The Reader

To preserve (or enforce your own) order, you should use the fields Disc x of
y as well as the track number.

But what is the advantage of merging albums?

Why do you have to re-import? You can select imported tracks at *any time*
and use Get Info.

Otto

On 1 May 2010 17:12, Michael <m_salmony@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> When I import several CDs and then merge those imported tracks into one
> iTunes album it often makes a mess. I merge the imported CDs by
> ctrl-clicking on the albums, going to get infos and editing the common data
> (composer, artwork, album title etc.). iTunes then does make a single album
> out of the cds but sometimes it merges the tracks in a silly order. This
> happens especially if the CDs are not known to Gracenote. In that case
> iTunes will merge the CDs in the order Track 01, Track 01, Track 01, ...
> instead of all tracks from CD1, then all tracks from CD2 etc.. Since there
> is no Undo if the merge I have to re-import all CDs and start again. Very
> annoying.
>
> I can set the sort field to sort by "import date/time" which brings the
> tracks in the order I want (i.e. first all tracks from the first imported
> CD, then the next one ...) but when I sync my iTunes with the iPhone all the
> tracks are again in the order Track 01, Track 01, etc. (i.e. the CDs are
> interleaved).
>
> I do not want to build a separate Playlist but want a single iTunes album
> with all the CDs that belong to a particular set in correct order.
>
> How can this be done, please ?
>

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