New iTunes 9 folder organization left many files untouched

So I ran the new iTunes 9 "organize library" command. And it created folders labels "Podcasts", "Movies", "Music", "Audiobooks", etc. And it moved and sorted most of my 220GB of files into the correct folders.
But it also left about 250 folders of music completely untouched. Why didn't it put them into the correct media folder?

Oh, I think I just figured it out. I tried importing the songs that were left behind (e.g., the stragglers that weren't filed into the iTunes Media Organization folders) and they didn't import. Instead, iTunes put them into a "Not Imported" folder. When I tried to play them, they wouldn't play. So I guess they are corrupt files or otherwise unplayable. Makes sense that iTunes wouldn't import them into the iTunes Media Organization scheme.

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