Cannot read dual CD/DVD

My wife received a copy of Eric Clapton's 'Back Home' dual CD/DVD, where one side is a CD, the other a DVD. I am unable to import either side into iTunes. The CD side seems unreadable - Windows just whirs then shows nothing on the CD. The DVD side has nothing that iTunes can import.
Any ideas?
Many thanks.
George

I bought the Chris Botti "To Love Again" DualDisc today and the cd side imports into iTunes PC version, just like any cd, unfortunately the DVD side doesn't play with Quicktime and I wish that it did....I hate even opening Windows Media Player up...

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