I did download again, from the same source (I'm using emusic.com's free trail). Same problem. I'm not desperate enough for these songs to start downloading mp3s from random sites, so I guess I'm going to call it quits. Clearly there is some factor in the CD to mp3 process that creates a file that can be played as a mp3 but will "skip" when burned onto a cd. I think it has something to do with the time tagging in the files, but that's the extent of my comprehension. All the songs with problems were from the same lable, so maybe the software they are using to "rip" the tracks is unreliable. I sent an e-mail to emusic.com about the damaged tracks and got one back saying they have so many tracks in their library that fixing a particular damaged track could take a long time - like forever. SO I won't be joining emusic as a paying subscriber!