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Mar 23, 2006, 04:17 PM
 
Hi. New to the iPod family. I've ripped my CDs, transferred the music to my iPod and have a question about organization. I've searched here, but can't find the answer.

Here's the scenario:
I want to listen to an album, but I want to access it through the "artist" menu. I go to the artist, then the album and the first song. All good.

However, if the artist has collaborated with someone on a few songs, those songs are not represented in this menu. They're in a second menu under the artist's name and the collaborator's name.

I know I can get to the complete album by going through the "album" menu, but I usually decide whom I want to listen to first, and then which album.

Is there a way to get all the songs represented in Artist to Album? I'm guessing I could go in and delete the second person's name, but it'd be nice to keep that info. It's especially frustrating on today's rap albums.

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Mar 23, 2006, 05:11 PM
 
Often you get the songs but the artist is So-And-So & Otherguy. I rename these tracks to Artist So-And-So and then the individual song to Title (Feat. Otherguy).

This way they will still be in the same order and the entire album together.
     
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Mar 23, 2006, 05:20 PM
 
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Originally Posted by mdc
Often you get the songs but the artist is So-And-So & Otherguy. I rename these tracks to Artist So-And-So and then the individual song to Title (Feat. Otherguy).

This way they will still be in the same order and the entire album together.
     
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Mar 24, 2006, 07:44 AM
 
Originally Posted by mdc
Often you get the songs but the artist is So-And-So & Otherguy. I rename these tracks to Artist So-And-So and then the individual song to Title (Feat. Otherguy).

This way they will still be in the same order and the entire album together.
Exactly. This is one of my pet peeves about how the iTunes music store organizes their tracks. I always have to rename things like this or they won't show up properly on the iPod.
     
   
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