Indexing with ArtistSort

[bganthem]

I have about a forty Artist-related conflict messages, most of which concern drafting errors (e.g. minor spelling discrepancies between the Artist and Artist Sort names or the use, by personal preference, of a completely different name in Artist Sort). But three messages relate indirectly to the examples and problem identified in my post:

1. Warning: custom value conflict for ARTIST tag 'Larry Coryell' in file Larry Coryell/Impressions; The New York Sessions (Organ Trio)/01 - Very Early.flac
current index/sort value is 'Coryell, Larry'; new index/sort value is 'Coryell, Larry Organ Trio'

The latter sort value is correct, but the Artist index nevertheless displays the Album under Artist (ie Larry Coryell). It is also strange that the Album list within the Larry Coryell Artist index shows this album out of date order and so, unlike the other albums, does not comply with < tagOptions: Album.sortTags={AlbumArtist, Artist Sort, +Date} >, which would seem to suggest a processing problem.

2. Warning: custom value conflict for ARTIST tag 'Miles Davis' in file Miles Davis/Music from Siesta/01 - Lost In Madrid, Pt. 1.flac
current index/sort value is 'Davis, Miles'; new index/sort value is 'Miller, Marcus'

For reasons of personal preference, and not realising that there was a validation process between Artist and Artist Sort, I made 'Miller, Marcus' the Artist Sort.

3. Warning: custom value conflict for ARTIST tag 'Richard Thompson' in file Richard Thompson/RT; The Life and Music of Richard Thompson, Disc 5 (Real Rarities)/02 - How Many Times Do You Have to Fall.flac
current index/sort value is 'Thompson, Richard'; new index/sort value is 'Thompson, Richard & Thompson, Linda'

The new index/sort value is a correct reading of the tag; and the track, along with all other tracks from the disc set, appears under Artist (ie Richard Thompson).

I've tried an experiment with the Larry Coryell albums, adding an AlbumArtist field with the Artist Sort (ie. reverse name + extension) data for all albums which were not Larry Coryell 'solo'. The aim was to defeat any dysfunctionality between the Artist and Artist Sort indices by using the precedence of AlbumArtist to overwrite the 'non-solo' Artist index entries, thereby hopefully releasing the 'solo' albums to be indexed under Artist Sort. But this has not worked: while the 'non-solo' albums are indexed under the Album Artist (=Artist Sort) name, his 'solo' albums remain indexed under Artist (ie. Larry Coryell).

I've also spotted a couple of misreadings of a field, eg.:

Warning: custom value conflict for ARTIST tag 'Tom Petty' in file Tom Petty/Wildflowers/01 - Wildflowers.flac
current index/sort value is 'Harrison, George'; new index/sort value is 'Petty, Tom'

The oddity here is that, 'Harrison, George' does not feature anywhere in the tag. He does, however, feature in Artist Sort for two other tracks on a different album where Tom Petty is the Artist.

I am sorry if all this is highly confusing but hope all it may be of some help in a diagnosis.