Playlists Shuffle/Creation Question

OK...here's my question. In previous versions of iTunes I could (for example) create a playlist for Led Zeppelin. I could then go through each of their albums, selecting the tracks I wanted and drag them to this new playlist. After I finished making all my selections, I could hit the shuffle button and iTunes would randomize the order for me. I could keep hitting shuffle until I saw a random order I wanted to permanantly keep. I could then export this playlist, re-import it...and the order would remain intact in regular playback (shuffle off).
Now, how do I acomplish this on iTunes 11. I have been creating playlists for my car like this for years.
thanks much.

Jonathan Christensen wrote:
Now, how do I acomplish this on iTunes 11. I have been creating playlists for my car like this for years.
You don
iTunes seems to have removed the actual shuffle order in playlists. They will play shuffled (the playlist skips around) but the display order will not change as it used to.

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