2. The Alphaville song is not playing on the empeg.

I thought I already told you plainly that the Alphaville song you posted had no problems playing under 2.0b7 on Mk2a hardware?

I think at this point you should start suspecting yout specific player for problems - or the data that is on your player. Using emplode 2.0b7's ability to DOWNLOAD, pull the offending tracks back to your local hard drive and then play them back. Also look at them with MP3 Tag Studio. Next, put them up for others to try.

Bruno