Sorting songs within an album

I am hoping to get some help on sorting.
Within my I-Tunes library I have the albums sorted the way I like. However, within an album I cannot seem to control the order in which the individual music tracks appear.
For example, I have merged the selections from 2 separate CDs into a single album. When I do that the tracks (1-12) from Disc 2 are listed ahead of the tracks (1-12) from Disc 1. I've tried adjusted one/both of the track numbers/disc numbers for the discs but this did not impact the order in which the tracks appeared.
Does anyone have a solution on how to control the order?

See Grouping tracks into albums for more details, in particular the topic One cover for multi-disc album.
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Do you have any idea whether or not Apple are seeking to do anything about it in any upcoming updates?
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