Well, I went ahead and got me a id3 editor and went through my Shared files updating, correcting and improving all the file info. That only took some 12 hours. Fortunately I don't have a massive music library or I could easily have been at this for a few days. Hunting up info on each song (original date, album, track number, album art where possible) proved rather difficult.

There should be a library of such info out there somewhere so a person could find out at least the basics like the original release date of Dinah Shore's version of "I could have danced all night" (1956, 78 rpm single, in case anyone cares) . But even stuff from the 80's is hard to locate. Tons of re-release compilations dating 2002 or some such, or the song just isn't popular enough anymore to even be noted.

Only some obscure places keep track of small collections. So it does seem a little difficult to get precise info on a lot of stuff. However, that doesn't excuse people from thinking all disco songs were sung by Donna Summers.

Well, anyway, I got MY stuff cleaned up. Now it's up to everybody else to do the same.