Can't join CD tracks - no, not the usual problem

Help,
This is NOT the problem where the tracks are out of order so the Join CD Tracks is grayed out. It's a different problem.
I load audiobook CDs to play on my iPod - have been doing it for years.
I join the tracks so that each CD is only one entry in iTunes.
As of the last few days, when I try to join CD tracks, it says it's joining hundreds of tracks, and when I drag the joined tracks to my itunes folder it just chimes and refuses to copy.
In the past, the little drag icon would list the number of joined tracks (like 12), now it shows a number like 283. And it won't copy. I did a software update recently. Has something changed to this feature?
OSX 10.6.6
iTunes 10.2.1 (1)

Rebooted all macs to run off iTunes 9, a much better version of iTunes, and wouldn't you know, join tracks works just fine.  Reinstalled 10.2 onto one of the computers and still get same software problem of joined tracks not importing.  If you join the tracks in the middle of an album, and then import the entire album, only the tracks that fall after the joined tracks import and nothing else. 
I suggest having a working version of iTunes like 9 on your computer for the joined tracks feature.  I only use 10.2 now for uploading to ipad since apple is forcing paying customers to use that version for the ipad and other players because older more stable versions of itunes don't work with the new hardware.  Choice is something that is disappearing with apple products.  It's a shame.

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