Showing as 2 Separate Albums

I have a 2CD set that I've imported into itunes that is showing up as 2 separate albums (1 for each cd). Obviously I want this to show up (in grid and coverflow view) as a single album.
*So - I've done the following:*
In list view I highlighted all of the tracks from the 2 Cd's. > Getinfo > replaced (overwrote) the Artist Name and Album Name - entered blanks in all other fields (except 2 cd set). Saved settings.
iTunes still shows the 2 discs as separate albums.
*Possible Red Herring:*
One of the tracks on the second cd originally credited 2 artists (Bob Dylan feat Ralph Stanley) rather than 1 (Bob Dylan) so when the first cd was originally imported it recognised the artist as Bob Dylan, while the second cd was listed as Various Artists. Also the 2 discs were titled Disc 1 and Disc 2 - so itunes would (i presume) have thought they were different albums.
After the Getinfo change described above, however, all tracks are now credited to Bob Dylan (and both discs confirm Bob Dylan as the artist) and both titles are the same.
So I then deleted the album from itunes thinking to re-import it but this time to change the Artist Name and Album Title before importing so it would be imported with consistent titles. However, when I tried to do this itunes remembered what I'd previously changed the album title to and already inserted that. I continued with the import and, of course, same result ie 2 separate albums.
However, that itunes remembered the changes i made suggests that it holds quite a bit of data that I can't get to. Could it be that somewhere it still thinks that the albums are individually titled disc1 and disc2 and I need to reset this info somehow?
Any help or suggestions much appreciated - Thanks

Thanks Guys - greatly appreciate your assistance....
Indeed Polydorus's article was very thorough - but i worked my way through it.
No joy at first but it pointed me to the AlbumArtist Field and i thought i'd just give it a try.
Hey Presto by putting the artist name in there it joined the album together.
Got a horrible feeling I should have known that all along - now i look at it it seems obvious.
Really appreciate your time - Thanks!

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