How to transfer just iLife libraries to new Mac

Hi,
I just bought a new MBPr to replace my 5+ year old iMac.
The old iMac has been filled up with a bunch of stuff I arguably don't need any more (apps I don't use etc). And as I have a new Mac a frersh  start would seem sensible. I can reinstall MAS apps easily enough, and apart from Office (which I have the orginal disc for) other apps are easy enough to redownload.
I initally tried doing a straight MA based shift of my entire iMac, but have run into issues with MA not playing ball (issues I've seen other unanswered post on).
When I last bought a new Mac I thought I'd simply be able to drag and drop the iTunes/Photo libraries across from one Mac to another. I remember getting into all sorts of metadata issues so want to avoid that this time around.
Really, all I'm interested in pulling across are my iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie libraries an their associated metadata. Docs should be drag and dropable (one would assume?).
If MA isn't working for me are there any ways in which I can have iPhoto et al working on my new MBPr without any hickups?
Thanks,

Hi,
As I type  iTunes seems to be going OK, but iPhoto has been doing something a tad worrying.
I tried dragging from one Finder window to another (across a Mac to Mac Ethernet connection) and got a message saying that not all items could be copied as I don't have permission (might have been authority or such like) to copy them!
I then noticed that the iPhoto library icon is different on my older Mac than my new MBPr. A-ha... now I remember my old iMac can't upgrade to the newest version of iPhoto without a costly upgrade. My iMac is running iPhoto 09 v 8.1.2 (424) and the library iconis a picture of a photo frame, whereas on my brand spanking new MBPr the iPhoto Library is a normal looking Folder.
Could this be the reason for the quirky warning message? If so is there a workaround that doesn't involve me paying over £20 to upgrade iPhoto that I'm not going to use once I have switched over to my new Mac?
Any ideas?
Thanks

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