ITunes 9 / MP3 IDv2.4 Year / Release date tag problems

Hi,
I keep all my CD's as FLAC on a Linux workstation; I want to keep a copy in MP3 format in iTunes. I've got around 5000 tracks; on Linux the tag looks as follows:
[andrewtaylor@precision mp3]$ eyeD3 Blur/1991/Leisure/01\ -\ She\'s\ So\ High.mp3
01 - She's So High.mp3 [ 5.45 MB ]
Time: 04:44 MPEG1, Layer III [ ~160 kb/s @ 44100 Hz - Joint stereo ]
ID3 v2.4:
title: She's So High artist: Blur
album: Leisure year: 1991
track: 1 genre: Alternative (id 20)
You can see that the year is 1991. I've copied this to my Mac and when I import it to itunes (and this is the same for all 5000 tracks) the year is missing, but the release date is set to 1/12/1991.
The 'show info' option of Finder shows no year information and no release date information.
If I go back to Linux and remove the IDv2 tag and keep only the IDv1 tag; both the Finder and iTunes is able to see the year field and use it properly.
Anyone got any ideas? I understand that if IDv2 tags are present, iTunes will ignore the IDv1 tag; however, it must be using the year in some capacity to set the release date.
Many thanks
Andrew

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