IPod plays certain songs only from Mac

Hi everybody,
I've never went into problems with my 1st generation iPod but I'm in a little trouble now.
I've put some AAC made by iTunes from a cd of mine inside the iPod and they were copied correctly.
When it comes to play them from the iPod connected to the Mac, everything is ok; the only thing wrong is that if I try do the very same thing once sconnected, the player refuses to play the tracks.
Strangely enough, it happens only with this album, the others behave perfectly !!
What can I do ?
Many thanks.

Hi Ricacardo,
You might want to look at Knowledge Base Document #300766 on iPod: Troubleshooting songs and audiobooks that won't play and Knowledge Base Document #93867 on Some Songs in iTunes Won't Copy to iPod.
Jon

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