Can't play imported music

Hi, all.I'm trying to put together a CD for my brother-in-law's funeral. I've imported some of his favorite music into iTunes 8.1.1, and they show up fine in the Library, but the time code reads "unavailable" and iTunes won't play the selected music. Help!

Thanks, Christopher for trying to help, and forgive me for being less articulate than I ought to be. To answer your various questions:
• The first time this business started a couple of days ago, I imported in AIFF format, which I guess was the default setting. I also attempted MP3, with the same dopey results we're talking about here.
• Until this problem came up, I'd been happily using iTunes 7 on my PowerBook Titanium (it's a TiBook, not an iBook -- not that I think it makes a diff). And rashly thought that upgrading to version 8 would fix my woes, so now it looks like I'm on 8, with no joy.
• No, I hadn't tried playing those tracks in the Finder -- simply didn't think to do so
• The entire iTunes folder lives on external hard drive (and iTunes knows that, because the Preferences are set up that way), and all of the music that's on there can be played without a problem.
I know what you mean about the Library knowing about the music but not finding its way to the iTunes Music Folder, and would have suspected you had something there, but wait for this:
Between my last post and your reply -- and for want of a better idea -- I slipped another cd into the slot, told iTunes to import and then disappeared for a couple of hours.
Upon my return, the 17 tracks all had the little green circle, and all but the last 3 tracks had a normal-looking time code. The last three tracks once again displayed "not available" (I'm assuming it's something like that in English, since my system is in French and I'm guessing). And those first 14 tracks could indeed be played and added to playlists.
BTW, also in the meantime, I burned CDs with this version of iTunes yesterday, and they burned perfectly, in the order indicated on the playlists, and play perfectly on our home CD player -- but is it normal that when I stick these burned CDs back into my PB that iTunes won't play 'em?
Had enough? I hope not, 'cause I'd like to understand what's going on… or is this just a buggy version 8?
Thanks alot.

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