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Compilation CD's, Yet Again

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Dingman:
OK, I'm going to try one last time before I give up.

How to group various artist compliations into the correct one album without loosing the actual artist name? I've tried several times and am failing.
I've tried changing artist, album artist, album name - I can get them regrouped, but only by making the Album Artist match, which then overwrites the actual Artist name, thus loosing that.


For Example, using the Heavy Metal album pictured above.
Here is a track that is not grouped - Nazareth. (jriver01 pic)
Then change the "Album Artist" - jriver02 pic - notice the artist has automatically updated and wiped out Nazareth.

Dingman:
Well, I grouped the compilation tracks into a single album following the directions above - but as I mentioned, my artist text was automatically changed to match the Album Artist. I couldn't see how to disable this, as I can go back and change the artist back to the correct text, and the compilation remains intact.

Now, I'll search and see if I can find how to correct the ripping behavior, it would be nice if this were handled automatically (without losing the artist name) when the CD is ripped.

Thanks!

blgentry:
You are posting about MC16, which I've never seen or used.  I've only used MC20 and 21.  In those versions, setting Album Artist does not affect Artist in any way.  They aren't linked and each one can have completely independent values.  It's very odd that you're seeing Artist change when you change Album Artist.

Is this behavior repeatable?

Brian.

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