Re: Multiple album/track artists
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Originally Posted by Jazz_North
I don't think I have first problem (I'm not even sure I understand what it is), but I do have the second one.
Hi,
When I view the album in the Album Overview page the artist's name is also including the collaborators.
And it can get very complicated eg:
Crosby Stills Nash & Young and David Crosby and Stephen Stills and Graham Nash and Neil Young and Crosby Stills & Nash and Crosby & Nash.
It does not make sense. Only the artist's name should be included in the Album Overview.
Joe
Re: Multiple album/track artists
I'm not trying to be obtuse, but I don't know what you mean by "album overview page". I've tried all the views I know about and don't get this problem.
[quote=Joebugs]
Hi,
When I view the album in the Album Overview page the artist's name is also including the collaborators.
And it can get very complicated eg:
Crosby Stills Nash & Young and David Crosby and Stephen Stills and Graham Nash and Neil Young and Crosby Stills & Nash and Crosby & Nash.
It does not make sense.
Re: Multiple album/track artists
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Originally Posted by Jazz_North
I'm not trying to be obtuse, but I don't know what you mean by "album overview page". I've tried all the views I know about and don't get this problem.
Hi,
In fact if you go in any view including the Record Properties you get the name of the artst as Artist + Collaborators.
I can send you a screenshot if you send me your email.
Mine is [email]joebugs@onvol.net[/email]
Joe
Re: Multiple album/track artists
Hi
I have now realised that I was trying to get something that this feature was not intended for.
I was trying to see albums for ex; by "Crosby Stills Nash & Young" also listed in the album pages by "David Crosby", "Stephen Stills" etc.
It appears that this feature splits up two or more combined main artists into separate individual main artists. An album say "Riding with the King" by BB King & Eric Clapton is now listed under BB King and Eric Clapton separately; however it is no longer listed under BB King & Eric Clapton. The main artist "BB King & Eric Clapton" disappear from the lists of artists.
Ideally the album should be listed in "BB King & Eric Clapton", "BB King" & "Eric Clapton"
Joe
Re: Multiple album/track artists
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Originally Posted by VendenBos
When entering the collaboration artists, it is not possible to set the sort name of the artist. Existing artists are recognized and the existing sort name is used, but new artists are sort on their full name and I have to change it in the artist view.
Additional controls for setting sort names will be added eventually. I ran into problems implementing it - hopefully it is not a deal breaker.
You can always add sort names via menu Library -> Manage Artists.
Andrei
Re: Multiple album/track artists
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Originally Posted by Andrei
Additional controls for setting sort names will be added eventually. I ran into problems implementing it - hopefully it is not a deal breaker.
You can always add sort names via menu Library -> Manage Artists.
Andrei
I didn't understand the complaint in the first place. Everytime I add a new artist, whether through the collaboration feature or simply because it is someone I had never entered before, I have to specify the sort name. If you are going to make it easier to do that, that is great, but it has nothing to do with collaboration (which is great).