iTunes 11 - importing CDs

philjo · Dec 26, 2012, 05:04 AM

I am importing several CDs into iTunes 11 (running on Lion on my Mac mini)

Some of the CDs I am importing are coming in as multiple albums - even though all of the tracks are on the same CD. How do I get them all to import as the same album?
Also, how do I reorganise the ones that are already imported back into a single album?

About 70% of the ones I am importing are not finidng any artwork to download (or the wrong picture) - I am in the UK so these are all UK published CDs (mainly classical)

many thanks.

balamw · Dec 26, 2012, 05:23 AM

Can you post a screenshot of an example?

Thanks!

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philjo · 05:43 AM

See attached jpg - This CD imported as 4 different albums.
tracks 1-10 on the on the first one, another album has tracks 11-14. tracks 15 and 16 are each as separate albums.

I have another one (John Rutter Christmas Album) that came in as 6 different albums.

balamw · Dec 26, 2012, 05:41 AM

I'd select them all and set the "Album Artist" to something common for all to see if they merge. I suspect this is just how the data is in GraceNote or whatever service Apple is using today.

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philjo · Dec 26, 2012, 06:14 AM

That did the trick - when I edited the album artist they all reappeared to display as the same album

many thanks.

Dec 26, 2012, 05:04 AM	#1
philjo macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2011	iTunes 11 - importing CDs I am importing several CDs into iTunes 11 (running on Lion on my Mac mini) Some of the CDs I am importing are coming in as multiple albums - even though all of the tracks are on the same CD. How do I get them all to import as the same album? Also, how do I reorganise the ones that are already imported back into a single album? About 70% of the ones I am importing are not finidng any artwork to download (or the wrong picture) - I am in the UK so these are all UK published CDs (mainly classical) many thanks.
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Dec 26, 2012, 05:23 AM	#2
balamw Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New England, USA	Can you post a screenshot of an example? Thanks! B __________________ MBA (13" 1.7 GHz 128GB), UMBP (15" SD 2.8 GHz), UMB (13" 2.4 GHz), iMac (17" Yonah), 32GB iPad 3 WiFi+LTE, 64 GB iPad WiFi, 32 GB iPhone 5, Airport Extreme
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Dec 26, 2012, 05:36 AM	#3
philjo Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2011	See attached jpg - This CD imported as 4 different albums. tracks 1-10 on the on the first one, another album has tracks 11-14. tracks 15 and 16 are each as separate albums. I have another one (John Rutter Christmas Album) that came in as 6 different albums. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by philjo; Dec 26, 2012 at 05:43 AM.
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Dec 26, 2012, 05:41 AM	#4
balamw Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New England, USA	I'd select them all and set the "Album Artist" to something common for all to see if they merge. I suspect this is just how the data is in GraceNote or whatever service Apple is using today. B __________________ MBA (13" 1.7 GHz 128GB), UMBP (15" SD 2.8 GHz), UMB (13" 2.4 GHz), iMac (17" Yonah), 32GB iPad 3 WiFi+LTE, 64 GB iPad WiFi, 32 GB iPhone 5, Airport Extreme
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Dec 26, 2012, 06:14 AM	#5
philjo Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2011	That did the trick - when I edited the album artist they all reappeared to display as the same album many thanks.
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