Exclusion of selected songs from Shuffle

Please can anyone tell me if it is possible to exclude a selected batch of songs from the shuffle facility on the iPod?
Regards,
Nigel

Good news! I was looking through the massive list of scripts at http://www.dougscripts.com in the iTune section and found this one...
"This script will enable or disable the selected tracks' "Skip when shuffling" option."
So you can select a batch and then do them all at once. Script found here...
http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=selectedtracksbookmarkable
Patrick

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