Importing music form Cd's directly into a playlist...

Cab anyone please advis em if it is possible to import music form Cd's directly into an iTunes playlist? So that on arriving in that 'previously created playlist'on arival there all relvant detail is shown. Including artis and album info dor each track. To date each time I try to import the full list of he tracks us shown, but often kisted as track 1, track 2 etc. etc. Which then requires that I am thenb obliged to do a lot of work referring to the CD cover itself in order to transfer that inmfomation, by typing, into iTunes. Having then compleetd all this info, on trying to then craete a playlist, all the previous inofo I had just typed had completrely vanished fromsight. I was then left with the entire music LIBRARY listing where each imported track was lsited but not with the info I had just typed; but only by the track numer: track 1, track 3, etc etc. again. I the had to crweate a playlist, the transfer each song one at a time into the tha playlist. By the time I had finished I no loher wanted to hear the music. I was way topo tired and needed a rest.
There must be a beter way of doing al this. Please advise. Apologise fo rmy ignorance, I am 80 yers of age and no expert in thsi technology. Thanks

Hello Gordon,
First of all you don't really need to create a playlist to get the songs onto the iPod if you are managing it manually so you have an extra step in there that's not really necessary. Once your album is imported you can locate it using the browser and drag the tracks from there to your iPod.
If the songs have all the information on artist, album etc. filled in then you should be able to find them using your iPod menu. I think I know though why you might have had difficulty with your Phantom album. I suspect that the songs on it are all listed as being part of a compilation.
If the tracks are ticked in the Get Info>Info tab as part of a compilation (an album where the tracks are by various artists), they will not appear under Artist on the iPod. Highlight a song in iTunes that you know is not appearing correctly on your iPod. Right click on it and choose Get Info and click the Info tab (alternatively choose Get Info from the File menu). Look to and see if "Part of a Compilation" is ticked. Setting "Compilations" on your iPod main menu prevents you getting lots of single artist entries when you load an album by various artists. You'll find compilation albums listed separately on your iPod and they can also be grouped separately in the iTunes browser.
To set Compilations in the iTunes browser open iTunes and go to File>Preferences>General and tick the box "Group compilations when browsing" then choose OK. When this is set you'll see "Compilations" as the top entry in the browser's Artist pane. When you click on it you'll find any albums listed as compilations will appear in the Album pane.
To view Compilations from the main menu of your iPod scroll to Settings and press the centre button. Scroll down the list that appears until you see Compilations and check that it is set to On, pressing the centre button switches it on or off.
Scroll back up the list to Main Menu and press the centre button again. Scroll to Compilations in this next list to switch the setting to On then press Menu a couple of times to return to the main display.

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