I find that using Randomize list and then turning off shuffle is exactly what you guys are asking for. Then you can just look at the list and see what played previously. Solved my problem at least.

Yeah, they are all mp3 files.

I can't figure it out either. I can open up the devices memory card in Windows Explorer and clearly the Artist tag is still populated with the multiple artists. I even tried uninstalling MediaMonkey and reinstalling it.

I right click on my device in the tree on the left and then click "Auto-Sync" from the context menu.

I am syncing my Library to my BlackBerry Curve 8330 using the d_WMDM.dll plugin and I have checked the option to "Use only the first value when multiple Artist / Composers exist", but it does not have any effect. For example, I have a song whose artist field is tagged as "Linkin Park; Amp Live; Zion ...