Screwy burning CDs in iTunes

Some of the CD albums I burn into iTunes end up with as many individual "albums" as there were songs on the CD, each one a separate "album" on iTunes. A nuisance. How can I correct?

Sorry, no. Here's what you need to do:
Select the tracks that should belong to one album but have different artists.
Use the Get Info command on the File menu.
Select the Options tab.
Set 'Part of a compilation' to yes.
And then click 'OK'.
I think that should fix your problem - the album will then be listed in the Various Artist section instead of each one being listed by the album artist.
Regards,
Colin R.
Message was edited by: Colin Robinson
I've just found the Apple article that explains it better than I can
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1468
Why aren't songs with the same album art grouped together?

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jangelbabe5 wrote:
I've been always burning cds on iTunes. Lately, I burned about 3 cds and everytime I play them, every track seems to skip. Is there a solution for this? I'm not sure if it's the burner or something else. Please help!
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iTunes 10 for Windows: Create your own MP3 CDs
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3814
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jangelbabe5 wrote:
I've been always burning cds on iTunes. Lately, I burned about 3 cds and everytime I play them, every track seems to skip. Is there a solution for this? I'm not sure if it's the burner or something else. Please help!
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http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/susc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=2024958&moid=1909174&rpn=PSAF3U&BV_SessionID=@@@@043462335 6.1208403240@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgadedlgfhkdecgfkceghdgngdgnn.0&ct=DL&alldocs=false
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Hi Toonz,
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Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
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Track 6, start time 15:38:00
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Track 16, start time 50:48:10
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I bet you can't burn anything with the "Protected AAC audio file."
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D: HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B, Rev 0015
Drive is empty.
E: SONY CD-RW CRX216E, Rev PD01
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Additionally, I copied the iTunes playlist to a new drive that was recently installed with Windows, and the same problem occurs when rebooting under that system.
Also, please note that this issue occured prior to updating to iTunes 7.
Any assistance anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated by both myself and my friend.
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Keith
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