Some tracks won't play.

Hello. I have a 60GB 5G iPod. There are a number of music tracks on the iPod that will not play when I select them. Doesn't matter whether I choose by Artist, Album, or All Songs. When I select the song, it either goes back to the Music menu, or skips to the next song. I usually listen in Shuffle mode, and have no idea whether the problem tracks play in this mode. Doesn't happen with all songs, just a few that I've so far discovered.
I had updated the firmware to the dreaded v1.2 (when, when, when will I ever learn to research FIRST!), so thought that was my problem. Finally managed to downlevel to v1.1.2, but the problem persists.
The problem tracks I've found so far all play fine on each of two other MP3 players I have (not iPods), and they play fine when I access the iPod as a drive and use WinAMP or something. All tracks have been re-synced to the iPod twice now. ALL tracks on the iPod are in MP3 format (no flames, please...).
Any suggestions for fixing this?
Thanks,
Kactus
Mine Windows XP Pro

Well, the files are NOT mono, and I don't care to spend the time and effort to convert all my tracks to AAC when the iPod is supposed to handle MP3s.
Any other suggestions to fix this?
Kactus
Mine Windows XP Pro
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