Editing Track information

Have a problem editing track information, have seen previous message posts, BUT ... All security/ownerships look ok, full control owned by ADMIN. Have imported 200 CD's sofar all ok - just done 3 today and get 1st track editable all others greyed on CD1 & 2, CD 3 all greyed. All CD's from same artist, part of triple.
Only known difference is Itunes version - original cd's imported 12 months ago.
Have further 3 with same issue, again just imported.
Any ideas ?
Mac

It appears that using the default AAC format is causing the problem, I have imported the CD's using MP3 format, including 'replacing' the originals and all imports successful.
Mac

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Either select a single track, Get Info, then use the Next/Previous buttons to move between them, or select multiple tracks, Get Info, and edit common properties. The next and previous buttons do not appear in multi-track Get Info (and never have).
Regarding duplicates, Apple's official advice is here... HT2905 - How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin. Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
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Those symptoms usually indicate a permissions problem. See Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows for advice.
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Where do I find information in GarageBand Help on how to edit tracks in the editor?
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Itunes tells me that if I want to do this I have to select the a CD or track but it does not tell me how to select a CD. I always seem to end up selecting a track. I need to rename albums because Gracenote is so inconsistent or simply wrong

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In ITunes 11 I am unable to edit song information. I need to
a) add am album name for Italian audio books
b) Add these and others to the Written word genre/ Chagne other genres.
I am not interested in playlists at this time, please do not suggest. Just need to know if it is possible to change genre and add album info.
AND
In the change from 10 to 11 several Podcasts were moved to music. Is it possible to move them back to Podcasts.

Highlight one or more tracks. Press CTRL-I to Get Info. Edit away. If all the fields are greyed out you may have a permissions problem.
Podcasts need an album name. If they don't have one that might explain why they've been "kicked out" of the Podcasts section. A previous build made tracks set to podcast with no album name apparently vanish from all areas of the library. Having set an album name you should be able to change the media kind to Podcast and have it stick. Might be best to set the genre to Podcast also.
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