ITunes changing song information with get information

in some cases when using the command I the song title is not highlighted and the information
cannot be changed, in one case this affected several songs in one album but not all, this album
was purchased thru amazon. any ideas

Just though of something else from the id3 tag, I decided to convert the song again in mp3, which it was already, the point being I converted the song, this new song was then edited and I was also able following this to edit the faulty one, then I went in show me in finder and delete the one I just converted. It is a long way to go at it I just hope there would be an easier way to get access to the song title. I have notice more and more song I get are like this.

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ITunes changing song information with get information

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