Problem importing music - CDs won't be read

Hello,
I'm re-importing my music onto an external hard drive after my multiple libraries got mixed up (I figured it'd be easier that wading through the 150+ gigs of music), and I have a problem. Music that I've had no trouble importing before is now causing me problems. I insert the CD into my MacBook Pro, and it'll spin up trying to read the CD three times, and then spit the CD back out. It doesn't even show up in iTunes.
Is there something I can do to fix this? I've imported the music, with no problem, before on my iMac G4 to the external drive. I've encountered this problem in the past, but not at this magnitude (I'd say about forty or so of my CDs won't work in the MBP). It's usually happened before on imported CDs, but I've gotten them to work in the past.
I've tried restarting iTunes as well as my computer, but no luck. The CDs are clean, and while not perfect, are clean enough that they should be recognized by the drive (when I put them in my iMac, they show up and work).
In case you're wondering (I don't know if it'll help or not), I'm using a MBP with the new Santa Rosa chipset. The music is going on to a LaCie External HD connected via FW 800. I'm using the latest version of iTunes software, and all the software is up-to-date. The iMac that I don't use, but the CDs work in, is a iMac G4 800 MHz.
My thanks in advance. This is really, really frustrating since I just purchased this MacBook Pro. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks again!
-Kyle

I'm having a similar problem on my iMac G4. Some CDs will import fine, others just spin and won't read. I tested them on another Mac (in this case a G4 Aluminum and the CDs would read).
Don't know what to do here. If it were just one or two discs I would come up with a work around, but in this case, I have discs that would not import (1/2 of what I tried to import last night).
Have looked at my iTunes settings and don't see anything. Since the drive works for some CDs, I know it works. Appreciate any insight you can offer.
Thanks.

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Track 2, start time 02:35:63
Track 3, start time 05:49:62
Track 4, start time 08:01:53
Track 5, start time 10:22:63
Track 6, start time 12:44:57
Track 7, start time 15:02:10
Track 8, start time 17:24:23
Track 9, start time 19:56:65
Track 10, start time 22:08:06
Track 11, start time 24:53:68
Track 12, start time 27:29:22
Track 13, start time 31:11:01
Track 14, start time 34:37:53
Track 15, start time 37:37:58
Track 16, start time 40:33:18
Track 17, start time 43:28:26
Track 18, start time 46:21:60
Track 19, start time 50:13:04
Track 20, start time 53:23:63
Track 21, start time 55:42:53
Track 22, start time 58:30:25
Track 23, start time 61:01:55
Track 24, start time 62:55:52
Track 25, start time 65:19:56
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