ITunes10 burns playlist in messed-up track order

I have a 17 track playlist and I want to burn it exactly in the order the tracks are positioned. I edited all tracks being part of a compilation, named them the same album, edited the track numbers, marked 'remember playback position' and 'part of a gapless album'.
I burned 3 cd's and each time, iTunes burns the tracks by artist in alphabetical order.
How can I make iTunes burn so that it respects the order of the tracks in the playlist?

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I hope somebody can help! I have downloaded mp3s (not from the iTunes store, sorry Apple!) and added them to my library no problems. However, the tracks for an album are in alphabetical order and I'd very much like to have them in the order they appear on the album, but for the life of me I can't! I'm not too computer savvy (and new to macs) so please bear with me! I have managed to create a playlist with the correct track order, but when I drag that to my iPod, it bloomin' well puts them into alphabetical order again! Aargh!
A pint is in order for anybody who can help and make it to Leeds!
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To set the correct track order:
Select all songs of the same album and Get Info (command-I)
Fill in the total number of tracks at 'Track Number'.
Click OK
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Select a song and Get Info (command-I).
Select the Info tab and fill in the track number at 'Track Number'.
You can move to the next song by clicking on the Next button (command-N)
Navigate to the previous song by clicking the Previous button (command-P)
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M
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I converted the ITunes format to MP3 so that it would play on my home cd player which the manufacturer tells me is the only format it will play. I don't get the 'zzzzzp' noise on there, only in the car which is obviously a different make. I also used MP3 because I wanted all the info about the tracks to be displayed, which I believe will not with audio cd format.
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How your CD appears in iTunes depends on the column selections. In list view in iTunes, select the column to the left of the track names to see the CD track order. To see the actual order of the tracks on the CD, open the CD in Finder by double-clicking the CD on the desktop. The tracks will be preceded by a number corresponding to their order on the CD and that is the order they should play in your CD player. If you use the Finder's list view, your CD should reflect the order in the playlist you burned it from.
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I am SO HAPPY :smileyvery-happy: to report I have (sort of) found the solution to the playlist re-ordering issue!! It's very odd how this works, but it's the only way I've found to do it, so here goes.
PROBLEM: If you have sorted a playlist by any of the column headings, you then find you cannot reorder by drag & dropping.
'WORK-AROUND' SOLUTION: <Assumes you have first done a sort by any column heading in *any* Playlist>
1. Click on and 'Star' any song in playlist.
2, Click on and re-sort by whatever column heading you just did a sort by.
3, Click on and re-sort AGAIN by same column as in step 2.
4. Select/Click on any song in Playlist, Re-order by Drag & Drop to whatever place you desire in Playlist.
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