David Bowie / Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) box set with 12CDs

Hi @Moonloop. I’m sorry to hear that you are having difficulties. The problem here is that your folder structure and/or track filenames and/or file tag metadata are conflicting.

Without seeing the exact folder layout, filenames, and tag information, it is hard for me to diagnose exactly what is happening; however, I suspect that your album title tags are the same (which is probably why you are getting duplicates when track numbers are the same), and that you may not have disc numbers in your file tags.

What you need to make this work are:

  1. 12 CDs in 12 folders, labeled CD1, CD2, etc.
  2. Album title file tag the same for all tracks. (= “Who Can I Be Now?”)
  3. Disc numbers present and correct in the file tags.
  4. Track numbers present and starting from 1 for each disc in the file tags.
  5. If your filenames have track numbers, make sure that they also start from 1 for each disc.

Please give it a try and let me know if this works.

This article is an introduction about box set identification. I hope that you find it useful.

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