Itunes 7 - Songs Stutter/Skip at the beginning of each song

Every new song i start playing itunes stutters and skips about 4-5 times. It is short...and then the song plays normally afte rthat until the end.
But this happens without fail each and every time.
Any ideas why it would do this?

I am having the same probelms on my PC with itunes - but it is only with itunes it does not happen with media player or real player etc - has anybody had a solution yet??- please let me know if you find out the problem

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