i should note here the nature of my setup and the problem leading me to
see the extreme need for this.

i use EAC and lame.exe to rip 256kbps mp3s.  (all mp3s made with lame
3.96 or later).  i have the lame dll also installed in EAC to give me
the extra dialog screen, but afaik, i don't have EAC/lame setup to
create any special tags.  i do make both v1.1 and v2.3 id3 tags.

i have not been able to find a program that shows me the exact names of
the fields in my tags, but i assume my tags use:

TPE1 for artist
TPE2 for albumartist or band

i do not think i have any user defined fields/tags, or any
"compilation" tags.

i use winamp 5.53 (set to no guessing) to handle my tag editing.

in SC7, i have the settings->music library choices set to:

NO checkmarks checked in the first three checkboxes, so

Composer
Conductor
Band/Orchestra  

are all UNCHECKED.  as far as i can tell, these checkboxes are only for
including in artist lists for searching.

after that, i have...

Group compilation albums together
and
List albums by band

...both selected.

here is my problem:

ANY album that has agreement on the albumartist field in winamp, but
has varying folks in the artist field for the same album, gets treated
as a various artists album.

so if ray charles is on one track with billy joel on one cd of the
billy joel box set, that one cd gets put under various artists even
though billy joel is the only person under albumartist.

in other words, the album is NOT being sorted properly.

so when i browse artwork, and i am in artist, year, album, that cd is
missing from the B's and is under the V's.

interestingly, the "list albums by band" option, while having no effect
on sorting, DOES DISPLAY the album as by billy joel, both under the B's
and V's.

so this is the heart of my issue, but i think all of us would benefit
from having a flowchart that would show expected behaviors.


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