# (3.22) Not sorting Discogs generated vinyl tracks A1/B1 etc

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/3-22-not-sorting-discogs-generated-vinyl-tracks-a1-b1-etc/62277
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/3-22-not-sorting-discogs-generated-vinyl-tracks-a1-b1-etc/62277 "2023-10-02T16:09:25Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/3-22-not-sorting-discogs-generated-vinyl-tracks-a1-b1-etc/62277/3 "2023-10-02T16:32:54Z")

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While you check the column definition for Track - have you ticked "Numeric"?  
And if so, does toggling that setting help?

And just to complete the information: the field track is supposed to be numeric and only the slash is allowed as non-numeric character ... Taking the standard literally, would mean that track "numbers" with A and B (and so on) are in fact invalid track numbers.

See also here:

> [@Unable to sort by Track colomn](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-sort-by-track-colomn/45912):
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> I have been converting a lot of old records to mp3 and using Discogs for the tagging source. As they were vinyl the tags nearly always are labeled thus; A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3 I've just discovered that I can't sort by track order, it basically does not do an alphanumeric sort only a numeric sort. Or am i missing something? As an aside, I find MP3tag very useful and have donated as these things don't happen without support from users. Thanks, Rob

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