Joining Tracks

Recently purchased an iPod Touch. I want to put all my audio books (on CD) into iTunes to sync to the iPod.
When importing each CD, I "joined" the tracks. After 5 books downloaded with no problem "join tracks" greyed out. WHY? How can I get it back.
I rebooted the computer; tried different discs; no luck. Any thoughts?
Thanks

FWIW, have a look @ [this_|http://mysite.verizon.net/teridon/audiobookhelper/index.html].
JGG
edited by the Jolly Green Giant (where Green stands for environmentally friendly)

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Are thre tracks listed in the correct order? If you select a different sort order to the track number (i.e. songs title alphabetical order, by clicking on the top of the name column), then you cannot join tracks.
In the screenshot below (that I took for another post, earlier today);
notice the arrow at the top of the number column. That tells me that the tracks are in track order. If the arrow is pointing the other way, or it's at the top of one of the other columns, you cannot use Join Tracks. In that case, simply click on the top of the number column until the arrow is pointing upwards.

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Molly Weasley wrote:
Just found it: you need to highlight the column on the farthest left before the "Join Tracks' Will show up.. That's the column to the left of name.
Huh? Are you sure?
You cannot highlight a column - if you click on a column, it sorts by that column. Also, the column to the left of the name is a tick-box column, which cannot be sorted or highlighted.
However, the column to the left of that, the one with the numbers in it, as shown in my screenshots, is the track number. If you have clicked on it, you will have reversed the track order and Join CD Tracks will not be available. Look:
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Did you delete the files completely by moving them to the recycle bin, then emptying it?
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*When I want to burn an audiobook from CD into itunes and try to use the "join tracks" command from the advanced menu it is greyed out and can't be used.*
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Join CD tracks
When you import songs from a CD into iTunes, you can group songs so they always play together (even when you’re shuffling songs).
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When the songs on the CD appear in the iTunes window, hold down the Shift key to select the ones you want to join.
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I have a convoluted issue.
From this post <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4567334&#4567334> I understand that in order for iTunes to see my CD it needs to be in Standard format. (In my case the files are MP3s and a Windows Executable.... On my windows machine it auto-launched MusicMatch.)
Most of the time, the work-around of selecting the files in the Finder and dragging them to iTunes would be fine.
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Since iTunes can't see the CD, is there any other way to join the tracks?
I have several CDs worth of audiobooks and would hate to have 17 gazillion tracks floating around my iTunes and iPod....
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I've found a work-around. It's not exactly a zippy process, but in the end I did end up with a conjoined bookmarkable AAC file rather than 43 separate MP3s.
At <http://aldoblog.com/audiobooks/itunes/importing-mp3-cds/> I learned more about the settings needed for importing my tracks to iTunes. Unfortunately, using the .m3u file didn't work for me but it may for others. (I suspect it was because the CD was created with MusicMatch in mind, rather than iTunes.)
The FAQ at aldoblog.com gave me my next ray of hope.
<http://aldoblog.com/audiobooks/itunes/frequently-asked-questions/#q5>
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<http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts07.php?page=1#jointogether>
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Hi, crazy Apple making things "easier" again!
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1) Insert disk (obviously)
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