Added album won’t load but can’t delete, either

Sounds to me as if the files on the Mac, which you re-uploaded to the SGC core, are corrupt. Maybe only the first track, maybe more tracks. I’d delete the album from the SGC HD, re-rip the CD, and then re-upload those files to the SGC machine.

I believe Roon has a way to flag corrupt tracks, but I’m not sure where to find that.

Ah, here: