Organize by 'Album Artist'?

Interstellar · Interstellar #1 (**permalink**)

07-16-2007, 11:31 PM

If I take a compilation of various artists, change the 'Artist' name to Various and then put the atrists real name in 'Album Artist', will that keep the compilation together in the library? But still maintain the artists integrity for the music they wrote?

ste6168 · ste6168 #2 (**permalink**)

07-17-2007, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Interstellar

If I take a compilation of various artists, change the 'Artist' name to Various and then put the atrists real name in 'Album Artist', will that keep the compilation together in the library? But still maintain the artists integrity for the music they wrote?

Honestly I dont know if this has anything to do with what you are talking about, but I was trying to get a bunch of "promotional country CD's" that I got from local radio stations (through my internship for school) to be groupd as a compilation, like they were the same artist, without being listed as the same artist ( if that makes sense).... I dunno, if this isnt what your saying, then EVERYONE REGARD THIS

Interstellar · Interstellar #3 (**permalink**)

07-17-2007, 09:30 PM

No, that's it's exactly what I'm talking about.
What did you do?

shmendall · shmendall #4 (**permalink**)

07-18-2007, 08:55 AM

I'd give them the artist name :

*compilation name*-*real artist name*

you could then widen the bars so you can see their names!

or you could have their artist names in the song title section? then the album name in their artist name section?

Ryvyan · Ryvyan #5 (**permalink**)

07-18-2007, 09:15 AM

That "Album Artist" thingum only came out after I had organised a few thousands of my songs, including compilations. Or maybe I'm just slow in downloading updates from iTunes back then. :X

I usually sort them by albums, the artistes' names I put in song title before the title of the song. :X

ste6168 · ste6168 #6 (**permalink**)

07-18-2007, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Interstellar

No, that's it's exactly what I'm talking about.
What did you do?

I havent figured it out yet... Im gonna mess around with it now.

* on a side note, I have the compilations named "Promotional country CD March" "Promotional country CD April" etc and would like them to also be arranged in order of the month, wonder if thats possible...

Interstellar · Interstellar #7 (**permalink**)

07-18-2007, 06:49 PM

Sample of what I tried:

Album - Best of Motown Disc 1
Song - Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Artist - Various Artist
Album Artist - The Temptations

Still seperates each artist with their song, not by Various Artist

shmendall #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 04, 2007 Location: Lancaster, England Posts: 145 Mac Specs: IMAC 20"!! WOOH YEAH!! 2gb ram - 250gb hd 2.16ghz core 2 duo	07-18-2007, 08:55 AM I'd give them the artist name : compilation name-real artist name you could then widen the bars so you can see their names! or you could have their artist names in the song title section? then the album name in their artist name section? Diana F+ HOLGA 135 Actionsampler Last edited by shmendall; 07-18-2007 at 09:07 AM.
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Interstellar #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 09, 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 111 Mac Specs: 24" iMac 2.4 Ghz 4GB RAM 320GB HD, 15" Macbook Pro 2.53 Ghz 4GB RAM 320 GB HDD	07-16-2007, 11:31 PM If I take a compilation of various artists, change the 'Artist' name to Various and then put the atrists real name in 'Album Artist', will that keep the compilation together in the library? But still maintain the artists integrity for the music they wrote?
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Ryvyan #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 14, 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 35 Mac Specs: 30gb Black iPod Video \|\| White MacBook 2.0GHz 1GB-RAM & an absolute beauty	07-18-2007, 09:15 AM That "Album Artist" thingum only came out after I had organised a few thousands of my songs, including compilations. Or maybe I'm just slow in downloading updates from iTunes back then. :X I usually sort them by albums, the artistes' names I put in song title before the title of the song. :X
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Interstellar #7 (permalink)
Member Since: May 09, 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 111 Mac Specs: 24" iMac 2.4 Ghz 4GB RAM 320GB HD, 15" Macbook Pro 2.53 Ghz 4GB RAM 320 GB HDD	07-18-2007, 06:49 PM Sample of what I tried: Album - Best of Motown Disc 1 Song - Papa Was A Rolling Stone Artist - Various Artist Album Artist - The Temptations Still seperates each artist with their song, not by Various Artist
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