I record a lot of vinyl so I need both a mass tagger and then the granularity to do individual tracks
is there any way to just pull up the properties box of an album easily I tried to wade through the how to and it still isnt clear how to do it without 20 different steps
Action Window > Tag is fine. You don't need to include the file list in the tagger window. The standard details view list works as well.
Personally, I add the needed columns to a view scheme and use the interface like an Excel sheet. Some of my view schemes have over 50 columns.
You can select all files in a file list view and edit one of the column values directly without going to the Tag window. The edited value will be applied to all selected files. You can use the right-click+drag lasso selection system for making partial selections easily. (In addition, you can activate the lasso selection also for left-click in the program options).
MC12 and MJ12 are a lot more advanced taggers and file organizers than MJ8 was. Just give MJ12 some time. It includes all changes that were made to the file handling system in MC9-12 during the last five years so it is a big step forward from MJ8.