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Thread started 03/03/12 12:08pm

berniejobs

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Alphabetizing "the" in you mp3 collection?

What do you all typically do when alphabetizing your album collections on your computer when it comes to bands that have "The" in the title?

The computer will put all the "The's" together alphabetically, which can be confusing. For example:

Santana

The Beatles

Tin Machine

Or would you change it to:

Beatles, The

Santana

Tin Machine

*Note: this is for the obsessively organized people.

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Reply #1 posted 03/03/12 1:33pm

PANDURITO

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Beatles, The

Santana

Tin Machine

nod

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Reply #2 posted 03/03/12 3:28pm

NDRU

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My itunes puts The Beatles under "B" and The Clash under "C"

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Reply #3 posted 03/03/12 6:00pm

yanowha

PANDURITO said:

Beatles, The

Santana

Tin Machine

nod

yeahthat

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Reply #4 posted 03/03/12 9:38pm

Dauphin

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I keep it as:

The Beatles

I used to change tags to Beatles, The a long time ago, but then I ran into issues with bands like:

A Tribe Called Quest

The Band

etc.

At this point, most music libraries have a search feature that allows me to type "beatles" or "tribe".

Another option I've seen use the different tag labels like Artist: The Beatles Performer/Composer: Beatles, The

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Reply #5 posted 03/04/12 9:04am

vainandy

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I just put the "the" in front of it. My computer somehow ignores the word "the" and places the band in alphabetical order as it should be and I'm glad it does.

Andy is a four letter word.
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