Purchased music/cd skips?

I just downloaded my music selections, created a playlist, and burned them onto a cd. I used a Maxwell CD-R Music Pro, 80 min., 700MB. The songs play fine on my computer, but when I play them in my home cd player; they skip in different places during some songs. I have checked the player to be sure it was free of debris. Each time I play it, it skips in different places in the songs. The disk is not scratched or damaged. I just played older disks I have made previously using Wal-Mart.com and they do not skip on those disks. Did I do something wrong? Why is this happening to my new cd? Thanks, Toni

I just downloaded my music selections, created a playlist, and burned them onto a cd. I used a Maxwell CD-R Music Pro, 80 min., 700MB. The songs play fine on my computer, but when I play them in my home cd player; they skip in different places during some songs. I have checked the player to be sure it was free of debris. Each time I play it, it skips in different places in the songs. The disk is not scratched or damaged. I just played older disks I have made previously using Wal-Mart.com and they do not skip on those disks. Did I do something wrong? Why is this happening to my new cd? Thanks, Toni

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