So I pulled together all the songs used for the soundtrack in Hell on Wheels, added them into the file, then carefully gave each a Track# so they would play in order that they appeared in the show. I clicked on track #1 to start it off and when that was finished, it went to track 11, then 13, then it stopped.
I found a column headed as SEQ and noted by the tiny "1" that MC was playing the tracks in that order, not in the order I visually had them in, which was ascending track numbers. I tried to get rid of the SEQ column by unticking its check-mark on the list. The column disappeared, but the music continued to use the SEQ column numbers in ascending order. I tried putting everything else in the priority list (i.e. the tiny numbers showing in the column headers), and it still played in the SEQ order. I was going to manually change every number (boring) in the SEQ column, but now the SEQ column is gone and I can no longer find it in the drop up list that you get when you right-click the column headers.
And here's another weird thing. This all describes behavior in "Playing Now" If I switch to Audio Albums view, and double click Track #i and click "Sort all files by track #" the album plays in the proper order. Then, when I switch back to "Playing Now" it plays in order, but only because the SEQ column now matches the Track # column.
So the problem is fixed, but I have no idea why, and I have no idea what the purpose of this SEQ column is. What is this thing and how do I get rid of its nefarious powers to screw up my musical enjoyment?
Thanks in advance for educating me.