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Xstatic

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purpose of "album artist" field?
« on: February 07, 2004, 06:10:28 am »

I just ripped the album A Twist of Motown, recorded by various artists.
The producer and albumcreator is Lee Ritenour.

I have left each song with the actual recording artist of that song, but filled the field "album artist" with Lee Ritenour, hoping that this meant that when I choose him in the artist pane, that album would show up.

But it doesnt.

So I have two questions:

1) What is the purpose of the album artist field, what does this field benefit?

2) How can I have this album listed both under Lee Ritenour AND under each recording artist?

Using MC 9.316.

Jesper.
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Nolonemo

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Re:purpose of "album artist" field?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2004, 10:53:46 am »

In the case you've described, Lee R would show up if you selected "album artist" for your column type (in library view scheme).  If you select "album artist (auto)" what you'll see is "[multiple artists]"

You can mass copy single artist album artists into the "album artist" field using tools->library tools->move/copy fields.  That way you'll see what you want using "album artist" and will see all the individual artists under "artist"

Hope this helps.

Alan
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Xstatic

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Re:purpose of "album artist" field?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2004, 11:01:48 am »

really nice :-)

All those functionalities.. need to spend more time with my MC!

I was really a hardcore MJ6 user - but ah..not that hardcore anymore, didnt keep up with all the development.

Thanks a lot.

Jesper.
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