Moving songs in Library to correct Album play order

I'm trying to correct the playing order of songs in the library, to the original album order. Drag and drop does not work. Please help

Hessian Prince -
I have this problem sometimes, too. It seems to happen more with Windows computers.
* First, sort your music by Albums. ( If it's anything like some of mine, it sometimes goes 9, 10, 11, 12, 1, 3, 7...etc.)
* Right click the first song that shows up in the Album list, and choose "Get Info".
* Then click on the second tab marked "Info".
* On the right hand side, you'll see Year, Track Number, and Disc Number.
* I usually put a number 1 where it says "Disc Number, XX of XX", if for nothing else than a place holder.
* Whether you want to put something there or not, make sure EVERY song on the album is tagged the same way.
That usually takes care of it for me. When doing the drag and drop, for some reason not all of the songs get processed the same way. This also happens sometimes during the encoding process.
HTH!!
David

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