Missing track info

Hello readers,
I made a mix cd for my friend on itunes and when she tried to import the cd onto her itunes all of the track info was missing.
Is there anyway to keep the song info when making a mix cd?
If there is not; If she re-types all the info manually will the info be on the cd if she were to lend it to another friend?
I apologize if that sounds choppy, it is late.
Thanks for reading my questions, if you have any input feel free to respond.

Hello there,
It might be the case that you need to burn an MP3 CD (instead of just an audio CD) if you want to keep all the track info.
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