Track/album article sorting script

Hi
Am sorting/tidying my iTunes library and exporting to a new external hard drive.
I am being a tad OCD about this....lol.
I have found scripts that are great and are helping but.....
I would like to sort using the full title including 'A' 'The' and so on for artist, track and album.
I can't find either a script app that would turn off aotosort or blank the relevant sibling field, I am hoping there is one.
(There is a scipt for windows).
My library is 100,000+ tracks compiled over the last few years so going through one by one would be extremely tedious.
Many thanks
Stephen

Thank you.
I am aware of what iTunes is doing
and of the option of editing each the sibling sort fields.
I am doing that at the momement but it is extremely tedious and prone to error.
However there is a script for windows which overrides auotsort function.
I want to know if a script or app is available that would over ride autosort on a mac.
Thanks
Stephen

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