Disc Number is ignored in Itunes 11.

When playing multi disc audio books, all the track 1s are played in sequence, then track 2s etc.
I believe this was an issue with Itunes 9, but was fixed.    Now its back in Itunes 11.
Is there a workaround?

For the moment, if you view your audiobooks in the "List" view and then sort by album, the audiobooks will show up in the proper track order. Of course, this is an issue they should fix.
Cheers!
Ian

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