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[rsg]

I think I've tried to get an answer to this before...but no luck. Here's the issue: When I rip a compilation/anthology CD that is composed of songs tracks from different years, MC tends to assign a random year to the album. The Tom Petty Live Anthology (4 CDs), for example, is assigned 4 different years and so it ends up in four different places in my library when I am viewing albums by year. Each track is given the proper year, that's good, but there is a random date assigned on the top right of the album name / artist line for the whole album. The date is not even one of the dates from any of the tracks. Tag > Advanced > Date (release) doesn't help. How can I assign the proper 2009 album date (in this case) to get all four CDs to group together in the library?

[~OHM~]

well you kinda gave yourself a hint....you could use the grouping tag or just tag them all to the same year or tag the cd #....lots of options 

[rsg]

But if I tag them all to the same date, I will lose the individual date for each track, right?

[Peter_T]

You could make a custom library field too...

[swiv3d]

I would make a custom library field called something like Track Release Date, set it to type Date, then transfer all of the Date field values into it, then set the Date field to the required year. If you add the new field to the standard view window you can then click into it and then select all of the files you want to change, press F2 on the keyboard and the new field will open for editing. Paste  =[Date,0] into it and the Date field values will be transferred. You can then tab across to the Date field and enter the year you want into it.

[Peter_T]

I would make a custom library field called something like Track Release Date, set it to type Date, then transfer all of the Date field values into it, then set the Date field to the required year. If you add the new field to the standard view window you can then click into it and then select all of the files you want to change, press F2 on the keyboard and the new field will open for editing. Paste  =[Date,0] into it and the Date field values will be transferred. You can then tab across to the Date field and enter the year you want into it.

Exactly.

[denton1972]

I think I've tried to get an answer to this before...but no luck. Here's the issue: When I rip a compilation/anthology CD that is composed of songs tracks from different years, MC tends to assign a random year to the album. The Tom Petty Live Anthology (4 CDs), for example, is assigned 4 different years and so it ends up in four different places in my library when I am viewing albums by year. Each track is given the proper year, that's good, but there is a random date assigned on the top right of the album name / artist line for the whole album. The date is not even one of the dates from any of the tracks. Tag > Advanced > Date (release) doesn't help. How can I assign the proper 2009 album date (in this case) to get all four CDs to group together in the library?

Go to "Recent Albums", select multiple albums (hold down "shift") and edit tag (alt+enter).