--- mythmusic/mythmusic/metadata_orig.cpp	2005-10-05 22:04:13.000000000 +0200
+++ mythmusic/mythmusic/metadata.cpp	2005-10-05 22:26:34.532635168 +0200
@@ -461,6 +461,13 @@
         if (!set)
             *data = QObject::tr("Artists") + " (" + firstchar + ")";
     }
+    else if (field == "firstartist")
+    {
+        if (FormatArtist().left(4).lower() == thePrefix)
+            *data = FormatArtist().mid(4, 1).upper();
+        else
+            *data = FormatArtist().left(1).upper();
+    }
     else
     {
         cerr << "metadata.o: Something asked me to return data about a field called " << field << endl ;
@@ -1142,6 +1149,7 @@
         if( *it != "genre"  &&
             *it != "artist" &&
             *it != "splitartist" && 
+            *it != "firstartist" && 
             *it != "album"  &&
             *it != "title")
         {