Hi Perry,
You may have come accross something that I had forgotten about.
Sometimes with older CD players (it may not be just older CD players, it may be newer ones too) they won't play a burned disc very well.
The CD player in my car hates burned music. Some it plays reluctantly, some it plays not at all. I find if I wait long enough the CD usually plays (though some CD players just spin up then give up, the car one keeps hunting for tracks until you stop it)
Do you have another player in which to test the disc?
Jez.