Importing Playlist/Song Info from Ripped CD

A buddy of mine makes compilation disks of music from his iTunes library. When I put his CD in my computer, it shows up in iTunes with no information (just Track 1, Track 2, etc.). I have to fat-finger all the song information into my library.
Since his compiles these CDs in iTunes, I know he can export the CD playlist to XML, but how can I import the playlist information and attach it to the CD? In that way, when I import the music to my iTunes library, I'll already have the song info.
I think the CDs can be submitted to CDDB or Gracenotes or some such database, but I'm not sure if that's possible or even a better solution. Thanks.
iMac 20" G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

He should be able to submit it to Gracenotes (CDDB) database and then your computer should find the tracklisting when you put it on your iTunes. There is a menu item (under the Advanced menu) to submit track listings).
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_*INSIDE iTUNES*_
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