ITunes is missing the first track of most albums

For some time now, iTunes has been losing the first track of my albums and playlists. Not all of them, but many. I can't figure out a pattern...digital downloads, CD uploads, everything. There are a bunch of Track 1s for unknown albums listed in my Library, but when I click to listen, the files cannot be found. Any suggestions?
Thank you!

I think iTunes is screwing up the headers on some files. There's a free download called "MP3 Scan+Repair" that fixed mine. You'll have to quit iTunes, delete the library file, process your mp3s through that scan+repair utility and then re-add your mp3s.

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Why won't iTunes continue to the next track in an album?

Hello.
After recently updating to iTunes 5.2 on my primary computer (a 1.5 GHz. 15-inch PowerBook G4 running Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard)), iTunes will not continue to the next song in an album once a song is finished. In "Album" view, for instance, if I mouse over an album and click "Play Album," iTunes will play the first track on that album, but then will not proceed to play the next track once the first track is finished playing. What's interesting is that I also cannot click the "Next" button (>>) in the upper left-hand corner of the iTunes window and have iTunes play the next track. If I do press the "Next" button, iTunes will instantly stop all music playback and deselect the highlighted abum (if any).
I have tried rebooting my computer and relaunching iTunes multiple times, but all trials have failed to solve the issue. In addition to restarting my computer, I have also tried reinstalling the iTunes application, but again with no luck.
I've looked through the "Preferences" menu (iTunes - Preferences) and have experimented with some of the vaious settings, but have also failed to find a solution.
In addition to my PowerBook, I have iTunes 10.5.2 running on my MacBook without any issues. The PowerPC archetecture of my PowerBook should not have anything to deal with it, should it?
Any help, suggestions, or comments regarding the issue would be greatly appreaciated.
Thank you very much.

Okay, I figured out what the problem was. I had to "check" the checkboxes along the left-hand-side of of the track names. iTunes now plays through all of the tracks like it should. :-)

I moved my iTunes Library and now the first track of most CDs is missing. Why? What can I do?

I have moved my iTunes library several times. Sometimes to free up space on the main drive, I have moved the library to an external drive. I have also moved the library when changing drives and changing computers. I find that most of the CDs I have imported into iTunes in the past are now missing the first track. It shows the sign, but I haven't been able to locate them. In many cases, I have given the CDs themselves away and so I have no easy way of re-importing the tracks. Why does iTunes do this? Is there something I can do in the future to prevent this from happening? It gets rather tedious to go through hundreds of CD and locate a single track for each one after upgrading a drive or the computer. HELP?

What process did you use for moving the library?
I have noticed iTunes on rare occasions loses files. Don't know why. Keep back ups. Before updating a backup run a script such as Dougscript List MIAs so you can make sure you aren't deleting your only copy should one get lost from your main drive.
You might want to note that it is a mistake giving away the CDs. When you no longer posess the CD you relinquish the right to keep a copy of the music. Also, as you are finding, you no longer have a backup source for the music.

How do I stop my itunes sticking on the first track and playing it over and over?

My itunes starts playing the first track but then repeats it over and over until I move it on manually. How can I stop this happening?

I am trying to upload a project with multiple tracks to iTunes. only the first track seems to be uploading. what do I do?

I am trying to upload a project from garageband with multiple tracks to itunes but only the first track is uploading. what do i do to make them all upload together?

Couple of questions:
What type of Tracks are they (MIDI, AUdio, Drummer)?
WHen you play your Project, do You hear all Tracks playing?
What happens when you change the Track order, i.e. A-B-C to B-C-A? WHen you export, do you still get only one Track and if so, is it talways the first Track in the list or a specific Track regardless if it is the first, second, or third?
Are you sure you don't have any Tracks Muted or Soloed (which auto-mutes the other Tracks)?
Hope that helps
Edgar Rothermich
http://DingDingMusic.com/Manuals/
'I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.'

The first track on an album sounds fuzzy, why?

Well, I bought a CD today to import into iTunes and it all worked fine but the first track sounds all fuzzy and crackly. I have windows 8 and heavn't found any way to correct this, please help.

I had this problem too, and for a long time it aggravated me. I found that you just have to keep importing the cd, again and again, until it sounds ok. Select only the tracks that are fuzzy to speed things up. Hope this helps.

ITunes will only play first track from an album!

Hi all
Have recently upgraded to iTunes 9.2 and it's broken!! For some unknown reason when double clicking on an album in my library, unlike in old iTunes the whole album would play, it now only plays the first track then stops. It will play all the tracks, but I have to keep selecting the next track to play. I want the old, fully working and polished iTunes I'm used to, not this half baked ill thought & rushed out alleged "upgrade"
Any help or advise would be gratefully appreciated.

Have the tracks become unchecked? iTunes will skip unchecked tracks, so if they're all unchecked, iTunes will play one and then stop. If this is indeed the case, re-checkmark the tracks - control-click on any checkbox will select or unselect them all - and you should then have continuous playback.
Hope this helps.

Why does the first track on an album appear after the other tracks?

When I downloaded iTunes and did an initial media scan, it added all my music files. However, on some of the albums added, not all, the first track is listed after the other tracks. For instance, the track list goes from 2-13 and then 1. This is only happening on some of my multi-disc albums, again not all, and not on the single disc albums. One of the tracks on Disc 2 actually appears on Disc 2 but has Disc 1 written above it. I am running the latest version of iTunes on Windows 7 Home Premium edition, and everything else seems to work fine. This is what I've tried on my own so far, all without success;
1.) I've checked the track 1 properties using "get info" and compared them to other tracks. They seem fine.
2.) I've deleted the track 1 songs and re-added them, but they return the same way.
3.) I've deleted the entire albums and re-added them, but the problem remains.
Does anyone have any ideas about what's causing this bit of weirdness?

I had this problem too, and for a long time it aggravated me. I found that you just have to keep importing the cd, again and again, until it sounds ok. Select only the tracks that are fuzzy to speed things up. Hope this helps.

I have an Apple ipod that gets stuck on the first track of every album, can you help please?

I have an Apple Ipod model MC 688. My problem is that every track played 'sticks' , if I forward it sticks on the next track, just plays the same one over and over.
Very frustrating, can you help please?

"Sticks"
Do you mean the same song repeats? If so, turn off the repeat (1) song feature.

Why does CD Burning in iTunes 10.6 hang my system on the first track?

I have iTunes 10.6.3.25 running on Windows 7.
When I try to burn a playlist to a CD iTunes hangs on the first track.
To stop the hang I have to shutdown my computer and unplug the external LG super multi-blue writer (BE06LU10)
This used to work in previous version of iTunes.
There is nothing wrong with my CD drive or OS since I am able to burn a CD using Power2Go software on the same system.
It is more convenient to use iTunes since that is where my playlists are stored.

Well unplugging the power to the external optical drive breaks the iTunes hang-up without having to re-boot.
My question is why itunes consistently hangs while trying to write the first track to the CD?
I deleted iTunes and re-installed but to no affect.
I can burn CD with other software on my system so this must be an iTunes bug that needs to be fixed my Apple. Meanwhile, I will use other software.

TS1424 An album I recently downloaded is missing most of the first track. How can I download it again without being charged?

An album I recently downloaded is missing most of the first track. How can I download it again without being charged?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Try deleting the problematic tune (electing to remove original file if/when prompted) and then re-downloading the file from the iTunes store.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option from the Quick Links section in the top right corner of the iTunes homepage in your iTunes application on your computer.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option at the bottom of the screen of the iTunes app on your iOS device.
If the problem re-occurs, select the content which is causing a problem and use the 'Report a problem' button in Your Purchase History using your computer.

I just bought a new album in itunes and accidently deleted the first track. when i go to redownload it from my cloud or purchases it tells me that the item cant be redownloaded on this device for 90 days?

i have two itunes accounts but i only use one to buy music. while on the account that i use for music, i bought a new album last night. i bought the album with my 5th gen ipod. after the album was done downloading i accidently side swiped over the first track and deleted it. when i went back to redownload the track the message "this computer is already associated with an apple id. you can download past purchases on this computer with just one apple id every 90 days. this computer can be used with a different apple id in 81 days." i do not understand why i cant redownload something i just purchased. please help.

Unfrotunately, this sounds like a dead TC.
- also, the picture does NOT pick up the 2 airport expressess in the house that I used to extend the wirelass network on the previous TC
- there is no option to extend the wireless network
You need to reconfigure the Expresses to rejoin the TC's network via a factory reset.

I recently transferred my ITunes library to an external hard drive. I made sure to copy all the data from the saved location. After the transfer I noticed that a lot of albums are missing the first song and some recently purchased albums are missing.

I recently transferred my ITunes library to an external hard drive. I made sure to copy all the data from the saved location. After the transfer I noticed that a lot of albums are missing the first song and some recently purchased albums are missing. Is there any way to recover the data? Thanks for any help.

I may have found an answer here:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive
They only thing I can assume is that my external hard drive was slow to start and iTunes defaulted to its old directory (see the last paragraph at the link above). However, once my external was recognized shouldn't everything have fixed itself?
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HT203175 My Ipod does not sinc with all of my Itunes library, only the first few albums. I recently changed my operating system to XP from Vista, which was a pain, and due to my fault had to reinstate most of my albums and all of the playlists.

Ipod does not sinc with all of my Itunes library, only the first few albums. I recently changed my operating system to XP from Vista, which was a pain, and due to my fault had to reinstate most of my albums and all of the playlists. How do I get my Ipod to sinc fully when I access Itunes?

Recover media from iPod
See this post from forum regular Zevoneer for options on moving your iPod data back to your computer.
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ITunes 10 will only play the first track of a CD, including brand new CDs.

I reinstalled my operating system and had to reinstall iTunes. Now I have version 10 and after I import a CD it will only play the first track then progressively go track by track skipping through the rest without playing. Does it even whether I try to play from the CD or from the music section I imported it to. Even have 3 brand new CDs that it is doign the same thing to, so I have a hard time believing it is a disc reading issue.

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ITunes is missing the first track of most albums

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