hiding compilation artists/grouping compilations

[teasus]

Hi,

I have several compilations, which completely clog up the artist list with about ten times as many artists, and make browsing by individual artist impossible. As a workaround, I've created two groupings, one for compilations and one for other albums, but it's a clunky fix.

All my compilations have the correct MP3 tag. Is there a way I can tell the browser to separate them? Before I moved to Linux, I used iTunes which has  "Compilations" at the top of the artist list when the option "group compilations" is checked. It's the only thing I miss about that particular piece of junk! Something similar would be handy, and surely not impossible to implement within a custom layout?

All suggestions gratefully received!