatting it was submitted as and yet i'm still being told the other two albums must be renamed.
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the third album title arrived as : "single of the month club, vol. three (alt mixes)" but it should have been "single of the month club - volume three alt mixes". the "-" was replaced by a "," and the word "volume" was truncated to "vol." and "alt mixes" is wrapped in parenthesis for some reason.
what i'm looking for here is consistancy. as an artist i should not be made to alter my artistic vision. there are several existing album titles within the itunes store that contain all these elements that i'm being told i have to change. if my first album title can exist as intended, then the two subsequent album titles should be allowed to exist as intended.
note: these albums were submitted through cdbaby.com and their reply to the question is : "The formatting guidelines put in place are relatively recent (in the past couple of months), so older projects may have not been adjusted yet by iTunes (generally modifications won't be made unless an album is brought to their attention)."
i have not been able to find any way to contact the itunes store directly for this matter other than through this forum.
any assistance is greatly appreciated.
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Hey allaboutlooks,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities! I'd check out the following article, which goes over possible issues with the Mac App Store you may encounter and possible resolutions:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3624
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