Old playlists won't import into iTunes 9

I have upgraded to Version 9. Somehow all my playlists, (about 5 years worth) are in a file titled "Previous Playlist Libraries" in the section of my HD under users> my name> music> iTunes along with my other iTunes stuff.
I have tried several times to use the procedure in Article HT1451, "How to recreate your iTunes library and playlists". This put everything in my Version 9 iTunes that was in my older Version 8 iTunes except these Playlists.
I also tried to add them to my iTunes 9 using "Add to Library" under File and Library>Import Playlist under File. I receive an error message reading "the file does not appear to be a valid exported file"
The icon for each of these unmovable playlist files is a sheet of paper with a turned down corner and a music note on it. Get Info calls these files an "iTunes Database File".
How can I get these these playlists into Version 9?
Any help will be appreciated.
Walter

Sorry for all the trouble...it looks like I may have a corrupted external hard drive...Realized there are some backup folders on the drive that are corrupted and won't open. Thinking this may have had an effect on some of the music files, more than likely.
These were the steps that I have tried:
*Drag & drop
*File/add to library
*De-authorizing all computers; re-authorizing computer
*Giving read/write permissions from music folder and everything inside
*Rebooting
*Deleting iTunes; Reinstalling and attempting to import music
*Have tried on both a G4 Tower & MacBook Pro
*Setting up a new member to my mac, with full administrative rights
For the albums that I have the physical CD, it will let me import those (good news). However, for those albums that I've downloaded from iTunes, I obviously don't have a back-up method to import those from.
So, here's to repurchasing music.

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