Then Chris Jennings came up with a solution that works for me (with some caveats…).Ĭhris' solution is spread across a few tweets, and I'm likely to forget it years from now, so I'm documenting it here. I only had a few such tracks I wanted to combine, so duplicating song data and using an external tool seemed like overkill, but it seemed like the only way. (Doug Adams' $5 Join Together, for example, makes the process about as simple as possible.)

I know you can still do this while ripping a CD, but is there no way to do so for other stuff already in your library?įrom the responses, I learned that my memory was wrong: You could only merge tracks during a CD import, which you can still do today:īut for online purchases or other non-CD music, the only solution appeared to be exporting the tracks, merging them together, then reimporting as one. I'm positive iTunes used to offer the ability to 'join' two tracks such that they played as one-even for stuff in your library already. I thought I remembered that iTunes used to be able to merge such tracks, and said as much on Twitter: As examples, there are a number of such Pink Floyd tracks, Queen's We Will Rock You and We are the Champions, and Jackson Browne's The Load Out and Stay. There are some musical tracks that-even though they're distinct on the CD (or sold as separate tracks online)-are meant to be played together.