ITunes Doesn't Import Entire Length of Track

I'm a DJ and have a music mix that I made (on a finalized CD-RW disc) with one long mix/track that is 1 hour 18 minutes. When I insert the CD into my MacBook Pro, iTunes recognizes the CD, the track and the entire length of the track. When I play the CD, it plays in its entirety. But when I attempt to import the CD, only 1 hour 2 minutes is imported, cutting off the last 16 minutes of my mix. I've tried to delete the file from iTunes and re-import it several times, but keep getting the same cut off version in iTunes.
Any recommendations on how to get the entire length of my track to import? NOTE: I've imported other mixes of mine with tracks just as long and have never had them partially imported.

This may be very annoying to do, but I'd import one hour into AIFF or WAV format. Then, using the track options to set the begin/end times, import the last 20 minutes or so (with overlap).
Then reassemble these in audio software like Audacity or GarageBand or whatever you have that's easiest for you. Then export into the file format of your choice.
I've had to do this before too, but for different reasons than yours.

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