tigre,
I'm sorry, I didn't read your post properly. My fault
Your question is indeed interesting and I have no answer.
I would suspect a small scratch myself, but can't know for sure.
You could try (if you have time) and go out to buy another copy of the same disc and see if it behaves similarly for that erroneous track. It's not available in Finland, so I can't test it myself.
You can probably return the second copy (or the first one if you so desire) to the store as an unplayable cd not conforming to CD standard. You should be able to get your full money back.
At least we can do that in Finland and the store absolutely MUST take them back, no questions asked.
Funny thing that, copy protections actually make it cheaper to copy CDs, now that you can copy them and take them back for a refund.
Somehow I just don't understand the record industry...
regards,
Halcyon