Can't join purchased tracks

I know how to join tracks imported from a CD, but I want to join tracks purchased from the Music Store and can't do it. How do I join purchased tracks?

Hi there,
I did some searching here in the forums about this, and I think i found an answer that would be useful to you. I apologize to the original poster, as I am not going to cite his name, but here is what he said:
"The process of compression to MP3 or AAC adds a blank space to the beginning or end of the file itself. This is sometimes called "encoder gap". If this encoder gap is not accounted for, then combining two compressed files together (even if they're at the same bitrate and such) will still leave a tiny audible gap in the file.
iTunes does not have any support for true gapless playback, and so it would be unable to correct for that encoder gap. Even if it did understand gapless, combining the streams like that is problematic for many other reasons. The only real way to do it is to re-encode them both, which causes a quality loss, so it's a bad idea to begin with.
Whereas joining CD tracks is mainly a matter of ripping them together into one track, which is easy because a "track" is just a marker, it's not an actual change in the datastream.
Suffice it to say that there are technical reasons behind it, and the overriding reason is iTunes lack of proper gapless support."
There, that seems pretty comprehensive to me. I hope this helps.
-Draker
Windows XP Pro

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You can only join adjacent tracks and they have to be in the correct track order. Look at the screenshots below:
Image 1. Only one track selected - so Join CD Tracks is not shown:
Image 2. Tracks 1 & 2 selected, so Join CD Tracks is available:
Image 3. Although tracks 1 & 2 are selected, the track list is in reverse order, so Join CD Tracks is not available:
Image 4. Same album as image 3, but in correct track order, so Join CD Tracks is available:

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When you import songs from a CD into iTunes, you can group songs so they always play together (even when you’re shuffling songs).
Insert an audio CD into your computer’s CD or DVD drive, and click No in the window that appears.
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Click near the top-right of the iTunes window, and choose Join CD Tracks.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12278

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Help,
This is NOT the problem where the tracks are out of order so the Join CD Tracks is grayed out. It's a different problem.
I load audiobook CDs to play on my iPod - have been doing it for years.
I join the tracks so that each CD is only one entry in iTunes.
As of the last few days, when I try to join CD tracks, it says it's joining hundreds of tracks, and when I drag the joined tracks to my itunes folder it just chimes and refuses to copy.
In the past, the little drag icon would list the number of joined tracks (like 12), now it shows a number like 283. And it won't copy. I did a software update recently. Has something changed to this feature?
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I suggest having a working version of iTunes like 9 on your computer for the joined tracks feature. I only use 10.2 now for uploading to ipad since apple is forcing paying customers to use that version for the ipad and other players because older more stable versions of itunes don't work with the new hardware. Choice is something that is disappearing with apple products. It's a shame.

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Mark Bradford wrote:
Yes, I suppose I could use Garage Band or Logic for that. Makes for a lot of work, though. I guess I was hoping for something easier. Thanks!
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Up to you, of course, but as audio editing tasks go, stringing a few tracks end-to-end is relatively simple.
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Ok... it is getting a bit clearer but there are still some questions.
I connect to the internet via airport only and it is pretty fast.
I was assuming airport in this statement in your first post meant the TC or the Express.. but I now realise we are still in the mass confusion stage where apple calls everything wireless an airport. So what you mean is the airport internal card of the computer??
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I tried extending the wireless net work and tried joining wireless network, but the TC kept crashing and I had to keep resetting the TC. the Apple support person said these, extend wireless network and joint wireless network, are no longer a connection option with the new TC because of the new AC protocol.
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You cannot use join a wireless network because when you do the ethernet ports will be cut off.
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Join in the express is the only apple router that still allows an ethernet connection.
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