Restoring Library from Backup Discs Error Message (69)

I Backed Up my entire purchased library onto 4 CD-R Discs.
I had to reboot my system due to hard drive crash, I downloaded iTunes again and put in the first Backup Disc. It gives me an unknown error message (69) and cannot read the discs.
How do I get my songs back?

I figured out how to manually search the discs and add the songs,

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