Opening old files in newer Garageband

I have a bunch of old Garageband files that I saved to an external HD prior to selling my old macmini years ago. I have never been able to reopen them.
My macbook has Garageband 3.04, but I also have a new mac mini that I just bought (with the 5.1). Neither one can open up my old files, which I imagine are from 2.x
They show up with the garageband icon, and when i click on them garageband opens, but the files themselves never open.
Any help appreciated.

Anyone? Any other ideas? I've been playing around with it a bit, and I have discovered somethings.
If I open the "show package contents" of the file, most songs have two folders and 1 additional file. The file is just a datafile for the song, and the folders are always "Freeze Files" (ironic, since these songs just make garageband appear to freeze forever) and "media". The two folders are full of aif files, apparently all the tracks from the song.
I can play all these tracks in itunes with no problems. And I can even import the aif files from the "media" folder if I drag them into a new garageband song. But when I try and import the aif files in the "freeze files" folder, it gives me the error message:
"The audio file xxxx.aif has a 32 bit format and can't be used."
Could this have something to do with why the files won't open?
Anyway, help will be appreciated and rewarded with Karma and cookies (cookies will come later).

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