ITunes on iphone/ipod -- Artists no longer in Alphabetical Order(!)

Help!
I recently updated my itunes library on both my iphone and my ipad. I used seperate itunes libraries (hosted on the same Windows computer) in order to have a larger "master" library on my ipad since it has more memory. I did this via using the "depress the shift key while starting itunes" trick to select the library for each device. That all seems to have worked just fine - I got the library I wanted synced with each device.
Unfortunately, the alphabetical order of the Artists is only "mostly" correct. As an example, under J, I see:
Howlin' Wolf
Humble Pie
David Bromberg
J.J. Cale
James Brown
and the rest of the J's. Likewise, when I look at the K's, it starts off with J's and a few other seemingly random artists, before getting into the Ks.
How do I get the system to re-alphabetize my library???
Help!!!

Seems like a bug that I hope Apple can fix soon. Does anyone from Apple scan these boards?
Occasionally.
But it is much safer to send feedback using the feedback form, if you want the developer team to see your feedback.
Use this link: Apple - iPhoto - Feedback

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