# Is there a way to force certain tags on import?
**URL:** https://discourse.beets.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-certain-tags-on-import/1849
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [September 6, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-certain-tags-on-import/1849 "2021-09-06T19:41:01Z")
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### Author:  [@apastuszak](https://discourse.beets.io/u/apastuszak)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-certain-tags-on-import/1849/1 "2021-09-06T19:41:01Z")
As a music geek, my collection has multiple version of an album in. For artists I really like, I may have multiple versions.
As an example, today I ripped and imported the 2008 remaster of the Moody Blues album Long Distance Voyager. In order to distinguish between the two versions, after import, I will modify the album tag using `beet modify -a /path/to/album album="Long Distance Voyager (2008 Remaster)"`.
I have paths setup to name the directory the way I want for multiple versions, but it doesn’t change the album name to what I want.
Is there a way to import an album, but specify what one of the tags should be?
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### Author:  [@jackwilsdon](https://discourse.beets.io/u/jackwilsdon)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-certain-tags-on-import/1849/2 "2021-09-06T19:55:51Z")
Does [`beet import --set field=value`](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.5.0/reference/cli.html#import) achieve what you’re looking for?
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### Author:  [@apastuszak](https://discourse.beets.io/u/apastuszak)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-certain-tags-on-import/1849/3 "2021-09-06T20:00:16Z")
I shall need to test that! I’ll get back to you.
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### Author:  [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-certain-tags-on-import/1849/4 "2021-09-06T23:24:56Z")
`--set` is indeed just the right feature, but it also seems like `modify -a` should do the trick too… it could be worth checking with `beet ls -a` that the path you’ve entered is matching the album you want. (You may want to try a metadata query instead of a path query, like `album:'Long Distance Voyager' year:2008`.
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### Author:  [@apastuszak](https://discourse.beets.io/u/apastuszak)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-force-certain-tags-on-import/1849/5 "2021-09-07T01:48:34Z")
I’ve been using modify -a after import and it has worked well. But if I can do it during the import, all the better.