Renaming Some iTunes Folders

As I was browsing through my music, within iTunes, I noticed that I have some inconsistency (inconsistency is evil! :-)). For example, on many albums I have "The Legendary Pink Dots," but on one album, "Legendary Pink Dots."
While this was easy to change within iTunes, I noted that the file folder on my drive was not renamed and/or moved so that all my LPD albums are consolidated.
What is the best way to straighten this out? That is, move the inconsistently name disk folder.

I'm not sure what you mean, when you say "you need to change the file info."
All my music is in the iTunes music folder, I consolidated that a few weeks ago.
I did uncheck and then recheck the "Keep iTunes Music folder organized," and iTunes went through a process...but the folder was not renamed and/or moved.
Any other suggestions?
How about if I copy the mp4 files to another area, delete the songs from within iTunes, then import the songs back in? Would that work?

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