Song/Album info keeps reverting back to old version when played on itunes

Question

Hello everyone,
I am having trouble with iTunes 6 reverting my Track/Album information to the original when I select the song or album to be played. I have re-organized my library's live albums' names to start with the year in which it was recorded rather than original album name; however, when i click on a song to listen to it, the song moves- when I click to show the location of the song playing, it is back listed under the album name that I just edited... any help would be greatly appreciated, this is quite frustrating!
RPW

Answer 1

It sounds like you actually want/need to update the tags of the songs and not just rename them. That's the only way this can be properly handled in your iTunes library.
Perhaps the easiest way to do this is to Edit > Show Browser so you can easily navigate through the albums you've already got. Now, once you select an (improperly named) album from the browser, you isolate all the songs on that album. Just select them all (click one of the tracks and press Apple+a), then press Apple+i to edit tag information. Click the Info tab, and there you can enter the desired/modified album name in the Album field. Once you've done that, click the OK button.
Another alternative is to display the Year tag in your iTunes library. That way you don't need to edit the Album tags (unless you still want to). To enable the display of the Year tag, go to Edit > View Options and check the box next to Year, then click OK. When you return to your iTunes library, a new column will be added for the Year tag.