Mp3 playback issues

Hi,
My problem is that iTunes just doesn't play certain mp3's. I have this compilation - The Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and I only realized recently that it only contained 491 songs. However in the Windows folder where the files are located, there are 500 items. I tried adding the folder again and adding the 9 missing .mp3 files individually using "add file" but to no avail. Drag and drop did not work either. The missing songs will not open in iTunes (iTunes just keep doing what it was before) but play fine in Windows Media Player and Quicktime. I analyzed one of those files using gspot; "#107 - Buddy Holly and the Crickets - Not Fade Away.mp3", but nothing seemed wrong. These are the details of the file as seen in properties: file type: mp3, file size: 5.52MB, length 2:24,bit rate: 320kbps. I honestly have no clue what could be wrong except that something is wrong with iTunes, since WMP and QT play the files perfectly.
Thanks!

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