Wrong CD and track identification (11.1.3, OS X 10.7.5)

This is kinda funny, but rather disturbing. I recorded a live audio performance on a Tascam CD-RW901SL CD recorder. Normally those CDs display in iTunes as "Audio CD" with files named "1 Audio Track", "2 Audio Track", etc., which is reasonable. Windows Explorer on XP shows this CD name as "Audio CD", and the single track is named "Track01.cda". That's accurate.
When I put this one into my MacBook Pro running 10.7.5 and iTunes 11.1.3, the most amazing misidentification and file system screwup occurs: The CD is named "The Evidence for Christianity", the track is named "1 Evidence For Jesus As Christ", and the artist is listed as "Dr Mike Ladra"! If it were iTunes alone I could chalk it up to over-exuberant matching algorithms, but what really slays me is that Terminal displays the CD name also as "The Evidence for Christianity" and the track name as "1 Evidence For Jesus As Christ.aiff", which is simply not true. If I can't trust Terminal to show me correct information, what's left? Terminal should always display what's really there. Period. End of story.
Mind boggling. Have I missed something? Is there a solution to this problem? I just want to see accurate media information.
I'm all for Gracenote integration and the ease it brings, but there has to be an easy way in ito say "this ID is wrong, use disc information" without manually deleting every misidentified field. And for darned sure, file system information should not be affected at all, unless I choose to import the CD, in which case iTunes is welcome to change CD and track name at will--except that I should be given the option to reject the ID and use file system data. Note the only ID change possible is when multiple IDs are found in Gracenote. You can pick one, but not reject them all.
Abe

the most amazing misidentification and file system screwup occurs:
Abe,
Gracenote attempts to identify CDs based on the pattern of tracks and times. The hardest thing for its algorithm is single-track CDs, and that is where you can get some "amazing" howlers.
If you want to be a good citizen, correct the track info in your display via Get Info, and with the CD still in the drive, use the iTunes command Submit Track Names. That will send correct info to Gracenote.

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Thanks for the clarification - it looks like we are working on the same problem, after all. Many people believe seeing the generic -"track 1" - "track 2" - titles on a CD indicates some kind of failure by iTunes, so when I read your post, I (mistakenly) thought you were confusing that "problem" with the not-generic-but-not-correct-title-problem already under discussion in this thread. I apologize for any misunderstanding on my part
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And like you, I am trying to understand how this process works. However, we seem to understand the process - differently.
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"The CD burner is supposed to burn that info onto the disk itself so it can be read correctly in other computers."
That is contradicted in the Apple article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93952 which says:
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Yet, you also say you were able to burn a CD which: "Played in other computers and everything was ok." - Which I interpret to mean you burned a CD on computer A which had a track named "xyz", then put the CD in computer B which correctly showed the track as "xyz" - is that correct???
. . . so I am trying to reconcile these contradictory statements - you seem to have succeeded in doing something which Apple (and many others posting to these discussions say is not possible.
I believe I may have an explanation for your apparent success. The method you used to make the CD - that is, using the Finder and NOT iTunes - makes a DATA disc - not an AUDIO CD.
If you selected an .mp3 file - and it was still an .mp3 file on the new CD, that would be significant - and would prove my theory. Standard audio CDs always have only type of files on them - .aiff.
If you had used iTunes to burn the CD, then iTunes would have converted the mp3 file to the .aiff format in the burning process, and the finished CD would conform to the audio standard (which your data disc does not). When Apple says: "The CD and track names are not burned anywhere onto the CD itself" - they are talking about audio CDs, not data CDs.
Data discs do have the track names burned to the disc and those track titles can be read by any computer - but the files cannot be read by many older audio units - like the one in your car or home stereo system (if it does not say "MP3 Compatable" on the front of the deck, I doubt if your data CD will play).
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
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It's always a good idea to have a good up to date backup like Time Machine before attempting an Archive and Install, because things can go wrong. If they do, you may end up having to do an erase and install. If that happens, you can restore from your Time Machine backup.
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