ITunes Sort Order: A/The

iTunes doesn't include the words 'A' or 'The' when sorting when they are the first words in a title or name. Is there any way to change this behaviour (without having to renter the sort field). I want (for example) 'A Fine Frenzy' to be sorted under A not under F.

Not a problem when using iPhoto on a Mac, which the transfer of photos is primarily based on - not manually managing photo storage as seems to be common with Windoze.
The same should be available with a supported photo management app on a PC.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4221

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That's helpful for my issues with iPhone, which are yet another variation on what I'm talking about - but in going through the article, I couldn't find anything that pointed to why my "name" column is not sorting properly for the same artist album.
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