Option Click Get Info for Old GUI?

The new GUI for Get Info in iTunes 12 is not only incredibly lacking but also an insult to long time iTunes users.
It makes the most simple of tasks become incredibly laborious.
For starters I am trying to add the "track x of x" field and cannot for the life of me find where to add that field to the new GUI.
Secondly, adding album artwork is ridiculous. I either have to scan the cover of my CD I just ripped or search the internet for the image, download it to my computer then upload it into iTunes? For real? lol.
So I googled and found many others like me questioning how iTunes 12 even came to be.... and they had a simple trick to bring back the old Get Info GUI. Simply hold down the option key as you click "Get Info."
That worked for a day or so. Now it doesn't work any more. I didn't update any software since it worked the first time.
Can someone please let me know what I am doing wrong. I simply want to use the old Get Info GUI rather than being forced to succumb to the major disaster iTunes 12 has turned out to be.
Thank you.

FWIW
I'm running OS 10.9.5 and iTunes 12.1.0.5.
I'd change that in my profile/signature but why should that be an easy task as well?

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