Audio Disk Unreadable by iMac Itunes but Readable By Windows iTunes!!!

I have a 3-song Neil Finn audio cd from a few years ago I want to import into iTunes.
On my new Windows 7 PC running iTunes I can import the songs just fine.
But my 3yo iMac 24" workstation does not even recognize the disk; after about a minute the disk is ejected with no message or anything.
I've cleaned the disk, too.
What's going on with my iMac 24" not even reading this disk???

Is this a burned CD or a commercially produced one? Burned CDs are harder to read. It could be your 3 year old drive is starting to show its age. You can also buy cleaner discs to clean dust out of an optical drive.
You can also try other applications to read the CD. Max is a free CD ripper.

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