Un-deletable duplicates in iTunes

I just added a new CD to my iTunes (I have already done this plenty of times before) and then I wanted to burn a back-up copy of the CD, so I added it to a new playlist. When I went to burn the backup, I noticed that there were duplicates of all of the songs. I, annoyed, 'command'-clicked each one and pushed 'delete' but nothing happened. Then I deleted the playlist, and started over. When I opened up the album in my iTunes, it also showed duplicates of the songs! I tried to delete them but only 5 or 6 duplicates deleted, but they deleted BOTH copies of the song. So now I have a partial album of only duplicate songs, and I cannot delete it at all. I have tried every form of deletion, to no avail. Help?

Go in Finder and delete any remaining copies of those tracks. Then go to the iTunes library, *make sure you are in Music view,* and delete any remaining library entries for those tracks.
When they are all gone, re-import the CD.

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    Apple's official advice is here... HT2905 - How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls. (Such as lost playlist membership!)
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    How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2905
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