Basic Tagging Question, Single Album, Multiple CDs

Sorry for what perhaps is a really basic question, but only realy thought about it after upgrading to iTune7!
I have albums, Elton John for example, which is a Greatest Hits album, and there are 3 CD's
I origionally had each Cd called 'Greatest Hits - CD1; Greatest Hits CD2' etc.
With the cover flow thing this is giving me 3 covers for he same album (not ideal!)
I have just started to look through, and i have changed each CD's info (in the tags) to use the 'Disk 1 of 3' for CD1, and 'Disk 2 of 3' for CD2 etc. Then i change the actual album name for all the disks to read Greatest Hits
This works, so now using coverflow, i can see the album with a single cover, but how do i go directly to the 2nd or 3rd disk? Have i got to peak in the actual track listing to pick up disk 2
Also, when everything is synced onto my iPod (havent got it with me at present) how will i easily access the 2nd or 3rd disk from the album?
Again, sorry if this is trivial, but i would love to hear about how other people organise their library, and navigate, having multiple CD albums
Also, is there a quide on setting up the tagging info which may be of some help to me?
Thanks
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