Music information about songs recorded on multiple CD's is stored in a
first storing means 21, and when music data of the individual songs of
the CD 12 is stored on the hard disk drive 22, music information about
the individual songs is read from the first storing means 21, is added to
the music data, and the information and the data are stored. If the music
information is not stored in the first storing means, the music data is
stored without adding the music information, and contemporaneously, CD
identification information and stored locations of the music data of the
individual songs on the hard disk drive 22 are stored in second storing
means 23. When the version of the first storing means 21 is updated, if
music information about a CD indicated by CD identification information
stored in the second storing means 23 is stored in the updated first
storing means 21, the music information about a song read from the first
storing means is added to music data at a stored location read from the
second storing means.