First song skips - any ideas

The first song in the albums / playlists on my mini always skips.
After a few seconds it starts playing the second song - though if I click back to the first song it then plays fine.
It happens on all albums, but only the first song.
The mp3 files are all from legitimate CDs or iTunes downloads.
It makes no difference how much charge there is in the battery.
I have tried re-setting the iPod and then restored it.
Updating the iPod with the latest software makes no difference.
It makes no difference if there are lyrics or artwork attached to the songs.
I fear it is a fault with certain iPods and the only answer is a replacement unit.
Any ideas?
Cheers.

I can't think of a hardware reason for that to happen, but it's odd that it does it with both. You might try going to Microsoft or Apple iTunes support to see if they can help.
- Peter

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